Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-12-28

for the call of extra session Noting would become
due on contracts those with railroad companies cA
cepted for carrying the mail first quarter u The
present nscal year. commencing the LIST of July, uI
meeting of the Congress The reason is that the
mail contractors for this the year not com
lete their nrst quarters service until t 3UIh Sepe
per ana by the terms of their contracts sixty days
more are allowed for the their accounts be
lore Inc Department could be called upon payment
Al ne great difficulty and the great hardship Consisted in
IN the nscal year ending the SOt June ls5g lie IL
partleht had entered Into coltacs obedience TO cx
ls9 laws, Tor The that fiscal year and The
contractors We're lary entedt their compensation as
II became due he deficiency as stated IN the bill
amount 10 S5oJo!o, but careful settlement Of ali
iese accounts II has been ascerailed that amounts 10
iosils err GeIcra has manage pay that portio1 OF
this deficiency which occurred in the first quarters Of
,e past lscai ending ON the SlSt Deeeber last II
e NEAL time the contractors themse, es, these
trying cireum tances have behaved in manner worthy
VI al eoihneuaton. lhey had one Resource in the
mlds OF their elibaTassnents Alter the can't due to
each OF them had been asceranei and finally settled
cordlig to law, this became specified deot OF record
against the United states which them to borrow
oDged 10 pay interest in consequence the della Il Of
eeye S efe Yer q Justice ought to re-
commence from the date when would have is
ton been maue this purpose Calculated IN 10 iSt
December, it will not exceed sg666O-a sum not to e
TAKEN mo account when contrasted with the great did,
cues anu endorsements oil public and private
iao % ~ me e people ana tne states, which would
sion OF Congress. ~
For these reasons recommend the passage of bill at
as early day as may lie pra tcable provide Tor The
payment OF the amount with interest, due to these last
appropriations for the service of the Post Office Depart
ment Tor the current fiscal year.
The failure TO pass the Post Office necessarily gives
birth to serious reflections Congress- refusing to pass
the general appropriation necessary 10 CARR on the
government not only action but even de-
stroy Its existence lhe army, the navy, the Judiciary
perform their functions if Congress fuse III lnoney
necessary tor their support II This failure shout teach
the country the essy of electng full .ress N
suIhclent time 10 enable the President convene them
gress has EXPIRED will have been uctive Of great
good In time Of sudden and alarming ger foieiLn
IN their rogress, the very salvation liz ttutio
delay; II, under such circumstances, The lresaclt
should Ind himself i'll the condition in Will he was
the states i'll the Union destitute U representatives lie
consequences might be disastrous therefore recon-
menu 10 congress to provisions o the
% t On TINS subject and TO pass law appointing
odu numbers for the election ofrepresentat, truu h.
or I eet iaes They have already ointed
% nt and this measure has approved by the cou!
OF me construction Of Pacific Railroad the reasons
Sa,vu III my Two LAST annual MESSAGES When reflect
states and territories west OF the Rocky Mountains in
case Of war with naval power sufficiently strong to
Interrupt all Intercourse with them by routes across
the lsthnus, am still more convinced ever OF the
vast Importance OF this railroad. have never doubted
the constitutional competency Congress provide or
i,s put tins exclusively under the warnak
US an duty that the United States STA pr
loss to conceive how this projection can be alorded t.
California and oregon, against such power, by
any other means, repeat the opinion contained in ms
last annual message, that it would be Tor
government to undertake this great by agents OF lis
own appointment, ana under direct exclusive CON
troll THIS would increase the patronage Executive
to dangerous extent would tester a system of lob
pe ana corruption, which vigilance OH the part of
iede al oheials could prev ent. Tie ton Of this
ROAD ought therefore to be entrusted 10 Incorporated
companies or other agencies, would exercise that
sned cnIy b % over 1t which can be in
est venture 10 assert that tile additional cost vi trans
porting oops munitions OF war, aad necessary supplies
lor the army across the vast intervening plains to our
POSSESSIONS on te Pacific coast would be greater in such
Al
road And yet this would after all he inadeouate
for their deience and protection.
