Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-10

soma In their service, upon citlh~- , ~ ~" o".eu
sgners. II the existing judicial tribu, ss are IA
adequate 10 this purpose, special court may DC
authorized TO hear and decide such ella ms, on the
E character referred 70, as may have arisen unde.
Just ng the claims by joint commission, have been
proposed to some governments. but no definite
answer TO the proposition has yet boon received
from any. In the course Of the session shall
probably have occasion 70 request you TO provide
naturalization to claimants whose DEGREES Of res
ntuton have been rendered, and damagcs award
cd by admiralty courts, and in other cases where
this government may be sckn ovledged TO be liz.
bic in principle and whero the smount of that
Inability has been asccrtainsd by an informal ar
citration. Nt'
The proper officers Of tho treasury have Doomed
themselves required, by the law OF the United
foreign consuls in this country. While such
demand may not in strietness be in derogation Of
public law, or perhaps Of any existing treaty be-
tween the United States and foreign country,
tho expcdiency Of so far modifying the act as TO
exempt from tax the income OF such consus a.
arc not citisens Of the United States derived from
the enouments Of their ONCE, or from property
not situated in tho United Ltates, is submitted 70
your serious consideration. make this sugges-
tior upon the ground that county which ought
to be reciprocal, sxenipts consuls in all other
countries from taxation, to the extent thus indi-
Gated. The United states, l think, ought not 10
DO exceptionally Liberal TO International trade
and commerce.
The operations Of the treasury during the
last year have been successfully conducted
The enactment by Congress OF national bank
ing law mas proved valuable support of the
public credit, and the general legislation in re-
Iation to loans has fully answered the expecta-
tons of its friends. Amendments may be re-
quired to perfect existing laws, but no change
tn he SINCE
in operation all demands on the treasury, in
GLIDING the pay of the army and navy,
have been promptly met and tplly satisfied.
No considerable Body OF troops, II is believed,
and punc,uslly paid aud it may be added, that
by no people were tho burdens, incidental to
great war, ever more cheeriully borne.
The receipts during the year from all sources in
cludng loans and the balance in the treasury at
its commencement were s9Ol, l2s,674 Sc, and the
aggregate disbursements 1896, I96,6S0 Is, leaving
a balance on the LIST Of July, 1865 OF $5,3290i4 81
OF the receipts there were received from Customs
sos, 0j9,6s2 40; from Internal Revenue 81, 6lu.-
5Sy IS; from direct Tax, $l,4s5, lO3 IS; from
Lands, $67,6l7 II; from Miscellaneous sources,
3,046,6l5 49, and from Loans, S776,6S2, SOL 81
making the aggregate 1901, 1854 Sc. OF the dis
bursements there were for the civil service s23,-
1884, 22 Os; for pensions and indians, st,2l6,-
526 So for interest public debt, s24. S46 ST.
For the war department, 500 29S 200 e3; for the
navy dcpar ment, 63,2l los ~ for payment of
funded and temporary debt lSl, 0S6,6S5 OF -
making the aggr ate OF s95, 1896 $50 IS, ana leav-
ing the balance of 1929, OLA q, but the payment
OF funded and temporary debt, having been made
from moneys borrowed during the year, must be
REGARDED as merely nominal payment and tho
moneys borrowed {. make them as merely nomi-
nal receipts, and their amount, $751; ,0S6,635 o.,
should th refore be deducted both from the re-
ceipts and the disbursement This beiug done
there remains as actual receipts $720, O3s 059 10,
and the actual disbursements, STA, 709,995 So
leaving the the balance as alreadv stated. Tho
actual receipts ana d sbursements for tbs first
quarter and the estimated receip s
add disbu sements for thaI emain-
iug three quarters of the current 6soaI year 1854,
vii be shown in detail by the report of the secrs-
tary OF the tr asurS to which invite your attention
1t Is suic. MT say that Is not believed that
actual results will exhibit state of the finances
less favorable to tue country than the estimates
of that officer heretofore submitted, while 1t is
confidently exp, cited tat at the close OF the year
both sbursements and debt will be found very
considerably less tnan has beea anticipated.
