Des Arc citizen., 1859-12-21
the present fiscal year to soth June, 1880, are

int pitetit ilcC1l NeHr 10 3ilfh Jun lS1J, ar $50. .426. 400
 or this amount it Is estima.ed that S5.766. 400 will be received for treasury notes which may be reissued under the fifth section of tn act of 3rd March last, and sl, l700, 900 on nc count Of the loan authorised bv the act O. June 14, 1S5S-making SC 92j 400 from these extraordinary sources of the public revenue making an aggregate with the balance in the treasury on the lst Jaly 1889, of S755, 3Si,si1 S9 for the estimated means of tho present fiscal year ending Both June, 1Sg0.
 The expenditures during the first quarter the present fiscal year were S20 007, 174 76 Four million six hundred and sixty-four thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and seventy-slx cents of this sum were ap piled 10 the payment of interest on the pub lie debt and the redemption of the issues of treasury notes, and the remainder, being Sl5,312 sos, were applied to ordinary expen- ditures during the quarter.
 The estimated expenditures during the remaining three quarters, to June 30, 1860. are S40,995,55S g. Of which sum $2,SS6,62 34 are estimated for the in terest on the public debt. The ascer- tained and estimated expenditures for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1860, on account of the public .debt, are, accord ingly, S7,550, ,9sS 10, and for the ordinary expenditures of the Government S53, ,451,- 744 80, making an aggregate of $64 ,002,- 732 99; leaving an estimated balancc in 1 the treasury on the 30h June, 1890, of | S14.3S1 sos 40.
 The estimated receipts during the next fiscal year ending 30th June. 1861, are ] $66, ,225 ,000, which, with the balance es- timated, as before stated as remaining in the Treasury on the 30th June, 1860, will make an aggregate for the service of the next fiscal year of S80,609, ,S08.40. 1 The estimated expenditure, during the next fiscal year ending 30th June, 1861, :, are $66, ,928.79. Of this amount, $3,- sS6, ,611.34 will be required to pay the in- terest on the public debt. leaving the sum of $63, 1928 ,307.46 for the estimated ordi- nary expenditures during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1S6i Upon these esti- mates balance will be lsft in the Treas- urv on the 30tn June, 1861, of S13,801,- i 87961.
 But this balance, as we'll as that esti- mated to remain in the treasury on 1st of July, 1860, will be reduced by such appro- priations as shall be made by law to carry into effect certain Indian treaties during the present fiscal year, asked by the Sec retary of the Interior, to the amount of S539,35O and upon the estimate of the ] Postma ster General for the service of his department the last fiscal year. ending the 30th of June, 1859, amounting to $4,296, ! 009, together with the further estimate of i that officer for the service of the present fiscal year, ending the 30th of June, 1860, being $5.526,3 1924, making an aggregate of l SIC, ,361 ,683.
 Should these appropriations be made, as requested by proper departments, the ball. ance in the treasury, on the 30th of June, 1861, will not, it is estimated, exceed $3,530196 61.
 I transmit herewith the reports of the Secretaries of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of the Postmaster General. i They each contain valuable information and important recommendations well wor- thy of the serious consideration of Con- gress.
 It will appear from the report of the Secretary of War that the army expendi- lures have been materially reduced by a system of rigid economy, which, in bis opinion, offers every guaranty ttat the re- duction will be permanent. The esti- mates of the department for the next have been reduced nearly two millions of dol lars below the estimates for the present fiscal year, and half a million of dollars below the amount granted for this year at the last session of Congress.
 The expenditures of the Post Office De- partmept durin the past fiscal year, ending on the 30th June, 1859, exclusive of pay ments for mail service specially provided for by Congress ont of the general treasu- ry amounted 10 S14 96s ,493 B, and it's re- ceipts to 1868 ASA or; showing deici- encv to be supplied from the treasury of S,996, ,009 26, against S5 ,235 ,677. .15 for the year ending .'une 30th, 1858. The increas- ed cost of transportation frowing out of the expa nsion of the service required by Congress explains thisrapid augmen, a. ton of the expenditures It is gratifying however, to observe an increase of receipts for the year ending on the 30th June, 1859, equal to $48I ,691 21, compared with those in the year ending on June, 1858.
 It is estimated that the deficiency for the current fiscal year will be S5,9SS, ,424 04, but that for the year ending 3Oth June, 1861 it will not exceed $1,342, ,473 90, should Congress adopt the measures of reform proposed and urged by the Post master General. Since the month of March retrenchments have been made in the expenditures amounting to $l,- 826,471 annually, which, however, did not take effect until after the com menceme,.t of the present fiscal year.
 The period seems to have arrived for determining the question whether this Department shall become a permanent and ever-increasing charge upon the treasury or shall be permitted to resume the self sustaining policy which had so long con- trolled it's administration. The course o legislation recommended by the Postmas ter General for the relief of the Depart ment from it's present embarrassments, ant for restoring it to it's original independ ence, is deserving of your early and ear nest consideration.
 In conclusion, would again commend to the just liberalitv of Congress the loca interest of the District of Columbia Surely the city bearing the name of Wash ington, and destined, trust, for ages to b the capital of our united, free, and pros porous 'Confederacy, has strong claims O Eo. T