The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-12-16

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sources, including loans and the balance IN
the Treasury at its commencement, were
$90i 1875 ,67i S6-ihe Aggregate disburs-
ments, 1895, ,793, $50 65, leaving a balance
on the let OF July, 1853, of $500, s04 AL.
OF the recei pts. there were derived from
Customs, ,S69 ,069, ,642 40. From Internal rev
snue, $37, 640,TS7 95. From direct Taxes
81, 4s5. lO3, 6l From Lands, Si67 6l7 II
From miscellaneous sources, $304, ,66l ,535,
aud from Loans, $776, $50, Sol 81, making
the aggregate S90i, 1875, 674 se.
Ot the disbursements there were tor the
civil service, S23 253, 922; for pensions, Ia.
dians, &C., 81, els, $40 SO for interest on
public debt, S24, 729, S46 81 !; for the War
Department, S5s9. 2sS 600 80; for the Navy
Department, SOS, 2iI, I05 81 for payment
of funded and temporary debt, $lsl, 0S6,-
635, OF, making the aggregate 1895 1885,
639 65 and leaving the balance OF So, ,329,-
O44 81.
But the pa ayments of the funded and lem
poEary debt having been made from mon
eys borrowed during the year, must be re-.
earded as merely nominal payments, and
the moneys borrowed TO make them as
merely nominal receipts, and their amount,
SIS, l08, 663, 507, should, therefore, be de-
Quoted both from the receipts and disburse-
merits.
This being done, there remains as actual
receipts S720, 039, 039 10. and the actual
disbursements STA .709, 995 So, leaving the
balance as alreadv stated
The actual receipts and disbursements for
the first quarter, and the estimated receipts
and disbursements for the remaining three
quarters cf the current fiscal year of 1864 i,
will be shown in detail by the report of The
Secretary of the Treasury, 10 which | invite
your attention.
Ii is Sufficient 10 say here that il is not
believed that the actual results will exhibit
2 state of the finances less favorable 10 the
country than the estimates OF that officer
heretofore submitted, while il is confidently
that at The close OF the year
both disbursements and debts will be found
very considerably less than has been antici-
paied.
The report of the Secretary of War is a
document of great interest Ii consists of
First-The military operations OF the year
detailed 10 the report OF the General-id-
Chief.
Second-The organization OF colored per
sons into The war service.
Ihird-The exchange of prisoners fully
set forlh in the letter OF Gen. Hitchcock.
Fourth-The operations under lhe act for
enrolling aud calling out the national forces
o0ldiSo ia tuO AOFSit vi eno hiS'oos Nso Sia@a
General.
Fyth-The organization of the Invalid
Corps, and
Sixik-The operation of the several de-
partmenls of he Quartermasler General,
Commissary General, Paymasier General,
Chief oil Engineers, Chief of Ordinance, and
Surgeon General.
II has ap 2eared impossible TO make re
liable summary OF this report, except sech
as would be loo extended for this place, aud
hence content myself By asking your at
teniion TO the report itself.
The duties devolving on the naval branch
of The service during the year, and through
out the whole oil this unhappy contest, have
been discharged with 6dslity and eminent
success.
The extensive blockade has been CON
stantly increasing in efficiency as the navy
has expanded YET on so long line it has
so far, been impossible TO entirely suppress
illicit trade.
From the return received al the Navy De-
paument, il appears that more than 1000
vessels have been captured since the block
ade was instituted, aud thai the vaine oil
prizes already sent in for adjudication
amounts 10 over 50 100000.
The naval force of the United States con-
and in the course OF completion, and o:
these, seventy five are iron-clad, armored
steamers The events of the war give an
increased interest and importance 10 the
navy. which will probably extend beyond
the war itself.
The armored vessels in our navy, CON-
pIeied aud in service. or which are under
contract and approaching completion, are
believed to exceed in number those of any
other power; but while these may be re-
lied upon for harbor defence and coast ser
vice, others of greater strength and capacity
will be necessary for cruising purposes, and
TO maintain our rightful position on the
ocean. The change that has taken place in
naval vessels and naval warfare since the
introduction of steam as a motive power
for ships OF war, demands either cores
ponding change in some of our existing
navy yards, or the establishment OF new
ones, for the construction and necessary
repairs of modern naval vessels. No incon-
siderable embarrassment, delay, or public
injury have been experienced from The want
OF such Government establis hmenls.
The nscessity Of such navy yard so
furnished at some suitable place upon the
Atlantic sea board has, on repeated occa-
sions, been brought 10 the attention OF Con
eASeS W sf1C Atasy DoPethascht1 osAN - 13Ntt.
presented in the report of the Secretary,
which accompanies this communication.
think it my duty 20 invite your special
attention 10 this subject, and also to that OF
establishing yard depot for naval purposes
upon one of the Western rivers. A naval
force has been created on those interior
waters, and under means disadvantageous
within little more than two years, exceed
ing in numbers the whole naval force OF
the country at the commencement of the
present Administration. Satisfactory and
imporan; as have been the performances
of the heroic men of the navy at the inleres-
ting period, they are scarcely more wonder
fcl than the success Of our mechanics and
artisans in the production of war vessels,
which have crealsd a new form of naval
power.
Our country has advantages superior TO
any other nalioI: in our rerources of iron
and timber, with inexhanstibIe quantities OF
fuel in the immediate vicinity of both,
and all available and nj close proximity to
naVigabie waters Without the advantage