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Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19

Der Observation-Disclosures su Gbitasc,
Sen. Webfer traf am IL. b. M. In @aft.
tnstCn Elm snb battle etn ldnsers rlntsrrs.
oung NIT BEN T%inan3mtntfer 8rtaOm. Der
3psd ien ietn. Der &esterans wsttsre Mit.
tbeilunsen ibsr ben Gbteasoer@ ttstsp.& Sting
bic nabriGeinlt6 3u p~ettersa &ntlasen flt.
rem wereea, su ma@sn. Serner srfdbIt man
aus stautwarbiser Qusle, tae mebreren
Der 8tns.Dttslteber. wslGs tire @Gul
einsefancen baben. sesen eas gsrfprsGsn,
oae fs bte &sstsruns auf bic 8d6rte Der
Sltrsr pes Rtnss brtnsen wOtsn, sdn;iiGe
StaFsFsfeit 3usei6ert psrben fsi.
aus 8ruDHsbile. @ef.Seras, rirei fol.
senoe d6t tsranif6e 8lut.S esne ssmeIbst
Gam. Bppp. @ebhlfe sss Bunbssmarf6ans,
uns 8. M. Glarf, elmer Der Eeeatteure bee
csrttsen Democrat. ssrtstten naGbsm lie
srf rabts iber YUlitif seiprpGsn, etnanser
tn bic 6aars 8Cpp bef6uleists ben glarf,
CT iet s;a 8uflur seweien, Glart antwOrtste
NIT Der sep,b niat bsfcnbers aufretsenssn
Gesenbef4albtsans. hab Bpsb elm Sdbrsr
Der "eOpal eeasue" sewefen ftt. aber psa
Dutb rtef nun BopS: .Sie fnb elm per.
FuGter 2asnsr !" Start fsrbsrte ton aaf. bas
@crt 3~uri6sunebmen, bod 8csb srif NIT
Der 3anb naH binten. Glarf slaubte, SOsb
rpo1e elm S9eeeifen steben unb aos nun
fetbf feinen &epclper, pcmit CT treiuaal aai
Bcse f8oB ein SGuB sins tstiem In ben
rsHten arm, Der arpette tn bte SGulter. Der
brittle tn bic 8ruf In Der 9er3sesenb. Boob
fhar3te 3u 8oben anb mar Ia trenisen Rtnu.
ten etne eet&e. Glart rurbe rertaftet, aber
alsbalb sesen $4,000 SirsfHaft ,pisber fret.
selafen. ct unb Bepb finb Sansiltensdtsr
snb 'paren DOT BEN v~srbdnsnibpclen Strsits
quite Sreunte.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19
@ieber elm 2bntbgeridbt

Sn Bloomington, Snriana, fanb In
Der 6rdbe pes 9. Gebruar ein ayn1ee>
ri6t fat weldsS burG Gutrdfuna
iber cis 8ereitwiqisfstt pomit aud
oas Oberseri6t Don Santana W5rs
cern sur6 6aarlpaltsrsien untsr bic
arme sreift, nidt sati@uloist ater er:
fl1rt miro.
Gin sepiNer 6. u. Maribpn mar
treeen zines f6eueli9en, i'm Sabre
1871 an einem 8dresr Hamens s.
WcOre besdngensn Worres enplt4 I'm
Noverbsr uprieen Subres mad enolp.
len cur6 ArpOfatenfinfe be~rbeieefdbr>
ten @ers6asrunssn 81 letensldnelt6sm
3uatbaus rerurtbeilt poreen. aber
aus elenoen ,.te6nilden" @rInpsn bat
tGrslt6 pas Sbersert1t BON Snpiana
pas urtbetl umssfOBen unp hem MSrs
oer etnen neuen ptossB bewtaiat.
Sn Der Urlbe bes s. Gebruar, asaer
iwet ubr, nun erlbisu cine SAaar per
mummter Mdnnsr in @efdnsnis in
Bloomington, in relbsm fG Der N6re
Ger, fat i'm 3uHtbaufe, befanp. Der
Sberif WcRinneY tparb l9nel iibsr>
rdltist, bic SdlaGel rurben ibm OBJ
genUmumen, bic 3eue BEG M5rpers rpart
auf9elhlcnsn uno CT wurre ouf Der
Steae in Der Seize tOoteeidOGen. Dars
auf entfsrnten fi6 ole 8dger.
sic birterIieeen ieeoG beim Sheriff
elm S@rsiben fir cen &edtsanpaIt pes
N6rpers ; in pisism S1rsiben miro
Gem NnpaIt Namens tes 9ynds@es
ridtss a~nsefinoist, eae ct btnnen eret>
Big 5asen Die @esenp 3u serlaHsn ba>
be. inrem pie Anwefenbeit son lolHen
@ovcfaten, psren @el1dft in Der .,Rets
tuns" ron 06trern rur@ oqsrlei ju<
tiatfGe, Sd!ide unO xnifs bsfsbe,
l6 nit Ger 6fentli9sn St1srbeit nidt
nerttoee.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19

