The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-09

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srrsfrf ffstfu
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b i sHkaif ia dstsl 40 reif ~ ibs vuhiic b..
aise~s sud fhf coH9liipa of %. rassout tfzuaiss
n ~ 90. s0fticr sdsainisirrei ts ihsf srpari
.aesd " iiIr FuqeF aHgrai
1ae fct~tur ~ lhr Cggu'fY ictioa aln0st iu.
sautllsiy a. ihf Ia lAYui gl.-s o. frqlu yoaf o.
war i1gfeas-aF l~yap4 either the iniefcsis sac
J.fssi~siirr uaufs II tlir rorrrnfaeuf
A. thc cioae - the hsiai year eullsr iuns 1o
ist- l4rrs fffnatnoa "a tlis treasury lAlApCe ~
fegfsasa nil.isn slS hunifed and ihifty $50 tbau
sad Aandfsa AND thirty six dollars
Vutlic fcvcnBr ~ ihc ascai wear rndiug Jups ~,
t~as. Amounted % shy eight mllliuu nine hun
dfpd Aui shifiy-ono Thousand cigia handrc1 and
siafF I've dollar, ffofu cutious sad o. tao hl-
lIon four Auuifcd and hVe Thousand seven huu-
aired AID csia dollars froau pnlie lands ADJ other
miscellaneous s9a ccs Amounting together 10 Ala
" C1e miliiun three handrrd AID thirty .sgFcn
thous.fid hy, h4nifed and -oyeniy four dollafs
uills o. pallr eEpfni iufrs f1r thc sainr period
exclusive oi payments on account 4 the pa'aic
dcti smouustG 60 forty three million Owe hun
drti and nny-faur ii,ousand two huudrcd and
stats 1.-Two d0ilAfs having halancc u tbirty-tNo
falian fFuf hundred aiai tNriv. Ave thousand four
hundred ard foriy-sc,en do,l4rs u receipts above
eapvadiiurs
This fact. of INCREASING .uplus 10 the Treasury
tsgrsiue tho subject n auxiuus consideration a. q
very early period of my administration, add the
paih u 3uty In regard 10 i scvmcd To- me obsi-
ous and cicar namely fret, a. apply the surplus
revenue &C. the discharge u the public debt, -
far A. could iudicionsly lr douc and secondly
e. dcslse means Tor the gradual reduction 81 tho
"a venue g. The siandari 81 thc public rKigvucics
% 'Ac6dmplismrui ia ,..-s, 49,, y =, ~, 49,,
NV SS' ", The amount Of The publ,
49,. ~ AZ classes, was on The Ash Of March
800 ~, 100 81 payments uu account Of which
niFe lcen made, since that period. 10 the amount
~ Si~'u"i' &fi having unpaid, and Ia the CON
nsoous coufse ofls4udaiion, the sum Of ~, 49,
%afsc, p qs p1S a although aS9e 49, s p,
have becn effected readily, aud TO the general ad
vantage of the Treasury and have at the sam,
{ timc proved % signal utility 90 the relief the,
F have incidentally afforded 10 The money market
and 10 the industrial and commercial pursuits O
DE country
The second Of the above mentioned objects
ihat Il the reduction Of the tariff. Is Of great im
porisDee and the plan suggested by the Sccrcia
~ 81 the Treasury which is to reduce on certain
articles, aud 10 add 10 the free list many articles
/ now taxed and especially such as enter into man
niactures and are not largely, or at all produce,
| NJ country, is commended 10 your candid and car,
/ lul considerations.
fga Wi hni n the report Of the Secretary If tn
Treasury Hiso sbundsnt proof Of the en,rs adoqupc
Of The pre- cut - Of system To meet all the quite
m nts Ot TIE puhic service, aud that, Wilde prupetl
Administered, operates the advantage OF the cum
mguiy in Ordiasy businoss 70 atoms
respectfully ask your attention 10 sundry sngges
tons 81 iiupfOyg mcHts the settlement of aecouLts
especially ~ re sfd. the large suns q oulsiandin
sttr ~ Que 90 The government, and at other reform
"a the adIunr traive sctipn ui his department who
indicated by the Secretary as 50 10 the prngres
made IN the construction Of marine hospitals custom
honses, and Of new mint IA California and assa
Office IN The Cf New York heretofore provided 10
by Congress- snd also 10 the emineny successful pr
grees 81 tie Cost Survey. and OF the light house boar
, Among tho ubIecis morning your attention " 4 b
lmpoiitht ncoWmsndAt Ons from the Sccretafrs q
". and Navy | am fGly satisfied that tho nav,
OF the luiled states Is not Va condition Of srengt
. and efficiency Commensurate with the magnitude G
our commercial aud ofhcr interests; and c0minoh
To yOur especial attention the suggestions on this sui
81 iict made by the Secretary VI the Navy. r.spee
tally submit thar ue Army, which under orr sysier
mnst always be rgtrdcd with the h,ghe.
interest as nnc eus around which the vount.e
i'ro'- u the naipn gather n the hour OF daugt
4 fequIaes augmenta'inn modification, Z, adnpi II
The pressut rNtc dtd lIniis and frontier felnInns
the country. and he condition Of the ndiln tites
tine interior II the cOunneut, the uece--ity OF whic
va, appear 20 The communications OF tue Socfo,arIc
Of War rod lnIenor.
