ME
iOLITDIE XIV.- -Ntuff4E4
OUT ON
.PICKET.
- Out on pick*
Crouching, hiding neath the thicket,
Scared at every twig that falls;
Oh, confound me! •
can hear them all around me—
Hear those awful Minie balls:
"Ping . - phig I ping I"
Oh, what a.deaclly song they sing S ,
Why do theY"shobt at use I wonder.?
• • "Say, old fellorlt ;-*"
You whose pants are striped'ivitk -
D'you you want to kill me dead as thundef ?
"Louisana,
Tit'ss a kind of off-hand manner,
hooting men you never knew.
Now, just stop, that,
Else You see I'll take a pop at
All such looking meu as you."
Past me rushes • •
Another ball into the bushes.
"Look out for a leaden . pebble I"
- So eielaiming,
This to him while I was alining—
"Crack I" and dying lay the rebel!
So on picket,
Peeping from behind the thicket,
All dity long we kept up shouting
How exciting,
After once you're used to fighting,
'Taking rebels off their footing!
'Tis delightful!
Though at first it seems so frightful
Killing people in this manner.:
Just remember,
It was only last December
Thal they spat upon our banner!
SETH STARK.
"It'sono use torkin 'beaut it, dad. •I'm
goin to fire into the enemy. The Union
is in danger—Varatonut is in danger,
and Hardserabble in partickler is in dan
ger, and . I'm bound -for 'to go. That's
what I Old the old nian, Mister Officer,
and that's what, I tell you If you won't
hat ate; - I'll find out another 'eratin' sta
tion darned (pick."
This speech of a hard fisted, yoritg
Green Mountain Boy, with a rifle iu his
hand, was not long since made to an
cer of a recruiting station in Montpelier,
Vt., who had interposed some objections
to the stout lad's enlisting, to wit : Tliat
his visual organs presented a strong ease'
of strabismus, that his body•was slightly
angular, that his style of speech and wan
ner rather ski - ached the eyes of the gen.
tletnanly cultivated 'lienienant, and who
bad thrown down Blackstone, Kent,
Celle, and other laW commentators for a
swdrd and epaulettes ;,and also because
the applicant was incurably left handed.
"How old arc you ?" asked the lieu
tenant.
"Twenty, last grass." •
"What has been your business ?"
• "Catlin' logs, and shootin' bars in win
ter and drivin' cattle and mourin' grass
in summer." . i
"Shooting bears eh 1"
'Yeas, shootin' bars."
"Then J. suppose you would take aim
at n tree in one direction and his the bear
in another," said the officer ,derisively.—
"I am afraid, in battle you would be much
less dangerous in the enemy's ranks than
in ours."
"I, know that I'm a lettle bit cock eYed,
Mister - Officer, but I've fetched mauy a
bar at more than a hundred rods, and at
turkey shoots they allurs try to caount
Inc
.dout." -
"Count you out; what do yon mean
by that ?"
"Waal, I ain't so profertable. to the
turkey match shooters as some of the rest
of'em, for when I get this 'ere rifle o'
dad's on one of the 'birds, you can reck'n
that he's mine."
"Are you also a good shot 'with the
musket 2"
" "Don't know notbin"bout that kind'of
- ahootin' iron."
"But ours is an infantry company, and
we use smooth bores," suggested the offi
cer.
"Waal, Captain if You don't calkilate
to go to kill, I'm not your man. If yeou
dew, you'd bett(r take me and 'my bar
killer." • •
•
' "Oh, it's impossible that you sl.ould
appear in
,our ranks wish a dark bairelled
weapon. You must leave that weapon
behind."
dew•it Captain. Where the
bar.kill?rgoes, there I goes. Never Bo
no-where without it. You see it's a sure
thing."
. .
