Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-12-07


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en~nlrv.
Ths r.port Of III aeer,&erv a War and
~ occo66on vine aoe,l1IellSS. = IN aetnil The
camuaiens Of ~ 49, = - fcId siucea
the date q fhe ~ annsal nSeeaee. and H.
"a tha opcrnfions e tie eevseo1 Adslinistsa-
ton n,aenans of - War sDeoogtnncut d..
ring the last geaf. II Will slso spoeiGy the
mess,,res deemed essential for t..s National
|sdclenSc. ana 70 ken a. and . S6pplv the
resiquite militaSy Gree. tn svpees Of the
Secretary Of the Navy presents aDmprs-
l,ensive and sstisfsetcry sxhahte' Of the Of.
fairs Of that Department, and of the Naval
service. "A.
Il il : snbiset az con~rsAnlstion and
/ laudable nr;dc n onr co,,ntrvsnen Inst :
NAVY uf such vast proportions ~ been or.
v.n;netl r. 90 hrier osr;nd Ana CONDUCTED
vith = ,nnch eliiciencv ea.d euccess. The
uener.l exhibit 81 ~ ,,avv. including ves.
81. ,,r<l.r constr,,cfion- On the lat of De.
cen,ber. 1864. shows : total Of 07i yereels.
carrvinr 4.eiO runs and 6l(l. sos tons. be.
inp nm sctnal increase during the wear. ovrr
ana above al losses by shjpwreck Or in bat
lie. of SO vessels. i67 guns and 42.427
tons. The total number Of men 1t this
time in the naval service. including officers,
IL about 81 900. There have been captured
IN tina navy during the wear. 824 vessels.
ard the .hole nns,l,er of naval csotures
since host;l,ties commenced il 400. Of
mich oa7 80 stos,,,or. The or,,s. rro.
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ceeus .r's'pg .vn une s"'e - 'ol'ucu''es'
p'ss P. Up mus -, 49, ~, .' Hc"s
" Sl4,ooo,]ov;oH -. s'Dcu"' - sue''
proceeos u Sill unaer aoJud'cat'on. ana yer
to be reported. 1he totai expenditures o.
the Navy Department OF every description,
including the cost OF the immense squad
rons that have been called into existence,
from the 4th Of March, 1861, to the 1st Of
Nov. 1864. are x23S. GA. 262.35. Your "a.
vorable consideration ia invited to the va
r;o,,s rscom m.rd,t;,,ns of the Necretsvv AZ
~. No. as,.ac;.li,, !, roc.r.a ~ . N.sv
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tug Lnac''i"sly s"u asnnaine'' 'ol W, enPs'
~ w"'c'l references was "soe !" NY lss' sn'
nual message.
Your attention IS also invited 70 the views
expressed in the report III relation to the
Legislation Of Congress at its last session in
respect to prizes IN our inland waters.
cordially concur in the recommendation Of
the Secretary NJ to the propriety Of creating
the new r.nk IF V;ce Admiral in orr naval
service
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the Post Mas,er Genera for detailed account
Of The operations and financial condition OF
the Post Office Department The postal reve
nues for the year ending June SO.h, 1864,
amounted 20 tlx,48os xoS.SS, Ala soe exPeno'-
lures $iI.os4, ~, tue excess .. eApen"l-
lures over Eece,p.s ce'og vsvU,oeS.4o. NE
ser. p.I ,,.s. - s.J r..s,. ~ ~ nas
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i,n.s ~ ocesn mai, sss. sh;n. and lhs noi;c,
r. recom mends for the dsreioomsut Of ~
creased numerical intercourse Win adjacent
and ueis hboring countries should receive the
careful consideration Of Congress.
II 10 Of noteworthy interest that steady
expansion Of population aud Improvement 10
Governmental institutions over the new aud
unoccupied portions Of our country have
scsrcs'y been checked, mach less impeded or
destroyed, oy or great cish va. vn'ca .
urs. e,ance "ouo seem 20 ne. nave a
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Ns,sds has nssn "onn,;sd ~ :. "o" ,ao
| .;th law ana TIM. onr rrce,,ent sr.,em /.
drmlv este blished IN The mo.ntains which
once seemed 4 barren aud uninhabi a..
waste between the A .lant'c States and those
which have grown ~ on the coast Of the Pa.
ciHc ocean.
The Territories Of. the United States arc
generally in condition Of prospcritv. and
he ranid growth Of Idaho and Montans. nv
r..son NJ their Great distance and tho IN.
,errnntion of communication with them Inv
Indian hos.ilitie,. have Leen onlv nar,ially
orv.n,xcd. . mt + Is understand thu. ti,cs..
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