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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05
THE ORPHANS PICNIC,

given for the benefit Of St. Peters Or
phan Asylum, at the beautiful Estival
Park, was one Of the most enjoyable fea.
lures Of the day. The attendance was
d~sservsdly large, rendering the picnic a
financial success. Late in the afternoon
the orphans gathered on the stage in the
hall, and, to their credit, treated the au,
dience to several songs and addresses,
winding mn with a dance
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05
C
A DISTANCE OF 1900 MILES.

Touching at all the cities. towns and plant
ations in the Ohio and Mississippi
Valleys.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05
OUR OWN RACES

We had no Ten Broecks or Mollie
McCartbys 10 attract an immense assem-
blage, as did our Louisville friends, but
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05

July 5, 1878.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS.

BUREAU OF PRINTING AND EEGRA r7NG.
The annual report of the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing of the Treasury Department
SHOWS 81 that the aggregate expenses of operating
the bureau during the year was $5Ss, S6l. So.
IN the labor and expense account less than one
1l1th the amount appropriated was expended,
leaving $652, o36 II IN the treasury unexpended
at the close of the last fiscal year. The num-
per per OF OF Impressions by plate printing WAS 90
244, 49o against Is 9s9, 3s7 during the preceding
year The number of sheets of customs and
mternal-revenue stamps and of United States
securities delivered in she fiscal ysar ended
June 81, 1877, was 9,S20,o59 The number of
sheets OF the same class of work daring the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1878, was 1855. 3339
me value of notes, bonds and miscellaneous
securities turned out during the year ended
June 80, 1877, was $7CS,414,G3a The value of
the same class of work during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1878 was 81 ,046 451 $780, Eight
hundred aid twenty-five persons are now en-
ployed IN the bureau the numbsr having been
increased during the last four months on ac-
count OF the demand for the per cent bonds
During the year no counterfeit has appeared
on any OF the work engraved or executedby
the bureau
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Thompson's Report.

Hon. R. W. Thompson, Secretary Of the
Navy, in his annual report, states that under
the auspices of that department sixty three
Government vessels have been either wholly or
partially equipped at the several navy yards, at
an expenditure of $n7, Sc, as follows: For
labor, $l42, 205.21; for material from stock on
hand, $4S7, 675. 81; for material purchased dur
ing the year, s97, 1894 Thirty-six thousand
seven hundred and eighty tons of coal have
been purchased for the use of the navy, costing,
including freight, $685., 222 90. Two hundred
and eighty thousand five hundred and thirty
pounds Ct Of Manila MAJ hemp have been purchased,
costing $23, S5754. During the year $644, 140
have been expended for the equipment of YES
sels,. and under appropriation contingent
equipment and recruiting, 1879, $51 ,542, leav-
ing balance on hand Of $13, $40
The number of assertions during the year
was $50, and during the previous year 818.
Five hundred and twenty-three boys have en-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
TEE PENSION BUREAU.
Report of o Years Operations.


Commissioner of Pensions Bentley, in his
annual report, shows reduction of expenses
in the last two years of 1861, 1922 There are
1913, 998 pensioners GA the rolls. Exclusive of
fees Of Examining Surgeons and fees and sala-
ries of Pension Agents, the amount paid for
pensions during the year was 1860, 1892, Of
which $24O, 901 was retained from pensioners
and paid to claim agents for fees The number
OF new claims for the year ending June 80, filed
during the year, was 1900. OF these, 1882
were original claims for invalid pensions, being
more than double the number Of the same class
filed in either of the four years 1871 to 1874 :;
1920 were for the war of 1912 service, under
the act Of March 9, 1878; about one-sixth of
these were in behalf Of survivors; the balance
were widows claims The aggregate saving in
the bureau for the year, in reduced payments
of salaries of all descriptions and reduction in
the number of agencies, was $482, 172. Adding
$3.50, $50 for 1877, the aggregate saving for two
years in these items alone has been 1862, 22222
Commissioner Bentley reports that, since the
consolidation, the pensions have been paid more
promptly than before, and the pay service has
advanced to a high degree of efficiency.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
THE ARMY.
Report of Gen. w. T. Sherman.

