The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-29

the following only are subJect TO speoluo or
direct taxation:-Distilled spirits, termented
liquors, manufactured tobacco, gas, matches,
and playing cards.
Perfumery, cosmetics patent medicines and
q few other man ufactured articles are subjected
to a stamp act proportioned TO their selling
tional tax Of I'VE per cent, on incomes in excess
Of $4,000 has been repealed; and the exempIlon
So6o M TSo mas Deen nrv imposed on the
gross receipts accruing from the trans portaIlon
OF merchandise has also been ent,rey removeo' M ,
Coincident with the above reduction OF tax
alton, or from the 3lst Of August, 1865. to the
S0th of June, 1868, the aggregate OF the national
Indebtedness, including casn In the treasury,
exhibits a reduction in round mum oers OF $780,
100000 on this abatement of the debt, the re.
duction Of the interest," calculated at SIX per
cent would be SIS 600 900 per Rnnum.
EXPENDITURES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The aggregate expenditures made through or
under tine direction OF the War Department
were s9l7 III Oi3 43. or TINS aggregA ate the dis
bursements for nine months. or rom April l.
quarters, were as follows:-
From April to June 30. 1855 .......".S4l4 1876 27
From June 80 to September 80, 1861. l6l369 28
From September 80 to December Sl,s5 6S,l225I2
,63S, ,OO6
It appears that OF the above total exeeudt
lures OF the War Department. S6I7. 6OS 900, or
seventy per cent; Of the whole, were directly
contingent upon the termination OF the war and
the disDanding of the army, and we're disbursed
within the nine months Immediately succeed
ing the der of Lee in April 1865.
The balance of expenditure charged to the
War Department on the books of the Treasury,
viz S269 428 9S7 covers a period of thirty mon hs
or from January l, 1865, to June 80, 1865 and e.
presents the disbursements furtneTs contingent
upon the termination OF the war, sucn arrears of
pay and transportation OF troops, the regular
penses of the military establishment, the expen-
ses of the Indian war in the summer and fall of
1867 the payment Of hOunties (Si9 3S2 Sj9) from
July l, 1866, to June 30 1868; the payments for
property lost or destroyed in the military SER
vice of the United States, 2il 0O0 900, the REIN
bursement of State claims, $40 $3.50 OOO 10 1858;
river and harbor improvements and the ex-
penses of Qualifications. subsistence OF Indians,
Freedmen's Bureau, expenses of reconstruc-
tion, etc. etc.
EXPENDITURES OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The expenditures of the Navy Department
from April 1865, to June 80. 1868 were Sl33 49,,
296 81. or this amount $50 S47 $3.50 S. or forty i've
per cent, were disbursed within nine mouths
war in April, 1865 The balance me of the above
expenditure, S73 81 ,407. covers the regular ex.
penses OF the navy for period of thirty months
ending July 80, 1868. as we'll as the dsburse-
ments on account of prize money and for the
settlement OF contracts entered into prior to the
termination OF the war.
FREEDMEN's BUREAU AND RECONSTRUCTION.
According to the accounts OF the Treasury the
expenses OF the FGeedmen's Bureau since Its
organization in 1865 have been as fIllows:-
Disbursements prior to June 3d. 1867. 81 402 900
Disbursements from July l, 1857, to ..
June ~, 32l5,OOO
.......... SIS, ,6I7, 900
incurred by the Bureau for the relief of the
starving and destitute of both races and for
educational or other purposes the Treasury has
no Information.
According TO the accounts of the Treasury
the expenditures contingent upon the acts of
Congress regulating reconstruction have been
as fOIows:-
Disbursements prior to June 3O l867...$4i5 1906
Disbursements from July :, 1867, to
June 3O l,799 9270 w
IOtal. 56
The above statements, derived from the
books and accounJ of the Treasury DEPART
ment, are belle we'd to be substantially correct,
AM, yours, most respectfully,
DAVID A. WELLS
US. Special Commissioner OF Revenue