Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-12-14

The cash received from sales and location
fees was SlO.l94.46. The income frcm
sales during the fiscal y,ar ending June
so, 1854, was s67S, coz q, against 81
SCOO77,75 received during the proceed
ing year. The aggregate pumber OF acres
surveyed duiirg the ,,ai has teen equal
to the Quantity diflo,d Of, and there is
epen to settlement about lS3,000,00o,
acres of surveyed land.
o - The great en- terprise of connecting the
Atlantic with the Pacific states by rail-
way and Telegraph lines has been entered
upon with vigor that gives assurance
of success, notwithstanding the cmbar-
ra.sments arising from the prevailing
high prices of materials and labor. The
route of the mail line of the road has been
defpately located for one hundred miles
westward from Il e in tial point at Omaha
city, Nebraska; and a preliminary loca-
ton of the Pacific railroad of California
has been made from Sacramento eastward
10 the great lend of Murker river in Neva-
da. Numerous disco, cries of gold, silver
and cinnatar mines have been added to
the mauy heretofore known, and the coun-
try occupied by the Sierra Nevada and
Rocky mountains and the subordinate
ranges new teens With enterprising labor
which is richly rcmunerative. 1t is be-
loved that the product of the mines of
precious metals in that region during the
year reached if not exceeded ono hundred
millions in value.
1t was recommended in my last annual
message that our Indian system be remod
elled. Congress at its last session, acting
upon the recommendation, did provide for
recognizing the system in California,
ard it is believed that under the present
organization the management of the In
dams there will be attended with reason.
able success. Much yet remains to be
done to provide for the proper government
of the indians in other parts of the coun-
thy, to render it secure for the advance
settler. and to provue fof the welfair of
the Indian. The secretary reiterates his
recommendations, and to them the atten-
ton of Congress is Invited.
PENSIONS.
The liberal provisions made by Congress for
paying pensions to inNa soldiers and sailors
OF the republic. and to the widows. orphans and
dependent mothers Of those who have fallen in
battle, or died OF disease contracted, or OF
wounds receN ed in the seiN de of their county,
have been diligently administered. There have |
been added to The pension rolls during the year
en,iing the 3Oth day OF June last the names of
l6,fiU invalid soldiers and Of 81 disabled sea
men. making the present number OF army Invalid
pensioners 22i, 6T2 Of navy invalid pensioners
5I2; Of widows. orphans and mothers ~ l9S |
have been placed on the army pension rolls and
24S on the navy rolls. The present number of
army pensioners OF this class is 20, 433 anu of
navy pensioners 1913.
At the b ginning of the year, the number Of
revolutionary pensioners was 1850 only twelve
of them were soldiers, of whom seven have since
died. he remainder are those who under the
law receive pensions because Of reis tionship to
revolutionary soldiers. buing the year ending
the Both Of June, 1864, 81 5Oi Gl6,9 2 have been
paid to pensioners Of all classes.
] cheerrully commend to your continued pat
rohage the benevolent institutions OF the dis
trict of tOiumhia which have hitherto been Ell.
tabilshed or fostered by Congress, and respect.
fully refer Tor information concerning them, and
in relation to the Washington acqueduct. tho
capitol, and o1her matters OF local interest, TO
the report of the secretary.
The gricutural department, under the super.
vision OF its present energetic and faithful head
israpidy commencing itself to the great and vi.
tai interest il was created to advance.
The most remarkable feature in the military
operations OF the year is Gen. Sherman's at
tempted march OF three hundred miles directly
through the insurgent region. 1t tends to show
great increase Of our relative strength that our
general-in.chlef should feel able to confront and
hold in check every active force OF the enc my
and yet to detach well appointed and large ar
my to move on such an expedition. The result
not yet being known conjecture In regard to ii
~ not here INDUCED.
Important movements have also occurred dur.
ing the year to the effect or moulding society for
durability in the Union. Although shert Of
complete success, 1t is much in the right direc-
ton that ~ 900 citizens in each Of the states of
Ark. and La have organized loyal state govern
ments, with free constitutions. and are earnest
ly struggling to maintain and administer them.
The movement in the same direction. more ex-
tcnsive but less definite, in Mo /, KY. and Tenn,
should not be overlooked But Meryland pre-
sents the example of mpete SUGGEST Md is
secure to liberty and the Union for all the future
The genius of rebellion will no more claim Md.
Like another foul spirit being driven out. 1t
may rend and tear her, but it will WOO her no
more, .u.lH -tl.
AT the last session of Congress a proposed
anhendfnsnt OF the constitution. aboshing slav
cry throughout the United States, passed the
Senate, but failed for the lack Of the requisite
two-thrds vote in the House Of Represen tatives.
Although the presentis the sam0Congress and
nearly the same members, and without question
ing the wisdom or patriotism of those who stood
In opposition, venture to recommend the recon.
federation and passage of the measure at he
present session. OF course The abstract question
is not changed, but an intervening election shows
aimot certainly that the next Congress will pass
the measure. II this does not. Hence this Is on
Iva question OF time as to when the proposed
amendment will 60 to the states for their action,
and as IT Is to govern all events, may we not
agree that the sooner the better. 1t Is not clear
that tue election has imposed duty on members
I'd charnc their vieNs mr. their vntae an - F,.tb..