Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-12-26

were @oV1 'IIo,o|4 10; the aggregate dis
bursements 1895, 796,630 GO; leaving bal
ance on the 7th Of July, 1868, of s5.329, o44
81. Of the receipts, $69,O59,642 40 were
derived from customs from internal revenue:
$37, 640,707 90; from direct taxes, @1,4S5,.
1903 81; from lands, $l67,627 IL; from
miscellaneous sources, $50, 4G6, 1853; and from
loans, $776.6S2,36l 81; making the aggre.
gate of 1881 ,125,674 sc. OF the disburse.
inents there were $2.32O,O30 22 for pensions,
etc, $4,2l6,720 50 for interest on public
debt, $24,729,S46 81 for the War Depart
ment, $5O9,929,S61 SO for the Navy Depart
ment, $63,2l 100 81 for the payment of
temporary debt, 1881 ,OS7,G35 OF for other
expenses; making an aggregate Of 1896, &c.,
$50 65, and leaving balance of $685.
O44 81; but the payment Of, the funded and
temporary debt made from money borrowed
during the year must BE- regarded as merely
nominal payments and the moneys Dor
rowed to make them as merely nominal re-
ceipts, amounting to $lS1 ,Os5,635 OF, which
should, therefore, be deducted both from the
receipts and disbursements. This being done,
there remains, as actual receipts, $714,7O9,.
995 56-leaving tho balance as already
stated.
The receipts and disbursements for the first
quarter, and the estimated receipts and dis
bursements for the remaining thrce-fourhs of
the current fiscal year of 1864. will BIZ 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 that the actual results will exhibit
state Of the finances less favorable to the
country than the estimates of that officer here
tofore submitted, willis it is confidently cx-
pectpd that at the close Of the yenr, both dis.
bursements and debts will be found very con-
siderably less than has been anticipated.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT..
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 Gencral-in Chief;
second the organization Of cLorcd persons
into the war service; third the exchange of
| prisoners, fully set forth in the letter of Gen
Hitchcock; fourth, the operations under the
Act for enrolling and calling out the Nation
al forces, detailed in tho rcpor. Of the Pro-
vost- Marshal General; fifth. the organization
of the Invalid corps sixth, the operations of
the several Departments of the Quartermas
tcr-Gencral, Commissary- General, Paymas-
tcr-Gcnrral, Chief of Engineers, Chief of
Ordnance, and Surgeon General. 1t has APP
pearcd impossible to make summary of this
voluminous report, except such as would be
too extended for this place, and hence con-
tent myself in referring your attention to the
report ITSELF
TIE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The duties devolving on the naval branch
of the service during the year, and through
out the whole Of this unhappy contest, have
been discharged with fidelity, energy and
success. The blockade has been constantly
increasing in efficiency, as the navy has ex-
banded; yet, on SO long a line, it has so far
been impossible to entirely suppress illicit
trade. From returns at the Navy Depart
mcnt, It appears that more than 1000 YES
sells have been captured since the blockade
was instituted; and that the value Of the
prizes sent in for adjudication amounts to
over $4,000 900. hen avail force of the Uni
ted States consists, at this time, of $50 YES
sells completed, and in course of completion.
and of these IS are IRON clads-armorcd
steamers. The events of the war give an
increased interest and importance to the
navy, which will probably extend beyond
The war itself. The armorcd vessels. in our
navy COulIuctcU uuu Ill ScINlCcs Ut WHICH uVc
under contract and approaching completion
are believed to exceed in number those of
any other Power; but while these may be
relied upon for harbor defense and sea-coast
survey, others Of gre2ter strength and capac-
ity will be necessary for cruising purposes
and to maintain our rightful position on the
ocean. The change that has taken place in
navy vessels and naval warfare since the in
PRODUCTION Of steam as a motive power for
ships of war, demands either a correspond
ing change in some Of our existing Navy
Yards or the establishment of new ones for
the construction and necessary repair of mod
crn war vessels. No inconsidcrable embar-
rassment, delay and public injury has been
experienced for the want of such Govern
ment establishments. The necessity of such
a Navy Yard, so furnished, at some suitable
place upon the Atlantic seaboard, has, on re-
peated occasions, been brought to the atten-
ton of Congress by the War Department,
and is again presented in the report of the
Secretary, which accompanies this commune
cation. l think it my duty to invite your at
tention to this subject; and also that Of es-
tablishing yard or depot for naval purposes
upon one Of the Western rivers. A naval
force has been created on these interior wa
tiers, and under many disadvantages within
little more than two yessRv- exceeding in
number the whole naval force of the country
at the commencement Of the present Ad.
ministration. Satisfactory and important az
has been the performances Of the heroic men
of the navy at this interesting period, they
are scarcely moro wonderful than the services
of our mechanics and artisans in the produce
ton of war vessels, which have created q