New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-27

4nG0nDoe COuD0D 90
WASHINGTON. November q The report
of J. D. Cox, Secretary Of tho Interior, n
dated October 81. Upon the subject of n
d;aS affairs. the Secretary says: During
the past year the department has habituaaly
pupsued that policy which was inaugurated
ty your direction. The results have proven
most conclusively its wisdom, and shown
that even under circumstances of more
than ordinary irritation; peaceful policy
appeals with great power, even to the
widest savage.
The labors Of the unpaid commission Of
citizens, who have been co operating with
the Indian agencies, have been very valua-
bic during the past year, they personally
experimenting the purchase Of Indian
goods, q work requiring more than a month
of their time in the early summer. Sub
commissions of the body were present at
the payments Of money to the civilized ma
tions in the Indian territory, aud aided in
the negotiations which have resulted in the
final settlement of the Usage difficulty.
They amended the conferences in this
them as well as the wild tribes in Wyoming
and Dakota. Their work Of inspection has
been extended to Oregon and Washington
territory. They have shrunk from no self
sacrifice, toll or danger in endeay0rlng to
make the policy you have adopted toward
the Indians an entire success. Thehealthful
effect of their influence and advice is cheer
fully acknowledged by the department and
the Indian Bureau, and has inspired a just
confidence in the honesty of the transac-
tions which have been concluded under
their supervision.
The friends, to whom agencies In the
Northern and central superintendcncies
were originally assigned, have most faith
fully and industriOusly- continued their be-
neficent work, with r success even greater
than could have been reasonably expected.
Since the passage of the act Of Congress max
ing it impracticable to continue military Off
GERS in charge ofIndian agencies; under your
directions the field has been subdividcd, and
various missionary associations of the cOuR-
try invited to occupy the same relations to
them as those which the Friends have to
agencies under their control.
The objections which would naturally
arise to the cooperation Of religious bodies
in governmental work have been Obviated
SO far as possible by inviting the assistance
of all missionary associations which have
taken part in the work of ciyilizing the In
dians A preference Of any denomination
or sect has thus been avoided, and the
labOrs already performed are utilized to a
greater extent than would otherwise be
possible.
Whenever a mission school has been es-
tablished, it las been understood that you
would appoint an agent in sympathy with
the mission, SO that its influence Tor good
might be increased by the whole force OF
governmental patronage.
If the Indians are to be improved in their
condition our policy must be essentially
changed so that provision for the wants of
the matured and aged shall not be treated
merely as temporary expedient, while the
training of the children in the ways Of civ
ilizatiOn shall be a controlling and perma-
nent feature of the system. On this point
will add that the Commissioner of Educa-
ton is earnestly endeavOring to procure
such information with regard to the proper
and successful modes of Indian government
as may enable his bureau to cooperate most
thoroughly with the Indian office.
The preliminary report of the census is
now printing and will appear during the
earlier days of the next session Of Congress.
This will necessarily be confined to the
general statistics exhibiting the population
by aggregates, and by classes of each county
in the United States from 1890 to 1870 in
elusive. Somewhat over 300 counties Will
appear The tables Of smaller civil subdi
visions embrace over 10000 items. The
volumes containing the agricultural, manu-
featuring and social and miscellaneous
statistics will be ready by April.
The organization of the bureau has afford
ed an opportunity Of applying principles Of
competitive examinations. Those who de-
sired clerical employment were sent before
commission and required to answer in writ
ing series Of written questions, and were
credited accordingly. The clerical force
employed has been as large as possible with
convenience, in belief that the statistics fur
nishcd by the census will lose much of their
value unless they are presented to the coun-
try at the earliest day possible.
The subscriptions to the stock OF the
Union Pacific Railway Company amount to
$685. s3, 900, Il which $50, 762. 300 has been
paid. The total receipts Of the road for the
year ending June 30, 1870 were SS,344, 81 0S;
expenses, S5,6i9, 573 As; net earnings, 3d.
694 ,797 63. The entire cost of the road at
that date was sos, 1852, 1874, and the indebt-
edness of the company, $40, 48O, 69S 81, Of
which SIS, ,5l2 was for United States
bonds.
A COPY of the consolidation articles of tho
Central Pacific Railroad has been filed in
this department. Stock to the amount OF
$4S, 4OO, 100 has been subscribed, and $48, 378.-
74O paid. The receipts from the traIispOrta-
ton of passengers and freight for the year
ending June 30, 1870, were $6,070,l72; ex-
penses, $3,542,2l2; net earnings, g, 527 $50.
The Indebtedness Of this company amounts
to $67 ,029, 730, of which $27 ,S5l 600 was to
the United States.
The stock subscription of the Central
Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad is
100000, Of which $780, 600 has been paid.
The expenses on account Of the road and
fixtures have been 1928, 200.
Stock of the Kansas Pacific Railroad to
the amount of S., OF, 500 has been subscribed
and paid in. The indebtedness of the COM
pany is SlOS. 462, 354, Of which $6,3O3, 900 was
to the United States. The cost of cOnstruc-
ton of 533 miles of main line is estimated at
$26,000,000.
The initial point Of the Atlantic and Pa
cifc Railroad is near Springfield, Missouri.
Fifty miles are now completed at a cost of
S2,769,84l. The company has issued bonds,
secured by mortgage on its lands, to the
amount of S3.0o0,O9O.
The amount of stock of the Sioux City
and Pacific Railroad subscribed is S4,470,-
600, of which $I,73s, 600 has been paid. The
cost of the road is $4,G44 800; Indebtedness
$5,O44.620.
At the close Of the last fiscal year the
amount Of subscribed stock Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad was 81 800, 900; actually
paid $2S0.O00. Five hundred and ten miles
have been explored at a cost of $lO,375. 1t
has constructed for the purchase of the
San Francisco and San Jose Railroad for the
sum of S2,770,00O in gold, payment to be
made and possession taken by the thirty
first of December next.
The Northern Pacific Railroad has fled
maps designating the route of the road from
the mouth Of Montreal river, Wisconsin, to
Simahmoo on the forty-ninth parallel in
Washington Territory. Instructions were
thereupOn issued for the Withdrawal in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Oregon of the
odd numbered sections Of land, to which
prior adverse rights had not attached, with
in twenty miles. and in WashntOn Terri
tory, south of such sections within forty
miles each side Of the road.
The attorneys of the Union Pacific Rail