The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-01-19

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June l6. lS59.-ly.*
Reports Of the Observation-Disclosures.
SECRETARY OF WAR.
The Secretary of War reports that
while the authorized strength of the army
i.ls.l65. the number in July last was
only IL, ,49s; and Ii coo OF that number
we're alone available for service 10 the
field. SUall as it is, the force has been
required to man about l3O per@aDent
gari.ons, posts and camps. scattered over
an area of three millions of square miles,
and consequently it has teen imPossIe le
to give ample security to citizens on our
froutiers. In relation 20 the Indian dep
relations on our Southern, and Mexican
border. the Secretary hopes to make ruch
alteration in the disposition OF the troop
next season as will prevent any repetition,
Measures have already been taken to sub
due the Causnches aud hiowas, sud give
protection TO the routes from Missouri
and Arkansas 20 New Mexico.
He recon mends that provision be made
for retiring, dissbled and infrm ofheers
The necessity for enlistlng teamsters Is
urged, as is 10 the enlist0eut of frontier
citizens for frontier service, for Fix
months terms. the men to pro9ide their
own horses. He speaks fayoraeiy OF tue
condition of the military academies, OF
the experiments in breach loading suns,
and of the u-e of camcis for service IN the
interior. The whole cost of toe arny l.
put down at Sl3,G9s.725 ~, which be
thinks may be considerably Tedused,-
The condition OF aff airs in UtaL is such th at
is there scarcel any necessity Tor troops
there. end they will probably soon be
withdrawn. The report concludes With a
brief account Of John Browns attack on
HarPer's Ferry.
SECRETARY OF TIE NAVY.
The Report of the Secretary of Navy
enters largely into the achievements OF the
Paraguay SqeadroO, and into the new
aud extended arrangements for suppress
ing the African Slave trade. Reference
is made to the fest tbst -ource OF new
steam vessels bad been added to the navy
since the accession Of the present Admin
istration;an suZG oatetion ahioh hiss called
for corresponding enlargement Of the
personal force officers, pursurs and
crews EVrnt4 At San juan and at the
mouth Of tie Pei ho are touched upon /;
aud tie explorstions OF Lieut.. Brooke a
uong the Pacific Islands are spoken of
with approval. 4 contract executed With
the Chirqui Improvement Company by
the Department Is represented to be OF
great value. 1t comedies large areas of
land on either side OF the I-thmus, right
of transit aud the occupation of the ne
cessary harbors, aud the Ownership OF ali
the coal found on the Cowpany's Terri
tories. For this. $500 600 are 10 DC paid
should Congress ratifJ the bargain. The
expenditures Of the Department for the
lat fiscal year were sIi.656, ,267, toe sp
propriation. Sl4. Soc ,354. The estimated
expenditures for the year ending June 80,
1860, were $500 $40; the appropria-
tion $40, ,464,704 For the gear ending
June 30, 1861, the estimates are SILL
244,s5I.
POSTMASTER GENERAL s REPORT.
The report Of Posta sster General Holt
is very lengthy, but the following abstract
will be found to contain brief notice OF
all the most impor taut portions OF 1t. lie
dwells largely upon the financial embar-
resmepts of the year, attributable to the
failure of the usual appropriations. The
of li.Ef1ftiaS not mot
By the department. bu; due to this neglect,
is declared to te S. .20G COO, while labii-
ities to the amount OF Sil ASS, 600 hate
been liqudsted The gross rereDues OF
the year we're 81 .90s, asa. These, added
to balance Oh the books of the Auditor,
and to unemployed appropriations, con-
stitute total of SIP, l6S, $50 available
resources against expenditures amounting
10 81 ,55S, l39 for the fiscal year ending
June 81, 1859. For the fiscal year ter
minating on the same day. 1860, the
Postmaster General estimates the sun
<equired to be SIC, ,s7I ,547; there having
been already expended uDder special acts
81 81 $50 for different branches of the Pa
cifc Mail service The resources for the
same period are estim ated at $40, SIG,
600, leaving, with reserve OF uDcollocted
postsges a deficiency of S5 ,536 a54.-
The total anDuai transportation OF mails.
on the goth of June last. wa 50 S0S, ,i02
miles costing So, 9,4gs. .756. The decrease
in the length of the routes FROM lS4s wa.
55l miles; the ioutes By rail steam boat,
and coach having been largely increased
aud those by minor fseilities cartailed to
the extent Of l6 637 miles. The number