The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-12-29

ctdlng year. The area OF public land
undispnsed of is 1873, 773 220,9S4 acres, of
which 1907. 175, 448 acres are unsurveved.
4 Grants for educational purposes since the
foundation of the government amount to
i 1896 500 acres for military services.
73,460,9 61 acres; for internal improve
mants, exclusive of railroads and wagon
roads, 13, S53,054 Swamp lands approved
to the States amount to 60,459,868 acres.
There have been selected by way of in
demntty for swamp lands, 6,512,621 acres
There have been paid $72,849, 116 as in
Idemnity for swamp lands sold by the
gpy-rnmf Z. forlcash. With gard to the
long standing question Of private claims
to lan0s In New Mexico and Arizona
arising under grants made while the
ceuntry belonged to another sovereignty,
land the Act OF C ngress authorizing the
tSurveyor Genera of these Territories to
l~cert4in and report on the claims, the
Secretary says the method odopted differs
essentially from that authorized in re-
spect to similar claims in California, and
is liable to serious objections. The rights
lof the government are not represented,
the surveyor General reporting only on
documentary evidence submitted by
interested parties. The settlement Of
Fcaims rests with Congress, which is not
9 we'll adapted as a Judicial tribunal for
passing upon the data Of acts, and loans,
aud the general boundaries given in the
original documents afford no safe and
certain means Of ascer;aining the real
/ extent of the tract One claim confirmed
| 10y Congress covered an estimated area
Of 450 square leagues, The Secretary
refused 10 authorize he survey Of it, be-
cause the Government of Mexico could
not iawfoll grant a tract larger than
eleven square leagues. The Secretary rec
ommends, if 4 special tribunal for lnvestl
gtting these titles be not established,
tIat there should be additional legislation,
defining the powers Of the Department
ami Bureau of Pubic Lands in such
] eases
| rhe following are the statistics of the
Patent Offices:
During the year ending September
81, 1870, there were filed in the Patent
! Office LOAF applications for patents, IN
tending re issues and designs 1874
caveats, aud 100 applications for
extension of pate MS. Thirteen thousand
SIX hundred and twenty patents
4 INCLUDING re issues were issued, 10l
exten1ed, aud 1,099 allowed, but not
issued by reason Of non payment Of the
/ iinai fee. On the 1st day Of October,
1860, he upexpended balance Of appro
| oriatl1ns was $416,sO45S, appropriations
for the special year ending
June 80, 1871, 1888, 100, making an ag
gregate Of 1886, 9O4.5S; expenditure snce
4 lnat da e, $54l, 793 09-leav ng an unex-
\ pended balance Of $4l4, 1O8 40 available
FOR the remainder Of the fiscal year Fees
received during said year amounted to
/ 1904 80 II excess OF the expenditures.
Tue apprnpil.tion asked for the next
! fiscal year is $575.57O. The number OF
patents dcripg he past year is less than
A that Issued during the preceding year
1 Ems tact is 10 proof that The enterprise
Eof the country has diminished, or of a
deficiency II the application of their
Initiative genus and scientific attain
Lmenfs to industrial pursuits and arts.
I lhe result is due To tie increased labor
which has been bestowed by the office
upon applications, whereby frivolous and
worthless contrlvances have been reject
ed. l recommended last year the abolition
~ the righG to appeal ron the decision
of the Commissioner to one Of the Judges
Of the Supreme Court Of the District.
thus appeaj from an executive to Judi
clal officer, is a strange anomaly unknown
III the practise OF any other bureau, mas
worked only evil, anu that continually
1t eau now only be taken IN &c ptfte csases
TO the court Even this limited change
in TIE pre- existing law has been attended
! with the best prscIcal results"
Tie Secretary of State speaks at length
Of the beneficial effects Of the visit 81
Red Cloud and Spotted Tail to Washing
ton. He says At the time Of Their visit
very little Lope Was entertained that wal
J could be avoided; but simple, clear
|, and perfectly trauk statement Of the atti
tude of your adm nistratIon was made tc
them both by yourself and the officers OF
THIS department No attempt was made
to hide from them the gravity OF the
situation or absolute necessity Of their ac
cepClng the new condition of things
Ihey were made To under tAnd the hope
lessness of continued Conflict with The
United States, through whose country
they had passed from tue Upper Missouri
To the capita ,ahd urged TO trust lmDllc,t
y and peacefully to the good viii Of the
government and people Of the United
siates,and to accept tue necessity OF look
Ing, ID the future, in agriculture rather
than to hunting for substance The
visit made favorable aud, sincerely
rust, an enduring Impression on their
minds. impending War, with ali It's un-
numbered horrors, Its waste of blood aud
I treasure, has been arrested. The influence
of The leading Sioux Chleftalns continues
to be on the side OF peace, and this exam
PIE has been followed ny all The pr,ncl
pal Warilke tribes. which last year were
threatening Our miller SILL Il.