The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-12-13

e led into existence from the. 4th
.; March, 1861, to the Ist of Noyembe
: 1854, are s23s,647,2G235. Your favol
e, able consideration is invited to ths VI
IS rious recommendation of the Secretar
s OF the Navy, especially in regard to
/ navy yard and a suitable establishment
;. for the construction and repair of iro
: vessels and the machinery ard armatur
d for our ships, to which reference wa
r made in my last annual message. You
Q attention is also invited TO the views ex
: pressed inthe report in relation to tn,
!; legislation Of Congress at the last ses
sion in respect to prizes in our inlant
waters. Icordialy concurin the recon
. mendation of the Secretary as to tn,
: propriety Of creating the new rank O
Vice Admiral in our naval service.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT..
Your attention is invited to the re
port of the Postmaster General for ,
detailed account of the operations an6
financial condition of the Post Office
Department. The postal revenues fol
the year ending June 3Oth 1854; am
ounted to $l2,43s,253 7s. and the ex.
penditures to $12,644, ,7s62O. The ex-
cess ofexpenditures over receipts being
S206,652 AZ. The views presented by
the Postmaster General on the subject
OF special grants by the Government
in aid OF new lines of ocean. mail steam
ships, and the policy he recommends
for the development Of increased COM
mercial intercourse with adjacent and
neighboring countries, should receive
the careful consideration of Congress.
THE NEW STATE.
1t is of noteworthy interest that the
steady expansion of population, i'm
provements in Governmental institu-
tons over the new and unoccupied
portions of our country have scarcely
been checked, much less impeded or
destroyed by our great civil war, which
at first glance would seem to have alb
sorbed almost the entire energies of the
nation.
The organization and admission of
the State ofNevada has been complet-
ed, IN conformity with laws, and thus
our excellent system is firmly establish
ed in the mountains which once SEEM
cd barren and uninhabited waste, be-
tween the Atlantic States and those
which have grown up on the cost of the
Pacific Ocean.
THE TERRITORIES
MThe Territories of the United States
are generally in a condition of pros
perity and rapid growth. Idaho and
Montana, by reason of their great dis
tance and the interception of commune
cation with them by Indian hostilies,
have been only partially organized, but
1t is understood that these difficulties
are about to disappear, which will per-
NIT their Governments, like those, of
others to go into speedy and full oper-
alton.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
AS intimately connected with and |
promotivc of this material growth of
the nation, ask the attention of Con-
gress to the valuable information and
important recommendations relating to
the public lands, Indian affairs, the Pa
cific Railroad, and mineral discoveries
contained in the report of the Secretary
of the Interior, which is herewith trans
mitted, and which report also embraces
the subjects of patents, pensions and
other topics ofpublic interest pertaining
to his Department,
The quantity of public land disposed
OF during the five quarters ending on the
3Oth ofoeptember last, was 4,22l,342
acres, of which ,53S, S,6l4 acres were en-
tered under the Homestead law. The
was located with military
and agricultural scrip certi- :
led to States for railroads and sold for {
cash. The cash receipts from sales and ,
ocation fees were 81, l,Ol9,446. The in
come from sales during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1864, was S67, 500, 72I {
against s63,607,795 receipts during the '
PRECEDING year. The aggregate of I
lcres surveyed during the year has
'een equal to the quantity disposed of, 7
md there is open to settlement about 5
33,OOO,OoO acres of surveyed land. t
PACIFIC RAILROAD. II
The great enterprise of connecting !
he Atlantic with the Pacific by rail- I
Dad and telegraph lines has been en- I
cred upon with vigor that gives as
urance of success. Notwithstanding .
he embarrassments arising from the !,
REVEALING high prices of materials and u
lbor, the route of one maiu line of the c
Dad has been definitely located for 90 a
lilies westward from the initial point at V
omaha City, Nebraska, and prelim- a a
lary location of the Pacific Railroad of i
'alifornia has been made from Sacra- II
lento eastward to the great bend of u
tucker river in Nevada. IL
a+ MINES. lbgE ID
Numerous discoveries of gold, silver :,
nd cinbar mines have been added to - =,
he many heretofore known, and the 81 81
'untry occupied by the Sierra Ncva- .,
\ and Rocky Mountains and the SUBJ =, -,
'dinate ranges now teen with enter -
'ising labor, which is richly remuner- ~ ~
i've. 1t is believed that The products L. t.
the mines of precious metals in that 81, ~
gion has, during the year, reached, if -
1t exceeded 800, 100000 in value. -, ~
INDIAN SYSTEM. OF
1t was recommended in my last an
lal message that'our Indian system be
Congress, at its last ses- ..
'n, acting OH the recommendation, ,.i ~;
ii provide for reoroanizinp the system Y"