The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-07

VI hAAn HnEb bAlp 1 u0kOA4Go
ment. The ordinary postal revenues
for the year ending the 80Gh OF June
1850. amount 10 SlS.sl4,5l0, and the ex.
pendituresito 81, 6GO. l3l, an excess o.
expenditures over receipts Of y, 36S, G20
The excess Of expenditures over re.
oelpte for the previous year, amounted
10 x, 4H 1902. The increase Of revenues
for 1860, over those OF 1868, was
g ,05l 300 andi the Increase OF expen,
dltures was 1907 ,6SS. The increased
revenue In 1869 exceeded the Increased
revenue OF 1868 by 500, 1884, and the In.
creased expenditures In 1869 was S.
627 $40 less than the increased expendl.
lures In 1867, showing from comparl-
son this gratifying feature OF Improve
ment, that while the increase Of expen-
dltures over the increase OF receipts In
1858 was S2,4S0, 1856, the increase OF
receipts over the increase OF expendl-
lures In 1869 was 81, i,37l.
Your attention 10 respectfully called
70 the recommendations made by the
foStmaster General for authority 10
change the rate Of compensation 70 the
main trunk railroad lines for their ser.
vices for carrying the mails 90 az 10 nav
them In coin; Tor having post route
maps executed; for reorganIzinR and
increasing the efficiency Of the
special agency service; for On In.
crease OF the mail service on the
Paolhc; and for establishing mail
lines under the nag OF the Union on
the Atlantic; and most especially do
call your attention to his recornmen~
dalton for the total abolition Of the
ranking privilege. This is an abuse
, from which no one receives common
surate advantage. II reduces the re-
ceipts for postal services from twenty
live 10 thirty per cent, and largely In-
creaseB the services 10 DO performed.
The method by which postage should
be paid upon public matter Ia aet forth
fully in the report Of the Postmaster
General.
TIE INTERIOR.
The report Of the Secretary OF the In.
terror shows that the amount Of lands
disposed Of during the year ending the
SOLh Of juno, 1860, was 1905, 162 acres,
exceeding that OF the preceding year by
1,0l0, 400 RUres. or this amount $780,
64i acres We're sold for cash, and 2,737,.
305 acres were entered under the home.
stead laws. The remainder was grant.
ed 10 aid In the construction of works OF
Internal Improvement, approved to the
States as stamp land and located upon
warrants and scrip. The cash receipts
from all sources were 81 ,472SS6, OK.
ceedlhg those OF the preceding year:
$3.50. lao during the last fiscal year.
rENsIoNs.
Twenty.thrco thousand one hundred
and ninety.Alx names were added to
the pension rolls, and four thousand
eight hundred and seventy.six dropped
therefrom, leaving at It's close one hun.
dred and eighty.seven thousand nine
hundred and slxty-three. The amount
paid to pensioners. including the COM
pensatlon Of dlsbursIng agents, was
SIS. 422,SS4, an increase Of $iil, l02 on
that OF the previous year. The munIG-
oenCe Of Congress- has been conspicu.
ously manifested In It's legislation for
the soldiers aud sailors who surren-
dered their lives In the recent struggle
to maintain that unity OF government
which makes us one people. The addI-
tons to the pension rolls Of each sue.
cesslve year, since the conclusion OF
hostllitieS, result In "a great degree
from the repeated am ndments OF the
act Of the 14th Of July, 1902, which ex-
tended Its provisions 10 cases not fall
Ing within It's original SCOPE. The
large outlay which ID thus Ocoasioned,
ls further increased by the more liberal
allowance bestowed since that date
upon those who In the line Of duty
were wholly or permanently disabled.
Public opinion has given an emphatic
sanction 10 these measures Of Congress,
and 1t will be conceded that no part Of
our public burden Ia more cheerfully
borne than that which Is imposed BY
this branch Of the service. II necessi.
tates for the next fiscal year, In addl-
ton 10 the amount Justly chargeable
to The Naval Pension Fund an up
preparation Of thirty million dollars.
PATENTS.
During the year ending the 3Olh Of
September, 1869, the Patent Office issued
1902 patents, and It's receipts were
SGSG. $3.50. being $2l3,02G more than the
expenditures.
Iwould respectfully call your attsn-
ton 10 the recommendation OF the Sec
rotary OF the Interior, for uniting the
duties OF supervising the education of
freedmen with the other duties lleyolv-
Ing upon the Commissioner OF EduCa-
tiOu.
TIE oENsUs.
II II Is the decree Of Congress- To make
Tho census which must be taken during
the year 1870, moro complete and per.
iected than heretofore, would sug-
Rest that you take early action up.
on any plan that may be agreed
upon, as Congress at the last SEES.
sion appointed a committee to take
Into consideration such measures as
might be deemed proper, in reference
10 the census, and to report plan.
deaist from saying more.
AGRICULTURE. -.
recommend 10 your favorable con-
alteration the claims OF the Agricultural
Bureau for liberal appropriation, In
a country 80 diversified In character
and soil as ours and with population
30 largely dependent upon agriculture,
the benefits that can be conferred by
properly fostering this Bureau are In
caloulablo.
SALARIES OF SUPREME COURT.
l desire respectfully 10 call the at
tention OF Congress 10 tho made.
quate salaries OF number of the
most important Offices of the Govern.
ment. will not enumerate them, but
will specify only the Justices OF the
Supreme Court. No change has been
made In their salaries for fifteen years,
and within that time the labors OF the
Court have been largely increased and
the expenses OF living have at least
doubled. During the same time Con.
gress has twice found 1t necessary 10
Increase largely the compensation OF
Its own members and the duty which
II owes 10 another department OF the
government deserves and will unloubt.
eddy receive iLs due consideration.
There are many subjects not alluded
TO In this message which might, with
proprlety, be introduced, but abstain,
believing your patriotism and states
manship will suggest the topics and
legislation most conducive to the inter-
eats OF the whole people. On my part
promise II rigid adherence to tho laws
and their strict enforcement.
U. s. GRANT.
WARRINGTON, Dec. Q, 1860.
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