10 he administration OF the Post Office departmen
TOT The h.ral year eading Jane 30. 1853 The gfus
/ expenditure WAS seyen million ilina hundred a
e,Rhiy-t~O thousand seven hundred aud fifty Fl
dollars aud the gross receipts during the same peuo
, hye miltan niue huhdfcd and tory two lhoui an
seven hundr, d and Ihlry tour dollars showing tina
The cufFeu fevrnue failed 10 meet the current
Oi ihe department by the sum OF Two million ory-tw
thousand and thifiy twp dollars. The causes which
under the present postal system and laws led neyita
By Ia thus result, are ny explained 10y the report
} the Postmaster Gonefs one great cause being til
enormous rates the department has been compelled I
LAY tor mrl service rendered by Railroad conpanio,
D The EXHIBIT in the report of the Postmaster Genera
oi The income and expenditures b, mad steamers W
be iru peculiarly Interesting, and OF q character
demand he immediate action of Congress
Numerous aud fagaHt frauds upon the Pensio
bureau have been brought 10 HIGHT within The las
yesr, and. sJne instances, menieu pu iishfnsni
iHiioisoi Bat, unfortunately, IA Others gudy pnfto
e have escaped. not through the want OF suite lea
evidence 10 warrant convection, bur N conscqnpuc
, 81 ~ provisions # imitation IA the aisting laws
fiom lac nature OF these elains, the remotenes.
the lilhuna's 10 pass upon them, and the mode il
Which the proof H. Of Necessity, inmshed temptation
, tpcrne have been Rr, alY stimulated BY The nbyou
dfcult,s OF detection. Tho defects n The law upo
THIS subject are 50 apparent and iitsi the ends
: last''c, that your esfly>action relating Is mos
de-rable
DufuE The lssi fiscs year, nine million eight hum
do snd nineteen thousand four hundred and clever
res o the pubic lsndr have been surveyed ant
ten nlllnn thrue hun red aud sixy-three thousa a,
elghi hundred and ninety -one brought into market
Whhin The sHme PERIOD the sales by pubic pr-
chase and pisaie entry amounted 10 mior
eigaiy tfcs thousand tour hg tdroJ ami ninety Eve
ares, located under military bounty land wafranis
"a iiiil"n one hundred and i1fty thousand three
hundred and sriy acres heated under other cefu
thf nilt IN iua8U9 fiiif hundred 9nl tWcufN
attes' oodcd to me States swamp lands, asteci
mil iOu bundled and glty-f.ur thousand two
bundled and my three acFus selected Tor railroad
and other OBJECTS under OF Congress- one million
Tour hIndf' and weBiy sesea th0usan four hundred
Z and ttif
Total nmo Of dUds Disposed OF wiihn lhe h,ca
year tNcafy i've indiOu ihrre hundred and 4 ry q,
thousand nine nun ifsd and ninety sefes which
is erase 10 IsuriY sold and heated undef land
I wtuanis snd giants, Of Twelve million Two hundred
end uhr'y one r''asand eight hlnufei AMI eghleea
s-Ies over the fiscal We Immediately pre- eding The
] quantity Ol land ,old during the secni and tiird
quarl'rs ui ls5i. was hires hundred sod thrty fur
/ ih'nssnd iouf hundred ant hiir one sercs. The
amount received thefeis', was hundred and tweu.
/ y ihyse Thousand sfs h3ndfed and eighty seven dol
Ian The qianfiy sid Ike second snd hfi quarters Of
tne year 1883 was one nlliOa hundred cad ntne.
eea acTes ami the amo'ili received therefor, two
fuiltou an1 iNcnty taousand eight hagdfed and
Z ssNcfny "a doi an.
! The shos nunber Of lsnd warrants issuad under
e1suaR lows pfiof 10 the SON Of September .as was
IN hundfod and "a th1usan1 aad tony i~u. OF
shi-h There were outstanding, al thsi date SIXTY
thousand niue hundrd and i0rty seven, The quaint.
" o. isud 'egasd 10 SATISFY these Outstanding var.
rants Be- tT m4ion seven hundred nnd seventy eight
Thousand nas hundred snd ~ cniy arrfs.
Nauans haze been s-1s1 % TIE 3lth u 81 pirtn.
hsr ast under The at 81 ilM February. lsl7 calling
thousand 40 tu1err1 aEd ciEhy Acfes; ugdef Acu 81
sspcu.ttf % $50, ssc March "a, i-59 calling ioi
Twelve million i've hundred snd tive Thousand tfee
tpnafed snd siSiy EcTesi making total Of t~cBy
"a hundf,d and issiY
o. believed that - penehce has ssri6ed the AZ
3nfn and lr, &c a he pfeseni sytta, with regard 20
Ne ps lir daiaaia, 30 mosl es-sn lsl psTucgisft.
90 All pefceife tom tso Plft 81 te Secretary
q NE laieiof MAJ oin one, which have ottB been
sapfcssed n reistion g. the ogffsfon Of the land
o. not beng source ~ lfssnuc 10 ihr irdera
re- asu'g ~sfe efipneo2s The nei pIohts from the