The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-13

! the world, would be prOftably expen-
! ded. The price of labor in Europe has
so much enhanced within the last few
/ years that the cost of building and oper-
/ ating ocean steamers in the United
! States Is now so much greater than in
| Europe, that l believe the time has ar
| rived for Congress to take this subject
| into serious consideration.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
A detailed statement of the disburse-
ments through the Department of JUS
| tice viii be furnished by the report of
| the Attorney-General, and though they
have been somewhat increased on ac-
count of the recent acts of Congress to
/ enforce the rights of citizens of the Uni
| ted States to vote in the several States
| of the Union, and to enforce the pro-
| visions of the Fourteenth Amendment to
| the Constitution of the United States,
| yet they are justified by the necessity
and salutary effect of these enact
ments. Reckless and lawless men,
l regret to say, have associated them
! selves together to deprive other citizens
| of the right guaranteed to them by the
Constitution of the United States. and
to this end have committed deeds of
violence, but the prevention and punish
ment of many of the persons have tended
greatly to the repression of these disor-
ders. I do not doubt that a great ma
jOrity of the people in all parts of the
country favor the full enjoyment bv all
classes of persons of these rights to
which they are entitled under the Con
stitution and the laws, and I invoke
the aid and influence of all good citizens
to prevent organizations whose objects
are, by unlawful means, to interfere with
those rights. l look with confidence to
the time not far distant when the Obvi-
Gus advantages of good order and peace
viii induce an abandonment of all COM
binatiOns prohibited by the acts referred
to, and when it viii be unnecessary to
carry ON prosecutions or inhict punish
ments to protect citizens from the law
less dOings of such combination APP
plications have been made to me to par
don persons convicted of q viola
ton of said acts, upon the ground that
clemency in such cases would tend to
tranquilize the public mind, and to test
the value of that policy 1 am disposed,
as far as my sense of justice viii permit
me, to give to these persons Il favorable
consideration but any action thereon
is not to be construed as indicating any
change in my determination to enforce
with vigor such, 50 long as the conspira-
cies and combinations therein named
disturb the peace of the country. It Is
much to be regretted, and is regretted
by no one more than myself, that a ne
cessity has ever existed to- execute the
enforcement act. No one can desire
more than I that the necessity of apply
ing it may never again be demanded
The Secretary of the Interior reports
satisfactory improvement and progress
sion in each of the several Bureaus under
! the control of the Interior Department
there, and all in excellent condition.
| The work in some of them for some
years has been III arrears down to re-
cent date, and in all the current business
has been promptly despatched.
THE INDIANS.
The policy which was adopted at the
beginning OF the administration with re-
gard to the management of the Indians
has been as successful as its most ardent
friends anticipated with so short time.
It has reduced the expense of their man
agement, decreased their fOrages upon
the white settlements, tended to give the
largest opportunity to the extension of
the great railway through the public
domain and the pushing of settlements
into more remote districts of the cOun-
try, and at the same time improve the
condition of the Indians. The policy
Will be maintained without any change,
excepting such as further experience
may show to be necessary to render 1t
more efficient. The subject of convert
ing the so-called Indian Territory, south
Of Kansas, into home for the Indian,
and erecting territorial form OF gov
ernment is one of great importance, as a
complement of the existing Indian pol
icy. The question of removal to the
territory, within the past year, has been
presented to many Of the tribes resident
upon other and less desirable portions of
the public domain, and has generally
been received by them with favor. As
preliminary step to an organization OF
such a territory, it viii be necessary to
cOnfine the Indians, now resident there,
into farms of proper size, which should
be secured to them III fee, the residue to
be used for the settlement of other
friendly Indians. Efforts will be made
in the immediate future to induce the
removal of as many peaceably disposed
Indians to the Indian Territory as can
be settled properly without disturbing
the harmony of those already there.
There is no other location now available
where people who endeavor to acquire
a knowledge of pastoral and agricultural
pursuits, can be as well accommodated
dian Territory
4 territorial Government should, however,
protect the Indians from the inroads Of the
whites for a term Of years until they become
sufficiently advanced in the arts and civilization
to guard their OVID rights, and from the dispO-
sal of lands held by them for the same period
During the last fiscal year there were disposed
Of out Of the public lands, II. .S64, 97J acres,
quantity greater 10y 1,0J3,z70 acres than was
disposed of the previous year Of this amount
a-g1f gg.- faF
located with military warrants, 4 671 .332 acres
taken for hOmesteads G93, 6I3 acres located
with college scrip 1854, ,587 acres granted TO
railroads, 465, BAT acres granted 10 wagon roads,
ia, 255 acres given to States as swamp iaLld'
and ). 760 acres located by Indian scrip Inc
cash receipts from all sources III the Lana VI
fee amount to -. 21S lOG. During the haIne
period =. Ole 600 acres Of the pubic iaHd were
surveyed, which, added 90 the quantity beIofc /
surveyed, amounts TO 5s3 364, $50 acres, ieaNlll5
J. 2j7 Gj3 6Z8 acres Of the pubic IaHdS SIN til-
surveyed. The reports from the subofuliates I
of the Land Office contain interesting lu1OTIna-
tiOn Ia regard to their respective districts
They uniformly mention the frultfulHesh OF the
soil dnring the past season, and the Increased
States and territories where mining Is the priu-
sir5aI business. agricultural products have eX-
ceeded the demand, and liberal shipments have
been made to distant points
PATENTS.
Duriu, the wear ending September 80. 1872,
there were issued from the Patent Office "a. GIG
patents Zs3 extensions and $50 certificates and
registers Of trademarks. During the same
time IS 5S7 applications for patents, including
reissues and designs, have been received,
and 3.1OO caveats filed. The fees received
during the same periods amounted TO =tOD,-
1886, and the total expenditures TO SOB 35j-yJ'
making the net receipts over the expenditure
577,400.5G. Since 1896. 900, 600 applications Tor
patents have been filed, and about $4,000
patents issued The Office being conducted
under the same laws ard general organization
as were adopted at the original inauguration
TO hundred aUTlcl-