The New York herald., 1863-12-10

the remaining threeqGarers Of the current fsoa year
1854 win DO shown detail by The report Of the sesse
tary OF the Treasury, to which invite your attention
IL s salc ent 10 say here that i not believed thai
actual results wl exhibit state Of The finances less 10
vorabe 20 he country than ibo estimates Of that ofcer
heretofore submitted, while it IS confidently expected
,ha @; ne .loe Of ne year toa dl,,uo~en' and dst'
Sgl ,e Jod very o:idratly less than has been Gns'e
| yG,td
|
Tho report OF tho Secretary Of War document OF
| great interest. Il consists Of
FirtThe military opera, OF the year, detailed IN
| the report OF the Geuera-inCh.ef.
SetonG-Tbe organ za,ion OF coored persors rto the
| war service
Taird-Tho exchange OF prisoners, fully set forth ir
| the letter Of General Hitchcock.
Fourts-The operations and the net OF enrolling and
calling cut the national forces-deiaed in the report Of
| the Provost Marshal General
| Rhh-Bte organization Of the Invalid corps, and
StaThe operation Of the several departments Of the
cUarermaser General, Comms ssary General PaymnstsF
General Chef Of Engineers, Chief Of ordnance and Eur
| scoD General.
| orERAnoSs
il has appeared impossible 10 make n valuable
summary Of this report, except sucn as would be TOO
| extended fer this place; and hence content my
sef by ask careful attention TO the report Itself
The duties deyolvng the naval branch Of the servs
during the year. and throughout the whole OF this unha
py contest have been discharged with Gdelity em
nent The extensive blockade has been constant
| iy Increasing iD efficiency
| II the navy has expanded yet 70 long ,
| line il has, 60 far, been impossible TO entirely
| suppress Illicit trade From returns received al tho
Navy Department il appears that than one thou
sand vessels have been captured since the blockade
Instituted and that the value prizes already sent
adjudication amounts thirteen million dollars.
The naval force OF the United States consists at this
time Of FIVE hundred and eghyegh vessels, completed
and in the OF completion and OF these
| nre iron clad armored steamers
The events or the give Increased interest and
| importance TO the navy which Will probably
| extend beyond The itself. Tho armored
| vessels in our navy completed and iD service,
which under contract and approaching completion
are believed 10 exceed in number thoee OF any other
Power But while thoc may DO relied upon for harbor
defence and service others Of greater strength and
capacity will be necessary for cruising purposes and TO
maintain rightful position on the ocean.
| Qua STEAM NAVY.
Tho change that has taken place in naval vesses and
naval warfare the introduction Of steam as motive
power for ships OF demands either a corresponding
change 10 some Of our existing navy yards the
shment OF for the construction necessary
repair OF modern naval vessels No ipconsiderahe en-.
barrassment delay and public Injury been exyeri.
enced from the want OF such governmental establish
| ments.
The necessity OF such navy yard, 20 furn shed at
tome suitable place upon the Atlantic seaboard has tn
repeated occasions been brought attention OF Coz
eressby the Navy Department and is again presented
the report Of the Secretary which accompanies this com
muncaton. think IL my duty TO inviie your special
attention 10 this subect, also 70 that OF establishing
yard and depot for naval purposes upon Of the
Western rivers has been created these
interior waters and under many Disadvantages, within
little more than two years, exceeding in number the
whole naval force OF the country n tho commencement
Of the present administration Satisfactory and Import
ant have boen tho Of the heroic OF
The navy at this interesting period they scarcely
| wonderful than the success Of our mechanics and
artisans in the production Of vessels, which has
| created . form of naval power.
TnEER,
! Our country has advantages superior TO any other
nation IN resources Of iron and timber with ioexhaust
| bic quantities Of fuel in tho immediate vicinity
| Of both, and all available and In close proximi.
" to nsvigabe waters. without the advantage OF
| public works, the resources Of the nation have
been developed and It's power displayed the
tion Of navy Of such magnitude which has at the very
peroe OF It's creation rendered signal service 10 the UDon
SosElsE SAILORS
Tie increase OF the number OF seamon in the pub
| lie service from 1900 men in the spring of 1861
| TO about % 600 at iho present time has been
accomplished without special legislation extraordinary
bounes TO promote that increase. II has been found,
however The operation of the draft, with the high
bounes pad FOR army recruits s beginning TO affect
jurousy the naval servce, and will II not corrected, be
likely 10 impair is efficiency, By detachng from
their proper vocation and Inducing them to enter tho
army therefore respectfully suggest that Congress might
aid both the army and naval service by definite pro
vision on this subject, which would at the same time be
equitable 70 the communities more especially Interested
commend 70 your consideration the suggestions o.
Secretary Of the Navy regard to the policy o fostering
and training scamen and also the education Of officers
engineers FOR the service The Naval Academy
ir rendering signal service ID preparing midshpmen
the bgniy responsible duties which in after lfe they
| VIII be required to perform. 10 order tina, the
county should Dot be deprived Of the proper quota
| OF educated officers for which legal provision has
been made Naval school, the vacancies caused by
the neglect omission 20 make nominations from be
states nsurTecton have been filed by the Secretary
Of the Navy The school more fun aud complete
than at any former peLod and every respect entitled
| 10 the favorable consideration OF Congress.
| rs rosr oTlcB DTrAETsEr
During past fiscal year financial condition oi the
rosi once Department has been OF Increasing pros
porty and gratio.n being able 10 state that the
actual postal revenue has nearly equaled the entire ex
poudtures, the latter amounting 70 tll 3ls 20G 81,
and the former TO fil,is3.7s9 %. leaving
| deficiency Of but slto,4ls IS. 10 1850, the year
| Immediately preceding the rebellion, the deficiency
amounted 70 f5,o6o,5oj 40. the postal receipts
be.og t2,os5i2 10 lees than those OF 1903. The 90
crease since lsoo 10 The annual Of ansporiaton
has been about twenty-five per cent but the annual
pcDdture accoun, OF the has been reduced hr.
~ I've per cent manifest therefore, that the Poet
once Department may become sofsustalning In icE
years With the restoration q the whole service
INuIySrosAt sErANsrnxTs
The International conierenoe of postal delegates from
| the principal countries of Europe and America, phcl
called at The suggestion Of the Postmaster Genera
Psrs co the ilth q May last aud concluded 10
debcfsnous the s,h Of June. Ibe principle esial
nsnel BY the conference bes ADAPTED 70 facilitate
| posia intercourse tet~een nations, and AZ the bssz