The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

TRE‘TIES

Since the last session of Congress a treaty of amity, com-
merce, and navigation, and for the surrender of fugitive crimi-
nals, with the kingdom of the Two Sicilies ; a treaty of
friendship, commerce, and navigation with Nicaragua; and a
convention of commercial reciprocity with the Hawaiin king-
dom, have been negotiated. The latter kingdom and the State
of Nicaragua have also acceded to a declaration, recognising as
international rights the principles contained in the convention
between the United States and Russia of the 22nd of July,
1854. These treaties and conventions will be laid before the
Senate for ratification.

TREASURY

The statements made in my last annual message, respecting
the anticipated receipts and expenditures of the treasury, have
been substantially verified.

It appears from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
that the receipts during the last fiscal year ending June 30,
1855, from all sources. were sixty-five millions, three thousand,
nine hundred and thirty dollars; and that the' public ,
expen-
ditures for the same period, exclusive of payments on account
of the public debt, amounted to fifty six millions, three
hundred and sixty-five thousand, three hundred and ninety.
three dollars. Doting the same period, the payments made in
redemption of the publi : debt, including interest and premium,
amounted to nine millions eight hundred and forty-four
thousand, five hundred and twenty-eight dollars.
The balance In the treasury at the beginning of the present
fiscal year, July 1, 1855, was eighteen millions nine hundred
and thirty-one thowand nine hundred and seventy-six dollars ;
the receipts for the first quarter, and the estimated receipts for
the remaining three quarters, amount, together, to sixty-seven
millions nine hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred
and thirty-four dollars; thus affording in all, as the available
resources of the current fiscal year, the sum of eighty-sib
millions eight hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred
and ten dollars.

If, to the actual expenditures of the first quarter of the
Current fiscal year, he added the probable expenditures for the
remaining three quarters, as estimated by the secretary of the
treasury, the sum total will be seventy-one millions two hundred
and twenty• six thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars,
thereby leaving an estimated balance in the treasury on July
1, 1856, of fifteen millions six hundred and twenty-three
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty-one
cents.

In the above estimated expenditures of the present fiscal
year are included three million dollars to meet the last instal-
ment of the ten millions provided for in the late treaty with
Mexico, and seven millions seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars appropriated on account of the debt due to Texes,
which two sums make an aggregate amount of ten millions
seven huadred and fifty thousand dollars, and reduce the
expenditure, actual or estimated, for ordinary objects of the
year, to the sum of sixty millions four hundred and seventy-six
thousand dollars.

The amount of public debt, at the commencement of the
present fiscal year, was forty millions five hundred eighty-three
thousand six hundred and thirty-one dollars, and, deduction
being made of subsequent payments, the whole public debt of
the federal government remaining at this time, is less than
forty million dollars.

The remnant of certain other government titooks, amounting
to two hundred and forty-three thousand dollars, referred to in
my last message as outsianding, has since been paid.

I am fully persuaded that it would be difficult to devise a
system superior to that by which the fiscal business of the
government is now conducted. Notwithstanding the great
number of public agents of collection and disbursement, it is
believed that the checks and guards provided, including the
r'quirement of monthly returns, render it scarcely possible
for any considerable fraud on the part of those agents, or
neglect invoking hazard of serious public loss, to escape
detection. I renew, however, the recommendation herotofbro
made by me, of the enactment of a law declaring it felony on
the part of public officers to insert Idse entries in their books
of record or account, or 'to make false returns, and also
requiring them on the' termination of their service to deliver
to their successors all books, records, and other objects of a
public nature in their custody.
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of dutiestbe
Derived as our public revenue is,in
evidence chief part,ei fromn e
on imports, its olagnitude affords gratifying
prosperity, not only of our commerce, but of the other great
interests upon which that depends,

The principle that all moneys not required for the current
expenses of the government should remain for active employ.
went in the hands of the people, and the. conspicuous fact that
the annual revenue from all sources exceeds, by many millions
of dollars, the amount needed for a prudent and ecouom'cal
administration of public affairs, cannot fail to suggest the pro-
priety of an early revision and redwien of the tariff of duties
on imports. It is nq sq gAnerally conceded that the purpose
.)f revenue al9e oan justify the imposition of duties on
imports, that, in re-adjusting the impost tables and schedules,
which unquestionably require essential modiaoations, a
departure from the principles of the present tariff is not
anticipated.

AIIIIIC.
The army, during the past year, has been actively engaged in
defending the 'lndian frontiers, the stateof the service permit-
ting hnt few and small garrisons in our permanent fortifica-
tions. The additional regiments authorised at the last session
of Congress have been recruited and organised, and a large
portion of the troops have already been sent to the field. All
the duties which devolve on the military establishments have
b.sen satisfactorily performed, and the dangers and privation,

The report of the Secretary of the interior will engage
your attention, as well for useful suggestions it contain!, as
for the interest and importance of the subjects to which they
refer.

The aggregate amount of public land sold during the last
fiscal year, located with military scrip or land warrants, taken
up under grants for roads, and selected as swamp lanes by
States, is twenty-four millions, five hundred and fifty-seven
thousand, four hundred and nine acres; of which the portion
sold was fifteen millions, seven hundred and twenty-nine
thousand, five humbed and twenty four acres, yielding in
receipts the sum of eleven millions four hundred and eighty.
five thousand, three hundred and eighty dollars. In the same
period of time, eight millions, seven hundred and twenty-
three thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four acres have been
surveyed ; but, in consideration of the quantity already
subject to entry, no additional tracts have been brought into
market.

