The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-12-12


s1he ocean steamers service, including the
amounts paid to the subsidized lines OF mali
steamers, was $1,027,9 81.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
= Detailed statements of the disbursement
through the Department OF Justice Will be
furnished by the report OF the attorney gen
aeral and though these have been somewhat
increased BY the recent acts Of Congress to
EN- force the rights of citizens of the United
States to vote in the several states OF the I'm
son and to enforce the provisions Of the 18th
amendment to the constitution of the United
States and the amendments thereto, cannot
question the necessity and salutary effect OF
these enactments Reckless and lawless men
I regret to say, have associated themselves
together in some localities to deprive other
citizens of those rights guaranteed to them
Inv the constitution Of the United States, and
to that end have committed deeds of blood
and violence but the persecution and punish
ment of many Of these persons have rendered
greatly 10 the repression Of such disorders =.
L do not doubt that a great majority Of the
people in all parts of the country favor the
full enjoyment by ali classes Of persons Of
Chose rights TO which they are entitled under
the constitution aud laws, and l invoke the
aid and influence of ali good cisizens to pre-
vent organizations whose objects are by un
lawful means to Interfere with those rights.
g. look with confidence to the time not far
distant when the obvious advantages Of good
order and peace will induce an abandonment
of all combinations prohibited By the act re-
ferred to-. Applications have been made to
me to pardon persons cony .cted Of q violation
of said acts upon the ground that clemency
in such cases would atend to tranquilize the
public mind. and to test sthe virtue of that
policy, am disposed as far as my sense of
Justice will permit, to give those applications
a favorable consideration but any action
thereon is not to be construed as indicating
any change in my determination to entofee
with rigor such acts 50 long as the ccnspira-
cies and combinations therein named disturb
the peace o. the country. 1t is much to be
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 ap-
plying it may never again be demanded.
s*.i LANDS.
3 During the last fiscal year there we're dis
posed of cut of the public lands II, 1854 ,975
acres, a quantity greater by 10O0,2lo acres
than was disposed Of the previous year; OF
this amount l ,370.32O acres were sold for
cash, 389 ,460 acres located with military war
rants, 1871 1892 acres taken fer homesteada,
693.6 13 acres located with college scrip, 3,
554.S7 acres granted to railroads, 465, BAT
acres granted to wagon roads, 714,755 acres
given to States as swamp lands, $50 acres To-
Gated by Indian scrip. The cash receipts
from ali sources in the land Office amounted
to S3,218, 400. During the same period 22,-
Ole sos acres of the public lands were sur.
yeyed, which, added to the quantity before
surveyed. amounts to 593 ,364.790 acres leav-
/ ing 1,z57 633, 62S acres of the public lands
still nsuryeyed.
During the year ending September 30,
1872. there we're issued from the patent office
113, 626 patents, 233 extensions and 800 GER
tifcates and registres of trade marks. Du-
ring the same time 1857 applications for
patents, including reissues and designs, have
been received, and 3, 100 cavats filed. The
fees received during the same period amour
ted to $500 .95496. and the total expendI-
lures to 1923, $500 making the net receipt
over the expenditures SIT ,400.96.
Since 1886, 500 900 applications for pat
ents have been filed and about 1913 600 pat,
ents issned- The Office being conducted IN
der the same laws and general organization
as were adopted at its original Inauguration,
when only from 100 to 500 applications were
made per annum The Commissioners shows
that the Office has outgrown the original plan
} and that new organization has become nee
'essary
PENSIONS.
~ The amount paid for pensions in the last
fiscal year was $50 ,169 340-an amount lar
ger BY So, 709, 434 than was paid during the
preceding year OF this amount 1921 ,349
were paid aader the act of Congress OF Feb.
ruary II, 1871 to survivors OF the war OF
1912. The annual increase OF pensions by
the legislation of Congress has more than
kept pace with the natural yearly losses from
xhe rolls The act of Congress of June q
1872, has added an estimated amount Of
100000 per spnum to the rolls without III
ereasing the number Of pensioners. We can
not, therefore, look for. any substantial de-
crease in ths expenditures Of the department nj
for some time to come, or SO long as Congress
continues to so change the rates of pension
THE CENSUS.
The ninth CENSUS is about completed. Its
early completion is a subject of congratula-
ton, inasmueh 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 thu Federal census is so long
that the information obtained at the DECENT
al period as to the material condition, wants
and resources of the nation is Of little prac-
tical value after the expiration of the frsi
half of that period 1t would probably OBJ
viate the constitutional provisions regarding
the decennial census taken in 1875 should
it be diYested Of all political character, aad
no reapportionment of Congressional repre-
sentation be made undcr it. Such a census