Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-10
1hs Lifellfieia Enquiries.
LIT HFIELD:
Tssrsday slos1lss, Jan. AZ .Isse

LIT HFIEL Id:
1 TSarsday Mon.isg. Jan. a. 49,
Repsrs. q he Dspars'.s....
TIE SscnxrAaror svAanrses a Increase
of compensation q army officers, and the
revision Of the Law fesperting their allow
ances |; also that The provision Of the last
cosgsess incsrssing the payaof The fank
and Gle be extended to sIIsenlisted men
He recommends an decrease Of the, medical
corps, and an addition Of FIVE military store
keepers. He recommends the judicious
scontinuance Of sea-coast defenses, and es-i
Pseisly 5sGsws his suggestions FOR tie de-
Tense of Ship Island 10 protect the ap-
proaches to New Orleans He presents
also neat and yfofcibie argument ID favor
of the Pacific railroad. as means, of de-
Tense. bnt avoids expressly recommending
its construction BY governmental aid, al-
thoughhe distinctly intimstss to favor such
aid. S@ks zs@a W
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The TREAsuaY RrroRr is very dry, being
mostly given up to accounts and business
details. The Secretary bears hard on the
State Banks. especially those issuiag small
notes. insimating that they tend to univer-
sal bankruptcy. He foreshado ss an excise
by Congress or, the Issue of such notes, so
high rs 70 iasuss their suppression. He
proposes . uniform impost Of twenty five
or thirty per cent on iron, steel, and their
manufactures, sugar. wines and all fabrics
Of cotton. wool, and siik. fax. OF hemp,
except cheaps coarse woolenss--He propo-
ses that wool and Nil raw materials for
American manufacture shall be admitted
free. All other articles than those hereto
fore instanced, he would have charged one
uniform rate Of fifteen or twenty PER cent.
These he considers would favor the fur,he s
development Of our home manufactures
The report of The SrcRxrAaY OF The
NAVY recommends the Construction OF adj
ditional steam sioops Of war. ltexpreses
entire satisfaction with the results Of the
apprenticeship sysiem and with the legis.
la,ion Of the last Congress- in behalf Of the
navy. Hmaintains the abolition Of cor
poreal punishment and recommends an in
crease Of the marine corps and an increase
Of seaman to 10000 men. Tho Secretary
sustaios the general action OF the naval
retiring board, but intimases bis readiness
to aid in restoring any ofhcera in special
cases who have been unjus,ly treated.
Tas PosTMAsTsR-GEuxRaL Rupoar
shows net incresse Of S62 mail routes
during the past year; 24.77o Offices in OPP
Grafton on the 30th Of November /; the total
annual transportation Of malta 67.40i. l6e
miles. eossing $5.s45. sss. The railroad
service has increased Sass. lsa miles, and
the coach and steamboat service has Ii
minished, the FRS, ~ - per cent, and the
latter sepef cent The expenditures Of the
department for the year have amounted to
S9.9ss. s42 %, and the reccip,s 10 7,342,.
l36 -. The excess Of expenditures over
receipts $2,626, s06 Is. Increase Of reve-
nue. over last year SO per cent.
Judge Campbell discoun,enances the
continuaace Of the Large appropriations
every year to the Collins steamers. He
ssys they have failed to keep their engage
ments with Congress, tina, the allowance
paid BY the British government for similar
service is enough, and that he cannot bu,
regard the continuance Of the present in
creased rate Of compensation, which, in
March, will amount to $780, 900, as a
mere g:atnity destroying all competition on
most important route, and. like al such
appropriations, attended by most pernicious
influences.