The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-12-05

be authorized TO issue Ger tincates Of deposit, Of
the denomination OF ten dollars, bearing Interest
at the rate OF 3.65 per cent. per annum, and con-
yerhble at any time within one year after their
Issue into the four percent. bonds authorized by
the Refnnding Act, and TO DO issued only In ex-
onahge ior uhited states hotes sent 70 tne Treas
supported by suitable regulations. would enable
any person readily, without cost or risk. 10 convert
his money into an Understanding security Of the
United States, and the money so received could be
applied 10 the redemption OF six per cent. bonds.
The coinage OF gold during the last fiscal year
was S52,70S,9s0. The coinage OF silver dollars,
on the 23d OF November. 1873, TO l9,sI4,55O, Of
which amount A,9s4.947 are In circulation, and
the balance, S14,s29. 603, is still In the possession
With views unchanged with regard TO the act I'M
der which the coinage OF silver proceeds, IL has
been the purpose OF the Secretary faithfully 70 ex-
eeute the law, and TO afford a fair trial to the meas
In the present financial condition Of the country
/ am persuaded that the welfare OF legitimate bust
ness and Industry Of every description will be best
promoted by abstaining from ali attempts TO make
radical changes In the existing financial legislation.
Let IL be understood that during the coming year
the business OF the country will be undisturbed by
governmental interference with the laws affecting
II, and we may confidently expect that the rcsnmp-
ton of specie payments, which viii take place at
the appointed time, will DO successfully and easily
maintained. and that II will befOllowed by a health
full and enduring revival of business prosperity.
Let the healing influence Of time, the inherent
tnClEitb ol our people, anu the uOuntithbT thOuItth
OF our country, have o fair opportunity, and relief
from present difficulties will surely follow.
The report Of the Secretary Of War shows the
army has been well and economically supplied;
that our small force has been actively employed,
and has faithfully performed all the service re-
quired OF Il. The morale Of the army has improved
creased during the year.
The Secretary recommends
j. That a pension be granted to the widow Of the
late Lieutenant Henry III. Benner, Eighteenth In
fantry, who lost his life by yellow fever while IN
command of the steamer j. M. Chambers, sent with
supplies for the relief Of sufferers in the South from
that disease.
Q. The establishment of the annuity scheme for
the benefit of the heirs OF deceased officers, as sug-
gested by the Paymaster General.
3. The adoption by Congress of a plan for the
publication OF the records OF the War of the Re-
bellion. now being prepared for that purpose.
4. The increase Of the extra per diem Of sol
dier-teachera employed in pOgt-schOOls, and
liberal appropriations for the erection Of buildings
for schools and libraries at the different posts.
3. The repeal or amendment OF the act of
June Is, 1873, fOrbidding the 'use OF the army as
q posse oomitdtus, or otherwise, for the purpose Of
executing the laws, except in such cases and under
such circumstances as may be expressly author
lied by the Constitution or by act of Congress-"
@. The passage of a joint resolution OF Congress
legaliZing the issues OF rations, tents and medi-
cines, which were made for the relief OF sufferers
from yellow fever.
z. That provision DO made for the erection of a
fire-prOof building for the preservation Of certain
valuable records, now constantly exposed TO de-
structi0n by fire.
These recommendation are all commended to
your favorable consideration.
The report Of the Secretary Of the Navy shows
that the navy has improved during the last fiscal
year. Work has been done on seventy-five vessels,
ten Of which have been thoroughly repaired. and
made ready for sea, Two others are in rapid
progress towards completion. The total expendi-
lures Of the year, including the amount apprOpri-
ated for the deficiencies OF the previous year, were
$1746s, 1892 So. The actual expenses chargeable
to the year, exclusive of these deficiencies, were
$13, 306, 914 90, or $767,1 1919 10 less than those
OF the previous year, and S4,92S,677 IA less
than the expenses, including the deficiencies.
The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1880. are. $14,562,3s 45-exceeding the apprO-
priations of the present year only $33,949 rs;
which excess is occasioned by the demands Of the
Naval Academy and the Marine Corps, as explained
the present fiscal year are $14,528,431 20, which,
In the opinion Of the Secretary. will be ample for
all the current expenses of the Department during
the year. The amount drawn from the Treasury
from July /, to November !, 1873. is 4,740,5 44 ID,
of which S70,960 rs has been refunded, leaving as
the expenditure for that period 81, 669,563 80, or
$520,S99 "a less than the corresponding period Of
the last fiscal year.
