Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-03
REPORT or THE SECRETARY oF THE
INTERIOR

This document announces decline in the
d' mand for pGbtic lands, and deficiency In
Gash sales the Snn produced being uneqnal ~
thr Expenses of the land system
In" public lands for AGRICULTURAL purposes
can no longer Re looked 10 as a Source of rev
enue. The inducements TO settipment pre-
ssnitd an Inc homeste ad law will preclude e1 =
tended rales Tor cash.
The extensive mineral lands belonging 70 q
United States, although containing inexhaue-
tble minFs Of wealth. have heretofore been
wholly unproductive a source of re venue
Ii has become a grave question TO be deter
mined by Congr6ss, whether these vast mines
OF wealth shall not be made available to aid i'm
liquidating our national debt.
In The notice of Indian affairs, the visit Of
the prin cipal chief Of the Cherokees 10 Wash
ington. for the purpose OF restoring the former
relations OF the nation 10 the United States. A
mentioned. 49,.
The late Indian outrsges in Minnesota are
narrated. and the number OF lives de<troye ed by
the saNag is stated AZ not less than soa
AHiNc warfare in the field has ceased, and
the INDIANS are unable to resist the organized
troops of the Goyernnent; but they have it An
their power Ia break up all the white setkIe-
nlents anu depopulate an extensive region of
country, unless large military force shsll De
The cause OF the on lbreak rs attributed chief Nv
10 the '.ins uIreciion Of the Southern Ssatss-
The business OF the Patent Once has exhib-
led Increased activity the past year During
The Year from October I. ISol. to Sep.emter ln
Toe, There were received 5,B02 applicaticr, for
rsten's, of which S,522 were granted In The
a. ANN
caliohe Tor extensions were received. OF which
IL were granted. Seven hundred patents p
main In the Office awaiting the payment OF The
fee which IL due on delivery The Invrl s,,erS :
fes no time within which patents rnnst b.
taken from the office. This causes large A.
cumrlation for an indefinite period. The law
should be. amended in such manner as to ne
qulfe the applicants 10 take the patents and
pay me Tees within specified time; or lpon
failure 10 do so, forfeit their right TO the r,xt
ent as well Is The fees paid.
u ar -
Ss-Wo,uO viii ne required 70 defray the REQ uire.
nients OF the pension law. =
The rsidue Of the r.pOrt consists OF etAte.
mehts respecting the late census, the African
slave trade, the expenses of the United states
courts, matters relating 10 public buildinss.
and the general affairs OF the District
I'E -
~ There is now living in the town Of Ale.
nagro, IN Spain. q woman forty wears Odd. who
has had twenty children. She married one OF
her cousins twenty years ago, and has had
twins TWO or three times, and on one occasion
tkree daughters at a birth, Nine of her children
are still living.
~ AT Islesboro', Me-, on the l7,h ult., hrte
girl, five years Of age, daughter OF Capt Royal
L. Brown, was killed by her mother, Eether
Brown, while in a temporary At Of ins sanity.
The body was found secreted under some traw,
under The floor OF An unfinished room Of the
house. ...... ...-.- : -. q.
aS- The anthracite coal trade OF Phlladelphia
continues active. Ths business Of The past
week was PAL tons, making an aggregate for
the season of 7,sas.2e0 tons, against 7,4l0e42
tons 10 corresponding time last seAson-show.
AZ The Portland Areus hears strange stories
of peculauons of Rebel property by army ON.
Gers from New England, who, IL Is alleged,
have .'confiscated" without authority, and nle-
gaIly appropriated IL 10 their own use. Some
Of the articles hus stolen have been sent home.
~The Taunton Mass.l Republican says
that Col. Pierce, OF the 29th Regiment 10 e1.
pected soon in Massachusetts, at the head Of q
recruiting party. while the regiment ie saa
winter quarters" q H''d
R-A thoughtful Dutchman suggests thst Or,
Waite was thin of Holland, when he wrote
the by nm commencing sHark from the tombs
acoleful sound mine ears (nysheers) attend he
cry" t .. ..-..
81 Chicago is now q greater pork market
than Cincinnati. 1t is also the greateet grain
market la the world.
~ The Yeiyerton tAee is again on trial m
Scotland. under an appeal from Lord AFdnil-
lan's decision against Mrs. HelveYtoR