eenhpI IA. Sch. Den, tteRsen Gar.
Hfensg Committee III BON ct. Sean be ea3 elm
Sele8raunt auseeansen. relGeua 3ufol9e
bic Alfonifen inter @orttne3 Gautpcs tns
8aeanttale cine fdpsre Rteberlase erlttten
t6tteR.
Der yof mstbet Elm Selssranam Don St.
Sean be 2u,, bab Gen. Coma BON Der @e'
irebrfabrtt Der garItfen tn Glsc Star1eFs
sensnmen BAT uab bas Sea. Rprtcnes tn
Gafcna~ etnse;cssn To. Diefe betben CT.
fclse bebeuten bieStfasuns besDesa.4tales
bura bic Mtfcngfen xnb bic beSpraetente
geretnisuns Der Sruppen ter beiben Mnfab.
rer BET Glpesta.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19
Ser Gbefbeibnn9s:@ nmbn9

bat fdrslid einsn empRnbliGen StOf
srlitten. de 50. Staatsseituna be.
ri6tet ndmlih:
las Sbsrfants8eri1t pom Sainuia
bat etnmal Elm suiesB stlpisl selsst ins
Gem % einen isner Glenren, trel6e aus
Der betrieetilbsn grpirfuna ron Gtes
lbeieungen elm lObnenps6 0ewerbe n,as
den, aus tenn Gtanbe eer 8eHtsans
waIte a~usssfoeen bat. 0rorri6 teiei
Ger runtle Gbrsnmann, Ger I9cn lstt
elmer &eibe RON SabreR ttefes un1aus
bere 0eiGaft bsttteben hat.--gr oers
sHentli6te In hisitsen unp ausrdrtis
gen 3situn9en AnBeisfn, Die Die fol-
9eneen:
"Gbeheioungen. rDereen In aeleBlts
der Weile, anter germetcuna Der DEF
fsnti6teit su ttlissn putlsn nwirtt.
Srisfe ~ opreltysu P. 0. box 1887.
Dieis aprele ii faon felt feten Sab
rem aneesstst wOrcen anp Der Snbater
bat In eielem 3sitraum SIT @belGet:
! runsen ermfrtt."
.,Ghfidsiounssn, wereen ouf seleblis
ae 0eiie erpirft fir b5swilioes Ser
lafea, @raulamteit &c. 3ablune ert
mad erwitfter S6eieuns. A1t Sabre
&rfabruns. Secer 5fentlide StanpaI
miro pernisnen. P. q. box 1887.
90 mar Der 8i6ter MoOrf, pslder
eiren ceutfafn 2e9tsanpalt CWlolss)
oarauf aufnerflam madte, wis our1
lol@e Anistsen Die Gbre bss biefsen
Observation-Disclosures %ssfdbtret rpsyee ; Ger
AesOfatenpsrein sos fd pas su 0emls
tbe nno teauFrraete etnsn aus ben Der
rem Wcles, Pence unp Wm. 3. Rtne
beitebenpen AusiduE bsim Sbsraaats,
9sri@ts bic AusfOeune bss @ppbr;9
aus Dem Stanre eer GeGtsanpdlte III
betrsiteh, Diele N~uSROsuns 1T nun,
rrte Obsn mitss!beiIt, erfclat. Die pom
&i6tsr Breele auesefibrtsn Gntldeie
punessrinpe felIen ete nerrertliGe
Nieosrtraht Der eepertsmdeiesn Auf<
beBerei su Gbeldeipunsen in's' srsuRs
eiGt nnp Iesen tefpnreres@ epiat rars
aut eas bic Antinptsune. Gtslhds
eunsen Iiebsn f6 bel Gbieasp'sr 0ss
rt6tsn yuntsr Bermsipuns Der Ssfsnt.
lidfstt" srlanssn, cine pirsfteB elGimpf<
uns uno 8erIdumpung ctr btefssn
8idter entbalte.
60 melt gut.-1as tsr &rSptaten>
veretn pte Ausfobuus zines rdubisen
S9afes bewilft bat, III rs&t l46n.
BUR iCQte CT babel nidt feben tleiben.
DEM @ooprid III rur elmer BON 8ies
len. Wenn oue faulen Subiefte. Die
bier unter Dem Namen BON Red SAM
wdlten idmuBise. Ole Gbre res' Stans
cfs lddupenpe @eihdfte betreiben, aus>
eefcesn perDen louten, ipGree bic Sc
iammt3abl Der apvptaten letht auf Die
5dIfte, Opsr etn Drittsl. sufammsus
l&rumpfeu es stebt niat rpeni>
ger "shysters", ais Auodlalber psr<
frdbte @eburtsbelfer u. esl.-nnp erif
cine 8rlneli9e ausrdumuns ces Nus
9tasfauss f6nnte ca5 purb iene mn
NITROGEN unc elenpen pful@s unb
Wtnfelacpctaten erjsu9te Nibtrauen
aeseH ben eon3en Stano pauerno belets
tisen.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19
(gattsetbettt)
! P. @Dlfaan9 NDrtbman
O. 8. B.

