The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-12-11

cal wear S3sl, SHM The resson for this in-
crease is explained in the Secretary's report.
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opinion Of the Secretary, answer all the or.
binary demands Of the service. The amount
sse% sas rcs fsS% 9a to
81, OK, 80 has been refunded, leaving as the
expenditure for that period $4,674, 96S.M II
do
these four months, there win remain unexs
pended at the end of the year SAT-, $3.50 Of
81 TIE shows the graft
flying fact that, among all 1.-The disbursing officers
Of the Pay Corps of the Navy, there fs not one
lar. unite with him in recommending the
removal of the Observatory to more health.
full location. That institution reflects credit
of IN al
world Its removal from its present locality
would not only be conducive to the health Of
its officers and Professors, but would greatly
increase its usefulness.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The appropriation for judicial expenses,
Justice in gross, was subdivided at the last SEES.
sion of Congress, and no appropriation what.
ever was made for the payment Of the fees of
duties, and since June 30 these officers have
continued the performance Of their duties
takn@ The nc
dental outlays, as well as rendering
their own services: In only few
Of sss has the the
requisite appropriations. This course Of off,
s to their adety was ADVISED thy
Attorney General, who informed them, how
ever, that they would necessarily have to rely
for their somIp;ensaton upon the prospect Of
especially recommend thOt immediate appro-
priation be made by Congress for this pur.
pose The act making the principal appropria-
sessions has uniformly contained the follow
ing clause: "And for defraying the expenses
which may be incurred in the enforcement of
the act approved Feb. g, 1870, entitled AN act
TO amend an uct approved May 30. 1870 CHI
titled An act to enforce the right Of citizens
Of the United States to vote in the several
Supplementary. thereto" No appropriation
was made for this purpose for the
ton TO for members % Of Congress Occurred,
tical Importance. Such election will,
and the appropriation made for the pay Of
Marstals and Deputies should be sufficient to
embrace compensation for the services they
The business of the Supreme Court is ut pres.
ent largely in arrears. 1t cannot be expected
can az De its
distinguished Magistrates who compose the
Court eau accomplish more than is now done.
In the courts of many of the circuits also this
business has increased to such an extent that
the delay Of justice will call the attention Of
Congress to an appropriate remedy. 1t is be
can fairly be expected from its judicial force.
The evils arising from delay are less heavily felt
by the United States than by private suitors, as
is seen that they involve the discussions of
questions of public character. The remedy
suggested by the Attorney.General is the APP
the creation of an intermediate Court of Err
rors and Appeals, which shall relieve the
Supreme Court of a part of its jurisdiction,
performance of circuit duties. recommend
this suggestion to the consideration of Con-
gress. 1t would seem to afford a complete
Circuit Judges are appointed, an expenditure
at the present rate of salaries of not more than
$50, 1000 year, which would certainly be small
In comparison with the objects to be attained.
THE POsT-OFFICE.
The report of the Postmaster General bears
testimony to the general revival of business
Once Department. for the fiscal year ear
ending June 30, 1879, were $3OO4l ,9S2.S SO, being
1854 465.91 more than the revenues of the pre-
sale Of postaee.sta%ps, STAMPED u enveIopes
the preceding year, and s., ss, IS more than
were ss, AS, ss5.45, Of which the sum MOI Of
$316, 46l SO was paid on liabilities incurred in
preceding years. The expenditures during
fae near were less faan ia IN the Se pre-
tributed mainly to the operation of the law
passed June II, 1878, changing the compensa-
on t Of 1sa it s f1m soS
commission on stamps Cancelled. The
amount drawn from the Treasury on
aprroprat ion in addition to the S
being $2,2S17, 1871. 86 less than in the preceding
year. The expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1881, are estimated at $39,aa,-
gu. and the receipts from all sources at $32s,-
for out Of the Treasury Of $7,no,soo. The re.
companies have been harmonized, nOtwith-
standing the general reduction by Congress of
their compensation by the appropriation for
heen ana the fasy
in the Southern States. The interests of
the Railway Mail Service and of the public
would be greatly promoted and the exgepd
the classification of the employees of the
Railway Mail Service, as recommended by the
P9stmaste'r r, the appropriation for
limit is already fixed by law to be made in
gross The Postmaster-lieneral recommends
an amendment of the law regulating the in
crease 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 sug-
gests the advantages to accrue to the
commerce of the country from the enact
ment of general law authorizing contracts
with American-built steamers carrying the
American flag for transporting the mail be-
tween ports Of the United States and ports Of
the West Indies and South America at a fixed
maximum price per mile. the amount to be
expended being regulated by annual appropri-
atiOns in like manner with the amount paid for
the domestic star service. The arrangement
made by the Postmaster General and the Sec
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duty upon books received in the mail from for
eign countries has proved SO satisfactory in
its practical operation that the recommends
provisions of the act of March 3. 1879. under
which this arrangement was made, so as to ap-
ply to all other dutiable articles received In
the mails from foreign countries.
THE INDIANS.
The reports of the Secretary OF the Interior
and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
with the Indian tribes on our territory, the
measures taken to advance their civilization
and prosperity, and the progress already
ordinary interest. The general conduct Of
iis.factorX; .hat the ocouTssncs, #
bloodshed and destruction of property is
all the more to be lamented. The history of
the outbreak on the White River Ute Reserva-
miiiar by elaborate reports in the public
press that its remarkable incidents need not
be stated here in detail. 1t is expected that
the settlement of this difficulty will lead to
such arrangements as will prevent further
hostile contact between the Indians
Colorado. The other disturbances oc-
CURED at the MescalerO Agency in
New Mexico, where Victoria, the head
of a small band of marauders, after commit
ting many atrocities, being vigorously chased
by a military force, made his way across the
Mexican border and is now on foreign soil.
While these occurrences, in which a cOmpara-
lively small number of Indians were engaged,
are most deplorable, vast majority Of our In
dian population have fully justified the ex-
pectations of those who believe that by hui
name and peaceful influences the Indian can
be led to abandon the habits of savage
life, and to develop capacity for useful
and civilized occupations What they have
already accomplished in the pursuit of ag-
ricultural and mechanical work, the re-
markable success which has attend
ed the experiment Of employing as freight
ers a class of Indians hitherto counted
among the widest and most intractable, and
the general and urgent desire expressed by
them for the education of their children. may
be taken as sufficient proof that they win be
found capable of accomplishing much more
If they continue to be wisely and fairly
guided. The Indian pOlicy" sketched in the
report of the Secretary of the Interior, the