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DEPARWENT OF THE INTERIOR, Secretary Delano’s Report for the Year 1872. ‘The Indian Policy of the Government a Suc- cess---Civilizing and Christianizing the Savages---The Indian Territory South of the Kansas. Wroposed Reorganization of the Patent Office. ‘A Grand Total of 232,329 Names on the Government Pension Rolls. A National Educational Fund Recom- mended from the Proceeds of the Sale of Public Lands. 4NTERESTING RAILWAY STATISTICS. Pacts About the Census—Geological Survey of the Territories—The Vienna Exposition. The following contains the leading features of tthe report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1872, embracing information concerning the dndian, the Patent, the Land and the Pension Offices, as well as some interesting facts about the ‘census, the survey of the territories and the rail- ‘ways of the country :— 7 INDIAN AFFAIRS. Attention is invited to the able and interesting report of the Commigsioner of Indian Affairs, which ig more than usually fall of information relative to she present numbers, location and condition of all the under the administrative control of the Andian Office, ‘ Measured by any true standard, the present ‘Indian policy of the government has proved a suc- cess, inasmuch as for three years it has secured the largest and freest extension and development ‘of oar railways and frontier settlements which was ossibl pader the cre imstances, with far less of Toss of fe acd property than would have bodii Sut. gered under any other plan of dealing with the ‘hostile and roving tribes beyond the Missouri River. In our intercourse with the Indians it must always be borne in mind that we are the more powerful party, and have uniformly re- arded the Indians as the wards of the nation. fe are assuming, and I think with propricty, that sour civilization ought to take the place of their barbarous habits. ‘e, therefore, claim the right £0 control the soil which they occupy, and we assume that it is our duty to coerce them,.if neces- pary, into the Es and practice of our habits nd customs. In doing this it seems to me that humanity and justice, as well as honor and dig- mity, demand that our conduct should be charac- terized, 80 far as practicable, by forbcarance and saniform kindness of treatment. it may be true, as the Commissioner remarks, that the only object at which practical statesman- hip willaim is to reduce the evil toa minimum degree, to circumscribe the field of its operations as closely as possible, and to forward the opera- dion of those causes. and fe" scope to those forces which will most speedily put an end to its duration. This much the Indian policy is effect- dng. The feeding system adopted with the dan- cow and hostile tribes has reduced the loss of ife and property to a degree which must be termed considerable, When the extent of sersivory and the exposure of our settlements are fairly ‘en into account. The reservation system ‘withdraws the great body of the Indians irom the direct path of our industrial progress, and allows the work of settlement and the extension of our ferbae o to go forward ie to the full limit of the peal les of capital and immigration, with abso- jut no check or diminution on account of Indian oatility, actual or apprehended. There is not a moile of railway which has authority of law for its construction, and for which the capital stands ready, which is unbuilt, fora by reason of danger 4fom “Indian attack. There is not a family at the East or newly arrived from Europe which is de- -sirous of a Western settlement but can locate itself in safety on public lands at any point from Omaha to Sacramento. It follows from these two proposi- tions that the eee progress of settlement and dndustrial enterprise is only limited by the re- Sources of the country and the expansiveness of our population. ‘the work of circumscribing and confining the evil, of which Complaint is made, is, tnerefore, being carried forward as rapidly an effectively as in the nature of the case is possible, and the three conditions of a successful treatmeat of the Indian difficulty are shown to be realized in the presen’ policy of the government toward the hostile and semi-hostiie tribes. While the accomplishment of the objects already referred to may embrace all that practical states. amauship de’ ds there is still another view of the Indian question to which the Commissioner does mot advert in his report, but which enters largely dnto the new pouley, and which has unquestionably commended it to a large ciass of people who are @eldom attracted to the discussion of political questions, or to the active participation in govern- mental details. Irefer to the scheme of civilizing and Christignizing the Indians, To what extent the success of the conditions -above alluded to is due to the workings of tie last mamed I have no means of determining, and it isa question which each man will doubtiess settle in his own Way, from his own standpoint. Ehave no Goubt, however, but that the civilizing portion of ‘the policy has exerted a most wholesome iniluence uapen the entire question, inasmuch as it has brought into the Indian service an entirely new element, the direct effect of which has been the great improvement in the personnel of the service, and, consequently, in the entire treatment of the whole Indian population. Industrial progress and settlement have been pacino probably as much on account of the more humane treatment of the Indians as be- ause Of their confinement to a smalicr area upon restricted reservations; and they have also sub- Amitted more quietly to confinement upon smaller reservations, for the same reason. Many, if not a majority, of the causes which, in pe years, ex- <elted Indian hostilities have ceased to exist.’ The Indians are becoming convinced of the entire good faith of the government in its peaceful overtures, and they manifest a disposition to respond in a #imilar spirit of peace and good will. That a semi- hostile condition still exists in some remote locall- ities, as in Arizona nd, some portions of Texas, for example, isno doubt as properly attributable to we non-extension of the policy in its entirety over hose sections as to its meiticiency or failure. ‘That it works uniformly well where it has hada thorough trial, even among tribes beiore regarded as almost incorrigible, is very good evidence that it will work equally well elsewhere, under simjlar circumstances, In Arizona, the special c pission- er pen wey the department has féjdrted impro- ‘per OF Ineficieiit agents eh gluty and asked thelr Femoral, which is being doié TMpiaiy as wi - ‘able persons can be found to replace them. Tt is ‘but reasonable, therefore, to request the with- tholding of unfriendly criticism relutive to the efl- ney of the policy until th Gopartment Is pre- ared to announce that it is thoroughly inaugu its parts over all the tribes under co Ofice. The military occupancy of posts adjacent to the Indian country has not pare withdrawn, and should not be so long as nére is the org scge dan er of Indian incursions upon the se! ents or Attempts to prevent the extension of new settiements in ail legitimate di- Fections. A show ofstrength will be needed for 6 time to enforce the new policy. ‘The policy of ining the wild tribes to smaller reservations is Tegarded as of the utmost importance; and, ried forward to its full extent, will result: in restricting them to an area of sufficient extent to furnish them farms for cultivation, and no more. rapid disappearance of game from the unting grounds must operate largely in eas, and compel them to abandon their nomadic ustoms and establish themselves in permanent homes, So long as the game existed in abundance there was little disposition manifested to abandon e chase, even though government bounty was ispensed in great abundance, affording them am- le means of support. When the game shall have pees tet we shall be well forward in the work hand, In the country now occupied by the majority of @ tribes of the Dakota nation, bordering on the