The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-12-12

forth and tutly explained III the able and
instructive report of the Secretary of the
Treasury. On the 30ih of June, 1866,
the public debt amounted TO g, ,783, ,425,-
979; on the 30th of June last it was S2,s
692, l99, ,2l5, showing a reduction during
the fiscal year of S9l. .226,664 During
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1867, the
receipts were S490, ,634 ,010, and expend-
itures 1916, ,729, 129, leaving an avaia-
BILE surplus of Sl43, ,9O4,88O 1t is csti-
mated that the receipts for The fiscal year
ending June 80, 1868, will be $4l7, ,l61,-
928. and that the expenditures will reach
the sum of $393, ,269,226, leaving in the
Treasury a surplus of S23, ,892,7 ,7O2. For
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1869, it is
estimated that the receipts will amount 10
1881 600. 900, and that the expenditures
will be 1872, 100000 showing an excess
of SO, 100000 in favor of government
The attention of Congress is earnestly
invited to the necessity of thorough re-
vision OF our revenue system. Our inter-
nal revenue laws and impost system should
be so adjusted as to bear most heavily on
articles Of luxury, leaving the necessarics
OF lite as free from taxation as may be
consistent with the wants Of the govern
ment, economically administered Tax
alton would not then fall undnly on men of
moderate means, and while none would be
entirely exempt from assessment, ALL in pro-
portion to their pecuniary abilities, would con-
tnbute towards the support of the State. a
modification of the Internal Revenue system
by large reduction of the number of articles
now subject to tax. would be followed by re-
suits equally advantageous to the citizens aud
the government. 1t would render the execu-
ton of the law less expensive aud more cer~
tam, remove obstructions to industry, lessen
temptations to evade the law. diminish viola
tioDs and frauds perpetrated upon its provi-
slons, make its operation less inquistorial,
and greatly educe in numbers the army Of tax
gatherers created by the system, who take
from the mouth of honest labor the bread it
mas earned. Retrenchment reform and econ
omy should be carried into every branch of
the public service, that the expenditures of
the government may be reduced and the peo-
pie relieved from excessive taxation. A sound
currency should be restored and public faith
In regard to the national debt faithfully Oh
served. The accomplishment OF these impOr-
tart results, together with a restoration to the
Union of all the States upon the principles of
the Constitution. would inspire confidence at
home and abroad in the stability of our iusti-
tutlons. and bring to the nation prosperity,
peace and good will.
The report of the Secretary of War ad in
tertm exhibit5 the operations of the army and
of the several Bureaus of the War Depart
ment. The aggregate strength of our mill
tary force on the 30th of September last, was
Sc, l5. The total estimate for military ap-
preparations is $77, ,l24, 70T, including de-
hclency in last years appropriations of
$4,000: 600. The payments at the Treasury
on account Of The service of the War Depart
ment from January to October %, 1864
period of ten months-amo1nted 10 Sl09-
6G7 900, The expenses of the military
establishment, well the numbers Of the
army, are row three times great as they
ever have been in time of peace while the
discretionary power is vested in the Execu-
tive to add millions to this expenditure by
an increase of the army TO the maximum
strength allowed by the law.
The menacing attitude of some of the war
like bands of India ms inhabiting the district
of country between the Arkansas and Platte
rivers, and portions of Dakota Territory,
required the presence of large military
force IL that region. Instigated by real
imaginary grievances, the Indians occasion
ally committed acts of barbarous violence
upon emigrants and our frontier settlements
but general Indian war has been providen-
TALLY averted. The Comm ssi0ners under
the act of goth July, 1867, were invested with
full power to adjust existing difficulties, ne
gotiate treaties with the disaffected bands,
and select for them reservations remote from
the travelled routes between the Mississippi
and the Pacific. They entered without delay
upon the execution of their trust, but have
not yet made any official report of their pro-
ceedings. 1t is of vital importance that our
distant Territories should be exempt from
Indian outbreaks, and that the construction
of the Pacific Railroad, an object of national
Importance, should not be interrupted 10y
hostile tribes. These objects, as well as the
material interests and the moral and intel
lectual Improvement OF the Indians, can be
most effectually secured by concentrating
them upon portions of country set apart for
their exclusive use, and located at points
remote from our highways and encroaching
white settlements.
Since the commencement Of the second
session of the Thirty ninth Congress, five
hundred and ten miles of road have been
constructed on the main line AMI branches OF
the Pacific Railway. The line from Omaha
is ra 9idly approaching the eastern base of
the Rocky Mountains, whilst the terminus of
the last section of constructed road in Cali
forDia, accepted by the Government on the
oath day of October last, was but eleven
miles distant from the summit of the Sierra
Nevada The remarkable energy evinced by
the companies offers the strongest assurance
that the completion of the road from Sacra-
mento to Omaha VIII not long be deferred.
DurlUR inc ItSJ I,N4b ;ott aSEes
of public land were disposed of, and the cash
receipts from sales and fees exceeded oy one
half million dollars the sum realized from
those sources during the preceding year
The amount paid to pensioners, including
expenses of disbursements, was Sl8, ,6l9 ,956,
and SO, ,48l names were added to the rolls
The entire number of pensioners on the Both
of June last was l55 Ala.
Eleven thousand six hundred and ifty-fve
natents and designs were issued during the