AllllTiaitl Ri tlullllltflT. BY JOHN B.BRATTON. YOL. 35. Purify the Bipod I DR. KEELER’S PANACEA, FOR the removal and permanent cure. of. all dis eases arising from an impure state of the Blood and habit of the body, viz: Chronic bronchitis, catarrh, pleurisy, coughs* etc., scrofulu in all its forms, tetter, scald-head, salt rheum) ■ cutaneous eruptions of the head, face, body, and ex- Ireraitics, chronic diseases of. the liver, stomach, and bowels, chronic rheumotism, chronic-enlargement of the joints and ligaments, white swellings,, hip-joint affections, abccases, ulcers,'syphilitic disorders* mer curial and hereditary predispositions, etc. Spring and summer hove pasted awajft and autumn is once more with us.. There is a melancholy sad ness in the season and all nature seems to fuel , the Change that is stealing silently on.. Man seems to Shrink from the coming winter and prepares himself to meet the changes which the seasons-imp so upon him. But how is it with the- bed-ridden mariyr to scrofula, liver diseases, chest affections, rhematism, or any of the numerous disorders which lake their rise in the organs of digestion and so soon dry up the springs of life. How does he feel the changes? What gloomy forebodings lie, in the future? The sear and yellow ieafhfrautumff remind himthal “de cay’s effacing already active in their work of desolation. He feels and knows that with out relief With him life's scenes will soon be o’er, His beating heart will cease to bent. Bui tins the bounteous hand of nature scattered around us no remedy to drive disease from the sys tern unci bring again the bloom upon the check I—' Must hours, days, iveeks and months, bo consumed tn anguish and sullWingl Our answer is emphali' cully no. The Panacea is n remedy of unsurpassed alterative powers, and will so far us human agency and fun-sight can go, drive disease from the s stem and restore it again to health. From the past wo Way judge of the future. What has once hern done can he done again. From the many advantages con ferred on the afflicted by ihe Panacea, all may rea sonably hope for. and expect to derive benefits. Read the following evidence: 1 _u . , ( . PiiilAtjbiphia, Juno 9,1847. Hftvirtg bcin apjmied Of the nature of the Pann tfca, it alTotdf me much pleasure to bo ible to rocom- Wend It aha valfluMc remedy fevthose chronic, con stitutional and glaudiilnr diseases, to which it is es pecially adapted. Those who are afflicted and re quire medicine n& an alterative, cannot 'Obtain it in a Wore agreeable, active And Uniform stale, than is to be found in the Punoced. ■ I have \l6fcd it In scVcral . instance’s \Vtlft decided ■fcttcdsstr. Yoyo's, ALIXsON. Ml D. Prepared NWrth-wcst Corner 3d & Sq'iith streets, Philadelphia For'Sajeby Samuel feu,ibTT. Car lisle, and by Druggists and Mbrch’Anla llttoughoul \ho county. ... Price 81 per bottle or G’holllcs folr $6. For par ticulars see pamphlets. October 28, 1848.—6 m C. BAUER’S Compound fluid kxtract of Sarsaparilla. THISS anicle is employed with, great success, jind by the mosl eminent physicians of this city, for the followingdiseases; Scrofula or Sings B»i(, thehuiatism.t’ulaneoiis Hiseasps, sipliiliiib afleclibns,’ tiller atid ulcers whiih swellings, snurvey, neuralgia nr lie rlnuloii! rpaiix, cancer, gnilu orhrniichoccle, (swelled neck) Spine diseases, chronic disease of the lungs, to counteract the destructive effects of mercury Jaundide. hyperlliepy, or enlargement of the heart! palpitation and treat tiling of the heart tlnd stomach! ‘enlargement of the hones, joints nr ligaments. Aldb till the various diseases of the skin, stieh ha tettey; Uniform*, biles, pimples, carbuncles, etc. Uyspe|m!a