. Oonf ben Y.teRern, hte NIT 9rOsem Mu.
tie,
Die fernfen 9tmmelssOAsa RAID turGsebn',
Ste wsrb Der 36nts f6ntsliG elobnen,
0enn Ct gu rtGten fourat an 3tsl Der Belt
@trb fe be3ablen rpr ben Miaionen,
Die fstnes Sobnes Blut pom Sob befreit.
Mm 8. b. W. ma6te bic ErausIfunbe tn
Stearns Counts unb nod pett bara1es
ttnaus, bic &unbe: P. WOlfeans tit tm
9errn entf&lafen mar fanb ibr In Meters
@rcpe tctt I'm Bette. Die Stunbe, bos tl.
Opfer barsabrtneen, mar %beranseraft, ober
Der prtefer erfGten ntHt. @as fetn2 P.
Bclfsdn8 tf bod thinner pinftli6 eenslen
ptenetHt To or uRpobl. Gtntee @emetnbe.
@itslisbsr eeten In fein 3immer unb slau.
ben. sae Der SfGrrer nod i6l6ft, Ne rattein
tbn, aber unfcnf, Re erfGreden feline
Stele TT tn Der Gwtsfeit. Absnbs aefurb,
Norsens etae Qei1e!-D Die boom. Yatres
&crnsltus. GntOntus unb Simplieius beaa.
ben F& mad Meers Grove, unb am 9. B.
u. wurSe bic eet&e tn 8eslettuna sieler
Vatrss anb elmer 0rUbsn Gn,atl @emeinbe.
Rttslteeer mad ct. Soiepb une pom bort
rad Der ct. 9ubriss. Mbtet sebro@t, Am
Tefe ber ti. SGolaRita. ben TO-, rpuree un
ST ubr buS Sceteneffetum ssbettt unb bar.
mad BON P. ulrta. BEN 8rubsr bee 9erlor.
bensn, bos ftierli@e &eauiem eetaltsn.
Mls bic Sstaenprebtst sebalten pom boom.
Fen Germ att Alerius gbelbred, soaenbet
mar. rurbe bte 2eiGe, beelettet pon ben
SrauertSnen Der ct. Sebn's GUlese Banb,
BITE CT the eeben serufen. besIettet BON benz
bo&U'fsn &srrn 8ifaof 9etbenbafG, BEN
eOnsents anb elmer febr sroben @aRe Dol.
tee RON nab unb fern, inter @ebet unb pte.
len S9rdnsR Der tiblen Grbe absrsebsn.
aawo ct BEN S&aa Der tsstsn Srsmpets
BART.
r. @slfsans pufbe In ct. eouts ana Is.
1ar, 1912 sebcren. Getn Batter farb an
~. Januar 1851, feline alte frenauae Rut.
ter lsbt nod to ct. epats. Bon tbren fanI
&tnesrn. bon bsner P. @olfaana tas dlteR,
mar. trattn pter In ben Beaebtettner.O rsen
0scrs TT Der einJst, Der tn Der @elt ,urad,
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19
SnlanD Namr' 9tea.
q r6tt6e ..
(OfftttetI.)
TaifenUerprbuumN
fur has

