The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-09


"ovtr 32S e23 acres. nearly one fourth OF which
applies only to the states OF AIanama, Missis-
sippi. Louisiana. Arkansas. aud FIorida.
sixIy.nine thousand six nundred and forsv.
three pnmes were borne on the pension rolls,
and during The year ending on tnat day the
total amount paid for pensions, Including tue
expentes OF disbursement, was ssi OlO OS3. oein
So 80l 025 greater than that expended for ike
purposes curing the preceding year.
During The } ear ending the 30ih of September
last, the expenses OF the Patent once exceeded
the receipts by one hundred aud seventy. one
dollars: and, Including reissues aud desi ms,
fourteen thousand one hundred and hfty.three
Treati,s with various Indian tribes have
been concluded. an will be submitted TO the
Senate Tor its constitutional aotion. 1 cordially
TesefvtDg lands Tor the various tribes, where
they Dsy be encouraged TO abandon their
Industrial pursuits. Tnis policy, inaugurated
many years since, has met with sig 1al success
and with becoming hberalIy by tue United
states. The Necessity Tor extending IL as Tar as
population Is greater now Than AT any preced.
hist we furnish subsistence and instruc.
ton to the Indians, aud guarantee the uudis-
turbed enjoy ment of their treaty rights. we
should haOitually iusist upon the faiLnfni OBJ
servance of their agreement to remain within
their respective reservations. This Is the oniy
mode by which collisions with other tribes aud
with the whites can be avoided, aud the safety
The companies constructing the rail way from
Omaha To Sacramento nave been most ener-
II is believed inat he line viii oe com pieIed
before the expiration of the next hsc year.
The SIX per cent. bonds issued 20 these CON-
papies snounted, on the 6tn instant, to SiI.
337 0C0 and additional mad been per for IN ed
TO tDe extent of So 200 900
The Secretary oil tho Interior in August last
invited my attention tO the report OF q 9overn.
menL director Of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, who had been specially instructed 10
examine the lOOAtlOD, construction. and eQuiD-
ment of their road submitted Tor tue opinion
of The Attorney General certain questions In
regaI d 10 the authority of the Executive wbich
arose upon this report, and those which had
from time to time been presented by tue COM
III lssl OneIs ppOinte To Inspect each successV We
section OF The work. After carefully consider
ing The law Of the case. he ffi.med the rig at
Of the Executive 10 order. II necessary, a tno
rough revision of the entire road. Comms-
siOneTs were Lnereupon appointed TO examine
issS sSa satemsne Of tSeir eceay 500
which the report of the Secretary Of the Interior
furnishes specific Information.
The report OF the Secretary OF the War con-
tains Information OF Interest and Importance
respecting the several bureaus OF the War De-
pari men and the operations of Tue army. Toe
strength OF our military force. on the Both of
September last was forty eight thousand men,
and 1t is computed tnat, by the lst of January
next, mis- nu mi Der will be decreased TO forty.
three thousand. 1t is the opinion Of the Score.
tsry OF " ar that within the next year a con-
siderable diminutiOn of the intautry force may
be made without detriment to che Interests OF
the country; and In view of the great Expense
abenuluB tDe mlllthTN peace tStaOilSunouJ,
and The absolute necessity of retrenonment
wherever it can be applied, II Is hoped that
w %ns 5 %
thousand three hundred men cost the nation
Sl8 a72 Ot0 the sum of S65 6s2 $50 is estimated as
necessary for the support Uf the army during
the fiscal year ending Jnne 30. 1879.
The estimates OF the War Depsr msnt for the
and and % Tor 1868. s25.SO5. .stS The actual expena,.
lures during the same go periods We're. respec.
lively, sos 24 AIS and Sl23, 2i8 64S. Toe estimate
hmllt Dozen for the fiscal
ending June 10, 1862 was $77 III ,07 the ex pend-
tnres for the rst 99grsr s,r S, eaaing Inc stn OF
amount whicn will probably be required dur.
should be no reduction Of tne army-msking
It's aggregate cost for the year considerably ia
beLw cen the estimates and expenditures for
the three fiscal years which have been named
Is thus shown 70 De Sl1S 5o,3ia Tor this single
The r. port of the St cretary Of the Navy exhi-
bits ihe operations OF that department and of
ductiOn of the iorce has been effected. There
are forty. Two vessels, carrying four hundred
and eleven guns, in the six SOU adrons which
are esiabilshe ed in different parts OF the world.
Three of these vessels are returning 10 the
United States, and four are used as store ships.
leaving the actual cruising force thirty.fVe
vessels, carrying three hundred and hfty.six
guns. The total number OF vessels In the navy
Is two hundred and six, mounting seventeen
hundred and forty. three guns. Eighty. one
vessels OF every description are In use, armed
number of enlisted men In the service, includ.
Ing apprentices, has been reduced TO eight
thousand five hundred.
me nded as a measure which win, In the event
OF war, be promOtive of economy and security,
A more thorough and systematic survey of the
North Pacific Ocean is advised In view of our
recent Acquisitions, our expanding commerce,
and the increasing intercourse between the
Pacific states and Asia. The naval pension
fur q. which consists of a mOiety OF the avaiis
uf priZes captured during the war, amounts to
Sl4 0C0 600. Exception Is taken ia the act OF 23d
July last, which reduces the interest on the
tsly, trustee, TO three per cent. instead of six
per cent, which was originally stipulated when
of the tension laws is suggested TO remedy
omissions and defects In existing enacJmenJs.
Tne expenditures OF the department during
the last fiscal year were $40 l2O,39 and the
estimates for the coming year amount to
800 g93, 4l4
The postmaster Generals report furnishes q
full and clear exhibit OF the operations aud con-
uiiioD OF the postal service. Toe ordinary )stal
revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1858,
was Sl6203,6Oo, and the total expenditures, en-
bracIpg ali the service for which special apprO-
priaIions have been made by Congress,
amount ed TO S22 $50 592 showing an excess OF
expendituI es at S6 437 y9l. Deducting from the
expenditures the SUN vi 81 500 525. The amount
of appropriations Tor ocean steamship and
otbt special service. the excess OF expenditures
was 81 64l, 1866 BY using an uueXy ended balance
In Inc TIeasuIy OF SO SEQ 200. the actual um for
which special appropriation Is required TO
meet the deficiency IL S7il 1885,
The causes which produced this large excess
of expenditure over revenue were the restOra.
ton Of service in the late insurgent states. ami
the putting into operation OF new service esJa-
blisbt q by aclB OF Congress, which amou nted,
within the last two years aud half, To about
49, 200 miles-eQual LO more Than one-Lhird OF
the " hole amount OF Lns service at the close of
the war. New postal conventions with Great
Britain, North Germany. Belgium, the NoLher-
lapdR. Switzerland, and Italv, respectively,
have been carr led into effect Under tnese pro-
IN han