New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-06


prefer to make payment and thus secure ute before
The expiration OF the period when II would otherwise
ycst The nominal SUN paid by the homestead setter
find the fee which lie pays TO the local olccTs are SUI
ce "a cover the expense incident to tho survey ana
the disposal Of the land.
In tie enactment of this law Congress was doubtless
r0nenced by the conviction that the settlement ard
cultivation OF the lands objects of greater import
nnce TO the nation than the increased revenue tno
might be derived from their sale; and n'nrc expe
rience will Il il not doubted attest The wsuo ~ "eh
M the bcncfccncc Of this legislation.
opproye Of the suggestion of the CommissloDer OF
The General Land Office. that the law should prescribe
time within which an appeal shcnia pe tSeI "nd
the decision of the local officers TO ire General haha
Office and from the latter to the Department.
Iii matter Of the utmost Importance to the setter.
IN Arizona and New Mexico that early provision should
he made BIZ law for the adjustment of Spanish and
Mexican titles arising under existing treaties WIN INC
Republic Of Mexico AS tie determination oi disputed
titles involves questions essentially judcml IA tAeir
character il seems to he proper that the rihnhS OF
the United States should be- charged win the pel'
formuncc Of this duty. in conformity with e-!sn''e
precedcnis in regard to claims IN Lou .ieni ana otheF
states period should be prescribed for pros'cntS
claim Of title and the decree Of the court sbo9d de
tcrmino not only dc validity OF the title ia, as9 a
incidental questions relating 10 the limits oil the i'u
claimed. which could not be properly ueleflilen y!
the Commissioner Of the General Land once ~ IL,
survey and location on the cartS surface. ~ IeEaiu
TO cases heretofore confirmed TIE couhrmce hh"uu Vc
required 20 have surveys made OF hls own osp.nse,
under iie Surveyor General subject TO the uf'lsio
OF tho Commissioner of the General Lana once aug
the ultimate control of this department. and her, such
claims OF loose and underlined extent; sO'nc 'ni''
ton as 10 quantity should be imposed by Law
Tho Commissioner of tie General Land once mas
held that the United States az tho successor 81 9,eNco
Ln. the exclusive and paramount ight 70 AL sch s.'
~ may be indispensable for forts or other lHo uses
and nj, rclt VIII he enforced unless Congress sha
otherwise order. ,,,-,
mo organisation of n Bureau Of Mining was recon-
mended in the last annual report OF TINS department.
and the aonion Of Congress Is again inyiifa To tne
subject Al lands denorlinatod mineral which do not
Lar The rrccion, metals should be brought ino NOR
lot and ihns placed under the gIinTdanshiP" pr'"'V
o,no,s In no other mode 10 h. believed can Tue great
forests Of timber the growth OF ccturs hHN OF Noss
value 10 The nation. be Cfccinally preserved RON
waste individual pIOprictf rsp Il IS conceded NOuiu
stDrlae the development OF coal heidi pfifo'eAm ce'
rolts Of iron lead and Of Othci gross lnrtas hhd h
.ra lormali0ns There car therefore. be no HhWcith'
reason for Withholding such mineral iahus rom lAmr
lot Congress has not cgislnted with ayieW ." sccur
ing an Income from tie product OF tue precious metals
from ,hc pubic domain. IL n estimated th"t l"o or
thrco hundred thousand Gble'bodied inca ai'
IN such mining operations ON toe pnbhc amos "hot,
AUTHORITY az law who pay nothing Ia mo h"''rnmeht
for the privilege or fer tie perinaucEt p9s'."h oi
property worth. in many instances mhlioh' 10 'Ae
TIe existing financial condition Of ;he naiion Oh,
tlog,y requires that al our national resouic,- ''
the product OF every industrial pursuit. shosu on
tribute ~ the payment OF The nhil0nhl dfDs WY
dam uf CoBrre.s must decide whether tie pnbhc inter-
est would DC better promoted by 'ale n Zee % tlos'
mineral lands. or by raislnea revenue toa thet an
uual lrplulf. Inc lNlNNcN bl NuitfishF As.tN -
main ~ their present condition. without any species %
legislation regulating defining the rights o. tho par
lie, ia interest. must be apparent to al. M
There arc other que siions of interest connected VITA
The uublio lands upon which | cannot dwell without
cxendinp this paper beyond allowable limits. For iur'
ther detail, refer 10 tie excellent report 81 the 'oa
missioner Of the General Land once. IL con,.ns ~
tere.ng statistics and maI" ana also presents liae
teal views which merit favorable cohside ration
PENSIONS.
