to the State of Indiana from the sales of public lands within her limits, from 1st December, 1816, to 31st December, 1847, has been withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by said resolution, and applied to the payment of interest due by said State on her five per cent. stock held in trust by the Secretary of War, for the time being, on Indian accounts, as follows: 13 year's interest on $3,000, from 1st January, 1841, to 1st July, 1842... 6 months' interest on $71,000, from 1st July, 1842, to 1st January, 1843 ... 2. years' interest on $71,000, from 1st January, 1843, to 1st January, 1845.... 4 years' interest on $70,000, from 1st January, 1845, to 1st January, 1849.. Total amount of interest due and thus paid by Indiana, to 1st $225 1,775 7, 100 14.000 23, 100 Wherefore, I have the honor to transmit herewith 924 coupons, of the State of Indiana, for $25 each, $23,100, to be forwarded by you to the proper officer of that State, as evidence of the payment of the above amount. Please to acknowledge their receipt. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. W. MCCULLOCH, First Comptroller of the Treasury. W. L. MARCY. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 27, 1843. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith 136 coupons for $25 each, amounting to $3,400, being twelve months' interest due 1st January, 1842, and 1st July, 1842, on $68,000 Indiana State stock, held in trust by the Secretary of War, for the time being, for the Chippewas, Ottawas and Pottawatomies, (education.) This amount formed a part of the appropriation made by act Congress approved 31st August, 1842, of $15,600 92 "to make good the interest on investments and State stocks, and bonds for Indian tribes not yet paid by the State, to be reimbursed out of the interest when collected." The United States having been reimbursed the aforesaid sum of $3,400, by withholding it from Indiana's proportion of her distributive share of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, these coupons are now sent to you to be forwarded to the proper officer of the State of Indiana. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. W. MCCULLOCH, Esq., J. M. PORTER, Secretary. First Comptroller of the Treasury. To the Senate his acceptance of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, executed by Vinnie Ream, and recommending an appropriation to pay the remaining installment due for the same. JANUARY 11, 1871.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, SIR: Pursuant to a joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Vinnie Ream for a statue of Abraham Lincoln," approved July 28, 1866, the then Secretary of the Interior, on the 30th day of August, 1866, contracted with that lady for a life-size statue of the late President Abraham Lincoln, to be executed by her, for and in consideration of the sum of $10,000, one-half payable on the completion of the model in plaster, and the remaining half to be paid on the completion, to the acceptance of the Secretary, of the statue in marble, and the delivery of the same to some officer in this city to be designated by the Secretary. By the act of March 3, 1869, (Stat. L., vol. 15, p. 292,) Congress appropriated $5,000, to meet the first installment then due, and the same was paid to Miss Ream. The statue in marble has been completed to my entire satisfaction, and I have this day instructed the architect of the Capitol to take charge of it. I have the honor to recommend that an appropriation of $5,000 be made to pay the remaining installment due to Miss Ream. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. DELANO, Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Vice-President of the U. S. and President of the Senate. Secretary. In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th of December, 1870, information relative to the probable cost of the improvement of the Umpqua and Willamette Rivers, in the State of Oregon. JANUARY 12, 1871.—Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, The Secretary of War has the honor to submit to the Senate of the United States, in compliance with the resolution of December 5, 1870, such information as is in his possession relative to the probable cost of the contemplated improvement of the Umpqua and Willamette Rivers, in the State of Oregon. WM. W. BELKNAP, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, SIR: In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 5th ultimo, for such information as may come to hand prior to January 1, 1871, as to the probable cost of improvement of the Umpqua River and of the Willamette River, above Oregon City, in Oregon, I herewith transmit copies of reports upon the examination and survey of these rivers, made under the direction of Major R. S. Williamson, Corps of Engineers, in compliance with the second section of the act of July 11 last, making appropriations for rivers and harbors. It can 1. The Umpqua is a small, rapid stream, the navigation of which is obstructed principally by benches or ledges of sandstone rock. be made navigable for about seven months in the year with a depth of four feet above its low-water stage, from Scottsburg, 25 miles above its mouth, to Roseburg, about 120 miles further up, for about $22,500. The improvement of this navigation would reduce the local freight perhaps $20 per ton, and the amount saved on the imports of the Umpqua Valley alone for less than one year would more than pay for the removal of the obstructions. 2. Willamette River above Oregon City, Oregon. Steamboats navigate the river between Oregon City and Salem, 65 miles, during the entire year, and as far as Corvallis, 42 miles above Salem, for eight months of the year. During the high-water stage they run about 100 miles further, to Eugene. The carrying trade of the river is in the hands of a company which, within the last few years, has improved the navigation at some of the bars by building wing-dams in the river to contract its width, and by an increase to the current to wash the finer material from the shoals. The results in some cases were satisfactory, and would have been better had the dams been better constructed and placed in more favorable positions. The officer making the survey submits estimates for temporarily improving the navigation by repairing and modifying these dams and constructing others, amounting to $16,000, which would enable boats to make the trip from Oregon City to Salem in a few hours less time and to carry additional freight. The resolution is herewith returned. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. A. HUMPHREYS, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers. The Honorable the SECRETARY OF WAR. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, December 12, 1870. GENERAL: In accordance with the order of the Chief of Engineers, dated Washington, July 23, 1870, placing me "in charge of the survey of the Umpqua river, Öregon, and instructing me to inform myself of the nature and extent of the surveys required, and to submit at an early day a project and estimate therefor, having regard to the strictest economy," I have to submit the following report: A surveying party, consisting of Lieutenant Heuer and three assistants, under my supervision, sailed from here on the 2d of September. Upon our arrival in Oregon, the party was placed in the field, surveying the bars of the Upper Willamette river, while Lieutenant Hener and I went by stage to Roseburg, Oregon, with the view of getting information in regard to the Umpqua river. While there, we conversed with parties interested in the navigation of this river, and ascertained that a small stern-wheel steamboat, drawing about thirteen inches of water, had, during this year, when the river was about four feet above its present low-water stage, ascended the river from Scottsburg, 25 miles from its mouth, to Roseburg, a distance by the river of about one hundred and twenty miles; but that the river had such a rapid current, and so many obstructions, that the boat had to be hauled through the rapids by lines, and was six days in getting to Roseburg. The boat then returned to Scottsburg. This, I believe, was the only attempt ever made to navigate the river with a steamer. We intended to examine the river by descending it in a skiff, but ascertained that in some places the river had not sufficient depth of water to float the skiff, and there was then no one in Roseburg who could pilot us down river; we therefore hired a wagon and concluded to go down the river by the wagon road which approaches it at many points, and by this means endeavor to obtain material for making a report. After traveling along the river for portions of two days, we arrived at Saw. yer's Rapid, a distance of about fifty miles by land from Roseburg. Here we met Captain Horn, who had piloted the steamboat up the river, who informed us that Sawyer's Rapid was the lowest obstacle to the |