tlnd liver Complaints, nervous aP feciions, dropsical swellings, constiiiiiional disor ders, and diseases originating from an impure Slate of the blood and other muds of the body. In short all diseases where a change of the system is remitted. I’repdretl only tjy lile proprietor*; John C. I)a -toll f 9alß *lH'S&l»tt.»ha oliemikts. Nb. 100 North I bird street, below Hace street, Phils. Price. fiO cents per bottle, who always keen a good add Bcneta) supply of fresh drugs. Alsn.a new arttele. Imitation Plats GoaSs. very suite. nor, equal to English or'French Plates, for one fifth llte.priee, any size, according to order; tone. IherwUij nils; and class • The Compound Fluid Ekirncl of Sarsaparilla For Bale by Henry & Casing. Druggists, corner <>C Market and Third streets, MarrlsbUl-g; and sole agents far Dauphin county Decsmber 7, 1818.—I JLIJPJB INSURANCE. I’snn Mutual Lift. Insuiiancc Oompaaiv JVSJ. 91 tfalnut £l, Capital $30,000, Tills Company is now rosily to make Insurant on Lines, bn the muiual sysioni, vyilliout lia bility beyond tlio amount of the premium. All tho profils of Iliccompany divided annually among the insured, 3 The premium may bo paid monthly! (innrlorly. Semi-annually, nr annually, or onn-ha'll'or ihopie niiuui niay he paid in a note at 12 moniha. Individuals insured : in this company become Members of the Corporation, Kud Void for True tebfti I'or tile greater security of parlies insuring with Ibis company, a guarantee capital of 980,000 has boon created to meet the losses Hint may accrue Upon policies issued by the company, to be hold and used by the Trustees, until a capital exceed ing that amount h.isbeen realised from the receipts or premiums. • Ij> MlLliKtt, President.* WM, M. CLAIIK, Vice Presidents. John VV, Houneii, Sccrrtory. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for Carlisle. Blank applications for insurance, with fell particulars, can bn had at the now store, dor tier of Hanover and Louther ats. S. D. ROWEL. Dr. G. W. Foulke, Examining Physician. Carlisle. Nov. 9, 1848. Strong Breeze from Philadelphia, CHAS. OGIIjDV, will bo receiving this week a largo selection of Winter Goods, comprising Frertchnnd English Morinoos,Cashmeres, Madelines, Shawls, and various articles of Ladies drofts goods. Our stock of Cloths, Cassimorss, Vestings, &e,, will be unusually largo and of ills choicest stylo tho tily market can produce. Ladled and Gentlemen ar6 rcspocltoily Invited to its oi n( * ox ' im ‘ r ‘° "‘f »mmso|vos; Remember tho 4ig Sign end Big Windows, a few duois oast of tho Market Houdfd, dtld directly opposite Martin’s Hotel; Save ydur Stiles J , GUTTA PERCHA SOLES. , WM. M. POUTER, having 1 obtained the right
of n 2, out lo "nago also increased from
8,839,040 to 3,150,502 tons. . The most of this in
crease Is attributed to tho present lariff. A rc-euact
ment of tfio lariff of '42 will increase smuggling,—
great advlntages for which exist along our Coast, os
Js shofrn by elaborate tables. ' .*
Tho report then goes on to speak pftho coast sbr.
'lf^ S i°I 1 T e and rebbmrilenda that collection
fflt'u' nl San Dic ff°' Monterey) Pu.,
mirOo The imntensp com
”™ I* expected to arise betivben otir Pacific
ihS.ab nd -f ,0 -l A *" , j C n " lons '• fuluri-bd io; and for
the sake pf otir coliimorco os well as otir revenue a
uso m o b n el iba f t“ne d tl0n “ l atc “' nBl, T s '■ rcbbihinendeU for
Golf Thi ' veM ? 8 ‘he Atlantic and tile
•#i- * ** 3mportaoco of fostering our commerce
ciiristia’illv o ? m° Ur f d ’ i"“ U , W,U “ 1,10 Preotirsor of
Christianity among her heathen notions! and in tha
same paragraph the Secretary refers to the immense
lation.' W ° Uld b ° “ ddCd U °“ r .commercial polili.
