The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-11

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articles now subject to tax, would be
followed by results equally advanta-
geous to the citizen of the Government.
1t would render the execution of the
law less expensive and more certain,
remove distractions to industry, lessen
the temptations to evade the law,
diminish the violations and frauds per-
petrated upon its provisions, make its
operations less inquisitorial, and great
ly reduce in numbers the army of tax
gatherers created by the system, who
stake from the mout of honest labor
the bread it has earned." Retrench-
ment, reform, and economy, should be
carried into every branch of the public
service that the expenditure of the
Government may be reduced and the
people relieved from taxation
sound currency should be restored, and
the public faith in regard to the
national debt sacredly observed. The
accomplishments of these important
results, together with the restoration
of the Union of the States upon the
principles of the Constitution, would
inspire confidence at home and abroad
in the stability of our institutions, and
bring to the nation prosperity, peace
and good will. -
The report of the Secretary of War
ad interim exhibits the operations of
the army and of the several Bureaus of
the War Department. The aggregate
strength of our military force, on the
39th of September last, was 56,3l5.
the total estimate for military appro-
priations is S77,124,7O7, including a
deficiency in last years appropriation
of $13, 100000. The payment at the
Treasury on account of the service of
the War Department from January |,
to October 80, 1864 period of ten
mOnths-amounted to Sl09,S07 600.
The expenses of thcmiitary establish
ment, as well as the numbers of the
army, are now three times as great as
they have ever been in time of peace
while the discretionary power is vested
in the Executive Ito add millions to
this expenditure by an increase of the
army to the maximum strength allow
ed by the law. I....
The menacing attitude of some Of
the warlke bands of Indians inhabit-
I ing the district of country between the
Arkansas and Platte rivers, and por-
tons of Dakotah Territory, required
the presence Of large military force
in that region. Instigatcd by real or
imaginary grievances, the Indians oc-
casionally committed acts of barbarous
violence upon cmigrants and our
frontier settlements but a general
Indian war has been providentially
averted. The Commissioners under
the act Of 20'h July, 1867, were in
vested with full power to adjust exist
ing difficulties, negotiate treaties with
the disatfccted bands, and select for
them reservations remote from the
travelled routes between the Mississip-
pi and the Pacific. ! hey entered with
out delay upon the execution of their
trust, but have not yet made any olli-
cial report of their proceedings. 1t is
of vital importance that our distant
Territories should be exempt from
Indian outbreaks, and that the con-
struction of the Pacific Railroad, an
object Of national Importance, Should
not be interrupted by hostile tribes
These objects, as well as the material
interests and the moral and intellectual
Improvement of the Indians, can be
most eflectually secured by concentrat-
ing them upon portions Of country set
apart for their exclusive use, and
located APPOINTS remote from our high
ways and encroaching white settle
ments. -
Since the commencement of the sec
ond session of the Thirty-ninth Con-
gress, five hundred and ten miles 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 section Of con-
structed road in California, accepted
by the Government ON the oath day
of October last, wis but eleven miles
distant from the summit of the Sierra
Nevada The remarkable energy
evinccd by the Companies offers the
strongest assurance that the compile
ton of the road from Sacramento to
Omaha will not be long deferred.
During, the last fiscal year seven
million forty-one thousand one hun
drel and fourteen acres of public land
were disposed of, and the cash receipts
from sales and fees exceeded one-half
million dollars the sum realized from
those sources during the preceding
year. The amount paid to pensioners,
including expenses of disbursements,
was Sls,6l0,965, and thirty-six thous-
and four hundred and cighty-two
names were added to the rolls. The
entire number Of pensioners on the
Both of June last was one hundred
and ffty-fve thousand four hundred
and seventy four. Eleven thousand
six hundred and fifty-fve patents and
designs were issued during the year
ending Sept. 80, 1867, and at that
date the balance in the Treasury to
the credit of the Patent fund was
S2SG,607.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
states that we have seven squadIons actively
and judiciously employed, under efficient and
able commanders; in protecting the persons
and property Of American citizens, miintain-
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