Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-12-22

serted by one of our profound and gifted
 statesmen that of all the contrivances foi
 cheating mankind, no one has been SC
 edectual as that which deludes them with
 paper money. This is the most eflectnal
 of inventions to fertilise the rich man by
 the sweat of the poor mans brow. Ordi.
 nary tyranny, oppressive and excessive
 taxstion, bear lightly on the happiness of the community, compared with fraudu-
 lent currency, and the robsriss committed
 by depreciated paper. Our own history
 has received far instruction enough, and
 more than enough, of demoralixing ten.
 dency. The injustice aud intolerable op.
 pressions on the virtuous and we'll dispos.
 cd, of degraded paper currency, author.
 ized by lsw. and in every way counten.
 anced by the Government. It is one of
 the most successful devices, in time of peace or war, of expansion or revolution,
 to accomplish the transfer of all the pre-
 cious metals from the great mass of the
 people into tho hands of the few, where
 they are hoardsd in secret places or de-
 positsd under bolts and bars, while the
 people are left to endure ell the inconve-
 niences, sacrifices and dcmoralisasions 10 sulting from the use of appreciated and
 worthless paper <.
 Tho Secretary of the Interior, in his rs- port, gives valuable information in refer erence to the interest confided to the sa-
 pervision of his department, and ssviews the operations of the Land Office. the Pension and Patent Offices and Indian Bu- reau During the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1868 6,665. TOO acres of pubic lands were disposed. of The entire cash receipts of the General Land Oahce, for fhe same period, were $l ,632, l45. being greater by $284 ,e63 than the amount realized, from the same sources during the previous year. The entries under the homestead law cover 2l,328,9z3 acres, nearly onS- fourth of which was taken under the act |of June 21, 1866, which applies only to the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louis- isana. Arksnsas and Florida. On the Both of June. 1868. 169, ,643 names wers borne on the pension rolls, and during the year ending that day tho total amount paid for pensions, including the expenses of disbursement. were $2,4l0,O98, being $S6l 200 greater than that expended for like purposes during the proceeding year.
 During the year ending the 30th of Sep. last the expenses of Patent Office exceed cd the receipts by sl7l,00 Including reissues and designs, l4, ,l5S patents were issued. M Sa
 Treaties with various Indian tribes have been concluded, and will be submit ted to the Senate for it's constitutional .ac- tion. l Icordially sustain the stipulations which provide for procuring lands for the various tribes when they may be encour- aged to abandon their nomadic habits and engage in agricultural and domestic pur- suits. This policy, fnaugurated many years since, has met with signal success, wherever it has been pursued in good faith and with economy and hberality by tho United States. The necessity for firmness as far as practicable. in our relations with the aboriginal population, is greater now than at any preceding period. While we furnish subsistence and instruction to the Indians, and guarantee the undisturbed enjoyment of their treaty rights we should hsbitually insist upon the faithful observ- ance of their agreement to remain within their respective reservations. Iris is the only mode by which collisions with other tribes and with the whites can be avoided and the safety of our frontier settlements secured. a A
 The companies constructing the rail- road from Omaha to Sacramento have most energeticallv engaged in prosecut- ing tho work, and it is believed that the line will be completed before the of the next fiscal year. The six per cent. bonos issued to those com panies amounted, on the 9th instant, to S44. .337, ,000 and additional work has been farmed to the extent of S, 200, 900. The Secretary of the Interiorin August last, directed my attention to the report of Government director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, who had been specially instructed to examine the location, construction, and equip- ments of the road. submitted for tho opinion Of the Attorney General cer- tain questions in regard to the authori- ty of the examiner, which arose upon this report, and those which had from tiuiG " ttitBS btcu Rt oocettSo oe SOuHulto- sioners appointed to examine this and other lines. and have recently subnit- ted statement of their investigation, of which the report Of the Secretary of of the Interior furnishes specific 
 The report of Secretary Harlan con- tains information of interest and im- portance respecting the several bureaus of the War Department aud the opera tions of the army. The strength of our military force on the 3th of Septem- Der last was forty y-eigit thousand men, and it is computed this number will be to forty-three thousand--the opinion of the Secretary of War. Within the next year a considerable of the infantry force may be made without dckiment to the in- terest of the country. and in view of the great expense attending the militia " peace establishment and tho abso- lute necessity of retrenchment wher- over it can be applied, it is hoped that Congress vii! sanction reduction which his report recommends. While in lS60 l6,300 men cost the nation $l6- 472, 900. the sum of $65,GS5,0O0 is esti- mated as necessary for tho snpport.of the, army during during the fiscal year ending Jnne 30. 1870 The estimate of the War Department for the last two fiscal years were for 1867, $33, 3,8l4.46l, and for 1868. $25.2O5. .669. The actual during the same periods were respectively, S95,221.4l5. and Sls3 el6,64S. The estimate submittedin December last for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1869, was $77.l24,7OS. Expen- ditures for the first quarter ending the 10th of September last were $27 7.3l9,ll7, and the Secretary of the Treasury yives S66, 000,Q00 .as the amount which win probably be required during the re- maining three e-quarters if there should ho m rad ucfinn nf fha a nm xr m Q lx inn