„ 9 f : j blar }’ r ; nc ,' v ” his recommendations for
reciprocal free trade between the Canadas and the
Slates. Reciprocal and unrestricted .commerce bo
tws™ our Republic and Mexico is also recommended,
about*r* p 0 h ° ld out that it will soon bo brought
A bralfcli Mini in the city bf Now York is attain
strongly.jirged upon Congress, and .a number of
Statements aro made to show the necessity for one..
Tho loan 0f810.000.0U0, authorixed by the 31st of
i ? r ° »J§, rC i rer . red > lol ,nd 11,0 amoifnt of premium
oblainpdlir it ts given at 8187,108,00. Tho. public
debt for *oh year from ITUO down lo 1846 is refer
f. , l ,° r “fl‘bo sake of comparison, and.lho result is
highly Out or a bio to the present condition ofour finan
Z/ln J O ,, 8 - 0 ' 1 ' o ,?' I’ablio debt at thb present
278A50® 8 S 1,0 °“ n ,el l ° ha paid in, is 805,.
Tlio Pnbllo Lands amount to i,443,917,839 obres
worth, 5m, 25 peracr0.91,802,778,298. Regarding
"re uf SS h on,jr 25 ccnls per t>Jr
Imprbfemenls in the slandortl system of weights
and measures aro suggested. A grant of a section
of-land> every quarter township of Oregon, Now
Mexico c«d California for purposes of education, is
stronglykirgcd, 1
.1 171,0 X? , ““Siun Of California is referred to, and
the establishment of a Croiiph Mint at San Francisco
is very sjfongly urged upon Congress. A scientific
(9 make a geological survey oflho
lory ts i&o fecommendqd/ : ~
on^thp'Warehousing Syelem is
pronnsen. I« iho meopltmc it is Btalctl that iho
value of foreign goods warehoused, from Aligns! 184 G
to September 30th, 1848, Is about 644,000,000.
7 ho Secretary makes sonic suggestions concerning 1
(Iho organization of the Treosufy Department, the,
separation from it of tho Land Office, supervision of
tho Marshalls ond the appointment of an Assistant
J>corolury. He advises also tho detachment of the
Indian Office and the Pension Office frpm tho War
Department J ;and that of tho Patent Office from the
atato Ucparljpcnl; and the organization of them all
ead » b'b called .the Secrehirti of Inte
rior. Tlie whole expense would not exceed $20,000
per annum. ’
° u * WoU,, rons Atmosphere.
. Tlle “Imosphoro rises aboVo da with its cathedral
dome, arching towards the heaven, of which it Is iho
most familiarsynonymoandsymbol. It flollls al-echd
us like that grand object which thenposlle John saw
in his vision—“a sea of glass like unto crystal.” So
I„TT° '". II V? h ' l i.; vl,cn 11 begins to aiir. it losses
“/™ ot “h'pe l>ko playthings, and sweeps cities I
and forests like snow-flakes to destruction before it
And yet it is so mobile, that wo have lived years in
it before wo can be pursuadod that it exist at all, and
the groat bulk of mankind never realize the truth
that they are bathed In on ocean of air. Ila weight
a so enormous, that iron shivers before it like ghtss;
Vet a soap ball sails through it with impunity, and
the Ilmen insect waves it aside with its wing. It
• ministers lavishly to all. the senses.. We touch it
and it touches us. Its warm sooth winds bring back
color to the pale face of the invalid; its cool west
winds refresh the fevered brow, and makes the blood
mantle in olir cheeks; even its north blasts brace into
now vigor tile hardened children of our rugged cli
mate. The cjm til indebted to it for all tho magnifi
cence of sunrise, tliefnll brightness of mid-day, the
chastened radiance of the gloaming, and Ihe cloilds
that cradle near tho setting sun. But'for it the rain
bow would want its “triumphal arch," and the winds
would not send ibclr fleecy nlcssctigors on errands
