Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-18

in active service. They are superior
models of naval architecture, and with
their formidable battery add largely
to public strength and security.
t | concur in the views expressed by
the Secretary of the Department in
favor of a still further increase of our
naval force.
j The report Of the Secretary of
the Interior present facts and views
in relation to internal affairs over
which the supervision of his depart
ment extends, of much interest and
Importance.
j The aggregate sales of the public
lands, during the fiscal year, amount
} to nine millions two hundred and
twenty-seven thousad eight hundred
, and seventy-eight acres; for which
, has been received the sum of eight
miIliors eight hundred and twenty
one thousand four hundred and four
J teen dollars. During the same Pc
Rod there have been located, with
: military scrip and land warrants, and
: for other purposes. thirty million one
S hundred thousand two hundred and
; thirty acres, thus making total ag-
5 gregate Of thirty-nine million three
: hundred and twenty-eight thousand
: one hundred and eight acres. On
v the 30th of September last, surveys
: had been made of sixteen million
f eight hundred aud seventy-three
: thousand six hundred and ninety
: nine acres large portion of which is
: ready for market.
S The suggestion in this seport in
C regard to the complication and pro-
d gressive expansion of the business Of
e the different bureaux of the depart
e ment; to the pension system; to the
n colonization Of Indian tribes, anG
the recommendations In relation Il
II various Improvements in the Distlic
d of Columbia, are especially com
r. mended to your consideration.
1, The report Of the Postmaster Gen
re eral presents fully the condition of tina
l. department of the government. Its ex
L. penditures for the last fiscal year were
ct ten million four hundred and seventy
N thousand eight hundred and sixty eigh
t. dollars; and its gross receipt sever
d. million six hundred and twenty thou
lie sand eight hundred and one dollars
Of making an excess of expenditure
lie over receipts Of two million sever
lie hundred and eighty-seven thousand
E. and forty-six dollars. The defcienc,
N of this department is thus sever
d hundred and forty-four Thousand dol
c. lars greater than for the year ending
re June 80, 1858. Of this deficiency
in three hundred and thirty Thousand
IS dollars is to be attributed to the add
g tional compensation allowed postmas
II ters by the act of Congress of June
90, 1854. The mail facilities ii
d every part Of the country have beer
re very much increased in that period
n, and the large addition Of Railroad
lie service. amounting to seven thousand
ut nine hundred and eighty miles, hi:
VS. added largely to the cost of transpor
y tation.
s. The inconsiderable augmentation
a. of the income of the POST Office
Department under the reduced rates
t. Of postage, and its increasing expen
L. ditures, must, for the present, make
to it dependant to some extent upon the
re Treasury for support The recon-
It. mendations of the Postmaster Gen
Is eral, in relation to- the abolition Of
lie the franking privilege, and his views
on the establishment of small mai
1t steam. ship lines. deserve the consiG-
e Grafton Of Congress. | also call the
l. special attention of Congress to the
y statement of the Postmaster General
it respecting the sums now paid for the
Il transportation of mails to the Panama
d rail road company, and commend to
l. theil early and favorable consideration
S the suggestions of that officer in re.
e lation to new contracts for mail trans
Il portation upon that route, and also
IS upon the Tehuantepec and Nicaragua
st routes.
wi The United States continue in the
e enjoyment Of amicable relations
n with all foreign powers.
S When my last message was trans
+ mitted to Congress, two subjects Of
l. controversy, one relating to the en-
n listme mt of soldiers in this country
g for foreign service, and the other to
n Central America, threatened to dis
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