''l have no eciticace o
. rit beyond your
word, said the officer, beg inning tolbc irl
tereled :in • the somewh at uncouth indi
vidual. "But put your shouting
skill to the test, and if you can make
three as good shots as t hre_e sharp shooters
tn,tny corps . rn eug amo to enlist you bar
killer and •
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"Give us your fist for that Mister
Officer," 'returned the raw recruit, ex
tending his rough, tan-browned, mid
freckled hand. "If you've got three men
in your corps
_that kin' out; shoot Seth
Stark, I'll "go, hum agin and help did }ter- .
r, °tithe farm.": ' . .
The match was forth With and throe
Privates of the gthan Allen Rangers
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were selected for the trial. Each of
them was famed as a sharp shocitcr, and
particularly,welLskilled in. slie uSe of the .
rifle. . -
A target, representing an Indian
was placed at one hundred rotisAistant";
at Jim appointed time, the three: already
recruiting rangers and. Beth Stark took
their iositionslnliorit of the eoinpany'of
Rangers to witness the apparently une,
q - nal - crintest;"l f isT'o - men were detailed to
stand 'within - six-,rods, on, either ,side. of
the painted to make a reCord_ of
each successive shot, and befdre they
left - the - ranks their comrades m4le, many
, -
good natured but satirical remarks at the
expense of the cross eyed .volunteer„ •
"Bill Burton', be keerful where you
stand when that chap blazes away," said
a carver to Le of the target., "the safest
place willrbe behind
.„!
"Better get under the- batik, Bill,
there's co calculating where lits! bullets
may strike" said another.
!'.T. think the only aura place is in the
rear of the breech;'! said'a third
Slmost every one of the corpsvolun
teered a jocose opinion in reference. to
the crooked eyed, crooked fOrnied, and
otherwise crooked backwoodsman, some
of which' reached the ears of . Seth. who
suddenly facing: the company, while they
were at case, said : "Perhaps; as how
strne on yh wud like to bet a sum on
them 'ereltree sharp shooters?" said
Seth, pulling out from his capacious
lookintr pocket a greasy wallet, which
seemed rather plethoric of batik bills, con
sidering the coarse, seedy gear of the ri
fleman. "I'll lay .ye anything, front a
Sheet of gingerbread to a tew aollar - bill
that I'll take the 'suit out o' you: or.your
sharp shooterS at a rifle shootin',,wraslin',
lit:gain', regular knocli deowti and drug
euut fight."
. "I'll bet 2,•0u,a. dollar you don't hit the
board - onee out of. three times," 'raid one
of the rangers.
"Done—l'll take the bet, and double
the' stakei,'! replied. Seth, drawing 'forth
a one dollar note, and placing, It in the
hands of the orderly sergeant,: white the
ranger did likewise.
"I'll go you a five that Ton will be.
beaten at every, round," said aluuther ran•
ger
your suet•skin;" saitP§eth.
"I'll lay a, five that .you don't out a
tunnle shot uithin the outer circle of .the
bull's eke," offered a third. . •
"Waal, I don't mind taking that 'ere
bet, ten.," said Seth prod Jetrig the money.
"I.ll:go.tiftYieents you don't
,hit the
buli's eye oLlee,'‘ . said a wore eautiotn.
member of the Ethan Allen corpS.
your money, gentjeniari = l'm
good for a dozen or tew More just;' sick
wagers—hey 'em ail.durrn, Mister, Ser.
°cant, so eLere can't be no mistake "
. Seth's invitation was responded toll/
nearly half the •inembers of, the cOmpary
and On.-Liguring up the. aggregate of lull
the stakes, it amounted to nearly tiro
hundred dollars; but at each successive
waxer the.chances of .his winning were
made much smaller, as the last . one that
he bad offered him • required bin] to hie
the bull's eye twice out of three roueds,
and to beat the antagonists . .
r ‘'Nnow, Gentlemen," said Seth. "1
jugt want to make one more bet
lay ten dollars that. I'll hit the btill's eye
three times providin'the winner 'shafted
'over to the tavern aud.spend•lhn stades
in Itreatin' the company.? •
"I'll - take the. wager," said thecaptain
of the rangers, stepping forward and .de
positing the stakes., • "If I •wio' I; shall
not only cheerfully disburse :it in • the
Manner - you suggest, - but receive you in
the corps, and furnish you with a uniform
free of expenso.".