iasouri River, and by the Rees, Mandans, Gros- entres, River Crows and Assiniboines, near the river, there is but little land that is available ry Paap on account of the great dryness of he Summers and the intense cold of the Winters. ithout irrigation nothing can be grown there save the narrow bottoms skirting the larger water ourses. Some of the tribes there resident are e leavoring to farm, but their efforts have little eflect yond discouraging them from all farming ope ions, They must have a better location for agri- ultural pursuits, else but little improvement can ive made in their condition, The Rees, Mandans and other tribes’ at Fort erthold, numbering about twenty-five hundred ersons, have been engaged in farming for a num- er of years, Their eflorts have not been attended with encouraging success, for asons above taced ; but they are becoming well convinced that heir only oe for the future lies in agricniture, nd they are inquiring for a more favorable loca- ion for farming. I feel confident that their re- oval to the Indian Lerritory south of Kaugas can - missioner’s su, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. be made with their cheerful Lge I Pm their industry and knowled, thoy already possess of agricultural pursuits. will rogress tn the direction of seif-su} Rion. ‘This leads me to allude once more to the subject Src adit ang Bing sth a oes ment of the ‘The events of the year have seemed to confirm the opinion expre: in my last annual report, that the interests of both Indians and whites will be subserved by organizing that country under a ter- nitorial form of government, apportioning the Jands into farms of Drea Oe a ame anaes now thereon, an oaing ces settle other tribes therein, in the same way. It is certain that but little progress can be made in the work of civilization while the Indians are suffered to roam at la) over immense reserva- tions, hunting and fishing, and making war upon neighboring tribes, It is only as ped are led into habits of industry and learn the advantages of labor that anything can be done to elevate them, Industry is the great civilizer; without It no race can be permanently benefited. forts should all tend in that direction which will most effectually cultivate those habits. This can best be done bj placing them upon farms and giving them suc! material aid and practical instruction as will en- able them to cultivate their farms profitably. In proportion as they do this wiil they learn the ad- vantage of our form of life and abandon their ye habits. This must be the work of time; ut I confidently believe the result will vindicate the wisdom of the policy in force. There is-but little in the past to encourage the belief that the adult Indian of to-day can be very thoroughly civiiized. We can hope for little more than to hold him in restraint, confine him to smaller reservations, and induce‘him to re- main at peace, while we devote the energies of the department to the improvement of the rising generation. The policy of reducing the area of present reservations, and consoliaating friendly tribes or bands, may be reggrded as the frst step toward the establishment of the Indians upon farms, We have now under control of the Indian Onice tribes in every stage of civilization, from the partially civilized nations tn the Indian Territory, with their schools, churches and written language, to the hostile tribes of Arizona, which know nothing of the habits of civilization, The former are, no doubt, as well fitted as they will ever be- come in their present mode of life for settlement upon farms of proper size. The latter can only be brought gradually to that condi- tion, the first step toward which, as has been said, is confining them to smaller reservations than they at presen’ ocoupy: This subject has been presented to the various delegations which have visitedthe East, and by the severalcommis- sions to the Indian tribes at their homes, It has been received with interest by all, and while the most of them are not yet saficiently convinced of the ad- vantage and necessity qi an agricultural life to ap- reciate the importance of removal, those who ‘ave made some progress in farming have ex- pressed a willingness to adopt the suggestion, if some of their leading chiefs can be allowed to visit the new Territory and examine their Rroposed new homes, Judicious management will, ina few years, secure the removal of @ large Portion of the oe east of the Rocky Mountains the Indian erritory. I cannot regard the rapid disappearance of the game from its former haunts asa matter prejudi- ¢lal to our management of the Indians. On the contrary, as they become convinced that they can no longer rely upon the Supply of game for their support, will they turn to the more reliable source ol subsistence Turplsped at the agencies, and en- deavor to so live that that supply Will be regularly gq spensed. A few years of cessation from the chase will tend to unfit them for their former mode of lite, and they will be the more readily led into new directions, toward industrial pursuits and peaceful habits, In the present imperfect system of detailed re- orts from agents as to the condition of the tribes a regard to their progress in industry, it is difi- cult to furnish any statement in figures as to the condition of all the tribes. The following state- Ment, however, will show. tne progress made by twenty tribes ‘in the Southern Superintendency during the past four years inthe work of farming and stock raising. They do not include the larger and more civilized nations—Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws—occupying the Indian Territory :-— In population in they have increased. Tn schools. In teachers... In scholars In number 01 In number of bushols wheat ri In number of bushels corn raised Tn number of bushels oats raisod + (12 per cont + $50 per cent 200 pe 300 perc. t + 500 per cent - + 685 per cont from’ 0 "in BEB C0. ...40 00 0 + 9,243 in 1872 In number of bushels potatoos raised.://':. 900 per cent Tn number of tons hay raisod. 750 per cent In number of horses owned by. . _ 250 per cent In number of cattle owned by. 1,009 per cent In number of hogs owned by... 11000 per cont ‘Yotal value........+++ 2:2 "200 ber cent The increase in value is from $751,183 in 1868 to $1,970,285 in 1872, ‘There ts nothing in the sporadic incursions and outrages to weaken confidence in the dnal success of measures now in force for the treatment of the Indian tribes. so far from any cbanga of policy being decided upon or being indicated as neces- saty by the events of the year, there is abundant reason to take all proper steps to render the policy more efticient wherever it may be found necessary and to extend if over tribes where it has not yet ‘been estdblished.~The aid and co-operation of the various aly associations of the country have been of the highest value, The missionary author- ities have done well in their portion of the work. ‘They have not only generally nominated as agents foot men, whose hearts are in the work, but the have molded and directed a healthy public sentl- ment favorable to the Indian policy, without which no measure of governmental policy in this country can be entirely successful. They have done so weil in their branch of the work that Lam loth to assume the appearance of snagestiog or advising any change in their methods, Yet I cannot refrain trom quoting an extract froma report by the As- sistant secretary of the Interior, who made a very extensive tour of inspection among the wild tribes of the Upper Missouri River during the past Sum- mer Thave returned from my three months’ tour among the Indians, more than ever convinced of the propriety and the Jeasibility of the President's policy iu the conduct of In- dian affairs’ If time be given, it must more and more commend itself to the Christian people of the country. It is of so recent origin that it 1s, a8 yet, not fairly inau- gurated in all its details. It seems to me, however, that some of the church missionary authorities have not yet iuily realized the importance of the