Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-01-04

q ibaYssen mllilsn iAfta aundstd nnf 1lahiy,
one ihounand olkht hundltf and e'shl dollaio
trd fofty oents, Itol4 o6i. .609 a0.)
The estimated 4ocoIrln duging the nexl a.
oal yenrsending tolh June, 1851, are sixty
six millions tive hundred and tvonty,hvo
thousand aollsrs, ts66, ,226, 900 which, with
the balance, estimated as before stated, as re
naming Fn. the Treasury on the s0th June,
$500, viii make an aggregate for the service
Of the next fiscal year Of eighty million six
hundred and six thousand eight hundred and
eight dollars and forty cents (SSOooS-
sos 40.)
The estimated expenditures during the next
asosl year ending .30ih June, 1856, are sixty
six million seven hundred and fourteen
thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight
dollars and seventy-nine cents (66, ia, ,828 ~.
lOf this amount three million three hundred
land eiehty-six thousand six hundred and
twenty-one dollars and thirty-four cents
fS8, ,8e6,62l 34) will be required to pay the
interest on tho public debt; leaving the sum
Of sixty-three million three hundred aud
twenty-eight thousand threo hundred and
seven dollars and forty-hve cents ($64, ,32S,
807 45) for the estimated ordinary expendi-
lures during the fiscal year ending 30th June,
1861. Upon these estimates a balance will
DO left in the treasury on the Both June, 1861,
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one thousand eight hundred and seventy
nine dollars and sixty-one cents ($2S,S6l,
S76 61l. tlai hH gr
But this balance, as well as that estimated
TO remain ia the treasury on the list July,
1860 will be reduced by such appropriations
as shall be made by law 10 carry into effect
certain Indian treaties ducing the present
fiscal year, asked by the Secretary Of the In
terror, to the amount Of FIVE hundred and
thirty-nine thousand three hundred and hfty
dollars 1858, ,350) and upon the estimates Of
the Postmaster General for the service Of his
department the last fiscal year, ending Both
June, 1859, amounting TO four millions two
hundred and ninety-six thousand and nine
dollars (S4,296, ,009) together with the further
estimate of that officer for the service Of the
present fiscal year, ending s0th June, 1860,
being FIVE millions FIVE hundred and twenty
six thousand three hundred and twenty-four
dollars ($5, ,526, 324), making an aggregate of
ten millions three hundred and sixty-one
thousand six hundred and eighty-three dol
lars (S1036l, ,GS3). alz
Should these appropriations be made as re-
quested by the proper departments, the bal
anee in the treasury on the 30th June, 1861
will not il is estimated, exceed three million
FIVE hundred and thirty thousand one hun
dred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-one
cents (S3,580,196 61).
transmit herewith the reports Of the Sec
retaries Of War, Of the Navy, of the Interior,
and Of the Postmaster General. They each
contain valuable information and important
recommendations well worthy of the serious
consideration Of Congress.
1t will appear from the report Of the Secre-
tary Of Wor, that the army expenditures have
been materially reduced by a system Of rigid
/ In, ,.c., ofro
guarantee that the reduction will be perma-
nent The estimates Of the Department for
the next year have been reduced nearly two
millions of dollars below the estimates for the
present fiscal year, amp half million Of dol
lars below the omount granted for this year at
the last session Of Congress.
The expenditures Of the Post Office Depart
ment during the past fiscal year, ending on
the 9th June, 1859, exclusive Of payments
for mail service specially provided for by Con-
gress out of the general treasury, amounted
to Sl4,964, ,493 SO, and its receipts to $685.
474 OF; showing deficiency to be supplied
from the treasury of $6,996009 26, against
$5, 1885, ,677 Is, for the year ending 30th June,
1858. The increased cost Of transportation
growing ont Of the expansion Of the service
required by Congress explains this rapid aug
mentation Of the expenditure. 1t is crafty
/
ceipts for the year ending on the 30th June,
1859, equal to $4sl, ,69l q, compared with
those in the year ending on Both june, 1858.
1t is estimated that The deficiency for the
curren fiscal year will be $5,988,424 04, bnt
that for the year ending Both june 1861, il
will not exceed 81, ,342, ,473 80, should Con-
gress 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, ,82647 annually, which. however did not
take effect until after the commencement Of
the present fiscal year. The period seems to
have arrived for determining the question
whether this Department shall become per-
manent and ever-increasing charge upon the
Treasury, OF shall be permitted to resume the
self-sustaining policy which had 30 long con-
trolled its administration. The course of leg
islstiOn recommended by the Postmaster GEN
eral for the relief Of the Department from its
present embarrassment, and for restoring it
to its original independence, is deserving Of
your early and earnest confederation.
In conclusion, would again commend TO
the just liberality Of Congress the local inter-
ests Of the District Of Columbia. Surely the
city bearing the name Of Washington, and
destined, l trust, for ages to be the capital of
our united, free and proserous confederaey,
has strong claims on our favorable regard
H JAMES BUCHANAN.
WAsHINGTox Cry, Dec. 10, 1859.
Fall of the Union Railroad Depot at Trey.
At half past o'clock on the morning of
Dec. Both, the north half Of the great Troy
Union Rsilroad Depot fell suddenly with
tremendous crash. The roof was an iron one.
The building 400 feet long, and the roof
span Of $50 feet. The spring of the arch 80
feet. Distance from floor to top Of arch, 65
feet. 1t was one of Howe's Patent Truss
Roofs, supported by twenty trusses, nine Of
WEIGH were broken. The trusses were
strengthened and supported by lateral iron
girders, these 'girders sweeping clear across
the lower part Of the roof, forming a cOntinu-
Gus sketch Of iron Of over $50 feet. These
girders, contracted under the intense cold
snapped with the weight Of snew on the roof.
Last winter the girders were leosened by
screw-nuts al the end, when the weather was
cold. The Troy Arena says:
This railroad depot is one Of the largest in
the world, there being none largeron this con-
tineni, and being only exceeded in size By one
in Russia. The Rochester and Buffalo De-
pots are built upon q similar plan. The en-
tire north wall Of the end Of the depot Is level
with the ground; the great iron pillars tho
immense number Of brick, and the materials
Of the roof lying in confused mass. On the