Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-09
lnterIOr pepartment-Annunl Report

Interior Department-Annual Report
The report OF Hon. J. D. Cox, Secretary |
Of the Interior Is dated October 81. Upon |
the subject Of public lands, there Is clear
statement OF the various classes Of Mexi |
can grants now giving the Land Office so
much trouble. The Patent Office is repre-
sented as in excellent condition. On the
subject of Indian affairs the Secretary
says: ~ lIlil Iita .-.f
During the past year the department
has habitually pursued that policy which
was inaugurated by your direction. The
results have proven most conclusively It's
wisdom, and shown that even under cir
cumstances of more than ordinary irrita-
ton, peaceful policy appeals with great
power even to the widest savage. The
labors Of the unpaid commission of citi
zens who have been cooperating with the
Indian Agencies, have been very valuable
during the past year, they personally SUI
perintending the purchase of Indian goods,
a work requiring more than q month of
their time in the early summer A sub
committee of the body were present at
the payments of moneys TO the civilized
nations in the Indian Territory, and aided
in the negotiation which has resulted in
the final settlement of the Usage difficulty.
They attended the conferences in this city
with the Sioux, and have since visited
them, as well as the wild tribes in Wyo-
ming and Dakota. Their work of inspec-
ton has been extended to Oregon and
Washington Territory. They have shrunk
from no self-sacrifice, toll or danger, in en-
deavoring to make the policy you have
adopted toward the Indians an entire sue
cess. The healthful effect of their influ-
= l. u. I
by the department and Indian Bureau,
and has inspired a just confidence in the
honesty of the transactions which have
been concluded under their supervision
Friends, TO whom agencies in the
Northern and Central Superintendencies
were originally assigned, have most faith
fully and industriously continued their be-
neficent work with success even greater
than could have been reasonably expected.
Since the passage of the act of Congress
making it impracticable to continue mill
tary officers in charge of Indian Agencies,
under your direction the field has been
subdivided and the various missionary as
sociations of the country invited to occupy
the same relations to them as those which
the Friends have to the agencies under
their control The objections which
would naturally arise to the cooperation
of religious bodies in governmental work,
have been obviated, 50 far as possible, by
inviting the assistance of all missionary
associations which have taken part in the
work of civilizing the Indians. A prefer
ence of any denomination or sect has thus
been avoided, and the labors already per-
formed are utilized to greater extent than
would otherwise be possible. Whenever a
missionary school has been established, it
has been understood that you would APP
point an agent in sympathy with the mis-
sion, so that its influence for good might
be increased by the whole force of the gov
ernmental patronage. If the Indians are
to be improved in condition, our policy
must be essentially changed, so that pro-
vision for the wants of the matured and
aged shall be treated merely as a temporary
expedient, while the training of the
children in ways of civilization shall be a
controlling and permanent feature of the
system. On this point will add that the
Commissioner of Education is earnestly
endeavoring to procure such information
with regard to the proper and successful
modes of Indian government as may ena-
BILE this bureau to cooperate most thor
oughly with the Indian Office.
"The estimated expenses of the Indian
service for the coming fiscal year, includ-
ing appropriations which may be necessary
to meet the interest on non-paying stock
held in trust, will be $5,070,000, against an
appropriation of $6,150,000 for the current
year, showing reduction of $1,0S0000
"The preliminary report of the census
is now printing, and will appear during
the earlier days of the next Congress.
This will necessarily be confined to gen
eral statistics, and exhibiting the popula-
tion by aggregates and by classes of each
county in the United States, from 1890 to
1870 inclusive. Somewhat over 1900
counties will appear. The tables of the
smaller civil subdivisions embrace over
10000 items. The volumes containing ag
ricultural, manufacturing, social, and mis-
cellaneous statistics will be ready by April
"The organization of the bureau has af
forded an opportunity of applying the
principle of competitive examinations
Those who desired clerical employment
were sent before the commission and re
quired to answer in writing a series OF
written questions, and were accredited ac
cordingly. The clerical force employed
has been as large as possible with con.
venience, in the belief that the statistics
furnished by the census will lose much Of
their value unless they are presented tc
the country at the earliest day possible.
"The subscriptions to the stocks of the
Union Pacific Railway Company amount
to $33, 7S3000, of which $33, 1852 800 has
been paid. The local receipts of the road
for the year ending June 80, 1870, were
$8,34,371.7S expenses, S5,649, ,573. As net
earnings, $2,694, 1888.
The following statistics are given con
cerning the public lands:
During the last fiscal year public landi
were disposed of as follows:
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