we have scarcely yet recovered from the habits of
lltavasimt eApehulture, produced by overlooking
ment OF my administration. The reverses which
We have since experienced ought US all to scru
tnise our expenditures with the greatest yilnce and
to reduce them to the lowest possible point The eNecu
1--WE departments OF the government have devoted them
selves to the accomplishment of this object with eol sid
eiaple success US VIII appear rem their inherent rep, rus
ior the purpose VI reducing them still lower if Ills lie
Racteable consistent with the great public Interest Of
Inc country. IN AID OF the policy OF retrenchnent
pledge myself to examine closely The bills approp iatng
iaas OF money So that if any OF these Should naal
may AFFORD the an opportunity for reconsideration AT
economy consists, not in Withholding means
~ to aGeomplsh important national objects coldcJ 10
us ny the constitution but in taking the money
app i9r these purposes shall be faithfully and
1t will appear the report of the Secretary of the
treasury that it Is extremely doubtful say the least
the next fiscal without providing additional revenue
his can only be accomplished by strictly combining tile
parmehtS, without making allowance for any add
10 l adlnGii9s, and without providing
Of Treasnrv n,a w Si any portion Of the s2OO0O
me event OF deficiency Which consider probable this
II would be runous practice in the day Of peace and
prosperity to so on increasing the national debt meet
the ordinary expenses of the government This nolcy
Would cripple our resources and impair credit in case
the existence ol war should necessary to borrow
money Should such a deficiency occur as apprehend
would recommend the necessary revenue to be raised
by an increase OF our present duties ON imports need
not repeat the opinions expressed in nv last annual
message as to the best mode and manner accomplishing
s oDJect ana SHAH now merely observe these have
since undergone NO change.
lhs reper OF the Secretary Of the Treasury will ex
pin a., uetl the operations Of that department the
the sea year ending both June 1885, including the loan
authorized the act OF 4th June, 1855 and the issue Of
treasury notes authorized by existing laws were All
S,aSi Ui which sum- with S,sl6 10 remaining III tie
treasury ut the commencement OF that fiscal wear made
an aggregate Tor the service Of the year Of sSSs0
10th June, 1857 amounted $50 Isl 5li 81 81 This sum
a were applied to the payment of interest on
INC pubic debt and the redemption OF thu issues OF
treasury notes The expenditures for ali tue other
@ M az " me pubic service during that year
The Balance remaining in the treasury ON the st ulv
o5' oeig tne commencement vi the present fiscal year
me Tece ps uto the Treasury during the FIRST quarter
OF Inc mt fiscal year, ncng July * wer
szooSSoo s. u this amount s3S2 800 was received on
account OF the loan and the issue OF Treasury notestba
noant o. 50 having been received during the
lu rter no TIE ordinary public reyenue The
n pre- ,ent fiscal year 3Ot Of june 1861 are 46
4U " ms amo INT II is estimated that S. AGO will he
ItceNeu Tor treasury notes which may be rt-ssrd M
de the nth section act OF Sd March Inst and al
iUV9 Oh acc lt of The loan authorized by the acf Of
sorces and s4a 90 the ordinary sources Of Ibs
i on The st Ja Eyrfss Of TiSh sae Spses
e estimated means of the present fiscal wear ending
both June, 1885, f ' 'e"i' ehuine
eu ahs se 2sa during the first pr
sum were applied to the payment interest on The pnh
as and ann e Is nfSempon Of the ssse Of treasury
70 oruay expenses during The Quar.er. lhe estiinied
June 80 1861 are ~ Of WITCH sum qgJsfs to
aIe estimated Tor the interest the public drb The
ysur u aia estimated expenditures the fiscal
tt enuhg SUN June 1860, account of the public
DEBT are accordingly S75509SS TO- for the ordinary
q the erment 500 45 IA 81 making an
aesiesule Vi SoUUZ, 49, 49, leaving smaed bal ance
III the treasury on the SO June, 1861 OF SLAB Ists A.
Ing une t fecepts aarng The next fiscal end
ace estimated, before stated as remainn, IN ,ho
lreasnry on the goth OF June, 1861 will make an arpr
Inc estimated expenditures during the ne xi fiscal yes
snang 5Vth June 1851 149l8 ~ Of this ano1nt
public debit leaving sum Of Is for t I'M t a
I'm @ ordinary expenditures during the fiscal Wear end
Us ov oue ioo Upon these estimates bala &c will
Ley IN 'he treasury on tile Both June, 81 Sl39l ii
A. ut ms Daance as well that estimated 10 remain in
snch appropriations as shall be by law To carr nI
enect certain Indian treaties during the prt Sent hscai
amount OF 1888 $780, upon the estimates oS IL ~ to
master 1ehera Tor the service his department the ist
together with the further estimate Of that tcer far S
present sca year ending 30th june 1850 being s5 b6 IA
making an aggregate Of SlO,3Gl 6S3 'S ~'''-o'-f'
, should these appropriations be made as rcones,ed h,
INC proper departments, the baaIc the treasure o
E6 I'll. 'ee" S"''oV,-
transmit herewith the reports of the Secretaries .,
nj Wy Hy o. tne Interior and of the Postmaster
Important recommendations well worthy of the sari,ns
consideration OF Congress -' VI INC Seiious
1t Will appear from the repor of tho secra,aro r w..
that the army expenditures have en- materially reduced