The report Of the Postmaster General embraces
a detailed statement OF the operations Of the Post
Office Department. The expenditures of that De-
partment for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1878,
were $3i, 1876 ,084 49. The receipts, including
sales OF stamps. money-6rder business and official
436 80, included in the foregoing statement of cX'
penditures, is chargeable to preceding. years, so
that the actual expenditures for the fiscal year end.
ed June 80, 1873, are $685. CAT so. The amount
drawn from the Treasury on appropriations, in adj
dition to the revenues OF the Department, was
s. 1907. 652 50. The expenditures for the fiscal asa
571 300, and the receipts from all sources at $780,
664 ,023 90, leaving a deficiency to be appropriated
out OF the Treasury Of $5,9O7, SIG 10. The report
calls attention to the fact that the compensation OF
pOstmasters and OF railroads for carrying the mail
is regulated by law, and that the failure of Con-
gress to appropriate the amounts. required for
t1aaa prNO dOao mot rnliaVa tho Gnunrunnnf nf
responsibility, but necessarily increases the de-
iciency bills which Congress will be called upon
to pass.
In providing for the postal service, the following
questions are presented: Should Congress annu-
ally appropriate n sum for its expenses largely in
excess Of its revenues or should such rates Of
postage be established as will make the Depart
ment selt-sustainingi Should the postal service be
reduced by excluding from the mails matter which
does not pay its wayl Should the number of post
routes be diminished Should other methods be
Adopted which will increase the revenues or dimin-
ish the expenses of the postal servicef
The International Postal Congress, which met
at Paris May !, 1878, and continued in session un-
til june A OF the same year, was composed of del.
egates from nearly all the civilized countries OF
the world. IL adopted a new convention, to take
the place of the treaty concluded at Berne October
8, 1874; which goes into effect on the 1st Of April,
1879, between the countries whose delegates have
signed it. 1t was ratified and approved by and
with the consent OF the President August 10,
1873. A synopsis of this Universal Postal Con-
vention will be found In the report of the Postmas-
ter General, and the fun text in the appendix
thereto. In its origin the Postal Union comprised
twenty-three countries, having a population of
three hundred and fifty millions OF people. On the
LIST Of April next IL will comprise forty-tbree coun-
tries and colonies, with O population of more than
six hundred and fifty millions Of people, and will
soon, by the accession Of the few remaining coun-
tries and colonies which maintain organized postal
services, constitute, in fact as well as in name, as
its new title indicates, q Universal Union, regulat-
ing, upon O uniform basis OF cheap postage rates,
the postal intercourse between all civilized Nations.
Some embarrassment has arisen out OF the con-
fict between the customs law Of this country and
the provisions Of the Postal Convention, in regard
to tie transmission of foreign books and newspa-
pers to this country by mail 1t Is hoped that Con
eress will be able TO devise some means OF recon-
CLING the difficulties which have thus heen created,
SO as to do justice to all parties involved.
The business of the Supreme Court, and Of the
Courts In many Of the circuits, has increased 70
such an extent during the past years that add
tional legislation is imperative to relieve and pre-
vent the delay of justice and possible oppression to
%suitors, which is thus occasioned. The encountered
condition Of these dockets is presented anew
In the report of the Attorney General, and the
remedy suggested is earnestly urged for Congress
sional action. The creation OF additional Circuit
Judges, as proposed, would afford o complete
remedy, and would involve an expense-at the
present rate of salaries-of not more than sixty
thousand dollars q year.
The annual reports Of the Secretary of the In
terror and OF the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
present an elaborate account Of the present condi
ton Of the Indian tribes, and OF that branch OF the
public service which ministers to their interests
While the conduct Of the Indians, generally, has
been orderly. and their relations with their neigh
b0rg friendly and peaceful, two local disturbances
have occurred, which were depl0rable In theiI
character, but remained, nappliyi connh e 10 9
content among the Bannocks, which led first Ia
some acts Of violence on the part OF some mem
bers Of the tribe and finally to the outbreak, up
pears TO have been caused by IN INSULT
ntapor ~ fnOd An Tim pAuarvatinn md flia tnRuf1.