Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-12-07

Oeen brought down to q recent date and In all
lne current business has been promptly dis
patched.
THE INDIANS,
The policy which was adopted at the
beginning OF the administration with re-
gard TO the management of Indians has
been as successful as IT'S most ardent
friends anticipated. Within No short n
time it has reduced the expense of their
management, decreased their forsges up.
no the white settlements, tended to give
the largest opportunity TO the extension
of the great railways through the pub.
lie domain, and the pushing OF settle
neDts into more remote districts of the
country, and at the same time improve
the condition Of the IndiaDs. The poll
cy will be maintained without any
change, excepting such as furthur experi-
ence may show to be necessary to render
it more efficient. The subject Of con-
vertlng the so-called Indian Territoryl
south of Kansas, into home tor the In.
dians, and erecting thereon territorial
form OF Government, is one OF great inn
portance as a complement of the exist
ing Indian policy, The question of re-
moval TO the territory has within the
past year been presented to- many of the
tribes resident upon other and less desir-
able portions of the public domain, and
has generally been received by them
with favor. As preliminary step to
the organization OF such territory, it
Will be necessary to con6ne the In
dians 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-
dtans. Efforts will he made in the i'm
mediate future to induce the removal OF
as many peaceably disposed Indians only
TO the Indian Territory as can be settlt q
properly without disturbing the harmo.
ny Of those already there. There is 10
other location now available where a
people who are endeav oring to acquire
knowledge of pastoral aud agricultural
pursuits can as we'll be Accommodated as
upon the unoccupied lands in the Indian
! Territory.
A territorial government should, how
ever, protect the Indians from the in.
roads of whites for term of years,
until they become sufficiently advanced
IN the arts aud civilization to guard
their own rights, and irom the disposal
of lands held by them for The same peri
cd.
SALE oR PUBLIC LANDS.
During the last fiscal year there were
disposed of out OF the public lands IL
S64,975 acres, quantity greater by
| l,099,270 acres than was disposed Of the
previous year. OF this amonnt 1903
acres were sold for cash, 3S9,46O acres
located with military warrants, 4,671,
332 acres taken for omesteads, 693,6l3
acres located with college scrip, 3,554,-
SS7 acres granted to railroads, .465, ,347
acres granted to wagon roads, 7l4,255
acres given to States as swamp land, s.
76O located by IudiaD scrip.
The cash receipts from all sources in
the land office amounted to $3,2lS, 100.
L uring the same period 22,0I6,606 acres
of the public land were surveyed, which
added To the quantity before surveyed,
amounts to 5S3, 1854, ,780 acres, leaving
| 1887 7,633,629 acres of the public lands
still unsurveyed. The reports from the
subordinates OF the Land Office contain
interesting information in regard to
their resps ctive districts. They uniform
ly mention the fruilfulness of the soil
during the past season, and the increas-
ed yield OF all kinds OF produce evince,
In those States and Territories where
mining is the principle business, the ag-
ricultural product to have exceeded the
local demand, and liberal shipments have
been made to distant points.
PATENTS.
During the year ending September 80,
| 1872, there were issued from the patent
office 1926 patents, 233 extensions,
and $50 certificates and registers of trade
marks. During the same time l9, ,5S7 APP
| plications for patents, including reissues
and designs have been received, and 100
caveats filed. The fees received during
the same period amounted to $40, ,O95, ,9S6,
and the total expenditures TO S62, ,355, 800,
making the net recei pts over the expendi-
lures $7,740,O56. Since 1886, TWO hun
dred thousand applications for patents
have been filed, and about l34, 900 pat
cnts ISSUED, the offices being conducted
under the same laws and general organi-
zalion as were adopted at their original
Inauguration, when only from one hun
dred TO five hundred applications were
made per annum. The Commissioner
shows that the Office has outgrown the
original plan, and that new orgauiza-
tion has become necessary. This subject
was presented to Congress in a special
communication in February last which
met my approvl and the appoval Of the
SECRETARY of the Interior,and the suggest
ions contained in said communication
were embraced in q bill that was report
ed to the House by the Committee on
Patents at the last session. The subject
of the reorganization of the Pstent Office,
as contemplated by the bill referred TO, is
one of such Importance to the industrial
interests of the country that / commend
i: to the attention of Congress. The
| Commissioner also treats the subject of
the separation of the Patent Office from
the Department of the Interior. This
subject is also embraced in the bill here
totore referred to. The Commissioner
complains of the want of room for the
model gallery and for the working force
and necessary files of the office. 1t is
impossible TO transact the business of the
office properly without more room in
which TO arrange files and drawings that
must be consulted hourly in the transact