he repo t OF tn, Secretary OF War is a docu-
rneut Of great interest 1t consista of first, the
ilitary operations OF the var detailed Ill tie O.
port Of the General-in-Cnief; second, tine organ
I5at on Of ceDred persons into tbs service
til I'd, the exchange of prisoners full set forth IN
the letter OF Gen. Hitchcock Fourth, the opera
lions uuuer tn act for eorollng and calling out
the national forces, detailed m the report
! OF tin Provost Marshal General fifth, the
organ. saton of Invalid corps and sixth, the OPP
era ion OF the several departments of the Quarter
master General and Commissary General, Chie
OF Engineers, CHEF OF Ordnan and Surgeon
General. III mas appeared lnpOsSiDkS u tndho a
valuable summary of the report, except such o..
would 90 too extended for TINS place, and hence,
| content myse {, by asking your careful attention
to the report Itself,
The duties OF the naval branch Of the service
during the year and throughout the whole of th.s
unhappy contest, have been discharged with fdel-
| ity and emin, mt success Tho extensive blockade
| has bsen constantly increasing IN efficiency. 4
l the Navy has expanded, yet on 90 long line i,
| has been i'm ossible to entirely suppress iiici,
/ Trade raCaIvpd M he
| Department., it appears that more than
| one thou >aDd vessels have been captured
since the blockade was instituted, and that the
1 value OF prizes already sent in tor adjudication
amount u over thirteen millions OF collars
| The naval orce of the United States consists Of
| this time of five hundred and eighty eight yes
l sells comp. eted and IN the course OF COMPILE ion
ard OF these seventy five are iron-clad or or
| mored steamers. The events of the war give
/ al increased interest and importance to the
| navy, whsch will probably extend hey ond the
war iteelf The arm0red vessels in our navy
completed and in service, or which are under
| contrhct and approaching completion, are be.
/ lieved to coed In number those Of any other
| power, bu while these may be relied upon tor
| harDor defenos and coast service, Ouners OF
| grea ,er strength an capacity will be necessary
Tor cruising purposes and % main ain our right.
ful position on the The change that has tax
en- place in naval vessels and naval warfare since
| the introduction Of steam as . motive power for
| slips of war, dem ands either corresponding
change in some Of our existing navy yards or the
estabII him mt 4 new ones for the construction
and necessary repairs of modern vessels. No in
considerable embarra ssment. delay an pubic in
Jury have been experienced from the want of such
goyernnertal establishments. The necessity OF
such d navy yard, SO furnished, at some suitable
place upon the Atlantic sesboard has, on repeat
Cd occasions, boon brought to the attention OF
Congress by the navy department, and ia again
presentep in the report OF the secretary, which
accompanies this communication. think
il my duty to invite your special at
tcntion 10 this 2 subject and also
to that Of establishing yard and depot for naval
purposes upon one OF the Western rivers A ma
val force has been created these interior waters,
and under many Disadvantages within little more
than two years, exceeding in number tho whole
naval force of the country at the commencement
OF the present administration, aise3 tSe7os
Satisfactory and important a. have been the
performances Of the heroic men OF the navy at this
interesting period, they are scarcely more wonder
full than the success of our mechanics and artisaDs
in the production Of vessels, which has Great
cd a new form of naval power. Our country has
Advantages superior to any other nation IN our
resources Of lion and timber, with inexhaustible
guam tat es OF fuel in the immediate vicinity
of both, and all available, and In close
proximity to navigable waters. Without
the advantage of public works, the resources of
the nation have been developed and its power dis
played in the construction Of a navy of such mag
nitudc, which has at the very period of its crea-
ton rendered signal service to the Union. The
increase in the number of sesmen in the service
frou, seven thousand five hundred men in the
spring of 1861, to about thirty-1our toousaed at