New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-02


less than the preceding year. During tne last
fiscal fvear there were examined and allowed 6'Sl7
original applications for invalid pensions OF soldiers az
an annual aggregate rate S42626 co. and bl6 appca-
tions for increased pension of Invalid soldiers NJ an
gregate yearly Of s26i16S 90 During tne same
nerod 100 original pensions 10 WIDOWS OIlhan ana
dependent relatives Of soldiers were allowed az an ag
gre gate annual rate OF $950sS, anu w
n tsi rate OF siSs5s S. The number Of claims,
original and increase. admitted during t1e year. wa
"a 30 and fhe annual amount OF pensions thus grained
Z was a s524s3 sS on the S0th day OF june 1872.
there were on the rolls the names OF %f sSS
mSnned TO Ss6lis54 o. and OF 1898 widows orphans
and dependent relatives OF soldiers WHOSE yearly pen
os enonnted 10 s1 DTS 49, making an aggregate or
Sos o9s army pensioners, at total annual rate OF
CAS- go The whole amount paid during tne Iast hseai
70 Widows orphans and dependent relatives, $11266,-
Se o. making grand total OF sI l'Soi Oh "hoh III
d During the same year there were examined ana
4 allowed Isl original applications for invalid Navy pen
lions of the same class increase OF pension at total
yearly rate of s395 l2i new applications q widoT
The NAVY at an aggregate yearly rate OF s1st9 and
pensions the class were increased at the annual
rate of 1854 On the 9Oth day of june 1872 there were
borne on the rolls Of Navy pensioners the names o.
I9 invalds at an annual aggregate of slSe and OF
aggregate yearly rate Of making the whole num-
Der OF such pensioners s19 at total annual rate OF
fiscal year navy invads was Sla9A4 30 ana 10 WdOV
orphans and dependent relatives, s296is6 81 total
disbursement ,oo
applications OF soldiers and widows Of soldiers OF tne
war of isl2 During the year subsequent that date
there were received 6l6 applications of survivors q
applicatiops making grand total OF 1851 claims for
pension OF this description filed prior TO June go 1872 or
these there allowed during the last fiscal year. ~
O2 applications Of survivors, at total annual rate OF
and 31O5 applications OF widows, at an annual
i26 claims allowed at an aggregate annual rate OF 81
932O06 -Four thousand eight hundred and forty-hye
CLAIMS pendine on the sOh of June last on the inst
pending s4 claims, more than half OF which
are believed TO be without merit and will probably De
rejected. The total amount paid during the year 10
survivors of the war OF 1872 s975 81 and to WIDOWS
$685. 99 6S total amount OF Sjl34OS 4 lncluunR 'he
expenses OF disbursement.
The number of pensions Of all classes granted during
the past fiscal year 1885, During period there
were dropped from the pension rolls, from various
causes. 9,iO4 names, leaving a grand total OF
yearly pensions amount to SCISSORS, 80 The
amount paid during said year for pensions or an
S3O16934O co. being s29Os3 03 less than the amount
paid during the preceding year.
Four hundred and forty-three bOunty-land warrants
were issued during the year for 6sOiO acres being
less than the OF acres issued for the preceding
year During the period, 1872 persons avaied them
selves the benefits of the act OF june 80 1870 prONu
for artificial limbs and apparatus for resection or
On the SOh Of june 1872 there file, unadjusted
81 76 claims for invalid pension 49, G2 claims OF Widows
soldiers and widows of soldiers in the OF 1912, max
ing total Of 81 CLAIMS The Commissioner estimates
a..
1872 will be disposed Of by the LIST OF May next The in
vestgaton Of frauds continues TO receive special alen
ton with such gratifying results, both IN the detection
and repression of wrong-doing, as to demand con
tinuance OF the present policy IL is esmated Inat
SSO4sOOO0 win be required for the pension service u
ing the next fiscal year.
The report Of the Superintendent of the Ninth
Census announces the completion OF that great Ma
tional work All the tables OF the census are now in
press whether for the three quaro volumes authorized
or for the compendium to be published in octave The
Quaro volumes at the present date wholly in tyne
exeept about 80 pages of the volume Industry The
Population volume will, it Is anticipated DC ald upon
the desks OF members the assembling OF Congress IN
Decenber The other volumes will follow with only snch
interval as is required for presswOrK ana oindhg
early completion or the census a 9 to Se
made Of the statistics obtained with so mucn
labor ana expense depenN W, very .ac agn3d Changes
population and industry as occur in the United states
the census remains even approximately true put very
few years the date of enumeration. Every year.
therefore. for which the publication oil results Is
subtracts large portion OF the actua present ut VI
use namely for statistical retrospect and comparison
which is independent of TINS consideration Bnt the
found the Justification for great an expenditure OF
legislation and the industrial and social efforts Of the
present For this purpose, every month saved In
publication amounts to "a large positive addition to the
value Of the work.
ILLUSTRATING THE CENSUS REPORTS.
The appropriation made at the last session o. Congress
for illustrating graphically the quartz volumes Of the
census has been expended with resdts which, it is be-
eved will meet with cordial recognition and approval
that statistical atlas othe United States, based upon
the results of the ninth census to contain large mum
Der OF maps, with appropriate text and tables, be
authorized In edition not exceeding 5000 TO be pre-
pared under the direction OF the superintendent OF the
Census for distribution TO public libraries learned soe-
cites colleges, and academies with view TO promote
that higher kind Of political education which has here ere
toward which the attention of the general public as
well OF instructors 4nd students now oeRg "a
country should 70 the basis Of this education ana
it is in the power OF Congress- by authorizing such
publication ~ here recommended, 10 pracucally
naugrate the sdy OF political and social statistics in
the colleges anc/hgber schools of the land D..
The cOmmsndati0n made by the superintendent Tor
TO b taken In 1875 WILL trust receive the early
and earnest Attention OF Congress such an account OF
the nation numbers, wealth and industry would form
invaluable catalogue and gudebook to the American
sections n the International Exposition to be held IN
ment 20 the progress of the United states during the
first 0anturYef its political life
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES
The operations of the United States geologi-
tai survey have been very much extended the past sea-
con- owrg to the increased appropriations by Congress-
1t waseemed advisable by the Department to continue
the work OF exploration in the little known region OF the
North west about the sources OF the Yellowstone Mis-
souri and Snake Rivers Accordingly the chief geoo-
gist was directed organize two properly equipped
tion Of Mr.. James mes Stevenson took as its initial
point Ogden Utah. and proceeded hence 20 Fort Hall
idaho. From this point careful survey OF the
Snake River Valley was commenced. The party as,
cended the valley on the east side 10 the sources OF
Henrys Fork thence 20 the sources OF the Madison
where they crossed the divide TO the head waters OF
Snake River and descended this river 10 Fort Hall The
great Teton range mnutely explored and located
Madison Lake. which has hitherto been regarded AS the
of the Madison has proved TO be the source OF
Snake River. Many very important changes were made
the geography OF this interesting region The second
party under the direction Of Prot Hayden, proceeded
u 10 B0zeuan, Montana and there commenced an eIam
nation Of the Yellowstone TO its sources The Gaatn and
son Rivers with their numerous branches were care
fully mapped. The National Park, with its unique
borders was examined detail. and great num-
bers OF sketches photographs, specimens &c, were
secured great mass OF observations In astronomy
collections in geology botany aud natural history were
more extensive and interesting than those OF any pre-