St. Mary's gazette., 1863-12-17

The Presidents Message.
This document was not sent to Congress
Until "Wednesday Of last week. at mon
As it in n,nch t"" long for our limited
space. We must ask our readers to be c"n-
tent with the following synopsis from the
Baltimere Sna of Thursday last.
II commences With an expression oi
gratitude to God fnr abundant harv-sts and
the improved condition of our national af-
fairs. Acknowledges the interpnsitiou o!
the governments of England and France.
TO prevent the departure of hostile expedi-
tions against tha. United States from their
shores. Expresses gratiication that tn.
adjudication "f our prize courts has Won
the respect of maratime powers Refer
ing to supplemental treaty with Eng
land for the suppression of the slave trace,
the President believes that tho ..inhun,au u
asi odious traffic has been brought to an
end" with american ports and American
citizens.
Then follows series of paragraph.
briefly setting forth mattprs relating to
possession claims in Washington Terrific
ry; q naratims question with Spain 10 re-
lation to Cuba: diplomatic intercourse with
the United States of Columbia; the liquida-
'i"n of the Stadt dues; the adjustment of ia
sues between the United States and Cuba:
The convention with Peru. &c.
Legislation is recommended with respec,
20 mr,ters Of alienago aud citizenship.
whereby the evasion of military duty may
be corrected and other abuses prevented
Reference, is made t" affairs in Japan.
Arrangements have bcen made will,
Russia for q continuous line nf telegraph
through that empire from the Pacific coast
aud the International occanic telegraph
and seaboard tclegraphs are commended
to favor
The consular system aud the labors o.
consuls is spplauded.
Eiuigrstien ID commended to the foster.
ing encouragement Of the nation.
The equitable aud reciprocal principle,
nf redress for Injuries sustained By for.
-iguers in c"r.sequence of the civil war il,
shis country. are urged upon congression
al sttention.
The operations Of the treasury are fl,
vorably referred to. aud the national bank
ing system .p"ken of as = valuable sup.
part Of the public credit.
The receipts during the year from al
sources. including loans and the balance
in the Treasury at it's commencement, were
i S901 l25 .674 &c. and the aggregate dis.
bursesents 1886. .796, $50 65, leaving .
balance "n the frs, Of July, 1863. o.
So, ,329 .044 81. OF the receipts thrr.
were derived from customs S69. .O59..
642 10; from internal revenue S37 $40.
7s7 IS; from direct tax $1,4s5, 103 81
from laads Sl67. .6l7 II; from n,iscellane.
Gus sources S3.046,6l5 35. and from
loans S776. .eS2 361 57-making the sg
gregatr 1901. .125. .674 sc.
! Of the disoersemeats there were for tn.
civil service ss23. 253 .S22 OS; for pen sion.
and Indians S4.216. $50 70; fer the Wal
Department 1858. .29s. 900 SO: for tn,
Navy Department S63.211.1 .105 q; fa
payment Of funded and temporary deb
SlS1 .086, ,635 07-makiug the sggresat,
Ss95. 796. .630 65, and leaving the Lalanc,
IL S5. .329. .044 II.
| Bat the payment Of funded and tempo
rary debts having been made from money
borrowed during the year. mus, be regard
eds merely pomisal payments. aud th'
mancys borrowed to- make then, rs merel,
nominsl receipts. Their amount, S1Sl,
o66. .635 OF. should therefore te deductes
both from Tsceipts and disbursements
This being done. there remains ~ aetna
receipts. S720. .039 O30 20. and the sc,ua
disbursements 27l4.7G9. .9e5 IS. leaving
the balance % already stated.
The naval operations. and the report O
the Secretary Of the Navy. are n-xt re
ferrsd To with approval. aud certain sug
gestions from that department Commended
The operations of tho Post Office De
| partment and its increasing prosperity mr.,
favor.bly noticed The postal revenue hz
only fallen short Of The expenditures sLou
$3.50. 900.
The report Of the Secrcs.ry Of the Int
rior. with Is statement Of facts and esq
gcstions. are introduced with approval
The prcjsct of enlarging the water com.
municaiion between the Mississippi Rive,
and the aastera seabosrd il noticed favora
bly, -,
"A review u the rsst and present arpec,
Of the civil var .occurs. and ihs improvcd
state cf contcst on the Federal side is ex.
hibissd. since aho proclamation ef smsnci.
patton. Allssien j. ns6s 10 Maryland
srs Missouri. y nev only dispusing = \