Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-12-06

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Tree maii matter as q legitimate portion Of the
revenuc YET ren'aibing uneSpended, tho Actual
uetricnyy for the past year is only s26boe9, q
sum within sol, llt OF the, amount estimated In
the unnuol report of lS6h The. decrease Of row.
Wue compared win the previous year was one
snd one-hfth per cent and the increase OF expen-
VI tures, owing prinSleaily TO the enlaIgemento OF
tue mar service IN tne south, was IL per cent
Onthe Soth ofJunctast, there were In operation
P.n'p P mail routes WIN an aggregate length OF
lsu'Zl miles, az aggregate annual transportation
nt I,Sai Si4 miles, ana an aggregate annual cost,
length Of railroad routes, is $1,000 miles, and the
ANNUAL transportation, So,oo9.4oI miles.
=. Inc length OF Stcainboat routes IL fourteen
tnonsand lnree lhunnred. eng iorty-siN miles
s, ana sne annual transportauon tnnee mhiion four
hundred and eleven thousand nine hundred and
axty:two miles; Inc mall service 10 rapidly IN
.creasing tnrougnout hs wnoie country and JUS
s.ea1y eNteus,on W tpe SuitherII dictates
,nelr , cYlls,hnuy conuiuon. ihe groW-
w iuportan@Se nee o. tne Iofeign service also merits
a,.vit.on- me LOS, Ol,ce Depar'nento OF Great
Dii.aIn hnu OUT s own nave agreeu upon preli-
minary pasis ior anew postal convention, which
y ~ Is 9cmeYeul W,, prote ~ eInnently M, ufnencla 70
nc coi,lierc,ai 7, 'he Oniseu states IN
asinllcn as " Sonte1hpiates feoueuoni OF tne
n,ernsuonai letter postage 10 one hai the exits
tlns I!cs' Ivuuctloh VI Pvstage win al otner
.oulpes W "nu ~, II1,I Mn,cn cYIlesponuence Is
i e ~ wy insl' OF IN ciaseu mails
e eNANo
VI u,,iloIin .nu Icasohaue cnarges ior tne sea
an1 ecrfl9riai transit o Correspondent ~ closed
Ials, ni,u sn ui,uwn'ce " eaeh e rpSt Olnce De-
,. s,iu,,e y, tnt 70 use u. haii commune
tho'Vi,s o ~, stay.sneu unae, INC, autnoiity oi
~ ~. otner lor tne ulspatcn OF correspondence,
ei,ltT ~ qpen,or closed mails, on tne same terms
~ tnose applicaDle 70 the lnnaDltants OF the
eo,Thh.ry proviaing ,ne neans OF transnlission.
lne report OF .ne SecietpIy ol tne INFERIOR ex7
iolts tne conaition OF thosc branches oil the pub
llt stGNlCt WillCn c0nmltteQ To MS euDefNlB~
,on. DuiipS .ne Iass nscai year, lour mullon slx
nuhuIcu nun, " ahu twenty-hine tnousanu tnree nun
u.vu ",,t WE'VE acFes % PUBIC Ian9 were 1ls-
os'a 1.., u. VI, one niiion eigne hundreo anu nncty
| wy IVY thousahu hVe nunoreo ana sixteen acres Oh
NH whlcl, Mere entered uhoer tne homestcad act
me poncy originally ADOPTED relative 70 the
pubic lan9s 9as nn9ergone essential modihca,
/ llo.s Inmeulate revenue, ana not tnelr RAPID
tctuehent, was tne cardinal ieature Oh our land
ssyspen. Long eXpericnce ana earnest discussion
nave resulted In the eonvictiou that the early de-
,eea1opmcut oi our aglculturai resources, ana the
'tiltsion oi an enerSetic population over our vast
,srf.ofx, arg object. o. iar eater importance to
nc Hauonhi CROWN ana prosperity than the
ErnPne ~ Tue sue OF .ne land 10 tne highest DID
ger ln open market ny pre-empiion laws con.
fer upon the pioneer VINO complies with the
terms they impose the privilege Of purchasing q
limited Poruon oitunonered iandsn ny the MINI.
mum price. The homestead enactments relieve
the settler from the payment Of purchase money,
and secure him permanent home, upon the con-
| dition of residence fol term Of years. Thislib
from the more crowded portions Of the new
world, Its propitions: results are undoubted
and will be more sigDally manifested when time
shall have given 10 fta wider development.
! Congress has made liberal grants of public
land to corporations In hid OF the construction oi
railroads and other internal improvements
Should this policy hereafter prevail, morestrin.
gent provisions viii be required to secure faith
full application Of the fund. The title to the
\ m IlU n1 M
but remain In the Goyernment ap< subject to
IFS control until some portion Of the road ms been
actually built, Portions OF them might then,
nom time to time, be conveyed TO the corpora
ti0n, but never In greater ratio to the whole
quantity embraced ly the grant thar. the com.
pletcd parts bear to the entire length OF the pro
Jccted improvement. ibis RESTRICTION would moi
operate to hepreJudice OF any undertaking con-
ccivcd In good faith aud executed with reasona
BILE energy, as " y the settled practice 70 with
draw from marker the lands falling within the
operation OF such grants, and thus to exclude tile
Inception OF subse4uent adverse right "A
lreanli Of the conditions wnicn Congress may
! deem proper to impose shonld work o. forfeiture
Of claim to the lands 80 withdrawn but uneon.
veyed, and OF title to the lands conveyed which
remain unsold.
| Operations on the several lines ofthe Pacihc
ksiirond nave oeen prosccnted with nnexali'
pied vigor and success. Should no unforeseen
causes ofdeay occur, ~ tisconndcntiy anticipated
that this great thoroughfare will be completed
before the expiration OF the period designated
! by Congress, a 4 .,tul, i,11,f4,1.t Y..B..Yg
During the last nscsi year the amount paid to
pensioners, Including tbs expenses OF dishurse-
nent. was thirteen miiisop four hundred and nf-
y,nihe tho9snno h'he Huhure9 ana nihety-six
dollars; and fifty thousand one hundred and sew
enhy-seySm ha ,, names % wefe Sadea 10 tne pension
rolls Inc ehtife NUMBER OF pensioners, june 3O,
1906, was one hundred anu twentyrsix thousand
seven hundred ana twenty.two.' ihis met fur-
nishes mcianchoiy anu stfaSing prooi oi the sac