Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-12-10

: dicial purposes, So. .939, ,009 20; For foreign
. intercourse, S ,339, 1905; For miscel llaueou
l expenses, (iDcluding the mints, loans. postof
fice deficiencies, collection of revenue, and o
! ther like charges) S14.129.77l5O; Expense.
= under the Interior department, So. .lO2. .9S5. So
Under the War department, S394 ,36S, ,f07. SO
} Under the Navy department, $40 GA $50 60
For interest on the public debt, Sl319 ,324.-
i, 40; For payment OF the public debt includ-
Ing the reimbursement of the temporary loan
aud redemptions, S96 6096 ,922 90 making an
aggregate OF S570, ,S4l, 700 25-and leaving a
balance in the Treasury on the lst day of j uIy
1867, OF Sl3, ,O43, ,546 81. 1t should be observ-
ed that the sum of S96 096, ,922 90 expended
for the reimbursement and redemption of the
public debt, being ipcluded also in the loans
made, may be properly deducted both from the
| receipts and expenditures, leaving the actual
| receipts for the year S4S7 7SS, ,324. 81. and the
expenditures S474744, ,77S.16. Other infor-
nation on the subject of the finances will be
found in the report OF the Sec'y of the Treasu-
r., to whose statement and views l invite your
mast candid and conscientious attention.
The reports of the Secretaries of War and of
! the Navy are herewith transmitted These
reports, though lengthy, scarcely more
than brief abstracts of the very numerous and
| extensive transactions and operations conduc-
ted through these Departmt nts. Nor could
give summary of them here upon anv prn-
| ciple which would admit OF it being much
]
| tore content myself with lay ing the reports
! before you, and asking your attention 10 them
IL gives me pleasure to report decided
| Improvement in the financial condition of the
Post Office Department. AS compared with
| several preceding years the receipts for the
hscal year 1861 amounted to $S, ,349 296 40.
winch embraced the revenue from all the
States OF the Union for three quarters of that
year. notwithstanding the cessation of reve-
nue from the so called Seeded States during
the last fiscal year, the increase of the cores
pondepce OF the loyal States has been suffi-
cient to produce a revenue during the same
year OF SS,299 $40. 80, being only $50 900 less
than was derived from all the States of the o.
mon during the previous year. The expendi-
lures snow still more favorable result The
amount expended in 1861 was Sl3 900, 1911
I or the last year the amount has been reduced
To Sll ,l25. .364 l3, showing decrease of about |
Sz,fol ,ooO in the expenditures, as compared |
win the preceding year, and about So $50 900 |
as compared with the fiscal year 1860 The /
denciency in the department for the Dreyious |
year was 81 ,55l 1866 9S. For the last fiscal
:',a"slt Irae tSauNSi - eS,1 lG.o1i |
favorable results are in part owing to the cessa-
ton OF mail service in the insurrectionary |
States, and in part to a careful review of all |
expenditures in that department in the inter- |
est OF economy. The efficiency of the postal |
service, it is believed, has also been much i'm |
proved. The Postmaster General has opened |
correspondence, through the Department of
State, with foreign Governments, proposing
convention of postal representatives for the
purpose OF simplifying the rates of foreign
postage and to expedite the foreign mails.
rus proposition, equally important to our a.
dopted citizens and to the commercial inter-
ests of this country, has been fayorably enter
tanned and agIeed to by all the Governments |
from whom replies have been received. | ask
the attention of Congress 10 the suggestion of
the Postmaster General in his report respeo- |
ting the further legislation required in his o.
pinion for the benefit of the postal service.
The Secretary of the Interior reports as fol-
lows in regard to the public lands: 1.-The pub
lie lands have ceased to be source of reve-
nue.. From the lst OF July, 1861, to the aOth
of September, 1862, the entire cash receipts
from the sale of lands were $137 ,476 % a sum
much less than the expenses of our land syS-
tenn during the same period" ssTbe home
stead law, which Will take effect on the Ist of
January next, offers such inducements to set
tiers that sales for cash cannot be expected to
an extent sufficient to meet the expenses of
the General Land Office, and the cost of sur.
Veylng and bringing the land into marke ket.''
The discrepancy between the sum here stated
as arising from the sales of the public lands,
and the sums derived from the same source
as reported from the Treasury Department.
arises, as | understand, from the fact that the |
periods Of time, though apparently, were not
really, coincident at the beginning point the
report including considerable sum
now, which had previously been reported from
the Interior, sufficiently large to greatly over
reach the sum derived from the three onths
now, reported upon by the Sectetary of the {
Interior. and not by the Secretary of the {
Treasury.
The Indian tribes upon our frontiers have,
during the past year, manifested spirit of in. {
suboIdination, and at several points have en- i
gagged in open hostilites against the white set L
dement's IN their vicinity. The tribes occu- S
Dylng the Indian country south of Kansas re- t
bounced their allegiance to the United States, t
md entered into treaties with the insurgents. a
Those who remained loyal to the United ?
States were driven from the country. The a
,hiet of the Cherokees has visited this city 4
or the purpose of restoring the former rela- t
ions of the tribe with the United States. He a
Ilieges that they were constrained by superior s
orce to enter into treaties with the insurgents b
Ind that the United States neglected to fur c
lish the protection which their treaty stipu- t
ations required. In the month of August Fl
asst the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota, att ack- r
I'd the settlements in their vicinity with ex- S
RENE ferocity, killing, indiscriminately men, W
women, and children. This attack was Who'll N
= unexpected, and, therefore, no means of n
.efeDoe had been provided. 1t is estimated 81
hat not less than eight hundred persons were Ii
Tiled by the Indians, and large amount of "
destroyed. How this outbreak n
fas induced is not definitely known, and sus II
cions, which may be unjust. need not be 5,
tated. 1nformaiio was received by the In a
ian Bureau, from different sources, about the 81
ime hostilties were commenced, that SIM
ltaneous attack was TO be made upon the ia
ihite settlements by all the tribes between
be Mississippi river and the Rocky Noun il
aims. The State of Minnesota has suffered lie
reat injury from this Indian war. A large tt
ortion OF her territory has beendepOpulated, a.