Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-12-02

reimbuis ments OF temporary loans, and Ie
demptions, 500, ,O96 81 % making all aggre
gale OF s51O, ,eIl, 200 20. aud leaving balanc
! IN the treasury ON the inst day If July, 1867
Of Sl3, ,O43, $40 81.
1t should be aiserved that the sum o
| so, ,096, 922 09, expended tor reimbursement
and redemption OF public debt, being include,
also iii the loans made, may be properl,
deducted, both from receipts and expenditures
leaving the actual receipts for the year S4s7
! IS, 81 -, and tue expenditures, S474 IA
11S 10
Other Information on the subject Of tinan
ces will lie found IN the report oi the Secretar
ot the Iltasuiy, To wbose statements aud view
invite your most candid and considerable at
teution
The reports ot the Secretnits ut War, and o
the Navy, are herewith transmitted These II
ports, though lengthy, are scarcely more thar
Drirt abstr ,cts of the very numerous and OK
tcnsivc transactions and operations conducte,
through those departments. Nor could Civ,
a summary OF them here. upon any principle
which would admit of its being much shortrt
than the reports themselves | therefore con
tent myslli with laying the reports before you
and ashing your attention To them
Ii gives me pleasure TO report a decided i'm
provement in the financial condition OF the Pos
Office Department, as compared with scvera
preceding years. The receipts for the tsci
year 1851 amounted to SS,S49, 296 40, which
embraced the revenue from all the States Of the
Union for three quarters of that year Not
withstanding the cessation of revenue from the
So called seeded states during the last ykca
year, the Increase OF the correspondence of the
loyal States has been sufficient TO produce a
revenue during the same year of s., 2y9 SO 80
being only 500 900 less than was derived from
an 'he oIa'es oI 'he ohioh ouiihs 'he PieViou'
year. Inc expenditures sho" sun hott NOR,
iesuI.' ihe aiiouii, eApehue" III ioo
was @t1'ooo,'o' IL roi 'ho ias. yeai ,l'
aiiioun' n''S oeeh ieouGeu 10 81, ~, ioo,ooi o. 10
showing ueeio'so VI apou' S-'foi'oVV III th'
eAPehoii'uies as ooiiPaieu WIN inc Pie.u"lhs
year, anu aoou, s'''oo'ooV aS eolipai viii
'ne nScai year iooo' Inc ueiicieh'y III .he De
Pai'heht ioi Inc previous yeai was @f,ooi, +,
'oo 20. roi 'ne iAs' hse"l year IL was feuoce,
10 p, il-,ois o..
these ia'otaoie results are III part owing u
the cessation o' man service ia the ihsufiec
uohafy states, ana III lait 10 careful r.Vie"
o' All eApeho''uies III ,n"' uei al 'iieht Ill 'ii'
iu,eie'' vi e.onoihy' iho 'iheieney VI INC Pos
'Ai sei' ~ ~ 10 o1iie'eu' h"' 'ieo peoo nu'l
'niPioseu Ino io'.ii''''.o' . oono'a na' "is'
op'he" ooi '"iouen 'he Dep"i'
en' si, =, o'a.. ",.n y. ,s, s1'ems' pro
foo,ns ''. .o 1't VI p ~ :.
90 ,,l,,.,l,, .nd IN orr,,,.. H. t,,,.,,, ,,s;Is
Ih,s ',ro,s,si,inn eon,IIy imnort.n, to nm,
a1opts,i cItizens, and to The coum.rtiul inter
es,s nj his counrrv has b--n favorab,v enter
tanned, and agreed to, b, all the yoyv,nm.nt
from whom renli-s hay. b,.en received
ask he attention of Congress to the sugges
tions Of the Postmaster General in his report
respecting the further legislation REQUIRED. il
his OPINION for the benefit of the postal service
Tue Secretary Of the Interior reports as fol
lows in regsId to the public lands
'.lhe public lands have ceased to be "A source
of revenue From the LIST of july 1861, to the
Both of September, 1862 the entire ca h receipt.
from the sale of lands we're SAG 416 IA sum
much less than the expenses OF our land system
during the same period. The homestead law
which will take effect on the lst of January
next, offers such inducements 10 settlers that
sales tor cash cannot be expected to an extent
sufficient To meet the expenses of the General
Land Urflce, and the cost of surveying and
bringing the land into market.
The discrepancy between the sum here stated
rs arising from the sales of the public lands,
and the sum derived from the same source IA
reported from the Treasury Dep irtment arises,
AS | understand, from the fact that the peTiOd-
vi Ntit
Coincldent at The beginning point-the Treasury
report including a considerable sum now,
which had previously been reported from III,
Interior sufficiently large to greatly uveTreacL
the sum derived from the three months now
reported upon 10y the Interior, and not by the
treasury.
The Indian tribes upon our frontiers have
during the past wear III manifested a spirit Of in.
subo,dination, and, ut several points, hav,
engaged in open hostilities against tue whit.
settlements ia their vicinity. The t,ibes occu
DYING the Indian country south of Kansas, re.
nounced their allegiance to the United States
and entered into treaties with the insurgents
Those who remained loyal to the United state.
were driven from the country Ihe chief o
the Cherokees has visited this city for the pur.
pose of restoring the former relations of the
lribe with the United States He alleges that
they were constrained, by superior force, u
enter into treaties with the insurgents, and