Sround (he heavens. Tho cold ether woilld hbl ehed
snow feathers on the earth, nor would drops of dew
gather on the flowers. The kindly rain would ncVer
fail, nor hailstorm nor fog diversify tho face of Iho
«ky. Our naked globe would turn its tanned and
unshadowed forehead to Ihe sun, and one dreary,
monotonous blaze of light and heat dazzle and burn
up-all things. Were there no atmosphere, the even,
mg sun would in a.moment set, and without warning
•lunge the earth in darkness. But Iho air keeps in
her hand a sheath of his rays, and lets them slip but
slowly through her fingers; so that tho shadows of
Z'Z'IF T ffathcrcd by degrees, and the flowers
have lime to bow their heads anddaeh crcaturespaco
o find a place of rest, and to nestle to repose. In
‘ If E " r "' S i' ".“1 woo,d bound
burst from the bosom of night and blaze above the
, ”T n i ! n bU . 1 . 1 ", 8 alr welches for his coming, and
sends at first but one little ray to announce his ap
proach, and then another, and by and by a handful
and so gently draws aside the curtain of night, and
Mrthfi ff hv° J'fm ra “ on ,llc r “ c ° of tllc elecping
earth) till hub eJeTjds open, and like man, sho goelh
Poeullarltloa or Pnliltd Man.
II islnloraling somcliiriM to ace the different wavs
in which different individudls get blit-, of the same
dilemma. Mr. Calhoun to not often at a leas for a
word, but occasionally one sticks in his throat; in
. the pronunciation, like MaobdlhV Aiib*. In such a
case tic gives a petulant twitch or two at his shirt
collar, and runs his heny fingers, through his lone
gray hair, until it fairly bristles. VVebslor, when
(lathered for a word; or snarled up in a sentence; nl.
most invariably scratches the Inner of His , loft eye
carefully with the third finger of his right hand,—
eiling In thls( ho nibs his nose quite fiercely with
the bent kucklo of his thumb. As a dernier resort,
ho springs bis knees span until his logs resemble an
ehpscs, then plunging his hands deep into his pock
ets, ho throws the upper section of Ills body forward.
a.ntl Iho word iS “bound to come." Gen. Cass, in a
similar prcdloamenl. paßscs hie bond along the lowof
edge of his vest. Mr. Benton sinks his voice so that
Uie remainder of (ho sentence unintelligible. Mr. I
Mangum is. violent, and the obdurate word is sup.
piled by ‘ Oeckhoe moo!" Mr. Jdhnson, of Maryland.
Mr, Crittenden, and Mr. Honogan, arc never bother*
od {they speak light on,and their drafts upon tho
President's English ore never dishonored. I
I ■ Fatality of Anoleut Author!.
I r Aneorcon, the lyric pool, was choked to death by Iho
• , ult I . ol ,' l ''Ly ino ' Arohilorus was murdered by a
i Cicero perished under the pro.crii.tion of
' t°TrT°‘ „ C " rli " u '. “ comic wHlor; n.
drowned. Demoatltenc*. (he glory of hi* qpq and
Uio world, kilied him.olf with poieon, which *ho el
weji cerried smut him In * quill; Edripldo., (lie
tragib pobl, and Hoiaclllus.tho phlldibphcr; wore lorn
to piece, by doge. Brdpcdocloi; the poet and phi|o>-
phor was foil in (lie creior of Modnt .Etna; He.l
od, the cole rn pom ty ol Horntr; wo. murdered by bi. 1
.Corel and inveterate enemies; JulliiS Ctbsaffcil by '
Iho sword of conapirilora. Longlnua was sacrificed 1
p the fury of the Roman aoldlor.; Ldoroiius; wrl- !
Ithg Under (ho dolinditl df a |llilldsoplior, destroyed
himself through it. effects. Orpheus, who touched 1
the lyre with such hallowed hand., that made the '
river, coa.o to Row. tho boast, of the forest to forget !
their savage nature, and the mountain, to listen to
his «ong, was torn in pieces by sumo Tracian womont.
