The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-04

OF by the United sta.es was ~ cash five hundred
dollars and thirty seven eEnts and IN other ands
four hundred ana seV' t eight THOUSAND aud thrty.
SIX and ninety thiey 1jndredtls acres. IL IS recon-
mendoo that the .ig.e Tor mqklug SO ections OF such
lands DC neA ~ two years after the official plat Is
olared.
lnstrpctvns have been issued 10 tho Surveyor
GeneIal snd the locheOflicers IL California TO elyo
full and summary effect to the provisions o. me aSt
oi July 23 1896, ITO quiet land titles IN california.
The registers and rece vers cot as agents OF 10Y
ernPlent to prevent trespassers on the Bupic Janus
trcn removing tmber thereirom ny lhpos,hg
bLcs. and compelling the offenders 10 ehter tue
tacts trespassed on the Government has been to
considerable extent, protected IN ITS rims. A
bona foe settler ls allowed to use the tint or on MS
aim only so var as may te necessary for lndspen-
sable uses. Tho Comm soner presents the import
apce OIL promOting by legal enac ments the planting
and growth OF trees on the pubpc DOMAIN, ana ne
sugP SITS The mode by which that object may be
Under the donation laws, patents for one million
two hundred and eighty two thousand Tour nun.
acres OF land IN Oregon be N issued. Additional
legislation Is recommended to enforce the survey OF
donaason claims on which settlementwas made prior
Twelve hundred Indian patents were issued
during the last fiscal year, for two hundred and
ninety eight thousand two hundred and hlty'six
acres of land
Attention has been repeatedly invited by this de-
parime Mt to the immense value OF the deposits OF
precious metals within our territorial limits me
minea lands on the Paclnc slope 20 De6ng , 20 sg
OF them, or for the development OF the treasure
which they contain. In the absence OF Ie9ls atlou
bv Congress, and with its taclt CONSENT tnese mues
have been worked by individuals vast expenditures
made, and a species OF possessory rlg MT acquired
tanned and vindicated BY State tribunals The act
of February 81 1866 deca es that no action in the
courts of the Unled states tor the recovery of any
mining title OF for damages there o, shall affected
by the Iact that the paramount ute to the land on
which such mines are, Is in the Uu ted States and
the supreme Court has held that mining interests,
apart from the fee simple rights IN the soil by patent
existed before that act, with the implied sanchon OF
the Federal Government. The exploration and
working OF these mines have largely contributed to
the national wealth, and our legislation should,
submit, be controlled to some extent by existing
rights and interests which the legitimate results
OF our uolicy of inaction The wisdom of Congress
can devise measures which by placing this vast
interest under the control OF positive law, Will
render 1t tributary in q greater degree 10 the public
pIoslerlty
BV reason of the increased rates OF pension, more
than tbiItvtbree millions oi dollars viii be reonred
for this branch OF the service during the next fiscal
year.
Samuel Downing, ofEdinburgh, Saratoga county,
New York is the only surviving so dler OF the Revo-
luton. His name was inadvertently omitted the
las, annual report OF the Pension Bureau to tins
| department.
| III names of nine hundred and thirty-one widows
of REVOLUTIONARY soldiers appear the pension rolls
| at the close of the last fiscal year.
The Invalid pensioners disabled in the wars prior
to that of 1861 do eXceeu three thousand. Ihe
| WIDOWS and minor ckidIen who receive a pension
| by reason of the services and death of ttose who
| served in such wars number one thousand two
hundred an d twenty-seven.
During the last fiscal year TWENTY-FIVE thousand
six hunored and fo ty. five original applications for
| invalid pensions were granted, at an aggregate
annual rate of one million seven hundred and fifty
SIX thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and
| twenty cents. The number of such pensions til It
| were increased was ore thousand vo hundred and
SIXTY three, at an annual amount OF increase of
| forty.three thousand nine hundred and torty-six
douars and twenty -nye cents. The total amount
ampears 70 oe ane million eiobt hundred tbousanI
M hSed W pe 1an d on, and
ce,,s n"NOi'N "A0 S''> '"' "'"'' AA -'-''
cen,s cn,s. .ho Sauna ro,;od ,,ontr.savan +bousond
Dullng ,ue $50 saio @ p poaVu ~ n ;S. d ~
reia,ves of oeers and SO ders of 1he
uepebuen. Ioas9e v. oeois au ~ t ~ "a . NY
army Wese aomuu, nd u. au % erf tbrea tnoamS
nnioh soVS a o1 an. au a,,iar nnS sanontanu
seven seven "nT The ei r O = 90 10 sncn
oo, p veas two bnnIraa and n,nesv nine doIiars
s IS "aS nn. 81 that Sbo Sr,n roounn 20 ,ooat
nnsion a ce,ms' oS this JescrintIon at,owsa dnrnS
| the past wear is two mil ion seven hundred and
| forty-four thousand and ten dollars and twenty
seven cents.
classes ADDED to the rolls during the year end ng
June 30 1866 was accordingly forty mine thou sand
seven hundred ard twenty .one, and requiring for
| their payment four mIllit five hun1r thousand
| five hundred and twenty.three dollars and thirty-
| seven cents per apuum. 4 he number dropped from
| the rolls during the same period, on account of
death or other causes was ne thousand three nun
! dred and Iorty-two, whose annual loWance
! amounted to eight hundred and eighty thousand
one SnnS,eS and seVentvtbree dollars aud stxty. =.
! two cents
! On the S0h of June last there were on the pen.
sion roll fftv-tour thousand six hundred and twenty
| ipvalids whose Yearly rate of pensions was jur
| million one hundred and tWenty-elpht theusand
| seven hundred and eighteen dollars and fifteen
| cents: and SIXTY nine thousand elgnt hundred and
| eighly nlne widows and dependent relatives at a
YEARLY rate of seven million two HI ndred and ghty :.
! four thousand four hundred and four dollars and
eleven cens-makiDg total OF one hundred and
twehty.iour thousand five hundred and nine army
pensioners at an annual aggregate OF eleven million
Gur ana ONE ee, hundred
Inc'udiDO payments to pension agents. the
amount paid during the:year toR evolutionary PEN
sioncrs was two hundred and ifty.two thousand
| two hundred and iour dollars and thjrtv mn