&psFolii4e Bitarlat non Isrh. WiaueiSta
/. Die 81. 5aIen,eIt besinnt NIT ZEN
AfAermtttwO6. ben ]. @ir,.
2. NGs Sage Der rtsr3tstdsigsn Safsr
NIT Nusnobme Der @csntase fab sebOten'
Soatose, an reI&en nur cine pCfe NatllstI
seRattst IL.
3. @ebroua bon Sieif&ips:ishli III burd
DilpsnfatiOn sefattst an aasn @dttssiter
an eenntlssn uub bel Der 8%auptmatIistl
I'm RCntas, Dienaas. Dcnneraas ans
SamRas nit Gusaasmt hes Quatrmbsr.
famaases unb Der pier lssttn Sage tn Be,
G6arnO&s.
4. Der SsnaS pOn Giern, Butter. @tI6
unb 8dfe. lupts Der @sbrau1 Don Sets 3uuI
RoGen tatt Der Butter ID Ia Der Sofenwi
esRuttst.
5. Std unb Sisiln t0nnsn ME BET 81.
nsr une rsrlst5en Matlsstt sebrau9t wsr'
bsn.
6. Cine COLLATION. ossr 2a5uns fam am
Gtene serpmnen rrsrten, atu le iOn mic
ben rieTtsn Sbtti elmer sepObnlihrn Ratl.
sett ibsrasisen.
7. Cine SaGs3u6te Otsr2bee nit etras
Wu& unb 8ros tarf @crssrs senrmmen
trerten.
8. Bon Der 8eesahtans sss 5aftns.
aber ntGt Der Gntealtuns pOn 8lsifafpsiftn
fnb aussenOmmen DiejsniseR, pslGe rae
81. 9ebsnsiabr nod Mot errstGt baben /;
Dteientsen. rpsl6t fHrsre @rbsitsn 3u Der.
ri&ten taben ; ale. tpeIGe patrpaft tranf
ober febr f&wddli4 fns; Sruusn. Die ia
anbsrsn nmadnbsa fa bsfnben oser ainber
an Der gruf ft1sn.
S&wtr &ranfe inb auG pen Der gbEi.
usns pCnSletfHlpsiisn a%usssnOmmsn, sbsnfO
9tnber unter fsbsn Satren.
Gtstsnisen ahsr. bic einen ssrnlnftisen
3UstfeI itsr iprs gtrssiatuns sun, SaRsn
baben, iOlsa I'D on ttren @ulfOsssr am
Selsbruns Obsr Difpsnle wsnbsn.
aassr ben uisrsistdsissn 6uaen lnS rdb.
rsnb bee Sabres folssnte SAT-. unb @eft.
nsrstase ~ bscbo8ten:
/. Die Iittpo&e. 8rsttuss unO Cams.
tase ia ben Dier Quater bsrwoGen uns
une 5rsitose wdsrenb Der 81. abpsnt;sit.
2. Die geratenee Don SRnsRsn, @aria
9tmmelfabrt, G~rsr*stltsen unS Dsttna1.
ten.
). 11e Srsttass wdtrsnb ses Sasres
dnb Atainsns.Suss Don SleifGfpdfen.
+Rnpert @eieenbuf@,
o. 8. B., Vicar. Ap. Rerb Miimx.
ct. Gtout, Rtnn., IA. Sebr, 1876.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19

