The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-12-08

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ships to which reference was made in my
last annual message. FsA
.<eY az attentions is also invited to the
syie IS ;gxpaes sal 10 the report in regard to
,the lssislarion,f Congress at iisSlast SEES
sion, in respect to prizes on our inland
1sters. ] cordially concur IN the recon
mendation of the Secretary as to the pro.
pretty of creating the rank OF Vice Admiral
in the naval service ----z-----
Your attention IS invited to the report
IF abe Postmaster General for a detailed
account of the operations and financial
condition Of tie Postofice Department
The Postal Revenues for tho year end
ling June 30th, 1864, amounted to 81 ,43,
825 37S, and the expenditures to 81, 1884,
All. $40. q The excess of expenditures over
receipts being $20,665,242. " @s sESS
Z The views presented by the Postmaster
General on the subject of special grants
by the Government in aid of the estab
lishment of ocean mail steamships, and the
lpolicy he recommends for the develope-
tment of increased commercial intercourse
with adjacent and neighboring countries
should receive the careful consideration OF
Congress-. !! II is of noteworthy interest
that the steady expansion of population
Improvement and 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 absorbed almost the
entire energies of the nation. The organi
cation and admission of the State Of Neva
da has been completed in conformity with
law, and thus our excellent system in the
mountains, which once seemed barren
and inhospitable waste between the At
lantic States and those which have grown
up on the coast of the Pacific Deem.
The territories of the United States are
generally in condition OF prosperity and
rapid growth. Idaho and Montana, by rea>
son of their great distance and the inter-
ruption of communication with them by In
dian hostilities, have been only partially or
ganized, but 1t 10 understood that these diff
ficulties are about to disappear, which will
permit their governments, like those OF
others, to 60 into speedy and full operation.
As intimately connected with and promo>
tive of the material growth Of the nation, /
ask the attention of Congress to the valua
Bile information and important recommen-
dations relating to the public lands, Indian
affairs, the Pacific railroads and mineral dis
Il -, fLa nf Tho Spp
rotary Of the Interior, which is herewith
transmitted, and which report also embra-
ces the subjects of patents, pensions AID
other topics of public interest pertaining to
his department. The quantity of public
land disposed of during the FIVE quarters
ending on the 30th Of September last, was
4,22l ,342 acres, of which 1.578, GA acres
we're entered under the Homestead law -
a The remainder was located with military
land warrants, agricultural scrip certified to
States for railroads, and sold for cash.
I The cash received from sales and location
fees was $l,049, AS. The income from
sales during the fiscal year ending juno
Both, 1854, was SCI, 800, 72l, against Sl3,-
60b795 received during the preceding year.
The aggregate of acres surveyed during the
4 year has been equalto the quantity dis.
posed Of and there 10 open to settlement
about 1873 900 900 acres of surveyed land.
The great enterprise of connecting the At
lantic with tue Pacific States by railways
and telegraph lines bad been entered upon
with vigor that gives assurance OF success,
Notwithstanding the endorsements arts.
ing from the prevailing bign prices of MAJ
terial and lobor. The route of the main
line of road has been definitely located for
one hundred miles westward from the ini-
tial point at Omaha City, Nebraska, and a
preliminary location OF the Pacific Railroad
of California has been made from Sacra.
mento eastward to the Great Bend of Muck,
er River, in Nevada. Numerous discove>
ries of gold, silver aud cinnabar mines have
been added to the many heretofore known,
and the country occupied by the Sierra. Me-
vada and the Rocky Mountains and the
subordinate ranges now teens with enter
prising labor which is richly rem lucrative.
1t is believed that the products of the mines
Of rich metals in that region has during the
year reached, ifnot exceeded 500, 900, 900
in value. It was recommended in my last
annual message that our Indian system bs
remodeed.
Congress at it's last session acting upon
the recommendation, did provide tor reor-
ganiziag the system in California, and it is
believed that under the present organizar
ton, the management of the Indians there
will be attended with reasonable success
Much yet remains to be done to provide for
the proper government Of the Indians in
other parts of the country, to render it Sc
cure for the advancing settler, and to pro.
vide for the welfare Of the Indian. The
Secretary reiterates hi, recommendations,
and to them the attention Of Congress is
invited. e..
The liberal provisions to invalid soldiers
and sailors of the Republic, and to the
widows, orphans and dependent mothers
Of those who have fallen in battle, or died
of disease contracted, or of wounds receiy
ed in the service of their country, have been
diligently administered.
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