Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-07

uues OF the Department for the hscal year
ending Juno 80, 1877, including receipts
irOm the Money order Department and
from official stamps and stamped enYel'
ores, amounted TO the sum Of 1851.
$50 %, The additional sum OF $40, l3O, 600
was realized from appropriations from the
Treasury Tor various purposes, making
the receipts from all sources, f54, ~ .ee1.26,
The total expenditures during the fiscal
year, amounted 70 $50, 1856, 623.4i, leaving an
excess OF receipts over total expenses OF
Si,O5S, $685., and q total expenditure over
ordinary receipts Of $j,9j4, i3I.lS Deduct
ing from the total receipts the sum
of S6. 3lBI 1884 received from international
money orders OF the preceding fiscal year,
and deducting from the total expenditures
Inc sum OF 81, 1865, sls.2l paid on liabilities
Incurred in previous fiscal years. The TX
Denditures and receipts appertaintng TO
Inc business Of last fiscal year were as
follows; Expenditures, $32, 3e2 004 "a re-
celpts ordinary from money order business
and from official postage stamps S2i4os'
500 ~. excess OF expenditures ASA,-
isl No THE ordinary revenues OF
Inc Post.O1ice Department for
tho year ending June 50, 1879, are estimat-
cd nj an increase OF three per cent. over
those OF 1871, making $?9,U3i ,09S.2S; and
Tho expenditures for the same year are
estimated at $Sj,427,TIl, leaving an estl-
mated deficiency Tor 1879, o N,o9j,6i2 "
The additional Legislation recommended
BY the Postmaster.General for improve
ment of mail service, aud to protect the
Dostal revenues from abuses practised I'm.
der existing laws, 10 respectfully com.
mended to the careful consideration OF
Congress.
THE REPORT OF TIKI ATToRNEY.GENHRAL
contains several suggestions a. to the
administration Of Justice, to which In
wife YOUR attention. The pressure oil butI-
ness in the supreme Court and In certain
Circuit Courts OF the Unlted states 10 now
such that serions delays to the great 10
Jury and even oppression oil sultors occur,
and a remedy should be sought for this
condition oil affairs. whether It. VIII De
found In the plan bIiehy aEetcheu ~ tue
report, OF increasing the number Of Judges
Of the Circuit Courts aud by means OF this
addition 10 the judicial force OF ere Ating
An inte rmediute Court OF hrrOTS and APP
peaIs, r whether some other mode can be
devised for obyiating the difficulties which
now exist, l leave to your mature con
sideratiOn.
CONDITION OF The INDIANS
Tho preseut condition Of the Indian
tribes on the territory OF the United States,
and our relations with them, are fully SCI
forth In the reports OF the Seer tary OF tue
Interior and the Commit, sloner OF Indian
Affairs. After u series OF most deplorable
CONFLICTS, the successful termination o.
which, while rejecting honor on tho brave
90. diers who accomplished It, canaol
lessen our regret at their occurrence, we
are now ut peace with all the lndiaT
tribes 10 our borders. To preserve thal
peace by u Just, humane policy, Will BETH
effect OF my earnest endeavOrs. what,
ever may be said OF their character and
savage propensities; OF the difficulty o
introducing among them the habits OF CIV
ilized life, and OF the obstacles they have
offered to the progress OF settlement ant
enterprise In certain parts Of the c 'unlrY
the Indians are certainly entitled to GU
Hympathy, and to q conscientious Tespec
on our paIt for their claims. They wert
the aboriginal occupants OF TN
land We now possess; they hav
been driven from place to place
the purchase money paid TO them In som
cases for what they called their OWE hai
still lett them here. In many instances
when they had settled dewn ON land rs
signe / - them by compact, aud began 4
support themselves by theif own labor
thew were rudely ioutled Of and thrust int
the wilderness again. Many, II not most
OF our Indian wars have had lhe!r origii
Ia broken promises and acts OF injury an,
OF In, Justice upon u part; aud the 40
vance OF The indians in civilization ha
beep slow because the treatment they it
ceiyed did not permit 1t TO be iaster an
more general. We cannot expect them I
imnroye and 10 follow our guidance unles
we keep faith with then.
POLICY TOWARD THE INDIANS.
I~cordIally approve the policy resardtn
the management OF Indian aualrs Outline
In the reports oil the Secretary OF tue II
terror, and ofthe Commissioner OF INDIA
Affairs, The faithful performance OF on
promises Is the first condition Of q goo
understanding With the Indians cannt
too urgently recOmm nd TO congress VA
nrompi ard liberal provision be made fC
Inc conscientious mifllment Of all engage
ments entered into BY the GoVernmoI
with Indian tribes. 1 see no reason wh
Indians who can give satisfactory prot
Of having, by their " laOors, supporte
their families for years, and who are VII
ing 10 detach themselves from their trlol
relations, should not be admitted ~ u
benefit OF the Homestead Act anu u
privileges OF citizenship, ana
Tho nnssape OF a law TO that effect, Ear
eat efforts are being made +" luTIty u
indian seryice SO that every liar appr
priated by Congress shall re- lnd tO q
bsne6t OF the Indians as T. "nded. III
efOris will hayO my firm SUI. RI. with
Imnroyed service aud every possible c
cOuragement held out u lle lnulahs
better their condition and To elevate thel
selves, we may hope 10 accomplish at !
same time q good work for them ana !
ourselves.
pEPREDATIoNs on TIMBER LANDS.
Invite the attention OF Congress to
importance OF the staten 2nts ana sugg,
tions made By the Secretary OF the Inter
concerning the depredatIons committed
the timber lands OF the United states, q
the necessity for the preservation OF
eats. II Is believed tina; the measul
taken in pursuance Of the existing law,
arrest these ~depredatiOns, Will be entlt'
successIul, II Congress, by al ap ropT
ton for that purpose, render The c0ntinu
enforcement possible. The experience
other Nations teach US that a country G.
not be stripped OF its forests with impt
~, aud we shall expose ourselves to
Eravest consequences unless tue waste
and improyident manner IN which the
ests la tie United states are destroyed,
efTectual v chcGoed. l earnestly rect
mend that the mea ures suggested by
secretary OF the | terror Tor the suppr
sion Of dcprciatiuGs on the pubic tim
ofthe United states, Tor The srling OF |
her from tie public Lands, ana Tor
preservation ul forests, be embodied
a law, and that considering the urgent
cessity OF enabling the people OF cert
states and territories II purchase tim
from the public lands in a legal mani
which, at present, they cannot do, sue