The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-21

stance OF tle GIuOOG yilbSANSSonhiHAS
ment reports
REPORT or TIL; SECRETARY OF WAR.
Mr.. Stanton reports that the military
operations by the, last Congress amounted
to the sum of s51e, ,24o, ,133l. The military
estimates for.the next fiscal year amount
to sss,sl4, ,5eI.8s The national military
force on, On tho 1sb of May, 1865, numbered
1,oO0, SIG men. It is proposed TO reduce
the military establishment to 5o,Goo
: troops. ts5 j and over 100000 have already
been mustered out of service. Thecause
sof s,, this great reduction is, of course, the
g end ofsthe rebellion, and the return OF
the States arrayed against The Union to
tho national authority The Secretary
igiiyes an extended reviow Of the military
operations of the past two years cam
spaigns, in every department. on-the lst
of May, 1864; the aggregate national
force was $40 ,TlQ men but the etfootlve g
forceis put down at 662,,s45.
The Commissioner-General Of Prison
.ers reports that, between the lstof jan
nary and the. 2eth Of October, therezwero
incur custody, 1902 prisoners of war.
OF these, i ,e55 enlisted into the United
service; tr 633,442 were released after the
. cessation Of i1ostilities, and a3,l27 were
delivered in oxehange. Besides these,
T74223 prisoners surrendered in the,c's.s.
ferent,rebel armies, and were released o. on
parole, VIZ: Army Of Northern Virginia
commanded cor, dsby Gen. R. r. Leo, Iso5; J;
isttir.iny i Of Tenncssee and others, comaan-
sdeol BY Gen. J. E. Johnston, 81 ,24S; Gen.
sJoff. Thompson S army of Missouri, 9 ,slS;
miscenaneols paroles, department OF Ylf-
giinia, ,e72; paroled at Cumberland, Ma u :.
,island, and other stations, 9,s77 .parolled
bvS Gen. MeGook N Alabama and Flori-
sda. 6,42S:; army of the, department. ot
Alabama, Lieut.. Gen r. Taylor, 2,29S !;
a,.Iny of the. Trans-Mississippi depart
ment Gen. e. K. Smith, II ,eS6 paroled
in5 the idopartmen of Washington, 8 500 /;
paroled in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia,
: Alabama, Louisiana and. Texas, 1897;
snrrendered at Nashville and ChaNanoo-
ga, Tennessee, 5,029; total, Ia, ,223,
Looking TO the causes that have accom-
pSaAsaRsssd SAassd the national -deliveranee, says the
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Secretary in conclusion, there seems no
room henceforth to doubt the stability OF
the Federal Union. These causes are
permanent, and must always have an ac=
tive tive existence. The majesty of national
power has been exhibited n4tho courage
: and faith of its citizens, and the ignominy
Of rebellion is witnessed by the hopeless
end Of the great trebellion.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREAS
uRY.
This report will ibs read with an inter-
,,st perhaps uneqaalled since the days OF
William Duane, Nicholas Biddle, and the
United States Bank. Seldom has an ex-
ecutize document. been looked for with
moro anxiety. Wo subjoin but brief I.
synopsis, deferring q more ample abb
stract:
The Secretary discusses the three qnes-
tions Of the currency, the public debt and
Z the revenue. He goes into a full exposi-
ton of the objections to United States
notes as a permanent currency, the chief
sof which he states to be The fact That the
Govornmcnt Of theUnited States is one
of limited and defined powers, and that
The authority to issue notes rs money
is neither expressly given TO Congress by
The Constitution, nor fairlyto be inferred
except as measure of necessity in q
great national emergency. He holds it
to be the 'scrowning glory of the consti-
tuition that this great war has been Nyagcd
and closed without the poTero Of the Gov
ornment being enlarged Or its relations to
the States being changed"
The Secretary, after very ably meeting
the various objections to a reduction Of
Che currency, recommends:
First. That Congress declare that the
the compound intorcst notes shall cease
to be,a legal tender from the day of then
maturity.
Second. That the Secretary be author
lied, in his discretion, to sell bonds Of the
United States bearing interest at a rate
4iotsoxcoeding SIX per cent. and rodeema
Sble and payable at.sueh periods as may
8s Conducive to tie interest of the Gov