Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-12-12

WI, FRIDAY, Id
'evenue during the same year Of sS,2sa,
$40 90, being only $4,000 less than WAS
derived from all the states Of the Union du-
ing the previous year. The expenditures
'how still more fayo. able result. The /
amount expended in 1851 was Sl3,G06, I
759 II. For the last year the amount has |
been reduced to $lll25 3G4 10, showing
decrease of about S2,4Sl 600 in the expen- /
litures as compared with the preceding year
and about $3,750,000 as compared with the
fiscal year 1860. The d, Geieaey in tie
department for the prerioas year was 81,
55l ,96G %. For the last fiscal year it
was reduced 10 s2,l12,Sl45 These IA
yorahle results are in part owing 10 the
cessation OF mail service in The insurreciien-
AIRY states, and in part TO a thorough review
OF all the expenditures in that department
in the interest Of econemy- .The efficiency
OF the postal service, it is beiered, has also
been grsaily improved. The postmaster
general has also opened correspondence,
through the department OF slate, with for
eign governments, proposing convention
OF postal representatives, for The purpose OF
simplifying the rates Of foreign postage
aud to expedite the foreign mails. This
propo iilion equally important 10 our adopt
ed ciiizens and 70 the commercial Interests
of this country, has been favorablyl enter
tanned and agreed TO by all the governments
from HON replies haRe been received. !
ask the attention Of Congress TO the sug-
geslions Of lie postmaster general in his
report respecting the further legislation re-
CURED, ip his opinion, tor the benefit Of the
postal service.
TIE PUBLIC LANDS.
The secretary of the interior reports as
follows in regard to the puddle landss The
public lands have ceased to be source Of
reyenpe. From the lst of July, 1861, to
the 30th Of September, 1862, the entire
cash receipts from the sale Of lads were
S137, ,476 26, a sum much less than the ex-
pense Of our land system during the same
period. The homestead law, which will
take effect on the FIST Of January next, Of
fers such inducements TO settlers, that sales
for cash canEqt be expected TO an extent
sufficient to meet the expenses of the gem
erai land Office, and tie cost of surveying
and bridging the land into market. The
discrepancy between the sum here stated
as arising from the sales of the public lands
and the same derived frcm The same source
as reported from the treasury department
arises, as ! understand, from the fact that
4 the periods Of time, though apparently
we're really not eoincident it the begin
ming point, the treasury report, including I
considerable sum now, which had preyioas
! " been reported from the interior, sufficient
ly large to greatly overreaeh the sum de
rived from the three months now reporte
upon by the interior, and not by the treas
ury.
THE INDIANS.
The Indian tribes upon our frort
} have, during the past year, manifested
spirit of iisubordinaion, and at severa
points have ranged ia open hostilitie
against the white settlers in their vicinity
The tribes occupying the Indian countr
south Of Kansas renounced their aliegianc
to the United States and entered into treat
les with the insurgents. Those who re
mained legal to the United States wer
: driven from the country. The chief Of tn
, Cherolees has visited this city for the pul
pose of restoring the former relations Of th
tribe with the United States. He allege
that they were constrained by superior fore
2 10 enter into treaties with the insurgeut
and that the United States neglected t
furnish the protection which their trea.
stipulations required,
3 In the month of August last, the Siog
: Indians in Minnesota attacked the seitl,
e ments in their vicinity with extreme feroc
J. ty, killing indiscriminately men, women an
children. This attack WAS wholly une,
. pecled, and therefore no means Of defene
" had been provided II is estimated tia
not less than 500 persons were killed b
the Indians, aud large amount of prope
ty was destroyed. How this outbreak wa
inlnced is not definitely known, and suspi,
ions, which may be unjust, need not to
!, stated. Information was received by I'll
Indian bureau from different sources. abot
the time hostilities were commenced, that
simultaneous attack was to be made upo
the Nhite settlements by all the tribes b.
e tween the Mississippi river apl the Rock
. mountains. The state of Minnesota h.
suffered great iysry FROM this Indian wa
5 A large portion Of her territory has bee
depopulated, and a. very severe loss b
4 been sustained BY he destruction of PROF
: erty. The people Of that state manifet
: much anxiety for the removal of the tribe
h beyond tie limits Of the state as a guarar