The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-17
TTFFIN, OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER IL 1865

measures should be taken to release
the large amount Of capital invested
in the securities of the government.
IL is not now merely unproductiyc,
but in taxation annually consumes
one hundred and City million of dol
lars, which would otherwise be used
by our onierprising people, adding to
the wealth Of the nation. Our com.
mcrce, which at ono timc successful
ly riyalled that Of the great maritime
powers, has rapidly diminished, and
our industrial interests are in de-
pressed and languishiug condition.
The development of our iuoxaustiblc
resources is checked, aud the fertile
fields Of the South arc becoming
waste For want OF means to till them.
With tho release oc cayiiah, new life
would be infused Into the paraDy2ed
energies Of our people and activity
aud vigor impaired 20 every branch
Of. industry. Our people uoed
encouragement in ihoir eIoris %
recover from the effects of
ihe rebellion, and of injuiicious leg
islaton, aud il should be ho aim of
The government 90 stimulate thcm by
the prospce! of an early rolcase from
ihe burdens which impede ihoir pros~
pority. If we cannot lake the bur.
dons from theii shoulders, we should
t least manifest a willingness to help
to bear Them.
On tho thirticth of June, 1858,
one hundred and sixty nine thousand
six hundred aud forty.threo names
were borne on the pension rolls, aud
during the year ending on that day
the total amount Of pensions, inclu-
ding the expenses of disbursements,
was S24, ,l0l,9S2, being S5,39l ,025
greater than that expended for like
purposes during the preceding year.
During tho year ending the Both
of September last, expenses Of the
Patent Office exceeded the receipts
by one hundred and seventy .ono dol.
lars. Including reissues aud do
signs, forty thousand one hundred
aud fifty.three patents were issued.
Treaties with various Indian tribes
have been concluded and will be sub
mittod to the Senate for its constitu-
tional action. l cordially sanction
tho stipulations which provide for
resOrving land for the various tribes,
whore they may be encouraged to
abandon their nomadic habits and
engage in agricultural and industrial
pursuits. This policy, inauguratcd
many years since, has met with sig
nal success, whenever it has been
pursued in good faith and mot with
becoming libcrality by the United
States. The necessity Of extending
it as far as practicable in our rcla-
tions with the aboriginal population
is greater now than at any other pre-
ceding period. Whilst We furnish
subs s.ancc aud usuuctinu 10 the 1n-
dians, and guarantee them undismro-
cd enjoyment OF thoirtroaty rights, we
should habitually insist upon the
faithful observance of their agrec-
mout to remain within their respect
i've reservations. This is the only
mode by which collisions with othor
tribes aud with tho whites, can be
avoided, aud the safety Of our from
tier settlements secured.
Tux PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Tho Companies contracting the
railway from Omaha to Sacramento,
have been most energoticallY engaged
in prosecuting the work, and it is
believed that tho line will be COM
plcted before the expiration Of the
next fiscal year. The six per cert
bonds issued to these Companies
amounted ,on the 9th instant, to Si4,-
337, 900, and additional work had
been done to the extent Of $780,
900. The Secretary of the Interior
in August last directed my attention
to tho report of government direc-
tor Of the U. p. Il. Il. Company, who
had been specially instructed to er-
anime the location, construction, and
equipment of their road, submit
ted to the Attorney General, certain
questions in regard to the authority
of the Executive, which arose upon
this report aud those which had from
time to time been presented by the
commissioners appointed to examine
this and other lines, who have recent
ly submitted a statement Of their in.
vestigations, Of which the report oi
the Secretary of the Interior furnish
es specific information.
THH WAR OFFICE.
Tho Report of tho Secretary o
War contains information Of interes
and Importance, rejecting on th,
several bureaus of the War Depart
ment, aud the operations Of the army
The strength of our military force
on the 30th of September last, was
forty-eight thousand mon, and ID il
computed that by the first of Janu-
ary next this plumber will be de
creased to forty.three thousand mon
1t is the opinion Of tho Secretary o
War, that within the next year a con-
siderable diminution Of the infantr.
force may be made, without dotri
ment to the interest Of tho cavalry
In view of the great expense attend
ing the military peace establishment
aud the necessity of retrenchmen
wherever it can be applied. 1t
hoped that Congress win sanction tn
reduction which his report recon-
meuds. While in 1860 sixteen thou
sand three hundred mon cost the ma
ton SIG, ,492, 900, the sum Of 500,
6S3, 900 is estimated as necessary TO
the support Of the army for the fsc'
year ending June 80, 1870. Th
estimates Of the war debt for the lai
two fiscal years were, for 1867, S33