The peculiar relation of the general government to the
district of Columbia renders it proper to commend to your
care not only its material, but also its moral interests, includ-
ing education, more especially in those parti of the distria
outside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

The commissioners appointed to reviso and codify the laws
of the district, have made such' progress in the performance of
their task, as to ensure its completion in the time prescribed
by the act of Congress.

Information has recently been received, that the pollee of
the settlements in the territories of Oregon and Washington
is disturbed by hostilities on the part of the Indians, with
indications of extensive combinations of a hostile character
among the tribes in that quarter, the more serious in their
possible cifect by reason of the undetermined foreign interests
existing in those territories, to which your attention has already
been especial'' invited. Efficient measures have been taken,
which, it is believed, will restore quiet, and afford protection

rirsier Cam.

URRY & Co. (LATE
BROKE/1,6

TONGE, CURRY & CO,
FOR THE SALE OP SHIPS,
AND SHIP VALUERS,
a and appointed Brokers to the High Court of Admiralty,
WA-LIM-BUILDINGS, WATER -STREET,

—Vessels from 50 to 2000 tons ; St

earners. &C.

--, k LATE TONGS, CURRY and C 0.,)
BROKERS FOR THE SALE of SHIPS,
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4,1, A(D SHIP VALUERS,
DERET-BIJILDINGS, FENWICE.-STHEET,

Who have always on sale Ships, Steamers, &c., of from
_ .

60 to 1,800 tons register,

J. GETTY AND CO ,

SHIP AND SALVAGE BROKERS, AND
T SHIP VALUERS,
LIVER-CHAMBERS, TITHEBARN-STREET, AND 17,
- . GRACECHIIRCH-STREET, LONDON,
Marine and- Fire, &c., Assurance Agent.

ROBERT A. MUNN & CO.,
(Late Cunard, Munn, & C 0.,)
BROKERS FOR THE SALE OF SHIPS,
STEAMERS, &C., AND SHIP VALUERS,
3, YORK-BUILDINGS, DALE-STREET,
LIVERPOOL.

CUSTARD, BRETT, Sc AUSTEN,
(Late Cunard, Munn, & Co.)
SHIP A
&ate AUCTIONEERS VALUERS
ND
FOR THEBROKERS SALE, OF
SHIPS, WRECKS, &c.,
AND 150, LEADEN-

5, YORK BUILDINGS, 1

HALL STREET, LONDON.

Sale 4 bv iludion,

FOR SALE BY AUCTION, (if not previously
4„ disposed of by private treaty,) on Thursday next, the
15%; 17th instant, at Three o'clock, at the Brokers' sale-
itl6/A A‘:' room,' 5, York-buildings, Dale-street, the fine Barque
JEANIE JOHNSTON, 386 tons 0.m., 408 tons regis-
ter; length 106 feet, breadth 24 feet, depth 18 feet 3-10ths, built
_ _

'-class and well known

, Mr. John
stened, and is very strong, has been

taken good care of, and will be found a very serviceable vessel.—
For inventory and further particulars apply to CUNARD, BRETT,
and AUSTEN, Brokers for the Sale of Ships, 5, York-buildings,
Dale-street ; and 150, Laadenhall-street, London.

FOR SALE by AUCTION, on Thursday next,
the 17th inst., at Three o'clock, at the Brokers' sale-
-4e0,1 room, 5, York Buildinzs, Dale-street, the fine A 1
•7,,,r&Schooner ALICE', 103 1802-.1500 tons register. Length
• breadth, 19 feet; depth, 10 feet 4-10th,. Built at
-Ised A 1 for eight years, is copper-fast.
et. She carries a fair cargo on a
stands without ballast. Lying in George's
Dock.—For further particulars apply to CUNARD, BRETT, &
AU iTEN, 5, York Buildings, Dale-street, and 150, Leadenall-street.
London.

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sails fast, a

AUCTION, on Thursday
next, the 17th instant, at Three o'clock, at the Brokers'
Saleroom, 5, York-buildings. Dale-street, the tine new
Ship DE SA LABE RY, about 854 tons rcat., 939 tons
0.31. ; length 1631 feet, beam 35 feet, depth of hold 21
at Quebec in 1855 under the Inspection of Lloyd's sur-
ls, copper fastened, has a full poop, top-
'ell found with anchors, chains, rigging,
.rries a large cargo, and sails remarkably
lventories and further particulars apply
AUSTEN, Brokers for the Sale of

FOR SALE BY

gallant
&C. ; sl

Precastle, and

s a fine

fist • in Unio
to CUNARD

on *ale,

FOR SALE BY AUCTION, on Thursday, the
reFA24th inst., at One o'clock, at the Brokers' saleroom
Walmer buildings, Water-street, the very bedutifu
schooner Yacht ARIEL; 78 tons re. ister, built at Cowes
:Ind is a most desirable cr.dt in every respect. Her materials are

ppered ; sh

dless

)st perfect

et 4710ths ;
—Apply to

CURRY & CO

Birkenhead Flo*
of Ships.

Brokers fo

FOR SALE BY AUCTION, on Thursday, the
24th inst., at One o'clock, at the Brokers' saleroom,
Walmer-buildings, Water-street, the Schooner
ALERT; 58 tons per register; built at Annan, in 1833,
rrom 90 to 100 to-s, and is well adaptei for the coasting trade.
,53 feet; breadth, 15 feet; depth, 9 feet 8-10ths. Lying in
g Dock.—Apply to CURRY & CO., Broke: s for the Sale of

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