Pliny the elder was suffocated by tho sulphurous va
por of Mount Vcsttvieits. Sapplio, in a fit of disco- '
pointed lovo, throw himself from a precipice; Seneca '
and Lucan, both condemned to death by tho tyrant '
Nero, opened their vlona and implied repealing thoir *
own vorao. Socrates, wills stoical firmness mot Ills I
death In i oup of liomlooh. Taoilua is supposed lu
have died by the dogger of an aaaaaain, and Thooo- 1
rilns,‘admired for tho elegance and simplicity of hia 1
poetry, was strangled. 1
Thin fihoeg*
A summer bird (hot hda lingered late into tbo au.
lumn, leaving Us timid foot prints in the first fall of
anoiv, over reminds one of that 'delicate fair one, in
light thin slippers, on a cold ley pavement. The bird
can escape to a worm cllmale; and In the spring it
can ro.aptfaar j but the lody is on ilia journey froiti
which there is no roldrni The ntuslo of the bird
may again gladden its native tree ; but her voice will
i)ot again cheer tho hearth of her (mine. The bod
ies df sorrow and the sWly returning hoarse, will
Soon toll wiai that slipper lias done,
DepovtitiotU*
Bp reserved, but not sour; grave; but not formal
bpld, but not rosh; humble, but not survilot patient,
but not insibio; constant, butn'otobstluato; ohoerful;
but not light; rather bo nwoet tempered, than foml.
liar I familiar, rather than intimate; and intimate
few, and with those fbw upon good grounds.
—WlllitUn Penti, . B , r
i ?j' x ™ alNG Ti| a Isuhov.—A. nllnislcTwns one Sab.
bath day eiamining iho Sunday Soliool in catechism
nni°in ih« n.°? gr f 8 i a,i(ln ' Tll ° ll " u " 1 nuestion was
fir “ B f ’ “ " lrnpp , ar> abo "' thirteen years
J unUetml. O T .T 11 *rather.-wlmwas
a R«*Vl 0 W n on Wstomors,
J " your name ?" said (ho parson. No reply.
“What Is your name?" lie repealed In a very nor.
omplory manner. , .
“None of your Ton, Mr. Minister," said the girl,
"You know rny name well enough. Don’t you say
whoo you chine lopiir hou'sti bn a night; ‘Bet, bring
me,eom6.mote a|o?’ “ * • “
, fho congregation forgetting the sseredposs of iho
k.orpad gpjp t andllio parson looked
Report of the Secretary of the Navy*
It presents a highly gratifying view of (hat im
portant department of (ho public service, and manv
valuable suggestions for its Improvement..
During the past year, Iwo new ships of war—the
Verraonl (sl.ip-oClhe-ltno) aha (ho St. Lawrence
(inga(e)—have been launched ;«ond the construction
or tho four war steamships outhorized by low is In
satisfactory progress. The report gives a clear and
succinct account of tho service .performed by,our
squadrons on the East Indian, Mediterranean. Bra
zilian, and African stations; and notices more fully:
and In terms of high and just commendation, the
very valuable services performed under great difilcul
t * M llw squadrons in the Gulf of Mexico and in
the Pacific during (ho war with Mexico. . Wo com.
' "fr 1,8 P or^on ,0 report—written, os U is,
with tho Secretary's usual clearness and force—to i
special attention.' It abundantly justifies’ the conplu-J
sion at which he arrives, of (ho groat irnp'orldnco and I
value of this branch of our public service. Tho sug. I
gostions of tho Secretary in relation to promotion/
among (be officers of Old navy will nlSa aUhbt at.
tendon/ as will his Judiolarioindrlfft and rccommcn.
nations In fotfafd to the Naval School. Tho Notional
Observatory, nd«r so ably and operated
by otQoers pf ( the navy, is noticed In a series of re.
