The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-12-19

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= sIceived - tho Navy Department Il appears
slshss more than one thousand vessel. have
been captured since the blockade Va iusti.
suted snd that the value OF the prizes IL
ready sent in for adjudication amount 70
lover thirteen million dollars. The payal
force Of tho United States CONSISTS. :, this
time. Of 5SS vessels com ple,ed and in The
course OF compilation. and OF these rs sre
iron clad srmored steamers. The event, Of
the war give IN increased inferes, and IN.
4 postsnce 10 The navy which ~iIl probably
extend beyond the war itself The
srmosed vessels in our navy, completed acd
IN service, o. which are under contract ars
approaching completion. gro believed 20 ex.
ceed In number those OF any other power.
out while they may be relied upon for hsr.
Dor do'enses and sea coaei service. Others of
greater strength and capacity VIII Be nee.
essary for cruising purposes nna 10 main.
's'n cur righsiul position on The ocean.
During the pest 6sctl year, the financial
condition Of the P.,s, OH ~ D-nsrtmcn, ~.
been one of increased prosperity, and an
era'ifed IN being able 70 state thst he %.
ceiFt Of postal revenue hns nearly eon,lled
me entire expenditures: the last~r amount.
ing to SIisi4oOO,8f ard he tmn,rr =
81, 7se, 5s-ieasing = deficiency of
but $250417 25.
The quantity Of lands disposed Or eurinr
Inc last and the first quarters OF the prcs.
ent nscaI year was three million eight hun.
ored and fifty one thousand FIVE hundred
snd finy-nine acres. Of which one hundred
snd sixty one thousand nine hundred and
eleven acres were sold for cash; one mil.
lion four hundred and hfty ak thousand five
ausdrcd and fourteen scresswerc taken ~
under the Homestead Law ard ,he rcsidue
disposed Of under laws granting IA nds fcr
military bounties. for railroads and o,ber
PurPesss Il also appears thar the sale Of
public lands ir largely in the increase.
THE INDIAN TRIBES.
The measures provided a, your last scs.
'ion for the removal Of cer,ain Indian tribes
'avs been carried into eirsrr. sundrv
resties'hsve been negotiated which viii in
'ue time be submitted fer the constitutional
'ction d the Senate. They contain stipu-
ssions for exsnguishing the po-sessor's
'ghts Of the Indians to large Ind valuable
racts Of land.
FHE war CONDITION OF THE REBE.rroS.
When Congress sssemb led q wear AGO.
ne war had siready lasted nearly twenty
nonths, and there had been many conflicts
% both land and sea with varying resuIta.
The rebellion had been pressed back into
educed limits, yet the tone Of public feel
ng and cpinicn st home and abroad was
Of satisfactory. With other signs, the
cpular elections, then just past, indicated
nessiness among ourselves. while amid
'uch that wss cold and mcnscing, the kind
= words coming from England were utter
in accents of pity. bu, We were too blind
surrender.
The policy Of smaneipai iion and Of en-
oyment Of black soldiers. gsve 70 the fu-
re new aePecs, about which hopes. fears
ID doubts consended In uncersaIn conHict,
'cordIne ss our political system, - . mat
Z Of civil administration. The General
Overnment has no lawful power to effect
nsncipsiicn in any State, and for long
~ y had been hoped that the rebellion
uld be suppressed without resortinr 70 Il
military measure. II was sIl the while
smed possible that necessity for It might
NE. and that, II Il should, the crisis or tho
ntest would then be presented. II came.
4, . icreseen. Il was followed BY dark
doubtful days. Eleven months having
en passed, We are permitted to take an
'er review. The rebel borders are
ssed still farther back, and, BY the COM
= opening Of the Mississippi River, the
'ntry dominated over BY the rebellion fs
ldcd into distant parts or those States
included in the emancipation, Maryland
Missouri (neither Of which. years ago.
I'D tolerate any restraints upon tho ex-
sion q slavery into the Territorics) only
ute now Il ss 70 the best mods or driy-
L from their own limits. 0i those who
. slaves g the beginning OF the rebellion
Y one hundred thousand are nov m thc