Yarts. Is. Tetr. Der yrtna Rapplecn
bat Elm Rantfef an bic @dtler BON Miae.
clio (GorFta) erlaRsn, rsl&es folssnssr.
Usife f6ltset: SD aGte bic s~sssnwdrttss
gerfaFuns. sOraussefest bae fe Srantretd
Srenuns. @ereGtsiett anb 6rettett aGert
SD merle. penn iG errdtlt iperbe, tmuel
bemctrattiGe unb fcrtidrtttlt6e Grunbfds,
perfeften.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19


|eteber Wanterer!
Du wirf fGon sebOrt baben. rrelH' trau.
riser San f& tn unferer @emeinte eretsnei
BAT; ndmlt6, baB es Soft BEN Aam6htt.
gen gefansn bat, unfsrn ptelseliebten Nfar.
tsr, ben to&w. P. DOlfeansRcrtbmann o,
8. B. ptSslt& BON uns ob3urufen In bic
Gwietett.
Wte lieb unb tbeuer uns berielte serer.
ben mar, felt Der furjen Dauer fetnes Auf.
entbaltes unter uns, bspetst bte srcse Be.
far3nng unb ttefe Srauer, bte einen SeSen
erfaete. BET Der RaHrt&t BON BEN unerrar.
tetsn 9tnftetben beaeIben ,unb bic srobes8e.
ttetltsuns an benz eetder;ue uns gesrdb.
mfg. Gbenfo taben anbers @.metnben, pis
!. .. albans. ct. SOtsb, ct. Gtpub, = In
bsRen CT sOrniaIs ale Seeliorser 70 fesens.
REID ptrfte-ttre Ste5e, %Snt6nslt&tstt uni
Dantbarfett eur9 sre6e S~teilnabme an fet.
mem acknowledgements beptsfen. Dobl Rnt
ba naan6s Strdnen sefcFen wdbrsab BE-,
ersretfenben 2stdenrebe bes bOarnrSisaeu
3errn Mbtes.
Bte cute &tnber ben SOB ibres tteueru
Safers bstrauern ; 70, unb moo stel rneb,
betrauern mir ben 9tnsans bes sattaen
itsbssofeug aters unb &trten Der gemeinbe.
Aber ute cute @inber BE Qebren uub CIR.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19

apOBolii4e Bitarlat non Rsrs. Riausiuta.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19

SIN Der btefsea Raria 6immsiFabrt. air
DE fanb lesten Dtenfae stn fetsrltaes5rou.
Grant fur ben 3tnssfGtebenen fat, eelstrirl
pon boaw. P. 1alenttn @timmler, mel6em
Bite boom. Yatres 8artbplomdus uup Meta,
raD aifRirtsn.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-02-19

Sosben srSatten MIR nod fpIsenee Gin
ffnbuRs aus
Nsbers 0rube. @tearns 60, Mtnn..
Geb. Is. 1876.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-17
Township 49, Range !:

Hawk Hannah .... 40 hf ne Sc 36 8 s.
Russell u Callison.' ) end hf Sc Sc 1 46
AcBirney John.... 578-lOO pt 9 end
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-17
Delinquent Tax List, 1875,

IN ested that the underS igned, collector for
the county of Lafayette, and State of Missouri,
will make application TO the county court oil La
fayette county, and state aforesaid, At the July
term thereof, to be held on the third Monday oil
Jaly. 1876. at the court house, in said county,
Missouri against the tracts of land and lots OF
ground described In the following list, and Tor
an order to sell SO much of said real property is
shall be sufficient to satisfy the amount OF taxes.
interest and cost due on the severa tracts oil land
and lots Of ground therein described, and tina,
on the first Monday of October. lsI6, all OF said
lands and lots, for the sale Of which an or,l.r
shall be made, will be exposed to public sale al
the court house door. in said county of Latay-
ette, for the satisfaction OF the taxes, interest
and costs thereon.
WILLIAM A. GORDON,
Collector OF Lafayette county, Mo.
Dated this 9Th day of June, 1876.
To whom Acres Parts Total amt.
assessed. or OF OF tax.
L. .4i
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-08
ELECTING A PRESIDENT.
Reforms Suggested-Mr. Buckalew's Pro-
posed Method.
[From the Chicago Tribune. ]