work which tho President, in the establishment of his policy, invited them to perform, They were requested to select agents, and (he department expected them to name men ot in- tegrity, business experierice and capacity saflicient to conduct the affairs of the agency honestly and efficiently. ‘This has been done in a highly satistactory manner. But the new policy contemplates the moral and religious wel- fare of the Indians, to effect which the agents should be men, not only in fayor of the new. policy, but who will take an active part in promoting itin all its details. This can only bo done properly, as I believe, by men of pro- nounced religious convictions. * * * ‘It isnot enough that agents are willing fo tolerate missionary Work among their Regples they should be men who can and will render efficient aid themselves in the work, and cordially acquiesce in all proper missionary appliances, There are now men on duty as agents who, although gogd business men, have no confidence whatever inthe capacity or disposition of the Indiin for moral or mental improvement, nor an apparently to seq the experiment tried, ‘Such n obstacles to the missio olicy of the government, whom well satisfied the churches which noiinated them would promptly re imove if thelr attention were invited to the subject, ‘These same remarks apply’ to all government employees at the agencies, ‘The success of the present policy ts so encouraging that 1 would gladly see it pertected and carried out to its full- estextentand capacity, ‘he religions bodies have ren- dered such vainable assistance in the past and seem so heartily in accord with the executive and the department that they will undoubtedly act upon the suggestion made above, and wherever it may be necessary replace unfit agents by those who will bé entirely satisfactory to the department, while at the same time Carrying out in other particulars the details of the peace policy. I concur in the suggestions made A the Assist- ant Secretary; and tie department has received evidences from a majority of the missionary socie- ties having a part in this work that those sugges- tions are received in the most cordial Chrisiian spirit and will be acted upon wherever it may be found to be necessary.” “= outigy 2 ad PUBLIC LANDS. ‘ During the last fiscal year public lands were dis- posed of as follows :— 5 ted W i ‘n for homesteads... ated with college scri SAT. 21 714,255.19 5,760. Total......0.005 . + 11,854,975.64 a quautity greater by 1,099,270.25 acres than was disposed of the previous year. The cash receipts, under various heads, amounted to $3,218,100, Dur- ing th me period there were surveyed 22,016,608 acres, which, added to the quantity already sur- veyed, amounts [oO 583,364, acres, leaving un- surveyed an area of 1,251,633,620 acres, The Commissioner's report is accompanied with the usual papers and tabular statements, show- ing in dctail the transactions of his office for the past year. The reports of the United States Sur- veyors General, which form the appendix to his report, are replete with the most interesting in- formation in regard to their respective districts. ‘They ali ms mention of the fruitfulness of the soil during past season, and the increased yleid of all manner of produce, Even in those States and Territories where mining is the princi- pal pursuit, the ae! products have so far exceeded the local demand as to cause large ship- nents of cereals to the Kastern States. The Com- estions jn reference to the pro- priety of consolidating lato one statute the princi- features of the pre-emption and homestead jaws are, in my judgment, specially worthy of the attention of Congress. The necessity of a reor- ganization of the clerical force in his office, and of vosting him with Ltd to appoint special who shall bring the subordinate land ers more immediately under his supervision, is clearly and forcibly stated, and the matter will, 1 earnestly hope, receive the early and favorable action of Congress. I take great pleasure in bear- ing emphatic testimony to the marked zeal, ti tegrity and emiciency of the head of this bureau, and the intelligent promptness with which the duties of his oilice have been discharged, ‘ PATENTS. Needed reforms have been made in the condition of the Patent Ofice during the it year, the most noticeable and important of which is the abolition o1 the old form of Patent Office reports and thesub- stitution th r of the Ofictal Gazette of the Patent Omice, Defective ub. lighed trom tw9 to lire years alter the date of the issue of the patents reported in them, their discon- tinuance seemed to greatly alarm the inventors and manufacturers of the country, and the demand Was to great as to Teguive prove action in, thay uire prompt action ry direction. During the last po ion of Congress au- oan, was given for the panier of the Patent comprising the Commissioner's jecisions, the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts in patent cases, all changes in the rules of practice of the office, notice of al a plications for extension of patents, a brief of the Specifications, and the full claims of all the patents issued, together with such illustrations, taken from the drawings of the pesos. as would give to the ublic @ clear idea of what is patented. It will thus seen that these publications embrace very much more than was contained in the old Patent Oftice ropoess} and, instead of being two or three years behina date, as the old reports were, they are is- sued within three are of the Seine of the let- ters-patent, This work seems to meei the demand, and is received with universal favor. ‘The number of appiication for patents, including reissues and designs, during the year ended Sep- tember 30, 1872, was 19,587; the number of applica- tions for extension of patents, 284; the number of Sppilestions for the registering of trade-marks was During the same time there were issued 13,626 patents, 233 extensions, 656 certificates of registry of trade-marks, and 3,100 caveats have been filed. This shows a small increase over the number of the preceding year, ‘The fees received during the same perid. from all sources, amounted to 700,904, and the total expenditure to $623,553, mal ng the receipts in excess of the expendi- tures to the amount of $77,400. It will at once be perceived that the addition of about twenty thousand applications for patents every year must Lge | increase the work of the ofice, Over two hundred thousand applications for patents have been fled since 1836, and about one hundred and thirty-three thousand patents have been granted. The drawings, models and files accompanying these applications must be so classified and arranged as to facilitate access to them, otherwise there would be constant danger of duplicating patents upon the samo invention, and each year’s accumulation adds largely to this dan- ger. The office 1s now being administered under substantially the same law and the same general organization adopted at its inauguration, when only from one hundred to flve hundred applica- tions were made per annum. ‘ The office has outgrown the plan of organization that was sufficient jor it then, anda new orgauiz- ation has become absolutely necessary to secure to inventors and to the country the benefits of our Patent system. I invite attention to the com- munication forwarded to Congress suggesting a reorganization of the Patent Oilice. The Cominis- siouer urges the importance of a separation of the Patent Oiice from the Department of the Intertor, This matter is embraced in the bill now pending before Congress for a reorganization of the bureau. Another subject to which attention 1s earnestly invited is the necessity for more room for the work of the Patent Oftice. plan has been devised by which it is thought the Model Gallery will be suitl- cient, in all time to come, to store such models as it may be desirable to retain in the ofice, but for the working force and the necessary files of the office there is, great want of rooin. Tt is impossible to transact the business of the office; with safety to the