The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-03

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depend for interpreters and translator
upon matt yes Of those countries who know
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foreign business houses or the interpreter
to other foreign ministers.
TERRITORIES.
| renew the recommendation made on'i
previous occasion of the transfer to the De
partment of the Interior, to which they
seem more appropriately to belong, OF al
the powers and duties in relation to thu
territories with which tho Department o
State is now charged by law or by custom
RELIEF OF CITIZENS ABROAD IN DIS
TREss.
Congress, from the beginning Of the
Government, has wisely made provision
for the relief of distressed seamen In for
eign countries. No similar provision, how.
ever, has hitherto been made for the RELIEF
of citizens in distress abroad other than sea-
men. 1t is understood to be customary
with other governments to authorize con-
suls to extend such relief to their citizens or
subjects in certain cases.
A similar authority and an appropriation
to carry it into effect are recommended in
the case of citizens of the United States
destitute or sick under such circumstances.
II is well known that such citizens resort
to foreign countries in great numbers.
expenses incident to locomotion, there are
some who, through accident or otherwise,
become penniless, and have no friends at
home able to succor them. Persons in
this situation must either perish, cast them-
selves upon tho charity of foreigners, or be
relieved at the private charge of our own Of
ficers, who usually, even with the most be-
nevolent dispositions, have nothing to spare
for such purposes. Should the authority
and appropriation asked for be granted,
care will be taken to carry the benehcence
of Congress into such effect that it shall
not be unnecessarily and unworthily be-
slowed.
TREASURY.
The moneys received and covered into
the Treasury during the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1872, were: From customs,
s2l8, $40, 2S8.77 from sales Of public
lands, S2,575, 714.19 from internal reve-
nue., $l30, 642, l77.72; from tax on nation.
al bank circulation, &C., SO, 523, 1868
from Pacific railway companies, GA 1885,
lS7 from customs, fines, &c., 81 ,l36, 49,
81 from fees, consular, patent, land, &c.,
81, 284 ,095.92; from miscellaneous sources,
"a AL ,254.71; total ordinary receipts,
1864 ,694 ,229.9l; from premium on sales
of coin, s94l 1853, 765; total net re-
ceipts, 1914, l06, S87.56; balance in Trea-
sury June 30th, 1871, Sl09, 1875, 705.59,
Sl8 ,22S.3 80 received from unavall-
able; total available cash, 44S4 ,042 ,573.15.
The net expenditures by warrants during
the same period were: For civil expenses,
$l6 ,187 ,059.20; for foreign intercourse,
81 1886, 369.l4; for Indians, $7,O6l, 72S.82;
Tor pensions, s2s, 533, 4O2.76; for military
including fertilization, river
and harbor improvements and arsenals,
s35 1872, 1920; for naval establishment,
vessels and machinery and
at navy-yards, s2l ,249..
S0S.99; for miscellaneous civil purposes,
public buildings, lighthouses,
and collecting the revenue, $40 1858 $780,
o.; for interest on the public debt, sll7,-
357 ,S39.72; total, exclusive OF principal
and premium on the public debt, 1870 ,559,-
695.9l. For premiums on bonds purchased,
s6, 95S, 266.76. For redemption on public
debt, s99, $3.50, 253.54. TOTAL, sl06,0ls,-
$40. 80. Total receipts and disbursements,
1877 ATS, 216.21. Balance in Treasury
June 80, 1872, $106. 564 1904. Total,
$4S4, O42, 573.l5. From the foregoing
statement it appears that the reduction Of
the principal of the debt during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1872, was
500 ,960, 253.H. The source of tbs
reduction is as follows: Net ordinary
receipts during the year, 1864, 694. 229.9l
net ordinary expenditures, including inter-
est on the public debt, S770, 559, 695. 0l
leaving q surplus revenue, $94, 1874, 534; add
amount received from premium on sales of
gold ia excess of the premium paid on
bonds purchased, 50 ,454 ,370.S9; add the
amount of the reduction of the cash bal
ance at the close of the year, accompanied
with same at the commencement of the
year, 1871 ,34s. 65-total, $99, 900, 1854.
This statement treats solely of the princi-
pal of the public debt by the monthly
statement of the public debt, which adds to-
gether the principal interest due and unpaid,
and the interest accrued to date not due, and
deducts the cash in the Treasury as ascer-
tanned on the day of publication. The re.
duction was Sl00, 544 ,49l.2s. The source
Of this reduction is as follows: Reduction
in principal account, a09, 800, 00s.54; re-
daction in unpaid interest account, So $780,
952.9o - grand total, sl03, 900, 95e, so.
Reduction in cash on hand, 90, 746, 465.21;
grand total, 800, 544, 49l.2s. On the basis
Of the last table the statements show re-
duction of the pablo debt from the lst of
March, 1869 to the present time as follows:
From March l, 1859, to March l, 1870,
$S7 ,l34, 1884; from March /. 1870, to
March /, 1871, sll7,G19,6 30.25; from
March /, 1871, to March l., 1872, $94 $685.
24S.94 from March /, 1872, to November
l, 1872 Eight monthsl, ae4 ,047, 1887 "a.
Total. 1868, 800, 9o9.s7.
With the great reduction Of taxation by
the acts of Congress at its last session, the
Of the Government in collect
ing the revenue will be much reduced for
the next fiscal year. 1t is very doubtful,
however, whether any further reduction of
SO vexatious hurthen upon any people
will be practicable for the present. At all
events, as measure of justice to the
holders of the nations certificates of in
debtedness, would recommend that no
more legislation be had on this subject un-
less it be to correct errors OF omission or
commission in the present laws, until suf-
hclent time has elapsed to prove that it can
be done and still leave sufficient revenue to
meet the current expenses of the Govern
ment. pay interest on the public debt and