Connecticut western news., 1879-12-10

ready for sea. The total expenditure
 ot the year ended June 30, 1879, in-
 oludlng specific appropriations not es-
 timated> for by the department. were
 13, 555. 71009. The expenses charges
 bie to the year, after deducting the
 amount of these specific appropriations.
 were 13, ,343, ,317.79, but this is subject
 to reduction of 283, 725. .99,a that
 amount having been drawn on warrants
 butnot paid out during the year. The
 amount of appropriations applicable to
 the last fiscal year was IA 53S, ,646 F.
 There was, therefore, @ balance of
 1,479, O54.37 remaining unexpended and
 to the credit of the department on June
 30, 1879. The estimates for the fiscal
 year ending June 30, 1881, are IA S64. 14795. which exceeds the appropria.
 tions for the present fiscal year 36l.- S972S. The reason for this increase is explained in the Secrstary's report. The appropriations available for the present fiscal year are 14 502, 25O.67, which will. In Che opinion ot the Secretary, answer all the ordinary demands of the service.
 OUR INDIAN WARDS.
 Referring to the Indian question. the message says the general conduct of our Indian population has been so satisfac- tory that the occurrence of two dis. turbances, which resulted in bloodshed and the destruction of property. is all the more to be lamented. The history of the outbreak on the White River Ute Res ervation, in Western Colorado, has be- come so familiar by elaborate reports in the public press that it's remarkable in- oidents need not be stated here in de-
 all. It is expected that the settlement this difficulty will lead to such ar- engagements as will prevent further hos. tile contact between the Indians and the border settlements in Western Colorado, The other disturbance occurred at the Mescalero Agency, in New Mexico, where Victoria, the head of small band of marauders, after committing many atrocities, being vigorously chased by military force, made his way across the Mexican border, and is now on foreign soil. It earnestly recommends the enactment of law enabling the Gov- ernment to give Indians title-fee, inal- lenable for twenty-five years, to the farm lands assigned to them by allotment, The President repeats the recommends tion made in his first annual message that law be passed admitting the h. d1ans who can give satisfactory proof of having by their own labor supported their families for number of years, and who are willing to detach themselves from their tribal relations, to the bene- it of the Homestead act, and to grant them patents containing the same provi- sion of inalienability for certain period.
 Referring to the. .lndianiT Territory, he says: It is my purpose to protect the rights of the Indian inhabitants of that Territory to the full extent of the Exec utive power; but it would be unwise to ignore the fact that a Territory so large and so fertile, with 8 population so sparse and so great wealth of unused resources, will be found more exposed to the repetition of such attempts as happened this year when the surround. ing States are more densely settled and the westward movement of our popula- tion looks still more eagerly for fresh lands to occupy. Under such circum- stances, the difficulty of maintaining the Indian Territory in it's present state will greatly increase, and the Indian tribes inhabiting it would do we'll to prepare for such contingency. therefore, fully approve of the advice given to them by the Secretary of the Interior, on recent occasion. to divide amope themselves in severalty as large a quan- tity of their lands as they can cultivate, to acquire individual titles in fee, instead of their present tribal ownership in com mon, and to consider in what manner the ::balance of their lands may be dis posed of by the Government for their benefit.
 OTHER MATTERS.
 Referring to the Public Lands the President says: A large number of cases or trespass have been prosecuted in the courts of the United States. Others have been settled, the trespassers offering to make payment to the Gov for the value of the timber taken by them. He desires that the Secretary of the Interior be allowed to sell timber. His recommendations in former messages are renewed in favor of enlarging the facilities of the Depart ment of Agriculture and the Bureau of and recommends that such further appropriations be made for the continued prosecution of the Washing ton Monument as may be necessary for the completion of this National monu- nent at an early day, and advises neces- sary legislation in the District of Oo- umbia.