The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-13

leaving the aossal receipts for the year
S4S7 ,7S8, ,324.97, and the expenditures
S474.744 78S. Is. Other information on
the subject of the finances will be given in
the report of the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, to whose statements and views / invite
your most candid and considerate atten.
ton. S. q .
The reports of the Secretaries of the
Navy and War are herewith transmitted
These reports. though lengthy, are scarce
ly more than brief abstracts OF the very
numerous and extensive transactions and
operations conducted through these depart
lnen,s, nor could l give summary of
them here upon any principle which would
admit Of its being much shorter than the
reports themselves. re I therefore content
myself with laying the reports before you
and asking your attention to them.
It gives me pleasure to report decided
improvement in The financial condition of
the Postoffice Department, as compared
with the several preceding years. The
receipts for the fiscal year 1861 amounted
to sS,349, ,296 40, which embraced the
revenue from all the States of the Union
for three quarters Of that year. Notwith-
standing the cessation of revenue from the
so.called Confederate States during the
last fiscal year, the increase of the CORES
pondence of the loyal States has been suf-
ficient to produce revenue during the
same year of $S,299, ,S2O.9O, being only
$500 less than was derived from all the
States of the Union the previous year.
The expenditures show sill more favora-
BILE result. The amount expended in 1861
was 1906, 1911; for the last year the
amount has been reduced to 81, ,125, ,364.-
l3, showing difference of about So, ,4S7,-
900 in the expenditures as compared with
the preceding year, and about S3, $50 600
as compared with the fiscal year 1860
The deficiency in the department for the
previous year was s4,551 ,96s.9S; for the
last fiscal year it was reduced to So, 49,.
S1457. These favorable results are in
part owing to the cessation of mail con-
veyance in the insurrectionary States, and
in part to casual review of all expendi-
lures in that department, in the interest of
economy. The efficiency of the postal SER
vice, it is believed, has also been much
improved.
The Postmaster General has opened a
correspondence, through the Department
at State. with foreign governments, pro-
posing a convention Of postal representa-
tives, for the purpose of simplifying the
rates of foreign postage and to expedite
the foreign mails. This proposition,
equally important to our adopted citizens
and to the commercial Interests of this
country, has been favorably entertained
and agreed to by all,he governments from
whom replies have been received
ask the attention Of Congress to the
suggestion of the Postmaster General in
his report, respecting the further legisla-
tion required, in his opinion, for the bene-
fit of the postal service. sd bas
The Secretary of the Interior reports as
follows in regard to the public lands
The public lands have ceased to be a
source Of revenue. From the lst of Jan
1861, to the Both of September, 1862. the
entire cash receipts from the sale of pub
lie lands were Sl37 ,47726- sum much
less than the expenses of our land system
during the same period. Tie homestead
law, which will take effect on the 1st of
Jan. next, offers such inducements to set
tiers that sales for cash cannot b. expect
ed to an extent sufficient to meet The ex
penses of the general land Office, and the
cost of surveying and bringing the land
into market.
The discrepancy between the sums here
stated as arising from the sales Of public
lands and the sums derived froa the same
source as reported from the Treasury De-
partment arises, as understand, from the !
fact that the periods of time, though appa-
ren,ly, were not really, coincident at the
point The Treasury report in
cludes considerable sum now which had !
been previously reported from the Iuteri- /,
or, sufficiently large to greatly overreach
the sum derived from the three months
now reported upon by the Interior and not
by the Treasury Department.
The Indian tribes upon our frontier
tave during the past year, manifested a
spirit Of insubordination, and at several
points engaged in open hostilities against
The white settlers in their vicinity.
The tribes occupying the Indian country |
south of Kansas, renounced their allegi-