Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-17

utpTeCldlCu paper our OWN nlStOTy DaS It.
corded for our instruction enough, and
mere than enough, of The demoraliZing ten
dency, the injustice and Into4erable oppres-
sion on the virtuous and welsdispOsed of
a degraded paper currency authorized by
laws, or in any other way countenanced
by the government. Ii is one OF the most
successful devices, in times of peace or
war, of expansions or revolutions, 10 ac>
cUmplish the transfer of all The precious
rl.etals from the great mass Of tie people
into the hands of the few, where they are
boarded In secret places or dc post'ted
bolts and bars, while The people are left 10
endure all the inconveniences s. c.ifices
and Decentralization resulting fIom the use
of deprecated and worthless paper.
INTERIOR pRPAKFaiENT.
The Secretary of the Interior, in his re-
port, gives valuable information in reitr>
cnce 10 the interest confined 10 the super
vision of his department, and views the
operations of the Land Office. Pension Of
flee, Patent Office, and the Indian Bureau.
During the fiscal year ending June 80, IS66,
six million six hundred and nifty five tnOl-
sand seven hundred acres OF rpublc lands
were disposed of. The entire cash receipts
Of the General Land Office for the same
S2S4 ,ss4 than the amount realized tor the
same services during tie previous year.
The entries under the HOmesit ad law coy>
er two million three hundred and wenty-
eight thOcsand nine hundred and lwcniy>
three acres, nearly one>fourih of which
were taken under the act of June "a, lSG6,
which applies only to the States Of Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas
L. n, al, ~.
1868. one hundred and sixty uine fnoisand
six hundred and ferty three names were
found on the pension rolls. and during the
year ending on that day, the total amount
paid for pensions including the expenses
of disbursement, was S2i,0l0,9S2, heing
s., 39I OPS greater than was expended for
like purposes during The preceding ye;fr.
During the year. ending the 3mh Of Sep
tember last, expenses of the Patent Office
exceeded the receipts by Sill; and, in
Guiding reissues and designs, fourteen
thousand one hundred and fifty-ihree
patents were issued. Treaties with various
Indian tribes have been concluded, and
will be submitted to the Senate for its cons
stitulional action. | cordially sanction the
stiprlations which provide for reserving
| Lar dis for the various tr bee, when they may
be encouraged 10 abandon their nomatlic
habits ard engage in agricultural and in
dusirial pursuits. This policy, inaugural
cd many years siLce, has met with signal
) success wherever il has been pursued in
good faith and with becoming liberality
/ by the United Staics. The necessity Tor
! extending it, as far rs practicable, in our
relations with the aboriginal population, is
greater now Than at any preceding period.
/ Whilst we ic-rnish subsistence and insiruc
ion To the Indians and guarantee the Un>
disturbed cnjoyn.;nt of Ilcir trcaty>ri gifts.
we shall habilually insist upon tie faithful
observance of their agreement 10 remain
within their respective reservations. This
is the only mode 10y which collisions with
other tribes and witbthe whites may lie
avoided, and the safety of our frontier
settlements secured.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The companies constructing the railway
from Omaha To- Sacramento have bee u
most energelicallJ engaged in prosecuting
qhe work, and IL is believed Tie line will
be completed before the expiration of the
next fiscal year. Tie six per cent bonds
issued 10 these companies amounted, on
tiie 81. is.sti, 10 Si4 ,337 ,OC0 and additional
work had been performed To The extent OF
S3:I 2GO, 600. The Secretary of tile interior
in August ihvi,ell my attention to The re-
port Of Government Director ofihe Union
Pacific Railroad Company who had been
specially instructed TO examine The loca>
lion, construction and equipment of their
road | submitted for the opinion Of the
Attorney General certain questions in re-
gard 10 the authority of The Executive.
which arose upon this report, and those
which had, from time 10 time, been pre-
senied by the Commissioners appointed tC
examine this and other lines, and have
recently submitted n statement Of their in
yesiigaiion, of which the report Of the
Secretary of The interior furnishes specific
information.
TIE w4a OFFICE
The rcpsrt Of the Secretary of War con
tains information of interest and impor
tance respecting the general business d
tire War Department and the operations o.
the army. The strength of the military
force on tiAe 30th Of September last, was
Al, 600 men. and il is contemplated that thi.
number will he decreased 10 43, 600. Ii i:
the opinion of the Secretary of Mar, that
within the next year considerable reduc
ton of infantry may be made without det
riment to the interest OF the country; anC
&c view ef The great expense attending ths
military peace establishment, and the ab
solute necessity of rctrencbmcnt wherever
| il can be effected. it is hoped thst Congress
: will sanction the reduction which his re
J port recommends. While, in 1850, II, 300
men cost the nation $l6,4l 900, the sun
of 5000, 6s2, 900 is estimated as necessary
, for the support of the army during the fis
, cal wear ending June 80, 1870. The esti
) mates for the War Department for the las
) two fiscal years were, for 1861, $33, ,Si4, 46l
and for 1865. $25, ,2O5, ,669. The actua
r expenditures during the Same period wer'
: respectively go, ,224, 4l5 ana 8 l23, ,246, ,64S
The estimate submitted in December las
9 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1868
{ vas $77,124, 707. The expenditures 70
I the first quarter ending the Both of Sep
I tember last were $27, 7,2l9, IL, and he Sec
I retaly Of the Treasury gives S66. .0CO, GOO a
D the amount which will probably be re
quircd during the remaining three quar-
( tiers of the year, il there should be ne
: reduction of the army, making its aggre
r gate cost for the year considerably in cx
cess of $93.OOO,OOO. The difference be
. tween the estimates and expenditures 70
the three fiscal years which have bee
!, named is thus shown 10 be $I75,545,34
, | for this single branch OF public service.
THE NAVY
: The report OF the Secretary of she Nav,
= exhibits the operations OF that department
e and of the navy during the year A con
1 siderable reduction of the force has bee
r effected. There are forty-two vessels. car
a rying four hundred akd eleven guns. in Tin
2 six souadrons which are established il
! different parts of the world. Three O
' these vessels are returning TO the Unite'
? States. and four are used IA storeships
, leaving the actual cruising force thirty-fv
e vessels, carrying three hundred and fifty
l six guns. The total number of vessels il
5 the navy is two hundred and six, mount
I ing seventeen hundred and forty-thre,
' guns. Eighty Gre vessels of every descrip
D ton now in use, armed with six hundre,
, and nTnety-six guns. The number of en-
! listed men in the service. including ap
: pfcntices, fias hcen reduced to eight thou
sand hte hundred. An increase Of nav,
E yaid facilities is RI commended ms a meas
, ure which will, in the event of war, be pro
l---sf..o .r noooop,v and A ,onr.