The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-12-15

ricultural Companies in Oregon, and are
now proceeding to the execution of the
trust assigned to them.
PROTECTION OF THE NORTHERN BORDER
In view of the insecurity of life in the
region adjacent to the Canadian border,
by recent assaults and depredatious COM
mitted by inimi,al and desperate persons
who are horbored there, it has been
thought proper to give notice that, after
the expiration Of six months, the period
condiionally stipulated in the existing
arrangements with Great Britain, the
United States must hold themselves at
liberty to increase their naval armament
upon the lakes, if they shall find that
proceeding necessary.
The condition of tho border will ne
cessarily come Into consideration in con
ncction with the question of continuing
or modifying the rights Of transit from
Canada through the United States, as
we'll as the regulation of imports, which
we're temporarily established by the re-
ciprocity treaty Of the 9th Of June, 1891
| desire, however, to be understood
while making this statement that the
colonial authorizes are not deemed tC
be intentionally unjust or unlriendly
toward the United States, but on the
contrary there is every reason to expect
that with the approval Of the Imperial
Governmentthcy wlltake the necessary
measures to prevent new incursio ms
across the border.
IMMIGRATION.
The act passed at the last session 70,
the encouragement Of mmigrqtion ha
as far as was possible been put into op
Grafton. 1t seems to need amendment
which will enable the off .ers Of the Gov
ernmentto preventive practice of fraud
against the immigrants while on theiI
way, and on their arrival in the ports
20 as to secure them here a free choice
of avocations and places Of settlement
y liberal disposition toward this grca
national policy is manifested by most o
the European States, and ought to b.
reciprocated on our part by giving tht
immigrants effective national protection
| regard our emigrants as one Of the
principal replenishinS streams whicl
arc appointed by Providence to repair
the ravages OF internal war, aad it
waste of national strength and health
All that is necessary is to secure tn,
flow Of that stream In its present full
ness, and to that end the Government
must, in every way, mike it manifest
that it neither needs nor designs to i'm
pose involuntary military service upon
those who come from other lands to cas-
their lot in our country.
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
The financial afTlirs of the Govern
ment have been successfully admins
tered during the last year. The lcgis
la,ion of the last session Of Congress
has bcnefcialy aff actod the revenla, al
though sufficient time has not yet
elapsed to experience the full effect OF
several of the provisions of the Acts o.
Congress imposing increased taxarion
The receipts during the year from al
sources upon he basis of warrant,
signed by the Secretary of the Treasury
including loans, and the balance in tn,
Treasury on the lat day of July, 1868
was 81 Sl,394,79G,007 62, and the aggre
gate disbursements upon the same basis
we're 81 .295, ,056, l0l 80, leaving a bal
ance in the Treasury, as shown by war
rants, of G,739, ,9O5 T3. Deduct fror
these amounts the amount of the prin
cipal Of the public debt redeemed, an
the amount Of issues in substitutio
therefore, and the actual cash opera
tions of the Treasury were Receipts
1884,, 4,07G,G4G II ; disbursements, 1865,
234 0S7 sc, which leaves a cash lane
in the Treasury of SlS,842,55S II. G
the receipts there were derived froi
customs slO2,3l6,152 90; from land
S5S8, ,333 20; from direct taxes, S475
649 96; from internal revenue, Sl09
TAI 1874 10; from miscellaneous source
S475ll ,443 10, and from loans apple
to actual expenditures, including II
former balance, S623,443,929 49,
There were disburscd for the civil Sc
vice, S27, ,5O5,5 500 46; for pensions an
Indians, s7,5l7, $50 81 for the W.
Department, s69O,79l ,8l2 95 for Il
Navy Department, s85, 5,733,2 ,292 70 f
interest on the public debt, S53,685
42l 60, making an aggregate of 1865
234, 4,087 sc, and leaving balance in Il
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