Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-12-14
THE INTERIOR.

grievances, the Indians occasionally com
mitted acts Of barbarous violence upon
the emigrants and our frontier settle
ments, but q general Indian war has been
providentialIy avoided. The Commits
sioners, under the act of July 2Gth, 1867
were invested with full power to adjust
the existing difficulties and ncgotiat" with
the disatiectci bands, ana selected fol
them reservations remote from the tray
eled routes between the Mississippi river
and the Pacific. They entered without
delay upon the execution OF their trust,
but have not yet made any official report
OF their proceedings. 1t is Of vital i'm
rortancc that our distant territories
should be excml t from Indian out breaks,
and that the construction Of the Pacific
railroad, an Object of national Importance,
should not be interrupted by hostile
bands. These Objects, us well as the ma
terial interests and the moral and intel
Iectu;I Improvement of TIE Indians can
be most ctlcctually accomplished by con
| centratiEg thsm upon portions Cf tie
and located at points remote from high
Why's AID cncroaching white settlements.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Since the Sc 'ond session Of tie 39tl
Congress, five hundred and ten miles OF
road have been constructed CT Il e main
line and branches Of Tic Pacific railway.
The lir,e from Omaha Is rapidly ap-
preaching Ike eastern base Of the Rocky
Mountains, whilst the terminus Of the
LIST sect on constructed III California, ac-
cepted by the Government on the 2Ath
of ctober last, was Lut eleven miles dis
tai ttom the summit OF the Sierra Ne
': d. The remarkable energy evinceG
by TIE companies offers :he strongest as
Surance t!.at the completion Of the road
from Sacramento 10 Omaha viii not be
long deferred.
PUBLIC LANES, PENSIONS AND PATENTS.
During the last fiscal year, 9,Cl,l1f
acres OF aublic land were disposed of, and
the cash receipts from sales and fees cX-
occded by a hall million the snn realized
from tho,e sources during The preceding
year. The amount paid TO pensioners,
including expenses and disbursements,
was $i8,Gl9, 95G, and 3G,4S2 names were
added to the roll. The entire number of
pensioners On the 18th Of June last IVES
I55,474. ,C55 patents and Gcsings
were issued during the year ending Sep
tcmber so, 1861, and at that date the bal
ancc i'll the treasury to the credit OF the
patent fund WAS S292, $1,000.
REPORT OF SECRETARY cE THE NAVY.
The report of the Secretary of the
Navy states that we have seven squad
rons aoti;ely and .judiciously employed
under efficient and able commanders III
portcctiHg the persons and property Of
American citizens, maintaining the digni-
ty and power OF the Government, and
promoting the commerce and business III
tercsts Of our countrymen III every part
of the &olld. OF the two hundred and
thlrty-eight vessels comprising the pres
cnt navy of the United States, there are
fifty-six carrying 5G7 guns, i'll tie squad
ron service. During the year the uum-
Der Of vessels in the commission has been
reduced to twelve, and there are thirteen
less on sqUa Iron duty than there were at
tie last report. \ large number Of YES
sells were commenced and i'll coarse Of
construction when the war terminated,
and although Congress has made ncccs-
s.try appropriations tor their completion,
the Department has either suspended the
work upon them or limited q slow COM
Ilction Of the steam vessels 50 IS to meet
The contracts tor machinery made with
private establishments.
The total expenditures of he Navy
Department for the fiscal year ending
June Odd, 1867, were $3l ,034,G1l. No
appropriations have been made or rcquir-
Ell since the close Of the war for the con
struction and repair Of vcsse!s, for steam
machinery ordnance, provisions and
clothing, filel, hemp, etc, the balance un-
der these several heads having been more
than sufficient for current expenditures.
1t shonld also be stated to the credit OF
the department that besides asking for
10 appropriations for the above objects
for the last two years, the Secretary Of
the Navy, on the seth Of September last,
in accordance with the act OF May 1st,
1920, requested the Secretary off the Treas
ury to carry to the surplus fund SO, ,000,-
600, being the amount received from the
salo Of vessels and ether war property,
and remnants from former approprla-
liOns.
PCSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
The report Of the Postmaster Genera!
shows the business Of the PoS;Office De
partmcnt and the condition Of the postal
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