inventors or the manutacturing interests of the country, excepting with more room in which to arrange the files and drawings that must be consulted hourly in the transaction of ollice busi- hess. The work of the office has been conducted in the most satisfactory manner during the entire term of the present Cominiasioner, and I most cheerfully attest his efficiency and capacity tor its manifold and delicate duties, PENSIONS, ‘There are now on the pension rolls the names of 578 widows of soldiers who served in the Revolu- tionary war, a decrease fifty-six since the last an- nual report. The names of 1,157 widows and chil- dren of soldiers who served in the wars subsequent to the Revolution, and prior to the late rebellion, excepting the war of 1812, are borne on the rolls, being fifty-seven less than the preceding: year. During the last fiscal year there were examined and allowed 6,317 original applications for invalid pensions of soldiers, at an annual aggregate rate Of $424,626, and 6,116 applications for increased pension of invalid soldiers, at an aggregate yearly Tate of $261,165, During the same period 7,120 original nsions to widows, orphans, dependent reiatives of soldiers were lowed, at an aggregate annual rate of $950,798, and 290 applications of the same class for increase of pension were admitted, at a total an- nual rate ot $15,853, The number of claims, origl- nal and increase, admitted caring the year, was nual amount of pensions thus 8 ,433, On the 30th day of June, 872, there were on the rolls the names 0 05,405 in- valid military pensioners, whose pensions annually amounted to $8,611,854, and of 113,518 widows, or- phans and dependent relatives of soldiers, whose yearly pensions amounted to $14,530,778, making an regate of 208,923 army pensioners, at a total annual rate of $23,142,633. The whole amount paid during the last fiscal year to invalid military pen- sioners Was $10,145,145, and to widows, orphans and dependent relatives, $17,266,156, making a grand total of $27,411,301, which includes the ex- penses of disbursement. During the same year there were examined andal- owed 151 original applications for invalid 'y pen- sions, at an aggregate annual rate of $14,5: 68 ap. pications of the same Class for increase of pensfon, ata total yearlyrate of $3,915 ; 124 new applications of widows, orphans and dependent relatives of those who died in the navy, at an aggregate yearly rate of $18,494; and 6 pensions ef the same class were increased at an annual rate of $654. On the 30tn day of June, 1872, there were borne on the rolls of navy pensioners the names of 1,449 invalids, at ah annual aggregate of $136,545, and of’ 1,730 widows, orplians and dependent relatives, at an aggregate yearly rate of $269,203; making the whole number of sucn pe! sioners 3,179, at a total annual rate of $405,7 ‘The aggregate amount paid during the last fise: year to navy invalids was $149,442, and to widows, orphans and dependent relatives, $295,185; a total amount of $444,629, which includes the expenses of disbursement. On the 30th day of June, ing 26,190 applications of soldiers and widows of soldiers of the war of 1812, During the year subse- quent to that date there were received 6,546 appll- cations of survivors of that war and 3,815 appli- cations of widows, in all 10,361 applications, mak- ing a grand total of 36,551 claims for pension of this description filed prior to June 30, 1372, Of these there were allowed, during the ‘last fiscal year, 17,021 applications of survivors, at a total an- nual rate of $1,634,016; and 3,105 applications of widows, at an annual aggregate rate of $298,080, making a total of 20,126 claims allowed, at an ag- gregate annual rate of $1,932,096. Four thousand eight hundred and forty-five claims were rejected during the year, leaving 11,580 claims pending on the 30th of June last. On the ist inst. there were Penang 8,184 claims, more than half of which are lieved to be without merit, and will probably be rejected, The total amount paid during the year to survivors of the war of 1812, $1,977,415, and to widows, $335,993; a total amount of '$2,313,409, in- cluding the expenses of disbursement. ‘The number of pensions of all classes granted Curing the past fiscal year, was 33,838. During that eriod there were dropped from the pension rolls, ‘om various causes, 9,104 names, leaving a grand total of 232,229 pensioners on the rolis June 30, 1872, whose-yearly pensions amount to $25,480,578, The amount pald during said year for pensions of all classes, including the expenses of disburse- ments, was $30,169,349, being $2,908,043 less than the amount paid during the preceding year. Four hundred and forty-three bounty-land war- rants were issued during the year for 68,040 acre: [at Dall less than the number of acres issue for the preceding year, During the same period 782 persons availed them- selves of the benefits of the act of June 39, 1870, providing for artificial limbs and apparatus for re- section, or commutation, of whom 458 preferred the latter, On the 30th of June, 1872, there wore on file, un- adjusted, 37,176 claiins for invalid pension, 33,762 Siren or Ween oe (rt) be a i rela- Yes, and 13,580 ¢1 oldiers and widows of soldiers in the Git or ist, ny Ae a total of 82,518 claims. The Comiissioner estimates that the claims for pension on account of the war of 1812 will be disposed of by the 1st of May next. The investigation of frauds continues to receive especial attention, with such gratifying results, both in the detection and repression of wrong- doing, as to demand a continuance of the present olicy. It js estimated that $30,480,000 will be recnircd for the pension service during the next fiscal year. BUREAU OF EDUCATION. The great increase of interest in education throughout the country in the last few years is atifying to every sincere Pics Of this increase F'beniwve the Bureau of Education is one of the principal exciting causes, and the hearty endorse- ment of the office by educators of every section and every sort of institution Is a fitting recognition. The business of tie office has increased so rapidly during the past year that 2,300 letters have been received and 3,500 have been written by it, an increase of more than 160 per cent over the same work last year. More than 33,000 documents have been distributed in the same time, an increase of nearly 200 per cent over last year. The report of the Educational Burean will show the amount and character of the work of the oftice. No previous volume contains such a mine of edu- cational facts and st ties for the guidance and information of the country. I recommend increased appropriations for the office, - it bill, introduced at the last session of Con- gress by the Committee of the House on Education and Labor, providing for the expenditure of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands in estab- lishing an educational fund and in assisting the States in the universal education of their youth, has Teceived the unanimous approval ot the edu- cators of the Union; and I commend it to the favor- able attention of Congress. 1871, there were pend- ORNSUS, The report of the Superintendent of the Ninth Census announces the completion of that great national work. All the tables of the census are now in press, whether for the three quarto volumes authorized, or for the compendium to be published In octa’ The quarto volumes are at the present date wholly in type, except about one hundred and fifty pages of the volume on industry. The population volume will, itis anticipated, be laid upon the desks of members on the assembling of Congress, in December. The other volumes will follow with only such interval as is required for press work and binding. The recommendation made by the Superinten- dent for acensus to be taken in 1875 will, I trust, receive the early and earnest attention of Con- gress, The additional reason urged by the Super- intendent that a census in 1875 would £°, far to se- cure the taking of the federal census thereafter at intervals of five years has even stromger claim to consideration. It is unquestionably true that the matress yn ae eee the a, uses is too long for proper ormation o Congress and the boay of tizens as to the ma- terial condition, wants and resources of the na- tion. No one will dispute this, But, in view of the doubts which might not unreasonably arise in the minds of some as to this construction and of the jealousy of the States more stable in population arising from the fear of parting prematurely with portions of their representative power, I would recommend that the census of 1875, if authorized and zorues for, should be distinctly divested of a olitical character, and the next redistribution of ongressional represeatation be left to follow the census of 1880, as in due course by the constitution. