The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-12-16

vice oeyOIveo upon tnat department. o
the Government. By this report it ap
pears that the amount of revenue receive,
from all sources into the Treasury durin,
the fiscal year ending the 30th june, 1887
was sixty-eighs million six hundred ant
thirty one thousand I've hundred and thir
teen dollars and sixty seven cents, tS6S.
63l,513 GIL which amount, with the bal
snce of nineteen million nine hundred
and one thousand three hundred and TWEEN.
" I've dollars and forty five cents (I9,'
COL 1925 As remaining in the Treasury
at the commencement of the year made
an aggregate for the service of the year
Of eighty eight million Eve hundred and
thirtg tw~oethousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine dollars and twelve cents, 1888,
532,839 IA
The public expenditures for the fiscal
year ending 30th June, 1857, amounted
to- seventy million eight hundred and
twenty two thousand seven hundred and
twenty four dollars and eighty five cents,
f$zO, S22,124 65.l of which five million
nine hundred and forty three thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six dollars and
ninety one cents is, 943, S96, 81 were APP
piled to the redemption of the public
debt, including interest and premium,
leaving In the treasury ct the commence
ment Of the present fiscal year on the first
of July, 1857, seventeen million seven
hundred and ten thousand one hundred
and fourteen dollars and twenty seven
cents. tst7.H0Il427)
The receipts into the Treasury for the
frat quarter of the present fiscal year,
commencing lss July, 1857, were $20,-
929,5i9 81, and the estimated receipts of
the remaining three quarters to the..30th
Of Jue, 1858, are 36,750,000, making
with balance before stated an aggregate
of SIS, 369 ,934 08 for the service of the
present fiscal year.
The actual expenditures of the first
quarter of the present err were $23,714,1
525.37, of which So, s95, 232 80 were APP
piled to the redemption Of the public debt,
including interest and premium.
The probable expenditures of the re-
maining three quarters to June Both,
1858, are 81 PAS, $1,000, making an aggre-
gate of s74.e63 ,o5s Al, leaving an esti-
mated balance In the Treasury at the
close Of the present fiscal year of 1926
S75,67.
The amount of the public debt at the
commencement of the present fiscal year,
was s2e, 060,386 90
The amount redeemed since the 1st of
July, was So, 1895 ,232 ,39,9ieaving a bal
anoe uuredeemed at this time of S25, I6s,-
l5451.
The amount of estimated expenditures
for the remaining three quarters of the
present fiscal year will in all probability
be increased from the causes set forth in
the Report Of the Secretary. His sug-
gsstion, therefore, that authority should
be given to supply any temporary deicien-
CT by an issue Of a limited amount of Treas
ury notes is approved, and / accordingly
recommend the passage ofsuch a law.
Aestated in the Report or the Secretary, the Tariff
short period OF time, and under circumstance SO
nnfayorebIe 10 a just development of ils results as a
ant. at least for the present. to undertake. its reviss
Transmit herewith the reports made to me by the
Secretaries Of the War and Of the Navy, of the Int
rior endot the Poetmsster-General They all CON
valuable and Important Information and sug- |
ysstens, which commend TO the favorable cessid
Ihave already Recommended the raising OF four
Acknowledgement and the report of;he Secretary
q the army, under Existing circumstances. tobe in
/ would call the special attention of Congress 10
he Recommendation of the Secretary ofthe Navy in
efthe eoLstLuetion OF ten small var steamers
flight draught- For some years the Government
las been Obliged on many occasions to hire su ,h
tsamers from inairidaaIs to sapply its pressing
wants. At the present moment we have no armed /
.esselin the navy which Ca penetrate the rivers OF
he hsrbors south OF Norfolk, although many mil
ions OF foreign and domestic ommefc annually /
Interests aud most valuable points are thus
eff exPosed. THIS class OF vessels oflisht draught.
cast deIsase. The cost Of their construction viii
OF be great. and they will require but a compara-
ION. In time OF peace they will prove as edective
: much larger vessels, and often more useful. One
n h m N u = . aff uhaRn D-A N -
lin squadron, and three or four should be con
I.ntlJ emPIoyed on our Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
lend them as almost indispensable Ten of these
mall vessels would be offncalcuiable advantage 10
le naval service. and the whole cost Of their conl
ach-
~ OF grave consideration. IT treats Of the numer-
IS. important and diversified branches of domestic
ur relations with the Indians.
with the fathers Of the Republic, has
zen improved as experience pointed the way. and !,
IT Wesfern states and Territories. Ithas worked .
ell ~ practice. Already thirteen States and seven
ill more than a Thousand millions ofscresremain
as onr eos Mat q e S9nndiess gss2Toet this presents :
Weh4ve heretofore disposed oi363, e62s4e4 acres OF !
whilst the pnsIic lands, as a scarce o frevenue, are /
greatimporttncs, their importance is far greater 5
Of honest md Industrious citizens. who desire
suedue and eultEete the SOIL They ought to be
nnainly with the view OF romoting q
Is wise and Benevolent policy. In apprePriafiHg I
en- fUT any other purpose we ougkfto use eyen a
safer econony than ifthey bad been converted in q
money. and the proceeds were already in the pub 8
9 treasury. To bqnender away this richest and mo- b
sttnheritance which any people have ever enjoy e
!, upon objects of doubtful constitutionality or I
would be 10 violate one of the mostim- Y
,rtant trusts ever comnaitted to any people. Whilst Y
90 not dcnyt Congress the power. when acting Z
ma tde ~ q proprietor to give away portions OF p
len Tor the purpoaeof increasing the value of the q
lmelndeE YET, considering the great temptation to "
'use this power, wecannot be too cautious in its p
,erciBe-
Actual settlers, under existing laws are protected k
selnst ot1er pufeh asers at the public sales in their a
ent OF pre-cupto to the extent Of . quarter sec Z
on OF i61 ucres OF land. The remainder may them
disposed pr atpqbHc auction or entered at private a
unlimited Quantities '
pes1t4loH has Of late years prevailed to 4 g.eaI b
Tent IN the pabliclands- The consequence has been o
A. large portions OF them have become the property Il
individuals and companies, and thus the price is a
eatly enhanced to those who 6esire to purchase for
tusl settlement. In order to limit the area ofspec-l
alton as much Impossible. the extinction of the In &
an title and the extension of the public survey s
Ightto keep pace with the tide ofemfsration. a
If Congress should hereafter grant alternate q
ctiens to States or companies, as they have =
ne heretofore, I recommend that the interme- v
ute sections retained by the Government should s
subject to presumption by actual settlers. y
It ought ever to be our cardinal policy to re Il