The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-12-17

yard -sofaruisbejs stssome suitable bIsseI kiot
! lppo4ahe Ailande bsnh1afd, IA a islsssls, s,sl
sassSAalens. hlsR hEchghl idsIs n.la'etnsa:
lVongreSS 5ythe Navy Dspaf tment rsnd fss 81
j sgAin PteSentedin the repartyOf the sscre., ,ss
tarJ, @AAeh ehAecompenieHi this eominu6ics.ir-1-
Eton, sIthink it. my duty to invite vour.
special attention to this subject, and also
mat o. sstaalishipga yard and 1depot for b.
naval purposes, upon one of the WESTERN q,
rivers A naval force hasbeen created on + trs,y
'nOse interior waters, and under many gdiss4sl.,
vantaseS' within little more than two year.,a ,
exceeding in numbers the wholesnayal fovre,s t-,
q the country atae ccOmmeneement sof,tbS, ,,o.,
present Administration. Satisfactory and ,t .-,
important as has been the performances oe,s "a,
'ne nerolc men OF the navy al this period, 7.s,
they ore scarcely more wonderful than tbs, -,
services OF our mechanics and sartisansc ~
the production of war vessels, which has.
created red new form of naval power Our
country has advantages superior to any 9th,
er' nation In our resources Of iron and tim
ber With inexhaus6ble quantities of fuel in, ..5.
the Immediate vicinity of both, and all ac-..,
ceSsDle and in closes proximity to anavga,
pls waters, without the advantage of public
t'aks' the resources ,ofthe nation have been ,
developed, and It's power. displayed in the :. ..
construction ofa navy Of such magnitude. 81.
which has at the very period of it's creation TO-
rendered signal service to- the Union. The
increase Of y the number, Of seaman in the -,
public service frsm 1000 men in ;the spriug
Mss, to about "a, 900 at the present time.
mas been accomplished without especial
legislation, Or extraordinary bounties to
promote that, increase 1t has been found
however, that the, operations OF the draft
with high bopntes paid for army recruits is
sesinning 70 affect i1jprioRsly the naval
'sless and WI, " rot deFfscssd 30 likely Il
impair its efficiency by detaching scanen
from their proper, vocation and inducing
them to enter the, army. therefore res.
peetiully suggest that Congress might aid .,..-1
both the army and naval service BY ade
quate provision on this subject, which would q
at the same time be equitable t, the com. ,
munitics more especially intended. 7 com.
mend to your co asiderativn the suggestions
OF the Secretary of the Navy in regard 10
the policy of fostering and training seamsp .,
lor naval service The Naval Academy ia
rendering signal service in preparing mid .
'hiPmen for highly responsible duties, which.
n after life eywill be required to perform.
N order that the country should not be de.
''riVed oil tho proper quota of educated Of
icers for which legal provision has been .,
nade at the naval school, the vacancies
caused by the neglect or omission to make
nominations from the States in insurrection 81.
ave been filed by the Secretary ofthe Nayvy a''-
me school is now more full and complete '.s'
han at any previous period, and in a. every 91aa
espeet entitled to the favorable cousidera- 70
ion Of Congress 'a! '.''' Orc l'789 Fa1
Dpfing the past fiscal year the financial $50 '.."
0nditioa M OF the Post-ofce Department ha.1 ''3a'
cen one of increased prosperity, and am 'n"z'aa
ratified in beirg able to state that tho ac.. .d' nj
ocppptS OF postal revenue have nearly eouar- qEi
the entire expenditure, the latter is6f
'go 10 eleven million three hundred and Ulgz
'urteens thousaad dollars and eiSbt s,oai
ents, and the forner.to eleven million o,e 81 1o7
qrnddred- rdd and sixtythres thousand seven o. .zog
pnared and eighty'nine dollarsand fifty.nine '5J
ents, leaving deficiency of but one bpnsrs alsig
red and fifty thousand four hundred and "a ha',sq
'venteen liars aud twenty-five cents In eai -7so
'Oo the year Immediately preceding the ,yv'f
pelhon' the deficiency amounted to Eve. oa .,fg
iiion six hundred and fifty six thousand a7ss'as
ven hundred ana FIVE dollars and forty. -.ioias
ne cents. The postal receipts Of that year os.s
eretEo million six hundred and forty!fye or .1og
opsand seven hundred and t~ents.two dOl.v a baa
rs and nineteen cents less than those osfr a..5r
'oSpr Ihedeorease since 1860 in tia an. r,eE,,r1
'a amount of transportation has been On, ss s..
about twenty-five per cent, but the annual
peuditures, on &C eonht Of the same .haveYgss7
en- reduced thirtylfve per cent. It is
An.ies', therefore that the POST Office De- .,-,3
Artment may become selEsustaininr in a
years, even with the restoration Of the
lole service The. Internationally Confer, l-.
GO Of postal delegates from the principal ra,..g
untries of Europe and America, which
$ called at the suggestion of the Postmas,
!. General me: at Paris on the llth Of Hf
y last, and concluded it deliberations on
Continued on Se"7ad Pdqe !