From the Chicago Tribune.l
The Hon. G. r. Buckalew, of Penn
sylvania, who has devoted much of his
life to the reformation of elections and
of representation, has published sug-
gestion of reform in the mode of elect
ing Presidents, which would have the
effect, if adopted, of making the choice
more clearly that of the popular vote
than now, and have the effect of abol-
ishing many present forms which are
open to abuse by fraud. His plan is to
amend the constitution and provide
The citizens of each State who shall be
qualified to vote for Representatives in Con-
gress shall cast their votes for candidates for
the Presidential Office by ballot and proper re-
turns of the votes so cast shall be made, under
seal, within ten days, to the Secretary Of State
or other officer lawfully performing the duties
OF such Secretary in the Government OF the
State by whom the said returns shall be pub
lcly opened in the presence OF the Chief Ex-
ecutive Magistrate Of the State, and OF the
Chief Justice or Judge OF the highest court
thereof, and the said Secretary, Chief Magic
trate and Judge shall assign to each candidate
voted for by a sufficient number of citizens pro-
portionate part of the electoral votes to which
the State shall be entitled, in a manner
following, that is to say: They shall divide the
whole number by the State electoral vote,
and the resulting quotient will be the cleo
toral ratio for the State and shall assign
to candidates voted for one electoral vote for
each ratio Of popular votes received by them
respectively, and, il necessary, additional cleo
toral votes for successive largest fractions Of a
ratio shall be assigned to candidates voted for
until the whole number Of the electoral votes
of the State shall be distributed and the said
officers shall thereupon make up and certify at
least three general returns, comprising the
popular vote by counties, parishes, or other
principal divisions of the State, and their ap-
portionment of electoral votes rs aforesaid
and shall transmit two thereof, under seal, to
the seat of government of the United States,
one directed to the President of Senate, and
one to the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and third unsealed return shall be
forthwith filed by the said Secretary in his
Office, be recorded therein, and be at all times
open to inspection.
The practical operation of this amend
ment would be to break up the present
system, by which small majority in a
State controls the whole electoral vote
of that State. For instance, the New
England States and New York and New
Jersey voted on the 7th of November as
follows
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-08
The Public Lands.

The following are the main points Of inter
est embraced in the report Of Hon. j. A.
Williamson, Commissioner OF the General
Land Office:
The cssh receipts of the Office during the
fiscal year ended June 80 aggregated 81, 747,-
215 the total number of acres Of public lands
disposed Of during the year was 6524,3 26, OF
which 2, 875, $40 acres were absorbed by home
stead entries 607,9S acres were obtained by
entries under the timber-culture law ], 800, 900
were approved to various states as swamp
lands 1,001.0T8 acres were certified to rail-
roads under land grants Of Congress, and &c.
692 we're disposed Of by ordinary cash sales.
The total dsposals were 545, 945 acres less than
those Of the preceding year. The Commits
sioner renews the recommendation Of Commis-
sioner Burdette, that, as the only practicable
means Of preserving the forests Of the country
from waste and destruction, the Government
timber lands should be transferred to private
ownership by Immediately surveying and offer
ing them for sale In unlimited quantities at not
less than properly appraised valuations. Com
missioner Williams also recommends the con-
solidstion of the Presumption and Homestead
laws into one general homestead system.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-08
The Pension Bureau.

The Commissioner Of Pensions, in his report
recommends the repeal Of the present law ad-
hitting ex parte . idavits IL support OF claims
and the existingt ystem Of medical examina-
TONS In reference to the admission OF OK
parte affidavits, he says that il this species OF
testimony in support OF claims BIO continued
it will swamp the Office. Last year the in
crease of original claims reached 40, 00C, ex-
elusive of 1000 bounty-land claims. OF the
aggregate not more than GA per cent. were
passed. There are now on flo in the Office
80, 600 unsdjudicated claims, besides 60, 600 re-
jected ones. In correction Of this much
abused system 1t is proposed to abolish the
1,5l3 examining surgeons, rs the local associa-
tions and influences dispose them to too great
liberaity In passing subjects Of examination.
II has been found also that the testimony in
most cases is entirely Enthusiastically. In ad
dition the number of persons ready to perpe-
trate frauds seems to be on the increase. The
papers of claimants are also five TO ten times
more voluminous than they we're, without
adding corresponding amount of
trustworthiness. II is recommended that
the entire country be divided into
sixty districts, to each Of which surgeon be
appointed for medical examinations, and
competent clerk be detailed to look into the
claims of the parties and make up their papers,
to be sent i'm form ready for adjudication by the
Pension Bureau. 1t is estimated that this sys-
tenn will cost at least $685. 900 less than that now
in vogue. At present the examining surgeons
receive % for each examination, which alone
costs the Government an outlay OF S10O, 900 a
year. II would also enable the Commissioner
to make q reduction Of at least one-third the
present force of the bureau.
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The Navy.