"Good-on your head Captain" was the
reply of, the sharpshooter, "and of I don't
win I'll•be raouud to-morrow, and stand
treat.agin." . ;
The three sharp shooters suggested the
idea of having a rest for rifles as the
range Was long and the slightest variation
of the aim would carry the shot wide of
the:mark.: lluti Seth argued against it,
and: appealed to:the commander.
"You see Captain'," said he, "It's all
very well at a turkey shoot, but it won't .
do in the-woods. when the bars and wolves
are abeout ; and rather guess 'twould'ut
do on the battle fleld,'-unless every solaitr
could kerry a nigger as: they dm at the
South to uie as rests for their shooting
'irons!' ' - • " '
This argument. prevailed and he de•
°hied that the shotS should be Made: off
hati'dlitd ihat ten seconds should be al
lowedin micing l itiui„aftpr;ithe . pieee.iTas
at the shoulder. •
The Indian chief Was painted in gaudyy_
colors, size of life, an.d..the bull's aye was
plaCed onihe WC side ',in Alm .region, of
the heart ; and three ',circles drawn - around
it, and it was - understood that froth the
:centre ofthe bull's eye each shot should .
be measured: The: - -sharp• shooters arid.
the :baeliwoedstilan drew Ints'for the first
fire,' which fell the' forther; who fool:
bis position, and in a reidy "
and adroit
manner opened the contest : and his shot
obotea to tfie oftihto ballootle9, oitO isseipiiqtioil. of 4VID Wet.lls*
GOIIDERSPOJIT, POTTER COUNTY, riECENBER 25, 1.01.1.1.
together with the others, were as ful!ows,
ieeording to the report, of the target Mar
iters.L.
'Ranger No. I.. Was inches from
the outer" circle, grazing theleft.arro.
Ranger NO struck, within one
inch of the inner circle to theright- —a fa.
tal shot.. .
R4uger 3.—Put a half moon in
bull's eye—fatal.
S-Shot ,
-iark. 7 -Siiot perforated ;centre
bull's nit , . . •
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'There Was a considerable buizaring at
the'.resillt of
,the - first round , especially
among ,the spectators, and thoSe 'of the
rangers . . who had not ris4ed: anything on
the result. . ..
'o.n .the secand round the three rangers
ivereiscored us having wade better shots
than ;before but no score for the_ !young
backiioodsman . . „.
Itjwas now the bettees turn to huzza,
although' several
,of. ..thembad lost at
Seth's first shot. •
Tlie third round resulted even :bettre
for the rangers than either of the' otherS,
and 'the, score - was brought in accordingly
but there appeared to be a score fur the
woOld•bc recruit, the shout was terrible,
and * l uau rude jests were made at,Seth's
eitpense.,
"Motig'ltt . younot as well wait till the
umpires . have decided before %Ton begun
to lan( at a fellow Y" ejaculated "I've
seen many a write) trial decided agiti the
,
scorers."
"‘y 4. you don't suppose to say that
you'T hit the target but once ?" agkedia
rawer who had a V staked on the result.
" r biebbe I don't Si liose so, and the' bbe.l
dew," replied Seth.
..111 .ro you two to one ," said the con
si7Hier.
"Take we advice and - dun't you dcw
ii," answered Seth. .
."0,1, ht)! dun' dare, eh,? can't, go one
rt•
arminLit ten !" ejaculated te fello..v. •
~ 1 )anl. yeou kir put up as 'natty tens
as yon please, and of I can't kiver'em
whyYeou . kin pick up Pur change
that'd all. "
.Try hint ! try Mtn ! he's only trying
the brag: game !" cried several i of the
ranzer's uonkiaties.
. .
go my pile on that," said the.co.n
fident one, and Le forthwith produced
sixty I dollars- which Seth covered with
only Six, but then it must be remembered
that Odds. was terribly against him ; inas
muelr as the scorer's report.•if 'confirmed,
would of course give the stakes to his an
tagoti;ist.
