The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-12-16
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admiral in our naval service.
THE Posr-orFIcE DEPARTMENT.
Your attention is invited to the re-
port of the Postmaster General for a
detailed account OF. the operations and
financial condition Of the Post office
Department.
The postal revenue for the year end
ing June 30th, 1864, amounted to
80, 43S, 253.7S, and the expenditures
to $12,644, 7S6,20; the excess of ex-
penditures over receipts being s2O6,-
G5242
The views presented by the Post
master General on the subject of spe-
cial grants by the government in aid
of the establishment of new lines OF
ocean mail steamship, and the policy
he recommends for the development
of increased commercial intercourse
with adjacent and neighboring coun-
tries, should receive the careful con
sideration Of Congress.
It is of noteworthy interest that the
steady expansion Of population, inn
i
tons over the new and unoccupied
portions Of orr 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 ener-
gies of the nation.
NTyApA.
The organization and admission of
I the State OF Nevada has been complet-
ed, in conformity with law, and thus
our excellent system is firmly estab-
ished in the mountains, which once
seemed barren and uninhabitable
waste, between the Atlantic States
and those which have grown up on the
coast of the Pacific ocean.
TIE TERRITORIES.
The territories OF the Union are
gene ally in 4 condition of prosperity
and rapid growth Idaho, Montana,
by reason Of their great distance and
the interruption OF communication
with them by Indian hostilties, have
been only partially organized but it
j. understood that these difficulties are
about to disappear, which will permit
their government, like those Of the
others, to 20 into speedy and full OPP
Grafton. As intimately connected with
and promotiye of this material growth
If tie nation, ] ask the attention OF
/ Congress to the valuable information
and important recommendations rela-
ting ID the public lands, Indian affairs
the Pacific railroads, and mineral dis
coyeries contained IN the report Of tho
Secretary Of the Interior which is
herewith transmitted, and which re
port also embraces the subjects of pa
tents. pensions, and other topics o
public interest pertaining to his de
partmcnt The quantity Of public
e. land disposed Of during the FIVE quar-
ters ending on the 30th Of September
last WAS 4,22l,342 acres, of which /,
53S.6l4 acres were entered under til,
homestead law-The remainder was
+ located with military land-wauants
agricultural scrip certified TO states foi
railroads. ana sold for cash Tn,
t.-Ni tttt4Ntu from AtlcH anu lOCdblDA
p fees was Sl01944 G. The income foi
: sales during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1861, was $67S, 007, 81, agains
81, 60,07195 received during the pre-
ceding year. The aggregate numbe
Of acres surveyed during tho year la
! been equal to the quantity disposed
/ of, and there is open to settlemen
= about 100000 600 acres Of suryeye,
] land.
5 The great enterprise of connectin!
9 the Atlantic with the Pacific States b
railways and telegraph lines has bee
5 entered upon with vigor that give
! assurance Of success, notwithstandin!
e the embarr assments arising from tn
t prevailing high prices of materials nm
; labor. The route of the mail line {
: the road has been definitely locates
for one hundred miles westward froi
J. the initial point at Omaha city, NJ
G braska and a preliminary location {
Y the Pacific railroad of California Ia
: been made from Sacramento eastwar
!, to the bend of Tuckee river in Nevadi
d Numerous discoveries of gold, silyC
and cinnabar mines have been adde
to the many heretofore known, an
the country occupied by the Siei1
;, Nevada and Rocky mountains and til
subordinate ranges now teens wit
: onterprising labor which is richly r.
= nuneratiye. 1t is believed that th
: Ir3duct Of the mines of precious M
- tails in that region during the We;
= reached, if not exceeding, one hundre
/, millions in value.
/ 1t was recommended in my last al
re- nual message that our Indian systel
r. be remodelled. Congress at its last Sc
le sion, acting upon the recommendatio
5 did provide for recognizing the sy
II TEN in California, and it is believ,
o. that under the present organizatiC
D. the management Of the Indians the
a. will be attended with reasonable su
A cess. Much yet remains to be don
IN to provide for the proper goyernme
- of the Indians in other parts of Il
"a country, to render it secure for the a
o. vancing settler and to provide for Il
n. welfare of the Indian. The secreta
al reiterates his recommendations, al
h to them the attention OF Congress
a invited.