The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-12-14

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" "a nil uWy lllil wafrnHts. agricultural
ecrip, iceriiiicl % S,ates for raih Oils aud
suld Tor cash
Tho cash received fUr lies and location
Goes was 81 Ol9ilG. Tue incnm rom
sal Turing the fiscal year ending June 80
iSG4 was SjI 500 T2l, agaiust Sl2 Coz, ,I95
received du lug the preceding year.
Tbs aggregate OF acres surveyed during
tie yo.r has been o,lad 10 tho quantity dis.
lioso'l OF, anl there is OPEN TO settlement
about lSJ,O0O,OO0acros Of surveyed land.
rHg rActpE E>p.RoAD.
The groat enterprise Of connecting the
Atlantic with the Pacific States by railway
and telcs raph lines haa been entered upon
with vigor that gives assurance Of auc.
cess no W tl,slahdin tho endorsements
Nrising irum The prevailing high prices OF
mater ais aud ahor The route of the
man line of the sopd has been definitely
located mr 100 miles Yves ward from The
initial point at O,niha City. Nebraska, aud
preluminary location Of the Pacific Rail.
road Of California has been made from
Sacramento coStwud TO the great bcud of
tho Muokcr Il yer IN Nevada.
MINING INTERESTS
Nme Qua discoveries of cld. silver
i.nd v,uIabal mines hav0 bcen aided to
tuS in INV heretofore known, aud tho culin.
uy occupied 10y the Sierra Nevada and
lt,Cky Mountains, auI the subordinate
ranges, now tecms with cntcrprsing labor
which il richly remupec,tivC 1t is be-
lievcd that tho products of the mines OF
precious metals in that region, has. during
i"S year, reached, II not exceeded, 3l00, 900
UJU IN value.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
1t was recommended in my laFt annual
message that our lnlian system ho rclnpd.
S'lsd. Congrps4 at the last session. acting
upon the recommendation, did pru"ide for
reOrg mizing the system iu California and
II h Dcloved that under tho present org,ul.
iZatOn the management of tho Indians
tho will he attended with reasonable
tueceHs. Muoh yet remains tO be done 10
provide iur tho proper government Ut the
Indians IN othor parts Of tho country, TO
~ rlor u secure for tho advancing settler
an to provide for tho welfare Of the In.
dim, Tho Secretary reitoratcs his rcc0m.
m ndatinns, and to thom the attention OF
tungrt SH is invited.
PENsIuNs.
lhi liberal prov sions t0 invalid soldiers
Hnd sailors Uf the Republic, aud TO the
wli"ws, orphans and dependent mothers
Of uIJse wnJ have fallen IN battle ar died
Of DIS ases contracted, or Of wounds re-
Ueived IN tho service OF their country havO
been diligently administered. There have
been add Il TO tho pension rolls during the
year ending III" Both day of juno last, the
lanes Of lG ~ invalid soldiers, and ol
2ll disabled seaInen, making tho present
numbrr Vt army Invalid pensioners -, ,T61.
nud pi navy invalid pensioners 7l2. o.
widows. orphans and mothers, -, 1913 havo
placed uu the army pension rolls. he
prescM nihnbpr Of army pensioners q,
ths class ia -, l33, aud Of navy pensioners
1yA
At the beginning of the year tho number
%, Revolutionary -pcuSlun"rs WAS I30;
puiy ~ of them were eoldicrs, ui whom
sovcn have sisce dicd the remainder are
those who, uuaer tAc law, receive pensions
because Of relationship to Revolutionary
soldiers
Daring she ycur ending tho 3Bth OF June,
1864, Sl.504 Gro ~ has been paid to pen.
sioucIs OF all classes
DIsTRiCr or CoLtNBiA
| cheerlullY cOmmend to your csnLinued
patronage the benevolent institutions ui
the District Ul Columbia, which have hilh.
erio keen established and lustcred by Con
gress, and respectfully refer Eor inCOrmn
tton concerning them, and in relation to
tho NaShuISt IN Aqueduct tho Capital aud
other matters 9t lsG1l Iutcrost, to the report
OF the Secretary.
AGRICULTURAL nEPARrMENT.
Tho ;ricultural D ,partm,nt, under tho
swlervisOa of its prevent energetic aud
faithful heat, is rapidly com ncndms itself
TO the great and vital interests il was Great.
Ell To advance. 1t ia peculiarly tho Peo.
pies Department., Ia which they they feel
more directly conccrnol than il any other.
eomncnd 4 To the continued attention
and ostering care OF Cong, oss.
TIE WAR.
The war continues Since the last an
nual message, all tho Important lines aud
positions thou occupied by our lorces have
booW mluttiuel, AMI our armies havo
steA lily advance l. thus liberatiDg tho me
grocs left ia the rear, 80 that Missonri,
Kentucky, TrnUsssee. aud parts oi other
Statos have again produced reasonably
fI,r crops.
ThG m ist rom ul Iblc feature in sho mill
tay operations Of the year ia General
Saorman's i attempted march of threo hun
dred miles directly through tho insurgent
region. II tends to show n great increase
Oi nar rVldV strength, that our Genera
mC1ict should ioel able TO confront aud
hold IN cheoA every active force OF The en-
emy, and yet to detach u well appointed
aud la sc army 10 move on suci cXpedit: on.
The result not yet bcius known, conjecture
mreeard tu It iS not hero ind,dsod.
REGENERATION.
Important movements have also occur
red during the year to the effect of moull
ilss society lor durability in tho Union
Although short af completc SUCCESS, II ia
81 much in the right direction that II 900
citizcus in each oi the states ot Arkansas
aud Louisiana have organized state Coy.
erIW,cnis with free constitutions aud are
earnestly struggling To maintain and ad-
minister thom. The m0voment in tho same
dsrec lou, m 70 extensively though lets &C.
'iimtc, in MlssvUr Hen,Hcky and Tennessee,
shnull not he overlooked. But Maryland
presents tho example of complete success.
Maryland is secure to Liberty aud Union
for all the future. Tho gonius nf rebellion
will no nmro claim Maryland. Like anoth-
OF oalspirit, boius drivon out it may aoek
10 tear her hut il will WOO her no more.
A. tiiS Fast session of Congress a Pro.
p ,sed amendment Of tho Constitution ahol-
fshing slavery throughout tho unitod States
passed she Senate, hut failed Tar lack of
Ihe reqaisjte twe-thir Is voto in the lionse
of Representatives. Although the pres
ont is the same congress- and consists Of
nearly the same monbers without question
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