Secretary Robesons report shows that there
are belonging to the navy lac vessels OF lou, l5i
tons' measurement They carry l., 142 guns. or
these, 1913, carrying 913 guns, with measure
ment Of 120, 1913 tons, have steam power; 10 are
in actual service, and are preparing for sea.
Sixteen may be considered entirely unfit for
future service, and the remainder are at vari-
ous navy-yards, some requiring slight and 9TH
ers extensive repairs, but most of them could
be made ready for any special service In
short time.
Our navy is now far more powerful for war
like purposes than it las ever before been In
time of peace As q remedy for the reduction
of the force OF our fleet from $500 to $500
men, and for the purpose OF maintaining a
trained class Of men skilled In their duties and
devoted to their flag, the Secretary repeats the
recommendation Of last year, that Congress
give the necessary authority to enlist annually
$50 boys for the navy in addition to the num-
Der of men now allowed. He also urges that
enlisted men OF the navy may be allowed an
outfit of clothing, and a banking system for
the navy such as now prevails in the army.
The Naval Academy has kept pace with the
changes which have taken place. and the
branches there taught are those adapted to the
naval profession of to- day. The Secretary re-
fers to the report of the Bureaus OF Astronom-
ical Observations, Ordnance, the Naval Sgnal
Service, the Nautical Almanac, Surveys OF the
utter. Oceanic Canal, and other subjects con-
nected with the navy, and speaks in comLiend-
alton OF those who have obtained important
results In these branches.
The estim ates for general maintenance OF
the navy for the next year are 51S GAG, OH. The
amount estimated for new buildings and re-
pairs and improvements necessary at various
navy yards, stations, and hospitals. In ~ $685.
sos There is also submitted by the Bureau Of
Ordnance an estimate for S775, 500 deemed
necessary to provide proper armament for our
large iron-clads and other ships now being
fitted for sea- This shows an aggregate sum
of about $500, 900 less than the amount asked
for last year for like purposes.
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The Army.

Gen. W. T. Sherman, in his annual report
says:
BY the annual Appropriation bill, approved
July "a 1876. the limit of enlisted men was re
enacted at $4,000; yet proviso permitted the
recruitment Of the "cavalry" up to 100 men
per company, Ito be kept as near as practical
BILE at that number" and ga sufficient force Of
cavalry shall be employed in the defense Of the
Mexican and Indian frontiers of Texas" To
fulfill the requirements of this law literally
would pecessifate 1000 enlisted men for the
ten cavalry regiments, and further deducting
2, 500 for recruiting, general service and neces-
sary detachments, would leave only 300 for
the thirty regiments OF artillery and infantry,
or about thirty men TO compsny--practically
less than twenty-five-a number entirely too
small for efficient service. subsequently, how
ever, by the act approved Aug. Is, 1876 Con-
grces provided for an additional g. 500 enlisted
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Total Tarritoriea

The foregoing tables, by States, do not in.
clude the receipts for the year from the sale OF
adhesive stamps, fines, penalties, etc.. which
served that more than one-half of the whole
amount received for internal revenue tax origi-
mated with and is credited to the Western
States. The credit to the Middle States ex-
ceeds that given all the other States and Terri
tories (the Western States excepted). Seven
States-Illinois, Ohio, New York. Kentucky,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Indiana-are
credited respectively with more than the ag
gregate OF the five Eastern States. Illinois
and Ohio combined have larger credit than
all the Middle and Southern States, while Hi
nois alone exceedc the Eastern. Southern. and
Pacific States and all the Territories. Two
districts in Illinois the First and Fifth, are
credited respectively with S8971,565 and
50 003 048.