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. The operatious of the United States geological survey have been very much extended the past season, owing to the increased Appropriations by Congress, It was deemed advisable by the depart- ment to continue the work of exploration in the little-known region of the Northwest about the sources of the Yellowstone, Missouri and Snake rivers. Accordingly, the chief geologist was di- rected to organize two properly equipped parties. One party, under the immediate direction of Mr. James Stevenson, took, as its initial poin len, Utah, and proceeded hence to Fort Hall, Idaho. From this point a careful survey of the Snake River Valley was commenced. The party ascended the valley on the east side to the sources of Henry’s Fork, thence to the sources of the Madi- son, Where they crossed the divide to the head Waters of Snake River, and desconded this river to Fort Hall, ‘he great Teton range was patient Seppred and located. Madison Lake, which has hitherto been regared as the source of the Madison, has proved to be the source of Snake River. Many very important chan; were made in the geography of this interesting region. ‘fhe second party, under the direction of Professor Hayden, proceeded to Bozeman, Mon- tana, and there commenced an examination of the Yellowstone to its sources. The Gallatin and Mad- ison rivers, with their numerous branches, were carefully mapped. The National Park, with its unique borders, was examined in more detail, and great numbers of sketches, photographs, spec! mens, &c., were secured. A great mass of obser- vations in astronomy, meteorology and topography were obtained, and the collections in geology, bot- any and natural history were more extensive and interesting than those of 4 preceding year. The materials for a report, both of a practical and scientific character, exceed those of any previous season, Besides the two partics mentioned above there were five small parties making .special examina- tions, under the auspices of the survey, in different parts of the West. The lege have all returned from the fleld, and are busily engaged in preparing wee = aha to be submitted to Congress at an RAILWAYS. . The subaceiptions, to the stock of the Union Pa- cific Railroad Company amount to $36,783,000, of which $86,762,300 has been paid. The receipts for the year ending June 380, 1872, from the transporta- tion of passengers, were $3,067,808; of freight, $4,122,651, and from miscellaneous sources, $771,711 ; total, $7,962,170, The entire cost of the road and fixtures to said date (unadjusted balances with contractors not included), was $114,258,535. The indebtednéss of the company at the same date amounted to $75,894,572, of which $27,286,612 is due to the United States, The Central Pacific Railroad Company, by con- solidation, now embraces, besides the original company of that name, also the Western Pacific, the San Francisco and Oakland, the San Francisco and Alameda and the California and Oregon com- pies. Stock to the amount of $59,644,000 has been subscribed and $54,283,190 paid. The receipts for the year ending June 30, 1872, from transporta- tion of passengers, were $3,620,519, and of freight, $5,753,246; total, $9,373,765. The expenses were $4,317,332, leaving net earnings tothe amount of $5,056,433, At the close of said year the indebted- ness of the company amounted to $80,900,132, of which $27,855,680 was to the United States, The stock subscription of the Central Branch Union Pacific Company is $1,000,000, of which $980,600 has been paid, The receipts for trans- portation of passengers for the year ending June 80, 1872, were $60,807, and for freight, $83,6u2; to- tal, $144,469. The expense of the road and fixtures have been $3,723,700. The company’s in- debtedness (exclusive of first mort; ge. ponds, Seo and the government loan, a, 000) 1s 06. The amount of stock of the Kansas Pacific Raul- way Company subscribed 18 $0,992,500 and the amount paid in is $9,621,950, Receipts for the year ended June 30, 1872, trom transportation of pas- sengers were $1,351,837; of freight, $2,156,190, and from miscellaneous sources, $79,600; total, $3,551,628, The construction and equipment of the road have cost $20,602,074. The total funded debt of the company ts $26,044,600, and the amount of the other hiabilities ‘and indebtedness is $2,031,102, making a total of $28,125,702, of which $6,303,000’ is due to the United States, On the 19th of October, 1872, you accepted the western part of this road, extending from the 393.9425 mile, and terminating in Denver, Colorado Territory, 638.6 miles from the initial point, The amount of stock of the Denver Pacific Rail- way,and Telegraph Company, subscribed and paid in, 18 $4,000,000, This road, running in a nearly north course, 106,33 miles trom Denver, Colorado ‘Terri- tory, to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, where it connects with the Umon Pacific road, was com- pleted in the summer 01 1870. The receipts for the year ended June 30, 1872, jor transportation of pas- Bengers, were 176,512; of freight, £170,709, and trom miscellaneous sources, $8,060; total, $395,088, The cost of construction and equipment of the road and telegraph, to thea date last above stated, was $6,493,800, and the indebtedness of the company to that date was. $2,519,076, The road and telegraph line were, on re-examination, accepted by you on the 2d day of May last. The amount ot stock of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company subscribed 1s $4,478,500, of which $1,791,400 has been paidin. The receipts for the year ended June 30, 172, from the transportation of passengers, were $63,548; of freiglit, $85,803; of mails, $7,549; from express, $1,735, and from mis- cellaneous sources, $3,768; total, $162,405. The ex- pensea during that period were $152,062. ‘The in- debtedness of the company is $5,361,977, of which $1,623,320 1s due to the United States, At the close of the last fiscal year (June 30, 1872) the amount of subscribed stock of the Southern Pactic Railroad Company Was $9,384,000 and the amount actually paid in $8,404,000. The com- pany reports that suryeys have been made from the end of the completed road, a point 100 3-10 miles from San Francisco, to Fort Mohave, on the Colorado River, via Tehachapi Pass, and from said pass to Fort Yuma, on the Colorado, via Los Angeles and San Bernardino, The cost of these surveys has been $65,894. The amount re- ceived during sald year for transportation of pas- sengers Was $383,563, and of freight, $291,908. The expenses on account of the road and fixtures for said period were $376,278, The indebtedness of the company is $5,750,000, Seventy and twenty-six hundredths miles of this road have been completed in a first class manner aud have been accepted. The road commences at San Jose, California. The entire cost of the road and fixtures, together with the lands tor stations, &c., since the organization of the company, 1s estimated at about $12,000,000, The amount of stock of the Texas and’ Pacific Railway Company subscribed Is $2,600,000, of which $200,000 has been paid in. The company has neither bonded nor floating debt. It is progressing rapidly with its surveys, having a number of corps in the field; but, as the final reports have not been re- ceived, no definite description can