Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-03


ciasse. Was sixteen millions four su~dred and
forty seven th0ussnd eie NJ nun dred = 10 twes %
~ two Collars ana tveaJ -tvo cents. ana IN .
ansount paid was eighteen millions sIx buB-
oied and nineteen thousand mise hsnored sBs
| rfty-six dollars and forty-six cents. which
| incIud ss expenses OF disbursement.
During ire year ending Septsmoer 81. 1867.
there were Acmitted naBe hundred and nfty .
requiring one suEored aBd forty eight thou
ssud nine hundred and Sky aeTes of land %
sst.sfy them,
The pepsion act OF JUly IA. I-S2. - he most
ccnprehensIve and m pnifcsnt ever made ~
any soyerDnent Tor similar purpOs-s- The
acministrsteD OF Ie proN.sions eNinced thr
reCessiiy OF anne nciug % an several ee-r ntisi
particulars. A total disability entitled q pea
sioBsr u q fixed amour. wound causing
ne los o. rifht hand and one rendering me
sufferer entirely and permsheru ny helple...
were each 70 ed 81 the maximsm sum. TIE
act IN taIs regard has been wisely chaDkeA
f anc u would be disicult 20 suggest = more
/ equitable rule than that which nov e,ists. al
7 though az is subject 10 the infrmitY OF AL
/ general e1aCtmertk sad occssIonslly falis -
make full provision .or an Individual osse.
The act OF l-62 wac enacted an reference %
The then existing war. It was confined 20 ois-
eases con trscted OF wounds received IN The
military or naval service, and In the lane 81
I duty, AFTER March 4, lesi, and deaths resuIuae
therefrom Hostillties have ceased Score
tsry Browning submits that an amend meat
should be made excluding the allowance Of
pension by reason Of death. the result OF dis
ease hereafter contracted, except upon the oc-
/ currence OF n future war.
The Secretary recommends such an amend
mept OF the law az will exclude from ats b-ne
fits the widow or children OF an onicer OF the
army who shall de OF disease not contracted,
or from cause DOT occurring during war AID
IN the line OF duty. The same provision sbosld
he applied 10 the navy, win such modiocs-
lions IS the ard nous and peculiar character OF
the service may, in the opinion OF Congress.
require. Our Legislation will then be an bar
mony with that which preceded the ensc tment
OF law deemed expeoient during = civil war
all her sons, and offered the highest re sards 20
those who, on the field or on the deck. peril
led their lives in saving her from dishonor aad
death.
The apple cations for pen sions. no, withst and
ing they have increased IN mum Der by reasoa
OF the recent modii auons OF the laws have
been determined with The utmost dispatch, an
DER the supervision OF the efficient chief Of TIE
bureau.
Our Indias relations have assumed q new
and interesting aspect. The steady approach
OF emigration 10 the grounds heretofore de-
voted TO the chase, and the rapid progress OF
railroads pointing towards tue Pacine sal
Iaversing the country over which the IndiAss
from lime immemorial have roamed. lmpe-
riously demand that the policy OF ooncentra-
uns them upon reservations should, whenever
practicable, he adopted.
p The estimated number OF Indians is about
three hundred thousand. spreading tom Lake
Superior TO the Pacific ocean. Those east OF
the Mississippi with few exceptions, are
reservations; SO also are the tribes ia kansAs
north Of the Arkansas, aud those located be-
the country known as the s'leaSed lands"
Treaties were negotiated las; winter with tas
Kansas trihes. and submitted TO the Sena,s for
ats constitutional seton. IL rztined and "a
good faith executed these tribes will be pro-
Ntcsd with home. where they Will soon oe-
esne sslf-s1stanIng. a. they h-ve already
sooPted the habits Of civilized tfe and become
ia1illhr with Agricultural pursuits. They
Will tntn feqt re from rs httis beyono prOtec-
ton against the intrusion Of tue whites. ana
he taIIs al performance o. our Fupuiauoas
he unoctupled country west OF the Mo
sour J. u sLln Vast extent tBst large regions.
