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

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went DC xDona 600 The aiofiei gaiiefT and for
the working force and necessarT fiIa5 OF file
ofHce M Is impossible 10 transact the 6risi-
ness Ok the Office properly. without more
room ia which 10 arrange files and drawings
that must be consulted hourly i'd the trans.
action Of business. The whole Patent Office
building VIII soon be needed, lit Is not al
ready, TOR thenccofnnlodatf Of the business
Of the Patent Office, 49, s2k.sliSf E
Z PENSIONS. u. .s
Tho amount paid for pensions in the last
fiscal year was 1901 ,693. 40x-an amount
larger by 85,eS4.34 than was paid during
the preceding year. OF this amount s23l.-
849 We're paid under the act Of Congress of
February l7J 1871, to survivors of the war of
The annual increase ST pensions by the
Legislation of Congress has more than kept
pace with the national yearly losses from the
rolls. The net of Congress Of june 8, 1872,
has added an estimated amount of S75O,000
per annum to the rolls without Increasing
the number Of pensioners. We cannot, there
fore, look for any substantial decrease In the
expenditures Of this department for some
time to come, or 80 long as Congress con-
tinues to so change the rates of pension,
! The whole number of soldiers enlisted in
the war of the rebellion was 2;B38;5z3: The to.
tai number of claims for invalid pensioners is
| 10000, being but six per cent of the whole
number Of enlisted men. The total mum,
Der of claims on hand at the beginning Of
| the year was 81 1883. The number received
during the year was 26,574. The number
disposed of was 80, 17S, making a net gain of
1864. The number of claims now on file
is rs, 0S5. On the 30th of June, 1872 there
| lid military pensioners, 1858 widows,
orphans, and dependent relatives, MAX
ing, an aggregate - Of t208,923 army PEN
sioners. AT the same time there were on
the rolls the names of 1,449 navy PEN
sioners, and 1890 widows, orphans,
and dependent relatives, making the whole
number of naval pensioners 3,179. There
have been received since the passage of The
act to provide pensions for the survivors of
the war of 1872, ,551 applications prior to
June 30, 1872. OfstheSe there were allowed
during the last fiscal year 20,126 claims;
4,S45 were rejected during the year, leaving
1850 claims pending at that date. The
number Of pensions of all classes granted
| during the last fiscal year was 81, 1888; during
| that period there were dropped from the
| rolls for various causes 9,104 names. leaving.
| a grand total of 322, 229 pensioners on the
! rolls on the 3Oth of June, 1872. 1t is thought
| that the claims for pensions on account of
| the war Of 1912 will all be disposed of by!
| the 1st of May. 1873. Tt is estimated that.
S30, fS0, 900 will be required for the pension
service during the next fiscal year. -
| 81 s~ THE CENSUS. -
The ninth census is about completed.
Its early completion is subject Of congratu-
| latlon lnasmuch as the use to be made of
| the statistics therein contained depends
greatly on the promptitude of publication.
| The Secretary Of the Interior recommends
| that census be taken in 1875, which recon-
| mendation should receive the early attention
of Congress. The interval at present estab-
| lished between the Federal census is so long
| TINT the information obtained at the decen-
| NAL period as to the material condition,
wants, and resources of tile nation is of lit
tie practical value after the expiration of the
first half OF that period. It would probably
obviate the constitutional provisions regard
| ing the decennial census taken in 1915 should
it be Invested of all political character, and
no reapportionment Of Congressional repre-
sentation be made under it. Such census;
coming as it would in the last year of the
| first century of our national existence, would
| furnish noble monument Of the progress
of the United States during that century. 10
| .. EDUCATION.
The rapidly.increasing interest in educa.
ton is a most encouraging feature in the
current history or the country, and it is no
doubt TRUE that this is due, in great nlea.
tllre, to the efforts of the Bureau of Tduca-
ton. That office is continually receiving
evidences which abuntlantly prove its eff.
cheney from the various institutions of learn
ing and education Of all kinds throughout
the country. The report OF the Commits
sioner contains vast amount Of educational
details of local interest. The bill now pend
| ing before Congress providing for the ap-
preparation of the net proceeds Of the sales
of public lands for educational purposes to
aid the States in the general education Of
their rising generation Is measure of such
great Importance to our real progress, and is
so unanimously approved by the leading
friends Of education, that recommend it to
to the favorable attention of Congress.
| TERRITORIES.
| Affairs in the Territories are generally
satisfactory. The energy and business ca
| pacity Of the pioneers who are settling up
the vast domains not yet incorporated into
States arc keeping pace in internal improve
ments and civil government with the older
| communities In but one of them Utah is
the condition OF affairs Unsatisfactory except
so far as the quiet of the citizen may be dis
turbed BY real or imaginary danger Of Indian
| hostilities. It has seemed to be the policy of
the Legislature of Utah TO evade all responsi:
bility to the Government of the United
States, and even to hold position in hos,
| tility to 1t: ~" ~. - - s,
recommended q careful revision of the
present laws Of the territory by Congress,
and the enactment of such law rs the one
proposed in Congress ct its last session, for
Instance, or something similar to it, as will
secure peace, the equality of all citizens be-
fore the law, and the ultimate eXtinguish-
mcnt of polygany. Since the establishment,
of territorial government for the District
Of Columbia, the improvement of the condi-
ton Of the city of Washington and sur
roundings, the increased prosperity Of Che
citizens is observable to the most casual
visitor. The nation, being large owner of
property in this city, should bear with the
citizens Of the District a just portion of the
expense of these improvements. / recon-
mended, therefore, an appropriation to re-,
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