Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-12-13
VOL. I3--NO. a

receipts for the fiscal year ending the 2Oth
of June, 1867, will be S4T5, ,C9l, $50,
and that the expenditures win reach the
sum of 16,41S,O7s, leaving in the
Treasury surplus of Sl58, ,633, ,3OS.-
For the fiscal year ending June so, 1865,
it is estimated that the receipts will amount
TO 1886, 100000, and that the expendi-
lures will be $3.50, ,24s,641, showing an
excess of $50, 752, 359 in favor of the
Government These estimated receipts
4 may be diminished bv reduction ofexcise
and import duties but after all necessary
! reductions shall have been made, the
IreTenue of the present and OF the following
! years will doubtless be sufficient to. 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 may not be reduced as
the country advances in population 'anG
wealth, and yet the debt be extinCuishe,i
within the next quarter of century.
SECRETARY sTANroS's REPcI.1.
Tie report of the Secretary Of War
furnishes valuable and important informa-
] zion n ielerenee TO the operations OF Lia
Department daring the past year. Few
volunteers now remain in the service. and
they are being discharged as rapidly as
/ they can be replaced by regular troops
/ The army has been promptly peid, care
| fully provided with medical treatment,
well sheltered and subsisted, and is 70 be
furnished yvi.L Lrao.I Iy,o ,1;-,,, -, IL -.
The military strength of the nat:on has
been unimpaired by the discharge of VOL
Unteers; the disposition of unserviceable or
perishabc stores, and tine retrenchment Of
expenditure. Sufficient war material 10
meet any emergency has been retained,
and from the disbac!ed volunteers stand
inS ready TO respond 10 the national cali,
large armies can De rapidly organized,
equipped and concentrated. Fortifcations
| on the coast and frontier have received or
are being prepared fer mere powerful
armaments; lake surveys and harbor aud
| river Improvements are in course of cner-
| getic prosecution. Preparations have
been made for fhe payment Of the add
| tional bounties authorized during me
recent session of Congress, under such
regulations as viii protect the Govern
ment from fraud, and secure TO the hon
! orabty dIscnar-ad soldier the well-eaIned
reward of his faithfulness and eallanrrv.
More than 81; Thousand MANNED soldiers
have received artificial limbs or other
surgical apparatus and forty-one national
cemeteries, containing the remains Of
l04 ,526 Union soldiers, have already been
established. The total estimates of mill
tary appropriations is S25, 5,205,G69.
SECRETARY wELLEs ON TIE NAVY.
Il is stated in the report of the Secretary
of the Navy that the naval force at tlis
time consists OF two hundred and seventy
eight vessels, armed with two thousand
three hundred and fitty-c:ght guns. OF
these, one hundred and fifteen vessels.
carrying one thousand and twenty-nine
guns, are in commission, distributed chief
iy among seven squadccns The number
OF men in the service is thirteen thousand
SIX hundred. Great activity and vigilance
have been displayed By all the squadrons.
and their movements have been iudiciouslv
and efficiently arranged in such manner as
would best promote American commerce,
and protect the rights and interests of our
countrymen abroad. The vessels en-
ployed are undergoing repairs, or are laid
up until their services may be required.
TIE LEAGUE ISLAND IRoN-CLAp NAVY
YARD.
Most of tho iron-clad fleet is at Leanue
Island, in .he vicinity of Philadelphia, n
place which, until decisive action should
be taken by Congress, was selected by the
Secretary of the Navy, as the most eligi-
bic location for that class OF vessels. 1t
is important that a suitable public station
should be provided for the iron-clad feet.
1t Is intended that these vessels shall be in
proper condition for any emergency, an
Ii is desirable that the bill accepting League
Island for naval purposes, which passed
the House OF Representatives at its last
session, should receive final action at an
early period, in order that there may
be u suitable puolc station for this class
of vessels, as we'll as a na:y ward OF
area sufficient for the wants of the service,
OF the Delaware river. The naval
pension fund amounts TO SiI,75O,-
900 having been increased SI,75O.OOO.
during the year. The expenditures OF the
Department for the fiscal year ending
3oth Juno last wcrc S43, ,32i $40 and the
estimates for the coming year amount 10
$23, ,26S.i3G. Attention IS invited to the
condition of our sear:c!,. and the iInport-
ance Of legislative measures for tDe;r
.elicf :."d Improvement. Tny suggestions
in behalf OF this deserving cia>s OF pur
irilow-cltllt.:. are earnestly rrc,!,tacnar,r
- tbs f2A-o5re'- '''cltion ot C"rgrc--