marks; which fully aomdndtnitb the efficiency and
[ho high value of tho services winch that Institution
Is rendering, ttj the country and Us naval, scientific,
and natlgatlng interests, Tho etato of the mail
steamship dorvlco is fully described; and Id such as
to afford, a sure guaranty that U must prodded rdosl
bonofioml and Interesting results^
The total ostimoics for the naval s'dfvtco, 1 anil for
other objects under (ho control of the Navy Depart
raent, during the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1850
<8 ' 58. But of this sum near
83,000,000 are for objects not pertaining to the naval
establishment proper, thocstlmnlcsforwhlclinmounl
to but $5,907,946 68i It win also bo oeou. from (he
report, that the expenditures for oil the public service
performed under the control of the Navy Department
Volo e tl, ° fißOal P nd| ng on the 30th Juno, I
1848, (embracing almost the entire period of the war I
with Mexico,) amounted, to but $21,598,661 The
expenditures for the same branch of the public sor
vice during the two previous fiscal years amounted
to $14,967,1 36 09. It appears that (ho appropriations
made by Congress for the naval service during the
two years of’the war, wore not expended; an unox
pondud balance df mote (hah three millions so appro
priated; /emidlnJng in the treasury on tho first of July
last: This ,is a fact which speaks loudly for the
judgmonUnd economy with whidi tho extonslve and
important operations of the department have boon
conducted.
Thp Secretary, in concluding his report, bears full
testimony to tliq excellent organisation oftho depart.
monl< and to Urn valuable nid wliloli Hb nos received
In il« adiplni«li;at|on from Its vnriqps bureaus, lip
BUggcfllß, however, the establishment of on additional
bureau, iorrosnondlriff in i(a gl/oratlcr to tho oflleoof
the Adjutant General of thp army. Tlj6 repofl fcpn;
tains other slotcmontpand recommendations of much
I interest, for. which wo must refer our reader* io the
cltiodmq,r\l. itnclp ,I( Is wrlltpn throughout with
marked ability,' ana'exhibits in a clour light the
accomplished Secretary’s administrative tulcnt and
offioionoy,,
Report of the Soorotqry of War*
fhe Report of the decretory rff mertl,
In those days of long winded documents, of being
brief, olesiyand to.tho point,
■ T|(o Secretary oommonoa* by allusion to tl}o opc*
ration* of our troops in Mexico and California down
toHhocloio of hostilities. . The conduct of Gens. Lane
a.ud Price; and Colonel Muson; ari vWmly Cominon*
aw, •
*. Oar military peace establishment is now nearly the
•ame Innumercial strength bb It was at llio odm.
'monceo|ont of the war with . Mexico, Tilled up to
Uio UtmoßtlimU alldWcd by law, It would bo 9*878 of.
ficers and. soldiers, exclusive of Hie enlisted men of
tlio,ordnance; but its actual numerical strength will
generally fall bonsidcrably below this nUmber. . The
great extension ot odr. territorial limits required a<
hew Arrangement ol diir, military divisions and de-f
partments.' • The eastern or first division is nolf
changed. Texas and New Mexico have been added;
to the Western; or second ; and California and Or
egon constitutes tho third—or ihc division rif ih'o
Pacific. 1
p *£ b ° lGd , t, “ t lho Mounted Riflo Regiment
will be enffieicntly recruited to leave for Oregon in
tho spring. *
.Order, were given to Gen. Wool, when in’commend
of the forces at Saltillo, Monterey; and oh the Rio
Grando frontier, tb oend a pert of 11,0 regular troop,
with him directly to Colifornia end Now- Mcxioo.—
Pursuant to this dircolinn, two compenic. ol.the Ist
and two of the 2nd dragoons proceeded up the right
bank or the RioGrnndc to Chlhbahbn, erbssbil over
to the Gua, and down that rlvor to talilbrnia. By
this lihio, it is probable, they have reached their ul
litrmlo di slinalion.
One company of dragoons and one oflight artille
, ry were also sentTrom the Rio Grunde; and proceed
ed on the Mexican side of It up te Sarto £*e. These
' ,a af w^ orrived in'New Mexico.
