Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-12-16


..s,t, intercourse between nalions, and ns
.ao basis ot uurc postal convenience, IN.
,ugnrpip 0 rru, il system oi uniform In
I..u.liuuoI charges at reduced ules Of
.A'l1gc. and cannot fail 10 produce benell-
..Al Iesvlts,
iu the course OF the session shall prob
ably have occasion to request YOU 10 pro-
vide udrmuitcouuu to claimants where
decru,s 0f recitation have been rendered
md damages awarded by Admiralty
Cuuri,, rrd n other case, whore this gov
Crnu.i, may be- acknowledged TO be liza
Lle p principle. and where the amount
Of that labiuy has been ascCrIalLcd 10y an
informal arbitration,
The proupr officers OF the Treasury have
deemed themselves required 10y the law of
the United States upon the subject to de-
mauo tax upon the incomes of foreign
rousuls IN this country. While such de-
mand may nor. in strlCtness, be in dero-
CATION OF public law, or perhaps OF any eX-
lsliug treaty between the United States
and foreign country, the eXpediency OF
so far modriyin the act as to exempt from
tax tie income Of such consuls rs are not
citizens OF the United States, Is submitted
to your serious consideration | make
this suggestion upon the ground that a
comlty which ought TO be reclrrocaled
exempts our cOnsuls, in all other coun-
tries from taxation to the extent thus in
dicated. The United States, think,
ought not to be exceptionally llliberal to
international trade and commerce.
The operations of the Treasury during
the last wear have been successfully con-
Quoted. The enactment by Congress OF Il
National Banking Law, has proved val
uaLle supper, OF the public credit, and the
general legislation in relation to loans has
fully answered the expectation of its ia
yorers. Some amendments may be re-
ouired to perfect existing laws. But no
change in their principles or general score
is believed TO be needed.
Since these measures have been IN ope-
ration, all demands on the Treasury, in
Guiding the pay Of the army and navy,
have been promptly met and fully salts
fed No considerable body Of troops it IS
beliel ed, were ever more amply provided
and more libeially and puuctually paid,
aud it I1ay be added that 10y 10 people
were the burdens incident TO great war
ever so cheeriuily borne. The receipts
during the year from all sources, inclUd-
inG loans aud the balance in the Treasury,
at its commencement, were S9Ol, ,lG5 6I5
Sc, and the aggregate disbursements
1896, ,79G ,G2O 90, leaving a balance on the
Ist Of July, 1868, Of S5,329, OH q. or the
receipts there we're iIom customs SG9,O59,-
O42 40; from internal revenue, S5I.64O,-
,o1 % from direct tax, 81 ,4Sj, lt3 81 (;
from lands, SlGT6l7 Il; from miscellan-
rous sources. S3.O4G.6lj 3j; and from
loans, S776,GS2, ,3Gl 81, making the aggre-
gate S9Ol, ,l2j GA SC. Of the disburse-
lnents there were: For the civil service,
S23, 2j3, G22 OS; for pensions and Indians,
S42lG, $50 10; for interest on public debt,
o24,720, S46 81 for the War Department,
$500, ,29S, COO SO; for the Navy Depart.
ment, SG3, ,2ll, lOj q; for payment oI
funded and temporary debt, SlSl, l,OS6G3
" making the aggregate SS9j, 796,63O
G5, and leaving the balance of S5,320,U44
u But the payment Of funded and tenn
eys 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
SlSl, ,0S6,63j o., should therefore be de
Quoted both from the receipts and dis
bursements. This being done, there re
mains, as actual receipts, S72O, ,O39 O3O 20
and the actual disbursements, STA, ,TO9,
900 SO, leaving the balance as already sta
ted.
The actual receipts and disbursement
for the first quarter, and the estimated re
ceipts and disbursements for the remain
-,
year 1864, will be shown in detail by til,
report Of the Secretary Of the Treasury L
which invite your attention.
II is sufficient TO say here that it is no
believed that actual results will exhibit
state of the finances less favorable to th
country than the estimates Of that office
heretofore submitted, while it is conf
dently expected that at the close of th
year both disbursements and GeSt will b.
found pretty considerably less than ha
been anticipated.
The report Of the Secretary Of War is
document Of great interest. ltconsIsts o
First The military operations of th,
year detailed in the report Of the General
in Chief
Second. The organization Of the coloreC
persons in war service.
Third. The exchange Of prisoners, fully
set forth in the letter Of Gen. Hitchcock
Fourth. The operations under the "Ac
for Enrolling and Calling out the Nation
al Forces" detailed in the report Of th
Provost Marshal General.
Fifth. The organization Of the lnyalic
Corps; AMI
Sixth. The operation Of the several De
psrtmen.s Of the QuartormGster General
Paymaster General, Chief OF Engineers
Chief Of Ordnance and Surgeon General
II has appeared impossible TO make va!
liable summary Of this report, except sucl
as would be loo extended fol this place
and hence content myself by askinj
your careful attention to the report itself
The duties deyolvins on the nava
branch of the service during the year, anc
throughout the whole of this unhappy
contest, have been discharged with fidelity
and eminent success. The eXienslv
blockade has been constantly increasin
in efficiency as the navy has exphnde d.
Yet on so long line, it has so far beet
impOsgible TO cutirelv supnrnss Illicit fra, Ia