Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-01-12
NO. 81.


| ysas eadiAg saas s0sh, 1864. vas s6fs,
007 al against 9lj6 DIT IS resolves
daring tha pxeceeding ye&F. The aggre
has been equai 10 she quantity disposet
OF and shsrs 10 open 70 sesslsaena aban
ID, ,W0, 600 scss of saFveysd land.
The great saterpriss OF eoanacsing thl
Atlantic With The Pacific States by rail
way and teIegraphie tines, has been en-.
tarsd upon with siger that gives assar.
anee OK saecssss notwithstanding tha efn.
barrassmenss arising from the prevailing
high prices OF anaterisls and labor. Ths
roase Of the main line Oh ths road has
been definitely iscased for sne hundred
miles Sestwasd frcn the initial pcins nj
0maha City, Nebraska, and q prelimina.
ry location of the pAciHe railroad OF Gal
Hernia has been made from Sacramento
eastward 70 the great bead Of AuekeT riv.
az, in Nevada.
NaReroas discoveries OF gold, silvas
and cinnabar mines have been added to
the many heretofore known, and the
country occupied By the Sierra Nevada
and Rocky Moansaias snd subordinate
ranges toean with snterprising labor,
which IL richly ramaRsrated. Il ID be-.
Iieyed that the pr0dact of the mines OF
precious metals In thai region has, during
the year, reached, Il not exceeded, $780,
0o0, 200 In Yalae.
Il Was recommended In my last annual
message that our Indian systera be renod-
led. Congress, at ils last session, act
ing upon the recommendation, did pro-
vide for rsorgaaising the syssam In Cali
fornia, and Il is bsiisssd thas, under the
present orgaizasien, the management Of
Ihe Indians there will be attended with
reasonable success. Much ret remains
TO be done 10 provide for the proper gov
ernmeat Of the Indians In o:her parss Of
the country, % reader is sscags for the
advancing settler and to provide for the
welfare os the Indians. The Secretary
reiterstes his recoznn endations, and to
shsm the atsention of Congress ID in
Ylted. s.
The liberal provisions to Invalid sol
disrs Aad sailors Of che Republic, and to
the widows, orphans and dependent aolh-
srs Of those who have fallen In battle oF
died Of diseases contracted, or OF woaasas
reserved, In the service Of their country,
have been diligently administered. Thsre
hare been added to the pension rolls do
ring the year ending the 30th day Of June
last, the namss OF I6, TO invali5 soldiers,
and Of 2Ti disabled seamen, making the
present number Ut army invalid psnsioa-
ers % 767 and Of navy invalid pensioners
Tl2. OF widows, orphans aua mothers,
q, 1913 have been placed on the army
pension rolls and 248 on the Aayy rolis.
Tue present number Of army pensioners
Of this class is 25 ,46a and Of navy pen
sianezs 793. At she beginning 81 the
year the number Of rsyolationsry pea.
sioners was l43. Only II Of them wars
scidieYs, Of whom seven have sinos died.
The remainder are those who under the
law receive pensions because of relssion-
ship 70 evolutionary soldiers. Duraug
the year ending the Both at Jana, I364,.
u, ,50a, ,6i6 90 hare been paid to penaien.
ers of all classes.
eheegfnliy commend 10 ySur coutisned
patronage the benevolent institutions of
the District ef CoIambia, which have
hitherto been established Ok fcstered By
Oongrsss, and respectfully rsfer, for In
fornation concerning them, and Ia rsia-
tion 10 ths Washington Anuedues, the
Capitol, and other matters of local IN
tefsss, TO the report of the sscresagy.
The Agricultural Dspzrtnsns, aader
The supervision OF its present eissTgetie
and faithful head, In rapidly commendins
itself to the great and Vital inssrest il
was created to advance. 1t 10 peculiarly
the peoples department, IN which they
feed more directly concerned than in any
other. commend 10 10 the continued
atteution and fostering care OF Congress.
The var continues. Since the last an
nnaI message, Mi the important lines aud
positions then occupied by Our forces
have been maintained, and cur grmies
have steadily advanced, thus hbesasiag
the regions left in the rear 30 that Mis.
souri, kentacky, Tennessee, aud parts OF
Other States, have again prOdacsd rea.
sonably fair crops. slfl
The moss remarkable feature 10 the
military operations Of the year il Gen.
SherInsn's attempted march of thfss hum
dred miles directly through the inaasx-
gent region. IL goes 70 show q greAs w
crease Of oar relative strength, Shat ear
General in chief should feel able - eoEs- |
Groni aad bold Ia check every susivs foFca
81 the enegny, and YET 70 desash . well |
large army 10 movs os ssch /
% expedition. The Irssuls ne& yet bsen
knewn, oopjscsers in regard 10 Il 10 not
sers iadGiged. Emperfast sowements |
aass also occurred during the rear 10 the
sifees Of mpulding society for durahilasy
n the Uaipu. Although shoxs Of eon-
,le&s saeosss, it is % mnoh In toe right |
direction, that la,00o citizens in each of /
he States pf Arkansas and Lsuisiara |
ssvs organised loyal Ssase GoysFnzneass, /
xish free Conssisssions, and ere nov
sarasssiy stsugglisg % msiusaia azld ad.
minister fAsm. The nz0vsmsns IN shet
Isuse difsstiea, more extensive, though
eos dsGuiss, Ia Misssari, Ksesacky and |
rsnaessss shss~sa not be overlooked.
Dot Msxyiaad prssepts The examels Of
'ompisss sseesss. Maryland is sssage TO
liberty and Union sor al NE future. The /
.eaiss Of rsbeliien will no more claim
aaryiand. Like ausskss feal spigis be-
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'bolishing sl4vsey shroaghsas the Uaisad
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