Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-10

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Total. 57Dss4l. 100 S i
Balances Ia the treasury On Iii
the III day Of Jaiy, 1852, M.0A3. 446.sl b
II should be observed shas the SUM of y
SOC, O96, 02s,09 expended for reimburse ?
menss and redemption of the public debt 2
being included also in the loans made,
may propsgiY be aaaacted both from tia ff
receipts and expenditures, leaving the 70. IF
csipss for the year $AS7 ,TSG 81, 97, ard Il
the expenditures, $A74, IA, 766 10. 0tA~
/ CT information on the sabiscs OF hnaness
will be givsn In tina report q the Secretary
of the Treasury, 10 whose ssaaensnss and
views invite your moss candid and con-
sidezass astentiaa. III
wAs AND NAVY RxRagrs. Il
The reports Of the Secretary OF the Ma
w and War are herewith transmitted
These reports, though lengthy, are scarce
i Iv more than bYisf extracts OF the very
numerous and extensive transactions and
opesstions conducted through thesa De-
parsnents, nor could give summary OF
| them here upon any principle which would
admit Of its being much shorter than th4
reports themselves.
/ therefore content myself with laying |
the reports before you, and ash your a.
! tention to them.
TEE POST OFFICE pKF4aTaAAT.
1t givss me pleasure to report dssidr
ed Improvement In the financial eon-
dition of the Post of6ss Department
!, a. compared With the several preceding
= vsara, The receipts fer the 6scal year
d 1851, amounted 10 q, 349; go. 40, which
: embraced the revenue from eli States
. Of the Union for three quarters Of
Q that year. Notwithstanding the cessation
+ Of revenue from the so-ealled ConfsdsTals
States during the last aseal year, tae L..
g crease Of the correspondence OF tie Loyal
d States has been safhcieas 10 produce .
u revenue during the same year Of %, ZsU,-
l. 900. 80, being only S50, 600 less than VIA
ID derived from all the States Of the Union
the previous year.
TIE expenditures show stin more fh.
\. voRabIs Fssult. The amount expended
!. in 1851 was SIS ,606, Toa. It. Fer sAe l4sa
4 year the amount has bssn reduced to $l :
a l25, 1854. Is, showing differences OF about
: =. A81 600 in the expenditures, ~ com
- pared with the preceding year, or Abaus
\ S3, 750, 900 o. compared with the hSeai
"a ysar of 1860.
= The deficiency in the DNpsrtusns for
the previous year was D, SIS !, 800. Is
For the last Gseal ysax it Was reduced se
2,4I2,8l4.s7. These favorable results
N are in fact, owing 70 the cessation OF
be mail conveyance In the insnErectiouarJ
j. States, and In part to casual review Of
as all axpeadisarea in that Department, in
to the interest Of economy.
D. ExvICIKscY-PosFAL CONVENTION.
I'D The efficiency Of the postal service i i,
d believed has also been much improved -
The Postmaster General also opened
correspondence, lhrough the Dspartane
a Of State, with Foreign uoEernments, pro
- posing convention Of postal repEeseats
10 tivss, for the pnrpose OF simplifying d
~ rates Of foreign pastage aud 10 exPa4it
~ she foreign mails. This proposition
= equally innportant TO our adopted eitiaen
and to the commercial interests OF thi
:. country, has been favorably entertained
~ and agreed to By all the Government
20 from whom replies have been received
P AK the attention of congress 10 the aQg
~ gession Of the Postmaster General in hi
- report respecting the further Legislation
T. required 10 his opinion for the benefit o
a the postal service.
hal pgPARYaRST or TEE INTERIoa.
lsE The Secretary Of the Interior report
sal - follows in regard to public lands
as The public lands have Oeased 10 be
mt source of Feveaue. From the LIST of Iul
ng 1861, 70 the S0th Of September, 1862 th
in entire eash receipts from the sales of put
Pc lie lands were sf37, 477.26-a sum . uc
eat less than the expenses OF our Land systel
to during the same period
The homestead Law, which will take 81
feet on the frss of January nsxt, otfel
such inducements 10 settlers that aaiE
ley for cash cannot be expected to an axteI
ese sufficient to meet the expenses Of chs ger
nE, eral land Office, aud cost Of surveying az
lls, bringing the land into market.
III, The discrepancy between the sums hoz
geo stated ss arising from the sales Of publ
Nh, lands and the sums derived from the san
source a. reported from the ,TreasuryIDt
"a partmeut arises as understand, from Il
Tue fact thas the periods Of time, though Of
~, psrently, were not really, c1incidens I
ere the beginning point. The Treasury n
Al port includes Q considerable sum no
es which had previously been reported fro
are The Interior, sufficiently large TO great
overreach the SUM derived from tbs thra
months now reported upon By the inteT
OF, and not By the Treasury DeparsnIs n
TIE INDIAN WAR.
If The Indian tribes upon our frontiei
act have, during the past year manifested
ma spirit Of insubordinatiou, and in sever
and points, engaged In open hostilisies again
the the white settlers IN their vicinity. ia
de- tribes occupying the Indian country s6ut
tas Of Kansas, rsneaneed their allegiance
,av the United States and snsered into . srbat
ma With the insurgents. Those who remain
;th ed loyal to the United States we're driVs
n.t from the country. The Chief of the Che
n. okses has visited this city for the purpo'
~. of restoring the former relations Of tt
e tribe with the United States. He allags
tha that they were constrained By supsKic
~ force 10 enter into treaties with the intnl
- gents, and thas the United States neglect
h. ed to furnish the protsction which the
sht stipulations required. .
lii, THE MINNESOTA MASSACRE.
nd In the mouth Of August last, the Sibu
ia Indians In Minnesota attacked the settler
for in their vicinity With extreme fssodit,
OF killing Unfortunately, men, women N
Ii children. This attack was wholly nasx
ew pessed, and therefore no defense had bee
my provided. 1t ia estimated thAt not les
far than 300 persons were killed BY the Ii
The diane, and largs amount Of proptrt
ms was destroyed. How this outbreak wa
ION induced il not definitely known and sGa
Ia pisions, which may Be unjust, need No