Tie act Of February - ls6,, u-adc an annual allow
ance Of three hundred dollars FOR life 20 each oil the ave
survivors Of tie army Of the revolution Four 81 ihe'e
aged aud venerable lived To receive ihis t"hen OF
he Nations gratitude. Two Of them have since dicc
William Hutchings Of Pcnobscot. hancocA iounty,
Maine agcd one hundred ard one years, an" oambe
Cook Of Clarendon. Orleans County. New'i OK aE'u
ninety nine yeats, tie only persons fmone TIE Nv
ing known to the department, who participated IN the
roic struggle which achieved our national ndepend
The names Of one thousand one hundred and fifteen
widows of evolutionary soldiers are inscribed ON the
pension rolls
The right to a pension confined, by the act OF
uly I6 to those whose marriage with the deceas et
soldier took place beoru the close Of his military ser
wee IL subsequently extended by the acI Of Feb
ruarv 81. lni-. those whose marriage took place
prior to January /. 1924 and by the act Of July -.
ia To- sGch married PRIOR and by the act al
to January I. 800 Under the first named law there
are iogr surviving clinants; under the second one
hundred am eight; under the third. seventy ana
under tle fourth eight fundrcd and eghi! 70 h'e OF
whom pensions we're allowed during the last fiscal
wear The remaining widows OF Evolutionary so"ieIS
receive their pension under special acts o. Congress
Daring the fiscal year ending june % let@ me
names fourteen thousand nine burorcd and slAty Two
army invalid pensioners were original application
added the roll and the number 10 whom The pension
Heretofore awarded increased. amounted 10 three
hundred aud siNty.siN. The whole number admitted
Wa fifteen thousand three hundred and twenty eight
rropiriIin nm annual PAYMENT OF one million two luEd-
red and twenty thousand seven hundred and cishty.
iyr dollars and ninety cents 81, 2.r. 7sj .0.)
The aggregate number Of claims VI widows or other
dcDendcnt relatives Of soldiers OF the army except
Revolutionary allowed during the same period. was
twtn'y fonr thousand six hundred end nlGety-thr ."
and the number Of pensions Of this class which were
creased durin the same period fourteen. making
, .o,al az twCnty.four thousand S0ycu handred and
,eycu ard constituting annual charge 0f Two million
h,- hundred and seventy fOur thousand one hundred
aud scycuty nine dollars (sa5si.l9)
There Was pad dur.ni. TIE sau.e year 10 army Dya.
Ids Revolutionary soldiers, widows aud ot'er lie.
uudent rcggcs iDcludEg areGragoS OF pei siOns and
r,p.nscs properly charS,ahc 10 the appiOpI atOn for
Revolutionary pcrlons the suu Of ssJlg,0,2 "a. The
toa number otamy pensioners on the rolls at the close
of tie year cEdng June % lS6. el.lJ0 requiring
iog the payment thereof exclusive OF expenses. AZ an
uIal appropriation OF =, ,.2 80 IL.
The number Of navy invalid pensions allowed on
or gina! applications during that fiscal year was 80.
and here were seven navy galids whose pensions
were increased. Two hundred and sNlv.siN navy pen.
sion. were awarded to widows other dependent rel.
atitcs of deceased oilicCis Seameg. marines The
aggr cute auoga paid 20 naval pensioners of all classes
wa, S2c5i,0 49,. Al the close of the fiscal year there
were the pension rolls 80 inyalids. the amount
uf whose pensions WIS StlSji -. and l,Ol1 widows
and other dependent Golatycb. requiring the OF
Sl-rl-. The Total number u navy pensioners hat
DIT, Wus i.-,. who s annual s.irends amount t0 I'VE
hundred and thirty thOusanasiN hundred and seventy
fo dollars aud ninety two cents iOt ~ The tOta
amount therefore fr gired for the payment uf pension.
OF an classes ldiuu.racd and allowed up to the close
thc last sc. year, conferred by spcSa, acts OF Con
..rcs- H. exclusive OF expenses, eight million twenty
ihtro Thousand .or hundred ard IOrty-I, dollars anl
loit, three cent, ls- .wi. 40 40
The navy pension mnd, which bad acc simulated urle
Tie act of \ gr. -. lsou. was exhausted many year
,r,c aud to1grcss 10y the act OF july H. lc03 declare,