Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-13


lls ~ and armour on our ship, to which releren
oi was made in my last annual message
o' Your attention is also invited 10 tho yiey
It expressed in the raport in relation to the leg
Is lation Of Congress at its last session in respo
= to prizes on our inland waters.
e cordially concur in the Recommendation
D. the Secretary as to the proprety OF creating Il
u new rank OF Vice Admiral in our naval servic
10 Your attention is invited t. the report Of Il
Il Postmaster General for a detailed account
r The operations and iipancia condition Of q
= Post Olhce Department Tho postal reveul,
d iJf tho year ending Jln3 %, 1861, amountc
t) Sl2 ,43o 253 rs, and tho expenditures
q Sl2 ,644, ,1SG 20, The excess of expenditur,
! over receipts beng S206,652 AZ The view
presonted by the Postmaster General on th
subject Of special grants by the Government i
: aid OF the establishment Of a new line of oc,ar
) mail steamships and the policy he recommend
lor the deyeopment OF increased commercial IN
tercjurs9 with adjacent and neighboring coun
trles shoult receive the careful consideration o
Congress
~ OF noteworthy interes. that the stead,
} expansion OF population, improvement ami GOV
eTnmenta Institutions over the new and unoc
odpIsd portions Of our country. have sclrcel,
been checked, much less lmpedcd or DESTROYED
BY our great civil war, which at frst glance
would seem to have absorbed almost the entr,
energies OF the nation. The organization anc
admission Of the State Of Nevada has been com
pieted 10 COMO nifty with law, and thus our
excellent system is firmly established 10 the
mountains, which once seemed barren and
inh0spltaole waste, between the Atlantic States
ana thoss which have grown up on the coasi OF
tho Pacific ocean.
Ine Territories OF the | Mon are Renraly in A
condition OF prosperity and rapid growth. Ida
10 ana VI ontana, by reason oil their great dis
tanca3 and the interruption Of communication
Nlsb them, by Indian hosslities, have been only
partially organized bot it is understood that
these difficulties are about TO disappear, which
will permit their Governments, like those Of the
others 20 60 into speedy and full operation.
As Intimately connected with and promotiys
OF thls material growth Of the nation ask the
attention Of Congress TO the valuable iniorma
ton and important Recommendations relating
10 the public lands Indian Affairs, the Paci6c
kAlroid and mineral discoveries, contained n
toe report o. the Secretary Of the Interior.
which is herewith transmitted, and which re-
port also embraces the subjects Of patents, pen
sion' and other topics Of pubic interest per-
's.ning to bI department.
The quantity Of public land, disposed Of du-
ring the five quarters ending the 30th OF Septem.
Der last was 4 % ,342 acres, Of which ,53s,6l4
acres were entered under the Homestead law
The remainder WAS located with military land
warrants agricultural scrip certified to States
for railroads and sold for cash. The cash re.
cei7ed frou sale, and location fees was 81 0l9,-
44o. The income from sales during the hsoal
year ending June 30, 1864, was S67s ,007 q,
against Sl36077 95 received during tho pre-
cseding year. The aggregate number of acres
'urvey.d during the year has bsen equal to the
quantity disposed ut, aud thoro is opened to set.
tlenent abou. 1873 000, 900 acre, Of surveyed
land
The grsa, enterprise OF connecting the Atlsn.
tic with the Pacific states by railways and tele.
gtaph lines has been entered upon with vigor
ikat gives assurance Of succsss notwithstanding
the embarrassments arising from the prevailing
nigh prices OF material and labor The routs
OF the main line of tie road has been definitely
.ocas't for one hundred miles westward from
the Initial point a. Omaha City, Nebraska, and
preliminary location Of the Pacific railroad of
California has been made from Sacramento
eastward to the great bend Of Mucker river 10
Nevada.
Numerous discoveries Of gold, silver and Gin.
nabag mines have been added to the many here
toiore known, and the country occupied by the
Sierra Nevada and K cky Mountains and the t
subordinate ranges now teens with en,erprisng
labor which IL richly remunerativc. IL il be- /
leved that the prolsc, of the mines OF precious I
metals in that region has during the year
reached, If not exceeded, one hundred millions |
ia value.
Il was recommended in my las. annual m.s-
sage that our Indian system be remodeled Con-
gress, at its last session, acting upon the recon-
meudaton, did provide for reor2anlEng the /
tystem in California, and it is believed that un-
der the present organization the management
OF the Indians there Will be attended with rea-
sonabls success. Much ye. remains to be done
to provide for the proper Government Of the
lndans In other parts OF the country to render |
It secure for the advancing settler and to provide
for the welfare Of the ladiAn. TIE Secretary
his recommendations, aud 70 them the .
attention Of Congress is invited.
The liberal provisions made by Congress for
paying pensions 70 invalid soldiers ami sa lors OF
sue Republic, and to the W dOw,, orphans aud
dependant mothers of those who have fallen
IN battle or died Of disease contracted or OF
wounds received in the service oil their country, /
bave been diligently administered. There have
been added to the pension rolls during the year
ndng the 30th day Of June last, tho names Of
10, ,770 inyalided soldiers and Of 27l disabled
8 amen, making the present number Of army
invalid pensioners ~ 767 and OF navy invahi
pensioners l..
of widows, orphans and mothers % l9S have
been placed on the army pension rolls, and ais
)n the taTy rolls. The present number Of army
psnsl0ns oi thus class is % 49, anl Of navy
pensions ,J3. Al the beginning Of the year the
rnmoer OF Revolutionary pensioners was 1880.
Olly l. It them were soldiers Of whom ! have
'ince dc1. The remainder are those who under
the ,aw Ol--rocelya pensions because Of rela-
'lonsalp to Revolutionary soldiers. During the
year ending III 30th o. June 1864, ~ jOi GIG
- have bse1 paid to petitioners OF all classes.
| choorully commend 10 your continued pat.
-onsge the benevolent institutions OF the Dir
ric, OF Columbia which have hitherto been
established and ios,ercd 10y Congress. aud re.
ip,e.ully rdcr Tor Information concerning them
,ni 10 reetion % tho Washington squeluct.
ha Capitol, and other matters OF local interest,
% the Iepor! OF the Secretary.
4He AhINVettVlA RepaFtmeht, uhuvt the ,
supervision Of It's present energetic and faithful
read, is rapidly commanding itself to the great
nd vital interest It was created 10 advance IL
= peculiarly Tho peoples Department, 10 which
hey eel more directly concerned than in any
lther | commend 1t to the Continued atten. , !,
ion AMI fostering care OF Congress
The war conunues. Since the last annual
re-sago vi tho important linci and positions
hen occupied By olr forcos have besn main
aimed, ard oar armies have steadily advanced
hus lbartins tho regions lott 10 the roar, e., \
hnt Mt..url knnInrkR I.nnsssan mi nnrt. I