, 1865-12-07
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR

etotEs ID trust tcf the Cht-kAeA# naLu1al iuno%
whieh amount, es appears By bis report ct the eth
Of December last, 10 the sun Of one Eatllion threa
hundrsd and sixteen thonssnd tno hundred and
eighty ONE dollars and thltty-one cents- Fuhltc
securities End certificates OF stock Of the p2t valut
OF thren million afsy-shree thopsaod aye hundred
and nlneiy-two dollara nnd fifteen cenis, cnnsutu-
ting The tzuft fund oi other Indian trbea aFe de-
bot aware Of my good reason Tor divided custody
ignAte deposltaTy for III The securities held BY the
United States In trust for Tho Indiana.
During The 5ear ending september 30. 1857. theze
wrre sncciscd at the Pstaut Once elnTrn thousand
eight hundred and sixty applications for patents,
ents. SIX honsand two hundrcd and ninety-tuo
patents tioc1udlng relssuea and deslzns) were
issned. and st1ty-one extensions granted. ons
were filed. Seven hundred and tortJ.one appIiea-
tons allowed, but no patents issned thereon by
reason Of Tho nonpaymsnt OF the anal fec.
.nee 10 The esdis 81 o shs tand ga Il d5S ihon,sad
ODE bundled md seventeen 6ollara and thirty nlue
cents: 1he fees received for the succeeding twelve
thousand nine hundred mud eighty .acven dollars
and twcnty-ecyen cents. The expenditures during
the same period were Two hundred and siKty-s1o
!oryseven cents, Leaving balance on the nrst
day Of October, 1865, Of one hundred and ten
thousand s'x hundred and any-ninc dollars and
oincIeep centA,
lmnediatefy alter entering on the discharge OF
my official duliea, my attention WAS directed 70 tho
h' 7p To- he Of he
lishcd one in March. ls6l, cudiied Population"
the other to March, 1865, entitled "Articnlture;;"
the third volume. a prpllmiuarJ report, purpoft-
Ing 10 present synopsis of tic results" esiab-
1ished by the census, had also been tzn1sitted to
as ass S y ~ Sns Isl @on SIX nuu
dred md fosty-two thousand dollars ms exhausted,
and liabilities, amounting to a considerable sun,
~ 70 not seen dischaEged. The liberal app1oPsia
tic and faithful record Of our population. condition
wonld Be- published At an sat1y period attes ~
uktica matter leeved for such records fs material
impaired for practical uses By its
rapidly increasing In The elements Of material
wealth, where all Industrial pursults prosecuted
WITH uns-ampied vigor and success.
The rstans d he fsnsas ~ o. 1se haye S See1 A.
opgh manner, and the work has been advanced W1ih
despatch IN etrfklng contrast with tts former
tardy progress. The third volume, eatitlcd - MN
fourth and last volume, embracing mortuary. edu-
calional and ulscsllaneona slaistes has been Pre-
pared for the public printer. and will be ready Tor
distribution 1t m early day.
UNION Pacific RAILROAD.
eiruction of a railroad nom the Missouri river 10
eg,sasion o. ths saSjeet WITH its hesrty approvai
BY the people, furnish striking. proof OF the un-
conqueEab1e determination Of tbe nation and al
toral Integrity. Had it been dccned possible thst
our county could fall prey 10 rebellion, and its
d:secsesed parts become tu2lectea 10 tnc eonHoi
euch work would never have been undertaken and
Its execution would have been impraetteable. Al
though at the date OF NE enactment of thess aey-
taxed. measures were adopted deemed adequate TO
induce capitalists 70 engage IN The Of
this gseat lbozouehfa1e, IN ihe conviction that
people The energy displayed IN it's prosecution for
in OF three years did not, however. equal public
expectation ana the wishes Q! the Gose.nme2t.
report Of Lieutenant Colonel simpson. Of the cngt-
nst q detailed By yon, ordss
interior in superv!s4nC this and other kindred
works. il has Een progressing In q satisfactory
manner, from Omaha, knnsas City, snI !AtchisoD,
westward. and rom Sacramento, Cslitornn. east:
ward. '''''-
The amount Of uriyate cApita1 already Invested,
he hlsI nersonal Character 81 The gentlemen CON.
uccted Win lis prorecutipp. and The muntGseni
me th.t The xboje Win (s completea Within the
ndod iixed by isv, thus furnishing 4 contins on:
lPs q :silss; ION lie A'isntie = IL Fae,ae:
- ~, rsa W. nv "f the con,,nsni tn .ttiemrsi
v6st aIn H. tocrhan.tihie nas1nna1 rrsn1,rces
md nsfnrns,jno III ihe .its Of ne American .-p'e
viii oe more sDd Incre Htf'S'"'o ns 1t ap
proaches Completion.
