Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-12-21

ment of contracts, against American citi-
zens in that country, whilst their govern
ment has established tribunals by which
an American citizen can recover debts
due from British subjects.
Accustomed, as the Chinese are, to
summary justice, they should not be made
to comprehend why criminals, who are CT
tizens of the United States, should escape
impunlty, in violation oftreaty obligations,
whist the punishment of Chinese, who
nave committed any crime against our A
merican cl9zens, would be vigorously ex-
acted. Indeed the consequences might
be fatal to American citizens in China,
should a tiagrant crime be committed by
any one Of them upon Chinese. and nun.
ishment not follow, according to the re-
qusilion of the treaty. This might dis,
turb, if not destroy, our friendly relations
with that Empire, and cause an Interrupt
ton to our valuable commerce. ~
Our treaties with the Sublime Porte
Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Muscat, al
so require that legislation of Congress to
carry them into execution, though the ne
so urgent as in regard to China.
The Secretary Of State has submitted
an estimate to defray the expenses ofope-
ming diplomatic relations with the Papal
States. The interesting political relations
in progress in those States, as we'll as
our commercial interests, have rendered
such measure highly expedient. Est
mates have also been submitted of outfits
of Charges des 4 fairs to the Republics OF
Guatemala and Equator. The manifest
importance of cultivating the most friend
ly relations with all the independent States
of the continent, has induced me to rec
ommend appropriations necessary to the
maintenance Of these missions. ..
| recommend TO Congress that an ap-
preparation be made to be paid the Span
ish Government to be distributed among
the claimants in the Amistad case. | en-
terrain the opinion that this is due to Spain,
under the treaty of20th October, 1875:
and moreover, from the earnest manner
in which the claim continues to be urged,
so long as it remains unadjusted, it will
be a source of irritation between the two
countries, which may prove highly preju-
dicial to the interests Of the United States.
Good policy, no less than faithful COM
pliance with our treaty obligations, requires
that the inconsiderable appropriations
should be made.
A detailed statement Of the condition of
the finances will be presented in the an
nual report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The imports for the fiscal year
ending on the Both of June, 1S47, were
SAG, 545, 63S, Of which the amount ex-
ported was S9,911,15S, leaving $I39,-
534.4O6 in the country, for domestic use.
The value of the exports for the same pc
riod was $159,648, 622, of which $780,
637, AGA, consisted of domestic produc-
tons, and $7,O11,15s of foreign articles.
The receipt into the Treasury amount
ed to $26, 346, 790.35; ofwhich there was
derived from customs $23,747, e33, &c,
from sales ofpublic lands S., 426, 335, 20,
and from incidental and miscellaneous
sources $1O0,57O,51. The last fiscal
year, during which this amount was re-
ceived, embraced FIVE months under the
tariff act Of 1913, and seven months du-
ring which the tariffiact of 1916 was in
force. During the five months under the
operation of the tariff act of 1912, the
amount received from customs was ST.
942,3O6, 80, and during the seven months
under the act of 1916, the amount receiv-
ed was $l7, 905, 557, 10. 70"
The net revenue from customs in the
year ending on the first of December,
1916, being the last year under the ope-
ration Of the tariff act of 1912, was 1922
81 ,403, 10; and the net revenue from
customs, during the year ending Decem-
Der lst, 1912, being the last year under
the operation Of the tariff act Of 1916 was
about $31 ,5O0,O00; being an increase of
revenue for the first year under the tariff
act 1916 of more than $s,50O,0OO over
that ofthe last year of the tariff Of 1912
The expenditures during the last fiscal
year ending on the Both of June last are
$40, 451, 177,65; of which So, 52l ,O62 81
was on account of payments of principal
and interest of the public debt, including
treasury notes redeemed and not funded.
The expenditure, exclusive Of payment
of public debt, were $50, 629,095,26. ~
1t is estimated that the receipts into the
treasury for the fiscal year, ending 3Oth
June 1918, including balance in the trea-
sury on the LIST of June last, will amount
to S42,s8 $3.50; of which So 900, 900
it is estimated will be received from Gus
toms, 100000 from the sale of public
lanGs-4OO,OO0 from incidental sources,
including sales made by the Solicitor of
the treasury-$6, 2s5, 294,95 from loans
already authorized by law; which, with
the balance in the treasury on the lst of
July last make the sum estimated.
The expenditures for the same period
of peace with Mexico shall not be conclu-
ded, and the arm. shall be increased as