The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-12-29
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT-AN
NUAL REPORT.

L vi tuN AHtOIIIE3 udicC1 sOCIODCI
pom the subject Of public lands, there
sac clear statement Of the various classe4
| # Mexican grants now giving the Land
Dffice so much trouble. The Patent of
ice is represented asein excellent condi
ION On the slbjectAof Indian affairs
the Secretary says:
During the past year the department
las hsbitnally pursued that policy which
vas inaugerated by your direction The
esuts have proven most concusively its
wisdom, and shown that even under cir
'umstances OF more than ordinary irrita
ton, q peaceful policy appeals with great
power even to the widest savage. The
labors If the unpaid commission of citi
zens who have been CO operating with
the Indian Agencies, have been very val
n1bie during the past year, they person
ally experimenting the purchase of In
dian goods. a work requiring more than
i month Of their time in the, early sum
MGR. A sub committee of the body were
present at the payments o. MONEYS to the
civilized nations in the indian Territory
ma 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
he wild tribes in Wyoming and Dakota
Their work OF Inspection has been cxa
tended to Oregon and Washington Terri
tory. They have shrunk from no sell,
sacrifice, toll or danger, in en- ieavoring
TO make the policy sou have adopted
toward the Indians an entire success
The healthlul eff ct of their influence
and advice is cheerfnlly ackno vledged
10y the department AMI Indian Bureau
and has 1 spired just confidence IN the
il"nesty IT The transactions which have
been concluded und,.r their supervision
Friends, to whom agencies in the
Northern and Central Superlntend nCies
"tre originally assigned, have most
a!thfuliy and andustrbusiy confined their
| Jeniticclit work with success even greater
titan couli have been reasonably expect
ed, Since he passage Of the act Of Con
| sress making II Impractical bic to continue
mi 'tary officers in chargeof Indian Agen
cies, anier Your direction the fiefti has
been subdivlded aud the various mission
airy associations of the country invited to
otcuLy the same relations CO them as
til Sc which the Friends have 10 the ageli-
ctes unier their control Tue objections
which would naturally arise to the CO.
Operation OF religious bodies in g'vern
mental work, have been oDviated, 50 tar
rs possible. by invlt ing the assistance OF
all missionary associations which have
taken part in the work of civiliZing the
Indians. A preference of any denomIna
tlon or sect has thus been avoided ana
the labofs already performed are utiiIx Il
Uoa greater ext ent Than would otherwise
/ be- possible Whenever missionary
school mas been established, it has been
understood that you would appoint an
4 agent In sympathy with the mission, 3
that ITS influence or e ,od might ne in
I creased by he whole force OF the govern.
mental patronage Ifthe Indians are to
be improved In condition, our policy
must be essentially changed, 50 that pro
VISION for the wants of the matured and
Jagged shall be treated merely as tempo.
rary expedlent, while the training of the
children IN Ways of civilization shall be a
controlling and permanent feature Of the
EsJsttm. On this polnt | VIII add that the
! Commissioner of Eiuca ION is earnestly
endeavorlng to pr,jcure such Information
with regard to the proper aud successful
NOTES OF Indian government as may en-
Iaoie this Bureau TO co operate most thor
oughly with the Indian Office.
" The estimated expenses Of the Indi-
an service tor the coming fiscal year, In
Guiding appropriations when may be
necessary tn meet the interest on non.
paying stock held in trust, will be SIS,
t07O,o0o, against an appropriation OF So
l50,00O for the current year, showing a
reduction Of $lOS0,O00.
The preliminary report Of the census
L now, printing, and will appear curing
the earlier days o. the next Congress
This will necessarily be confined to gen
eral statistics, and exhibiting the popula-
ton oy aggregates and by classes of eac b
C unity in the United states, from 1890 to
1870 inclusive. Somewhat over 1890
counties will appear. The tables OF the
smaller civil subdivisions embrace over
10000 items. The volumes containing
agricultural, manufacturing, social, and
MISCELLANEOUS statistics will be ready by
April.
/" The organization of the bureau has
afforded an opportunity OF applying the
principle OF competitive examinations.
Those who desired clerical employment
W, re sent before the commission and re-
Iquired to answer in writing series OF
writi en- questions, and were accredited
accordingly. The clerical force employ
ed 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
to the country at the earliest day posi-
bic.
THE subscriptions to the stocks of the
Union Pacific Railway Company amount
u $33,783, 600, of which $50, 762. 800 las
been paid. The local receipts of, the