The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-10

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, These Reports, though lengthy, are scarcel,
more than brief abstracts OF the very nu
merous and extensive transactions aC
, operations conducted through these Depart
ments, ner could give summary Of then
) here upon any principle which would adm
of lis being much shorter than the Report,
themselves. | therefore content mysel
with laying the Reports before you, ant
asking your attention to them.
IL gives me pleasure to report q deoidot
Improvement in the financial condition of tn,
Post-Othcc Department rs compared will
several preceding years. The receipts iol
the fiscal year 1861 amounted TO SS,3l9,
296 10, which embraced the revenue from
all the States of the Union for three quarters
OF that year. Notwithstanding tho cessa
ticn ot revenue from the so-called Seeded
States during the last fiscal year. the in
crease of the correspondence of the Iowa
States has been sufficient to produce rev
enue during the same year of IS, ,299 $50 90
being only $4,000 less than vas derived
from all the States of the Union during thc
iprevious year. The expenditures show O
still more favorable result. The amount
expended in 1881 was Sl3.G06, ,769 IL. Fo,
the last year the amount has been reduced
to Sll ,l25,36l l3, showing decrease ot
about 81 ,4Sl 900 in the expenditures ms com
pared with the preceding year, and about
81, 100 900 as compared with the fiscal year
1860. The deficiency IN the Department for
the previous year was 81 .55l ,966 9S. For the
last fiscal year it was reduced to S2.ll2,-
Sl4 %, These favorable results are, in
part, owing to tho cessation of mail service
IN the insurreotionary States, and IN part to
y casual rcviow of all expenditures in that
Department, III the interest of economy.
The efficiency of tho Postal service it is be-
lieved has also been much improved. The
Postmaster-Gencral also opened CORES
pondonce, through Department of State
with foreign Governments, proposing Il
convention of Postal Representatives for
the purpose of simplifying the rates of for.
eign postage and to expedite tho foreign
mails. This proposition, equally important
TO our adopted citizens and to the CONNER
cial interests of this country, has been IA
yorably entertained and agreed to by all the
Governments from whom replies have becu
lreceiVcd. ask the attention of Congress
to tho suggestions of the Posumaster-Gcn.
cral III his Report respecting the further
legislation required, in his opinion, for the
benefit of the postal service
The Secretary of the Interior reports as
follows in regard to the public lands "Thc
Public Lands have ceased TO he u source uI
revenue. From the LIST of July 1861. tC
the Both of September, 1862 the entire
cash receipts from the sale of lands wer,
Sl3I, ,iIG 26, sum much less than the OK
pensc Of our land system during the same
period The Homestead Law, which will
take effect ON the LIST of January next, offers
such Inducements 10 settlers that sales for
cash cannot be expected to an extent suih-
cient to meet the expenses of the Genera
l.ald-Oihce, and the cost of surveying and
bringing the land into market.
The discrepancy between the sum here
stated as arising from the sales of the pub
lie lands and the same derived from tn,
same source as reported from the Treasury
Department, arises, as | understand, from
the fact that the periods of time though 9p
parently were not really GoiuCident at til,
beginning point, the Treasury Report nclud
ing Il considerable sum row which had pre-
viously been reported from the Interior suf
iiciently large TO greatly overreach the sun
derived from the three months now re
ported upon by the Interior, and not by the
Treasury.
The Indian tribes upon our frontiers
have, during the past year, manifested &
spirit of insubordination, and at several
points have engaged in open hostiitics
against the white settlements in their vi
entity. The tribes occupying the Indian
country south of Kansas renounccd their al
legiance to the United States, and entered
into treaties with the insurgents, Those whC
remained loyal to the United States were
driven from the country. The Chef of the
Cherokees has visited this city for the pur
pose of restoring the former relations Ot
the tribe with the United States. He al
leges that they were constrained by supe
riOr force to enter into treaties with the IN
surgcnts, and that the United States he
elected to furnish the protection which theil
treaty stipulations required
In the month of August last the Sioux
Indians, III Minnesota, attacked the settle
ments in their vicinity with extreme fe
rocity, killing indiscriminately men, womer
and children. This attack was wholly un
expected and, therefore, no means of defense
had been provided, 1t is estimated that no
less than 500 persons were killed by the
Indians, and large amount OF property
was destroyed. How this outbreak was
induced is not definitely known and sus
picions. which may be unjust, need not be
stated. Information was received by the
Indian Bureau from different sources about
the time hostiitics were commenced, tina
a simultaneous attack was to be made upon
the white settlements by all the tribes be
tween the Mississippi River and the Rocky
Mountains, The State of Minnesota ha'
suffered great injury from this Indian war
A large portion of her territory has
been depopulated, and severe loss ha'
been sustained by the destruction of prop
erty. The people, Of the State manfes
much anxiety for the removal Of tn
tribes beyond the limits of the Stat
as q guaranty against further hostilties
The Commissioners of Indian Affairs vii
furnish full details.
submit for your especial consideration
whether our Indian system shall not b'
remodeled, Many wise and good mel
have been impressed with the belief that
this can be proftably done.
submit statement of the proceeding
of the Commissioners, which shows th'
progress that has been made in the enter
prise ofconsiructing the Pacific Railroad
and this suggests the earliest completion
of the road and also the favorable action o
Congress upon the projects now pending
before them for enlarging the capacities o
the great canals in New-YOrk and Illinois
as being of vital and rapidly increasing i'm
: portance TO the whole nation, and especially
to the vast interior region hereinafter to b'
noticed at some greater length. ! propo 'C
having prepared and laid before, you, at an
early day some interesting and valuable
statistical information upon this subject
, The military and commercial importance
! Of enlarging the Illinois and Michiga
Canal, and improving the Illinois River
is presented in the report of Colonel Web
! ster to the Secretary of War, and now trans
mitted to Congress. respectfully ask al
: tentOn to it.