New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-05

1888. has been completed in the field and the ON
details will in short time be finished. For this
work $4,000 was appropriated VI tsis sum
f3, go 81 had been expeGccd on tpe "v.h s'eptem
ber 1861. leavino an unexpended balance OF 30 gay
49, This b. s estimated to be sufficient for the
compevyn of the entire work.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Our Indian affairs are in very unsettled and uh'
The snrt of rebellion against the authority OF the
Government. which has precipitated large hanaoer
of States into open revolt, has oeen lhs.iieu my
portion Of the Indian tribes by emlssares from 'ne
linsurrectonary States. al
The large tribes Of Cherokees, Chickasaws, a::.aa
Choctaws, situated in the southern SUPPLEMENTARY
have suspended all intercourse with the agents OF
the United States,
Although The Indian Office has not been able 70
procure definite information Of the condition oi
arirs and of the extent to which the Indians have
assHmed a hostile attitude enough has been ascer-
tanned 20 leave no for doubt that the influences
which have been exerted upon the Indians have
been sufficient to induce portion Of them TO re-
nouBce the authority of the United States and 10
acknowledge that of the rebel government.
The tribes upon the Pacific slope OF the Rocky
Mountains have manifested turbulent spirit, but
! have committed no acts Of violence.
Much trouble has been experienced in New
Mexico from depredstions committed by acme Of the
tribes in that Territory. The presence Of military
force in that Territory is Indispensable TO preserve
the peace and cause the Indians to respect the laws
The tribes in Kansas and Nebraska, and in the
States of the West, are gradually progressing
in the arts Of civilization. The plan OF alloting
portions OF their reservations TO the individual men,
ber Of the tribes has been found by experience to
result benefcially. Many Of them have improved
their lands and become quite proficient as farmers
continuance of this policy, by familiarizing them
with The habits of agricultural life, will gradually
lead them TO depend upon the cultivation OF the so
for subsistence. 81 ,
The practice of licensing traders to traic win ,ne
Indians has been productive OF mischieyous results
4 The money received by them in payment OF ther
annuities generally passes Immediately into the hanes
of the traders They are left to depend upon their
ann,ities from the Government for subsistence, ana
these find their way into the hands OF the traders
while the Indians receive from them goods at proht
of from one to three or four hundred per cent.
PATENT OFFICE.
No branch of the public service connected with
this Department has been 20 much Affected by the
insurrecton Of the Southern States as that oi the
Patent Office m
The receipts Of the Office from Jan. to Sept. 80,
1861. were $lG2, S0S 49, and the expenditures Were
Ass 5y4 o. sh0 ing al excess oi expenditures over
receipts OF $82,1S5 81.
During the corresponding period Of the last year
the receipts were s97, 3iS 40, beng So $40 2more
than the receipts Tor the part OF this year. Dur
ing the same period 5l4 applications for patents aud
5lg caveats have been filed, 25ol patents have been
lfeutu, huu ~ Pntoh'o h"'S wv" S@NN-~'
PENSION OFFICE.
Tho renort OF the Commissioner Of Pensions
furnishes in detail the operations OF this bureau
during the past year. The number Of pensions has
diminished during the year. 575, and the amount re-
quired TO pay them was 1926 81 less than the
previous year.
The whole number Of pensioners Of all classes, on
the rolls or the Both Of June, 1861, was loIc9 re-
curing for their payment an aggregate Oh
Thew were classified as follows: 4,725 invalid pen
.ioners receiving &f25 2256 OF; 63 revolutionary
,an.ioners receiving % go g; 2,72s widows OF
Evolutionary soldiers receiving f2l2 J4S DO 221o
widows and ORPHANS, halfpay, receiving sl'S,o72;
957 navy pensioners, receiving &l31, tOl 3d.
EIGHTH CENSUS.
The returns OF the Eighth Census are being con-
densed for publication with all the expedition prae-
tcAhle in a work OF such magnitude aud varied and
comprehensive details.
The report which the Superintendent of that work
viii be prepared TO make during the present Con-
gress will confirm the general belief, that no pre-,
vious period o; our history has been distinguished
by greater prosperity ev licences Of more substan-
tal progress in al tue material interests affecting the
welfare and hnppinsss Of people.
AFRICAN sLAvE-TRADE
Tho President by al order dated the I'd OF May
last deyolved upon this Department the execution
Of the act Of 81 March, 1917 and other laws enacted
for the suppression Of the African slave-trade.
The subject was immediately taken IN hand, under
a deem sense Of our obligation az nation to put an
end il poesibe TO this odious traffic. and with full
conviction that the power OF the Government 10 tue
hands OF compeeni honest aud faithful officers, was
riequ ate to the purpose. Among other things,
caused the Marshals OF the loyal Atlantic States 10
assemble at SewYork for consultation, in order 10
insure greater concert Of action. They were thereby
afforded opportunity OF inspecting vessels fully
equipped for the African slave-trade aud OF seeing
tho arts and devices empoyedto Disguise and conceal
the real objects Of their voyage thus enabling them
10 detect md prevent the clearance Of vessels de-
signed Tor THE .,aoe. II is gratifying to know that
Unprecedented tas crowned The Efforts oil tho
pset lew months Five vessels have been seized,
tried and condemned by the courts one Siaver mas
been taken Oh the coast Of Africa with about 800
negroes on board who were conveyed 10 the Repub
lie Of Liberia. One person has been convicted at
New-York the captain OF SLAYER, having on
board oOO csptives and two others mates OF differ
ent yossel, and another at Boston for fitting out
vessel for the slave trade In the irst-nanied
the penalty is DEATH in the others il is fine and impris
onment Hitherto, convictions under the laws pro-
hbitng the African slave-trade have been very rare.
This is probably the largest number ever obtained,
and certainly the only ones for many years. 1t is
believed that the aforementioned case is the only
involving capital punishment in which conviction
has been effected ,
The full execution of the laws in these instances
will no doubt have most salutary influence in de-
terring others from the commission Of like oienses.
number of other indictments have been found
which yet TO be tried
Much credit is due to the United States ATTORNEYS
and Marshas at New-York and Boston for the vigil.
ance and zeal eyinced by them, and avail myself of
the first occasion to make them this public acknowl-
edgement.
WITHIN a little more than year the Government
of the United States, under contracts made with the
Government Of Liberia, through the agency Of the
American Colonization Society, have taken into that
republic 500 Africans, recaptured the high seas
by vessels Of onr navy. They are supplied with
food cIothiug and abeIter medicines and medical