The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-01-28

! "a, hundred and seventy-nine dol
thou. h y ,tv-one cents (&f - SOL $40 OF
lnIs M shss hslaDce, as well as that estimated
~ 1870 N the treasury on the let Of Jelly,
Z, 80 ,-sII 81 reduced By such appropriations
go =. N vi Be- made By law 70 carry into effect
s.,tsIn Indian treaties during 'ne pLesens i ms-
g, 80. asksd FOR By the Secretary Of the
g. 800 - al III amount Of Eve hundred and
,.s..,,ns thousand three hundred and fifty
,e, 1.s.. fe5s9 s5O), and upon the estimates Of
y n TER General for the service OF his
~ l..,aert ire last liscaI year, ending 3Oth
? ~ 1dsQ. amounting to four million two;
ss..assd add ninety six Thousand and nine dol-
~. M .QeB ,OO0), together with the further
s.,i,asts of that officer for the service Of the
.resent fiscal ysE, ending sOtn June, 1870,
k.s.r Ave million i've hundred and twenty-six
.s,.sss.snd three hundred and twenty-four dol
80 ~ .5Q6 .324l making an aggregate Of ten
.s,,,sn three hundred and sixty-One thousand
~ hundred and eighty-three dollars { $lo,-
sssslS these appropriations be made as
...nesled by the proper departments. the bal
.nss II the Treasury on the 30th Jane, 1861,
Nil moi, 1t Il estimated, exceed three million
~ hundred and thirty thousand one hundred
snd ninsty-slx dsilars and siHty-one cents
sI,,snsmit herewith the reports Of the Sec
,.isrIes 81 War, Of the Navy, Of the Interior,
~ ~ he Postmaster General They each
/; 5000 valuable information and important
y 80 4 tnendatione well worthy Of the serious
confederation 81 Congress. N.
riir DEPARTMENTS.
stvllI anpear from the Report Of the Secre-
,,vv 81 War that the army expenditures have
heen materially reduced BY . system Of rigid
economy which, In his opinion, offers every
rnarantv that the reduction will be permanent.
IN : estimates Of the Department for the next
havs been reduced nearly two millions Of dol
Iara below the estimates for the present fiscal
& wear, and half 4 million Of dollars below the
amount granted for this year At the last sss-
sion Of Congress.
nnent during the past fiscal year, ending on the
sO,h June, 1859, exclusive Of paymentsfor mail
service specially provided for BY Congress- out
q the general treasury, amounted to $I4, 1864, !
4g3 So, and itsfeceipts to 81 ,968, asa on; show
inR deficiency 20 be supplied from the trea-
eary Of Sc ,906, COS 20, against $5,235s SIT 10
for the year ending Goth June, 1858. The In
creased cpst of transportation growing out Of
the expansion Of the service required BY Com
Eress explains this rapid augmentation Of the
expenditures. 1t 10 gratifying, however, to
ending ON the s0th Jnne, 1850, equal to $751;
69l 81, compared with those in the year ending
on Both June, 1883. s9s II
Ills estimated that the deficiency for the
current fiscal year will be s. 96S, 424 04, but
that for the year ending June 80, 1861, it will
not exceed 81 ,342 ,413 90, should Congress
adopt the measures Of reform proposed and
urged BY the Postmaster General Since the
month Of March, retrenchments have been
made in the expenditures amounting TO 81 ,826, 4
All annually, which, however, did not take
eject until after the commencement Of the
present fiscal year. The period seems to have
arrived for determining the question whether
this Department shall become permanent
and notwithstanding ehaTge 2on the Treasury,
OF shall be permitted to resume the sell. sus.
taining policy which had 30 long controlled Il i
administration. The course Of legislation re.
commended BY the Postmaster G ener al for the
relief OF the Departments from lie present EN-.
barrassments, and for restoring IL to it, origiha
Independence, ID deserving Of your early and
esrnest consideration. Il
IN conclusion, would again commend Il
the Just libeFaIity Of Congress the local inter.
eats OF the District Of Columbia. Surely tht
city bearing the name Of Washington, and des.
tined, trust, for ages to be the capital Of oul
united, free, and prosperous Confederacy, hal
strong claims on our favorable regard
JAMES BUCHANAN. I;
Warrington City, Dec. 10, 1859. m
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