.
Gen. Sherman, in his annual report to the
Secretary of War, states that the army is in
good condition, and discourses at length on the
Indian question. The whole number OF enlisted
mon in the army is "a, 761.
Beyond question, says Gen. Sherman, it was
hunger which drove the Bannocks and Chey-
ennes to war this summer, and similar esca-
pades will occur each year unless these Indians
be kept quiet with more food It seems idle to
expect that the enterprising white race will
cease till every acre of this continent is slls-
ceptble of cultivation. It is not to be expected
that these pasture fields can be used by the two
races without everlasting conflict. The reser-
Yalons already set apart for the Indians are
large enough, and should suffice them to raise
all the meat and grain necessary for their sub
slstence, but, meantime, they must have food,
else they will steal and fight To convert
these Indians into pastoral race is the first
step LII the upward progress of civilization !;
that OF agriculture must be the next stage,
though slower of realization. But in this di-
rectlon Is the sole hope of rescuing any part Of
the " nomad Indians from utter humiliation
This end cannot be reached by means of the
present peace agents, because persuasion is
wasted on an Indian. There must not only be
a show of force, but actual force and subsection
used. Force will be necessary to compel the
"nomad" to cultivate his own ground
There is wide distinction among the tribes
and each tribe must be dealt with according to
Its nature. Large discretion to supply food
must be lodged with the President. or some
where else. Starvation with each year causes
wars such as occurred this season with the
Shoshones and Southern Cheyennes. The army
cannot foresee or prevent these wars. All it
can do, after the Indians break out, plumber,
steal and kill harmless farmers, is to pursue
and capture them in detail, after infinite toll,
then conduct them back to their reservations
and turn them loose to return to the same game,
ad ibitum. Congress alone can provide a
remedy, and, if prevention be wiser than cure,
money and discretion must be lodged some
where in time to preveat starvation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
THE TERRITORIES.
Reports of the Territorial Governors

Reports of the Territorial Governors.
Some of the Governors of the Territories, In
their annual reports to the Interior Depart
esting.
Montana The Governor of Montana sub
mits the question whether the United States
will permit the British Government to afford
an asylum for our hostile Indians, and furnish
them safe place where they may recruit and
replenish their supply of ammunition and again
raid upon peaceable citizens. II the British
Government persists in doing 30, he recon-
mends that for the safety Of the people of the
Territory the Indians be removed from the Dor
der several hundred miles into the interior He
recommends, also in view of the surrounding
dangers, that the military districts of the yell
lowstone and Montana be consolidated in one
department and placed under the command of
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, to the support of whom
thousands of settlers would rally.
Utah.-Gov. Emery, of Utah, recommends
modification of the Jury law in force so that
jurors may be selected, certainly in criminal
cases, in precisely the same manner as they are
chosen for the United States courts In the
States. He claims that as matters now stand it
is almost impossible, owing to the peculiar leg
islatiOn enacted by Congress- and to Territorial
legislation, to obtain conviction in certain
classes Of cases. He recommends, secondly,
that woman suffrage in the Territory be abol-
ished, and thirdly, that bigamy in the Terrific
ries should be made by act of Congress con-
tinuous offense, based on cohabitation rather
than the marriage ceremony, as is now enacted
by Congress.
Idaho.-Gov. Clergyman, of Idaho, makes a
general recommendation that thorough re-
vision and consolidation of the laws governing
Territories be effected, securing greater uni
formity, applying to all the same rules, IN a
manner defining more clearly the rights and
limits of local legislation, and holding officers
to stlicter accountability. To bring this about
it is suggested that Territorial delegates might
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
PUBLIC LANDS.
Report OF Commissioner Williamson.

