The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-12-14

Whether or not any further Legislation is
advisable for the suppression of State
Bank issues, it will be for Congress to de.
termine. 1t seems quite clear that the
Treasury cannot be satisfactorily conduc-
ted unless the Government can exercise
restraining power over the Bank cote
circulation Of the country.
Ees s. Z WAR RDEPARTMENT. i
The report of the Secretary of War
and the accompanying documents will de-
tail the campaigns of the armies in the
heid since the date of the last Annual
Messszsy yand- else che opef4tfous OF the
several Administrative Bureaus of the
War Department during the last year
1t will also specify the measures deemed
essential for the national defense, and to
keep up and supply'the requisite military
force. = eie1
p = .se,i NAVY DEPARTMENT.
! The Report of the Secretary of the
Navy presents comprehensive and salts
| factory exhibit Of the affairs oe that De-
partment and of the naval service 1t is
subject of congratulation and laudable
pride to our conutrymen tn navy of
such2vast proportions has been organized
in so brief a period and conducted With
SO much efficiency and success. . The
general exhibit OF the navy, including
vessels under, construction, g on. the first of
December, 1861, shows q total of GIL
vessels, carrying 4,610 guns and $40 1896
tons, being an actual increase during the
yearfover and above all losses bv. ship
wreck or in battle, of So vessels, I67
guns and 42,427 tons.
The total number OF men at this time
in the naval service, including officers, is
81 900. There have been captured by
THE snavy during tho year, 324 vessels,
and. the whole number Of naval captures
since hostilities commenced, is 1,30D, Of
which 267 are steamers. The, gross pro,
iceeds arising from the sale of condemned
lptike properly thus far ported, amounts
10. sI4, 1896, ,250;51. sAsiarge amount of
| such proceeds is still under adjucation
and yet to be reported. The total ex.
pepditnres of the Navy Department 81
'eyery description, including the cost ol
the immense squadrons tnat have been
called into existence from the, 4th o1
March, ,1s6l, to the lst of November
1864, are S23S,647, ,292, ,35. sa =
orr Favorable consideration is invited
to The various Recommendations of the
Secretary of the Navy, especially in re.
gard to Navy Yard, and suitable estab,
lishment for the construction and repair
of iron vessels and the machinery and
armament for our ships, toswhich refer.
enee was made In my last annual message
Your attention is also invited to the
views expressed in the report IN relation
to the legislation of Congress at it's las,
session. in respect TO prizes on our inland
waters. cordially concur in the recon-
meodation of the Secretary as to the pro.
priety of creating the new rank of Vice
| Admiral in our naval service
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Your attention is directedfo the report
eff the Postmaster General for detailed
| account of the operations and financial
condition of the Pos: Office Department
The postal revenue for the year ending
June 80, 1864, amounted to sl2 ASS. 1858 :
81, and the expenditure to Sl2, ,644,786,.
20; the excess of expenditure over re.
ceipts being $20, ,206 .652, 50. The views
presented by the Postmaster General on
the subject of special grlnts by the Gov,
ernmeut in aid of the establishment OF
new lines of Ocean Mail Steamships, and
the policy he recommends for the devel-
opement of Increased commercial inter-
course with adjace ut and neighborins
countries, shonld receive the careful con-
sideratien of Congress,
THE NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES.
1t is of noteworthy interest that the
steady expansion Of population, improve
ment and governme ntal institutions over
the new and unoccupied portions q o!
our country have scarcely been checked
much less impeded or destroyed. by ouI
great civil war, which at first glance vol d
seem to have absorbed almost the entire
energies of the nation. ~
The organization and admission of the
State of Nevada has been completed in
conformity with law, and thus our excel
lent syten is firmly established in the
mountains, which once seemed barren
and uninhabitable waste between the At
lantic 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 Montopa,
by reeson of great distance and the inter
ruption of Communication with them by
Indian hostilities, have been only partial.
ly organized; but it is understood that
these difficulties are about to disappear,
which will permit their Governments
like those of others, TO go into speedy and
| full operation. As Intimately connected
with, and promotive of, this material
growth of the nation. I ask the attention
of Congress to the valuable information
aud important recommendations relating
to the public lands.
| INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Indian affairs, the Pacific railroad, and
mineral discoveries are contained in the
report of the Secretary of the Interior
which is herewith transmitted and which
report also embraces the subjects of Pat
ents, Pensions, and other topics of public
n