The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-05

respondence OF the loyal States mas occ'
sufficient to produce . revenue during tn
same year Of &s,299, $1,000, being oni!
$50. 900 less than was derived from all tn,
States of the Union the previous year.
The expenditures show q still NOR,
favorable result. The amount expended
in 1861 was Sl3,606, 6S9ll. For tn,
last year the amount has been reduced /.
81 1s5. 364.l3, showing u difference o.
about ss, 4s7 200 in the expenditures, u
compared with the preceding year, oil
about. "a, $50, 600. as compared with the
fisca year of 1860.
The deficiency in the department 70,
the previous year was 81 SOL ,966.9s.-
For the last fiscal year it was reduced tc
S2,ll2,s14.57. These favorable result.
are, in fact, owing to the cessation Of mai
conveyance in the insurrectionary States.
and in part TO casual r.view of all ex-
penditures in that department, in the in
terest of economy.
RFFTClkNcy--rosTALc CONVENTION.
The efficiency OF tue postal services it
is believed has also been much improved.
Tie Postmaster General also opened .
correspondence. through the Department
of Strife, with Foreign Governments, pro.
posing Convention Of postal representa-.
tivss. for the purpose of simplifying the
rates of foreign postage and to expedite
tie foreign mails. This proposition,
equally important to our adopted citizens
and TO the commercial interests of this
country. has been favorably entertained
and agreed to by all the Governments
from whom replies have been received
ask the attention of Congress to the
suggestion of the Postmaster General 10
his report respecting the further legisla-
ton required in his opinion for tho bcne-
fit of the postal service.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
The Secretary Of the Interior reports
as follows in regard to public lands:
The public lands have ceased to be 4
source ~ teveru-. From the lst Of July,
1861, to the 3Oth of September, 1862,
the entire cash receipts from the sales of
public lands were 1882. ATT ga sum
much less than the expenses of our land
system during the same period
The homestead law, which will take
effect on the LIST of January next, offers
such inducements to settlers that sales for
cash cannot be expected TO an extent suf-
6cien, to meet the expenses of the gener-
al land office, and cost Of surveying and
bringing the land into the market.
The discrepancy between the sums here
stated as arising from the sales of public
lands mud the sums. derived FROM the
same source as reported from the Treas
ury Department, arises as l understand
from the fact thai, the periods OF time
though apparently. were not really coin.
cident at the beginning point. The
Treasury report includes a considerable
sum now, which had previously been re-
ported from the Interior Efficiently large to
greatly over-reach the sum derived from
the three months now reported upon BY
the Interior, and not by the Treasury De-
partment.
THE INDIAN WAR.
The Indian tribes upon our frontiers
have. during the past year, manifested ,
splllt of INSTRUMENTATION, and, ut several
points, engaged in open hostilitiss against
the white settlers in their vicinity. The
tribes occupying the Indian country south
of kausas renounced their allegiance to
the United States, aud entered into a
treaty with the insurgents. Those who
remained loyal to the United States we're
driven from the c",ary. The chief OF
the !heiokces has visited this city for the
purpose oil restoring the former relations
of the tribe with the United States
He alleges that they were constrained by
superior force TO enter into treaties witt
the insurgents, and that the United State.
neglected to furnish the protection which
their stipulation required.
THE MINNESOTA MASSACRE.
In the month of August last, the Siou,
Indians in Minnesota attacked the settler
in their vicinity with extreme ferocity
killing indiscriminately men, women an,
children. This attack was wholly unex
pected, and therefore no defense had bee
provided. It's estimated that not les
than 800 persons we're killed by the In
dians. and large amount OF propert,
was destroyed. How this outbreak VA
induced is not definitely known; an,
suspicious, which may be unjust, nee,
not be stated.
Information was received by the India
Bureau from different sources, about tn
time hostilities were commenced, that
simultaneous attack was to be made upo
the white settlements BY all the tribe
between the Mississippi Rivor and til
Rocky Mountains.
/ The State of Minnesota has suffere,
great injury from tho Indian war. 1
large portion Of her territory has been dc
populated, and severe loss has been sus
tained BY the destruction of property
The people of that State manifeat mucl