The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-12-12

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l29,77i so; for expenses under the In.
terror Department, 3,l02 ,9So t2i under
the War Department. S30i,36SiO7 SO;
under the Navy Department, Sdl,67A,.
b69 60; for interest ON the public debt
Sl3,lgO ,S2i 10, and for the payment OF
the public debt, including reimbursement
of temporary loans androdcmptions, $780,
O96,922 09; making an aggregate of
S570,S4l,5 200 20, and leaving balance
IN the Treasury on the LIST day Of July.
1869, OF SI3.O46, $40 81.
II should be observed that the sum OF
SoG, G,oo6,922 0e, expended for reimburse.
ncrts aud redemption Of the public debt,
being included also in the loans mudc,
may be properly deducted both from the
receipts and expenditures, leaving the
actual receipts for the year, SIsL7sS,-
924 ~, and the expenditures, Sl7l,7it,-
7SS l6 Other information Gu the sub
jcct ofthe finances will bc found in the
Report Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
to whose statement aud views | inviIc
your most candid and considcra,e st,ca-
ton.
The Reports of the Secretaries OF the
Navy and War are herewith transmitted.
These reports, though lengthy, are
scarcely more than brief 0 bstracts ofthe
very numerous aud extensive rausac.
tioas aud operations conducted through
these Departments, nor could | give a
summary OF them here upon any princi-
pie which would admit o, it's being much
shorter than the Reports themselves.
fhaFals.rN IL .t.
Reports before you, and asking your at
tention TO them.
IL gives me pleasure 10 report dccid.
cd Improvement in the financial condi.
ton OF the Post Office Department, as
compared with several preceding years.
The receipts for the fiscal year 1861,
amounted to Ss,3I9,296 40, which en-.
bruccd the revenue from all the Stutcs oi
Union ior three-quartcrs of that year.
Notwithstanding the cessation orrevcnuc
from the so-callcd Seeded StOtcs during
the last fiscal year, the increase of the
CORE spondence of the 10y al States hu,
been sufficient TO produce revenue dur.
ing the same year OF IS ,20J $50 30, be.
Ing only 800, 900 less than was dcrivct
from all tie States of the Union during
the previous year. The expenditure,
show Il still moro favorable result. Tn,
amount expended in 1861, was Sl3,
6g6,759 IL.
For the last year the AMOUNT has beer
reduced to Sll, ,i25, 1864 10, showing de
crease of about 81 ,I61 900 in the txpeu
diturcs us compare d with the pr, cvdin,
year, and about $3,750 600 Ms compare,
with the fiscal year 1850. The dcfccu
cy in the Department for the proyiou
year was 81 ,55l,966 9S. Fer the las
fiscal year il was rcduc, d TO S2,ll2,Sl.
81. These favorable results are, il
part, owing to the cessation of mail ser.
vice in the insurreetisnnry States and t.
part in u casual reyiew of all the cxpcn.
dilurcs in that Department, in the inter.
est of economy.
The efficiency Of the Postal service, il
is believed, has also been much improy-
ed The Postmaster Gcneral also OPEN
ed u correspondence, through ths De-
partmont Of State, with foreign Govern
mcnts, proposing q convention of Postal
Re resentst.vcs for tie purpose of sim.
.pliiying the rates of foreign postage, and
to expedite the foreign mails. This prop
sltion, cquslly important to our adopted
citizens and TO the commercial interests
of this country, hts been favorable en-
tortainod aud agreed to by all the Gov
crnmcnts from whom replies have been
received.
| ask the attention Of Congress TO the
suggestions Of the Postmaster-Ganora
in his report respecting the further legis-
lation rquired, in his opinion, for the
Len, tit OF the postal service.
The S crctary of the Interior reports
as follows in regard to the public lands:
"Thc Public Lands has ceased to be a
source oirpvenne. From the lst Of July
1861, 10 the Both September, 1862, the
entire cash receipts from the sale OF
lands, were Sl37,d76 &c, sum much
less than the expense OF our land systc NJ
during the same period. The Homestead
Law, which viii take ofitet ON the lst
of January next, oif, rs such inducements
to settlers that sales for cash cannot lie
expected To al extent sufficient to NEE,
the expenses Of the General Land Office
aud the cost Of surveying and bringing
the land into market.
The discrepancy between the sum here
stated as arising from the sales of the
public lands and the same derived from
the same source as reported from tue
Treasury Department, arises, US under
stand, from the fact that the periods of
time, though apparently were not really
coineIdent at the beginning point, the
Treasury Report, including a considers
BILE sum now which had previously been
reported from the Interior, sufficiently
large to greatly overreach the sum deriv-
ed from the three months now reported
upon by the Interior, and not by the
Treasury.
The Indian tribes upon our frontiers
have, during the past year, manifested u
spirit Of INSTRUMENTATION, and ut several
points have Engaged in opened hostilties
against the white settlements in their Vi
cinity. The tribes occupying the Indian
country south efKansas, renounced their
allegiance TO the United States, and ell
tered into treaties with the insurgents.
Those who remained loyal TO the United
States were driven from the country. The
Chief OF the Cherokees has visited this
city for the purpose Of restoring the tor
mer Telat ions of the tribe with the Unit
ed States. He alleges that they wore
constrained by superior force to oii.er in
to treaties wit, the insurgents, and that
the United States neglected - furnish
the protection which their treaty stipula-
livns required.
In the month OF August last, the Sioux
Indians, in Minnesota, attacked the set
Elements in their vicinity with extreme
ferocity, killing, unfortunately, men,
women aud children. This attack was
wholly unexpected, and, therefore, no
means Of defense had been provided. 1t
is estimated that not less than 500 per-
sons were killed by the Indians, and a
larne amount of property was DESTROYED.