Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-12-09
VOL. 90 NO. 26.

temporary loans and redemption, SOC. Oe6 :
923.O9 making an aggregate of $570.S4l,
1OO.25, and leaving a balance in the treas
urv, on the lst day of July, 1862, of $l3,>
043, 446 81. 1t should DO observed that the
sum OF 500 096, 923.09, expended for reim-
bursemsnts and redemption Of the public
debt. being included also in the loans
made, may be properly deducted both from
the receptsi and expenditures. leaving the
actual receipts for the year S4S7. 1sS. 32+.-
VI, and the expenditures $474.744, 7SS l6.
Other information on the subject of the
finances will be given in the report of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, to whose state
ments and views invite your most cendid
and cUnsiderate attention.
ThE NAVY AND WAR REPORTS.
The Securities of the Navy and War are
herewith transmitted These report.
though lengthy, are scarcely more ihsn
brief abstracts of the very numerous aud
extensive transactions and operations con.
Quoted through these Departments, nor
could | give seminary Of them here
upon any principle which would admit of
Its being much shorter than the reports
themselves. / therefore content myself
with laying the reports before YOU aud
asking your attention to them.
THE PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT.
Itgives me pleasure to report q decided
Involvement in the fnaucial e1udition Of
the Pdstofice Department, ~ compared
with several preceding years. The re.
ceipts for the fiscal year 1861 amounted TO
$3.50 296 20. which embraced the rev.nus
from all the States Of the Union for ,hre.
quarters OF that year. Notwithstanding
the cessation Of revenue from the so-oallsd
Confederate States during the last fiscal
year, the Increase Of the eorrespondesce Of
the loyal States be, been suffeien, TO pro.
duce revenue during the sane year of
IS. 299, $50 80. being only $50. 900 less than
was derived Ion all the States Of the In
ion the previous year. The expencitures
show stil! more favorable result. The
amount expended in 1861 was $I3 COG .
I79.ll for the last year the amount has
been reduced to sl1 los, 364 Is, showing a
difference OF about 81 AZ, 900 in the erpsu.
ditures as compared with the preceding
year, and about 1880. 900 as eomp.red
with the fiscal pear. The deficiency in the
department for the previous year was s4.-
55l. 066 9S; fer the last fiscal yesr il was
reduced to S2,ll2.Sl4 81. These favorable
results are in part owing to The Cessation
OF mail c0nveyancts in the inssrrecticnary
Ststes, a3d IN part to a casual review # all
expenditures III that department.. in the
interest Of economy. The efficiency OF the
postal service, it is believed, Las also been
much improved.
The Postmaster General hs. opened a
correspondence. through the Department
OF State, with foreign governments, propo.
sing convention Of,postal reI r.sentatives,
for the purpose Of simplifying the rates Of
foreign postage and to eIpediate tie foreign
mails. This proposition, equally import.
ant to our adopted citizens ADD TO the com
mercial interests Of thIs country, has beeu
favorabiy entertained aud agreed 10 BY al
the governments FROM whom 4sulies bayt
been received.
ask the attention Of Congress 10 tn,
suggestion Of the Postmaster General 10 hi
report. respecting the further Legislation
required, in bic opinion, for The benefit O
the pOst4l service.
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
The Secretary of the Interior reports a
fulievs IN regard to the public lands. Tn
public lands have ceased TO be a sourcs O
revenue. From the lst Of January. ls6I
to the Both o. Septe mber, 1862. the entir,
cash receipts from the sales OF public land
were Sl37 Az. Pa SUN much less thar
the expenses of our land system during tn
same period. The homestead law, which
will take effect on the LIST of January mex,
| Offers such Inducements to settlers tbA
sales for cash cannot be expected 10 an ex
tent sufficient t. meet the expenses of tn
general Land Office, and the cost Of sur
seylng and bringing the land in to market
The discrepancy between the sums her,
stated as arising from the sales of publl,
laUds and the sum derived from the sam
source reported from the Treasury DEPART
meRt arises, as | understand, from the fac
that the periods of time, though apparent
! ly, were not really, coincident at the be
ginning point. The Treasury report 10
! cludes considerable sum now which ba,
| previously been reported from the Interior
sutnclentiy large to greatly overreach Oh
sum derived from the three months no,
reported upon by the Interior and not b
the Treasury Department.
THE INDIANs.
| The Indian tribes upon our frontier
have during the past year, manifested
spirit Of characterization, and az seyers
points engaged in open hos,i,itios with tn
white soldiers in their vicinity.
Tie tribes occupying the Indian countr
south OF kansas renowned their sllegianc
to the United States, and entered into
treaty with the insurgents. Thvse VIII
remained loyal to the United States uer
driven from their country. The Chief q
the Cberokees has visited this civ for n
purpose of restoring the former relation
| Of tine tribe with the United States. II
alleges that they were constrained by SUI
perior force 20 enter into treaties with III,
insurgents, and that the United State
neglected to furnish the protection yhicl
their treaty stipulation required.
On the ninth Of August Isst, the Siou,
Indians 10 Minnesota attacked the settler
10 their vicinity with extreme ferocjty
killing Unfortunately men, women. an
children. This attack was wholly unex
pected. and, therefore, 70 defepce ha,
| been provided. Ii is estimated that no
less than 500 were killed by the Indians
aud large amount of properly was de
stroyed. How this outbreak va. induce
is not definitely kuowD, and suspicons
which may be unjust, need not be stated
! Information was received by tho India
Bureau from different sources, about tb
time hostilities were commenced, that
simultaneous attack was to be made uro
the white settlements by all she tribe. be
tween the Mississippi River aud the Rock
Mountains. The State Of Minnesota hs
suffered great Injury from tbs India
war. A large portion of her territory hs
been depOpulated, and q severe luss hs
been sustained by the destruction Of prog
erty. The reJp'e If that State mantle.
much anxiety for the removal Of the tribe
beyond the limits of the State, as O guaI
antee against further hostili:ies. The CON
missioner Of Indian Affairs will furnis
details.
submit for your special considerable
whether our Indian system shall not /
remodeled. Many wise asd good men hs1
been impressed with the b, lief that th
can be pro6taoly done.
TIE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
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