Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-13
TERMS, $500 PER YEAR
WHOLE NO. 1909.

complete revision and republication of the
army regulations. Third, that section 1898
of the revised statutes limiting the number OF
officers on the retired list berepeaed. Fourth,
that the claims arising under the act OF July
18th, 1864, for supplies taken by the army dur
ing the war be taken from the officers OF the
Quartermaster and gCommifsary Generals ana
F., transferred 10 the Southern Claims Commits
sion or some other tribunal having more time
and better facilities for their prompt investi-
CATION aud decision ghans are possessed oY
| these officers Fifth, that Congress provide
for an annuity fund for the families of deceased
soldiers, as recommended by the Pay Master
General of the army" A9Vse
/ H4gTHE NAVY.
/ The report of the Secretary of the Navy
shows we have six squad ns now engaged IN
the protection of foreign commerce and other
duties pertaining to their naval service. The
condition and oper alton of the department are
also shown: Total EXPENDITURES for the rs cal
year ending June 80, 1877, were $l6,07I .s74.-
81. There are unpaid claims against the de-
pertinent. chargeable the last year, which
| are presented to the consideration oil Congress
By the report of the Secretary the estimates
for the hscal year, commencing July !, 1918,
are sic, 233, 234 40, exclusive of the sum OF
$2,3l4,23l submitted for new buildings, re-
pairs and improvements al the several navy
yards The appropriations for the present
fiscal year commencing July, 1873, are $751;
592, 1920. The amoant drawn from the
Treasury from July /, 10 November 1, 1877
lis $5,344, 037.40, of which there is eshmat-
ed to be yet available ST. ,029, $3.50 showing
the amount of actual expenditure during the
first four months of the present fiscal year 10
have been S4,3l3,5o9 10. as4
THE PosToFFIcE BEREAVEMENT.
The report of the Postmaster General con-
| tains clear and full statement of the opera
tions and condition of the Postoffice depart
ment. The ordinary revenues OF the Depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June 81, 1877
including receipts from the money order bus.
mess and from official stamps and stamped
envelopes, amounted to the sum Of S27 $751;.
5S5.26; the additional sum of $7.0l3,0OO was
realized from appropriations from the General
Treasury for various purposes, making the
receipts from all sources $34, 544 ,SS5.2b; the
total expenditures during the fiscal year
amounted to S33, 4s6, 322.44 leaving an excess
of total receipts over total expenditures OF
ST. ,058 ,562.S2 and an excess of total expen-
ditures over the ordinary receipts Of 50, 1884,
1878. Deducting from the total receipts The
sum Of 1852, 6l8 Al received from international
money orders of the preceding fiscal year, and
deducting from the total expenditures the sum
of 81 1863, $500 paid on liabilities incurred in
previous fiscal year were as follows Expen-
ditnres, So, 322, 504.24; receipts, ordinary,
from money order business aud from official
postage stamps, $27 ,46S ,323.42; excess OF
expenditur res, 81, 854, i80.42. The ordinary
revenues Of the Postoifice department for the
year ending June 80, 1879, are estimated at
an increase OF per cent. over those of 1877,
making $29,034, 09s ,2s, and the expenditures
for the same year are estimated at S36, 427 iii
leaving an estimated deficiency for 1878 of
1888, 372. 02. The additional legislation
recommended by the Postmaster General for
Improvements of the mail service, and TO pro-
tect the postal revenues from the abuses prac-
ticed under the existing laws, is respectfully
| commended to the careful consideration OF
Congress:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The report of theAttorney General contains
several suggestions as to the administration OF
justice, TO which invite your attention. The
pressure of business in the Supreme court and
IN certain Circuit Courts of the United States
is now such that serious delays, to the great
injury and even oppression of suitors, occur,
and remedy should be sought for in this con-
dition of affairs. Whether it will be found In
the plan briefly sketched in the report of in
creasing the number of Judges of Circuit
Courts, and by II cans of this addition to the
judicial force of creating an intermediate court
of errors and appeals, or whether some other
mode can be be devised for obYiating the diff
icultes which now exist leave 10 your ma
ture consideration.
/ THE INDIANS 1 b.
The present condition ofthe Indian tribes
On the territory of the United States and our
relations with them are fully set forth in the
report of the Secretary of the Interior and OF
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. After
series of most deplorable confiicts,the terrible
| termination of which, while rejecting honor
| Il 4 - ILL., 4
| cannot lessen our regret nj the occurrences,
we are now at peace with all the Indian
| tribes on our borders. To preserve that peace
by Just and humane policy will be the object
| of my earnest endeavor. Whatever may be
| said of their character and propensities, the
| difficulties of introducing among them the
habits of civilized life, and the obstacles they
have offered TO the progress OF settling IN GER
tain parts Of the country, the Indians are Ger.
tainly entitled 10 our sympathy and TO a con.
| scientIoas respect on our part for their Claims
| upon our sense of justice. They were the
! aborig inal occupants of the lard we now pos
| sess They have been driven from place TO
place. The purchase money paid 10 them in
| some cases Tor what they called their own has
| still left them poor. In many instances when
they had settled down upon land assigned them
| by compact, and began TO support themselves
bv tne;r own labor, they were rudely iostled
|
' many il no. most OF our Indian wars have had
their origin in broken promises and acts of in
Justice upon our part, and the advance of the
| Indians in civilization has been slow because
| the treatment they received did not permit II
( to be faster and more general. We cannot ex~
pect them to improve and follow our guidance
unless we keep faith with them in protecting
the rights they possess, and unless, instead OF
| depriving them of their opportunities, we lend
| them helping hand. | cordially approve the
policy regarding the management OF Indian
AFFAIRS outlined IN the report of the Secretary
| of the interior and OF The Commissioner of
Indian Affairs. The faithful performance of
our promises Is the first condition of good
understanding with the Indians. cannot too
greatly recommend to Congsess that prompt
| and liberal provision be made for the consci-
entious fulhlment Of all engagements entered
| into by the Government with the Indian
tribes. To withhold the means necessary for
| the performance Of promise is always false
economy and very apt TO prove disastrous 10
its consequences. Especial care is recom>
mended TO provide for Indians settled on these
reservations, cattle and agricultural imple-
ments 10 a id them in whatever efforts they
may make to support themselves and by the
re-estabishment and maintenance OF schools
TO bring them under the control of civilized
influences see no reason why the Indians
| who can give satisfactory proof OF having by
their own labor supported their fami lies for
number OF years, and who are willing to break
| themselves from their tribal relations, should
| .ot be admitted to the benihts of the Home
ST .ai lci and the privileges OF citizenship, and
| | re- on lend the passage of law to that Ell
feci. Il will be al act of justice, as well as a
meas ~ ~ encouragement. Earnest efforts
are bein. -asds TO purify the Indian service so
that every cellar appropriated by Congress
shall redouSf to the benefit ofthe Indians to
| be benhetted. The efforts will have my firm
support. With an improved service and every
possible encouragement held out to the Indians
| to better their conditions and to elevate them
selves in the scale of civilization, we may
| hope to do at the same time good work for
| them and for ourselves.
THE PUBLIC TIMBER LANDS.
Invite the attention of Congress TO the i'm
| portance OF the statements and suggestions by
| The Secretary ofthe Interior concerning the
depredaiions committed on the timber lands of
| the United States, and the necessity for the
preservation of forests. II is believed that the
measures taken in pursuance of the existing
law to arrest these depredations will be entirely
successful if Congress by an appropriation for
that nurnose renders their continued i'm |