Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-30


zoo raeietered letters 3,3s2 returned from foreign
ooU1tries. 6e55s OF the dead letters, l,!oo'oo'
ra fo,,nd TO be either rot susceptible OF peing TO-
tnrned or of no Importance circulars &C. anu WIZ
DESTROYED 233 900 more were destroyed aiIeS az o.
fort 20 return them Tha whole number sent DacA
60 tbe ofTica was @ 25s 199 of which "a per cent.
vere delivered TO owners and l6 per cent. were TO-
,rrnod IN the department 1880 letters containea
so5 100 80 in sums of 81 and upwards, OF WHICH
l6O6l letters containing $S6,63S o. were oeiVeleu
IN owners, and 2,124, containing $780, 90, "et'
9ad or held for disposition; l4062 containing 90,
48s sc in sums of less than 81, Of which l25l3
containing So 100 20 were delivered to owners -
no containing drafts, deeds, and other papers Oh
voIue represe1ting the value of S3,609,2Il go OF
these I6 500 we're restored TO the owners, ana OF
were returned and fled; 33,964 contained Dooks'
iewery and other articles of property OF the esS-
mated valne of So 500; of these II, 489 we're for
warded for delivery, and cell were delivered 70
their owners; 1875 22I contained photographs, POST
aoe stamps and articles of small value, OF when
ia 666 were delivered to owners; 2,O6s S42 WITHOUT
Enclosures.
of letters Is the unmailable character of many OF
| them. ,448 were detained for non-psyment OF
hostage 5Ss7 returned for misdirection or want OF
nroper address 470 were addressed to places tor
which no mail service had been established ana
| ]. 5e3 had no address whatever. The proportion 81
domestic dead letters to the number OF domestic
letters mailed is about one to l2o.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The strength of the army on the 3Oth of Septem-
Der was 1901, which by the first of January nex'
will be reduced by the expiration OF term OF SER
vice alone to about $4,000. All volunteer othcer;
| except one have been mustered out OF service
reduction Of the infantry of the army within the
next year il recommended.
| The repcrt of the Quartermaster General show;
tina total expenditures of that department during
the fiscal wear ending June 3Oth, 1865, Including
claims for stores taken for the use of the army du
ring the war, to be $50, 5O3, 3sl %. Claims to
| property taken during the war have been allowed
to the amount of S5003I3 Is; rejected, 81, 430
50; and arc still pending to the amount of s69O5,
Tn the national cemeteries 316,233 remains of sol
diers have been collected of which 175 764 are den
titled The total cost has been about 81, 100000.
In the Medical Department the actual expendi
lures during the fiscal year were SS42 40 20 on tn
Both of June last.
The disbursements for reconstruction purpose
have been So, 26I, AIS OF. There remains an avail
able balance of $467,626 46, which, it IS believed
will cover all future expenses.
During the year claims for additional bount.
were allowed to the number of 24l, 1872, involving
an expenditure of S23, 647157 70. Claims were re
ieoted TO the number of 19,407, and l09 l04 wer
still unsettled at the close of the fiscal year. Sine
the date of the act 453, l99 claims have been re
ceived, 387O9l paid, 32,403 rejected, and 1910
. | d lAoNosO
Generals report The total disbursements on thes
claims have been $31, 764, TIA Is, to which must
added the claims settled by the accounting otncer
of the treasury. bringing the aggregate up to NOR
than $54,O0o,O00.
: The actusi current expenses of the War Depart
ment for the last fiscal year were $cs, 743,O94 IL
which is to be added the sum of Sss6 400 AS o.
war debts paid during the year, making the toS
expenditures of the department S78, 704 5OI H. III
appropriations for the present fiscal year were S50
4005 57 Al; tho estimated deficiencies lot the Gu
rent wear are S13975O0O. 1t is estimated that Il
sum of S656823s8 IS will be required for the e.
penses of this department for the fiscal year endI
June 30, 1870 There will be a surplus of 500 24t
t 22l 81 frora unexpeuded appropriations to be pa
into the treasury at the close of the present hsc
! year.
The total number of vessels borne upon the nav
list is 2O6 carrying 743 guns reduction durlr
the year of 80 vessels, carrying 126 guns. Inc &c
lowing figures exhibit the present employment al
condition Of the naval force Cruising vessels
squadron service, 80, 356 guns; store-ships
squadrons, 4, 81 gunsi special and lake service
10 guns apprentice ship, l, IL guns; practice We
Il sells. and in use at Naval Academy 10, ll5 gun
receiving ships, 6, 81 guns; quarters for ofncel
q League Island and Marine Barracks, Norfolk,
9 81 guns tugs at Navy Yard and Stations, poWoe
s boats &C., H. Is guns; total IN USE 81, 693 gun
Il irop-clad vessels laid up 46, l07 guns iron-cls
vessels not completed, 5, l8 guns; steam sloops n
: completed, Is, 253 guns; line-of- battle ships
y completed 80 guns other vessels laid up repairin
fitting for sea- and for SALE 81 592 guns total nun
Der Of vessels of all descriptions in use buildin
repairing fitting for sea, 2O6, 1,743 guns. The We
sells of the Navy are classified follows vessels
the first-rate of 400 tuns and upward, 80, g.
guns; vessels of the second-rate of 200 to q
tuns 81, 483 guns vessels of the third-rate of g.
: to 1900 tuns, 76, Ala gUns vessels of the fourt
rate under 600 tuns, IS, ls4 guns total 206 vesse
: I,743 guns. The following indicates the charact
| of the vessels. Iron-clad vessels, 50, 129 gun
screw-steamers, o. 93S guns paddle-wheels, 2
1919 guns sailing vessels, 81, AIT guns Total, q
vessels; l, 743 guns
The organization of the squadrons remains essei
tally the same as when the last annual report WI
: made Some changes of commanding officers al
of vessels have taken place, and the force OF eaC
squadron has in consequence of the limited numb'
of seamen allowed by the act of the 18th of Jar
c last been necessarily reduced. 1t has been the pu
IS pose of the Department to have one or more OF Of
g naval vessels visit annually every commercial Pc
q where American capital is employed, and that
= man-of-war should not be long absent from the
cnity of every merchant ship that might need {
sistance or protection One of the n1ost inter estI
portions of the report is the account of the extends
f tour of Admiral Farragut, which covers sever
: pages.
The Times says the letter of Mr.. Spaulding al
the report of Mr. McCulloch are invitations to q
C+ofos Gopraroa COort q dacida III