The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-12-08

1t is of noteworthy interest that the steady
expansion of population and improvement,
and the governmental institutions over the
new and unoccupied portions of our country,
have scarcely been checked, much less inn
peded or destroyed by our great civil war,
which at tirst glance would seem to have
absorbed almost the entire energies of the
nation.
The organization and admission of the
state OF Nevada has been completed i'll con-
formity with law, and thus our excellent
system is firmly established in the mount
aims which once seemed barren and unin-
h2D.t2ol0 waste, between the Atlantic
States and those which have grown up ON
the coast Of the Pacific Ocean.
The Territories of the United States are
generally in condition of prosperity and
rapid growth. Idaho and Montana, by
reason of their great distance and the inter
ruptlon of communication. with them by
Indian hostilities, have been only partially
organized, but it is understood that these
difficulties are about to disappear, which
will permit their governments, like those
OF others, to so into speedy and full opera
ton.
AS intimately connected with and promo
tive of this material growth of the Nation,
ask the attention of Congress to the valuable
Information and important recommendations
relating to the public lands, Indian affairs,
the Pacifici railroad and mineral discoveries.
contained in the report of the Sec rotary of
the Interior, which is herewith transmitted,
and which report also embraces the subjects
OF patents, pensions, and other topics of pub
lie interest pertaining to his department
The quantity Of public land disposed of
during tine five quarters ending on the 30th
Of September last, was 4,221, 342 acres, of
which 1913, GA acres were entered under
the homestead law. The remainder was To-
Gated with military land warrants, nd agri
cultural scrip, certified to States for railroads
aud sold Tor each. The cash received from
sales and location fees was 81, 019,446. The
income from sales during tho fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1864, was $678, O07.21, a.
gainst $l36, 077.95 received during the pre-
ceding year. The aggregate of acres
surveyed DUNG the year has been equal to
the quantity disposed of and there is open
to settlement about one hundred and thir
| ty-three million acres of surveyed land.
The great enterprise of connecting the
Atlantic with the Pacific States by railway
and telegraph lines, has been entered upon
with yigor that gives assurance Of success
notwithstanding the endorsements arising
from the prevailing high prices of materials
and labor The route Of the main line of the
road has been definitely located for 100 miles
westward from the initial point at Omaha
City, Nebraska, and preliminary location
of the Pacific Railroad Of California, has
been made from Sacramento eastward to
the Great Bend Of the Truckee River, in
Nevada. Numerous discoveries of gold. sill
yer and cinnabar, mines have been added to
the many heretofore known, and the
country occupied by the Sierra Nevada and
Rocky Mountains, and the subordinate ram
ges, now teens with enterprising labor
which is richly remunerative. 1t is believ
ed that the products Of the mines of precious
metals in that region has reached if not
'exceeded 100000, 900 in value.
1t was recommended in my last annual
message, that our Indian System be relnod
/ eled. Congress at the last session. acting
upon the recommendation, did provide for
the recognizing Of the system in California
and it is believed that under the present or
ganization and management of the Indians
there, will be attended with reasonable ST. c.
cess. Much yet remains to be done to pro-
vide for the Indians in other parts Of the
country, to render it secure for the advan-
J cling settlers, and to provide for the welfare
, of the indians. The Secretary reiterates his
recommendations and to them the atten
of Congress is directed. "s .a Z.
The liberal provisions to invalid soldiers
and sailors Of the Republic, and to the wild
cws, orphans and dependant mothers of
those who have fallen in battle, or died of
disease contracted, or wounds received in the
service of their country, have been diligent
ly administered.
There have been added to the pension
no lie during the year ending the 90th day
of June last, the names of 1910 invalid
soldiers, and of 271 disabled searnen, making
the present number of army invalid pension
ers %, 1871 and the number of navy inval-
id pensioners 712 OF widows, orphans aud
mothers %, 1913 have been placed on The
army pension rolls and '24S on the navy
pension rolls. The present number ofarmy
pensioners Of this class is, 25,433, and of ma
Wy pensioners 1893 At the beginning of
| the year the number Of revolutionary pen
sioners was l, 430. Only II of them were
soldiers, of whom seven have since died
The remainder are those who, under the
law, receive pensions because of relation
ship to revolutionary soldiers. l" oi. ID
@During the year ending the 9Oth OIL June,
1854, 81, 504, 80 have been paid to pension
ers of all classes 7"t
cheerfully commend to your continued
patronage the benevolent institutions of the
District of Columbia, which have hitherto
been established or tostered by Congress,
and respectfully refer, for information con
corning them nd in relation to the Wash
ipgton Aqueduct, the Capitol and other
matters of local interest, to the report of the
Secretary. . 7.a
The Agricultural Depar tment under the
supervision of its present energetic and
faithful head, is rapidly commencing itself
to the great and vital interest it was created
to advance 1t is peculiarly the peoples
department, in which they feel more direct
ly concerned than in any other i com
mend it to the continued attention and tos-
tering care of Congress.
The war continues, but since the last an
nual message, all the important lines and
positions occupied by our forces have heen
maintained, and our armies have steadily
advanced, thus liberating the regions left in
the rear, so that Missouri, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, and parts of other States have again
produced reasonably fair crops. The most
remarkable feature in the military operaa-
lions of the year is Gen. Sherman's attemp-
ted march of 800 miles, directly through
the insurgent region. 1t tends to show a
great increase of our relative strength, that
our General in-Chief should be able to con-
front and hold in check every active force
Of the enemy, and yet to detach a well
appointed large army to move on such an
expedition; the result not being known, con-
lecture in regard to it is not here INDUCED
in.
Important movements have also occurred
during the year, to the effect of molding So
ciety fol durability in the Union Although
short of complete success, it is SO much in