Report OF Commissioner Williamson.
Commissioner of the Land Office Williamson.
in his report shows that there are still ,OOO, OoO-
0O0 acres of public lands unsurveyed The re-
ceipts last year from the sale of public lands
were $4,000, $780, or $569, 567 greater than in the
preceding year. The report exhibits in
detail the work done in connection with
the suppression of timber depredations
on public lands, and presents variety
of information with regard to abandoned mill
tary and Indian reservations, the adjustment of
private land claims, and miscellaneous matters
Among other recommendations contained in
the report are the following: For legislation to
transfer any title the United States may possess
in islands and beds of "meandered" lakes,
sloughs and pondsto the States in which they re-
spectively lie; to allow affdavits in pre-emption
cases to be taken before the Judges and Clerks
of courts of record anywhere in the local dis
tricts, instead of compelling attendance before
Registers and Receivers; to repeal the town-site
law, except as regards applications made under
the law previous to it's recent amendment; to
enable the department. to extend prompt relief
to Parties entering public land where title can
not be confirmed. and also in cases where erro-
neous and Illegal exactions have been made, by
refunding to them money paid in error.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Annual Report of the Postmaster General.
Hon. David NJ Key, Postmaster General, in
his annual report of the operations of his de-
partment for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1878, estimates the total expense Of the postal
service at $3.50, 81 800, the amount appropriated
for the current year being $33, 2256, 973 Thenet
revenue for the year from the sale of postage
stamps was $16,839,116, against $15, $751;, 1886
last year. Amount of stamps stamped envel-
opes, ETC., sold. 1927 375, 593, against 1926, 7, 515
in 1877. Expended during the year for mail
transportation $19 AZ, IT'S, against $19, 1856 023
the previous year. From tables showing the
operation of the money-order offices it appears
that the revenue from this source for the year
was $209,647, against $lO9, l48 the previous
year.
A considerable portion of the report is devo-
ted to the subject of the present and prospect
We deficiencies In the amounts appropriated by
Congress for salaries of Postmasters and for
railway transportation. In regard to Post
masters salaries he says the deficiencies or
prevention OF them, SO far as salaries and COM
pensatlOn OF POstmaSters are concerned, are
not and cannot be controlled by the depart
ment. If the amount appropriated by Con-
gress for the purpose be not equal to the amount
of compensation established by law, there must
be deficiency.
After describing the rates of compensation
prescribed by law for railway mail service, the
Postmaster General says theappropriation made
by Congress at it's last session las not sufficien
to pay for the existing service on railroads. and,
should no additional appropriation be made for
this service, he shall feel it his duty under the
law so to curtail the service as to fall within
the appropriation, however much he might con-
slider the public interests injured thereby
In regard to the revenues of the postal service,
the Postmaster General says:
"Time and again it has been shown that mat
ter of the second and third class does not pay
it's way through the mails, and Congress has
been urged to increase the rates thereon. The
question has been considered time and time
again by appropriate committees, and discussed
in both branches of Congress, and the results
have shown that it was not expected that the
department should be elf-sustaining but that
the deficiencies in it's revenues should be met by
appropriations from the general treasury. The
amount of matter sent through the mails free is
very large, adding greatly to our expenditure
and giving us no revenue"
Postmaster General Key protests against the
revival of the worst features of the franking
privilege. The free list is such, he says, that
almost every thing except letters can now be
franked which ever could be, and it was pre-
cisely that kind of luggage which the abolition
of the frank aimed at throwing out Tons upon
tons of books, documents, Seeds shrubs and
the like are "dead-headed" from Washington
all over the country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
AGRICULTURAL BUREAU.
Commissioner LIE Dues Report.

Commissioner LIE Dues Report.
The annual report of the Commissioner Of
Agriculture shows that the department during
the year has been engaged in examining into the
practicability Of introducing new products, and
has been to some degree successful The fol-
lowing extracts and condensations show in out
line the work of this department for the year,
as stated by the Commissioner himself.
Gen. LIE Duo is an enthusiast on the subject of
making the United States independent of foreign
nations. He has grouped together, and gives in
table, a list of articles annually imported into
this country, amounting in value to many mill
ions of dollars, which he is confident might and
he thinks oughtto, be produced at home Among
these articles are enumerated tea, coffee, sugar,
Peruvian bark, paper material, rice, barley,
hemp, flax seed, wool, fruits, nuts, ETC. The
Commissioner advocates the building and re-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05

Total. Sis, 995,1S4 Sill, O69. 319
It will be noticed that the falling off was al
most entirely in the receipts from distilled
spirits and tobacco, seven-eighths Of the loss
being on spirits, and the other eighth from
tobacco. This is owing almost entirely to the
attempted legislation in Congress last winter
for the reduction of the tax on whisky and to-
bacco.
According to Commissioner Rau1n's figures
the American people are drinking less whisky
and more beer than formerly. There was man
ufactured in the fiscal year of 1873 about $780,
600 gallons less whisky than during the pre-
vious year, and 100000 gallons more beer .
Commissioner Raum estimates that $3.50. Co.,
000is annually expended for liquor in the United
States, an expenditure that, if applied On the
public debt would pay it in three years. Each
one of us, it will be seen, therefore pays over
.25per year into the hands Of liquor sellers.
The number of cigars consumed in this
country last year WAS ], 905, 063, 743, being an
average Of over forty-two cigars to every man,
woman and child Assuming that one-fourth
OF the populations very large estimate-are
smokers, each smoker would have 1853 cigars
for the year.
The amount of tobacco, other than cigars and
cigarettes, consumed, was 25,312, 933 pounds,
which is equal to more than half a pound to
every inhabitant
The House of Representatives at its last SEES
sion, passed bill reducing the tax on manufact-
ured tobacco from "A cents to 16 cents per
pound. The Commissioner advises against the
enactment of this measure, On the ground that
it is lneXpedient to reduce the revenues of the
Government over So, coo, 00u year as will re-
suit If the proposed change is accomplished.
But if the reduction of the tobacco tax is made
the Commissioner will recommend that the tax
on fermented liquors be increased from ST. to
$l.b0 per barrel of thirty-one gallons,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
The last survivor of Napoleon's expe

