The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-17

such claims OF the character referred TO
as may have arisen under treaties and
public law. Conventions for adjusting
claims by joint commission have been
proposed to some Governments, but no
definite answer to these propositions
has yet been received from any In the
course of the session / shall probably
have occasion to request you to provide
indemnifcation to claimants, where
DEGREES to restitution have been rem
dered and damages awarded by the
Admiralty Court, and in other cases
where this Government may be ac-
knowledgcd to be liable in principle,
and where the amount Of that liability
has been ascertained by an informal
arbitration. The proper officers Of the
Treasury have deemed themselves re-
quired by the laws ofthe United States
upon the subject, to demand tax upon
the incomes Of foreign Consuls in this
country, while such demand may not
be an indication of public law, or per-
haps OF any existing treaty between
the United States and foreign coun
try. The eXpedienty of so far modi-
flying the act as to exempt from tax
the income of such Consuls as are not
citizens Of the United States, derived
from the emoluments Of their Office or
from property not situated in the
United States, is submitted to your Sc
rious consideration. make this sug.
gestion, upon the ground that a com
ity, which ought to he reciprocated, ex-
empts our Consuls in all other countries
from taxation. TO the extent thus in
dicated, the United States, / think
ought not to be exceptionally illibcral
to international trade and commerce.
The operations Of the Treasury du-
ring the last year have been successful
ly conducted. The enactment by Con.
grcss Of a National Banking Law, has
proved Il valuable support of the pub
lie credit, and the general legislation
in relation TO the loans has fully an
swered the expectations Of its favorers.
Some amendments may be required to
perfect existing laws; but no change
in their principles or general scope is
believed TO be needed. Since these
measures have been in operation, all
demands on the Treasury, including
pay of the army and navy, have been
promptly met and fully satisfied. No
considerable body of troops, it is be-
lieved, were ever more amply provi-
dcd, and more literally and punctually
PAID, and it may be added that by no
people were the burdens incident to n
great war more cheerfully borne. The
receipts, during the year, from all sour
ces, including loans and the balance in
the Treasury at its commencement, was
S9Ol ,125, 5,674,SG; the aggregate dis
burscmcnts 5,79G, ,G30,GJ, leaving a
balance on the 7th of July, 1868. OF
S532 ,0O4, 4,42l. OF the receipts there
were derived from Customs, SG9.O59,.
G42,40 from Internal Revenue, S37 $40
767 ,95; from direct taxes, S,S10,3Gl;
from lands, $lG7 Gl7, 10; from miscel-
laneous sources, $3,046;6l5,35; and
from loans, $77G,GS2 ,3G1 81; making
the aggregate Of S9O1 ,125,G74 S. Oh
the disbursements, there were, for pen.
sons, &c, S42l ,Gj2, ,O50 for interest on
the public debt, S24,729, SAG 81; for
War Department, $500, ,29S, 600 So; fol
the Navy Department, S6,324, ,1O5 81
for the funded and temporary debt
S1S1 ,OSG,G35 o. making an aggregate
of $S95,79GG30 G5; ard leaving bal.
lance Of S532, ,904,421. But the funded
and temporary debt having been made
! from moneys borrowed during the yoal
they must be regarded as nominal pay
ments, and the moneys borrowed tC
make them as merely nominal receipt,
: and their amount-1S1 O9 81 u
should, therefore, be deducted, botl
from receipts and disbursements. Thi,
being done, there remains, as actua
receipts, S714,7O9,995 So, leaving tn,
balance as already stated, The actua
receipts and disbursements for the frs
quarter and the estimated receipts apt
disbursements for the remaining three
/ quarters of tho current fiscal year O
1864. will be shown in detail by til,
report Of the Secretary of the Treasury
to which | invite your attention.
1t is sufficient to say here, that it i
not believed that the actual results will
exhibit state Of finances less formid
E able TO the country than the estimate,
Of that officer heretofore submitted
= while it is confidently expected that Il
. the close of the year, both disburse
, ments and debts will be found YER,
7 considerably less than has been antic
= ipated.
p The report of the Secretary of Wa
is a document of great interest. 1t con
/ sists of, first, the military operations 0
= the year, detailed in the report of tn
: General in-chief; second: the organi
= zation of co!ored persons into the wa
,f service; third; the exchange of priso
4 ners, as fully set forth in the letter O
General Hitchcock; fourth operation
- under the Act for enrolling and calln,
out the national forces, detailed in tn
;, report of the Provost Marshal Genera
fifth: the organization of the Inval
- Cords; sixth: the operation of the sev
! eral departments ofthe Quarter Maste
= General, Commissary General, Pay
= master General Chief of Engineers
~ Chief of Ordnance, and Surgeon Gen
y eral. ..
d 1t has appeared impossible to max
j. a valuable summary of this report, ex