Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-09
w. d. WALLACH.
THE sECRErARIEs, REPORTS.

The financial provision recommended by the
Secretary of the Treasury is three hundred
and twenty million. He believes that the sum
Of $50 900 900 should be sought by taxation, to
meet the ordinary demands Of 1882, for which
actual appropriations have been made amount
ing to S65 6S7 $40 81, while interest, estimated
at SO 000. 900 and s., 900 ,000 toward the reduc-
tion and final extinguishment of the public
debt, bring the figure very near the Secreta-
rvs estimate. He proposes to meet this de-
msnd by duty of 2f cents per pound laid on
brown sugar, Of 3 cents per pound on clayed
sugar, Of cents per pound on leaf and other
refined sugars, Of 2t cents per pound on the
the sirup Of sugar cane, of cents per pound
on candy, OF 3 cents per gallon on Rolasses
and Of cents per gallon on sour molasses; and
it Is also proposed that duty of cents Per
pound be imposed on coffee, Is cents per
pound on black tea, and 20 cents per pound on
green tea. The collection of internal duties
on stills and distilled liquors, ale and beer,
tobacco, bank notes, spring carriages, silver
ware and jewelry, and on legacies, is recon-
mended-although, it is suggested that, il pre-
ferred by Congress, the plan of taxation of
real and personal property would be successful
in the same result. The use Of the confscated
property of the rebels, together with a reduc-
ton, for the time at least, of 10 per cent upon
salaries and wages paid by the Federal Gov
ernment, are also advised. To raise the
S240, ,o00, 900 needed for the thorough prosecu-
ton of the war, the Secretary proposes a ma
tional loan Of not less than 500 600 900, to be
issued in the form Of treasury notes, bearing a
yearly interest of $40 per centum ian inter
est equal to one cent a day on fifty dollars. and
therefore very easy of calcuIation) and in sums
of $50, $780, $500, 81 600. and S., 900, books to
be opened at the Treasury Office in Washing
ton, and at various other Offices throughout
the States, and sums subscribed TO be paid in
cash In case the national lean Is insufficient,
1t is proposed that bonds, or certificates of
debt, be issued to lenders in the country, or in
any foreign country, not exceeding in the
aggregate 500, ,000, 900, to be made redeem
able at the pleasure of the Government
after a period not exceeding thirty years,
and bearing an interest not exceeding
per cent. To supply the full amount re-
quired for the service Of the fiscal year,
it is recommended that provision be made
for the issue of Treasury notes for $40 or
amount not exceeding $50, 900, ,0O0-these notes
bearing interest at the rate of 65-l00 per cent.
and exchangeabls at the will of the holder for
Treasury notes with $40 per cent. Interest,
or eXcheduer bills
The Secretary of War recommends that in
the enlistment Of men to fll the additional
regiments of the regular army, the term of en-
listment be made for three years. and that
bounty Of enc hundred dollars shall be given
TO all who receive an honorable discharge at
the close OF their terms, and that an appropri-
alton be made for the reconstruction and equip
ment of railroads the expense of maintaining
and operating them, and also for the construc-
tion Of additional telegraph lines and their ap-
purtenances that special appropriation be
made for the reconstruction Of the Long Bridge
across the Potomac; that Congress consider
the subje Of a properly organized military
tribunal empowered to take cognizance of
criminal ofsnses, and to punish guilty Offend
ers; also. the enlargement of the powers of the
commissariat, and the better equipment of the
army; that our troops should be supplied, in
part, from private domestic factories, instead
Of from abroad The Secretary further recon-
mends greater distribution Of improved arms
among the militia of the States and Territories,
and calls attention to the system of discipline
pursued at West Point He concludes with a
recommendation that Congress should author
ize the appointment Of an Assistant Secretary
of War, and the requisite additional appropri-
alton for an extra force Of clerks. The respon-
sibilitiss and labOrs of the Department are
vastly increased.
The Secretary of the Navy asks Congress to
sanction the extraordinary measures which
were necessarily taken to meet the difficulties
treachery had thrown in the way Of the De-
partment. Purchases and contracts were made
the authority for which was found in the ext
gencies Of tie times. The naval force in COM
mission is increased to 81 vessels, carrying up
ward Of 100 guns, and complement OF about
13 900 men exclusive Of officers and marines
The Naval Academy, formerly at Annapolis,
now removed to Newport, R. l., is without its
suthoriIed number Of pupils, for one-third of
the districts neglect or refuse to be represent
ed, and there is no legal way of supplying this
deficiency from other districts. 1t is suggest
ed that Congress provide for the deficit, and
that for period, at least, the numbe in tn e
school should not be increased until there is a
full complement of officers. The Secretary
recommends an eficer shall be appointed, to
be known as the director Of ordnance, who
shall, under the Department, have the imme-
diste supervision of the manufacture, descrip-
tion, and supply, of ordnance for the Navy. in
all its details. A change or modification of the
law regulating the Navy ration is suggested,
by which the vessels stationed along the coast
may be regularly supplied with nourishing
food An increase of the number Of Surgeons
and Assistant Surgeons is recommended; also,
an increase Of the Marine corps, with, per-
haps, an entire reorganization of the corps;
also, the appointment Of proper and compe-
tent board to inquire into the expediency Of
iron-clad steamers or floating batteries; also,
an increase Of the clerical force of the depart
ment, together with the appointment Of an
Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
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