American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1863-12-16
BUTLER BUTLER COUNTY, Pa WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1e 1863

, foreign consulates and offering to emigrat
: to the United States, if essential but yer,
: cheap assistance can be afforded them.
[ THE CIVIL WAR.
) Tt is easy to see that under the shar
discipline Of civil war the nation is begin
: ming new life, and this noble effort de
t mands the aid and ought to receive th'
, attention and support of the Government
Injuries unforeseen by the Governmen
and unintended, may in some cases hav'
been inflicted upon the subjects or eiti
zens of fSreign countries both at sea ant
on land, by persons in the service Of the
United States, and as this Government
expects redress from other powers wher
similar injuries are inflicted by persons in
their service upon citizens Of the United
States, we must be prepared to do justice
to foreigners. IF existing judicial tribu-
nails are inadequate to this purpose, spe-
cial courts may be authorized, with power
to hear and decide claims of the character
referred to, as may have arisen under trea-
| ties and public law. Conventions for adj
justing claims by your commission, have
been proffered to some Governments, but
no definite answer has yet been received
from any.
The operations of the Treasury during
the last year have been successfully con-
Quoted. The enactment by Congress of a
National Banking Law has proved val
liable support of the public credit, and the
general legislation in relation to loans has
fully answered the expectations of its fa-
vorers; some amendments may be required
to perfect existing laws, but no change in
tlieir 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 believed, were ever more amply pro-
visioned, more literally and punctually
paid, and, it may be added, that by no peo-
pie were the burdens incident to great
war ever more cheerfully borne.
The receipts during the year, from all
sources, including loans and the balance
in the Treasury at its commencement, were
800, ,112, ,567, ,4S6; the aggregate disburse-
ments, 1896, ,796,63o 65; leaving bal
ance on the 7th Of July, 1868, of $780,
904, ,42f OF the receipts there were de-
rived from customs, S6,905 1854 ,240; from
internal revenue, s3T64, ,076, ,795 from
direct taxes, S14S, ,5l0,361; from lands,
$167 617 II; from miseellaneoussources,
1904 661 ,535; and from loans, s776, $685.
361 81 !; making the aggregate of $780,
112, ,567, 1856. OF the disbursements there
were s232, $50 % for pensions, etc, ST.
216,520 SO; for interest on public debt,
s24, ,729, $40 81; for War Department,
s599, ,29S, 600 80; for the Navy Depart
ment S6,324 los 27; for the payment of
funded and temporary debt, 1881, ,076,6 $685.
OF, making an aggregate of $50, SIG, ,663, :
o55, and leaving balance of S532, ,904,-
421. se6F (.
But the payment of the funded and
temporary debt having been paid from
moneys borrowed during the year, must be
regarded as merely nominal payments, and
the moneys borrowed to make them, as
merely nominal receipts; and, their amount,
s1s1 ,0s6,635 OF, should therefore be de-
Quoted both from the receipts and dis
bursements. This being done, there re-
mains, as actual receipts, STA, 700, $685.
5s, 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 ] in
-vite your attention. It is sufficient to say
hero that it is not believed that the actu-
al results will exhibit state Of the fnan-
ces, less forinable to the country, than the
estimates Of that officer heretofore sub
mitted, while it is confidently expected
that at the close Of the year, both disburse-
ments and debts will be found very con-
lsiderably less than haszbeen anticipated.
The report of the Secretary Of War is
a public document Of great interest It
contains First, The military operations of
the year, detailed in the reportof the Gem
eral-inlCbief Second, The organization
Of colored persons in the war service.
Third, The exchange of prisoners is fully
lset forth in the letter of General Hitch
cock. Fourth, Operations under the act
for enrolling and calling out the national
forces, detailed in the report of the Pro-