The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-12-25

no pontrtvapuCA Tor cheaunR the laboHpg cihsseh OF
none has boon more otfectual than that
which deluges them with paper money. This is
The most ~effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich
mans fields by the sweat Of the poor mans brow.
Ordinary tyrany and oppression excessive taxa
lion, thcso bear lightly on the happiness Of the
mass Of tho community compared with a fraudu-
currency, and the r%obberits committed by. ap-
paper. Our own history has recorded for
our instruction enough and moro than enough OF
the dcmoralizing tendency, the injustice and the
intolerablo oppression on the virtuous and well dis
posed Of n degraded paper currency authorized by
law or countenanced by government.
It is one Of the most successful devices in
times of peace or war, Of expansions or re.
WILSON'S, to accomplish the transfer OF all
the precious metals from the great mass of
the people into the hands of the few, where
they are boarded in secret places or dopos'
tied under bolts and bars, while the
people arc left to endure all the inconvcm-
cnces. sacrifices and decentralization resulting
from tho rise of deprecated and worthless
paper.
Tho Secretary Of the Interior, in his
report, gives valuable miOrn alton in refer
once to the interests confined to tho super
vision of his department, and II views the
opCrations.o of tue land office, pension Office
and tho Indian bureau. During the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1868, six million six hun.
bred and hGty-fvc thousand seven hundred
acres of public lands were disposed OF. The
entire cash receipts OF the general land oince
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greater py S2Sf,S33 than tho amount realized
from the same source during tho previous
year. The entries under the homestead law
cover 9, 32S,02) acres, nearly or quito ono
fourth of which were taken undor the act OF
- q, 1866, which applies only to the
states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Florida. On the 81 Of juno, 1868, ono
hundred and sixty nine Thousand six hundred
aud forty-thrcC namCa were borne on the
pension rolls, and during the year ending
on that day, tho total amount paid
for pensions incluliug the cXpCns's OF dis
burscmcnt was Sj,30i OBS greater than that
cxrcndcd for like purposes during the pre-
ceding year. During the year ending the
3Oth VI Sept. last, the expenses Of the patent
Office oxccuNcd the receipts Ivy. ono hundred
and seventy ono dollars, anu incluulhS re-
ISSUES aud designs fourteen thousand one
hundred aud fifty-thrcc patents were issued.
Treaties with various Indian tribrn ave been
| concluded and will be submitted to the sem
ate for its constitutional action. l cordially
sanction the siipulatiOna which provide iur
rcscrving lands for the yalons liloe1, Wnul'
they may be- encouraged to abandon their no.
madic habits and engage IN agrl-
cultural aud industrial pursuits' THIS
policy inauguratCd many years since
has met with signal success whenever u mas
been pursued in good faith and with hccnm-
inc H6crality by the United States. Tho ne
ccssity for extending 1t az Tar az practicable
In our relations aith the aburig-
inal population "a greater nov
than ut any preceding period. While IL
furnishes subsistence and instruction, % the
Indians, and guarantees the uudisturbcd en-
inymcnt of thor treaty rights, we Shor d
hibtually insist upon the faithful Observance
of their agreement to remain within tn,ir
rrsppctiyc reservation. This is the
only mode by which collisions with the
tribes aud with the whites can be- avoided,
and The safety uf our frontier settlements
secured,
The companies constructing the railway
from Omaha tn Sacramento, have been most
cncrguticaily engaged IN prosecuting the
work, and il IL believed that the line will be
completed before the opening OF the next
fiscal wear. The six per cent bonds issucdt "a
these companies amounted on the 9th inst.
to kll33T.G eco, and for additional work had
been issued To- the extent OF sj,21O,OOO.
Tho Sc rotary OF the Interior IN August
last invited my attention to the report OF q
government director OF tho Union laciht
Railroad Company, who had been specially
instructed 20 uyamiuc thc location, c"nsltuc'
ton and equipment ui thUir road. lsubmtt
led Cor the opinion vi the Attorney Genera
certain quotations. IN regard 20 tho
authori v ct tho executive, which are
mp II this report, aud those which ha'
from time to timc been presented tn
commissioners appointed to examine this an'
other lines, and have recently submitted
] ENANNNAAANA VI NAHA AhNfNfH'NN'N. - 49,
the report Of the Secretary uf the lntorlo
furnishes specific Information Of importance
respecting the several bureaus of the wa
department and the operations q
tho army. Tho strength Of tn
military force on tho thirteenth day .