be given of the line of road surveyed and fixed upon for construc- tion. The receipts of the company from 16th Aptll, 1871—the date of its organization—to the Ist July, 1872, have been $204,392, and the disbursements amount to $125,056, leaving a balance in hand of $79,335. The line of this road will be ‘from a point at or near Marshall, county of Harrison, State of Texas; thence by the most direct and eligible route, to be determined by said company, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, to a point at or near El Paso; thence by the most direct and eligible route, to be selected by sald company, through New Mexico and Arizona to a point on the Rio Colorado, at or near the southeastern bound- ary of the State of California; thence by the most direct and eligible route to San Diego, Cal., to Ship’s Channel, in the Bay of Sin Diego,’ in the State of California, pursuing in the location thereof, as mear as may be, the thirty-second parallel of north latitude.” The act of Congress of May 2, 1872, (17 Statutes, 59) requires “that the said ‘Texas and Pacific Railway Company shall commence the construction of its road at or near Marshall, Texas, and proceed with its construction * 80 ag to have at least one hundred consecutive miles of railroad from sald point complete and in running order within two years after the passage’’ thereof, and 80 con- tinue to construct, each year thereafter, a sumM- cient number of miles, not less than one hundred, to secure the completion of the whole line within ten yeal {ter the date of said act: “Provided, however, that the sald company shall commence the construction of said road from San Diego east- ward within one year irom the of this act, and construct not less than ten m before the expiration of the second year, and, after the second year, not less than twenty-five miles per annumn jn continuous line thereafter between San Diego and the Colorado River until the junc- tion is formed with the line from the east at the latter point, or east thereof.” The name of this Pag a Bel changed by the said act from ‘Texas Paciilc Railroad Company” to “Texas and Pacific Railway Company.” The report of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company for the year ended June 30, 1872, shows that $16,400,000 of stock has been subscribed, and that $16,375,000 has been paid in, The company has completed since the daté of its last annual re- port the road from Prairle City, in the Indian Terri- tory, to Vinita, in the same ‘Territory, a distance of iiventy-one’ and one-quarter miles. The road and telegraph from Pacific, Mo., to Vinita, a dis- tance of 227% miles, has been completed. Parties have been during the last year surveying for the road in texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The total cost of surveys to June 30, 1872, was $162,173, and the amount received during the year ending on that date from pasgengers was $325,007, and for freight $790,030, ‘The cost of railroad an¢ fixtures up to the same time was $31,608,044. The total indebteduess to that date (including assumed debt of $7,191,050 of South Pacitic Company, whose road from Pacific, Mo, to Springfield it has ob- tained by purchase) was $16,013,999, The mort- ‘ages of the company were received and recorded by the Department, as required by law, in Novem- ber and December, 1871, One hundred and twenty- five miles of this road audits telegraph pe lave been accepted, of which @fty were you on the 6th of December last. opameged Stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company has been subscribed to the amount of $10,000,000, and certificates for 165,326 shares, of $100 each, have been issued. The cost of surveys up to July 1, 1872 (so far as reports have been received by the company), was $44.20. The accounts, &¢., are not iy in & condition to render an accurate report of the amounts received from passengers and Pot ae during the year, ‘The expenses of the road and fixtures have been $11,481,467, The indebted- ness of the company is reported to be $20,442,245. On the 20th Febru: last a map of preliminary route from the crossing of the iver of the North, at Fargo, in Dakota, to a point opposite the mouth of the Walla-Walla River, Washington Terrt- tory, a distance of about 1,448 miles, was received by the department. On the 1st instant commis- sioners were ordered to examine and report upon the completed portion “irom the junction with the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, near Thom- son, Minnesota, to the Red River of the North,” adistance of about 228 miles, Their report has not yet been received, The company report that, on the 30th ultimo, cara passed over the track for a distance of 113 miles west of the Red River. Track has recently been laid at the rate of two and @ quarter miles a day, The report states that, at the present rate of construction, the road would be completed to the Missouri River by the 3d prox. ‘The character of the soil in Dakota through which the road passes is reported very good grain and grazing of an average excel to Itinois lands. Water is abundant. a Timber ts scarce, The construction of buildings for depots, engine houses and water stations 1s proqreeane rupidly, The work of the company in establishing and preparing for construction the line of route to the Yellowstone River and up that stream was re- sumed during the year, The location of the line of route has been “greatly retarded at various oints by hostile Indians, The company ‘as this year surveyed and examined the Mis- sourt River ubove the Great Falls, and determined that it is practicable for steamboat navigation up to Gallatin Forks, distance of 220 miles, They have also found that a short ratiroad ts practicable around those falls, at small expense. Thus the whole course of the Missouri River can be made available to commerce and to the settlement of the vast region it drains. Surveys have been in prog- ress on the Salmon River line in Montana, making & connection therewith of the survey in progress on the Wisdom River line, The survey of the route from the Columbia River to Lake Pend d’Oreille is reported complete, It is also reported that seventy- five miles of the road from the Columbia River to Puget Sound will be in operation at the close of the season. The road and telegraph of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rallway Company,, from the southern line of Kansas to the Arkansas 'River—a distance of 86.76 miles—was accepted by you on che 17th of May last. On the 28th of last March I accepted the first filty miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, ex- tending “from a point on the north bank of the Arkansas River, opposite the pry ot Little Rock, called ‘Argenta,’ to a point fifty miles north, called ‘Judsonia,’ near Little Red River,” On the 13th of December last the seventh sec- tion of twenty miles of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, in Nebraska, was accepted by you. This section extends from the end of the 120th mile of said road west of Plattsmouth, And on the 18th instant commissioners were ordered to proceed to the examination of an additional portion of fitty and three-quarter miles—from the 140th mile to @ connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, ‘Their report has not yet been received. On the 11th March last you accepted the fifth and sixth sections of twenty miles each of the road and telegraph line of the Oregon and California Rail- road Company. This portion, with the sections previously accepted, makes a length of line already reported upon and accepted of 120 miles, com- mencing at East Portland, Oregon, and ending at a | danieg two and a half miles northwest of Eugene ye On the 16th February last Laccepted the first sec- tion of twenty miles of the road and telegraph of the Oregon Central Railroad Company. This road is to run “from Portland to Astoria, and from a suitable ieee of junction near Forest Grove, to the Yamkill River, near McMinnville, in the State of Oregon,” THE VIENNA EXHIBITION OF 1873, The exhibition of the resources and products of the country at the World’s Exposition to be held at Vienna in 1873, so far as the same may be prac- ticable, is deemed of such importance that the ne- cessary steps will be taken, so far as I have the power, to forward a complete series ofsuch reports of this Coporanent as may be necessary for that purpose. The reports of the Land Office of the ninth census and the Qficial Gazette of the Patent Office will farnish a very full statement of our progress ‘and resources; while the reports of the Indian Omee, of Pensions, of the Bureau of Education and of the geological survey of the Territories will show the methods we have adopted in these seve- ral directions. Such an exhibition will best serve to place the United States in her proper rank among nations. ENGLAND’s Duty TO AFRICA.