New-York tribune., 1870-12-06

.r,eior than is the fund witch the sac OF tSSS snS
EeuL9o'S 1Sroince Tie remarkable growth anu @
Prosperity Of our new sta'eI I3liot,,n m Witch
jes he er of the soil to secure pelmAIent houon
rms within the reach Of all Te pi3neer @ VIZ" h th Ia
- ayne thc foundation OF new ccmmonWeSltnS, rfuuG,s
signal service t. his country and Il Snut'eu 10 rf
,Eiett largely promote the general welfare. Ihey
,hould therefore be cherished rs perhah'nl al
,,tr Ilnd system Good faith requires Us 10 give lun
,fcct 70 existing grants. ,,-, .,, .,,.rt
The timehonored and beneiicen policy or t'ng sal
ieftsn sections ot public lana iof c'iNe,ron"l IN mo-
n the new states should DO continued when ample PIV
SsiOn shalt have been made for these 9ecis 'nr 5ue
be residue OF our national domain should not he Who
disposed Of under the provisions OF the houesleao and
,yerowcd lands granted to in which hey ya aIg acts
led the lands taken under the AgrculInr he sc of
.gJ for Internal improvement purposes un1er tbereo
scutember 1871 and the acts .bc last fiscal
here had been conveyed to the ciCse Of title TO
year by patent or other equNa!eit III fC0 acres for
ss<cs and corporations. 9,7S6Z5 o. 9Rq cfmeted that
railways. canals and wagon ~ 7s5595 acres stil
there Is additional qnanI''' "
aue under grants FOR IKE uses ettes In buidng works
The policy Of thus aiding tLe S.aeT more than 20
If internal nprOy emont was @ md ulinoS TO mid
rs s.rce I'M The grants to Indiana ah. M - srs of
those states IN 9penlso lake Eric and the waters Otthe
In,ois with those Of Lake Michigan Nv Iva WI 90 s,er
M some notifications, in the grant 70 i q, The
WI 1iss ~ pubc land within certain Ihts 70 suo
foos Central Railway fouItt,yc' eS,,'ii1cs I'm con
stiDc Win railways completed or IN process oi O ,ho
fnction As the several secuoHS& & a, enhanced price
@ bs I'm MANY instances indemnitod the treasury o
ne grane' r T of some Of these thoroughfares has
,,gnuhiedy given vigorous impetus 10 WV ~ tbe
rent Of Our resources ahu tne ,t NAV however,
n, vii insisted that much OF our leglslatiOn III ,ro
gard has been characterized e5 du hnia moi loan their
redit In gid Of any enterprise underiaAtil pS g e
corporations grant lands ~ o any MA ria importance
in strongly Inclined 10 the opinion i9at 1t fNr Je.
s1i and unnecessary TO beseow SeermTe oheTwsc
ssrncsy recommend that the right OF Seuvts % nv on
oablic br more effeotually secureu anu
prnpriate legislation
PiTEyT oFrICE-CENsUe-P PENSIONS
During the year ending September 80, 1870 there we're
fled in the Patent Office 19h1 applications for PATENTS
74 caveats and 100 applications for the extension OF
patents 1902 patents including reissues and designs
we're issued O9l rendered and OS9 allowed but not As
sned by reason Of the nOn-payment OF the final fees Tue
receipts Of the Office during the ical year were SS552S
u excess of lie expenditures. 1T,
The work Of the Census Bureau has been energeticaly
prosecuted The preliminary report, cOntalnl5 muGn
Information Of special value ana interest, VII
oo 30 o'g e iIr &em1nSr GG Volumes % wiz BE- completed
gith all the dispatch consistent Win perfect
accuracy in arranging and classifying the returns We
shall thus. at no distant day, De IurnsheG Win 1l a
authentic record OF condition and resources III VIII,
although daring the decade which has Just closed, it was
severely iTied by the great war waged 10 MAINTAIN S
integrity and 10 secure and perpetuae our Hee lhst
During the last fiscal year. the paid to pensioners
75S bounty land warrants were issued. Al MS close
l9sCse names were the PensOnrolls. The abors Ot
.ho Pension Office have been directed to q severe
scrutiny " the evidence submitted in favor OF c0ntrO-
sered claims, and TO the discovery OF fictitious claims,
which have hOen heretofore allowed The appr0pfat Ions
or the employment OF special agents for the inVeStG-
on Of frauds has been iudiciOusy used, and the results
obtained have been OF unquesuOnabe benent 10 the
hc subjects 0f Education and Agriculture Of great
interest to the of republican institutions, and
,ur happiuesS and grandeur nation In the interest
81 one bureau has been established in the Interior De
partmenthe Bureau Of Education; aud III the interest
u the other separate deDartuent-that Of ACricul-
ure. believe great general good Is to flow from the
operations OF both of these bureaus, properly fOsterod
| cannot commend to your careful consideration too
highly the rcpnrts OF the Commissioners of Education
and Of Agriculture. urge too strongly such liberal
legislation . VIII secure their efficiency.
Ia conclusion, would us the policy OF the Admin
sirati0n 10 "A thorough enforcement Of every law
athf collection OF the taxes provided for; economy in
he disbursement Of the same prompt payment OF
very dGbt OF the nation reduction OF taxes rapidly
the requirements OF the country will permits reduc-
ous OF taxation and tarf 10 be arranged to afford
greatest relief TO the greatest numbers honest and
ak dealings with ali other people, to the end that
war. with an its bhghting consequences, may bC
sVnidcd but without surrendertng right or oblga
lion due 20 reform in the treatment OF Indians, unC
the whole civil service of the country and finally IL
sscurng pure, untranmeled ballot where every mar
entitled to vote do so just once az each eec
uoa without fear of mOlesauon OF prescription on a'
,0unt of his political faith, nativity, or color. -
Ercetttpc AiQHSiOn, Dec. o, 1870. u B. 1RAN1