Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-12-19

proposed 10 some governments, but no de-
finite answer to the proposition has yet
been received from any.
In the course ofths session | shall prob.
ably have occasion to request you to pro-
/ vide lndemnlfcation to claimants where
DEGREES OF restitution have been rendered
and damages awarded by Admiralty
Counts, and in other cases where this gov
ernment may be acknowledged to be liable
IN principle, and where the amonnt OF that
liability has been ascertained by an infor-
NAL arbitration.
The proper officers he Treasury have
deemed themselves required by the law of
The United States upon the subject 10 de-
mand tax upon the incomes of foreign
consuls in this country. While such a
demand may not, in strictness, be in dcro-
CATION Of public law, or berhaps of any ex-
isting treaty between the United States and
a foreign country, the cXpediency of so far
modifying the act as TO exempt from tax
the income Of such consuls as are not cti-
zens of the United States derived from the
emoluments of their Office, or from proper
ty not situated in the United Sta'es, is sub
mittcd to your serious consideration. 1
make this suggestion upon the ground that
a comfy which ought to be recprocatad
cxempts cur consuls in all other countries,
from taxation to the extent thus indicated.
The United States, think, ought II lot to
be exceptionally illiberal to international
trade and commerce
The operations Of tho Treasury duI ng
the last year have teen successfully con-
Quoted, The enactment by Congress of a
National Banking Law, has proved val
liable support of the public credit, and the
general legislation in relation 10 loans has
fully answered the expectation of its ia.
vorers. Some amendments may be requir-
ed 10 perfect existing laws But no change
in their principles or general scope is be-
lieved to be needed,
Since these measures have been in oper-
alton, all demands on the Treasury, inc'ud.
ing the pay of the army and navy, have
been promptly met and fullyLsatisGcd No
considerable body OF troops it IS believed
were ever more amply provided and more
literally and punctually paid, and it ma y
be added that by no people were the bur.
dcns incident TO great war ever more
cheerfully borne. The receipts during the
year from all sources. including loans and
) the balance in the Treasury, at its com
mencement, were 1896, ,796, $50 65, leav
inc balance on the lst OF July, 1868, o
$500 ,O44 2l. OF the receipts ther
were derived from customs 500 ,039 GAP,
40; from internal revenue, S37 GAO, 1877,
95; from direct tax, 81 ,4S5, l03 6I from
lands, Sl67 ,Gl7 II from miscelancou
sources, So, ,046, ,615 35; and from Ioane
) S776, ,GS2 1861 81, making the aggregate
) S9lO,125,6 ,674 Sc. OF the disbursement
there were; For the civil service, 923, ,253,
922 0s; for pensions and Indians, $4 PIG
$40 70 for interest on public debt, S24
729, SAG 5 !; for the War Department
S599, PCS, 600 SO; for the Navy Depart
ment, S63,2ll,l05 21 for payment 0
funded and temporary debt, 8lSl $685. ,G35,
OF, making the aggregate Ss05,106, ,G3O.
65, and leaving the balance offs 329.@l4,
2l. But the payment Of funded AMI ten
cys borrowed during the year must be re
, garded as merely nominal payments, ant
. the moneys borrowed to make them a
= merely nominal receipts. Their amount
Sl6l ,0S6, ,635 OF, should therefore he de
Quoted both from the receipts and d f
D bursements. This being done, there re
, , mains as actual receipts, $720, ,030030
10, and the actual disbursements, $7l4
J 700,995 5S, leaving the balance as a,read
stated
The actual receipts ond disbursement
for the first quarter, and the estimated re
= ceipts and disbursements for the rcmainin
three quarters of the current fl cal yea
1864, will be shown in detail by the rcpo,
- of the Secretary of the Treasury to whic
invite yout attention.
N 1t is sufficient to say here that it is nj
= believed that actual results viii exhibit
state of the finances less favorable to tt
" country than the estimates of that Office
IF heretofore submitted, while it is confident
|, expected that at the close of the year bot
u disbursements and debt will be found pre-
ty considerably less than has been anlic
!, pated.
l' The report of the Secretary Of War is
s. document of great interest. 1t consists {
IT First The military operations Of the ye
oetdilea III Tue report OF the ueHeral'l
'r Chief.
L. Second. The organization ofcolored pc
~ sons into the war service.
l. Third. The exchange of prisoners, full
le set forth in the letter of Gen, Hitchcock
iP Fourth, The operations under the GA
>, for Enrolling and Calling out the Nation
ol Forces detailing in the report of the Pr
w vost Marshal General.
Id Fifth. The organization of the lnval
p Corps and
Sixth, The operation of the several D
nj partments of the Quartermaster Generi
We Commissary General, Paymaster Generi
o. Chief of Engineers, Chief of Ordnance, al
d, Surgeon General. 1t has appeared il
ed possible to make a valuable summary
e. this report, except such as would be too c
IN. tended for this place and hence ! conte
sr- myself by asking your careful attention