Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-12
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Night Report.
wASHIN GTON NEWS.
GEN. GRANT LEAVES FOR NASHVILLE.
II Message from the President.
Movements Of KiIpatrick's Com
mand.
G O ~ O. IS r. - $40 ~ n L.
&c-, &c, &c &C.. &c.
From Washington


WAsHINGroN March Il zen Grant arrived
here about hour ago lie takes the $50 West
train To night, bound for Nashville accompanied
by his Chief Of Staff
There were on the docket of the Supreme
Court. on the first Monday in December, about
36i cases of which l59 have been reached. As
the Court will adjourn the 9Th of Nav, a
large number will remain undispOsed of at that
time.
The President to day sent to the Senate the
following message:
WASHINGTON, March 9.
To the Senate Of the United States:
In compliance with resolution of the Senate
of the 18th inst. respecting the point of com
ment of the P4cifc Railroad in the Tooth
degree of vest longitude. aud of the route vest
ward of the western boundary Of Iowa to the
said Tooth degree of longitude. transmit the
accompanying report of the Secretary of the In
terror, containing the information called for
deem il proper To add. that on the 18th day
of November last an executive order was issued
upon this subject. and delivered 10 the President
of the Pacific Railroad. which fixed the point on
the west boundary of the State of Iowa from
which the Company should construct the branch
railroad t. the Tooth degree of west longitude,
and declared 1t % be within the limits OF the
township Iowa opposite the town of Omaha,
in \ ebraska.
otuNt lhch but NOuIpdll hdc IcpItSeitcu 10 me
that upon actual surveys ct the road il has been
determined upon. he prec g. point OF departure of
SAIL branch road from the Missouri river and is
described in an accompanying report of the Sec
Rotary OF the Interior, which point is within the
limits designated in the order of No
vember last inasmuch as that order is
not on record in any of the executive depart
ments. and the Company desiring more definite
one, have made the order OF which "A copy il
herewith trans mitted, and caused the same To be
filed in the Department of the Interior
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The order above referred TO is as follows:
In pursuance of the provisions of section 10
of Congress, entitled an act to aid in the con-
structon of a railroad and telegraph from the
Mississippi River TO the Pacific Ocean,
and secure the Federal Government
the use of the same for postal. military or other
purposes, approved July /. 1862 authorizing and
directing the United States to fix the point
said boundary of the State of Iowa from which
the Pacific Railroad Company is by said section
authorized and required To construct single
line OF railroad and telegraph on the most pfact-
cable and direct route subject to the approval Of
the President of the United States, and so as TO
form a continuous line of said company to some
point within the Tooth meridian of longitude in
said State
Now therefore Abraham Lincoln, President
OF the United States, upon the application Of said
company, designate ana establish such point first
named on the western boundary of the State of
Iowa east of and opposite the east line of sec
ton 10 in township