The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-10

per money" This is the most efectual
ofinyentions to fertilize the rich mans
fields by the sweat of the poor mans
brow. Ordinary tyranny, oppression,
excessive taxation, these bear hgntly
on the happiness of this class OF the
community compared with fraudulent
currency and the robberies committed
by deprecated paper. Our own history
has recorded for our instruction enough,
and more than enough, Of the demoral-
izing tendeney-the injustice aud the
intolerable oppression on the virtuOus
aud we'll disposed of q degraded paper
currency, authorized by law, or any
way eountenauced by the Government.
1t is one of the most successful devil
ces in times of peace or war, of expan-
sioAs or revulsions, to accomplish the
transfer of all the precious metals from
the great mass of che people into the
hands of the few where they are hoard
ed in secret places or deposited under
bolts and bars, while the people are left
TO endure all the Inconvenience, sacri-
fees and Generalization resulting from
the use of deprecated and worthless
paper.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The Secretary of the Interior in
his report gives valuable information
in reference to the interests contided To
the supervision Of his department and
reviews the operations OF the Land
Offices, Pension Office, Patent Office and
the Indian Bureau. During the fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1868, six millions
six hundred and fifty.five thousand sew,
en- hundred acres of public land were
disposed of. The entire cash receipts Of
the General Land Office for the same
period were 81, ,632, ,745, being greater by
1884, $50 than the amount realized from
the same sources during the previous
year. The entries under the Homestead
law cover two million three hundred
and twenty-eight Thousand nine hun
dred aud twenty-three acres, nearly
one-fourth of which was taken under
the act of June 2l, 1866, which applies
only to the States of Alabama, Mlssis-
sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas ana Florida.
On the 30th of June, 1865, one hundred
and sixty-nine thousand six hundred
and forty-three names were borne on
the pension rolls, and during the year
ending on that day the total amount
paid for pensions, including the expen-
ses of disbursement, was S24, ,0lO,9o2,
being s., ,39l OPS greater than that eX-
pended for like purposes during the pre-
ceding year. During the year ending
the Both of September last, the expen-
ses of the Patent Office exceeded the
receipts by one hundred and seventy.
one dollars, and including reissues and
designs fourteen thousand one hundred
and fifty-three patents were issued.
INDIAN TREATIES.
Treaties with various Indian tribes
have been concluded and will be sub
mItted to the Senate for its coUstitu-
tional action. cordially sanction the
stipulations which provide for the re-
serving of lands for the various tribes
where they may be encouraged to aban-
don their nomadic habits aud engage in
agricultural and industrial pursuits.
Tnis policy ihaugurated many years
since has met with signal success wher-
ever 1t has been pursued III good faith
and with becoming liberality by the
United States. The necessity for ex-
tending it az far as practicable In our
is greater now than at any preceding
period. Whilst we furnish subsistence
and instruction to the Indians and guar
antee the undisturbed enjoyment Of
their treaty rights, we should habltualIy
| insist upon their faithful observance Of
their agreement to remain within their
respective reservations. This IS the
only mode by which collisions with
other tribes and with tho whites can be
avoided and the safety If our frontier
settlements secured.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The companies constructing the
railway from Omaha TO Sac
ramento have been most energet-
ically engaged in prosecuting the work,
and it is believed that the line will be
completed before the expiration of the
next fiscal year. The six per cent.
bonds issued to these companies
amounted on the 9Th inst. to S4I ,3S 900,
and additional work had been performed
to the extent of So 200, 900. The Secre
tary of the.Interior, in August last, in.
vted my attention TO the report OF q
Government Director of the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company, who had been
specially instructed to examine the To-
cation, construction and equipment of
the road. | submitted for the opinion
of the Attorney General certain ques.
tions in regard to the authority of the
Executive which arose upon this report
and those which had from time TO time
been presented by the commissioners
appointed to examine this and other
lines, and have recently submitted a
statement Of their investigations, Of
which the report Of the Secretary of the
Interior furnishes specific information.
WAR DEPARTMENT
The report Of the Secretary Of War
contains information Of interest and
importance respecting tie several Bu-
reaus of thu War Department and the
operations of the army. The strength
Of our military force on the 3Oth of Sep
tember last was forty-eight thousand
men, and it is computed that this mum
Der will be decreased to forty-thTee
/ thousand. II j. the opinion Of
the Secretary Of War that within tbs
next year considerable diminuti0n Of
/ the infantry force may be made without
/ detriment to the interests Of .he coun.
try, and in view Of the great expense
attending the military peace establish
meDt and the absolute necessity Of re-
| trenchment whenever il can be applied,
/ it is hoped that Congress- will sanction
! the reduction which his report recon-
mend-. While in 1860 sixteen thousand
three hundred men cost the nation
| 3l6, Ar 200, the sum Of S6j, ,GS2 900 Is
estimated and necessary for the support
of the army during the fiscal year end.
ing June 30, 1870. The estimates Of
the War Department for the last two
! fiscal years were-for 1867, s3, ,Sl4 ,46l,
and for 1865, s25, ,205, ,G69. The actual
expenditures during the same periods
were, respectively, S95 pa AS and 1923,
2I6,645. The estimate submitted in De-
cember last for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1869, was 81, ,l24,7O7. The e1-
peuditGTes for the first quarter ending
the Both Of September last were sZ7,-
l2l9, III, and the Secretary Of the Treas
ury gives s6G, ,OOO, 600 as the amount
which will probably be required during
the remaining three quarters, II IDeIe
should be no reduction OF tne Siny.
making its aggregate cost for the ne year noa
J loo,siJarahI,. IN excess OF sJ3,OOO,VVO'