The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-06

mitted to Congress Monday. opposes
any further reduction of the army.
He says the entire army Is on dufy.
and he has constant calls fer more
troops. which cannot be granted He
calls the Presidents earnest attention
to this matter, that Congress may be
appealed TO not to diminish the mill
tary establishment, because of the
great extent of country and the
unsettled character of a large ex-
teEt measured North, South, West
and East By thousands of miles
habit this region, and the growing
necessities of afording greater pro-
lection to the roads that traverse this
region, and mining aud agricultural
interests therein; wherein q nation at
large is at peace a state of quasi war
continues to exist over one half Its
extent, and troops therein are exposed
to labOrs, murders. fights. and dan
gers that amount to war; Withdrawing
or largely diminishing troops in
Texas, the Indian country, Ari-
z0nia, New Mexico, Montana, Ida
no. or Alaska, as well as in.
some parts Of the Southern
States, would. he believes, result in a
condition of things amounting to an
archy. He refers to the labors and
exposures of officers aud men, and
hopes thasathey will receive the as
surances to which they are fairly en-
titled, that their labors are appreci-
ated. The officers have been required
to perform the duties of Indian
Agents, Governors, Sherifs, &C., for
eign TO their military training, and
have done this duty without q mur
nur, and with marked intelligence.
Never, he says, has he known army Of
fcefG SO poor. but they hope by the
appreciation of currency their COM
pensaticn will soon become more sat
isfactory. Any dimiDution of their
pay would result In the loss of every
good officer, TO the extreme damage OF
the army itself. General Sherman
advises the adoption Iy Congress of
the new army regulation as prepared
by special board of officers. 10 re-
ferring to army commissions, be said
there are 500 unattached officers, of
whom 156 axe awaiting orders. The
number Of retired officers is III. He
urges that cavalry and artillery regi-
ments be oficered alike in regimental
and company organization, and asks
for an extra lieutenant for cavalry
companies. He urges that it is unjust
that the reduction ofthe army should
| fall exclusively upon the infantry arm
of the service, and recommends that
after Congress has enacted the laws
necessary, the Presideur assemble a
board of disinterested General off,
GERS, to whom shall be committed the
whole matter of reduction and reor-
ganizatiol.
Gen. Sherman comments upon what
he calls the absurdity of the staff of
the army making their reports to the
Secretary of War. IF this is con-
tinued, he says, we have the absur-
dity of the General commanding the
army with his chief staff officers re-
porting to somebody else. He hopes
for legislation that will allow officers
Of the army to call upon the General
for troops instead of the President.
He advocates an increase. of pay for
the soldiers. and recommends that the
forts covering the cities of Por tland,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, New Orleans and San
Francisco be completed as soon as
possible He calls attention to the
earnest recommendation of General
Thomas that the seal islands OF
Alas ka, st. Paul and st. George, be
sold TO the highest bidder. He is in
| formed that parties in San Francisco
are ready to bid several million dol
lars, which he said, would go far
toward indemnifying the Government
for the otherwise poor and costly
/ country.
/ Messrs. Clarke and Dwyer, Super
visoTs of Internal Revenue for the
Southern and Northern Districts of
Ohio. respectively, leave Washington
on Tuesday to enter upon their duties.
At least two-thirds of the members
| of Congress are now here. Sixty ar
rived this morning. and tomorrow
mornings trains will bring additional
members.
The Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs says the report on the
Paraguay question will not be ready
| for a month to come.
The Presidents Message was COM
pleted yesterday. Neither it or the
Report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury is printed. This precaution was
taken IL order to prevent premature
publication. as in repeated cases.
Hereafter both Of these documents
will be given in manuscript to the
press. All the other reports have
been printed, and newspapers sup
piled. The following is the
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INTER
NAL REVENUE.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE
OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
/ WASHINGTON, Nov. 10th, 1859.
SIR have the honor to transmit
you the tabular statements made up
from the accounts kept in this Office,
which the Secretary of the Treasury
is required to lay before Congress.
They are as follows:
Table A-Showing the receipts from
each specific source Of revenue, and
the amounts refunded in each Collec-
ton District, State and Territory of
the United States, for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1869.
Table B-ShoWiDg the number and
value of Internal Revenue stamps
ordered monthly By the Commission
er, and monthly receipts from the
purchase of Internal Revenue stamps,
| what the Commissioner is allowed on
same, and the receipts from the Agent
for the sale of stamps for the fiscal
year ending June 10, 1869.
Table C-Showing the territorial
distribution of Internal Revenue In
the United States,
Table D-Showing the total colIec-
ton from each specific of Revenue
for the fiscal years ending June 30,
1863, 1864, 1865. 1866, 1867, 1868, and
/ 1869. respectively,
Table E-Showing the ratio of re-
ceipts from specific sources, to the
aggregate of all collections for the