Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-12-17

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lisve6. psf6 er6k ,aors amply pfosidsd
"a 1ioss lih6sIsy and pannssally paid !;
and Il nay 81 Sddsd shss BIZ no psoples
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ssaz uIore ehsstfally borne. s.
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asxs wssk % kAse esssscs eepy, vAsa ws yill |
pasfisA sAss paxs -aDs. suszA &, .s
Without tho aassas&gs &c Paaais wesks
tbs gsssasesa Of the pstian AAs . been de-
vslopsd and It's power displayed in he
sanatgneEion OF . navy 1t such masnir
tads, HhisA kas al shs very psxiod ef is
esaation sendeeaa signsI service 70 The
Unioa.. Ths Increase at .sha. naahes 81
sssnsa u the pahlis sswyias froa 1000
zaen In the spriag ef 1851 % about aas-
coo as tia preaans siuae has esaa accom-
pliahsd without any especial legislation
or extraordinary bouaty 20 psomots shas
increase, IL has been fosad ihoweysrs
shss The Operatives Of the draft 9Th kigh
boaasiss paid foF army reoraits b. begin.
ming DO eGaos iniarloasly the naval ssryr
lee, and viii il not eorTsossds hs likely
70 impAiT ~ ssiaisasy hyl assssassaS asa
men FROM thsir psapsz Renasioa and NJ
dseiag than TO enter the arms. there
fore respectfully suggest thai Congress
mi&ss aid both the army ana nasai ssss-
lee hY adequate provisions on this sub
isesv whiah waala- At tho sasas ssaae be
aqaisabls 70 the oaamaaiky more ssps'
OiaIly- interested n II Eeeara.
/ recommend to gsur considerations too
waggession Of tie Secretary Of sAa Mary
in regard 10 the peliay of sostariag aud
sxafnins asamen for Naval service. The
Naval Academy ID rendering sigaaa service
in preparing midshipman fos sha highly We
spomsihle duties which In after life they
will be required 10 perform In order thai
the souusFy should not be deprived ct ed
ucAsed oaisars, for whish legal provis~
iona has been maize mt tha Nasaa school.
Th8 vacancies aaa ssd bE the asgisct, or
omissina, to maks Ruasimas Ions fxem
States in iasasreetion, have bsan 6llsd
by abs Secretary Of the Navy. The
sshsol la n0w more full Aaa soznplaEc
thaa ss any prsviess period and In every
respect entitled TO the favorable eonsid-
sE~tsOo OF Congress -4l .+--a .@7 r'
During the past Hseal year ths anaq-
oiai condition Of the Post 0fhes depart
meat has been one Of Increasing prosper
isy and l am grattisd in being able to
asste that the receipts Of the Postal rev
snae have nearly cquAled the entire ex-
psnditures, che latter amounting 10 III
Sid, 900 81 and the former 20 81 49,
4i8 90, leaving deficiency of but $50, :
Alt Is. Ia 1850, the year itnsnesiiatefy
proceeding fhe rebellion the deficiency
amounted TO $S $50, T0S 80 tbs postal re-
ceipss of that year being i,t45, T22 10,
less than that Of 1868, the decrease since
1850, IN the annual amount q trauspor-
tasios has been only shout p per cent,
but the annual expenditure, On account
Of the same hss been reduced s. PER cent.
LIS manifest therefore that the Post
0fEee Depar may become self-sus-
tanning In few years sysn with the res
toration Of the Whole service. The inter
nsaiaaal soafsseBse Of postal delegates
FROM tbs pRissipal countries % EsFope
and America. whieh was caiief at the
the suggestion OF the Postmaster sieneral,
mss at pasis CD alse llsh of May, last,
and esnulasasd iEs deliberations CD the
Ssh Of Jsns the principles established
by the 4coafanemue are best advanced to
faeilikase postal inssrcousse bsEweeu Ma
~ a h., g
tioas inaugurats general system of ami.
sorEn International charges AZ reduced
E@tss OF postags, aasa cannot fail to pro
daes bsueaaai Fesuits- "
/ refer you 10 the report Of the Secre-
tAry of khe Interior which is herewith
laid before you fer useful anil varied in
formation in relation to the public lands,
Indian affairs, patents, pensions and all
other matters Of pubic concern pertain
ing TO bis department. Tho quantity Of
land disbarsed d. mig tbs last and the
Hrst quarter or the present hseat year,
3,s4f SAC acres of which 1911 ,9ll acres
were sold for cash, | ,456 524 acres were
taken ap aadeg tbs homestead law, and
the residue disposed of under the laws
grausing lands fog military boansies, for
railroad and other purposes. IL also APP
pears that she gale Of the pubic lands Is
largely On the increase. Ii has long been
a sAsgighsd opinion Of some of our wisest
statesmen, thai tha people Of the u. ..
had . higher and more iadaFing inter
eas in the early settlement AMI substSH-
klAl calsivatIen Of the public lsnds than
in the anauas Of direes revenue 70 be de-
rived frem this sale Of them. This opin-
iOu has had castEolliag iafaence In
Shaping the lsgisIaEion on the subjeos OF
oar Sssionsl domain. may cite a. evi
dsnaa Of this the liberal measures adopt
ed In reference to active settlers, the grant
20 the States of the overaowea lands
within THAR limits ia order to their haing
reclaimed and rendered Eit fST ealture. -.
The grant to railroad eompaniss Of altar
nsts sections Of land apoa tho conseiE.
plassd lines Of their Foads, when eam-
plsssd, will too, largely multiply the ia
cilitiea Of reaching eur dsasARt possess
sions. This policy hss rsssis ID iss most
signal and bsneScisns illustration In the
resent enaSsmsuE granting hsaasseads 60
actual sssslegs, since the fret cay of JAN
uary lest. Tbs before xnensioaed guam
sisy Of 4 y&56, Ala acres Of lard has bees
taken up under Sta provisions. This fact
and the azaoans OF salssy furnish graft
:yssg svsdsaes OF increasing settlement
upon shs pablie lands. 1H
Notwithstanding the great struggle In
which the enemies al the nation havs
bssn engaged, and has Seqairsd so Large
. withdrawal OF our ailixans from lheiI
accustomed parauits.. cordially con.
eur 10 the recommendations Of the Score.
saTJ Of the EasesieFs Suggesting . modi-
heatioa Of The act Ia favor of those en-.
gagged In shs military and naval asrTiss
81 The United States. doubt moi thai
Congress viii ChsssfaIly adopt such
Measures ~ will. without essentially