The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-12-04

prvprialion OF ssven hundred tkUu~Aud dollars
TOR ire transportation Ut free % all matter, was
~. OA0 20A.AO being about tSo PER cent. lies
toah tn- ,eve.ue IT 1850. Tue expenditures
were tl8. zoe, 100 IL, showing a tecrsaae Of
more Than eight per cent. ~ compared
wisn those Of the precious Year, and
leaving an excess Of Expenditure over
The revenne for the last nsoal year Of ever
3 81 ,4691 II. The gross revenue for tho
scar nd,u. jane 800, 1902, 10 eslimatOd at
Al tncrs sse Ut four per cent on that Of 1861,
making % G83 VOO " wa ca shoald b.
added the sarul' % Of The department for
carry Ing FREQ u uer. viz: 500 00U making
~ 49, 700 The total Expenditures for 1863
are estimated st Si2 628 100, leaving % esd.
mated deficiency VI iS.S46 90 to be hup.
pied frsn tho risasu ), IA addition 10 the
permanent appropriation.
The prcsent tnsurrecti0n thows, ttlnk,
that The exc snsion Ut th . district Y rosa tho
Potomac river At the ,ias OF eS,abii ,binS
ths Captal here, was cnsintp " wise.
and consequently that the rsiiuQu,sh.
nent OF that p0riin OF II which
lies IN Tho State Of virs'na was Nm i,e
Aud danRcrouS. subunt tor your consider.
ZION the sxpcdivncy vi rresinina iha. par. II
the d strict. aud The restore lion VI tho oripl.
nal boundaries IN ~~of through negotiations
with The 8 Ate Of Virginia.
Ihe rcpost 4 lhe g. CT, try OF the Interior.
with ths accompanying documents, exhibits
the condition Of Tho several branches al the
public businrss peItstui0a 10 that Depart.
.nent. The depressing iL6n, uoea of The insup.
recItOn have beeu especially ielt In The opera.
lions Of Tho Patent aud 0e eral l. nj Once.
Tue caAh receipts irsm the sales Of public lands
ducina the lat year have exceeded th~ ex'
INF In
0a0. The % ~ have been entirely eusI en- /.
"a 10 tho Southern a,ss, while the inter.
rupIi0n to Tue busin " CT The cbuutry
and tho diversion Il large numbtrs Ut
men from lxh0r TO military service,
have 0bsttuoted settlcmen 10 the new
new ates and Territories oi .bs North west.
The receipts o. tho Patent thcs have de.
clined 10 misc mon b about elOO 600,
rendering . large reduction VI tns forco
employed no :essa1y 10 make II selt.suststn.
Inc ueman0s upon lns pension ON q vii!
be largely ircrcsscd by tho iosurrco,i IN.
Numer0us applications for pen,isns, b.sei
upon tho Casualties OF the existing war,
have already been made. There /,
reason 10 beiieve ths! May who arc now
upon the pension roll, ard Ia receipt of the
bounty Of the Government are In the ranks
Of tho insurgent army, or giving them Id and
comfort. The Secretary Of the Interior has
directed the tuspensio OF the payment oi tho
pension II such persons upon proof Of tbeP
| di,loyalty recommend that Co 9tess al.
thoriss that Gfi ;rr 70 caus- Tho names ofsuoh
persons TO he slIicksn from inc Pension rolls.
The relations VI the g0vert ment atth tho
Indian tribes have been lately dis.u, bed by
The iDsusreciion, especially IL the Northern
| Superintendencv, and 10 tuat NJ New Mex.
loo. The Indian country solth Of Kan.
sas II Ia tne possession Of in,u
gents from Tsyas and Arkausas. Tre
Agents Ut tho Unlted 6ts.rs, app toted
since the An OF March. for Ibis sup~rint aud 4.
ency, have been unable 70 reach thclr posts,
while the most OF thVso wnO were In o6loe
before that term, hsvs espouscd the
Iusurrectionary cause aud assumed
10 exercise the powers Il Aa~pIs
BY virtue Of com missions from tho lnsu,reo
tiUuists. I: has been stated 10 the public
press, that portion 81 thess tadi. IN. bss.
been organised as military toTSsy aa<sS a. -
tacbed 70 toe army Z,s & Ia. no .freiA, in
Al.ncusn ssbb lbs he subject. l-,tsrs ba,. been
= waRit,en TO tho Comw'ssioncr ~ 10 ian
Affairs by several prominent Chief. oi-iua
assurance OF their Loyalty 10 the Quilted
States, and sxOressi z tho Wish for the pre-.
seucs ri She Frdersl troops 70 protect them
} Il ID believed tbat on tbs Re possession o. tns
) cou' try by the Federal forces, the / daci
will readily cesse all hostile demonsfation
and resume their former relations to th'
Government
Agriculture, confsssee'y the largest intss
, est OF the natl o, bias not 3 departmsn
J or Q bureau, but . c'erhship o " assisu
} I'd 10 Il Ia the Government WnIe
I 10 fortuusas shat sol. great intsrs'
!, u 70 ipdspeadsot 10 10 nata's - not 70 AAv
ooaa1nael - ~ 1sageA bAoA