Arizona miner., 1867-12-28

R.trcpchrnont. reform and economy oi thc n,ii.lir scryjrc that tlc expenditures of the G0tornmcut may bc reduced, and tlr ifopIc relieved from oppressive taxation. sound currency sbouli be restored. and thc public Gith in regard to the National debt -arreniy observed The accomW. -hmrnt of these .ni portant results, together with Che rc,''Tali"n uf the Union cf thc Statl- upon iHe piih,l- pls of the Constitution, would n-pre conn dcncc at home and abroad in the -tabihty oi our institutions. and bring Co thc natioa pf's- perity, peace and good will
 REPORT or rHc srcGEIiRY or WAR.
 The report of the Secretary of War od ia- f,-iu. exhibits thc operations ui the army and of the several Bureaus ol the War De- partmeut The aggregate strength oi otr military force on the opth of september iast' was jG.3lj. The total estimate Tor mhtai! approuriati9ns ], Sl1124707, including de- 6' 'iency in last wears appropriation Of Sl5.- GlOUOO The uatmcnt. at iAc Treasury on account of the service of the War Depart ment. from January l.t Co October @lth, lS'ii a period If ten mouths, amounted tO SiN.
 SO7 GOO. The expense of the military estah-
 lIshmcut, as well s- the numbers oi lhe army are now three times lS great -s they ever
 have been in time of peace, while oiscrct'n- D. ary power is vested iu thc Executive i9 add
 millions to thE expenditure ly an increase oi
 the army Co ihe maximum strength allowed by law. Thc Wcuaciug attitude ui some oi the wariikc bands of Indians iuhabitiug ihc district of country between the ArNan,a- and
 Platte riycrs, and portion Oi Dac1iah le.ri- tory. reei;rtl the presence nr large military | force in that region. iustetied by real or imaginary grievances. tLe Indians occasion
 q emigrants and our frontier -cttlemcut.; but ! a general Indian war has been proTidcntially ay rtcd. Tho Commissioners under tie Act
 of .juiy lo67. were invested with fuii power
 Co adjust existing difficulties, negotiate tTca ties with the di.af ~cd bands and elect ioy ! them rc-ervatjor- remote from travelled routes between the lii i-sjpp and the Pacific coast They entered without delay upon the eNecu
 ton of their trust, but have not made any
 official report of their proceedings.
 IL ], of vital importance that our distant
 Territories should be exempt from Indian out
 ra4es, and that the construction of the Pa
 ciGc Railroad. an object of national import
 ance, should not be interrupted by ho~til
 tribes. These objects, c well as the maiciia
 interests and the moral and intellectual i'm
 proyemcut of the Indians, can be most effect
 uaiiy secured by concentrating them uP5i I portions of the country .et apart for thei
 exclusive use, and located at points remot
 from our highways and not encr0achIns uPo
 the white settlements.
 THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
 ! Since the commencement of the secon
 session of the Tbirty-Nmth Congress, iy hundred and ten miles of road have been con . -tructcd on the main line and branches of th . Pacific Railroad The line from Omaha , rapidly approaching the eastern base Ot th . Rocky mountains. whilst the terminu of the last section of constructed road ] { California, accepted by the Goycrnmen Q on the 24th day of October last, was bu - eleven miles distant from the summit ( r the Sierra Nevada. The remarkable energ { eyincea by the companies offers the stronges - assurances that the completion of the roa . from Sacramento t0 Omaha will not long ? deferred.
 THE PUBLIC LANDS.
 e During the last fiscal year, seven inillio 7 forty-one thousand one hundred and fourtee Q acres of public lands were disposed ot an f the cash receipts from sales and fees excecde { by one half million dollars, tho sum realize - from those sources during the preceding yen r The amount paid to pensioners, iucludir q expenses of disbursement, was SlS,6l9, ,9j
 HlFA 4Nsfn- M.tl4tr hFAe a'AtAI4 A0 A4+f AfNii ,, The entire number of pensioners, on the 3Ut + of June last. y-as l55 574 Elcycn thousan r, six hundred and fifty-iye patents and d |. signs were issued dnrng the year ending SeI n tember 90, loG7, and at that date the bslaEl r in the Treasury to the credit Of patent fun' i;;-s SS2255, ,tGi.
 REPORT or IRE SECRETARY or THE NAVY. 7. The report of the Secretary of the Ma, s states that we have seven squadrons active
 and iudiciOuslv employed, under efficient aT ., able commanders. in protecting the perso 2 and property cf American citizens maintai . ing the dignity and power of the Goyennel l. and promoting the commercial and businc T interests of our countrymen in every part = the world. Of the two hundred and thirt. e eight vessels composing the present navy !, the Cnitcd States, iifty-six carrying j07 gun ! are in squadron service. During the ye <, the number of vessels in commission has be' g reduced twelve, and thereaare thirteen less ( T squadron duty than there were at the dat ', of the last report. A large number of ve i- sels WeEe commenced and were in course 'r construction when the war terminated, an s although Congress had made the necessai -3 appropriations for their completion, the b
 partment has either suspended work ups IF them, or limited the slow completion of stea e vessels so as to meet contracts fer ;aachinoi e made with private establishments. The tot g expenditures of the Navy Department for tl 2. fiscal year ending June Both, 1867, we Iv S3l,0340ll. No appropriations have be' s- made or required since the close of the VI ,I for the construction and repair of vessel ,o for steam machinery, ordnance, provisio as and clothing, fuel, hemp, etc. the balanc ,s under these several heads having been mo