II proper. selected. At points remote from tss
great lines o. travel, NAV be SERVED wtthout
osirimeni 10 any pHhlic tntErsst Long before
the ude Of en- 'grauOn viii reach them, they
can by equitgble arrangement WIN the
Indians, be GuCed 60 m. dimensions requir-
I'd 10y the actual wants OF 81 agricultural pop
ula.IoD.
NO consideration OF the TINE or expen ffture
hseiy ~ b required should be suffered % de-
tea an OBJECT ut such surpa- sing importance
The cos VII be very incoIsiderabl- compared
with that ofau Indian war. Had rithe OF our
oU1syin milItaryoperations agaIu 4 the Indian.
during the present year been honestly ana
lsSls,STsiE sPnled to P3rrCsss q Pssce tas
avoided. II IL more humane and ecOnomIcaI
q subsis' Indians than 20 heht them
The necessities OF the service Requires hat O
superintendent shouid b. Immediately as-
pointed fer each OF the Territories Of Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, ard Dakots.
During the year ending September -. 1877.
there were were sixteen thousand i've hundred
ard forty seven llbs5isl applications fOr pat
ents: eleven thousand SIX hundred and fir
tive Qi,G55l patents tlncluding reissues aad
deslgnsl were issued; one Thousand two hun
orec and twenty-four 1921 appiicsQJps were
! allowed, but patents have net Issued thereon.
three thousand four hundred aud eighty ii,
caveats were filed ninety elk applications tor
extension were received and eighty-two CA
tensions OF patents were granted.
The balance on hand september %, 1850, is
the treas ury 70 the credit Of the patent fund Is
two hundred and eIenty-si. thousand sax
50 II Ia and
I cents.
In his last annual report the Secretary ad
Ntseo ne repeal OF the law comforting upon a
missioner or Patents 10 one OF the iadgee %
the supreme court OF this District. Subse-
guent reflection has confirmed HE Conviction
VI The soundness OF the views then presented.
( The Union Pacific Railroad Company at TIE
date OF the last annual report had cOnstracted
IT. road 10 po.nt twenty three miles west OF
/ The ole hundredth meridian of longitude be-
iBg two hundred and seventy mules west from
the initial point near Omaha. since then the
GoNeIbment has accepted two hundred and
twenty miles, ana the Government commis-
siouers are now engaged an examin Ing another
completed section OF tventy-miIes.
TIE road has been definTtey located t,oa
miles, and TIE earthwork will De finished to
that point the present year.
The total cost OF the road 10 October I. 1885,
tunaoJasted accounts with contractors not n
oluoec,l amonnts according 10 the report,
to ~2i.557, 4eS.99.
The road on he LIST OF July. I-67, wa in
operation 10 Juiesburg, 81 miles. ana r. eAipts
fIcm all sources amounted to.....sl.UiJ,Ia5 -
Ana expenses 1o---..-.-.---.-.-.. a5sSS0 "a
Leaving he net earnings..... 356.3It Is
On the 2ith Of October last Government AZ
cepied. upon tie report OF the government
commissioners, a section or twenty miles OF
the Central Pacific railroad OF California
terminating att point ninety-four miles dis
tant from Sacramento.
report upon this road. dated October
1867, has been received from the government
commissioners. They state that IL crosses the
Sierra Nevada mountains one hundred and
tye miles from Sacramento. a. an elevation OF
seven thousand and forty-two feet above the
sea. From the point where IL was then built
nine hundred and seventeen feet only must be
overcome t. reach the summit a distance of
eleven miles. Between the 9TH and i3-th
mile-posts there are fifteen tunnels OF an az
sregate length of i've thousand one hundred
and six;y-siN feet. During the past yesr about
MY miles OF road have been IN progress OF
construction: the grealer part lying on toe
eastern and western slopes of the Sierra Ne
yadas.
The net profit OF the road over operating
expenses IN tnTrtytwo months is the large
sum OF one million five hundred ana my
IN Inn .srod