Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-12-14

erent to the insurgents OF the OHiteu
States, destitute, as they are and always
have been, equally Of ships and of ports
and harbors Disloval enissaries have
been neither less assiduous nor more sue
ce-sful during the last wear than they
were before that time in their efforts, un-
der favor Of that priv eye, TO embrci our
country in foreign wars Neverthe ess,
unforeseen political difficulties have aris-
EN-, especially in Brazilian and British
ports. and on the North rn boundary OF
+ the United States which have required
/ and are likely to continue to require, the
practice of constant viz aace ana just
! and eonciliatorv spirit on the part OF the
| United States as well as of the nations
! concerned and of their governments.
Commissioners have been appointed I'M
! der The tie, ty with Great Britain on the
adjustment of the claims Of the hudson
/ Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Com
I panies in Oregon, and are proceeding to
/ the execution of the trust assigned to
them.
In view of the insecurity of life in the
region adjacent te the Canadian border,
by recent assau Is and depredations cons
mitted by inimitaI an desperate persons,
who are harbored there, it has been tho't
proper to Il e notice ttat after the expi-
ration Of six months, the period condi-
| tIonaily stipulated in the existing arrange
/ ments with Great Britain, the United
| States must hold themselves ut liberty to
Increase their naval armament upon the
| lakes IT they shall find that proceeding
necessary. The condition of the border
viii necessarily come into consideration
in connection with the question Of contin-
uing or modifying the rights of transit
from Canada through the United States,as
| well as the re@u alton Of exports which
were temporarily established BY the re-
ciprocitv treaty Of the 9Th Of June 1871
| desire, however. to be understood, while
making this statement, that the colonial
authorities are not deemed to be intention
ally unjust or unfricadly towards the
1 United States, but, on the contrary, there
Is c cry reason To expect that, with the
/ appro al of the imperial go eminent.
.hcy viii take the necessary measures It.
pre- cnt new incurSiOnS across the Dor Ter.
The act passed ut tlss last session for
/ the encouragement of immi grafton has. n
far as was possible, been put into opera
/ ton 1t seems to need amendment which
will enable the officers Of the Government
to prevent the practice of frauds against
rhe emigrants viii e on their Way and on
| their arri al in the ports. so as to secure
J
| place of settlement A liberal disposition
| towards this great national policy il man
! itested hv most of the European States,
and ought to he reciprocated on our part
| liv giving the cmimrants effective nationa
! protection. | regard our pni Crants as one
of the PRINCIPAL renlrnishing streams
| which are appointed by Providence to lc
| pair the RI ares of internal war and IFS
| wastes of National strength and health.
| All that is necessary is to secure the fOw
| of that stream in its present tuiness, and
/ TO that en- / the government must in every
| way make it manifest that it neither needs
! nor designs to impose involuntary NJ litary
/ service upon those who come from 9th er
| lands to cast their lot in our countr,
| The financial affItr- of the SO ern,nent
| have lcen sue essfnllv administered dur
/ in@ the last year. The requisitior Of the
/ last session Of Co..@r has hcneiicial|v
/ affected the re pnue. although sufficient
! time ha. not vet elapsed to experience the
! full effects Of sevcra' OF the provisions
! ct tho acts of Congress imposing Increased
! taxatinn. The rece:p's during tho year
from u SQUIRE : upon the basis of wars
rants signed by the Secretary Of the Treas
urv. including loans and the balance in
the Treasury on the first day of in y,
1868. were &l394T9 600 1872, and the ar
wrewptc disbursements upon the same ha-
sis were Sl2l 500 ,SIO,IS9. lea ing Il ball
auce in tho. Treasury. as shown by war
rants, Of $9.67319o,573. Deduct from
these the amount of the principal of the
pub ic debit redeemed and the amount of
issue in substitution therefor, and the ac-
tnal cash operations of the Treasury
were reoe:pts SSS4 016 ,Gi5 81 dishurse-
, mcntS $500. 234 0S7S6 which leaves n
cash balance in the Treasury of &lS, S42>
55S Il OF the receipts there were de-
rived from CT toms 500. 316,l52 % from
landS, SoSS, sos y ii3;.:? direct taxes
$4I5 81 >96; froIa internal revenue. Sl01.
Al 1874 10; from miscelanNou sources.
5l.l4l,3lO; and from loans applied to
actual expenditures including former hal
ancc, $50. fi3 929l3 There were dis
hurscd for the civil service So 5D5 800. 46
for pensions and Indians SSH b0.91
for the war department. $50 79l So 96: for
the navy departments SS5. 1873 % -: for
interest on the pnhlic debt S13.6S5,f2l 60
making an a@g. eeate of $50 23i, GS7. So
and lea ina La ance in the Treasury of
SIS,S4255S7i, rs before stated
For the actual receipts and dishurSr~
mcntS for the fir, quarter, and the EST
mated reccipss and disbursements Cor the
Il
fiscal wear and the general operations of
the Treasury in detail. | refer Won to the
report Of the Secrctlrv Of the Treasury
concur with him in the opinion tn t the
rro0ortion Of the moneys required To meet
the expenses consequent upon the war
deri ed from taxation. shunld be still fur
Their increased AMI earnestly invite
vonr attention TO this subject, to the end
that there NAV be such additional lie sjs-
lation a. shall lie required to meet the Just
expectations Of the Secretary
The public debt on the first dav Of July
last, as app, cars bv the hooks of the Treas
urv, amounted to 81. 40 500 4Sl 20. Prob
ably, Shonid the war continue for another
year that amount may he increased by
not FIR from S500,000000. Held. as it is
for the most part. by orr own people it
has become Il substantial branch Of ma
tlonal though private property. For oh
vleus reasons, the more nearly this prop
crty can be distributed among all the pen-
pie, the better. To fa or such IA general
distribution, greater Inducements to be-
come owners might, perhaps, with good
effect and withouf injury be presented la
perSOnS of limited means With This ia,v