Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-17


there viii remain OF them an unexpen-
ded balance probably exceeding one
million ofdcliars.y &s
Extracts - Idenfs Message
omitted J1St s0cek.
According TO the estimates at the
Treasury Department, the receipts in
the treasury during the pvesen, year
will amount to twenty-four millions one
hundred and sixty one thousand aud
eighteen dollars, which will exceed by
about three hundred thousand dollars
the estimate presented in the last an-
nual report of the Secretary of the
Treasury. The total expenditure du-
ring the year, exclusive oil public debt,
is estimated at thirteen millions seven
hundred and forty two thousand three
hundred aid eleven dollars: aud the
payment on account of public debt Tor
the same period will have been eleven
millions three hundred and fifty four
thousand six hundred and thirty dol
lars; leaving balance in the treasury,
on the first of January. eighteen hum
dred and thirty-one, of four millions
eight hundred and niue,een thousand
seven hundred and eighty one dollars.
ln connexion with the condition Of
GU, finances, it affords me pleasure to
remark that jndicious aud efficient ar
engagements have been made by the
Treasury Department for securing the
peeuniary responsibility Of the public
officers, and the more punctual pay
ment OF public dues. The revenue
cutter service has been organized, aud
placed on good footing, aud aiIedby
an increase of inspectors at exposed
points; and the regulations adopted
under the act of May, 1880. for the IN
spection and appraisement of merchan-
disc, have produced much improve
meDt in the execution ofthe laws, and
more security against the commission
OF frauds upon the revenue. Abuses
IN the allowances for fishing bounlies
have also been corrected, and mate
rial saving in that branch ofthe service
thereby effected. In addition to these
Improvements, the system of expendi-
ture Tor sick seamen belonging to the
merchant service has been revised !;
and, by being rendered uniform and
economical, the benefits of the fund APP
l'pllcable TO the object have been useful
ly extended.
lhe prosperity Of our country is also
luther evinced by the increased reve-
nue. arising from the sale Of public
lands, as will appear from the report OF
the Commissioner Of the General Land
Ofhce, and the documents accompany
ing 1t, which are herewith transmitted.
beg leave to draw your attention 10
tins report, and to the propriety of ma
king early appropl iations for the objects
which it specifies.
Your attention is again invited to the
subjects connected with that portion Of
the public interests entrusted to the
War department. Some of them were
referred to in my former message; ant
they are presented in detail IN the re.
port of the Secretary of War, herewith
submitted. / refer you, also, to the re.
port OF that officer for knowledge O.
the state of the Army, Notifications
arsenals, and Indian affairs; all o.
which, 1t will be perceived, have beer
guarded with jealous attention and
care. 1t is worthy of your considera
ZION whether the armament necessar,
Tor the Notifications on our mar atime
frontier, which are now, or shortly viii
be, completed, should not be in readi
ness sooner than the customary appro
priations will enable the Department,
to provide them. This precautioI
seems to be due to the general system
OF fortification which has been sauc
toned by Congress-, and is recommen.
ded by that maxim of wisdom which
tells US in peace to prepare for war.
/ refer you 10 the report OF the Sec.
rotary CT the Navy for highly salts
factory account ofthe manner in which
the concerns of that Department have
been conducted during the present
year. Our position in relation to al
the most powerful nations of the earth
and the present condition Of Europe
admonIsh US to cherish this arm of our
national defence with peculiar care
Separated by wide seas from all those
Governments whose power we might
have reason TO dread, we have nothing
to apPrehend from attempts at conquest
1t is chiefly attacks upon our com
merce, and harassing inroads upon our
coast, against which we have to
guard. a respectable naval force, al
ways afioat, with an accumulation OF
the means to give II rapid extension
IN case of need, furnishes the power by
which all such aggressions may be pre-
vented or repealed. The attention OF
The Government has, therefore, been
recently directed more to preserving
the public vessels already built, and