The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-12-04

therefore content my-elf with laviHg the ri
Z ports before yor and calling atention to them
: It gives me the pleasure to report deri
ded improvement IN the fDarcia condition r
the Post Office Department as compared wit
ihe several preccd ding wears The receipts fu
the fiscal year 1861 amounted to So, BAG 296
T ~ which embraced: The revenue from ali S'ate
of the WHOM, for three quarters Of thar. Not
outstanding the cessaii0n OF revenue from til
sO-caIled Confederate States during the las
fiscal year the increase Of tire correspondence
Of thu oval States has been sufficient to pro-
dnce rerenue during the same year # So
299 ,820 90 being only $50,00O less Than wal
derived from all The States of tie Union The
previous year.
The expenditures show a sill more favorable
esulr The amount expended in 1861 was 81
1886 1911. For The last year The amount
| Ea> been reduced to $ll 125, 1854 13l showing q
difference of ABOUT 81 497, 900 in the expendi,
.u.es as compared with the fiscal yea o. 1860
! The deficiency in the Department for the pres
vious year was 81 SOL 966 90. For the las f.
| ca year it was reduc % 81 II 814 81 The
| ftVUIabe results are, III fact, owing TO The ce~
sarion of mail Conveyance III the insurrection
airy States, ana i'll part to a Casual review of all
expenditures IN that depart ent 10 che in
| tererl VI economy.
The efficiency OF the postal service il IS be-
lIeved has also been much improved. The
Post Master General also opened correspon~
ience, through the Department of State, with
Foreign Governments proposing convention
of postal representatives. for the purpose #
simplifying the F4'ss CT fmaign postage and 70
exp die She fpreign mails. This PROPOSE ion
| neutrality-suspicious. TO our adopted citizens and to
a e commercial interests of this country, has
been favor0by entertained by all the govern
ments from whom replies have been received.
| ask foi the ATTENTION. OF Z ,ngress to Il sug>
gestion of the Post Master General in his res
ort respecting the further legislation required
in his opinion for the benefit of the postal SER
vice.
The Secretary Of tie Interior reports as iol-
low in regard to pubic lands:
The pubic lands have ceased to be sourct
az public revenue. From the LIST of July 1861
10 he 3 "a Of September 1862, the entire cash
ieCelpLs from he sales Dfpublc lands were $l37
III IS - sum much than the expenses
If our land system uring he same period.
The homestead law. which viii take effect on
The lst Of January next, offer such induce
ment, to settlers. that sales for cash cannot be
expected TO au extent sufficient to meet the ex
pen,es Ut the general land office. and cost OF
surveying ana bring. the land into market.
The discrepancy between The sums here sta
ted rs arising from the sales of public lands
AG Inc sums ue'IbGu lFOui GtlS SdIIIe soui &c ga
reported from the treasury drparrmcnt arisen
d. | understand. from the fact that the periods
of t!ns, though apparent y, are nnt-reaily CO.
incident at the beginning point. The Ireasu~
~ rep0.t includes considerable sum now
wch had been previously reported from
the Interior sufficiently large to gseatly over
reach he sum derived from the three months
now reported upon by the Interior, and not by
the Treasury Department
The Iudlan tribes upon our frontier have
during the past year, manifested spirit of IN
subOIdlhafiOu, and, at several points, engaged
Ia open hostilisIes against the white settlers i'll
their vlclnity The tribes occupying the ln~
dla country sUu,h Of Kansas renounced their
ailegi ence 10 the United States, and entered
into Il treaty with the insurgents Those who
remained loyal 10 The United States were
dIven from he country. The Chi # of the Cher
okee5 has visited this city for the purpose OF re-
storing the former relations Of the tribe with
the United States He alleges that they were
cons rained 10y superior force TO enter INFO trea~
ties with ther insurgents, and that 'he Urred
STA, es neglected 10 turni h he protection which
their stipulation required.
In the month Of August last, the Sioux In
dams in Minnesota attacked the settlers in
their vicinity with extreme f'rocrty, killing in
discIi mrnat-ly men, women aud children This
attack was wholly unexpected, and therefore no
defsl CO had been provided 1t is estimated
hat not less than go persons were killed by
the Indians, aud q large amount Of property
was destroyed. How this outbreak was induc,
ed is not definitely known aud suspicious
which may be- unjust need not be stated
Inform ,tiOD was received by the Indian Bu>
reau fro II different sources a bout the time nos
tilites were commen ced. that simultaneous
attack to BE- made upon the whiTe settle
ments By al the tribes between the Mississippi
River and the Rocky Mountains.
The State Of Minnesota has suffered great
injury from the Iudian war. A large portion
of her territory ha. been depcpulated and A
severe loss has teen sustained by The desruc,
ton of property. The peopl- Of III It State
manifest much anxiety for III removal of the
tribes beyond the limits of he State as guar
antee against future hosti,iti =.
The Commission of Indian Affairs will furnish
full detail 6.
1 submit for your special consideration wheth-
er our Indian system shall not be remodelied.
Many wise and good men have been impress
ed witt the belief that this can be proftabiy
done
l submit statement of the proceedings of
the commissioners. WIFI III shows the progress
that has been made III the enterprise of con-
structing the Pacific Railroad and thus suggests
tie earliest complexion OF the road, and also the
favorable action Of Congress upon the project
now pending before them Tor charging the
capacities Of the great canals in New York and
Illinois, as being OF vital and rapidly in creasng
Importance TO the whole nation, and especially
10 The vast interior region hereinafter TO be
Noticed AT some greater length.
| propose having prepared and laid before
yon II an early day seine interesting and val
uahie statistical informant upon this subject
The niihtary aud commercial Importance of en-
aI ging the lliirois and Michigan Canal and i'm
pre- wing the Illinois River, is presented in the
report of Colonel Webster to the Secretary of
War, and now transmitted to Congress- re-
epectfull' ask your attention to it
To carry out the provisions Of the act of Con
gross of The 18th of May last. have caused The
Department If Agriculture of the United States
10 be organized Tn" Commissioner informs
me that within the period of fe months this
department has established an extensive svs.
EN- oi correspondence and exchanges both at
home and abroad, which promises to eff CT
highly benefcent results in the development
ia correct know edge and Improvements in ag>
iculIure in the introduction of new products
aud ~ the collection OF agricultural statistics
u different States; also, that 1t will s0nn be-
prepared to Distribute largely seeds, cereals,
pants and cuttings and has already published
sud hbeIally dlffuSed much Valuable information
In anticipation at Il more elaborate report
witch i'll due time VIII be published, embracing
some valuable tests il, chemical scepce now in
prog,e-s in the laboratory, the or, alton of this
department. was foI the more immediate benefit
If lar &c class foul most valuable citizens and
Trust that the liberal basis upon which il has
been orgariz, wilnot only meet your appro>
baton, but chat it will realize al no distant day
~ the fondest anticipations of its most sam
guue friends. and become the fruitful source of
Advantage TO all our people.
On the 22d day OF September last proc anna
ion was ISSUED by the Executiva-a cory OF
vi ich is herewith submitted Ii accordance
with the purpose expressed III the second pa.
agraph OF that paper | now respectfully eeal
your attention TO whs, may be called conpen-
stated emancipation a na.ion may be said I,
'ousist Gifts territory. its people and its laws
The territory is the only part hch is of certai
durability. ''One generation passeth awsy arc
another generation comeih but the earth abid,