Two companies of lho. Ist regiment of artillery
navb embarked at New York, to go around Capo
Horn to Oregon; arid Jho 2d regimeht offnfanUy has
8 *° ießj'to probfccH, by tho same roiilo; lb Colifor- ,
Ab early In tljp spring, os a Badaogo bah bo
I made across the country, other troops will bo sent to
Grcgon in numberc sufficidnt to hold and protect that 1 1
lemlory. „
Troops to guard the Rio Grande frontier and keen
'",r°u, k . lho ,ndi “ n ? >" that ijuartcrhavb been order.
, ,? t o *"*’! n nß have arrived at; ot are on their way
>°t tneir roipcclivo Blntiona.
. The remainder of the arniy U illslrlhlllfcd oii tho
InJ r" fr d norlhcrn Trotittcra; and bn the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts.-
The amount of ponlribuliona and avails ofeaptbr
ud properly received by olticora df Mb' army in Alex,
ico, cannot at this lime, for want of full rcilirllh, bo
accurately aacej-laincil. The amount thin, far repor
ted is 83,844,373 77, which will bo scmcwhal ih
creased by apionula collected. In Now Mexico and
California. Of. this amount, 867,492 33 have boon
retained for .expenses of collections! *346,369 3o
San il 10 l "° J rcn,ur y of the United Stales; 83,267,.
04U-b4 turned over to disbursing officers; $<19,712581
gredued by the Mexican government to the United
Stale* in payment of Me Brsl Ihslalrflentaindcr the
treaty; and tho remaining *113,259 o 3 charged
against lho collecting officers.
The nbmbcr of invalid pensioners has increased
the lust year, six hundred and ninety one; the whole
number on the list is Ihrcb thousand one hundred
j dred and twenlv six.. 1
Mbi’o lhaH sixty one thousand claims have been
presented under the act of the 11th of February, 1837.
for bounty land anil treasury scrip; foriv thoU
sand of them have been acted on and allowed’, twen
ty thousand arc now pending,and il Is estimated that
there aro.forty thousand yol to be prbsented. Great
©Borisi have been made to despatch these applications,
and apoul two hundred and fifty are doily iavestiira
led and passed. ' . ®
Within the Inst four years eight important treaties
hnvo been negotiated with different Indian tribes, by
which-highly beneficial changes in .their situation
and affairs,hare been end will be effected,and the
United Slates have acquired, at a cost of only A] .
843,000; eighteen million live hbnßlclllhoijsand acres
of land ; about two million one hundred tlioliiahd
acres of it have been assigned to other, tribes for
their permanent residence; and two. millions nine
hundred thousand are reserved for a similar purpose;
leaving the remainder, thirteen million flvb hundred
thousand acres, ready for immediate settlement and
cultivation in tho rapidly growing States pf VVisohn.
sin and lowa. There is also a prospect that Missis
sippi,as well as oilier Stales in Which .iamb i,f tho
Choctaws still remain, will soon bo freed from them.
Measures for their emigration .are in progress, under
modified nrrohgcmehls entered Into il’llhln the year,
which promise a favorable result,
„ rhcro nr R slilcch tnanuql la bor.sclioois and eighty
seven boarding and district schools now in success*
fbl operation among tho various Indian tribes, and
the number of Indian youths attending thorn, aecor.
alDg to tho reports rqceivcd at (lib department, is two
thousand six hundred and clghly.iwo— of which two
thousand six hundred and fifty are males, and (ho ro*
maining ono thousand and thirlvtwo or© females.
Tho schools are generally in charge of missionary '
soc|clics, and nro wet) conducted. i
Tb*» Secretary dose* bis report by calling attention
lo the following’ subjects, mentioned In bin Inst annu
al report, viz : the settlement of claims in California
a retired list of officers of (bo army t and an oaylutn
for disabled and worn out soldiers.
Report of the Poatmaitcr Clutierai,
This ‘is a long and, carefully prepared docilmo.it,
filled with valuable statistics in regard to the o/ftfa.
lions of Ifio department, not merely for tlio last year,
b'Jt fob Botoral f/rccecd/n# >cafs. tVo make rbom
for a very brief of ft.
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