The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-12-09

Under the War Department .- 394,a6S,47 3
| Under the Navy Department 4261i,5o9 8
For interest on the Public Debt l3,l9J,3ol A.
For the payment of the public
debt including reimburse
ment of temporary loan and o. :,
redemption 9o,UJo,5<o W
Total. $50 ,S4l 700 2,
Balance in the treasury on the
lst day of July, 1862, .----- l3,43,44b q
1t should be observed that the sum of 500,
O96 ,293 %, expended for reimbursements anC
redemption ofthe public, debt being included
also in the loans made may properly be deducted
both from the receipts and the expenditures
leaving the actual receipts for the year SIS
7eS.324 81, and the expenditures $414.74l ,Ic-
l6. Other information on the subject of the
finances will be given in the report of the Sec.
retary of the Treasury, owhose statements and
views invite your most candid and consider
ate attention.
WAR AND NAVY REPORTS.
The reports of the Secretary of the Navy and
War, are herewith transmitted. These reports,
though lengthy, are scarcely more than brief
extracts of the numerous and extensive trans
actions and operations conducted through these
departments. nor could | give summary of
them here upon any principle which would ad-
themselves. | therefore content myself with
laying the reports before you, and asking your
attention TO them.
THE p. o. DEPARTMENT..
1t gives me pleasure to report decided i'm
prevement in the financial condition of the
Post Office Department, as compared with the
several preceding years. The receipts for the
fiscal year 1861 amounted to SS,349 ,296 40,
which embraced the revenue from all the States
OF the Union for three-q quarters of that year
Notwthstandin the cessation OF revenue from
the so-called Confederate States during the last
hscal year, the increase of respondeuce of
the loyal States has been sufficient to produce
revenue during the same year of s. ,299 -2D 90,
being only $4,000 less than was derived from
all the States of the Union the previous year.
The expenditures show a still more fayora-
bic result. The amount expended in ls6l was
Sl5,636,te9 III. For the last year the amount
has been reduced to Sll 1875 1854 l3. showing a
difference of about S24S7, 900 in tho expenli-
lures, as compared with the preceding year, or
about S3,l50,J0J, as compared with the fiscal
year Of 1860
The deficiency in the department for the pre-
vlous year was 81 .55l $50 %. For the last fis-
cal year II was reduced to -, ll2,sll 81. These
favorable results are, in fact, owing TO the ees-
stton OF mail conveyance in the iusuuecgion-
ary states, and ia part to n careful review of
all expenditures in that department, in the in
terest of economy
The efficiency Of the postal service, it is be-
lIeved, has also been much improved. The
Postmaster General also opened a correspou-
lenee d.. through the Ds!n}atTtsGasf a G5nveurroh
1f postal representatives, for the purpose OF
simplifying the rates of foreign postage, and to
expedite the foregn mails This proposition.
~ u
@ the commercial interests of this country has
been laverablv entertained and agreed to 10y all
he governments from whom replies have been
'ecelved. | ask the attention Of Congress g. /
he suggestions Of the Postmaster GeHcral IN
lis report respecting the further legislation re
luired in his opinion for the benefit Of the pos
al service.
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR.
The Secretary Of the Interior report. as fol
ows in regard To public lands The public
ands have ceased To be source OF revenue.
From the lst of July, leGl, to the 30th of Sep.
ember ls62 the entire cash receipts from tie
'ales Of public lands were Sl3i, ,i7 26--a sum
much less than the exl lense. of cur land system
Turing the same period.
The homestead law, which will take effect on I
he lst of January next, offers such induce.
nents To settlers that sales for cash cannot be- I
expected to an extent sufficient to meet the ex- /
,enses OF the General Land Office, and cost OF (
urveylng and bringing the land into market +
The discrepancy between the sums here sta |
ed rs arising from the sales Of public lands I
md the sums derived from the same source ms
eportei from the Treasury Department. arises, /
IS | understand, from the fact that the periods I
If time, though apparently, were not really, Co
Incident at the beginning point. The Treasu- /
v report includes n considerable sum now
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Interior sufficiently large to greatly oyerreach
he sum derived from the three months now re- /
1orted upon by the Interior, and not by the /
Treasury Department.
THE INDIAN WAR.
Ths Indian tribes upon our frontiers
nave, during the past year, manifested
spirit of insubordination, and at several
points, engaged in open hostilities against
ho white settlers in their vicinity. The /
ribes occupying the Indian country
south Of Kansas, renounced their allegi /
.nce TO The United States, and entered
nto a treaty with he insurgents, Those /
who remained loyal to the United States
we're driven from the country. The chief
of the Cherokees has visited this city for
Ihe purpose of restoring the former rsla.
lions oil the tribe with The United States. +
He alleges that they we're constrained by |
superior force TO enter into treaties with
lhs insurgents, and that the United
States neglected TO arnish the protso,i lion
which their stipulation required
In the month Of August last, the
Sioux Indians in Minnesota. attacked the
settlers in their vicinity with extreme fe
rocity. killing iadiscrimiuatsIy men, NO
msn and children. This attack was
wholly unexpected, and therefore no de
fence had been provided. |, was ssii
mated that not less than 500 persons
were killed by the Indians. and large
amount of property was destroyed. How
this outbreak was induced is not dstin-
itsly knows and suspicion which may
be unjust need not be stated
Information was received by the In.
dian Bureau from different sources, about
the time hostlities were commenced.
that simultaneous attack was 10 be
made upon the white settlements by all
the Tribes between the Mississippi river
aud the Rocky Mountains.
The State of Minnesota has suffered
great injury from the Indian war. A
large portion OF her territory has been