The umpires, consisting of an officer of
the company. who had no si•ecial interest
in the result, and two civilians, who were
experts in the sports of rifle shooting, ,
furtliwirth visited the targets,, and exam‘
itted the several bits, and on comparing
them Iwit h the record of thaiseogers it ap
peared there was no mistake. -
"Tlmt hit in the bull's eye," remarked
one of the civil umpires, is ,a magnificen t shot, "..but how so smalrri . slug as that
greeny's title carrys could make so large
an orifice us that, is quite a mystery to
me."
"I 'agree with you there," said the oth
er civilian. -
"I 4 is a'remarkable perforation, certain
ly," remarked the officer of the rangerS,
examining tho hole with scrutiny, and
then turning the taiga around they were
all, struck' with the fact that the shot of
the smallest bored.rifle had really-pierced
much the largest hole through the board.
here, too," he continucd, the cor ,
responding. hole in the trunk of the tree
ogainSt which the 'couterfeit somb:atice'
of thO savage chieftan had rested, "can if
be possible that two bullet's have passed
through this orifice."
.The suggestion was improbable,' but
soinewhat startling. It was again exani=
owed With more scrutiny than before; and
for the purpose of solving the least doubt
the matter; it wasagreed to cut around
the corresponding perforation in the tree,
and tU•the depth of .the spot where the
bullet' hadlodged- A carpenter was forth:
with sent for with instructions -to bring
the proper tools for the job.. In a law
minutes one Ras produced, and- lie went
to work with morticing chisel and mallet
tinder the direction of the umpires, and
after !Oiling some ten or fifteen minutcs
he rentoveti a cube of wood front the tree
of abOut inches in depth, • which on
being split - open carefully, three slugs
pressed firmly against each other'with bt4
little iratiation &cilia true line, were;ta=
ken theretroni; to the wonder and sot
pr.se, tho= umpires. The !doubt was
solvd. *-Sellt, Star/'s bullets . had -tray:-
ersed 'the same line and lodged trgether..
bus a' and laughs were now . upon
our - Sioe,liut'the eettiest, was so,complet
and•.dee6ive—the'vietory so complete
that even those, who had 105 t... money in
the reSiili.'jOined. with the othersin ren
-6614; all litimitge to the eccentric back=
woodsman. Seth was fo: thwith enrolled
iwthai ranks of the-company, and though
'he appeared;very awkward kt first in the
fp" uks he.. is fast requiring to_positinas
and bearing of a well drilled soldier.--
The greatest difficulty he has-to enooun-,
MEM
'ter is bk. left handedness ' 4hile his crook
ed cie Unit troubles his drill officer.
"Eye. f , ont" appears ;always "eyes
left," and "eyes ri,ght" always seems
s to be
4'e es fronti." • ! • • -•
• le Etlian Allen Guards bavP been
recently innstored' .in to, the!service of
ele nd if they ever get intodan en=
pagetnent,. I woe be to thc rebel who be
acme targets of Seth Stai,k the Green
Alountaiu Sharp Shooter. j, '
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i S e cret a ry , Chase's iftepoit.;, ..
The, following is- the. Substance: of the
Report of Secretary Chase,' We com
mend it to our-readers for the encourag.
ing titatenMuis.it Contains of. the financial
affairsiif the country. .., . • ,' .
Mr.! Chase begins by stating - the sev
eral.,expedients resorted tj to
,meet the
it'
estimates made fait Sunlr for th i n year
t ending Junin 1862, of, $318,519,581 87.
lWith. these the pUblic are familiar. To
provide, fist, for•immedia e•eligencies,
TrtJaserY notes fur 814,019,034'66, pay
able in two years, at 6 per Ident...itWerest,
and another amount of 61P,877,850, at
the Seine rate of interest.. blit payable in
60 days, were issued. Next an arramre
went was Made wit'', the Banks,. b'y lwhich
tiro loans of $50,000,000 each in August
and Oetebek., and the loan id NoYember
110. on! tivelity years six per cent, (bonds
of 84h,795,478 48" were elf4.te.d;
,ancLin
addition to these, the • demand Tlasury
• notes in circulation and . on deli', sit of
€.24.550,325, made an. aggregate Slum of.
