Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-05

AS0SA lax A~ ~ OSASsA -
Treasury a surplus of $l53 ,633, 1903. For
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1868, il is es-
! timatei that the receipts will amount to
| S436 600 900, and shat the expenditures will
DO S35O.2i7 ,64l-showing an excess OF $780,
| 752 $50 in favor of the government. These
estimated receipts may be diminished by 8
reduction OF excise and import duties; tn
after all Necessary reductions shall have been
made, thu revenue Of ths present ant OF fcl-
lowing yeats will doubtless BE- sufficient 10
cover all Legitimate charges upon the Treasury,
and leave a large annual surplus to be applied
to the payment of the principal of the debt.
There seems now to be no good reason why
| taxes mvy not be reduced as the country ad-
vances in population and wealth, and yet the
| debt tie extinguished within the next quarter
of a century.
The report of the Secretary of War fur
nishes valuable and important alton in
reference to the operations OF his department
during the past year. Few volunteers now
remain in the service, and they are beng DIS
charged rs rapidly as they can be replaced by
regular troops. The army has been promptly
paid, carefully provided with medical treat
ment, well sheltered and su6sisted, and is 10
be furnished with breect-i0Gding small arms,
The military strength OF the nation has been
unimpaired by the disc barge OF volunteers,
the disposition Of uns3ryicea0le or perish able
stores, and the retrencbmeGt of cx penditure.
Sufficient war material to meet any emergency
mas been retained, and from the ~d!sbanced
volunteers stan ling ready TO respond 10 the
national cali, large armies can be rapidly
organized, equipped, and concentrated. Fol
titicatlons on the coast and frontier have re-
ceiv.d, or are bel & prepared tor mere power
ful armaT ents; lake suIveys and harbor ana
rivei lm prOvemeDls are IN course OF tneigetlc
prosecution. Perpetrators have been maze
Ir the payment vi the additional honntles
authorizet during the rec ut session ot Col
gross, under such regulations AZ VIII irotec.
the Government from fraud, and secure 10 the
honorably discharged sJidier tho wci--earneo
reward of his taithluintss and g4liantry
More than six thousand m.lmei sJluieTs t'ave
rece we'd aruhciA Il limbs or other surgical ap-
paratus and forty one natiCns! cctneteries,
containing the reInaILs of lU4 90 Union 90 =
diers, have already been established. Inc
total estimate of military aIproprlauons i
SIS POS 500.
IL is stated IN the repor. Of the ,cresar.,
OF the Navy that the naval force al thls TINS
consists OF two hundred and seventy cIsh1
vessels, armed VITA Two thousand th7es hui
dred and bitJ one guns. vi theSe, o-5 AuL-
dred ana ffteen vessels, carrying ore Thousand
and twenty-nIne guns, are IN commission
distributed chiefly among seven sqo2drons.
The number OF men IN the service IL thirteen
thousand SIX hundred. Great activity and
vigilance have been displayed oy ali tie squad
IONS, and their movements have been Judlc-
Iously and tfhaleutly arranged IN such e
manner as would b.si promote American
commerce., and protect The rights aud inter-
ests OF our countrymen abroad The vessels
unemployed are undergoing repairs, or are
lsld up until their services may * required.
Most Of the Irou-:lad hees IL ~ Lssgus il-nI.
ln RI yiciuitv of PhtnGet NINA. a mace zach
until decisive action should b. .sSyu hy Com
gress, Was seiec:ei Uy tue Secrt.-:y 81 the
Navy as the most eligible location Tor that
class of vessels. L. - important that 5 suttA-
b { pu b!Ic station should be plov.dcd tor the
iron clad fleet. Il fs intended tha: these ves-
sells shall BE- IN proper conclticH ior any en-
ergency, and 1t Is desirable tcat ths Dlii
accepting League Island log naval purposes
passed by the House OF Representatives. a. ITS
last Session, should receive h7al action - al
early Ieriod, IN order ihat there may be =
suitable public station tor this q .ss OF yes
se's, as well az 4 navy-yard OF area sufficient
for the wants of The e vice, on Tie IJe.a ware
river. The Naval Pension fund nmJauts t.
