Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-01

NOte III lllt SEVERAL StdlfS VI tilS u hlNe'
States, and for other purposes, or any
acts amendatory thereof or supplement
tary thereto.
No appropriation was made for this
purpose for the current year. As no
general election for members OF Con-
gress occurred, the omission was mat
ter OF little practical importance. Such
election will, however, take place dur
ing the ensuing year, and the approprl-
alton made Tor tine pay OF marshals ami
deputies should be sufficient to embrace
compensation for the services they may
be required to perform at such elections.
The business OF the Supreme Court Is,
at present, largely in arrears. 1t can
not he expected that more causes can be
decided than are now disposed OF in It's
annual session, or that by any assidulty
the distinguished magistrates who COM
pose the Court can accomplish more
than is now done. In the courts OF
many of the circuits, also, the business
has increased TO such an extent, that
the delay OF justice will call the atten-
ton of Congress to an appropriate rem
edv. 1t is believed that all Is done IN
each circuit which can fairly be ex-
pected from its judicial force. The evils
arising from delay, are less heavily felt
by the United States than by private
suitOrs, as its causes are advanced by
the Courts when il is seen that they IN
vOlve the discussion OF questions oil
public character.
The remedy suggested by the At
torney-General, is the appointment OF
additional circuit judges, and the crea-
ton of an intermediate court OF errors
and appeals, which shall relieve the
Supreme Court OF part OF its Jurlsdlc-
ton, while a larger force is also OBJ
tanned for the performance OF circuit
duties.
commend this suggestion to the con-
sideration OF Congress. 1t would seem
to afford complete remedy, and would
involve, if ten additional circuit judges
are appointed, an expenditure, at the
present rate of salaries, of not more than
sixty thousand dollars year, which
would certainly be small in comparison
with the objects TO be attained.
Postal Affairs.
The report of the Postmaster-Gen
bears testimony to the general revival
of business throughout the country.
The receipts of the PostOtlice Depart
ment for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1879 were S3004l, 9S2.S6, being S764,-
465.gl more than the preceding year.
The amount realized from the sale of
postage stamps, stamped envelopes, ana
postal cards was S764, 1881 more than
in the preceding year, and S2,3S1 ,559.23
more than in 1877. The expenditures
of the department were $50, 449, S99.45,
of which the sum of 1876, 46l.63 was
paid on liabilities incurred in preceding
years.
The expenditures during the year
were SSOl ,2O9.77 less than in the pre-
ceding year. This reduction is to be
attributed mainly to the operation
of the law passed June Il, 1873,
changing the compensation OF post
masters from a commission on the value
of stamps sold, to a commission on
stamps cancelled.
The amount drawn from the Treasury
on appropriations in addition to the
revenues of the Department was
g, OBJ ,454.96, being S2,276,l97S6 less
than in the preceding year.
The expenditures for the year ending
June 80, 1881, are estimated at S39,92O,'
900 and the receipts from all sources at
So, 2lO,0O0, leaving a deficiency to be
appropriated for, out oithe Treasury, CT
S7,7l0,900.
The relations of the department with
railroad companies have been harmon
lied, notwithstanding the general re-
duction of their compensation, by the
appropriation for special facilities, and
the railway postoflice lines have been
greatly extended, especially in the South
ern States. The interests of the railway
mail service and Of the public would be
greatly promoted, and the expenditures
could he more readily controlled by the
classification of the employees of the rail-
way mail service as recommended by the
oStmaster-General, the appropriation
Tor salaries, with respect TO which the
maximum limit is already fixed by law,
to be made in gross.
The POstmastcr-Gcne recommends
an amendment of the law regulating the
increase of compensation for Increased
service and increased speed on star
routes, so as TO enable him TO advertise
for proposals for such increased service
and speed. He also suggests the advan-
tages to accrue to the commerce OF the
country from the enactment of general
law authorizing contracts with American
built steamers, carrying the American
flag, for transporting the mail between
ports of the United States and ports OF
the West Indies and South America, at
fixed maximum price per mile, the
amount to be expended being regulated
by annual appropriations, in like manner
with the amount paid for the domestic
star service.
The arrangement made by the Post
master General and the Secretary OF the
Treasury for the collection OF duty upon
books received in the mail from foreign
countries, has proved SO satisfactory in
its practical operation that the recon-
mendation is now made that Congress
shall extend the provisions of the act OF
March 3, 1879, under which this arrange
ment was made, so as to apply TO all
other dutiable articles received in the
mails from foreign countries.
The Indians.
The reports of the Secretary OF the In
terror and Of the Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs, setting forth the present state Of
our relations with the Indian tribes in
our territory, the measures taken TO al
vance their civilization and prosperity
and the progress already achieved by
them, will be found Of more than ordi
nary interest. The general conduct o
our Indian population has been so salts
! factory that the occurrence of two dis
turbances, which resulted in bloodshed
| and destruction OF property, is all the
more to be lamented.
The history of the outbreak on the
! White River Ute reservation in Western
! Colorado has become so familiar by
elaborate reports in the public press
that its remarkable incidents need no
be stated here in detail. 1t is expected
that the settlement Of this difficulty vii
| lead 10 such arrangements as will pre-
vent further hostile contact between thu
Indians and the border settlements IL
! Western Colorado.
The other disturbance occurred a
the Mescalero agency, in New
Mexico, where Victoria, the heaC
of a small band of marauders, afte
| ,,rprnittinu many atrocities bpinU viz