The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-11

Walllirst III thCSc elections
Reports of the Several Departments.
The report Of the Secretary of the
Treasury affords much information res
pcctiny the revenue and commerce of the
country. 1t presents a much more salts
factory condition oc. the finances than
could have been anticipated Il year ago.
During the fiscal year ending the 30ih
Of June, 1856, the receipts were s5jS,-
032, G20, and the expenditures $780,
100, $40, leaving an available surplus Of
S3L2Sl,GS0. 1t is estimated that the
receipt, for the fiscal year ending the 30lh
June, 1857, will be $40, OGl, $50, and
that the cXpen liturcs will reach the sum
Of 1915, 42S, O7S, leaving in the Treasury
Il surplus Of SljS, 6j3, 30S. For the ifs
cal year ending jane 81, 1853, it is cst-
mated that the receipts will amount to
Sl3G, 100000, and that the expenditures
will lie $50. 247, G4l-sl.oNing an excess
OF $50, 1872. $50 in favor Of the Govern
mcnt These estimated receipts may be-
/ diminished by reduction of excise and
import duties; but after al. nee, Try re
auctions Shall bave been nl.nle. the revcn-
tie Of the present and Of following year.
will dUub less be sufficient TO cover all
legitimate charges upon the Treasury.
and leave u large annual surplus to be
applied 10 the payment Of the principal
Of the debt.
The report Of the Secretary of War
shows that few volunteers now remain in
the service, and they are being discharged
as rapliIy as they can b. replaced bY
regular troops. The army has been
promptly paid, carefully provided with
medical irtatn. M, well sheltered ana
,u's;,;cd, ANA is TO be furnished with
Lrtcch lotIing small arms. Sul,ic II,
war material TO meet any emergency ha.
been retained, ~ |, from Ia. disinn lei
volunteers stan ling ready To r,spun 10
the national call, large armies can lie rap.
lily oreaih ii, equipped, AMI conccnira
teal. Fo;tiiicaiiuus On the coast airl
frontier have rcc,nol, or are b,ine pre-
pared Tor more powerful armlmehis lake
ur,cys aud harUur an lrivcr imp,ovcm nj,
are in course Of cncg tic persecution.
None iiau ,,X thousand milne sol her,
have received artificial limbs or other
surgical "ppArltus; AMI national Gem
ct,rics, containing the remains OF l3i
j2i Union s"ilcrs, have already been
, established. The total estimate uf midi
iary appropriations is $500 $500
he report Of the Secretary OF the Ntyy
states that iho naval force at Ii is imr
consists OF l1S vessels. armed with = 81
aun- OF these. llj vessels, carrying
l,r2) @nn., are in comAis laa. ii rib
uttd eli ~ among seven >qlHIruus. The
humbcr ui m.n in the >cNi'e j. 5000.
Most Of the iron-rlaI fl ct i, at League
Island, in the yi,niiy OF Philadelphia, a
place which was selected hy the Secrc.
tary Of HE Navy us III. most eligible
location Tor that class OF vessels.
Ii i stated IA the report of the Post
mJ,icr General HAT .'t Revenues OF the
Department for the wear On Ing June -.
lSU :, were Il "SG.9Sj. and the cx.
pnlin G, : -. 3d. .0-9. how IN. an excess
Of the latlcr 81 1853, O93 In anticipa-
iion Of this deficiency, however, a special
appropriation VAS made by Com.r, : in
the act approved July -. 1865. InyIn-
din. the standing appropriation OF S7u0,
0 g for free mll matter, rs u legitimate
lor.i n OF the rrvcnu yet remaining
tmeXpailcl, the actual deficiency tor the
past year is only - -, OJ3 The d.
crease of revenue, compared with the
prcyiou> year, was one AMI enc filth per
cent, AMI the increase Of expenditures,
owing principally to the enlargement vi
the mail service in the South, was ~ per
cent On The 3Oth Of juno Last there
were in operation six thousand nine hun
Grcd and thirty mail routes, with an AZ
u, gate length OF 80 "2l miles, and an
aggregate annual cost. including al ex-
penliiurcs, of -, ilO.lSi.
\ preliminary basis for Il new Postal
Convention has been agreed upon which
it is believed will prove cmncnIly bcnc-
licial TO the commercial interests of the
United States, inasmuch as it contcmplatcs
reduction of tho international letter
postage TO ons-half the existing rates.
The report Of the Secretary of the In
terror shows that during the last fiscal
year, 4,G29,3l2 acres OF public land were
disposed 81, l,S92 jl6 acres of which
were entered under the Homestead act.
The Want OF Reservoirs III Middlebury.