Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-12-11


as well as the material interests, and the
moral and intellectual improvement OF this
Indians. can be N ,st elf.ctuliIy securel by
concentrating them upon pprti ms of country
set apart for their exclusive use, and located
at points remote from highway, and not en-
croaching upon the white settlements.
Since the commencement of tue second ses-
sion of tho thirty seventh C,ng e-s. tive
! hundred and ten milrs of road have been
constructed on the main line and branches
! Of the Pacific Railway. The line from
/ Omaha is rapidly approaching the eastern
base Of the Rocky Mountains, whilst the
terminus of the last secti n of the construct
ed road III California, accepted by the gov
ernmen; un the 24th Of October last, WAS but
eleven miles distant from the summit of
Sierra Nevada. The remarkable energy
cyinced by the companies offers the str INCEST
assurance that the completion of the rad
/ from Sacramento 10 Omaha will MT NJ DO
deferred.
! During the last fscrl year : ,0Il III acres
o. public land were disposed OF. and the cash
receipts from the sale- AMI fees exceeded
| s 50U. 900 the sum realized from these sources
during the preceding year.
/ The amount rail t. pensioners, including
expcnses and disbursements. was ) S.6l9.-
/ go, and 81, ,4S2 names were added u tie
rolls Tie entire number of pensioners on
the 18th of june last was l55, IA. The
number OF patents and designs issuei during
the year ending Sept. 80, 1866, was ,655,
and al that date the balance III the tire 'sury
to the credit Of the patent fund wLs
! 1886, co..
The report of the Sec etary of the Navy
states that we have seven sqaadrons activel Y
and ilsdiciously employed under efficient and
able comma .id,.rs, in protecting the IersOns
and property u American citizens, main
tanning the dignity aHd powe. Of the govern
nenc. and promoting the commerce and the
business Interests of oar country men in every
part Of tie world. OF 25S verseis compris-
ing the pr. sent navy Of the Unitel States,
! 30, carrying 5O1 guns, are in .qaadron SER
vice. During the year the number of ves-
sells in commission has been reduced II, and
there l3 ess on squadron duty than there
were at the date Of the last report. A large
number of vessels were commenced and in
course OF construction when the termi-
mated, and although Congress has made the
necessary appropriation for their npietion,
the Department has either Suspended work
or limited to slow completion the steam ves-
/ sels, ss To meet the contracts for machine
! ~ III +dc with private establishments The
total expenditures of the Navy Department.
/ for the fiscal wear ending June 50, 1867,
were So ,O3i,0ll. No appropriations have
/ / cen made or required since the close OF the
var for the construction and repair Ot ves-
sells, for steam machinery, ordnance, provi-
sions, clpthiny. fuel. hemp, etc. th,. balan-
ce> under these several heads having been
more than sufficient for the current expendi-
lures. 1t shoald be also stated 10 the cTeiit
OF the Department that besides asking for no
appropriation for the above ohtct for the
/ last two years. the Secretary of the Navy
on the 30th OF September last in accordance
with the act of May l, 1890, requested the
Secretary of the Treasury t, carry to tho
surplus fund the sum Of S65 ,0O0 900, being
| the amount received from TIE sales of vessels
and other war property, and the remnants of
former appropriations.
The report of the Postmaster General
shows the business Of the Post Once Depast T.
ment. and the condition OF the postal service.
! in a very favorable condition. and the atten-
ton OF Congress is called to it's practical
recommendations. The receipts Of the De-
partment 'or the year ending June 60, 1867,
including all the special appropriations for
sea and land service, and for free mail mat
ter, were Si9,9 ,97S ,6J3 the expenditures tor
all purposes were $i9 ,235 ,4s3, leaving an
unexpended balance in favor Of the Depart
/ ment of S143 ,2iO, which can he applied to-
ward the expenses OF the Department for tina
current year. The increase Of the postal
revenue, independent Of tie specific appro-
4 pratt n for the year 1867. over that of 1861
was SS50,040. The increase Of the revenue
opes was S7S3 ,404 the increase OF expendi-
| tures for 1867, over those of the previous
year, was owing chiefly u the extension Of
TIE land and ocean service. During the past
year new postal conventions have heen rati-
ned and confirmed with the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Belgium, the
Netherlands. Switzerland, the North Germ IN
Union Italy and the colonial government at
dong Kong, reducing very largely the rates
1f Ian, IN frDu anI
within those countries.
The report of the Acting Commissioner Of
| Agriculture presents the condition. wants
and progress of interest worthy of the
+ fostering care of Congress, and exhibits q
/ large measure of useful results achieved du
| ring the year to which it refers.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The reestablishment of peace at home and
the resumption of extended trade, travel and
commerce abroad, have served to increase
the number and variety of questions in
the Department of Foreign Afflirs. None
of these questions, however, have se-
riously disturbed our relations with other
states. The republic of Mexico, having b. en-
relieved from foreign intervention, is earnest
ly engaged IN efforts to Teestablish her con-
stltutlonni system Of government. good
understanding continues II exist between
/ government and the republics of Hayti and
san Domingo, and our cordial relations With
the Central and South American States re-
main unchanged. The ten Ter, made in con-
/ formity with res)iuti IN of Congress, of
the = ,oi Offices of the government with .
view to an anicable ad iustment of peace be-
| tween Brazil and her allies on one side and
| Paraguay on the other, and between Chilli
and her allies on one side and Spain on the
other, though kindly received, has in neither
case been fully acosptei by the bslligsrents.
H. ,F@I, ID,
ously maintained. On the other han actual
! hostilities between the Pacific States and
| Spain have been more than n year suspended
i shall on any proper occasion that may oc
cur, renew the conciiiatory recommendations
which have been already made Brazil. W th
enlightened sagacity and comprehensive
craftsmanship. has opened the great channels
of the Amazon and its tributaries 10 univer-
sal commerce. One thing more seems to be
needful to assure a rapid ard cheering prog
ress in South America. | refer t. those
peaceful habits, without which States and
Nations cannot in this age well expect mate
rial prosperity or social advancement.
PARIS EXPOSITION.
The exposition of universal industry at
Paris has passed an seems to have fully real
lied the high expectations of the French
government If due allowance be made for
recent political arrangement of industry
here, the part which the United States has
borne in this exhibition of invention and art,
may be regarded with very high satisfaction.
During the exposition a conference was held
by delegates from several states, being o ne
in which the inconvenience of commerce and
social intercourse resulting from diverse