Sept. last was 5000 men, and IL IL compute,
this number will be decreased TO - Coo. II !
the opinion ofthc Secretary of War that with
IN ,hG next year considerable dmiuutinn q
the infantry force may be made without detgl
mUut 60 the Interests Of tho country nud !
view of the great expense attending militar
a peace establishment - an absolute nccct
rity of rctrcEchment wherever it can be az
IL Is hopod that Congress will sanction tn
reduction which his report recommends
While in 1859 xix Thousand throc hundre
men cost the nation SIC, Az 600, the SUI
3 uf $50. GS2, OOO Il u5limatod AZ necessary In
b the support Of the amy during tho itsc;
b wear ending June 80, 1870. The estimates &
: the War Department for the last two iisci
wears were for 1867, S33s,lll,Gl. an
ior 1868, 1852, 0jG,G7. The actni
, expenditure during the Same periods wcr
p rcsprctiycly B 5,22ili5 aud 1923, 2lG,Gls
, Tho estimate submitted in December hast ia
3 the fiscal year ending june 30, lsG0, wa
SO. lgl7O7. The expenditures for the iirF
! quarter ending the 3Oth Of Septen
d Der last were S2I,2l9,lE, aud IN
p secretary Of tho Trcaanry 4 YES SGG
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be required during the remaining tlrt
2 uuartcra, IL there should be aI GEgrcgat
4 cost for tho year considerably IN excess
= 800, Gao, 600. The difference between the ci
C Inmates and expenditures for tho three hsci
l years which have been named,
q thus shown % DO SlIJi0lO,ji
= Ion this Single branch of public service.
y The report Of tho Secretary OF the Nav
J. cXlihiis inc operations of the Department
the Navy during the year. 4 considarab
= reduction 4. the force Inns boon Cilrcto'
d There u,o forty-twO vessels, carrying A
a mus. in the six squadrOns which are cata
liHhed In diicrcnt parts OF tho world. Ilr'
of these vessels are returning to the Unit
u States, aud four are used as storc-slip
leaving the actual cruising force thlrt
five vessels, carrying 3jd guns.
!, Tho total number of vessels in the navy
two hundred aud six, mounting scycntc'
hundred and flrtY-thrco guns. Elghty-ol
o, yesselA Of every description arc IN lis
ii armed with six hundred aud ninety-HiX gun
The number Of enlisted men IN the sorVit
" including apprentices, has Deoh ~feduouu
"a eight thousand five hundred, An lncroa
T. Of navy yard facilities IN recommended ~
measure which vii. IN event OF war pc ul
ne Il o i've OfccouOmy and security. AmOro IN
~. aligh and systematic survey OF the Nollh /
X cihu Ocean ~ advised, in Wow OF our rCct
ny acquisitions, our expanding, commerce u
ca tins increasing intercourse between the
~ Oiic States and Asin. The naval pension lul
ln which consists Of q moiety OF the ayailS
prizes captured during tho war amounts
S14, 0O0, 900.
by Exception Is taken TO the act Of 22l Of July IL
81 which reduces the interest on The fund loaned 10
government by the Secretary us Trustee, 10 III
iOr per cent, stead OF SIX per CO u when was or
nm nally stipulated when tn Investment was mace
ne amendment OF the Session Law Is suggested 10 rem
lc, Oniss ons and defects In cNisllng ena lments'
gn expenditures Of ,be Depariment during, the
~, asca year. were $50, 100 80, and The estimates
,er The coming year amount To t21,Oy3, 81.
lc- The Postmaster ueneIa's report luIh''
mr. condition OF the postal service. The ordin
be postal revenue for the fiscal year ending June 3
ra. 1868, was SlG,2 02, 600, and the total eNpenditu
so embracing all the service for which the special
ng ORDINATIONS have been made by Congress, amol
iTS5 "a % s22. 1880, 5g2. Showing an excess Of cxpe
inc lures Of SG,437,O9 l. Deduoung IRON
Nj cxpeuditurcg tho sum OF &l,sJB
,ry, tho amount Of appropriations for ocean steam
~ - 49, spoeiaf serytce. tho eXcess of expQl