The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-12-15

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The cash received from sales and location
fees was $I,0l0, 446. The income from
sales during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1864, was $678,007 q, against sl36,
OI7 20 received during the preceding
year. The aggregate number of acres
surveyed during the year has been equal
to the quantity disposed of, and there is
open to settlement about 1873, 900, 900 a.
cres of surveyed land
The great enterprise of connecting the
Atlantic with the Pacific States by rail
wayssand telegraph lines has been enter
ed with yigor that gives assurance of
success, Notwithstanding the embarrass
ments arising from the prevailing high
! prices of materials and labor The route
Of the main line Of the road has been def
initeiy located for one hundred miles
westward from the initial point at Oma-
ha City, Nebraska, and preliminary To-
cation of the Pacific Railroad of Caifor-
MIA has been made from Sacramento east
ward to the great bend Of Mucker River
in Nevada. Numerous discoveries of gold,
silver, and caGabar mines have been added
to the many heretofore known, and the
country occupied by the Sierra Nevada
and Rocky Mountains, and the subordi-
nate ranges now teem with enterprising
labor which IS richly remuneratiye.
1t is believed that the products of the
mines of precious metals in that region
have during the year reached if not ex-
ceeded Sl00, 100000 in value, It was
recommended in my last Annual Message
that our Indian system be remOdeled.-
Congress at its last Session acting upon
the Recommendation, did provide for re-
organizing the system in California, and
it is believed that under tho present or
ganzation the management Of the Indl-
ans 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 secure for the advancing set
tier and TO provide fer the welfare Of the
Indian The Secretary reiteratcs his re-
Communications and to them the attention
Of Congress Is inyited.
The liberal provisions made by Con
gress for paying pensions to invalid sol
diers and sailors of the Republic, and to
the widows, orphans and dependent moth
ers of those who have fallen in battle or
died Of disease contracted cr Of wounds
received i'll the service Of their country,
have been diligently administered.
There have been added to the ne nsiOn
rolls during the wear ending the Both day
Of june last, the names Of I6.7IO inva-
I'D soldier. ana of 27l disabled seameu.
makiuz the yreseEt number OF army in
valid pensioners 2I67. and Of navy in
valid pen.inners 7l2. OF widows. or
nhaus and mothers, 22l9S have been
rl,asj oo the Army rrpsion rolls. and
3ls an rhe NAVY rolls
The present nuni;4er Of Army pensioners
Of This class is 25.i}3. and Of Navy pen
s;oner, 1913 AZ .be beginning Of the
wear the number Of revolutionary pension
ers was l,43U Only twelve OF them
were soldiers, of whom seven have since
died. The remainder are those who, un-
der the law receive pensions because of
relationship to revolutionary soldiers.
/ During the year ending the Both OF
June, 1864, Sl,5O4,6l6 81 have been
paid to pensioners of all classes.
l cheertully commenced to your continu,
ed patronage the benevolent institution ol
Columbia, which have hitherto been estao- tao
llshed OF iostered hy Congress anu s res
pectiniiy refer tor IN formation couFei W5n Il
ing them, aud IN relation TO the =" ASH
lngton Aqueduct, me OaP''ol anu o'heI
matters OF local interest 10 'he i'o2oi' VI
the Secretary,
The Asricaiturai department. unpe'
the supervision OF It's present enerse''c .
and faithful head, is rapidly connehu.n.
itself to the great aud vital interest 1t
was created to advance 1t Is Peea'lSrIy "a y
the Peoples Department IN which they
feel more directly concerned than IN suy
other. commend 1t to the continued
attention and fostering care OF Congress
The war continues Since the last
annual message, all the Important line:
and Positions then occupied by our force: