The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-12-16

427 tons. The total number of men ~ thu
tiHe in tho naval service including officers
is abou, $1,000. Thore have been captured
by the Navy during the year, 32g vessels
and the whole number Of naval captures
since the hostilities commenced, is /. 400 OF
which 267 are steamers. The gross pro.
cceds arising from the sale of cobdem ned
prize property thus far reported. amounts
to Sl4 1896 $50 81. A large amount Of eocb
proceeds 10 still under adjudication, and vet
to be- reported The total expenditure of
the Navy Department Of every description.
including tho cost of the immense SQUAD.
rons that havo been called into .xis,eoce
from the 4,h OF March, 1864, are e23s 647..
262 rs.
Your favorable consideration Is invited
10 the various recommended tons of the Sec
rotary OF the Navy, especially in regard TO
q Navy Yard aud suitable establishment for
the construction and repair Of iron vessels
and tho machinery and armament tor our
ships. to which reference wac made in nv
last annual message. Your attention aieo
IS invited to the views expressed in the re-
port 10 relation TO the legislation of Con
gress at its last session. in respect to prizes
on our inland waters. cordially concur
IN the recommendation of the Secretary as
to the propriety OF creating the new rank
of Wee Admiral in our Naval service.
Your attention 10 invited to the report Of
the Postmaster General for q detailed re.
port Of the operaiio and financial copdi
tion OF the Postoffice Department. The
Postal revenue for the wear ending June
80 h. 1864. amounted to &l2 43s. 1853 IS. and
the expenditures sl, ,644.7S 20. The OK
ceas ot exuenditures over receipts being
e206 662 az The views expressed BY the
Postmaster General on the subject Of spe.
cisi grants by tho Government 10 aid Of ibe
establishment Of ocean mail steamships, and
the policy bo recommends for the develop
ment Of increased commercial intercourse
with adjacen, and neighbor,ng countries.
should receive tho careful consideration OF
Congress.
1, is of noteworthy interest that the
steady expansion Of population. improve
meDt and GOvornmentai institutions over
the new and upoccupied portion OF our
country, have scarcely been impeded. much
IS checked or destroyed by our great civil
war. which at tho first glance would seem
to have absorbed almost the entire energies
o. the nation.
The organization and admission Of the
State OF Nevada has been com mpleted 10 con.
formity with the Law. and thus our excel.
lent system is firmly established in tho
mountains witch once seemed q barren and
uninhabited wasto between the Atlantic
States and those which have grown up on
the coast Of tho Pacific Ocean.
The territories OF the United States are
generally in 9 condition of prosperity and
of rapid growth. Idaho and Montana, by
reasOnsOf their grea, distance, and the in.
terruption of comm unicafiop with them by
Indian bosti!ities. have been only partially
organized, but il 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 aud promoting
of this material growth OF the nation.
I ask the attention Of Congress 10 the
valuable information aud important recon-.
mendatiops relating to the public lands and
the Indian affairs and the Pacific Railr Dads
mineral discoveries contained in .he report
of tho Secretary of the Interior, which is
herewith transmitted. and which report also
embraces the subjects of patents, pensions,
and other topics OF public interest pertain.
ing to his department.
The quantity of public lands disposed OF
during the Ave quarters ending on the 30th
| Of December lost, whs 4 22l .242 acres. OF
which ! 63S 6l4 aorcs were entered under
the homestead law. The remainder was To-
Gated with military land warrants. and ag
ricultuyal scrip. certified TO states for rail,
roads, and sold for cash The cash received
from sa!es and location fees was Sl .0l8 556
! The income from sales during tbe fiscal
wear ending June 20th. 1864 was $67 500,
900. 72l against $l3 GOT 7O5 received during
the preceding year. The aggregate of acres
surveyed during the year has been equal 10
tho quantity disposed of. and there Is open
to settlement about 1913 900 900 acres Of
surveyed lands.
The great enterprise Of connecting the
Atlantic with the Pacific States by railways
and telegraph lines has boen entered upon
with O vigor hat gives assurance of success
otwithstanding The embarrassment arising
from the prevailing high prices of material
and labor. The route of the main line Of
the road has been definitely located for one
hundred miles westward from the initial
point 81 Omaha City, Nebraska, and q pre-.
iminary location of the Pacific railroad OF
California has been made from Sacramento
eastward to toe great bend of Mucher river,
in Nevada.
Numerous discoveries of gold, silver and
ciunabar mines have been added to the many
heret ofore known. and the country occupied
by the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mount.
aims and the subordinate ranges now teens
With enterprising labor. which is richly 70
munerstive. 1t 10 believed that the products
OF the mines of precious metals In that re-
gIon has, during the year, reached, If moi
exceeded. &l00.oO0.0o0. .r. .. .....
1t was recommended in my last Annua
Message that our Indian system be remod
eled Congress, at its last session. acting
upon the recommendation. did provide fol
re-orgsniziDg the system ib California. sut
| il 10 believed that under the present orgaDi
xation the management Of the Indians there
! will he attended with reasonable success
Much yet remains 10 be done to provide fol
the proper government Of the Indians il
/ other parts of the country, to render Il 90
cure for the advancing settler and TO pro
vide for the welfare Of the Indian. Th,
Secretary rciterstes his reoommend ndstions
and to them tho attention Of Congress 10 10
vitad.
The liberal provisions to invalid soldier
aud sailors of the Republic. and to the wid
ows. orphans and dependent mothers o
those who have fallen in battle or diod o
disease contracted, or OF wounds received
10 The service Of their country. havS beea