The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-12-13

The Secretary of the Interior reports
d satisfactory Improvements and progress
4 sion in each of the several Bureaus nm
der the control of the Interior Depart
ment there, and all IN excellent condi-
4 tien. The work in some of them for
Iyears has been in arrears down to a re-
cent date, and all the current busi-
ness has been promptly despatched.
TIE INDIANS. 'ii-
+ The policy which was adopted at the
beginning of the administration with re-
gard to the management of the indians
has been as successful as its most ardent
friends anticipated In 30 short time
1t has reduced the expense Of their man.
! agement, decreased their ferages upon
the white settlements, tended to give the
largest Opportunities to the extension Of
1 the great railways through the public
domain and the pushing of settlements
nto more remote districts of thecountry,
and at the same time improve the eondi-
ton Of the Indians. The policy will be
maintained without any change, except
ling such as further experience may shew
to be necessary to- render it more effi-
cient. The subject OF converting the So
called Indian Territory, south of. Kan
! sas. into o home for the Indian, and
erecting thereon territorial form of gov
ernment is, one of great Importance, as a
complement of the existing Indian poll
cy The question Of removal to the ter
ritory, within the last year, has been
presented to many of the tribes resident
upon other and less desirably portions of
| the public domain, and has generally.
been received by them with favor As
! preliminary step to an organization of
such a territory, it will be necessary to
confine the Indians, now resident there,
into farms of proper size, which should
bbe secured to them in fee, theresidue to
be used for the settlenent of other
friendly Indians. Efforts will be nnade
in the immediate future to induce the
removal of as many peaceable' disposed
Indians to the Indian Territory as can.
be settled properly without disturbing
the harmony of those already there.
There is no other location now available
where people who endeayor to acquire
pastoral and agricultural pursuits, can
be as we'll accommodated as upon the
unoccupied lands In the Indian Terri
tory 7o4o Jnl EiiW iue ii@is 5rJsa
A territorial Government should, how
ever, protect the Indians from the iproad
of the whites fer term of years, until
they become sufficiently advanced IN the
arts and civilization to guard their own
rights, and, from the disposal of lands
held by them for the same period. Du-
ring the last fiscal year there were dis
posed of out of the public lands II 1884,
975 acres, quantity greater by 1,O99,-
go acres than was disposed of the pre-
vious year, of this amount 1,3D, 800
acres were sold for cash, 389, AGO acres
located with military warrants, 4, 81 1872
acres takenfor homesteads,i 693, ,613 acres
located with college script, 3,554, 1897
acres granted to railroads, 465, ,347 acres
granted to wagon roads, ia, ,255 .acr s
given to States as swamp land, and $3.50
acres located by Indian script. The
cash receipts from all sources in the !
Land Office amount to S3,21S, 100, dur
ing the same period '22,016, 500 acres of
the1public land. we're surveyed, which |
added SO the quantity before surveyed |
amounts to 583, ,364, 78O acres, leaving
], ,257, ,653, ,628 acres of the public lands |
still unsurveyed The reports from the
subordinates of the Land Office contain
interesting information in regard to their
respective districts, they uniformity !
mention the frIlitfulness of the soil dur
ing the past season, and the increased |
yield of all kinds. OF produce. Even in |
those States and territories where min
ing is the principal business, agriculture
al products have. exceeded the demand,
and liberal shipments have been made
to distant points. s-.,-r5i'i u
PATENTS. -.-.
During the year. end.ag September
30, 1872, there were issued from the
patent Office 1895 patents, 233 extern
sions and $50 certificates and registers of
trademarks. During the same time 1S,-
5S7 applications for patents, including
reissues and designs, have been re-
ceived, and z, 100 caveats filed. The
fees received during the same periods
amounted to 500, ,953. 90 and the to-
tai expenditures to 1923, ,553. 80, making
the net receipts over the expenditures
SIT, ,4OO.56. Since 1886, 100000 appli-
cations for patents have been filed and
about 134, 600 patents issued The Of
flee being conducted underthe same laws
aud general organization as were adopt
at the original Inauguration, when only
from one to five hundred applications
we're made per annum, the Commission
er shows that the Office has Outgrown
the original plan, and that few improve
ments have become necessary. This
subject was presented to Congress IN
special communication in February last,
which my approval and the approval of
the Secretary of the Interior, and the
suggestions contained in said commrlni-
cation were embraced in the bill that
was before the House by the Committee
on Patents, at the last session. The
subject of the reorganization of the Pat
ent Office, as contemplated by the bill
referred to, is of such importance to the
industrial interest of the country, that
commend it to the attention of Congress.
The Commissioner also treats the sub
iect of the separation of the Patent Office
from the Department of the Interior.
This subject is also embraced IN the bill
heretofore referred to. The Commits
sioner complains of the want of room for
the model gallery, and for the working
force and the 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 trasaction of business. The whole
of the Patent Office Building will soon
be needed, if it is not already, for the
accommodation of the business OF the
the Patent .Offie. oil l.al a5msl
go s.t.s ai.ir1 PENSIONS. - &C.
o The amount paid for pensions in the
last fiscal year was $50, 169, $40, an
amount larger by s., ,708, ,434 than was,
paid during the preceding fiscal year.
OF this amount 81, 81, 400 were paid I'M
der the act of Congress of February IL,
1871, 10 the survivors of the war OF 1872.
The annual increase of pensions by the
legislation of Congress has more than
kept pace with thelnatural yearly losses
from the rolls The act,of June y. 1872, I
has added an estimated amount oil $780,, !
65Oper annumtot the rolls.without increas- |
ing the number of pensioners. We can |
not, therefore, look for any substantial
decrease in the expenditures of this de-
partment for some time to come, or so |
long as Congress continues to SO change |
the dates of pensions. The total num-
ber Of claims for pensions is lie, 900, be- |
ing but per cent, of the the wholenum- !
be of enlisted men, The total number |
of claims on hand at the beginning OF the |
year was 81, ,669. The number received