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course, $l,339,710 35; for miscellaneous OK
Penses. including the mints, loans, post offic
aefciencies, collection of revenue and othe
hke charges, $l4, l29,77I 3d. for expense
under the Interior Department, 81, ,IO2, ,9s4 81
unaer the War department., 1894, 1866, ,307 36
cncer the navy Department, @42,674 ,569 SO
for interest on public debt, $I3, ,I90 1924 As; an
ior payment on public debt, including reim
Dursements of temporary loan and redemp
| tions, wy, ,O96 ,622 90; making an aggIegat
q $51O,o41, 200 20, and leoving q balance il
sne me tressufy 9 en- the first day of July, 1862,
1t should be observed that the sum of se6,
O96,922 09, expended for reimbursements ant
redemption of public debt, .beir q included al
SO In the loans made, may be properly deduc
ted, both from receipts and expenditures. ma
king the actual receipts for the year $4s7, ,7s7
324 "a; and the expenditures $4O4, ,744, ,776 I6
1t gives me pleasure to report decided id,
proyement in the financial condition of th
Post Ofhce Department, as compared with
several preceding years. The receipts for tn
fiscal year 1861 amounted to $S,549 ,256 40
which embraced the revenue from all the State
of the Union for three quarters of that year.
Notwithstanding the cessation of revenue from
the so-called seeded States during the las
fiscal year, the increase of the correspondence
of the loyal States has been sufficient to pro
dnce revenue during the same year of 30,
269 ,220 20, being only 900 less than wa
derived from all the States of the Union during
the previous year. The expenditures SHOW
a still more favorable result. The amount OK
pended in 1861 was $13 3,606,759 IL. For tn,
last year the amount has been reduced to $l2
125,364 13; showing decrease of about 81,
| ioi 900 in the expenditures as compared will
the preceding year, and about $3.50, 900 a
compared with the fiscal year, 1860. The de
fciency in the department for the previous
year was $4,551 1866 SO. For the last fsca
year it was reduced to SO, liz, ,s1467.
These favorable results are in pact owing t.
the cessation of mail service in the insurrec'
tionary States, and in part to a careful review
of all expenditures in that department in the
interest of economy. The efficiency of the
postal service, it is believed, has also been
| much improved. The Postmaster General has
also opened correspondence, through the De.
partment of State, with foreign governments
proposing convention of postal representa-
tatives 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 commercia
interests of this country, has been favorably
entertained, and agreed to, by all the govern
ments from whom replies have been received
Tho Secretary of the Interior reports rs fol
lows in regard to the public lands:
"Thc public lands have ceased to be source
of revenue From the 1st eff July, 1861, tr
the 3Oth of September, 1862, the entire cash
receipts from the sale of lands were 1885,.
476 ga sum much less than the expenses OF
our land system during the same period. The
homestead law, which will take effect on the
1st of January next, offers such Inducements
to settlers, that sales for cash cannot be ex-
pected to an extent sufficient to meet the ex-
qenses of the General Land Office, and the
cost of surveying and bringing the land into
market"
Of the lesser Rebellion-that among the
Indian tribes in tbe West-of Internal I'M
provements and of the Department of Agri-
culture he next treats, all of which we give
in full -
The Indian tribes upon otr frontiers have,
during the past year, manifested spirit OF
insubordination, and, at several points, have
engaged in open hostilities against the white
settlements in their vicinity. The tribes occu-
pying the Indian country south of Kansas,
renounced their allegiance to the United States
and entered into treaties with the insurgents.
Those who remained loyal to the Umted
States were driven from the country. The
chief of the Cherokees has visited this city for
the purpose of restoring the former relations
of the tribe with the United States. lie allc-
ges that they were constrained by superior
force, 70 enter into treaties with the insurgents,
and that the United States neglected to furnish
the protection which their treaty stipulations
required.
In the month of August last, the Sioux In
dams, in Minnesota, attacked the settlements
in their vicinity with extreme teroclty, killing
Unfortunately, men, women and children
This attack was wholly unexpected, and
therefore, no means of defense had been pro-
vided. 1t is estimated that not less than eigh'
hundred persons were killed by the Indians
and large amount of property was destroyed
How this outbreak was induced IS not definite
! II known, and suspicious, which may DC un'
lust, need not be stated. Information was re-
ceived by the Indian bureau, from different
sources, about the time hostilities were COM
menced, that a simultaneous attack was 10 be
made upon the white settlements by all tht
tribes between the Mississippi river and the
Rocky mountains. The State OF Mlnnesoti
has suffered great injury from this Indian war
| A large portion of her territory has been de
populated, and severe loss has been sustain
ed by the destruction Of property The peopl
of that State manifest much anxiety for tn
removal of the tribes beyond the limits q tn
State as o guarantee against future hostiiltles
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs Will fur
nish full details. submit Tor your especia
consideration whether our Indian system shai
NOT be remodelled. Many wise and good mel
have impressed me with the belief that thi
can be proftably done.
/ submit q statement of the proceedings o
commissioners which shows the progress tina
has been made in the enterprise of construct
ing the Pacific railrtad. And this suggest
the earliest completion of this road, and ais
the favorable action of Congress upon the pre-
iects now pending before them Of enlarginI
l the capacities of the great canals In New Yorl
and Illinois, as being of vital and rapidly in
creasing Importance to the whole nation, an,
especially to the vast interior region hereinaf
ter to be noticed at greater length. ] purpos
having prepared and laid before you at al
early day some interesting and valuable stat
/ istical information upon this subject. Th
4 military and commercial Importance of en-
lfareing the Illinois and Michigan canal, am
improving the Illinois river, is presented in th
report Of Col. Webster to the Secretary Of Wal
and now transmitted to Congress; respect
fully ask attension to t.
i To carry out the provisions OF the act {
i Congress Of the 18th Of May last, I have caus
4 Cd the Department of Agriculture of the Uni
u ted States to be organized. t
| The Commissioner informs mo that with
i the period Of few months this departfnen
has established an extensive system OF CORES
j pondence and exchanges, both at home an
a -1~< <x.I:<I >v,x.ata<o n. effect HiuHIF Dcu(