The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-23 00:00:00

Oriental countries, are enarged with:complex func-
tions and extraordinary powers.
The condition of the several organised territories
is generally satisfactory, although Indian disturb•
tuxes in New Mexico, have not been entirely sup-
pressed. The mineral resources of Colorado, Nevada,
Idaho, New Mexico, and Arizona are proving far
richer than has been heretofore understood.

I lay before you a communication on this subject
from the Governor of New Mexico.

I again submit to your consideration the expedi-
ency of establishing a system for the encourage-
ment of emigration, al though this source of national
wealth and strength "is again flowing with greater
freedom than for s 6yeral years before the insurrec-
tion occurred.

There is still a great deficiency in every field of
industcy,esPr,cially, in agriculture and in our mines,
as well of iron as the precious metals. While the
demand VA. labour is thus increased here, tens of
thousa rids of persons destitute of remunerative occu.
patthn are thronging our foreign consulates and
offering to emigrate to the United States, if essen.
tial but very cheap assistance can be afforded them.
THE CIVIL WAR IN ITS RELATIONS WITII FOREIGN

COUNTRIES.
It is easy to see that under the sharp discipline
of civil war the nation is beginning a new life.
This noble effort demands the aid and ought to re-
ceive the attention and support of the Government,
Injuries unforeseen by the Government, and unin-
tended, may, in some cases have been inflicted on the
subjects or citizens of foreign countries both at sea
and on land by persons in the service of the United
States.

As this Government expects redress from other
Powers when similar injuries ere inflicted by per-
sons in their service upon citizens of the United
States, we must bo prepared to do justice to
foreigners.

If the existing judicial tribunals ars inadequate
to this purpose, a special court may be authorised
with power to hear and decide such claims of the
character referred to as may have arisen under
treaties and the public law.
Conventions for adjusting the claims by joint
commission have been proposed to some Govern•
ments, but no definite answer to the proposition has
yet been received from any.
In the course of the session I shall probably have
occasion to request you to provide indemnification
to claimants where decrees of restitution have been
rendered (and damages awarded by Admiralty
Courts), and in other cases where this Government
may be acknowledged to be liable iu principle, and
whore the amount of that liability has been ascer-
tained by an informal arbitration.
FINANCE AND TAXATION.

The proper officers of the Treasury have deemed

themselves required by the law of the United States
upon the subject, to demand a tax upon the incomes
of foreign consuls in this country. While such a
demand may not, in strictness, be in derogation of
public law, or perhaps of any existing treaty be-
tween the United States and a foreign country, the
expediency of so far modifying the act as to exempt

from tax the income of such consuls as are not
citizens of the United States derived irom the
emoluments of their office, or from property not
situated in the United States, is submitted to your
serious consideration. I make this suggestion upon
the ground that a comity which ought to be reci-
procated exempts our consuls in all other countries

from taxation to the extent thus indicated. The
United States, I think, ought not to be exception-
ally illiberal to international trade and commerce,
The operations of the Treasury during the last
year have been successfully conducted. The
enactment by Congress of a National BE nking law
has proved a valuable support of the public credit,
and the general legislation in relation to Loans has
fully answered the expectations of its favourers.
Some amendments may be required to perfect exist-
ing laws, but no change in their principles or
general scope is believed to be needed.
Since these measures have been in operation all
demands on the Treasury, including the pay of the
army and navy, have been promptly met and fully
satisfied. No considerable body of troops it is be-
lieved were ever more amply provided and more
liberally and punctually paid, and it may be added
that by no people were the burdens incidental to a
great war more cheerfully borne.

The receipts during the year from all sources, in-
cluding loans and the balance iu the Treasury at
the commencement, were 901,125,674 dols. 86c., and
the aggregate disbursements 895,796,630 dols. 65e.,
leaving a balance on the Ist of July, 1863, of
5,329,044 dols. 21c.

Of the receipts, there were received from customs
69,059,642 dole. 40e.; from internal revenue,
37,640,787 dole. 950. ; from direct tax, 1,485,103
dole. 61c.; from lands, 167,617 dole. 17c. ; from
miscellaneous sources, 3,046,615 dols. 35c., and
from loans, 776,652,361 dole. 57c., making the
aggregate 901,125,674 dols. 86c. Of the disburse-
ments, there were for the civil service, 23,253,922
dole. 08c.; for pensions, and Indians, 4,216,526
dole. 59c. ; for interest on public debt, 24,729,846
dols. 51c. ; for the War Department, 599,298,600
dols. 83c. ; for the Navy Department, 63,211,105
dole. 27c.; for payment of funded and temporary
debt, 181,086,635 dole. 07c., making the aggregate
895,796,630 dole. 65e., and leaving the balance of
5,329,044 dole. 21c.
But the payments of the funded and temporary
debt havicg been made from moneys borrowed
during the year, must be regarded as merely nomi-
nal payments, and the moneys borrowed to make
them as merely nominal receipts, and their amount
181,086,635 dole. 07c. should therefore be deducted
both from receipts and disbursements.
This being done there remains as actual receipts
720,039,039 dols. 79c., and the actual disbursements
are 714,709,995 dole. 58c., leaving the balance as
already stated.

The actual receipts and disbursements for the first
qaarter, and the estimated receipts and disburse-
ments for the remaining three quarters of the cur-
rent fiscal year, 1864, will be shown in detail by the
report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to which I
invite your attention.
It is sufficient to say here that it is not believed
that actual results will exhibit a state of the finances
less favourable to the country than the estimates

heretofore submitted, while it is confidently ex-
pected that at the close of the year both disburse-
ments and debt will be found very considerably
less than has been anticipated.