The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-10

~citizans nc So dicted upon the ~subJects or
land, and hy sn coGntries, both at sea anu on
State, persons in the service OF the onted
other As this Government expests redress from
b. powers when similar injuries are lntleted
! persons in their service, on citizens OF the Units
ed States, we must be prepared to do justice to
foreigners. III the existing judicial tribunals are
inadequate to this purpose, a special court may be
authorized with power to hear and decide such
claims, OF the character referred to, as may have
arlseh under treaties and public law. ConvsnH
tlons for adjusting claims by joint commission
nave been proposed to some governments, buttno
denulte answer to the proposition has yet been
received from any. During the course of the sea-
sion, L shall probably have occasion to request
you 10 provide lndeunlhCatlon to claimants where
DEGREES of restitution have been rendered and
damages awarded by the admiralty court, ana in
other cases where this Government may be &C.
knowledged to be liable in principle, and
where the amount of that liability has been
ascertalned by an informal arbitration. The
proper officers of the Treasury nave deemed
themselves required by the law Of the United
States upon the subject, to demand a tax up
on the incomes Of foreign consuls in this coun-
try While such a demand may not be in
violation Of public law or perhaps of any ok
listing treaty between the United States and a
foreign country, the expediency Of SO far mod
flying the act as to exempt from tax the in
comes OF consuls who are not citizens
Of the United States, derived from the emolu-
ments OF their Office, or from property not sit
uated in the United States, is submitted to
your serious consideration. make this sug-
gestion upon the ground that a courtesy
which ought TO be reciprocated exempts our
counsuls in all other countries from taxation,
to the extent thus indicated. The United
States, | think, ought not to be exceptionally
llllberal to international trade and commerce.
The operations of the Treasury during the
last year have been successfully conducted
The enactment by Congress of a National
Banking Law has proved a valuable conserver
of the public credit, and the general legisla-
ton In relation to loans has fully answered
the expectations of its f~avorers. Some amend
ments may be required to perfect existing
laws, but no change in their principles or gen
eral scope is believed to be needed. Since
these measures have been in operation, all de-
mands on the Treasury, including the pay of
the army and navy, have been promptly met
and fully satisfied. No considerable body of
troops, it is believed, were ever more amply
provided and more literally and punctually
paid, and; it may be added, that by no people
were the burdens incident to a great war ever
more cheerfully borne.
The receipts during the year from all sour
ces, including loans and balances, in the
Treasury at its commencement, wore $901,-
/ 1875, 1854 Sc the aggregate disbursements,
I 1896, 796, $50. 65-leaving a balance on the
7th of July, 1868, of S, 329, Oh 81.
Of the receipts there were derived from Gus
toms, 500, 059, 642.40; from internal revenue
l$37, $40, 1877. 95 from direct taxes, ST. 85,
1O3. 81 from lands, $167, 617.17; from mis-
] cellaneous sources, So, 046, 615. So; and from
Iloo-1 G7Fe 600 Of1 k0 ,,o1-,a~ &ho o.o.ra
gate, 1901, 125, 674.86.
Of the disbursements there were 1892, $50,
% for pensions, &c, 81, PIG, $780, SO for inter
est on public debt, 1924, 729, 846.5 for the
War Department; $500, 299, 6OO.83 for the
Navy Department 1921, 105.27 for the
payment of funded and temporary debt
!, S181, OS6, 635.07-leaving an aggregate Of
f 1896, 766, $50. 81, and leaving a balance Of
IS, 339, GA. 81.
But the payment of the funded and tempo
rary debt having been made from monies Dor
rowed during the year, NUT he regarded as
a merely nominal payment, and the monies
borrowed to make them as merely nominal re-
ceipts, and the actual amount ($191;O86, $685.
Oh should therefore be deducted, both from
the receipts and disbursements. This being
done, there remains as actual receipts STA
709, 995, 58-leaving the balance as already
stated.
The actual receipts and disbursements for
the first quarter, and the estimated receipts
and disbursements for the remaining three
{ quarters of the current fiscal year of 1864,
will be shown in detail by the report of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, to which | invite
your attention.
1t is sufficient to say here that it is not be-
lieved hat the actual results will exhibit 6
state of the financers less favorable to the
country than the estimates of that officer here
, tofore submitted, and that at the close of the
year both disbursements and debts will be
found very considerably less than has beer
anticipated.
The report of the Secretary of War is a
document of great interest. 1t consists of
first, the military operations of the year, de-
tailed in the report of the General-in-ehief-
Second, the organization of colored persons
into the war service. Third, Exchange Of
prisoners fully set forth in the letter of Gen.
Hitchcock. Fourth, Operations under the act
for enrolling and calling out the national for
ces detailed in the report of the Provost Mar
shall General. Fifth, The organization of the
Invalid Corps. And Sixth, the operation Of
the several departments of the Q~uartermaster
General, Commissary General, Pay Master
General, Chief of Engineers, Chief of Ord,
nance and Surgeon General. 1t has appear
ed impossible to make a valuable summary
of this report except such as would be too ex-
tended for this place, and hence l content my
self in referring your attention to the report
itself.
The duties devolving on the naval branch
Of the service during the war and throughout
the whole Of this unhappy contest, have been
discharged with fidelity and eminent success.
The extensive blockade has been constantly
increasing in efficiency as the navy has ex-
banded. Yet III so long a time it has so fai
been impossible to entirely suppress illicit
trade. From the returns received at the Ma.
!, Wy Department it appears that more than one
thousand vessels have beer. captured since the
blockade was instituted, and that the value o.
/, prizes already sent infor adjudication amounts
to over $13,0 00, 600.
The naval force of the United States con.
sists at this time Of 588 vessels Completed
and in the course of completion, and of these
70 are lron-cIad armored steamers. The events
Of the war give an increased interest and I'M
portance to the navy, which will probably ex-
, tend beyond the war itself. The armored YES
sells IN our navy completed and in service, or
which are under contract and approaching
completion, are believed to exceed in mum
Der those of any other power. But while these
may be relied upon for barbor defense and sea
cost service, others of greater strength and
capacity will be necessary for cruising pur-
poses and to maintain our rightful position
on the ocean. The change which has taken
place in navy vessels and naval warfare since
the introduction of steam as a motive power
for ships of war, demands either a CORRESPOND
ing change in some of our navy yards or the
establishment Of new ones for the construc-
ton and necessary repair of modern war YES
sells. No inconsiderable embarrassment, de-
lay and public injury nave been experienced
from the want O such Government establish
ments. The necessity of such a navy yard
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