—Almost for the first time in history, declares the Spectator, it has be- come possible to act on the advice offered by Lord Brougham forty years ago, and declare the kidnap- ping of human beings by sea-going vessels_ piracy, to be punished in any port, after the trial, with the highest sentence of the law. Itis, we believe, per- fectly possible for Lord Granville, who is exerting himself heartily to put down the slave trade in Eastern Africa, to obtain an agreement from all the civilized Powers establishing a code of two or three clauses which in five years would stamp the crime out everywhere; would put down kidnap- ping in Zanzibar, in the Fiji Islands and in the Archipelago, and relieve humanity finally of an in- tolerable buraen. It is for England to take the in- itiative in this work, not only because public opinion here is matured npon the subject, not only because she has for half a pensasy led the way— Gallios like Lord Palmerston being on this point as determined as the most fervent of philanthro- pists—but because it is the one cosmopolitan work of rivalry and disinterestedness she {eels just now competent to perform. Nothing lowers the stand- ard of a nation’s character like the abnegation of every duty to the world, and it is to this seliish se- clusion that this country, “weary,” the Germans say, “of action,” weiry,as we should say, of the contrast between the grandeur of its external history and the wretchedness of sections of its people, now ute tends. We have surrendered the guardianship of feeble States, the defence of freedom, and even the protection of the Protestant faith, and are fast becoming convinced that no- thing is worth an effort except the preservation of our trade, The suppression of kidnapping through- out the world is, however, & duty we can still, if we please, perform, for it is one on which the public mind is not seriously divided, or divided only by disagreement as to tg expedient method. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. MoCartny—Goon.—In Huntington, L, I, on Thursday, November 238, bs the Rey. J. J. Crowley, Joskvu J. McCartay, of New York city, to Miss Saran A. Goon, youngest daughter of sohn Good, Esq., of Moss Grove, L. 1. No cards. . Died. ALEXANDER.—At Philadelphia, Pa., on Satarday, November 30, DAVID WYLIE ALEXANDER, iD tie 80th year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 237 West Sixteenth street, New York, on Tuesday, 3d inst., at one o’ciock P, M. BaILeY.—In Paris, on Tuesday, October 22, Lucy, pee of the late Joseph T. Batley, of Philadel- tia. if ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesitay, De- cember 3, at two o'clock, from the residence of Morris R, Stroud, 426 South Broad steet, Philadel- hia, BERTRAND.—On Sunday, December 1, MARGARET BERTRAND, the beloved wife of Henry Bertrand, aged 49 years. The relatives and friends of the family, also the members pea Lodge, 323, F. and A. M., are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 42 ee street, on Tuesday, De- cember 3, at one o'clock. BRENNAN.—On Saturday, November 30, Tomas BRENNAN, @ native of the parish of Killasbick Brone, county Sligo, Ireland, age 34 years, The relatives and friends of the te are in- yited to attend the funeral, on Monday, December 2, 1872, from the Sisters’ Hospital, on the corner Seventii avenue and Eleventh street, at one o'clock, and thence to Calvary Cemetery for inter- ment. BRoTHERTON.—On Saturday, November 30, 1972, ALICE BRoTHERTON, the beloved daughter of Elisia Brotherton, aged 5 years and 9 months. The funeral will take place this (Monday) after- noon, at one o'clock, from the residence of her uncle, George H. Farley, 168 Varick street, Rela- tives and friends are invited vo attend. nds WILLIAM BuaGy.—On December 1, Funeral on Monday, December 2, at two o'clock, Buaey, age 6 months and 13 days. to Calvary Cemetery, from 730 Eleventh avenue, BurGeR.—On Friday night, November 29, of a LEUTITIA BURGER. ropsy, Mi Friends and relatives are requested to attend KY ag ge from 177 East 111th street, on Tuesday, at one P. M. CLARK.—On Saturday, November 90, JonN CLARK, in the 50th year of hit 7 Funeral irom the residence of his brother David, Seventy-seventh street and Boulevard, on Tuesday, December 3, at one o'clock P. M. CoLHouN.—On Saturday, November 30, Joun Co.uouNn, Commodore United States Navy, in the Toth year of his age. The relatives and friends, also oMcers of the army and navy, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, at Trinity chapel, West Twenty-fifth street, on Tuesday, December 3, at half-past twelve o’clock. At the request of the deceased vhere will be no military honors at the funeral. The remains will be taken to Woodlawn Cemetery for inter- ment. A special car will leave Grand Central depot, Forty-second street, at 2:30 P. M. joons.—On Sunday, December 1, FREDERICK Coons, aged 61 years, $0 months and 7 days. His funeral will take place on Tuesday, the 34 inst., from the residence of his brother-in-law, Ber- nard Haver, 277 South Fifth street, Williamsburg, The friends of the family are invited to attend without further notice, Danw#1.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday afternoon, Novemper 30 after & lope iiness, WiLLiaN D, in the 634 -of his age, nati b deeuatire, Scotland ba ng, native Of Aare ‘The relatives are invited to attend the funeras from his late residence, 371 Madison street, om Wednesday, December 4, 1872, at hali-past ten A.M. Scotland papers please copy. Dougny.—On Sunday, December 1, at his resi- dence, 93 Sackett atreet, Joun Doneny, aged 26 years, The relatives and friends of the family are re- gpecstalty invited to attend the funeral, from St. Hy rd chureh, Carroll street, South ‘sey grams on Tuesday, December 3, at one o’c! to Cal- vary Cemetery, There will be a solemn requiem mass offered up for the repose of his soul, on Tues- ba morning, at ten o'clock. LLivit.—On Saturday, November 30, EREs® ine eldest son of Dr. Augustus G. and Lizzie A. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his father, 120 West Forty-second street, on Tuesday next, at three o'clock, Pon Banden, Decemben 1, CHARLES 5 ‘umshanly, Tyrone, Ireland, aged 36 years, vidmniaeeilbeatice The relatives and friends of the family are In- vited to attend the funeral from 342 Hast Eleventh: ereeh on Tuesday, the 3d instant, at one o'clock FRONK.—Suddenly, on Friday, November 29, EpwIn ©. FRONK, only son of Vincent R, Fron«, im. ~ geen yeas i his age. riends of the family and the members of the New York Stock Exchange are invited to attend the incre). rom Christ church, Jersey. Cit; re igs on Tuesday, December 3, at eleven o’cloc! A. Newark and New York’ Railroad, {oot of skeriy street, 9:45 train, stopping at Bergen GILBERT.—On Saturday, November at five o’clock P. M., after a long and painful illness, a the residence of her parents, 144 Fast Fourteentls street, Cora A. GILBERT, only daughter of George fe ant Lucy Gilbert, aged 25 years, 4 months and days. Notice of funeral on Tuesday, serene (N. J.) and Chicago (Ill.) papers please Ys % IgH.—On Sunday, December 1, LaMont G. Hian, aged 32 years, 6 months and 20 days, ‘The friends of the family are respectilly invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, December 3, at ten o'clock, from his late residence, No, 302 Kast Twenty-seventh street, Hays.