The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-12-18
BEDFORD, Pa. FRIDAY MOANING, s1AEMBER IS, 1868.


from miscellaneous sources SO, ,046, ,6l5 80, and
from loans S776, ,b32, ,35l s7--ma king the ag-
groeate 1901 1875, STA S6.
OF the disbursements, there were for the civil
service S23, 3,253,922 03; for pensions and In
dians, S4,2l6,520 79; for interest on public
\ debt, S24, 729 $40 81; for the War Depart
ment, $3.50 ,29o,6co 49, for the Navy Depart
ment, 500, ,l05 81; forpayment of funded
and temporary debt. $lSl ,0S6, ,635 07-mak-
ing the aggregate $S95, 1856, $50 65, and leav-
ing the balance of ;S5,329, GA 81.
i But the payment of funded and temporary
debts having been made from moneys borrowed
during the year, must be regarded as merely
nominal payments, and the moneys borrowed to
make them as merely nominal receipts. Their
amount, SlSl ,oS6, 633 OF, should therefore be
deducted both from the receipts and disburse-
ments. This being done there remains as ac-
tual receipts, S720,039, ,039 79, and the actual
disbursements S7l4, 100, ,995 So, leaving The
balance as already stated. 1ta
The actual receipts and disbursements for the
first quarter, and the estimated receipts and dis
bursements for the remaining three quarters OF
the current fiscal year 1864, will be shown in
detail by the report Of the Secretary of the
Treasury, to which will invite your, attention
1t is sufficient TO say here that it is not be-
lieyed that actual results will exhibit state of
the finances less favorable to the country than
the estimates of thai officer heretofore submit
ted, while it is confidently expected that at the
close of the year both disbursements and debt
will be found pretty considerably less than has
been anticipated
The report of the Secretary of Warts doc
ument of great interest. Ii consists of:
lst-The military operations Of the year de-
tailed in the report of the generai-ih-chiaf
! 2d-The organization of colored persons in
to the war service
/ 3d-The exchange Of prisoners, fully SCI
forth in the letter OF Gen. Hitchcock
| 4th-1he operations under the 'sAct for En-
rolling and calling out the national forces" de.
tailed III the report Of tie Provost Marshal Gen
eral.
| 5th-The organization of the invalid corps
| orh-Ihc operations of the several Depart
ments of the Quartermaster General Commits
sary General, Paymaster General, Chief of En-
gineers Chief of Ordnance, and Surgeon Gen
eral 1t has appeared impossible to make u val
uablo summary Of this report, except such as
would be too extended for this place; and hence
|
tion to tho rersgt itself. E-
The duties devolving on the naval branch of
the service drring the year, and throughout the
! whole of this unhappy contest, have been dis
| charged with fidelity and eminent success The
extensive blockade has been constantly increas-
ing in efficiency as the navy has been expanded.
Yet on so long line, it has so far been impos-
sible to entirely suppress illicit trade. From
retnrns received at the Navy Department, itap
pears that more than 1000 vessels have been
captured since the blockade was instituted, and
that the value of prizes already sent for adjudi-
cation amounts to over Sl3000,00
| The naval force of the United States consists,
at this time, of 5S9 vessels, completed and in
the course of completion, and OF these Is are
iron clad or armored steamers. The events of
the war give an increased interest and impor-
tance to the navy which will probably extend
beyond the war itself.
The armored vessels in our navy, completed
and in service, or which are under contract and
approaching complexion are believed to exceed
| in number those of any other power But while
| these may be relied upon for harbor defence and
coast service, others of greater strength and ca
paciiy will be necessary forcruisiug purposes and
| TO maintain our rightlul position on the ocean.
| The change that has taken place in naval YES
sells and naval warfare since the Introduction of
steam as motive power for ships of war, de-
mands either corresponding change in some of
our existing navy yards, or the establishment of
new ones for the construction and necessary re-.
pair of modern naval vessels. No inconSdera-
bic embarrassment, delay and public injury have
he, r.
mental establishments
The necessity Of such a navy yard, so finish
60, at some suitable place upon the Atlantic sea-
board, has, upon repeated occasions, been bro't
to the attention Of Congress by the Navy De-
partment, and is again presented in the report
OF the Secretary, which accompanies this com.
munication. 1 think it my duty to invite your
special attention to the subject, and also 50 that
of establishing yard and depot for naval pur-
poses, upon one Of the western rivers.
naval force has been created on those in
terror waters ard under many disadvantages
within little more than two years exceeding in
numbers the whole naval force of the coun-
try at the commencement of the present admin-
| istration. Satisfactory and important as have
been the performance of the heroic men of the
navy at this interesting period, they are scarce
ly more wonderful than the success of our
mechanics and artzans in the production of
war vessels which has created new form of
naval power. Our country has advantages su-
perior to any other nation in our resources of
f, icon and timber, with inexhaustiblc quantities
Of fuel in the immediate vicinity of both, and
all available, and in close proximity to naviga-
bio waters. Without the advantage Of public
| works, the resources of the nation have been
developed, and its power displayed in the con-
| struction of navy of such magnitude which
has, at the very period Of its creation, render
| e. signal scryice to the Union.
| The increase Of ihe number Of seamen in the
public service rom $500 men il. the spring of
1851, to about 81, 900 at the present time, has
heen accommodated puifbopt snecal lay;sjat;on ar