The Union fncitIc RI. .iroad Com pany, incofpoia
ted upder tbe Copgressiop.t act above cited, re
nott. under tIntc Of The 5fb ulro That on tho 19.l
pf October hFt, sixteen miles :oi srork had bei1
i.id SSrst frnIn r,aha sfi that ar.nr.n,ents had
hrFn n,sde ia nrosrne the rrort A. fhe yatn of ne
hef nils mr. 51sx' The Comnsnv hns fys 1ornnn
i've. md seventy ears on he fuad, Mach1ne.ehopt
s,s. .ra y, II ..t ~, II
Gnishet, IN k c6nEse of fbe n-rs+ni mnn.h. rht
tdfr- ~ ~ TN 3rst hrnrrS r1ies m. A. iss, a.tr
nearly Tessv for tfc sune,F,nrtnr. md that OF tht
@ ea ~ X lei zr I'm h 1,s5s +, M
end az f;eTf rnnnth' and m d,nht /. enieFfaIneS
NAY ia dra1 hnnAred ,nfi.s 'riii r. IN nnurs
s,rn bv ihc drst daT n, Univ next If
emnn,isn,e ~ xs,th tha srnnrrmen1e n law
The asses95. The belief .s9t an aaa,ona
n iniF 1sa: md thry M nnt ,x,tf;ont hnne IN,
fhrv Siti ~ I'm, dstt ha,a ccns,ructsi tTn nm
dred ana my miles Of road and reached ths ons
1sJs,nn rnm1nnn1v ralicii tha Ksns.a hrsnch r. r.
nniic win II N~ A>-A47$-' S'1'-*'' ~ "
several Pstt,es Of eneinesrs have hen .e!iysl,
ro1;niT wclf frnm Ssi1 iste ~ 1hr vsiIeT nf M
I1nmhoJSs rnn1heT NJ, M Cache H. IN Pondrc - n
s5, sne I1inls r,scr ana tolsn 1som ame ons ana
" Iosns, IT, ..ond hnna.I 1,,tes oF ~ ~
Sircnnons nfS,ts have brrn nn.Jc hv fhc d,racsnss
siIh h. ~ tnmxcarea imno,3nnre 1fr e11sna;. 9I
t,res nira. ~ .rnnn5t IN 1hrrc mi h,f nIinn aoi
iaTs. wIoiiy det1yed rom p,iSstc contributions.
that On H. 5,h ot sr i,s IT. 's u1 .e as
pTc,lion 10 substitute = ner Inc for hat adoo'ed
bctyecn Omnha and the ctnesItc OF the EIkhorn.
line oasrsd thc most rsst md praetcs hie foute.
to orrser thoruurh personal examination Of both
/, eonpstent ese.nes5. uho Nas lnsIueled 70 =
tailed bs ihc sec1c.asJ Of Wiz At my request. a.
. s
III exnm!nst,on. aud the correspondeucc to nhlch
it cave tisc.
The contemplated Dew location received your ap-
eopeLEncd, md The company deemed It -xpcdlen1
road un.ii the result 81 your anal ACTON upou The
fhe Esiop Faaae Railroad Company, es.tern d1.
vision, nas completed iorty miles OF tic railway
and.telrss7apn li5e. extending nom Tho mouth q
had il octobes iii Il iour locomotivce On lie road,
and VIVA Then expecting The arrival OF another At
wrandoite. There we're On the track three n1ss-
one baggage, twelve hand cnrs and two iron truck.
carr. The company has also contracted for four ad
d,tioual h-s'class passenger, two express and mai,
| short period. The company reported on the 1l,h
had been completed; which Is now in process o. ex
y Law. surreys have been extended 70 ths one
| hupd5ed1h meridian, aistanee Of aoont thtee nun
d'cd and eighty 1ne miles. !here Il also party u
Who I % are % 10 eStsad iheir surveys to Denver ei'y
about i've hundred and eishty-one mflrs from th'
eaetcrn terminus Of the Foaa.
The PTe<dent Of the Atchison branch or tht
rn.on Faclac Railroad submitted a report bearins
late the 18th ultfmo. 1t represents That til
bridges and ma<cmJ, On The first eectio1
p1ctcd, croea-ttes prepared. tho track be
ing laid, and that this portion Of the road 1
unter contract and will he finished by the first d
Of 1pnnfu next. 1t further represents tha
the bridges are constructed Of the best material.
End lbnt tie buildings now IN proceeas or erection
are ofssone1 rooted with corIuGntcd Iron that II
seeond section OF twenty miles is also Enocr coz
The commissioners appointed by youf predecet
.or, under dste sep'emeer le5. 5spotteo nRo
one tnllet o. ne Ean%sf ~ 5eis.apn . !lo
eopstlcc!ca Dy tne GEnflai l1lnG ta'Ls1au CoH
| pany Of Efhiorn1a. lnls pat1 OF Inc rpau. G1teot