Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03

service unutT a SDfClAi act OF congress. Inc
Pacific Mail Steamship Company receive
sJOJ,000 per annem for carrying a monthly
mail between San Francisco, Japan and Chi
ma, which viii be increased 20 100000 per
annutn fof senii-monthly mail On and after
MIN sEeaiasH lb GofhpaHS teeSlys $1,000 per
ahnuin for carrying, d it1Ontltl mail Between
fSe& YORK and Rio de JRheiro, Brazil ;and the
California, Oregon and Mexican Steamship
Company receive $1,000 per annum for carry
and Honolulu, Hawaiian Misunderstanding
the total amount OF mail steamship sub
sidies at present s25,O0 per annum;
Our postal communications with all parts OF
the country would have been placed upon a
most advantageous footing by the improved
eostal conysnti1ns and e5IsnseIienls re-
| cial countries OF Europe and Americas and
the gratifying statement Is made that with
the conclusion OF Satisfactory convention
with France, the details Of which have been
definitely agreed to by the head Of the French
| postal department, subject 10 the approval OF
the Minister of Finance. little remains 10 be
accomplished by treaty for SOME time to come.
| With respect to the reduction of the rate ON
| improved facilities for postal intercourse,
| your favorable consideration is respectfully
| invited TO the recommendations made by the
| Postmaster-General for an increase of service
/ from monthly 10 semi-monthly trips on the
I mail steamship route 10 Brazil, for a subsidy
inside Of the establishment OF an American
line OF mail steamers between San Francisco,
| New zealand and Australia; for the estaolish-
ment OF PostOfiice savings banks, and for the
J increase Of the salaries of the heads Of bu-
| reaus. ~--
| have heretofore recommended the aboli-
ton OF the franking privilege, and see no rea-
| son now for changing my views on that sub
tect. IL not having been favorably regarded
| by Congress, however, now suggest a modih-
| cation OF that privilege. To correct its glaring
and costly abuses, would recommend the
| appointment of a committee or commission
| to take into consideration the best method
/ equitable 70 private corporations, who have
| Invested their time and capital In the estab-
| lishlnent OF telegraph lines, Of acquiring the
title TO all telegraph lines now In operation,
and OF connecting this service with the postal
| service Of the nation. Ii Is not probable that
| this subject could receive the proper conside-
| ration during the limits of a short session of
! Congress, but IL may be initiated, so that
/ further action may be fair TO the Government
and 10 private parties concerned, There
are but three lines of ocean steamers,
| namely: The Pacific Mail Steamship COmpa-
| ny, between san Francisco, China and Japan,
| with provision made for Semi-mOnthly SER
| vice after October !, 1876; the United states
| and Brazil Line, monthly; and the California,
| New Zealand and Australia Line, monthly,
/ plying between the United states and foreign
| ports, and owned and operated under our flag.
| I earnestly recommend that such liberal con-
| tracts for carrying mails be authorized with
| these lines as will insure their continuance.
| II the eIpediency of extending the aid of the
/ government to lines of steamers which hith-
| erto have not received II, should be deemed
/ worthy Of the consideration of Congress, po-
| litical and commercial objects make IL ad-
| visable to bestOw such aid on line, under
| our flag, between Panama and the western
South American ports. By this means, much
| trade now diverted TO other countries, might
| be brought 10 US, TO the mutual advantage of
| this country and those lying in that quarter
| Of the continent of America.
| The report of the Secretary OF the Treasury
| will show an alarming falling of in our car
4 rying trade for the last ten or twelve years,
and even for the past year. ! do not believe
| that the public treasury can be better ex-
/ pended in the interest Of the whole people
/ than in trying to recover this trade. An ex-
/ penditure Of five millions of dollars per
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| restore to us our proportion of the carrying
/ trade OF the world would be probably eX-
| tended. The price Of labor in Europe has been
| 30 much exhausted within the last five years
| that the cost of building and operating ocean
| steamships in the United States is not so
/ much greater than in Europe, that l believe
| the time has arrived for Congress to take this
sub bject into serious consideration.
| A detailed statement of the disbursements
1 through the Department Of Justice will be
| furnished by the report of the Attorney-Gen-
eral, and though they have been somewhat
| increased by the recent acts of Congress to en-
i force the rights Of citizens of the United
Il states to vote in the several States of the
/ Union, and TO force the provisions Of the four
| teenth amendment to the constitution of the
1 United states, the necessary and salutary
| effect Of these enactments upon reckless and
careless men, ] regret to say, have associated
| themselves in some localities to deprive other
/ citizens of the right guaranteed to them by the
constitution Of the United States, and 10 that
| end have committed deeds OF violence; but
| the prevention and punishment OF many OF
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L preston Of such disorders. do not doubt that
l a great majority of the people in all parts OF
the country favor the full employ
/ ment by all classes of persons of these
4 rights TO which they are entitled under the
constitution and the laws, and to invoke the
| aid and influence of all good citizens to pre-
/ vent organizations whose objects are by un-
lawful means to interfere with those rights,
i / look with confidence TO the time not far dis
tant, when the Obvious advantages of good
| order and peace will induce an abandonment
/ of all combinations prohibited by the acts re-
4 ferred TO, and when IT will be unnecessary TO
| carry on prosecutions or infiict puniShments
TO protect citizens from the lawlesS doings OF
/ such parties. Applications have been made
/ TO me TO pardon. persons convicted OF viola
/ ton OF said acts, upon the ground that elem
1 ency in such cases would tend to tranquilize
the public mind and test the virtue Of that
policy. l am disposed, as my sense of Justice
viii permit, TO give to those persons a favora-
| bic consideration; but any action therein is
not to be construed rs indicating any change
i in my determination TO enforce with rigoI
1 such laws, long as the conspiracies and
com bInations therein named disturb the peace
/ OF the country. II is much 10 be regretted
| and il Is regretted by no one more than my
l self, that a necessity has ever existed TO exc
Il cute the enforcement act. No one can desire
4 more than l that the necessity OF applying IL
| may never again be demanded.
