The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-12-14


about 1000. There have been cqptu-
red by the navy during the year, 324
vessels, and the whole number of cap
lures since hostiiies Commenced is
1900, of which a67 are steamers, The
gross proceeds arising from the sale of
condemned prize property, thus tar re-
ported, amount to Si4,396, ,2505I. a
large amount of such proceeds is still
under adjudication and yet to be re-
ported.
TIE total expenditures of the Navy De-
partment Of every description, including the
cost of the immense squadrons that have
been called into existence from the 4th of
March, 1861, to the lst Of November, 1864,
are $23S, ,647 ,262 81. Your favorable con
Sideration is invited to the various recon-
mendations Of the Secretary OF the Navy,
and especially in regard toa Navy Yard, aud
a suitable establishment for the construction
| and repair of iron vessels and the machinery
and arnature for our ships, to which refer
ence 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 its last session.
IN respect to prizes on our inland water.
| cordially concur in the recommendation of
| the Secretary as to the propriety of creating
the new rank Of Vice Admiral in our naval
| service. tIa ...
| Your attention is invited to the report of
the Postmaster General, for detailed ac-
count of the operations and financial condi-
ton Of the Post Office Department. The
postal revenue for the year ending June
30Sh, 1854, amounted to $l2,43S, ,252 7S,
and the expenditures to $l2, ga, 1856 20, the
| excess of expen1ltur5s over receipts being
$2J6, ,652 AZ. The views presented by the
Postmaster General on the subject of special
grants by the Government in aid of the es-
tablishment of new lines Of ocean mail
| steamships and Of the policy he recon-
lnendS for the dovelopmsnt of increased
commerclal intercourse with adjacent indie
pendent nelghborlng countries, should re-
celue the careful consideration of Congress.
1t Is Of noteworthy Interest that the stea-
dy expansion Of population, Improvement
! and governmental institutions over the new
and unoccupied portions of our country
| have scarcely been checked, much less I'M
pedIed Or destroyed by our great civil war
whicl, at first glance, would seemed to have
absorbed almost the entire energies Of the
nation r.t ..... ..,...o. o.~.. T.. -.
The organization and admission of the
State OF Nevada has been completed in con-
formity with law; and thus our excellent
system is firmly established in the noun
| taln5 which once seemed a barren and unin-
habtabte waste between the Atlantic States
and those whlch have grown up on the coast
OF the Pacific Ocean The territories of the
/ United States are generally i'll condition OF
prosperity and rapid growth. Idaho and
! I,NT yNr'E Et,,,,,,
and the interruption OF communication with
them by Indian hostilities, have been onIy
partially organized, but it is understood that
these dI!h1utles are about to disappear,
which VIII permit their governments like
those OF others, to 50 into speedy and tutl
operation, AS Intimately connected with,
and promotlye or this N aterial growth Of
the nation, | ask the attention OF Congress
to the valuable information and important
| recommendation relating to the public
lands, Inlian affairs, the Pacific railroads,
and mineral discoveries, contained in the re-
port Of the Secretary of the interior, which
is herewith transmitted, AMI which report
also embraces the subjects of patents, pen
SONS and other topics Of public interest
pertalning to his department, The quantity
of public land disposed of during the five
Iubt ICio culillS OH INC oJGl VI OHDCGnlD1t
last, wls 4,22l ,3+3 acres, Of which ,53S, GA
acres were entered under the Homestead
law The remainder was located with mill
tary land warrants, agricultural scrip certi-
lied to States for railroads and sold for cash.
The cash receipts from sales and location
lees was $l,094,446. The income from
sales during the fiscal year ending June
Both, l76t, was S67, 800, III against Sl3,-
6O7, 795 received daring the preceding year.
The aggregate OF acres surveyed during the
year has been equal to the quantity dispos-
ed OF; and there is open to settlement about
10000, 900 acres OF surveyed land.
The great enterprise OF connecting the
Atlantic with the Pacific States by railway
and telegraph lines, has been entered upon
With Elgor that gives assurance Of sue
cess, notwithstanding the embarrassments
arising from the prevailing high prices Of
materials. and labor. The route Of the main
line OF the road has been definitely located
for 100 miles westward from the initial point
at Omaha, City, Nebraska, and prelmina-
ry location Of the Pacific railroad Of Califor-
ward to the great bend Of Mucker river in
Nevada.
Numerous discoveries of gold, silver and
cnnabar mines have been added to many
heretofore known, and the country occupied
by the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains
and subordinate ranges TEEN with enterpri-
sing labor, which is richly renumerated. 1t
IS believed that the product OF tho mines Of
precious metals in that region has, daring
the year, reached, it not exceeded, $780,
OO0,00O in value. .....
ltwas recommended in my last annual
mas. tl,,t I,,.J L
eled Congress, at its last session, acting
upon the recommendation, did provide for
recognizing the system in California, and
It is. believed that, under the present organ
Hatlon, the management oil the Indians
there will be attended with reasonable sue
cess. Much yet remains to be done to pro-
vide for the proper government of the In
dlans in other parts Of the country, to rem
der it secure for the advancing settler and to
provide for the welfare OF the Indians
The Secretary reiterates his recommended
tlons, aud to them the attention Of Congress
is invited . ...-
The liberal provisions to invalid soldiers
and sailors of the republic, and to the wild
ows, orphans and dependent mothers of
diseases contracted, or of wounds received
diligently administered There havo been
added to the pcnsion rolls during the year
ending the 3!jth day of June last, the names
Of Is, ITO invalid soldiers, and of 27l dis
abled seamen, making the present number
Of army invalid pensioners 22,767, and OF
navy invalid pensioners 7i2. OF Widows,
orphans and mothers, 2,l9S have been
placed on the army pension rolls and 24S on
the navy rolls. The present number Of ar
my pensioners of this class is Is, 433 and Of
navy pensioners 793. At the beginning of
the year the the number of revolutionary
pensioners was l43 Only l3 OF them were
soldiers, of whom seven have since died.
The remainder are those who under the law