The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-09-17
Washington Correspondence.

Washington, D. c, Sept. 7th 1870.
1t has been difficult task for
Secretary Cox Of the Interior De-
partment, to solve the great prob
lem, What shall be done with the
Indians?" Much of his time. it
will be rememb bered, was taken up
the last half of last Session Of
Congress in receiving Indian dele
cations. It was thought then,
even by the Secretary himself,
that no human agency could pre-
vent bloody Indian War. Red
Cloud, Little Bear, Spotted Tail,
ct cetera, while in Washington re-
peated their calls upon the; Secre-
tary, and each time 00had long
list of additional requests, cooked
up in most part for them by irres-
ponsible white agents, which the
Secretary could not possibly
grant. His refusals generally dis
pleased them; and the Seer -tary
found it necessary to at once set
| in motion reorganization Of the
Indian agency. He corrcsponded
with the various missionary and
religious organizations, requesting
them to aid him in the selection of
proper persons to act as Indian
agents. The pay allowed by the
Government to each agent being
only $500 per annum. the Sec
retary has generally found it i'm
possible to secure the services of
efficient and trustworthy men
only through the Friends and
other religious denomina ions
who only consented to sacrifice
their time ana the CON forts Of
homc from the broad humanitar..
ian principles of civilizing and ed
ucatlng the heather
The Secretary is pleased with
the result OF his untiring zeal in
this good cause; Tor he is assured
from the various posts in the In
dian country, that the indians,
generally, are disposed to lock
upon the authorities at Washing
ton as friendly toward them-The
chiefs especially seem to take
pride in showing the whites that
they are performing their part Of
the goo' work.
The Real Estate Agents in this
city, are receiving numerous let
ters from Northeners, requesting
lists of Southern (especiaiIy Nir-
ginia lands III their hands to be
sold. 1t is expected that there
will he more No thern peorle
South duriug the coming season,
in pursuit of lands, than ever be-
fore.
The crops reported to the Agri-
cultural Department from the
South, are generally good.
There were 227 patents issued
from the U. S. Patent Office to ci-
tizens of the several States and
territories, for the week ending
yesterday as follows: New York.
81, Massachusetts,, 81, Pennsyl-
vania. 10; Ohio, II; Illinois, 10,
Connecticut and Michigan, L each;
Iowa, 9, New Jersey and Califor-
MIA, 6 each; Mary land and Wiscon-
sin s each, District of Columbia,
Main, Vermont and Indiana each;
Georgia; Louisiana and Missouri 8
each, Tennessee 2; New Hamp-
shire, Deleware, North Carolina,
Mississippi, Texas, Nebraska
and Minnesota, l each. Ken
lucky, Rhode Island, Virginia,
West Virginia, South Carolina,
Alabama; Arkansas, Oregon, Kan
sas, and Nevada failed to make
record of their ingenuity.
OF late, since the scarcity Of
money, the Commissioner informs
me that patentees are little slow
in paying their final fees, and the
consequence is that the number OF
patents issued is much less than
the number allowed. By the way,
the Patent Office, you well know
perhaps, allows the patentee six
months after his patent is allowed
to pay tie final fees.
Commissioner Wilson Of the
General Land Office is in receipt
Of returns of additional surveys in
the mining regions of California
A large portion Of the lants EN-
braced in these surveys is suitable
for Agricultural purr oses and in
varicu US parts of the lands are very
excellent sites for orchards and
vineyard The growth of wood
on the hillside is chiefly Ok var
led wit cedar and buckeye On
many of the creeks mining was
formerly carried on to great ex-
tent, but of late has teen confined
to the Chinese on the MoQuelumne
and jackson creeks and larger
rivers. Also, transmitted t. the
Mays. lille Land Offices certified
schedulS of tracts embracing 5,S98
acres, as lands innri - to the
Western Pacific Railroad Co. un
der the &C OF Congress of July l,
1862 and July 2, 1864. The list
was approved March Z, and car
ried into patent April 9, 10 ~
An exchange says: 'sReecher
thinks one desconess IS worth
l.