The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-12-06

leFy 70 at least 20 men, and power, ID
case OF emergency, TO increase the former
| to 100 and the latter TO I25 men each
i invite your attention to the following
recommendations of the secretary OF
war: First, that provision be made for
| supplying the army a more abundant
! and better supply of reading matter.
Second, That early action be taken by
! congress looking to a complete revision
| and publication of tie army regulations.
| Third, That section 1928 of the revised
statutes, limiting the number OF officers
on the retired list be repealed. Fourth.
That the claims arising under the act of
July 4, 1864, for supplies taken by the
army during the war, be taken from off
| GERS of the quaTteTmasteF and COM
missary generals and transferred to
| the southern claims commission, or
some other tribunal having more time,
and better facilities for their prompt in
vestigation and decision than are pos
scssed by these officers; heCcs that
congress provide for an annuity fund for
the families of deceased soldiers as
recommended by the paymaster general
of the army.
The report of the secretary Ofthe navy
shows that we have six sQuadrons now
engaged in the protection of our foreign
commerce and other duties pertaining to
the naval service, the condition and
operation of the department also show
the total expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1877, were So, ,6O7, ,7O7,- :
454. There are unpaid claims against
the departments chargeable last year
which are presented to the consideration
of congress by the report Oft the secretary.
The estimate for the fiscal year, com
mencing July l, 1878, are 81, ,623, ,234, ,44O,
exclusive of the sum OF $2,3I4, ,23l, sub
mitted for new buildings, repairs and
Improvements at the several navy yards.
The appropriations for the present fiscal
year, commencing July 1877, are ST.
359, ,293, ,290. The amount drawn from
the treasury from July l, to November
l, 1877, is So, 343, ,O37 40, of which there
is estimated to BE yet available S1,O29,-
52S 80, showing the amount of actual
expenditures during the first four months
of the present fiscal year to have been
81 313, 500 10.
The report Of the postmaster general
contains in full the condition of the
pOstOffce department. The ordinary
revenues of the department for the fiscal
year, ending July 20, 1877, including
receipts from money orders and
from official stamps and stamped en-
velOpes amount to the sum Of $27, ,53I,-
5S5 %; the additional sum of $70,013,-
600, was realized from the general
treasury for various purposes, making
the receipts from all sources $34 ,544,-
SS5 26. The total expenditures during
the fiscal year amounted to $33 ,436, ,322-
44-leaying an excess of total receipts over
total expenditures of 81 ,O58, ,562 81, and
an excess of total expenditures over
ordinary receipts or $5,954, ,737 18.
dedUcting from the total receipts the
sum of Sc, 1926, ,1S4 received from interna-
tiOnal money orders proceeding fiscal
year, and deducting from the total ex-
penditure the sum OF $163, ,SlS 20 paid on
the liabilities incurred in previous fiscal
year. The expenditure receipts apper-
tanning to the business of the last fiscal
year were as follows; Expenditures, |
$32, So, ,5O4 "a; receipts ordinary from
money order business and from official |
postage stamps, S27, 1853, 1923 ~ excess of !
expenditures, 81 ,854, $50 42.
The ordinary revenue of the pOstOffice !
department for the year ending June so, |
1879, are estimated at an increase of 8 !
per cent. over those of 1877, making |
S29, ,049, ,O98.2S, and the expenditures for |
the same year are estimated at $3S, 427, : /
S8l. leaving an estimated deficiency for |
1879 of 81, 1893, ,392.02. The additional
legislation recommended by the postmas-
ter general for the improvement Of the /
mail service, aid to protect the postal /
revenues from these abuses practiced /
under the existing laws is respectfully |
to the careful consideration |
of congress.
The report Of the attorney-geneTal |
contains several suggestions as TO the |
of Justice, which ] invite |
your attention to. The pressure of bus /
iness in the supreme court and certain |
circuit courts of the United States is /
now such that serious delays to the great |
injury and even oppression of suffers |
occur, and a remedy should be sought for /
this condition of affairs Whether it /
will be found in the plan briefly sketched /
in the report of increasing the numbers |
of the judges of the circuit courts, and /
by means of this addition to the judicial |
force, of creating an intermediate court |
OF errors and appeal, or whether some |
other mode can be devised for Obviating |
the difficulty which now exists, leave |
to your mature consideration.
The present condition of the Indian |
tribes on territory of the United States |
and our relations with them are fully set |
forth in the report of the secretary OF |
the interior and commissioner of Indian |
affairs. After a series of most deplOrable |
conflicts, 2 successful termination |
of which, while rejecting honor |
upon the brave soldiers who |
accomplished it cannot lessen our regret |
at the occurrence. 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 endeavOTs, Whatever may be |
said of their character and savage pro- |
pensities, of the difficulties Of introducing /
among them the habits Of civilized life, |
and the obstacles they have offered to |
the progress of settling on certain parts |
Of the country, the Indians are
certainly entitled to our sym
Pathy and to conscientious
respect on OUr part for their Claims upon
our sense of justice. They were The
aboriginal OccU pants of the land we now
possess. They have been driven from
place to place, and the purchase money
paid to them in some cases for what they
called their own has still left them as
poor in many instances as when they had
settled down upon the land assigned
them by the compact, and began TO Fup-
port themselves by their own labor. |
They we're rudeiy jOsLled of and thrust
into the wilderness again. Most OF our
Indian wars have had their origin
in broken promises and acts of in
justice upon our part, and the I'D
vance of the Indians iB civilization
has been slow, because the treatment
they received did not permit faster and
more general improvement. We cannot
expect to improve and follow our guild
auce unless we keep faith with them,
respecting the rights they possess, and,
unless, instead OF depriving them of
opportunities, we lend them a helping
hand. l cordially approve of the policy
regarding the management of Indian
sffa;rz outiiuad In the rav-,rt of Ylta sp.rs