Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-12-12
Rnnort, rom the pepar. ment..

Reports from the Depar ments.
The space at our command !. too small to
give the Reports which accompany the an
nual message Of the President. We can
only give the principal facts embraced in
them.
/ DEPARTMENT ~ rnE INrrRioR. Under the
charge Of the Secretary OF the Interior ar
several important branches Of the public
service. There has boon surveyed, up o.
the 3Oih Of September, lG.s73,C99 acres.
There has been -1ll Cor cash, AMI granted
Cor various purposes the pa', year, 3o,32',.
los acres, as follows.
. Sold f,r cash. 2.e27.s77 acres.
located with warrants. s,ls2, $50
swamp lands approved 20
States, G,O3i,sI|
For railroad purrDs's, li,6,o,s5i
The laul system has been extended with
great rpili,y over toe whole Pacific slar",
embracing California, Oregon and Washing.
ton territories, and into Kansas Nebraska,
New Mexico AMI Utah.
In thc transactions Of This Department, It
i, mentioned that ,hs records OF clrreron.
dsnc, cover oo,oCoa'inpsa. Eisa,thou.
pnt account, have beru adjusted, and four
hundred thousand lAul patents have Lg.u
issued.
since he l,' % January, the Patent Of
&C., ha. ivurl 22ii patents, aul ihenumhrr
wall probably hr Increased O. 300 during
the year. Tn income u the or,c :, about
s:oOOoo.
+. q. pUwTrI>r. The whole number
II Poe. OI,rs On the United States j. -.
s6j-an incras, Of }6ii IN four years.
There are IN operation 5000 mail route, 60
iima,rl 90 embrace 23i.Gj2 miles. costing
sb,U3i,37l. In Nebraska and Kansas To-.
-, miles v,r, added to the length Ut thc
routes. The Who'll. cost of thr inland ,rr.
,i,c. on thc fret OF July, l,iG, wa. So, 3D..
Ug,. The Postmaster General recommends
contract 10 b, made. not exceeding 5000.
u0r.rauuum, vi. tlcN,nnEua OF r,huan-
,ry.c route, % as 30 gt,o a weekly mail TO
California
Tho accounts Of the Department, stand as
follow.
Total expenditures, Slo,No,es6
Gross revenue, 5.u-n,N2l
Deficiency, 2,N7od7i
IL recommend. the ABOLITION %! he frank.
lr. system and compulsory prepayment on
40 transient printed matter.
In Trrrm. The Report Of Sccrg,a.
~ Guthrie is o very lsns;hy,as vii as able
document. m, Eror, shows the income
and expenditure, OF the Gsral year, ending
June 30, 1886, {, ha,, been as iollov.
Total income, S73,plS,lu
Total expenditures, '2,''N,'ya
ofthe above, l2576,22l was applied to
thc liquidation ur ,hc public debt.
Tho balauc, in the treasury, July !, 1855,
va. SIs.gjl,p5G
July !, 1856, l1,yol,a2i
Estimated, july /, Is5-, .2,aij,23
July /, l,i,, la,'gi,7ll
The public debt las been reduced to 500.
7a7,l2,.
IA, Secretary report, tia, doe total For
cisu trade o.! the country 100 the fiscal year
ending Jane aOth, o, as follows:
Iu exports, $32j,gdLSls
Imports. dli,"5','i2
Dal in favor ofU.S.. I2,a2ig7G
The receipts 0r revenue have boon s..
ga7 .G2i. IN cycr.. or estimates the land
revenue sgl7,6H in excess, while the cz.
p,ni,urc, have exceeded estimates, iuclud-
ius redemption Of public debt, the sum Of
sl.72l,9lj. II, rgnsws the r,commcnla-
,ilus urged in bic previous reports, ia rrla.
ton 20 the revision Of the tariff In regard
to the prospective accumulation Of specie in
the Treasury, he gives the following warn.
ing:
"Thc independent treasury may exercise
q fatal control oycr the currency, the banks
and the trade Of the country, and will 10 -
whenever the revenue shall greatly exceed
the expenditures. There his been expended
since the ith Of March, 1858, more than
Slj,j2j, goo. in the redemption Of the pub
lie debt This debt has 1ccn presented from
time 10 time as the money Accumulated IN
. tho national treasury, and caused srins,n-
cy in the money market. IF there had been
no public debt, and no means Of disbursins
this large sum, and again giving It to the
channels Of commerce, the accumulated sum,
and again giving it to the channels Of COM
mcrcc. the accumulated sum would have
acted fatally on the banks and on trade.
. Tho only remedy would have been a rcduc-
. ton OF the revenue. there being no demand
and no reason for increased expenditure. "
/ Should the present Congress fail to devise
some plan Of preventing such an accumula-
ton, the utmos, stringcncy in the money
market must result, as the necessary copsc-
qucncc Of such accumulation.
Auour WINS. A decision has recently
been rendered, in which will was set aside
because the at,estins witnesses could only
acknowledge their signatures, - they not
knowing at the time Of signing what the
documen, contained. Another decision has
recently been made establishing the legality