M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-12-15

thrphgh lhG UnlHQ StDtC5, As vel as
the regulation oiimports which wero
tcmpprdrlIy established by the Rncip
rOGlty Treaty Of the 5th Of June. 1854
| desire however 10 he understood
while making this statement, that the
colonial authorities are not deemed
20 be- Intentionally unjust or uairiend
ly towards the United States, but on
the contrary there is every re- as1n h.
expect that with the approval Of tha
Imp rial Government. they will take
necessary IN asureS to prevent usw
ncursions across the border.
.Eho act passed At the last session
Tor the encouragement Of EN- igratiOn
has az rat as possible been put into
operation seems to need amendment
which will enaL!c the officers Of the
Government to prevent the practice
Of lrauls agains, the emigrants while
oH their way and on their arrival ia
the ports, so as to secure here free
chMoe OF avocation aud places of set
tlement. A liberal disposition toward
this great national pn icy is manifest
ed by mo5t OF the European states,
ana ought to be rec,proclted on our
part by giving tho eLni grants effective
hational ~ Dtestion
| regnard our einigrants as one ot
the principal reP'ooi'hog strca m
which are appointed By Providence
to repair the rayas3s OF internal war
and its wastes OF national siren. th
and health. All that is necessary is
to secure lh4 flow Of that stream in ira
present hllne3s aud to that end the
q 'vernment must IN every way
make it manifest hat it neither needS
nor dusigus to impose involuntary
military service upon those who comn
from other lands to cast their lot il
our country. ..as .ea
The financial affairs Of the Govern
ment. have boon successfully admins
\ tered, during the last year the requ
Ilsition Of the last session OF Congress
has henoliclally ctfycted the reyuuu,
although sufficient time has not ye
elapsed to experience the iull effect o
several Of th1 provisions oftha acts o
Congress, imposing increased taxa
ton. ..
The receipts during the year fron
all s1urcsa upon the basis OF the war
rants signelby tine Secretary OF til,
! Treasury, Including loaas and the hal
/ Ianc. in the treasury on the lSt d9'
nf July, 1868 wole 81, 304, 706 .O07
62, and the aggregate di5bnrsmnn:
up,n the same basis were 81, 29S
O56., lOl S9-leaving a balance il
the treasury as shown by warrants, o
s9G, 739. 005 73. Deduct from the
amounts the amount Of The principl,
Of the public debt redeemed, and tn,
amount OF issuing substitution there
for, aud the actual cash Operations %
tho treasury were receipts 1854
O76 Gi6 II disbursements, SS65, 23i
EOS7 81, which leaves ; cash balaur,
in tina treasury SIS. S42, $50 II. o.
tho racaipts thara MAS derived from
Customs. SiO2, 3l6, l53 80 from
Lands, S5S3, 335 20; from diroc
/ Taxes, S+75. 6IS 80 ; iFom Interna
Revenue, Sl09, TIL, 1871 10 ; trou
miscellaneous sources, $47, 5ll AZ
10; and from Lnana applied to aetaa
expenditures. iucluiing iormer balanc,
S623. 443, 029 13. There were dis
huraci for tic CIVIL Service, S3T, 50i
4 500. As {; for Pensions and lnimns
81. 5l7 $50 ~ ; tor the War Depart
menr, $50, 79l, 642 81; for the Ma
!. w Department, SS5 1873 333 rs fol
interos, Of the Popic Debt, S53 6S;
42l 60 ;mnking an aggregate OF $50;
! 234 OST SG, and leaving Il balance ii
the Treasury Of is, S43, 5lS Tia
before etatei. For the actual receipts
and DISBURSEMENTS for the lirst qnarte
and the estimated receipts and disburs
ments for the semaining quarters 0
the fiscal year, and tho general opera
lions OF tue Treasury IN detail, ! reie
you to the report OF the Secretary o
tho Treasury. | concur With Lim il
!, the opinion that the proportion OF th'
monies reqoired to NEE! the expenses
consequent upon the wsr, derived
,, from taxation, should be stll iarthe
, increased, and earnestly invite, gOG
, atteutiVnrtq this spbjoct to the end
:, tina. there msy be such additional leg
islalion as &Aall be required TO inee
r ths iust expectations ol the seereta
ry. .iil H.,J
/, The public debt, on tue ist day 0
July last as appears by the books
, the Treasury, amounted to ouU billie
seVen hundred and sorty tbousan
: millions, six hundred and ninety tho
= sand four hundred aud eighty min
louoS. -. 4 fo,t,, ,,i,,o oapFa jSri,ha