.8197,2=12 ; 588 14. , • i
Thereeeipts from' the Custom .have
not, been so large as the 'Secretary had
eStiniated by about 825,500,000,r But
the appropriations nowitiskid for Making
all due allowange, ironn the experience
hf the lash six months ate $213,904,
427 68.
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•The.Secretary.reconiinended economy;
i-
retrenchment and reform. 't.',`nrie4ssary.
hffices ;should be abolished;!, and salaries
'educed wkerever it is praeficable. The
property of. Rebels; he thinks, shOuld be
}Wade to pay; as far as' pyisible, for. the
wear they have •provolted, and - be! onfis
, cited tti.tritit end. , .S.laves, Rie.su,gesr,t,
..
play . be put to a better use than were con
fiscation, by' being etnancipated and'pitt
Jo useful labor on wages. i
1* The; 04)i change - ye prdposes
tariff, is to augatent, 'the duty on
Sugar 23 cents per pound; tli t ater')
1 t i
On clayed sugar; to tive.rity ceti
poundon green tea, and five'eents
fee.' The lneonie ,tax 'he. apvisesl
Crea'nd, so that With that and due
i ptilli, distilled liquors, ' tobacco, ;
noes, ;.,carriages, le! . .tacies,..Ste., a su
850,000,000 may be realized. An
More ik»por i tant suggeStions!'in tit'
, ~
of Treasury Notes,, as currency, is
by the' Secretary. 'The circulation' ,
'Ranks of the United States, 1• c esdi
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at sometning over 8-00,000,000, of r
18150.000,0(10 is in the ioyil States '
i he cortSiderti a loan
.without interest
the people iz; the haakS, and it is d
l ing of eensitleration, whether this a,
rage inay,ritit be transferreeto the
brninetit. There are tiro ways of:
this; first ajg.radtial wittidra,,ival of
notes from ciroulation; and isinin ,, in
Stead United'States notes, pay it
, ~
in amount sufficient for currency.
• • .1 ‘•
Other is - the pr,:paratum and denv
institutions and Association of P I
States 'notes., conYertiblii into( coin
pled g elot United States bonds.and'tt
itlier rieedfal regutatinnv. The firsi
he thiaks liable to: the hazald-of Pk
• .t
and all thpir evil consequences, and!t,
fore ohjecti'onable. ' The se4ond • k
1 , 1 - , i, ,
Troves nf, as giving a uniform ands
currency, safe against ideprqeititiohl,
l lteeted against loses ti
in disco a
• - 1 • ,
eliungeit, and affiirding 'an alleviatik
the bqdensl of the *oar in the inett
facilities foil obtaining the loans recto
;Snell notes Would bp the safest cur?
It he country ever had, available in all!
of the. Unio'n, as tlie notes' Would It
ceivablt - for ' i everYthirig, but duties.
!plan is !recominended with the gr
Confidence: 10f the' power of Congrk
!put such a Iplan: in; of eratioti he hi
',doubt.
The;total,receipta for the i. yearn
;tint:tied at $229,501.994 gB, of ik
animint , $213,904.,427 86 nn be .
tiled for;'bv loans.. • The estitilatetol
. ~
11863, should the war last IsO lok
'8654,980,920 51. __Add fa ;this ilk
serest On what tin already Ore, ano
'debt will be aka $900,006,000... Cl
ability to "raise that sum there canl
,- •
AuostioN and, according to Law tie
has hithertol . taken the nation to pi
its•slebts, this . will be liquidated inii
30 years.. , ' • ! ~- I
Such. arel the fllain, points of tk
• - .
:part., with an additional recommend
in favoi of ,Opening trade as . fast
penetrate into the South. The demi
befits A be high character which .Igr,f
has-earned - 4' s a financial' officer sin es
portfolio of the Treasury has been
hands. I -,• .1 . - 1 i , -
, Why is palui•tFee like chrouolo
Because it urnishes dates.