The last survivor of Napoleon's expe-
dition to Egypt has just died at the In
valides In Paris This veteran, Darcy
by name, who had almost attained his
hundredth year, was fond Of relating
how he was put on duty in Egypt on the
day the murderer of Kleber was execut-
ed. Kleber was assassinated in Cairo in
June, 1900, by fanatic, named Solely
man, who, after having been condemned
to death, had his right hand burned off,
and was then impaled. Tortured by
thirst, he called for something to drink,
and Darcy, touched with compassion,
gave him glass Of water.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
pairing of the Mississippi levees at the expense

pairing of the Mississippi levees at the expense
OF the General Government o'o
The Commissioner states that the wheat cron
Of ne present year has been promising in :
b;gs, 'egree during the entire season Fears If
grsssho. oper invasions were early dispelled. eg-
Cent IN a., aw counties in Minnesota. The losses
from wTrse killing, the fly, chinchbug grass
hoppers rust. smut, etc. have this season been
far less than Us % alte1 aeay ;a5a production
Northwestern or 81 ring wheat States), whose
product fell off sS.oGb. 600 bushels. The aggre-
gate in Wisconsfn, Min esots, Iowa and Ne
braska is double that of last yesr, and nearly
100000 bushels greater than IN 1875. The
entire crop promises to exceed that OF last year
by 10000, 600 bushels, leaving 1N, 00O 300 bush
els for expectation, with g surplus remaining
above the actual requirement of consumption.
Other crops have generally been good
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05

listed during the past year. There are remain
ing IN the training ships $40 boys, who are adj
vancing the tone and morale of the service,
With the training system on permanent basis,
our ships will soon be manned by native-born
seamen. 1t is the intention of the department
to continue the present system of training
ships
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05

properly be permitted to vote in the House ON
Territorial matters. 1'o''se vi
ArsSoma-Gov Fremont of Arizona. in his
report to the Secretary of the Interior expresses
ehe OPINION that the control of the Indians there
should be transferred to the milita1-v 80
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05

CYRHLE DUGAL scared his aged father
to death, in Quebec, by brandishing
knife and threatening to Kill him. The
old man only survived ten minutes. The
son has been convicted of manslaughter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Report of Commissioner Raum.

The annual report of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue shows that BILL, 089,319 was
collected during the fiscal year ending June so,
1878; decrease of $8 367, 2231 from the receipts
of the previous year. The receipts were from
the following snflrcas. .--- .-.-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
THE APPOINTMENT OFFICE.

The report of the Appointment Office of the
Postofice shows that during the past year there
have been 2,7S4 postofices established and
81 discontinued, making an increase in the
total number of 1918 The total number of
offices in operation June 80, 1873, was 80 25S.
Of these, $50 were filled by Presidential ap-
pointment, and 37,688 Postmasters hold ap-
pointments from the Postmaster General. The
number of appointments made on designations
and expiration of commissions was 5117.
There were 748 removals of Postmasters, and
222S deaths
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAl

REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL.
The annual report of Surgeon General Barnes,
United States army, has been submitted to the
Secretary of War. 1t shows that there were
disbursed during the year, for medicinal and
hospital supplies, SAG, 001.01 expenses of pur-
49,, 303. 70; medical attendance, nursing, ETC.,
$7,4161; miscellaneous expenses, s6,111.16;
total, $100, $500; balance, June 80, 1878, $99,
9S867. The greater part of this balance has
since been disbursed. and the remainder Will
be required in fulfilling contracts made before
June 80. There were furnished during the
year So artificial limbs to disabled soldiers,
while 700 drew combinations for the same.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05

The Comptroller of the Currency devotes
considerable portion of his report to defense
of the national banking system. He says that
positors in national banks for the entire period
during which the latter have had an existence
Tables showing the rate of taxation of the
national banks and the amount of their profits
accompany the report
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
THE REVENUE MARINE BUREAU.

The annual report of the Revenue Marine
Bureau of the Treasury Department shows that
of the vessels wrecked or in distress, with an
aggregate of 926 persons on board, 1872 have
been assisted by revenue cutters. The estimated
value Of the property saved is about 81, 1000
and 142 persons were actually rescued from
death by drowning. The expenses of the reve-
nue-ma1ine service for the year ended June 80,
1878, were $043,001 The number of vessels
in the service is thirty-seven-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05

United States Treasurer Gillian, in his re-
port to Secretary Sherman, makes no recon-
mendatons for legislation to be submitted to
Congress- Upon examination Of the law he
finds that the Treasurer of the United States is
required to communicate directly with Congress
setting forth the condition Of the treasury
Though this law has been in existence several
years, Mr.. Gilfllan says it has never been COM
piled with. The Treasurer says he will have
the required statement prepared and presented
to Congress on Wednesday, Dec. 4, showing the
condition of the treasury up to noon Of that day.