The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-03

nHi0I aSAH pOftS, by EtS&5 H1eass3 fHssch 4ff<ti
1 now diverted 10 other Eoslssss fl4l0it bl
/ Drought to us by the Rsssziaf saniage B
this country and those lying III, that q,iaffe
oi tue continent Of America. The report d
sne secretary OF the Treasury will show al
alarming failing Of tn our carrying tsads
iof tne last ten or twelve years, and ever
| Ior the past year. do not believe tha
pubic treasure Gun be better expended IN tb,
interest OF the whole people than In trying
10 recover this trade. An expenditure O
$1,000, 900 per nnnuin for the next fiyesyears
IL would restore 10 TN Our proportion O
the carrying trade Of the world. would %,
probably expended. The price of labor II
Europe has 30 much enhanced within Sh,
last few years that the cost Of building anG
operating ocean STEAMERS In the United state.
is not 50 much greater tk 7 tn Ehfope; ahG
| believe the time has arrive I for C0ngresste
take this subject into serious consideration
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Detailed statements Of the disbursement.
through the Department of Justice will bt
furnished BY the report of the Attorney,
General; and though these have been some
what increased by the recent acts of Con
gress to enforce the rights of citizens of the
United States to vote In the several States Of
the Union, and to enforce the provisions Of
the fourteenth a!te}d,Refit to. The 65nstitu
ton Of the United States and the amend
| ments thereto, cannot question the neces
sity and sautary effect of those enactments
Reckless and iawless men, regret to say
have associated themselves together in some
localities to deprive other citizens of those
rights guaranteed to them By the Constitu
| ton Of the United States, and to that enc
have committed deeds of blood and violence
bat the prosecution and punishment of many
OF these persons have tended greatly to the
| repression of such disorders. do not doub1
that a great majority of the people in all parts
OF the country favor the full enjoyment by al
| classes of persons of those rights TO which
they are entitled under the Constitution
| and laws, and invoke the aid and influence
of all good citizens to prevent organizations
whose objects are, by unlawful means, to in
| terfere with those rights. / look with con.
| tidcnce to the time, not far distant, when the
| obvious advantages of good order and peace
will induce an abandonment of all combina.
| tons prohibited by the acts referred to, and
when it will be unnecessary to carry on pro.
solutions or iufiIspunishmcnt to protec,
citizens from the: HsG less doings of such com.
binations. Applications have been made to
me to pardon persons convicted of viola.
| ton OF said acts upon the ground that elem
cncy in such cases would tend to tranquilize
the public mind and to test the virtue oil
that policy am disposed, as far as my sense
Of justice will permit, to give those applica-
tons a favorable consideration, but any
action thereon is not to be construed as in.
dicating any change in my determination to
enforce with rigor such acts SO long as the
consriracies and combinations therein named
disturb the peace of the country. 1t is much
to he regretted, and is regretted by no one
more than myself, that necessity has ever
existed to execute the enforcement act. No
one can desire more than that the necessity
of applying it may never again be de-
handed.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
The Secretary of the Interior reports satis
factory improvement and progress in each Of
| the several bureaus under the control Of the
| Interior Department. They are all in eX'
celtent condition. The work which in some
of them for some years has been In arrears
has been brought down to recent date, and
in all, the current business has been prompt
| ly dispatched:
INDIANS.
The policy which was adopted at the be.
ginning of this Administration with regard
to the management of the Indians has been
| as successful as it's most ardent friends anti
cipated, and it has within 20 short time re.
duced the expense Of their management, de-
| creased their forays upon the white settlers
tended to give the largest opportunity for the
extension of the great railways through the
public domain and the pushing of settle
| mentS into more remote districts Of country
| and at the same time improved the condition
Of the Indians. The policy will be main
tanned without any change excepting sucl
as further experience HAY show to be neces
sary to render it tiiore efficient. The subject
| Of converting the so-ealled Indian territor,
south of Kansas into home for the Indians
| and erecting therein q territorial form Of
government, is one of great importance rs O
complement of the existing Indian policy
| The question Of removal to that territory
| has within the paSt year been presented tt
| many of the tribes resident upon other anG
less desirable portions of the public domain
and has generally been received by then
with favor. As a preliminary step to the
organization of such n Territory, it will be
necessary to cOnfine the Indians now resident
therein to farms of proper size, which should
be secured to them in fee; the residue to be
used for the settlement of other friendly In
dams. Efforts will lie made IN the iinme
diate future to induce the removal oi
as many peaceably- disposed Indians tc
the Indian Territory as can be settled
properly without disturbing the harmony OF
| those already there, There Is no other loca
| ton now available where people who arc
| endcavoring to acquire knowledge of pas
torlal and agricultural pursuits can be as well
accommodated as upon the unoccupied lands
in the Indian Territory. 4 territorial 60
vernment should, however, protect the In.
| dams from the inroads of whites for term o
years, until they become sufficiently advanced
in the arts of civilization to guard their own
rights, and from the disposal of the land.
held by them for the same period.
LANDS.
During the last fiscal year there were dis
posed of out of the public lands l l 1854 81;
acres, quantity greater by 1,099,27O acre.
| than was disposed of the previous year. o.
| this amount 1,370,320 acres were sold fol-
| cash, 3S9,46O acres located with military
warrants, 4,6T1 1892 acres taken for home
steads, 693,6l3 acres located with college
scrip. 3,554,SS7 acres granted to railroads
465, 347 acres granted to wagon roads, 714,75s
acres given to States rs swamplands, $50
| acres located by Indian scrip. The cash re-
ceipts from all sources in the Land Office
amounted to S3,21s,190. During the same
period 22,O16.60S acres of the public lands
were surveyed; which, added t. the quantity
before surveyed, amounts to $685., 7st
acres, leaving ,25, G3S, 62s acres of the public
lands sstill unsurveyed.
The reports from the subordinates of the
Land Office contain interesting information
in regard to their respective districts. They
uniformly mention the fruitfufness of the