The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-05
THE NEW YORK SUN.
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 8, IS,


Conversational Actioa.
T,r promptitude with which questions are
taken M, discussed, and passed or rcicc c st tue
prcsen. session Of Congress- Is in refreshing con
trast with the tedious delays aud wran.insN
which have pro led for miny years pat VIM
tone Of conservatism prevails IA b'ih n"''''''''
subject Ct the war is gr'ppled WIN =" ''''!
,ioor and ia various issues met Win s"sl
r.sd;noss and calm confidence, as TO c'nNihre
a.. cation that is interests are in toe hands oi
an able and scntient body.
Tho Presidents suggestion that some suit
able location on this continent be folnl loi .ne
colonization Of such negroes as arc cip."foI IN
the war meets with more ready t's?'ns' 'l''
was at first anticipntel,-i resolution NV ."'
already PASSED one branch Of Congress hi'' '''
,ha Committee on Foreign Ahiir' ~ inquire
that section Of adjoining country can u" pro.
cured for this purpose; or on what terms TIL
negroes can be coloniloi outside Of our uatoia
limits. II is understood that the President Ia
had in view the saluNf.cus regions Of Central
America, in making the su,l5r.uoh allh'od IT,
and that prep .ra,ory overture in ,'i' respect
have met friendly rc'pon.c from inc RES.
aonta,ivcs Of some Of the Genital Amoi'.p
govern at Washington.
The que, io4 Of an eNchingc Of pti'"n7r' h'f
also b, en- Lrough, up thi frivolous technical -
with which tho Authorization has hs II us
posed TO cothc IL, have Dr'n quickly rpp|o"
by the sound {, nmtn sousc Uf Tie iniu1cf ard
the measure promptly pissed up'a 49, "'y ~
immediate COM .mhnti0n. Oth.r san cts viii
DO taken up and IT al,d ~ tle tw' u ."-o1'
manner, and the Administration bl hny,'t.l
by the moral stamina which tnrk, e,esy iA!'s
proceedings.
Report Of IN, sec reirry Of ih' Inferior
This report, which IL not Of sufficient general
interest to justify pu' llcation in full furnishes
como interesting statistics r. gard NJ the opera
tions Of the General Land Office the busincss
Of which, the Sec ota,y states has been sendliy
affected by the decline Of business throushIu.
the country. On the 8Oth September, 1851,
there were 50 555, j95.25 acres of the public
lands Which hid hccn surveyed, MT not pro.
claimed for public sale. The Lands 'urvcyo
and offered ut public sale previous II tina, time
and then suljcct TO private onuy, amounted /,
1852 1855 Gi acre. making an aggregate Of pub.
lie lands surveyed AMI ready for rala Of II 2ls,
S30.89 acres. The net income from sales durini
the last fiscal yesr will hardly roach the suni q
600, 900. The grants Of swamp aud oyerlijwo
lands TO the States have abs ,rhod lar,' lmpun
Of valuable lands, and ave caused heavy drAi
upon the trcauty. The claim. or thi sever
states cover an aggregate OF 5i,s1j,biGi0 ncrc
The bounty land wsnants aud scrip i.sucd III
der different acts of Congress, previous TO Sc
tembor 80, 1851, embrace an aggregate
7l,7l7, I72 acres Of land
The propIicty Of issuing bounty laud va
rants to tho volunteers is the Secretary siys,
subject &C Discussion, and must bc dctetmin,
by Congress. lie cxpreises his disapprovd
such grants for the reason that a warrant
100 acres TO each volunteer engaged in the "a
vice would absorb over one hundred millions
acres, and destroy all hope Of deriving a
revenue from the pu'iic lands for many yes
ut the same time airording bu. liulc benefit
e1r soldiers.
4, o.- u-a,.- aGsira arc described as bsin,
tionAry siatns TIE r-y.-~-. = aunuItios
those Indians has been suspended.
The instruction of the southern states
affected tho Patent Office to A very great
tent. Tho receipts from January to Septe
bcr 30, 1861, were S102 sos IL; and tho =
P'ihHuIoS were EioO,O5i IN sh"HInR an q
cess ofexpenditurcs over receipts of $50, 7S5 x
During the corresponding period of the Ia
year tho receipts were s197, 3Is 10, being sgI
$40 ~ more than the receipts for the same par
OF this year.
The Secretary expresses his qualification a
the unprecedented success of the means take
for the suppression Of the African slave trade
Five vessels have been seized, tried, and con
demned by tho courts. Ono SLAYER has beer
taken on the coast Of Africa with about min,
hundred negroes on board, who were conveyed
to tho republic of Liberia. One person has
bee1 convicted at New York as the captain of n
SLAYER, having on board eight hundred captiyes,
and two others, (nlates of different vessel
and another ono at Boston for fitting out a YES
sci for the slave trade. In the first named case
the penalty Is death in the others II Is fine and
imprisonment. Hitherto convictions under the
laws prohibiting the slave trade have been YER,
rare.
Tho report closes with statement of tho CON
dition, financial and otherwise, of the different
in Ia, a