M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-12-15

heen added IL the maHy hrret7;ore
known an; the country nccnplrH by
,ho Sierra Nevada ani lE1:ky M"nn'
,.ins and the suburHnrc ranges now
teens with enterprising labor which Is
richly remuucraivr. 1t Is believed
that the products III the mines oi pre-
cinus metals III that region LAS during
the year reached, il not 'Xceedin-
100000 900 N value
II was recommended in ny last annu
al message that onr lniian system Dc
rsmodele,l, anil Congress NJ IT'S last
session, acting upon my re m 'n'i"
tim, did provide for reorgan'z NJ The
system in California and 1t IS htlleV
cd that under the present orSan'z' 'tl2n
the management OF the ln lians there
will be attended with reasonable sue
cess. Mich y,trtmains to ho done
to provide for the proper government
the Indians in other parts OF the
country 10 render it secnre i"r he al
vancing setter, and t. plnNlde Tor 'h'
welfare of the Indians. The Srcreta
ry reitcr.tls his recommendations
ard to them the attention o' U1il
.,ross ia invited,
The liberal provisions 10 invalid
soloi,r, snu saiols Of tue K public,
and TO the widows, orphans aud de-
npndent mothers OF those who have
fallen in battle, or died 81 diseases cor
tract,d o, Of wounds received in th'
go, vice OF their country, have boon
diligently adm nistered. There have
been added tothe pension rolls during
the year ending the 3O,h OF June last
the nam,s OF 1G, no invalid SoIdirr'
and Of 27l disabled seamen making
,he prpsent nnmbr Of arnV invalid
PENSIONERS %, ,7G7, and of Navy inVo
lid pensioners ~. Orwidows, orphans
and mothers, %. 1875 have been pl"-
ced on the army gcnSicn rolls, am
24s n the Navy rolls. The pro8rn
number OF army pensioners Is Io3
At the beginning ot the year The mum
Der OF revolutionary pensioners was
1,430. Oriy twelve of them were
snIhers, Of whom Z have since died
The remainder are those who, under
the law receive renisons because OF r.
lationsaip to revolutionary soldiers
Durin. the wear ending 3Oth OF June
1864, 81, 504 6l5 90 have been paid
to pensioners Ot all GRASSES.
/ cheerIully commen ! tn your con-
tinued pa>Innage. the benevolent inSi
tutinna of the Dsirict Of Columbia
which have hitherto been established
or iostrred by Congress. aud respect
fully refer to you, for information con
cernng them, an in relation to the
Washington Aiuednct, the Capitol
and,Dther matters Of local interest, To
the report oI the Secretary o! the Int
riof.
The Agricultural department under
the subvrrsion Of its present energetic
aud faithful head is rabidly commend
ing Itself TO the great aud vital jn'e:
est it is created to advance. It ia pc
culiarly the peoples department in
which they feel more directly concern
&c than in any other comm"n it
TO the continued attention and foster.
ing care Of Congress. The war con-
tnues since the last annuA' mcrssaSr.
All the important lines and positions
then occupied by our tore g have been
maintained, and our armies have
steadily alvancel, thus !i53rating the
regions lett in the rear 81 that Mis-
souri. kentucky, Tennessee, and paris
OF other States have again produced
reasonably fair crops. The most re
markablu feature in the military ope
ratiunS OF the year, il Gen. Shcrmans
attempted march Of three hundred
miles directly through the nsurgent
region. 1t goes tn show a great in
crease Of orr relative strength, tEat
our General in .Uhi,f should feel able
to confront aud hold in check every
active force of tie enemy, and yet t.
detach well appointed, and large
army, 10 move on such an expedition
The result not yet being known, con
lecture in regard to i. is not yet been
indulged Important movements
have also occurred during the year to
the effect uf molding society f)r dura
blity in the Urion. Although short
ofcomple,e success, it is much in The
right direction that II 600 clitzens in
each of the States OF Arkansas and
Louisiana have organized loyal Stale
Governments with free Constitutions.
and are earnestly struggling 10 m .in
tain and administer then. The
movement in the same direction more
extensive thought Iets deh ute inl
Missouri Kentucky, and tennessee.
should hot be overlooked. Bat Mary
land presents the example Of complete
,..o,.., M,rvlauI is Sanurn IN III