Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-10

0 tbs Pension r Js, sud during the year
5 ending that day the total amount paiG
> fns pensions, including the expenses =,
? disbursement, was 81 4l0 098, being So :
g Set 250 greater than that expended fOr
e like purposes during the preeeding year.
9 Daring the gear ending the 3o5h Of Sep
1 teuber last the expenses Of the Puept
Once exceeded the reeeipts by SI7l 000
: including Reissues and designs; IA los
] patents were Issued.
] Treaties with various Indian tribes
have been concluded, and will be SUBJ
; ,nitteG to the Senate for It's constitutional
: action. | cordially sanction the stipula-
: tons which provide for receiving iands
J for the various tribes, when they may be
encouraged to abandon their nomadie
habits and engage Ia agricultural and
J Industrial pursuits. This policy, insugu-
rated many years since, has met with
signal success wherever IL has been pur
sued in good faith and with ee0n6my
aud liberality by the United STATES Gov
ernment. The necessity for extending
IL as far ss practicable in our relations
with the Aboriginal population, is
greater now than at any preceding pe-
riod. Whilst we furnish subsistenes and
instructions TO the Indians, and gusrsn-
lee the undisturbed enjoyment of this
treaty and their rights, We should hol
that the treaty should insist upon the
faithful observance Of this agreement 20
remain within their respective reserva-
tions. This Is the only mode by which
collision with otker tribes and with the
( whites can be avoided and the safety o.
fTilr frnntieE Esettlemeat secured.
The companies constructing the rail-
road from 0mshR to Sacramento have
most energeticsliy engaged Ia prose-
cutting the work, aud It is believed that
the line will be completed befors the ex
! piration Of the next fiscal year. TIL
SIX per cent. bonds Issued to these comma /
/ i1ies amounted on 5gh inst TO S44 337 coo
and additinDal work has been formed to
! he extent of s, 200 000 The Secretary
Of the Interior IN August last directed
( ny attention to the report of G vern-
nent Director OF the Central Pacific
Railroad Company. who had been spe-
cIglly instructed to examine the loca
1 zion, construction and equipment OF the
| road, and submitting for the opinion OF
The Attorney General certain questions
in reg ard to authority, which arose upon
this report and those which had from
rime to time been presented by the Com
2aissioneFs appointed TO examine this and
ether lines, and have recently submitted
. statement OF their investigation, OF
which the report of the Secretary OF the
sHcGAAAL
The report of the Secretary OF War con-
ralns information of interest and imDOr- (
tanee respecting tine several bureaus Of ths
War Department snd the operations Of
the army The strength OF our military
E rec on the 30th Of September last was
d8 600 men, and IL fs c imputed that it
glil be deereast d to 43 coo, and it is the
opinion OF the Secretary Of War that
within the next year 8 considerable dimi- ;
auti0n of the infantry force may be
made without GetTiment 10 the interests /
Of the country, and in view OF the great /
expense attending the military peace es
Enlistment and the absolute necessity o.
retrsaehment wherever It esu be ap-
piled, st. Is hoped that Congress Will sane 1
tion the reduction which his report /
recon- rneuds. While In 1850 sixteen /
thousand tbres hundred men cost the I
nation $l6 ,472, 600, the sum Of S65, ,6S2 GOO .
Is estimated as necessary Tor the support
% the army during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1870; as estimated by the War
Department for the last two fiscal years
ware for 1867, S53S, ia 81, and for 1883,
s252. .056 60 Tae seJusl expenditures
durir the same peFioGs were, respect
lively, Se5 224, Az and Sl23, ,248 AS Toe
estimate submitted December isst for
the tiscsl year ending June 80, 1889, was
ST., ,124 70S, and the expenditures for the
first quarter, ending hs 10Th Of Septem-
bsr last, were So SI9 H. and the Secre
tsry of the Treasury gives $50, ,O00, 600 as
the amount which will probably be re
quired during the remaining three quar-
tars, il there should be no reduction Of
the army, making it, in the aggregate
cost for he wear considerable in excess
Of S95 coo 900 Tue difference between
tha estimate and the expenses for
the three years, which has bean
named, is thus shown to be Sl75, S45 243
for this single branch of the pubic ser
vice. TIE report of the Secretary OF the
n Avy exhibits the operations of thst de-
partment and Of the navy. During the
wear q considerable reduction OF the
force has been effected. There are forty
two vessels carrying All guns, in tn
six squsdrons which have been estab-
lished in different parts OF the world,
and three of these vessels are returning
To the United States, and fur are used
as store ships, leaving the actual cruising
force thirty i've vessels, carrying 3o6
guns, The total mum bsr Of vessels ia the
navy is 206, mounting 1913 guns. Eighty
three vessels OF every description are Ia
use, armed with l98 guns. The number
of enlisted men In the service, including
apprentices, has been reduced 70 $500
A0 IUCEShS0 Vi tAic IaNJ Nalu AAItAAhlEG
recommended, which in the event OF
GALS b4ipg proEDOtive of economy and
security, 8 more thorough and systeGl-
attic survey OF the North Pacific ocean Is
advised, 10 view af>our recent aequisi-
sition, our expanded commerce, and the
increasing intercourse between the Pa
Rnd Asis. rhs naval pen
sian FINDS which consists Of a naeiety of
the avails of captures during the war,
anaa1ntsto 81, ,000, eco.
Exception Is taken to the act OF the
22d July last, Which reduced the interest
on the fund loaned to the GJvernLlsDt,
by the Secretary, estimated at three per
cent, instead of six per cent, which was
originally stimulated when the invest
nent wassnaade.
An amendment Of the pension laws Is
suggested to remedy the emissions and
defects in the existing enactment.
The expenditures ofsthe Department do
ring the fiscl year were $50 120 394j and
thet s imafes for the coming year amount
to so, ,993 Sl4.
TIE Postmaster Generals report fnr- |
nishss a full and clear exhibit OF I
the operations and. condition OF /
the postal service. The ordi- (
nary postal revenue for the hscai
year ending June 80 1888 was SIS 292, 800 ,
and the total Expenditures, embracing {
all the services for which special appro-
pristions have been made by Congress, I
Amounted to SO T30, ,5s3, shaving an ex-
cess of expenditures OF S5 4S7 95i. De-
Quoting from the expenditures The sum
of 81 $50, ,525, the amount OF appropria- {
tiOus for ocean steamships, aad other
special services, the exsees OF expendi- I
lures was s4 Adj 468. By using all nn-
expaDdF q bA aoce- IN the Treasury, 70,
500 900 is the actual SUM, for which spe
C q appropriation is required to meet the {
deficiency is $74I, ,2G6. Fhe causes which I
produced this large excess of expenditure I
over revenue, were the restoration OF ser
vice 10 the late Insurgent States, ana tbe
putting into operation OF new service
aud established by acts of Congress which {
amounted within the last two years and I
9 half to about 4S 700 miles, equal to {
more than one-third OF the whole amount {
of the service at the close OF The war Z
New postal convention with Great I
Britain, North Germany, Belgium, the {
Netherlands, S viz srlsud aud Italy re- |
spectively have been carried into effect
under their provisions. Important tm- s
have resulted in the reduced I
rates Of the International postage and
exchange facilities with European c6un- I
tries. The cost of the Uoited States {
transatlantic ocean mall service since |