Sll 80 900, having been inc eased = l5o.
800, during the year. The expenditures oi
the Department for ne fiscal year ending 3ota
Jane las! wee S43 1,32o, and The estimates
ir tie coming year amount 20 SO oOo, i5o
Attention is invited 10 the %condl,ion Of cur
seAfoeo, ani the Importance u legislative
measures for her IelIei ard improvement
The suggestions IT tehlii o. t.i- deserving
c.ass Of our fellow -3jt'zsus are r.rne. tiy re-
Cmmepded - she favorable attention OF Con-
) .r,ss.
The repor, of h Po.,ma>tcr General pre-
| Sents i IaCSt satisfactory cunOIlrn II abe post
al service, and submits recommendation which
deserve the consideration of Congress he
revenues of the Department for the YEAR end
Ing Juoe 80, 1866, were Sl4,396 $50 and the
Expenditures SIS $50, O7g, showing az azcess oi
the latter o. S9o5,o93. In anticipation o!
this d, feieney, however, Especial appropriation
vas made by Congress in tn at approved
July %, 1866. Including tn standing appfo-
priation OF 500 900 tor tree mail matter, AS a
Lex innate portion of the revenues yet remain
ing Unexpected, the actual deficiency Tor me
past Year Is only $500 Oo3-i sum "'hN'
S5l,24l OF the amo1nt estimated IN the
annual report of 1864. Fhe decrease Il rev
enue com pared with the previous Year WIS one
and one-tiI,h per cent, and tie increase Q. eN-
pendilures, owing principally 10 the eniarge-
ment Of The mail service In the south, wa
Twelve per cent. On the 30th OF June last
there were in operation SIX thousand ZINE hun
dred and thirty mail routes, with a. aggregate
length OF one hundred and eighty tho2>an"
nine hundred and twenty -one m les, al l-G:t-
gate annual transportation ct sevehtH-one
milii,n eight hundred and tnirty-,even thcu-
and nine hundred and fourteen mica, and IN
yregate annual cost. including ali eXgen0lt-
IS, OF SS,4l0 lS4.
e lensth OF railroad routes is thirty-tSo
Fl nd and niaety-two miles. and the annual
GUS rtation thirty million six hundred and
.nspo usand four huutred ana slxty-seSer
ne tno he length o: steanboat routes i -four
1 and three ia d-ed and foftysA
en- thous e annull transportation three NIB
lies. aud Il. bred and eleven thousaud nnt
IN iour nuo TWO miles. The mali se,vic
and siA Nsirg throughout the whole
rapidly mere, eady extension il The South
.uatry, aud its 81 their constant N approving
m ) ates indicates owing in portarce o: ttt
ond,tlon. The q merits attention. IEt
,reign service also : Of Grca. Britain aEC
'ost Office Department. IN a preliminary bdsi,
ur own have agreed up which il is believed
Or a postal Convention. ial 20 the CONNER
,ill prove eminently benefit -aes, asmu as
ial interests of the United ) the internationA
coutem plates a reduction OF existing rates
etter postage to one-aalf the upsr countries
reduction of postage WI b all IL transoI.
o and from which correspondence. losed IN III
in the British mali. or lii b. s>tah-
throughout the United Kingdom; srgas iol
isaueut of Uniform and reasonable CO ,ndanot
no sea and territorial transit of corresp' Pos
in closed mails; and an allowance to tac mai
Oa;ce Departmeut of the right to use all orr
communications established under the au'n d.
~ of tie other for the dispatch OF correSpoh
ence either 10 omen or in closed mails, CD :"
same terms as those applicable to The !nhAc-
t.n,s of the country providing the means ol
transmission. ,;o,
The report of the Secretary of the lh'.'io'
exhibits the condition Of those branches o. ~