The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-12-14
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asatements the availability Of the ma
sional Pe~sourcea. and the rapidity and
aafetv with which, under our form VI
government, great military and naval
establishments caA DO disbaRded, and
expenses reduced from q war to q
peace footing.
Daring the ascal year ending tho
Both Of June, 1866, the receipts were
S55S,032G $40, and the expenditures
$500, 750, 940. leaving an available sur
plus o. S37, 2Sl ESQ. II is estimated
that the receipts for the fiscal year
cDding tbe Both Juno, 1867, will be
sI7506l, $3.50, and that the expeadi-
twFes will reach the sum Of S3l6,43S.
O7S. leaving in the Treasury a surplus
Of sl5S G83. 1903. For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1863, IL is estimated
that the receipts will amount to 1885,.
100000, and that the expenditures
will be- 1850, 247. 64l--sho wing an ex-
cess Of 5,752, 856 in favor of the
Government These estimated re-
ssipts may be diminished by . reduc
ton Of excise and import duties hut
after III necessary deductions shall
have been made, the revenue Of the
present and Of following years will
dOubtless DO sufficient to Ove all lie
gitimate charges upon the Treasury,
and leave n great annual surplus to
Be applied 70 the pay went of the prin-
cipaI Of the debt. There seemS now
10 be no good reasons why taxes may
not be reduced. IN the country al.
vances in population and wealth. and
vet the debt be e~xtinguished within
the next quarter Of a century.
MILITARY CONDITION.
The report Of the Secretary Of War
furnishes valuable and important in
fusmatIon in reference IN the opera
tons Of his Department during the
vast year. Few volunteers o re-
main in the service, and they are be-
ing discharged as rapidly "a they can.
De replaced by regular troops The
army haA been promptly paid care
fally provided with medical treat
ment, well sheltered and snbsisted
and Is 10 be furnished with breach
loading small arms The military
strength Of the nation has been unim
paired by the discharge Of volunteers,
the disposition of unserviceable or
~Eeyishablo stOF"s, and the retrench-
ment Of expenditure. Sufficient val
material to meet nnv emergency haS
been retained, and, from the disband-
ed volunteers standing ready 10 re
spond to the national call large ar
mics can be rapidly organized equip
ped aud concentrated. Notifications
on the coast and frontier have re
ceivtd, or are being prepared Sormoro
powerful ornaments lake aurveys
and harboT and river improvements
are in courpe Of energetic prBeeeu
tion. Preparations have cen made
Rur iho payment Of the additional
b0unties authorized during the recent
session of Congress. under such rcy-
ulathers - viii protect the Govern
ment from frnnd. and Secure 10 the
hOnorahly discharged soldferthr we'll
earned reward Of bis iailhfulness and
gallantry. More than six thousand
manned soldiers hIve received artih
cial limbs or other surgical apparatus;
md forty one national cemeteries.
containing the remains Of lUl ,526
Union soldiers, have already been e.
tabliShed. The total estimate Of mil
itary appropriations is SIS, EOS, $50.
%POsroRFICE DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Postmaster Gene
raj presents q most satisfactory Goa
dition Of the postal service and sub
mlts Recommendations which deserve
the consideration Of Congress The
revenue Of the Department for the
year ending June 80 1856, were sll-
1864 S6. and toe expenditures sl5.3jI,
O19, showing IN excess Of tho lItar Of
$685., J93. Ia anticipation Of this de-
fciency, however, a special appropri
aaion was made By Congress 10 the
act approved July 2S, 1866. Includ-
ing the standing appropriation Of
100000 for free mail matter, rs u le-
climate portion Of the revenues yet
remAiaing unexpected, tbs actual DE-.
fieieacy fer tho past year is emily
e265, O93-a sam within S5l, l4l Ut
the amoun esthaateI in the annual
report of 1864 The decrease Of y '
-enas compared wish th previous year
was Que and u Gfh per cent, and
the increase OF expenditures, owing
principally 10 the enlargement Of the
mai service IN the South, was twelve
per cent. On tho 9th Of June la-t
there were 10 operation six thousand
Rino h1ndred and thirty mail routes.
wish an aggrsga Q length0f one hun
dre3 and eighty thousand nine hun
dred and tWsHty-one miles, an aggre
cato arnqGl transportation Of seventy
u million eight hundred and thirty
seven tbOusand. nine hundred and
fourteen niles, and an aggregate an
Pual cost, inslaaing all expenditures
OF S,4l0,lSL. The length Of railroad
routes IL thirty-tEo thousand and