Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-12-25
Presidents Message.

for us To- give It IN full IN the present
number, and we therefore give Il synopsis
Of it. The President notices the fact that
peace is restored in Kansas, and says:
Il confidently trust that now when the
peaceful condition of Kansas affords op-
|portuni,y for calm reflection and wise
legislation either the Legislative assembly
of the Territory, or Congress will see that
no act shall remain on It's statute book
v]iolativc of the provisions Of the Constltu-
ton, or subvcrsiyc of the great objects for
which that was ordained and established
and will take all other necessary steps to
assure to its inhabitants the enjoyment
without obstruction or abridgcmcnt TO all
the constitutional rights, privileges and
immunitics of citizens of the United States
as contemplated by the organic law Of the
Territory
REVENUES y ruBLIC DEuT.
During the late fiscal year the receipts
from customs, were, for the first time,
more than s%ix-four millions of dollars, and
from all sources S73,tlS,lil, which, with
the balance on hand up to July lst, 1855,
made the total resource of the year, to
amount to S92 ,S50,ll7. The expendi-
lures including $1,000, 600 in execution
of the treaty with Mexico and excluding
sums paid in account of the public debt,
amounts to $50, 72,l0l and including
the latter, to &72, 91S, 792, the payment on
this account having amounted to Sl2, no.
800. On the 9TH of March, 1853, the
amount of the public debt was $69, l29,-
937. There was a subsequent increase
of s., $50, 900 for the debt of Texas
making n total of S7l ,S79,937. OF this
sum l5,525,3l9, including premium, has
been discharged, reducing the debt to
$50, 737, 100, all of which might be paid
within n year without embarrassing the
public services; but being not yet due,
and only rcdeemable at the option of the
holder, cannot be pressed to payment by
the government
ARMY AND NAVY.
The army during the past year has
been so constantly employed against hos
tile Indians in various quarters, that it can
scarcely be said with propriety of language
to have been It peace establishment. Its
duties have been satisfactorily performed,
and we have reason to expect, as the re-
suit of the years operations. greater Sc
curity to the frontier inhabitants than has
been hitherto enjoyed. Extensive com
binations among the hostile Indians of the
Territories of Washington and Oregon at
one time threatened the devastation of the
newly formed settlements of that remote
portion of the country. From recent In
formation we are permitted to hope that
the energetic and successful operations
conducted there, will prevent such combi-
nations in future, and secure to those ter
ritories an opportunity to make steady
progress in the development of their agri-
cultural and mineral resources. Legisla-
ton has been recommended by me on
previous occasions, TO cure defects in the
existing organization, and to increase the
efficiency of the army, and further obser-
walton has but served to confirm me in
the views then expressed, and to enforce
on my mind the conviction that such mea-
sures are not only proper but necessary
The condition of the Navy is not
merely satisfactory but exhibits the most
gratifying evidences of increased vigor,
as it is comparatively small it is more i'm
portant that it should be as complete as
possible in all the elements of strength
that it should be efficient in the character
of its office, in the zeal and discipline of
its men, in the reliability of its ordinance,
and in the capacity of its ships. In all
these various qualities the Navy has made
great progress within the last few years. Tn,
execution of the law of Congress of Feb. %
1899, to promote the efficiency Of the Nav
has been attended with the most a%dvantageouI
results. The law for promoting discipline
among the men is found convenient and sta
, tutary. The system of granting an honorabl
discharge to faithful seamen on the eXpiratio
I of the period of their enlistment, and permittin
them to ~re-enlist after a leave of absence of
= Few months, without cessation of pay, is highl
e beneicinl in its influence. The apprentic
system recently adopted, is evidently destine
to incorporate into the service a large numbe
e or our countrymen hitherto so difficult to pre-
7 cure. Several hundred American boys ar
now on a three years cruise in our nation;
= vessels, and will return we'll trained seamen
, POST OFFICE.
The Post Office expenditures for the la,
u fiscal year was Sl0,407 SOS, and its gross n
ID ceipts S7,620,SOi, making an excess of expel
diture over receipts OF S2,7S7 ,O46. The del
cheney of this department is thus S7il,NO
a.. greater than for the year ending June 30, 1875
Of this deficiency $330,0W is to be attribut,
Ie to the additional compensation allowed pos
n masters by the act of Congress, June -, 1881
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The United States continues ia the enio'
ment of amicable relations with all foreii
powers. When my last annual message W;
transmitted to Congress, two subjects OF co
troversy-one relating to the enlistment
l. soldiers in this country for foreign service. Al
T. the other to Central Observation-Disclosures
+ disturb good understanding between the I'm
ted States and Great Britain. OF the Pr
e gress and termination Of the former question
at you Were Informed at the time, and the 9th
Of Is now in the way Of satisfactory adjustment