The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-01-10

thirly.tour dollars; thus afording in all
as The available resources of the curren
fiscal year, the sum OF eighty--lx million
eight hundred and tifiy-slx thousand sew
en- hundred and ten dollars.
Ii, TO the actu i expen1 lures of the
first quarter OF the current fiscal wear, be
added the probable expenditures for the
remaining three quarters, as estimated by
the Secretary OF the Treasury. the sum
total viii be seventy one million TWO hun
dred and TWEEN SIX thousand eight hun
dred aud forty dollars, thereby leav
luz An estimated balance in the treasury
on July /. 1856, of fifteen million six
hundred md TWEEN y three thousand ei .ht
hundred aud six y three dollars and for y
one cent.
In the above estimated exp n1isurcs of
the present fiscal year are included three
million dollars to meet the in>tament of
the ten millions provided Tor in the late
treaty with Mexico, and seven million sev
hundred and fifty thousand dollars appro
prlated on account Of Tie debt due 10 IL X
as, which twosum> make an aggregate :
mount o ten million seven hundred and
! fif'y thousand collars. and reduce the tx
i ary objects OF the year, to the sum OF
sixty million four hundred and evenly six
thousand dollars.
The amount of the public j bt. at the
commencement OF the present fiscal year
was foriy million five hundred and eighty
three thousand six hunIrcd anI thirty. ne
dollars, and, deduc ion being made OF
subsequent payments be whole public
dcbt OIL The federal government remaining
al this time is less than for,y million dol
| lars.
The remnant Of cer'ain othe;r govern
ment,storkS, amounting 10 two hundred
ana ,orty tire, Thousand dollars, referred
t.'in my Iast messase as ouLStan ing mas
>lnce been pail.
! am tuiy persua led that it would be
iIthcuit To d..l!-e IA 5. stem superior To
Thai. by which~she fiscal bu,ines, of the
governments Is now conducted. No,with-
standInS the great number ut public Il gents
III collection an! disbur ement, ii Is be-
iivici that u t checks and guards pr VI
ded, Inciu ing the requirement oi month
" returns, render 1t scarcely possible tor
any considerable fraud on the part oi
those agents. or me-, ecL involving haZ ND
serious public o>s, to e>cap de.ecIon.
l renew, however. the recommendation,
heretofore made by me, of the enactme II:
ot II law declaring 1t felony on The part
ol pubilc officers % insert ttl,c entries in
tiieir books or record oi account, or tu
make false returns; and a.so requiring
them on the termination OF their servi t
10 deliver to their success rs all books rec
or is, and o,h,r OBJ is ot a public nature
in tncir custody.
Derived as public revenue is, in CHIEF
par from duties on Il por 5, It's magniud
affords gratifying evidence oi The pros
p-ri'y, not only ri oul commerce, bul q
the oIi"r yrcat Interests upon which thai
icp,n!s.
T"e principle that AL money not re-
q'urrd Tor lie current. expense of TIE
government >hnul lem in ,ur tc i've en-
p!oymrn, III the hani> 81 thr people, and
the consplcuu> tact that lilc annual reve
nue. rom ali sour 'es exceeds, Uy many
millions ri dollars. the am ,unt needed ior
n ruI.nt and economical admins ratloil
ri pubic fairs, cannot tail 10 >us Est ilc
prophecy of an early revision AMI rcdue-
To o: the tariff nf lutie> On imports. L
Is now ~ generally conceded that {
purpose oi rcyen alone can JUSTLY The
imposition nf duties on impor,s. CHAT, III
re-a juSglng Tie impo>t tables and sch d
uleS, which unqueStlo ably rrquir essen
tlal mod ticat"ns. ID dtpar urr from the
princip es ofthe present tariff l>lIot an'ic
ipated
The army, during The past year, has
been actively engaged in Defending th
lnlian frontier, the stale f the service
p rnlit,iny but few and small yarrlSon>
il our permanent :or;tica ions the ad
Iii iontl regiments authorized at the last
session OF Con -res$ have been recruited
an organlz 'd, AMI large por ion OF the
tro"p h ave already been sent 10 the field
All The du les, which icvuivc on the mill
tary establishment, have been saasfaclorl-
y performed and the dangers and pfIsa-
Itl"n> incident To the character of the ser
Co required Of our troops have furnished
a.iliiipnai evidence of their coura-e Zeal
AMI capacity 10 meet any reqa>i len,
w..ich lii ir country nay mix upon them
For he let.,l> "i military opera lions, TIE
di>irhu ion oI the troops, ani al liion II
pr''vi ions reqni II ior he mill ~ Serv-
ice. | refer 10 t r,pnri ot the Src. etary
ot Wht an ! he acc"n,p nyIns si"rumch )
/ EXDrr ttce ia; h, r..I from t ven wIiIct
have tranSpired 'Inct my las anuu Il mes
say,. has buy served III confirm t,,e upln
ION then ,Xprc>~cti o! the r"prie,v 4.
M iklny prolI Ion. by retired lis, vi dis
ahle Officers IN Inr increased compcnsil
ion To the officers retained on the list tol
nc i've du Y. A The reasons which tx
l>tcd, w1en these measures were recon-
men iri ON former occasions, continue
! w thout mo iiticalon. except SO lar as cir
c m>tapc nave given 20 theM All l;loua
t,,rce
/ he rcco:nne lla ion> her 'af,er ma /
lol il partial reorganization oi the army
are also renewed. Tne tno 'ough elemen
tary education given - those officers, wh(
commence their service with the grade .
cadet. qualities hem. to a considerable eX
tent To l,er.ofm the duties of every arm
of the service but t" give the hi ghes
efficiency ia artillery requires the practlc
an.i special study at III my years; and l
is nor, therefore, believed TO be a,tvlSabl
to maintan, in tine of peace, "a large
; tofce oi that arm tn III ctn he usually EN-
ployel IN ,he duties appertalnlng to tn
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