Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-04

$l3,O43.546 81 1t should he observed that
the sum of 500, 6,096, ,922 09, expended for re-
Endorsements and redemption of the public
debt, being included also in the loans made.
may be properly deducted both from the re-
ceipts and expenditures, leaving the actual re-
ceipts for the year $487 1888, 324 81, and the
expenditures $474,744,7SS 16. Other infor-
nation on the subject of the finances will be
found in the report of the Secretary OF the
Treasury, to whose statement and views L IN
vite your most candid and cohsiderate atten.
ton. The reports of the Secretaries OF the
Navy and War are herewith transmitted =
These reports, though lengthy, are scarcely
more than brief abstracts of the very numerous
and extensive transactions and operations con-
ducted through these Departments. Nor could
| give a Summary of them here upon any prin-
ciple which would admit OF its being much
shorter than the reports themselves. | there,
fore content myself with laying the reports
before you, and asking your attention to them
1t gives me pleasure to report decided lm-
provement in the financial condition of the
Post Office Department, as compared with
several preceding years. The receipts for the
fiscal year, 1861 amounted to IS 349, 296 40.
which embraced the revenue FROM all the States
| of the Union for three quarters of that year,
Notwithstanding the cessation of revenue from
the so called seeded States during the last
fiscal year, the increase of the correspondence
of the loyal States has been sufficient to pro-
duce revenue during the same year of So,
| 299, 800 90, being only $50, 600 less than was
derived from all the States of the Union dur.
! ing the previous year. The expenditures show
| ctii f,r 10 EI,n
| peuded in 1861 was $l3, ,G06, 159 H. For the
last year the amount has been reduced to $ll, ),
l25, 364 l3, showing a decrease of about 81
4Sl 600 in the expenditures. as compared with
the preceding year about So, T50. .000a as com
pared with the fiscal year 1860. The defcien,
cy in the Department for the previous year
was 81, So 966 90. For the last fiscal year
it was reduced to $2,ll2,Sl4 81 These fa-
vOrable results are in part owing to the ceSSa-
| tion of mail service in the inSurrectonary
States, and in part to casual review of all
expenditures in that Department, in the in
terest Of economy The efficiency of the Pos.
tai service it is believed, has also BEEN much
| improved. The Postmaster GeLe7al also open
| ed a correspondence through the Department
Of Stale with foreign Governments, proposing
! a Convention Of Postal representatives, for
! the purpose OF simplifying the rates Of foreign
! postage, and to expedite the foreign mails -
! This proposition, equally important to oar
adopted citizens and TO the commercial inter.
ests of this country, has been favorabIy enter,
tanned and agreed to by all the Governments
| from whom replies have been received | ask
the atteution of Congress to the suggestions
Of the Postmaster General in bis report les
| 40 bap Slat h
| opinion for the benefit of the postal service
The Secretary Of the Interior reports as fol
! lows in regard to the public lands The pub
! lie lands have ceased to be a source of reye
uue. From lst July, 1861, to 3Oth Septem
Der, 1862, the entire cash receipts from the
sale of lands were $l37, ,476 26, a sum much
less than the expense of our land system dur
lug 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 expected 10 an extent
sufficient to meet the expenses of the general
land office, and the cost of surveying and
| bringing the land into market. The diScrep.
ancy between the sum here stated as arising
from the sales Of the public lands, and the
same derived from the same source as report
ed from the Treasury Department, arises, as
understand, from the fact that the periods oi
time, though apparently, were not really coin
cldent at the beginning point. The Treasury
! Report including a considerable sum now
which had previously been reported from the
| Interior, sufficiently large to greatly Overreach
! the sum derived from the three months now
reported upon by the Interior, and Lot by the
| Treasury
The Indian tribes upon our frontiers have,
during the past year, manifested a spirit oil
INSTRUMENTATION, and at several points have en-
gagged is open hostilitieS against the white set
Elements IN their vicinity. The tribes occupy
ing the Indian country south of Kansas, re
nounced their allegiance 10 the United States
aud entered into treaties with the insurgents
Those who remained loyal to the States were
driven from the country. The Chief of the
CherokeeS has visited this city for the pur
pose of restoring the former relations of the
tribe with the United States He alleges that
they were constrained by superior force to Ell
ter into treaties with the insurgents, and that
the United States neglected to furnish the
protection which their treaty Stipulatons re-
qured. ln the month Of August last. the
Sioux Indians in Minnesota attacked the set
Elements IN their vicinity with extreme feroci.
ty, killing ndlScrlmnately men, woman and
| children. This attack was wholly uneXpect
ed, and therefore no means of defence bad
been provided. 1t is estimated that not less
than eight hundred persons were killed by the
Indians, and large amount of property was
destroyed. How this outbreak was Induced
is not definitely known, and suspicious, which
may be unjust, need not to be stated Infor-
nation was received 10y the Indian Bureau
from different sources about the time hostili.
ties were commenced, that simultaneous at
tack was to be made upon the white settle
ments by all the tribes between the Ms>ssp
p River aud the Rocky Mountains The State
of Minnesota has suffered great injury frcm
this Indian war A large portion OF her ter
ritory has been depopuated and severe loss