The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-07

toieures Of the Msyy Dsparsussi. Il eves
descriplion. ipelaiias, ,ihs -. e - !.
q .sdSJ sqssdsssv ahas 6avit ! f1 IN !
70 existence since the 4th Or March. les
p the Lee Of November, 1854, arc 923S
e47,262 IS. Yopr fsvosabls eonsiderI
/ 6oa j. invited q ~ tuslouS rscSa66ad :
stsons Of the Secretary Of the Navy. esp4
sally in regatd % . navy yard and emit.
Die establishments f0f the coostructio
and repair Of Iron vessels. and the lnaohin
ery and sr1or fer ar ships, 10 whie
fessfsass wss n64s u ny Lest annus
message.
/ Aour attention 10 also invited 70 tb
vevs sxprsssed insthe report i. relat;e,
70 the kgis'stios d Congress q 4be ir
session in respect to prises captured Q,
cur inland waters. ! cordially spprov
the recoumendssioa u the Secretary /,
% the propristy Of ersating the ssw rsal
OF vice Adnirsl 10 our naval service.
.Iess stssntiSs.is invissd u ID bsuo1e,
ef the Post Master General for ! denilet
acoouet Of the Post OfRee Department
The Pos0l kSsesas ~ The ySar IeosI;uo
June 81, 1864, amount . ole l3s 253 7s'
and the expenditures ~ eia, GA. s6 %,
the excess of sxpssdi,uses oyer III. 8.
csipts being eSO6. .659 49. The viev,
presented b. ths Pest Assesr Geuer.l !.
ths subject Of special yrsnts IN aid Of tie
establishment Of new lines of ocean mail
sesanships and the policy rseom n.ended
for the dsvalopaeat as -insressS,r oom .
merciAl Intercourse With adjacent ana
ne'ghboring countries should receive the
cassfascons'densiop Of Congress.
II 10 OF nstsworthy istsrsst sthsl the
steady expansion Of population asd i'm
provement af GovernmentaI institut;or.
osef the new and unoecupied portions II
our country have scarcely been checked.
much less impedei or destroyed by our
great civil var, whisA, ~ firss sight, would
seem 70 have absorbed almost the entire
energies Of the nation. The orgapix,ti q
and admission of the State Of Nev,d.
bas been in conformity with law, sad th.s
cur excellent system il firmly established
IN the mountains which once a. med :
barren and usinhabi,sbis y,asts bssvess
The Atlantic Gtates and those which baye
grown up on the coast of the Pacific
ocean.
The territories Of the United States are
generally in oonditios Of prosperity aod
rapid growth. Idaho and Msn,ano, by
reason oft6eir great di.tases aud he in
terrupt.on of communication With them
by Indian hostilities, have teen only par,
TALLY organized, built il s.aert,,ad that
these difficulties are about /, dis appear.
which will permit thei. govern nenss ike
these If the others 70 go into speedy and
full operations. Az intimaseiy connected
With and promotive Of this material
growth OF the nation, / AK the at:sa tios
Of Congress to The vlls8sls infosuatiJs
and important reco0m.ndss ssion relative 10
the public lsads. Isdian sGair., the Pa.
ciic railroads and mineral disco er ;>s eno
tainsd in the report Of the Secretary Of
the Interior, which il herewith sranssais-
ted sad sAish report alss subraoss the
subjects OF patents, pensions and ssher
topics Of public interest pertaining to his
The quantity Of public lands disposed
OF during the Eve quarters ending On the
30th Of September. last, was 4,92l, ,34a
acres. of which !, ,53S,6l4 acres were en-
tered under the Homestead Lar. The
remainder was loestsd With military land
warrants, agricultural script. certified a
States for railroads and sold for cash.
Tho cash receipts from the sale and locs-
tioa fees vas $l.Ol9. .446; the incom.
from sales during the 6scsl year ending
June 3Oth. 1854, vas e67, 800. .72l agains,
els. .eO7, ,7sS, rsssipss daring che preoed
ing Year. The aggregate Il acres sur-
veyed during thSysas has besn equal to
the quantity disposed Of and there 10 open
to sstusneat abou. l33, ,000, 900 acres Of
land.
The great enterprise Of connecting the
At'assio With the Pasi6e States b. mil.
ways and telegraph lines has been entered
upoa with ayigor that gives assurance Of
-ueces, nosvishstsbdisg tho cmbsrrass-
meHts arising fron the prevailing hiah
psices .oi material sad, labor. The .roste
of the main line Of the read mrs been
ds6stely loeassa for one hsndred nilss
westward from Omsbs City. Nebrasks,
and preliminary location Of the Pacific
Raikosd u CilifosniA has beet made from
Sacramento eastsard 70 the great bend OF
Of Mocker river in Nsvsds. Numerous
discoveries pf gold, silver and cinnibar
mines havs been added to the many here
tofoee ksowa, ead the coaasry occupied
by the SiaErs Nevads and Rocky Noun
,ains, and the Subordinate ranges, now
tenn with enterprising labor, which Is
richly remunerted. Il is believed that
The. sprodqcfs sof tAe~ mines a ,pseeisus
metaas tn thhsregiou hss, during The year,
reached. il not exceeded, one hoaarsd
million dollars ID vslaS. Il was recon-
mended in ny lass annual message that
the miplag eysteR Ae. rewpdeled by Con
esseaAa hSspstt tsSl6ss = Asttsg 81 tke
Recommendation i did provide for reor-
ganisipg thA Asyptsm - California, and il
il b6lisssd Yhas' 'as4If fhx bfs1soe 6rrani.
saeios; the management Of ibe IDdiaps
thcre viii be attended with reasooabie
success. Mach yee ssuaine 70 be doas to
provide fprjths proper goverpmept Of the
Indnss = ether psats Il M oo1etfJ 10
render y Securs for sAs sdyauoisgs sssilen,
- - penyide IL. ~ vslfass q ssha l..