/ The Secretary OF the Interior reports sat
isfsctory the improvement and progression OF
L each Of the several bureaus under the control
Of the Interior Department. They are all In
1 excellent condition. The work, which In
1 some of them for some years has been in ar
1 rears, has been brought down to a recent date
| and in all the current business has been
/ promptly despatched. The policy v hich was
/ adopted at the beginning of the administra-
tion, with regard 10 the management of the
1 Indians, has been as successful as us mosl
l ardent friends anticipated within 80 short q
Il time. II has reduced the expenses of their
Il management, decreased their forageS upon
I the white settlements tended 70 give ne
/ great railways through the public domains
and pushing of settlements into more remote
districts Of the country, and at the same time
improve the condition of the Indians The
/ policy will be maintained without any
| change, excepting such as further expe.
4 rience may show to be necessary TO rem
! der Ii more efficient. The subject OF
/ converting the so-called Indian Territory
/ south of Kansas into a home for the Indian
and erecting therein a territorial form OF gov
ernInelt is one OF great Importance as com
plement of the existing Indian policy. The
L question OF removal to the territory within the
past year has been presented TO many of the
/ tribe resident upon other and less desirable
Il portions Of the public domain, and has gene
l rally been received by them with favor. As the
4 preliminary step to the organization Of such
i territory, IL will be necessary TO confine the
/ Indians now resident there to farms of proper
| size, which should be secured TO them in fee
| the residue TO be used for the settlement OF
/ other friendly Indians, one-fourth of which
i viii be made in the immediate future to in
4 duce the removal of as many peaceably dis
/ posed Indians TO the Indian Territory as can
| Sc settled without disturbing the harmony
i already there. There is no other location now
l available where a people who are endeavortne
/ to acquire knowledge OF pastoral and agrl
cultural pursuits can be as well aceommo
dated as upon the uninterrupted lands in the
i Indian Territory.
1 A territorial government should, however
! protect the Indians from the inroad of white,
/ for a number Of years until they became suf
| hciently advanced in the arts of civilization
| to guard their own rights and from the dis
posal OF lands held by them for the same
| period. During the last fiscal year, there
were disposed of, out OF the public lands, II,
1 = nm nj f1r hy-
acres than was disposed of the previous year
or this amount l,S70,30 acres were sold FOL
| cash SIS, 400 acres escRled with military war
rants; 4,67l,S ,S2 acres taken for homesteaus
6936l3 acres located with college scrip; S,55i,
| SS acres granted 10 railroads; 1881 acre
granted to wagon roads; 7l4,255 acres given t.
States as swamp land 6760 acres located by In
dian scrip. The last receipts from all sources
| in the land ofnce amounted to 3,2lS, 100 during
the same period. 2,Ol6, sos acres Of the public
lands were surveyed, which added 10 th'
/ quantity before surveyed, amounted to 5S3,
36f7S0 acres leaving l.257 633, ,S acres Of the pub
lie lands still unsurveyed. The reports from
the subordinates of the land Office contain
interesting information regarding their re
, spective districts. They uniformly mention
the fruitfulness of the soil during the pas
season, and the Increased yield of all kinds o
produce evince those states and Territories
where mining is the principal business, Will
| agricultural products have exceeded the usua
demand, and liberal shipments have beeI
made to distant points.
During the year ending Sept ember 30, 1872
1 there were Issued nom the IatenL Oulce 10,
626 patents, 2S3 exclusions and $50 certificate
| and registers OF trademarks; during tn
same time 1857 applications for patents, in
Guiding reissues and designs, have been re
ceived, and 3lO0 caveates filed. The fees re
| ceived during the same period amount &
S70,O95 9S5, and the total expenditures, So, ,355
$50, making the net receipts over the eXpendi
lures s., ,740056. Since 1896, 200 00O application
for patents have been filed, and about 1890
patents issued-the offices being conducted
. under the same laws and general organization
] as were adopted at the original Organization
when only from 100 to 500 applications wer
] made per annum. The Commissioner show
that the Office has outgrown the original plan
and that a few organizations have becom
J necessary. This subject was presented to Con
gress in q special communication in Februar
last, where my approval and the approval @
, the Secretary of the interior, and the sug
. Restions contained in said communicable
were embraced in the bill that was reported /
the House by the Committee on Patents at tn
Last The subiect nj the raorpra nj n in