The New York herald., 1867-10-04

ties, in that Territory and southeast OF the Yakima
indian reservation. The land is generally rolling,
covered partly with good growth OF grass and the re-
msinder by sagebush, greasewood and cactus. II 10
suitable for grazing purposes but Of value as agri-
cultural land small portion OF this tract il in cul-
vation by the Indians.
The Commissioner has also received from the same
quarter the returns OF the survey OF two hundred and
three miles OF exterior lines in Ferguson and wala
walla counties, on both sides OF the Columbia river
portion OF this tract along the suitable for
grazing purposes; the greater part however broken
and mountainous and traverscd by deep canons.
Reports received at the General Land once from San
Francisco and stockton, California, for the month Of
August shows that nearly fourteen thousand Of
public andh were disposed Of from tho local oces at
those points during the month large proportion Of
the sales were for cash.
The Union Pacific Railroad.
The Acting Secretary o. the Interior the LIST inst,
submitted 70 the President Of the United States the
port OF the government ssoners the thirteenth
section OF thiry-nye miles Of the road and telegraph
hps OF the Union Pacific Ra ilroad Company with tho
recommendation that tho section be accepted On the
same DAY the President approved the recommendation,
ana directed tho issue to said Company Of the bonds
and patents for lands due account OF tho section,
agreeably to law. This section completes the road four
hundred and nftyfve miles west from Omaha Nebraska
Tho Cotton Crops in tho South-Repert from
she Bureau of Statistics.
Tho following is copy OF letter addressed TO firm
In New York
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, !
BUREAU OF STATISTICS, Oct q 1867.
yours Of September asking for statis
tics OF this years cotton crops, would reply that full
returns having reached this bureau from nearly all
collection divisions lover two hundred In the aggregasI
OF the States OF Mississippi Georgia, Alabama and
i qfa for thoao
States.
The only ociaI statistics this bureau can furnish are
such ~ are revealed incidentally through the execution
Of the fiscal and laws. The condition OF the
public debt the import entries Of the Custom House.
rsgstriss and the payments Of internal taxss DO are
incidentally Of this nature Beyond tho prepara-
tiou Of these data this bureau has no functions
Conceiving however, that our internal organi
practice much other things be made serviceable
series OF censuses through their some
the population and the cotton crop no quite ready
others arc still In progress those Of manufactures
mlnes railroads. &c These datS are supplied eratuit.
ously by the division officers and from their personal
csntly reliable. Certainly ! great dsai Of cred.
Is due TO tho officers who furnish them and
who. to do 50. are often put to consider
able trouble. Now and then some tboughtless
person see New Orleans Times dated August "a, 1851
will forward facetious reply to the questions asked
but such replies easily detected and remeded The
vast number Of returns received covering they by
small sections theentiro face OF thocountrv ought la
my opinion, to impart considerable confidence in their
aggregate correctness
1t by the means have described that the ap-
pended statistics compiled, and you judge
for yourselves how far they may be relied upon There
have said two hundred collection divisions
In these four Statea About twenty I've Of these
not reported, and must ask you make your own
allowance for the difference this would make In the
pleted returns.
The returns from tho wanting divisions and from the
other cotton States will be ready, presume during the
collection divisions
remote from mail facilities that somewhat
risky to count upon their responses