Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-12-06

4 refer with pleasure 20 thee portions oi
his rsrort which make ailusion 20 the cred
ihie dreree Of discipline already attained by
our troops. and "a the excellent sanitary
eondition Of the entire army. The recon-
mendatiou OF the Secretary tor an organlla.
tot II the militia upon unilorm bas's, 10
n nbyct Of vital importance 10 the future
-aIe,y 81 the coontry, aud Is commended 10
the s-r.Oas attention OF Congress. Tho
large sddiron TO the regular army. IN con-
nsetion with che detection that has 40 con-
slderahly diminished the number OF iis
officers. give. PECULIAR Importance 20 h''
recomm.nda ,ion Cor increasing the eorr- OF
Cadet. to the greatest capacity OF the MILF
tAry Academy.
By nero omission. presume. Congress
has Jailed To provide chAplalns tor the hos
pitsl. occupied by the volunteers. Thu.
subject va. brought 10 ny notice. and was
induced 10 draw up the TURN Of letter,
one cory Of which, properly addressed, has
Teen delivered 10 each OF the persons, and
at the dates respective named and stated IN
a schedule. containins also the torn OF the
letter marked A, and herewith transmitted.
These gentlemen. I upjsr-tAnd, entered up
on the du,ie. designated AZ the tunes re-
.recti,ely stated IN the schedule. and have
lsborrd faithfully therein ever since. l..
therefore, recommend that they be compeu.
.a,rd at the same rate. az chaplaips IN the
army. I further suggest tha, general PRO
,I.,nn be made Tor ehaplains To serve At hos
tal-. as well ~ in regiments.
The report Of the Secretary Of the Navy
present.. in detail the operations Of that
branch OF ,he service, the activity and ener-
Nv which have characterized it, adminI.tra.
ton, ard the result. Of the measures 10 in
crease ~ sfsc,sncy and rover. Such have
been the additions nv construction aud pur'
chase that IL mas almost DE .i,d that = law
"a. been created and hrough, into service
SINCE our dithculti,. commenced. Besiies
A,ctaiing our excessive coast, -qusdrons
lsrcsr than ever bciure assembled under our
DAG. have been rst a1gpt. and performed
d~.,i. whi'h have iecreascd oar naval re-
ro~n would invite sp~risl attention 10
The rrcon rnendstipn oi the navy, by intro
ducinc additional grades in the service. The
trrssnt organization !. defective ard urs,i.
isiaciory. and the suggestions sahmiti-i BY
the department. Will, a. - believed. u al ,p,.
"a. obviaie the difficulties alluded 10. pro
mote the harmony. aud increase the .ihcien
ey Of the navy.
The revenue fros all sources. including
loann. Tor the financial year ending on the
3Oth ol June. ls6l. Wa $50. $4,000 - ,
and ihe expenditures Tor The same prrlod.
Including payments on accounts % the pub.
lie debt. wsre Ssl.5.s.03i -, leaving a
halarc,. in the Treasury on the l.t OF July
Of s. -. ,O6j 50. lor the hrst quarter Of
,h, financial year ending 3oth SEPTEMBER,
lSGl. the receipt. FROM al sources including
the balance Of July Let. were slOa $50 :
Coz 20. aud The 'ip,nsc- SgS,-as 49, Uy,
having balance 90 the LEI OF October.
1907. OF Si.Goa 20 ~.
There are ihre. vacancies on the bcnch Of
the supreme Court, two by The decsa-e II
justices Dan,el and Mclean. aud one by
the res guaiiou ~ Justice Campbell ! have
o. far iorhorne making nominations 90 OIL
the ,aeance. fcr rs'sons which will now
state. Two OF the outgoing judges rr-'dst
within tie states now oIsITuD by revolt -
that u snccc.-ir- were aTroiuiel IN the
same lpcal,io. they could not pow serve up.
on their Circuits. ani many Of the mos,
compe,eni men there probably would not
tas- tho pers nal hazard Ut accepting 90
serve even here upon th- SuJrsl.,s Btnch.
have been uuwillin, o. throw al the
APPOINTMENTS North .aFd. thus disabling
n S.eli irum doin. j1stig,' 10 the South on
th- ryturn ui ysacr-alIhuugh ] may ~
mark that o transfer g. The North one Which
A . ~ q
with tsi,r, nc 20 terrri,orv and rorul,tion.
D. uuju.t. Daring tie long aui brilliant
career ul Judge Mclean. his circuit grew
into an swpIrc a.tuss her too large tor any
one Judge. 90 give tie Courts therein mote
than nominal attendants. Rein. IN Pop.
uI.t,un iroin I .I7O,Ols IN ls3O TO .ix mil
lion 0ns huudT, & aud Eve Thousand, "a 1900.
besides THE he country generally has out
grown our Irc-ent judicial sysiem. II a
system u uniformity was NJ all intended
the system r,quirr. that all the states shall
D. accommodated With GREAT courts at.
t-udcl by supreme judge, while N fact
Wisconsin. Minnesota. Iowa, Kansas. Flor.
"a. Texa., California. and Oregon have nc,rr
had any such courts. NOR can IT.. he veal
remeli,d Witaaat change Of the system.
because the aitiU. 81 10 igrs q the supreme
court, enough tor a.. accommodation Ut al
part. q tie cuurtry ~ith circuit coar,-.
would create q court altogether too ngmcr-
on. Tor a judicial body Ut any .ori, aud the
evil OF u will L. one that will increase a.
neN StA',s c,me into ihc Union.
Arr Circuit courts ussiul-it useful. No
State should - denied them u not u--iul.
NJ State should have them lrt them -
provided Tor all, or abolished tur all Thr~c
modification. occur q me. either Of which,
| think. would b. an Improvement upln our
present .ys',m. Let ,hc .urr,me court b.
Of q convenient num- er IN every event. then
Ert let the wto.e ,ountr, be tivid-d in'o
cirruii. 0f cInV-nIcnt size. the supreme
Judge, @ serve in = iudicial csulriiy, the
number OF them corr-srnnding o. their Own
number. aud lnlrpendent circuit judge 20
Be PROVIDED tr all the rect 1. or srcundiY,
ii the suIryme Judge D. RELIEVED from car.
cults. ~ thirdly. dispense with Circuit
courts altogether. leaving the judicial tune
,inns wholly to the district courts. and an
mjrpenisn' suprcme court.
respectfully recommend ,p the cCusiie.
rsti n % Congress the present condition al
tie Unit"i state. laws. with the hop- that
YOU will b. able 10 ind an easy remedy Tor
uaay o. tie IneOnyenieness and evils which
constantly embarrass those engaged ia the
practical Naturalization Of them. Sine
the organization 81 the government. Con
gres. has enacted come JOOo acts and pint
resolutions, which hll more than COCO close.
ly printed pages. and are scattered through
many volumes. Many of these acts have
bsen drawn IN haste aud without sufficient
caution. ~ that their pro, are Obscure
in themselves. OF IN conflict With each 9th.
er. W ., lea., ~ doubtful as 10 render 1t
very difieuli for even the best info; med per
IONS 10 ascertain precisely whs, the statute
las really Is.
Ia seems to me very imrortan, the, the