The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-16

tSIS Ol Guc county, anu III view VI |
the great expense attending the mill
tary establishment and the absolute !
necessity OF retrenchment. wherever
it can be applied, it is hoped that
Congress will sanction the reduction |
which his report recommends. While
in 1860, sixteen thousand three humid
red men cost the nation SIG, ,472, 600,
the sum of $50. .6S2, 900 is estimated as
necessary for the support of the army
during the fiscal year, ending June
30th, 1867. The estimates Of War
debt, for the last two fiscal yea 8, were
for 1867, $33, ,S14 ,461, and for 1868,
80. 2O5,669. The actual expenditures |
during the same periods were reSpec
! lively S95, ,224, ,4I5 and $l23, 246, ,64e. |
The estimate submitted in December |
last for the fiscal year ending June |
3Oth. 1869, was $77, ,l24, 707 The ex-
! penditures for the first quarter, ending |
| the Goth of September last were $27,
! 2l9,1I7. and the Secretary of the |
Treasury gives 66,000,0 600 as the
amount which will probable be requir-
ed during the remaining three-quar-
ters, if there should be no reduction
of the army, making its aggregate
cost for the year considerably in eX-
cess of ninety-three millions. The
difference between the estimates and
expenditures, for the three fiscal years
which have been named is thus
shown to be SITS. .545, ,343 for this single
branch of public service. 80.
THE NAVAL DEPARTMENT. -s
The report OF the Secretary of the
Navy exhibits the operations of that
department and of the Navy during
the year. A considerable reduction
of the force has been effected. There
are forty-two vessels carrying four
hundred and eleven guns in The six
squadrOns which are established in
different parts of the world. Three of
these vessels are returning to the Uni
ted Ttates and four are used as store
ships leaving the actual cruising force
thirty-fYe vessels carrying three hun
dred and ffty-SiX guns. The total
number of vessels in the Navy is two
hundred and six, mounting seventeen
! hundred and forty-three guns. -Eigh
ty-one vessels of every description are
in use, armed with six hundred and
, ninety-siX guns. The number of en-
listed men in the service, including
apprentices, has been reduced to eight
thousand five hundred. An increase
F of navy yard facilities is recommend q
ed as measure which will, in the
event of War, be promotive OF eeono
i my and security; as well as a more
= thorough and systematic survey of
a the North Paiitic Ocean is advised, in
view of our recent acquisitions, our
. expanding commerce, and the increas-
q ing intercourse between the Pacific
a States and Asia The Naval Pension
: Fund, which consists of a moiety OF
the aVaIls of prizes captured during
p. the WAY, amounts to $I4, coo, 900. Ex-
n ception Is taken to the act of 23d July
!. last, Which reduces the interest on the
fund lOSned to the Government by the
Secretary as trustee, TO three per cent.
= instead OF six per cent, which was
:, originally stipulated when the invest
r ment was maup. An amendment Oi
= the Pension laws is suggested to rem.
- edy omissions and defects in existing
q enactments. The expenditures o
y the department during the last fieca
. year were S20l ,2O3,D4 and the esti
q mates for the coming year amounts t
= $40, G93,3I4. -s
Ie THE POST OFFICE DEPARTM ENT-
/ POSTAL TREATIES. -,o
a The Postmaster Generals repor
furnishes full and clear exhibit 0
the operations and condition of III
- postal service. The ordinary posta
revenue for the fiscal year endin,
10 June Both, 1868, was $15, ,292, 400, aHt
N the total expenditures, em bracing al
to. the service for which special apprOpri
r atiOns have been made be Congress
% amounted to So, ,730, ,502, showing al
NJ excess of expenditures of Sc, ,437 III
,o, deducting from the expenditures tn
8 sum of 81, 1856, 525. The amount {
20 appropriations for ocean, STEAMSHIP
h. and other special services, the exces
70 of expenditures was $4,540,466. B.
n using an uneXpended balance in. til
Treasury of $3'S00, 600, the actual SUI
-, for which a special appropriation
"a required to meet the deficiency, !
No 81, 1926. The causes which produce
" this large excess of expenditure owe
III revenue were the restoration of serv
ad ces in the late insurgent States, an
10 the putting into operation of the neV
he service established by acts of Congress
90 which amounted within the last tw
,S0 years and half TO about forty eigh
y thousand seven hundred miles, equS
D to more than one third of the Who'll
IN amount of the services at the close {
an the war. New postal convention
~ with Great Britain, North German,
of Belgium, the Netherlands, SWitZe,
no land, and Italy, respectively, hay
e5 been carried into effect under the
n provisions; important Improvement
he have resulted in the reduced rates
,as international postage, and the enlar;
/ GU lAdIl ldCllll1Go . WILL EllIODCd
,os countries. The cost of the Unite
iS7 States transatlantic. Ocean mail SCI
an vsce January 1st, 1866 has been large
iii ly IesSened under the operation
IL these new conventions; a reduction
III over one half having been effecte
r9- under the new arran2 ement for oces
ri mail steam hip service, which wei
1r. into effect on that date. The after
its ton of Congress is invited to Il
ne. practical suggestions and recommen
rs- ations made in his report, by Il
Itb Postmaster General. {
en FOREIGN RELATIoNS-THE PAR
pc s..-.4 GUAYAN DIFFIGULrY.Ha
Ss. fa No important question has occurred d
III ring the last year in our accustomed cord
90, and friendly intercourse with Costa -RiC
~ Guatamala, Honduras, San Salvador, Franc
80 40 Austria, Belgium switzerland, Portug
teo The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden a
t eir Norway Rome, Greece, Turkey Pers
~, Egypt, Liberia, Morocco, rripoli, Tun
= " Auscat, Siam, -lSorneo and Madagasc
80 Cordial relations have also been maintain
; - = with the Argentine and the Oriental 1
iii publics. Tho expressed wish of ConGr
~ ~ that our national good offices might be u
az az dered to those Republics, and also to Bra
III and Paraguay, for bringing to an end I
III continuous war which has so long been r,
All, M ing in the Valley of the La Plata, has be
We assiduousiy complied with, ana fully
ba a knowledged by all the belligerents. tt
"a important negotiation, however. has Ii
e. a. far been without result. Charles A Wa.
ads 80; -as? tis "
ted +r 3 tIa IT''i+.S S S,..os q
nd .LS
, ioo was early directed to send ship of war
et Ascension. the capital of Paraguay, to.
,tott ceive Mr. WSshburne and his family, g
" "a remove them from situation which "
al al represented to be endangered by faction a
1I lIet- foreign war. The Brazilian commander
JIis the allied invading forces refused permi
0 81, ion TO the Wasp to pass through the blocl
,;a ,4n ding forces, and that vessel returned to
tbs accustomed anchorage. - >. Remonstrar