—On Saturday, November 30, Miss Kirry Hays, an inmate of the Home, aged 88 years. The funeral will take place from the Home, 328 West ‘Thirty-second street, this day (Monday), December 2, at ten o'clock A.M. Members of the Bnat Jeshurun Ladies’ Society, friends of the de- ceased and the Jewish public are respectfully im- vited to attend, Jowirr.—On Saturday, November 30, JosEPH Jowirt, in the 33d year of his age. Funeral from the residence of his brother, Josialt Jowitt, 112 Park avenue, Brooklyn, on Tues any, December 3, at two o'clock, ELLY.—On Saturday, November 30, 1872, MAR Keene @ native of county Kildare, Lreland, ea Her relatives and friends and those of hor sons, John and William P, Kelly, are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 1,413 Broad- way, hear fifty-third street, on Monday, December 2, at two o'clock P. M. Kissam.—On Saturday, November 30, MARGARBP H, Kissa, widow of Rev. Samuel Kissam, aged 76. Relatives and friends of the family are’ respect- be A Aaa 3 attend 18 petal, from her late ‘esi ce, First place, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, Daceriee 8, foes th oveloak'P. M. ‘a is : ‘A RUE.—On Sunday, December 1, Isa, La Tug, tn the 630 year of his age. pict The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, Rowe his late residence, 306 West Eleventh ‘street, on Tuesday, the 8d inst., at one o’clock P, M. MarsH.—At two P, M. on Sunday, December 2, ta Ng 60th year, HENRY Marsu, after @ short il Notice of funeral to-morrow, < MITCHELL.—On Saturday, November 30, JOHN JAMES MITCHELL, @ native of county Donegal, Ire- land, in the 63d year of his age. The friends of the family and those of his sons in-law, George J. Godfrey and Francis Mathews, are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, on Mon- day, December 2, at one o’clock P. M., from his late: residence, 343 East Sixty-sixth street, near First avenue, Moop.—On Tuesday, November 26, 1872, at Charleston, S. C., Marta LouisE, beloved wife of William G. Mood, Jr., in the 24th year of her age. The relatives and friends of Mr. Theodore Brush and family are requested to attend the funeral services, at Clarkstown Reformed church, Rock- land county, on Tuesday, the 3d inst, at one o'clock P. M. MORRELL.—On Saturday, November 30, TUNIS MORRELL, in the 63d year of his age. The relatives and iriends of the family are ree spectfully invited to attend the funeral, trom bia late residence, 109 East Eighty-third street, om Tuesday, December 3, at eleven o'clock A. M. MccConmick.—On Sunday, December 1, 1872, Man- TIN, the son of Michael (deceased) and Margaret McCormick, aged 2 years, 2 months and 13 days. The friends of the famtly are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his mother, 563 First avenue, on Monday, December 2 McMurray.—On Sunday morning, December f, of consumption, JEFFERSON J. MCMURRAY, aged 33 years, 1 month and 15 days. The relatives and friends of the family, aslo the members of Pivett Lodge, No. 195, F. and A. M. ; the Masonic Board of Relief, Knickerbocker Lodge, No. 22,L 0.0, F., and P, J. McLaughlin Associations, are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 169 East Fourth street, om Tuesday, the 3d inst., at one o'clock P. M. MCSWEGAN.—On Saturday, November 30, 1872, Saran WEbBER, Wile of Francis McSwegan. ‘Tne relatives and friends are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 340 East Fifty-seventh street, on Tuesday, December 3, at one o'clock P. M. NEVILLE.—At her residence, 421 West Forty- seventh street, on Sunday, December 1, Many LAVINIA, beloved wife of Richard L, Neville, in the 27th year of her age. Notice of funeral hereafter. O’BEIRNE.—On Sunday, December 1, MARY ELIZA, youngest daughter of James R. and Martha S. O'Betrne, in the 3d year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the rest dence of her grandmother, Mrs. Patrick Brennen, corner Eighty-fourth street and Boulevard, on Tues- day morning, December 3, at ten o'clock. Punss,—On Saturday morning, November 30, Mrs. ELLEN Purss, in the 58th year of her age. Her retatives and friends, and those of her son, Joseph D. Purss, are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her brother, John Gelston, 877 Union street, Brooklyn, on Monday, December 2, at half-past two P. M. REYNOLDS.—On Sunday, December 1, WILLIAM S. REYNOLDS, M. D., aged 22 years, House Surgeon of Roosevelt Hospital and youngest son of Rey. J. Ly Reynolds, D. D., of Columbia, 5. C. SHANLEY.—On Sunday, December 1, after a short illness, ROBERT SAMUEL SHANLEY, son of Jonn and Margaret Joscpline Shanley, aged 6 years and 6 months, The relatives and friends of the eee respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence of his parents, 27 Little street, Brooklyn, this day, Meonane the 2d inst., at two P. ekport papers please copy. SPERING.—On Saturday, November 30, at 372 Bleecker street, of consumption, Mary Srexina, Rad of we W. Spering, aged 60 years, é months an: day. Funeral services will take place in the Universal ist church, corner Bleecker and Downing streets, on Monday, December 2, at half-past one P. M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Squine.—On Friday, November 29, 1872, Samat A. Squire, daughter of Susan L. and the late Lewis L. Squire. Funeral services will be held at her late rest- dence, 10 West Thirty-sixth street, on Monday, December 2, at one o'clock, P. M. SviEsL—KeYsToNE LopGE, No, 235, F. AND A. M.—Members of this lodge are hereby summoned to mect at the lodge room, corner Bowery and Bleecker street, on Tuesday, December 3, at twelve M,. sharp, for the purpose of attending the funeral te brother, Conrad Stiesi, Meets j JAMES M. MILLS, M. Srewant.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, November 80, THOMAS STEWART, aged 43 years. ‘The relatives and ‘friends, aiso the members of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 440, F. and A. M,, are in- vited to attend the funeral, from the Church of Our Father (Rev. H. R. Nye), Clermont, near Atian- tic avenue, on Tuesday, December 3, at one P. M. TuckgR.—In this city, on Saturday, November 30, at the residence of her sister, Mrs. J. B. Beek, Fray Moore, daughter of the late Fanning C. Tucker, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Church of the Incarnation, Madison avenue and a street, on Tuesday, December 3, at ten o’clod! UNDERUIUL.—At Stamford, Conn., on Sixth Day Friday), November 29, alter a brief illness, SALLY pi widow of George Underhill, in the 69th year of her age. . ‘The funeral will be held at Friends’ ee House, Twentieth street, Gramercy Park, on Thi Day (Tuesday), December 3, at a quarter past tem o'clock A.M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend without farinee notice, The remains will be taken to Woodlawn, “WALLER. —On Saturday evening, November 30, after a lngering iliness, gatas WOLF WALLER, ip the 57th year of his age. Relatives and friends ot the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 331 East Houston street, on Tuesday, December 3, at ten o'clock A.M. WILsoN.—Suddenly, on Saturday, November 20, at Mendlam, N.J., Ws. WILSON, M. D., of Now York, in the 67th year of his age. Notice of funerat hereafter, WILson.—On Saturday, November 30, at her residence, 102 Second avenue, Bripaxt, the be- loved wile of William L. Wilson, in the 57th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family, also those of her brother, Jobn J. Fitzgerald, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Church of the Nativity, Second avenue, on Tuesday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, from thence to Calvary for interment, Dublin papers please ha: Woop.—On Saturday, November 30, Freperice G. Woop, a native of England, in the Gist year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are rer spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from. hie late residence, 87 Grand street, Brooklyn, | his (Mum, day) aiterngon, Decgmber 2, al two Q'olocke Sage VRARSUEE ANSE A AUPE (PARTON Weememmnmmenereeeeere anemic: neanen eer eneternt tee