The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-12-16

the requisite military force. The report {
the Secretary of The Navy presents com
prehen>lve and satisfactory EXHIBIT Of tn
affairs Of that department ofilhe naval ser
vice. 1t is subject Of clngratulatiou an,
laudable pride to our countrymen that
navy Of such VAT proportions has been or
ganizel in so brief period and conducte
with so much efficiency aud success Th
general eyhiot Of the navy, including YES
sps under construction from the first q
Dec, 1864, shows total of G7l vessels car
rying 4,Gi0 guns aud 5l0,306 tons, bein!
AT ctual increase during The year, over An,
above all losses by shpwreck If - battle q
SO vessels, l67 guns, and 42.527 tons. Th
total number Of men at this Time in the nsva
service, including officers, is about 81 600
There have been captured by the Nav,
during the year, S2t vessels, and the who
number Of naval capt,,res since hosriliie
commenced, are 1890, Of which 2G7 Ar,
steamers. The gross proceeds arising froll
the sale of condemned priza property thu,
far reported, amount to $li,396,250 81
A large amount of such proceeds are under
adjudication, aud We, to he replrted. The
total expenditures Of the Navy Department
of every description, including the cost Of thl
immense squadrons that have barn called
into existence from the 4ih Of March, 1861
to the lst Of November, 1861, are S23S,.
6l7262 35.
Your favorable consideration is invited
20 the various recommendations Of the
Secretary of the Navy. especially in re-
gard to a navy yard, and suitable esab
li>hmnnt for the construction and repair of
iron vessels, aud the machinery and arma
ture for our ships, to which reference was
made in my last annual message. Your
attention is also invited to the views ex
pressed in the report in relation to the
legisstioniof Congress at its last session in
respect to priz-s on our inIand waters.
cordially concur in the recommendation OF
he Secretary AZ to the prnpIety of crea
alin4 the new rank of Vice Admiral in our
navs! serv'ca rf1
Your attention isinvted to the report Of the
Postmaster General for detailed accounted the
operations an financial condition of the Post
Office department. The postal revenues for the
year ending June Goth, 1864, amounted to
SI243S, 253 7fS, and the expenditures to $l2,-
GIL ,7SS, 2l The excess of expenditures over
receipts being $206,G52 42. TIL. views prcsen-
tel by the Postmastar.Genera on the subject of
special grants by the Government in aid of the
establishment of new lines of ocean mail steam
ships, and the policy he rcceoinends for the
d pvelopement of increased commercial inter
course with adjacent and neighboring countries,
should receive the careful consideration of Con-
gress. 1t is Of noteworthy interest that the
steady expansion of population, improvement
and Government institutions over the new and
portions of our country have scarce
ly been checked, much less mpcdel or destroy
ed, by our great civil war. which at first glance
would seem to have absorbed almost the entire
energies Of the nation.
The organization and admission of the State
of Nevada has been completed in conformity
with the law and thus our excellent system is
firmly established in the mountains, which once
seemed barren and uninhabitable waste be-
tween the Atlantic States and those which have
grown up ON the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
The territories of the United States are gen
arally in condition Of prosperity and rapid
growth Idaho and Montauo, by reason of
ihar great distance, and the Interruption of
with them by Indian hostllities,
have been oily partially organized; but it is
that these difficulties are about to
lsappear, which will permit their government, :,
ike those of Others, to go into speedy and full
operation. As intimat Il connected with, and
of, the material growth of the nation,
ask tha attention of Congress to the valuable
Information an important recommendations re-
ating to the Pnblc Lanls, Indian Aflirs, tIeI
Pacific Railroad and Mineral Discoveries con
aimed in the report of the crrtaiy of the 1T
erior, which is herewith transmitted and which
'eport also embraces the subjects OF Patents, Pen
lions, and other topics of public interest per
aiming to his Department. i
The quantity OF public land disposed Of dur
ng the five quarters ending on the goth of Sep
jember last, was 4,22l ,3R acres, otwhich 5}S,-
jl4 acres were entered under the HOMESTEAD
aw. The remainder was located with military
and warrants, agricultural scrip, certified to
'ecevel from sales and location fees was 81
)l9,446 The income from sales during the
iscal year, ending June Both 1864, was 67 800.
'2l against $l3,6)7,795 received during the
preceding year. The agSreate ofacres surveyed
Turing the year has been equal to the quantity
disposed of, and there is open to settlement
lbout 1873, 900, ,0O0 acres of surveyed land.
The great enterprise Of connecting the Allan
ic with the Pacific States by Railway an tele.
,raph lines, has been enterad upon with vigor
hat gives assurance of succ nss, notwithstanding |
he embarrassments arising from the prevailing !
high price. of materials and labor The route