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I
R.epOrV
of the Secretary of the
Interior. I
oft o' the HortiCaleb B. Sinitt l ,
aln
I 7 15. 'sllllt,
!of th e i n ocentlies -eigli
a baif closely printed. octave
a gr4it deelinb in the busines l s
aliment has t plee during
Seeret4ry
teen and
of the pa
the fisnal ear, attributable'ta to the nation
al diffiethies. The decliLie hen most sen
sibly affiec.ed the' nperattims of tho G-eti
oral Lund Office. , In idyll° Northern
states.tti Ilia any of the public laud
are sitnat d the war ban, almost entirely
, .
suspended sales: i ' • -
,1
• On thel3othl September, i 1861, there
were 55,45,595,0'45 aches of the publie
lands whidh lia. been surveyed but not
proclaimed for public: sale. The land
surveyed, ndi dffiered at public sale previL
ous to 'am, timc, and then subj` ect to prig
r
vate intr . ' innonnted 40 1 '78,662,735.64
acres, ;Ina lag an ; ag roc to l of publiel
lands surveyed nd, ready for sale of 134, 1 - 1
1
218,310,8 acres. j ~ :j ;' , . , 1
Since die last annual :report no proclai
mation foa public Sale of lands has bee?
made/as :t to nUantity ;'rilready subject t 3
private e try • is More: than sufficient to
meet the antsl "of the country:: Du r rin ,
the &Oa!
.. ear mullet; ,30t1i June, 1861,
and the ti st quiirter of the current year,
erdinii . 3 th S l artimberf 1861, 5,289 f
3 . 2
5,31 ac es have been disposed of. Of
t his' anion t 1,021,493;77 acres,: havn been
certified to the States of Minnesota, Mich
igan and onisnma l , under raiirbad grants
Made by COngie's : s ;606,094,47 acres hay:
been certified to States as swamp lands ;
2,153,9401 acre hive 'been located wlitli
bounty lar'd wariaii.s, :and 1,51)8,004,07
acres' have been sold' for-cash, producing
$925,299'42.
1 FroM •th'
. .„
ie sta l tementjt mit be seen t.ba,t
.13 1 1
!ands!_.'!atie caased substantially,
!sent at least, to be .a Source of
the government: . During tha
has becri certified to the Stat 6.
1 ..
construction 9,908,407 acre . 1
I of swamp and Overflowed lanid
k g re2ue , of 57,895,677 acrei.
dutilland warrants and scrip
er diherent •cts of Conf , res ,l
iii September SU, 15W.1., !etn brae - i
te_ofl7l,7l7,l72.acres of lan . 1
Egress shall authorize the issu
;1 ci whrrants,..this draia upon
landS will soon cease.
-reta•Y dOei not favor the isSuL
l i nty land ,warrants to the vulun
ed in c tlie present war, on th
!fit a }warrant for one hundred
licreelto 'each velunteer wound
one huadred millions of acresi.
. I }.
Id delnrive the! government elf
:from this Source, :PA weal.,
ittle benefitltd the volunteersl.
liis and now sold in the'rnarke
ty cents ppii acre, and if th 4
lona' quatitity' vi:ai thrown ii,
the prices would be reduced
y noininal sl.lin.- The 'bounty ';of
inient thSpensed to the vollioF
is form, wOuld failltO realizejo
advantages I iatended; 'All the(
I 'Would fall :into :;the bands ofl
s, who would he enabled to purl
- 1 .
i at a nominal Price. and sell)
itlerslat full prices as fait as'
11 to the 'West. would" require
ettlernent. ' If , additional coml.
1 ! I
!t) the volunteers beyond :the
,w autioarized by law, shall be
.list' !add- proper', the Secretary
rat it will, be better: both for!
timent and' the Volunteers t 6!
, ' ' ' 'bya d! . ' '
i compensation! direct ap- i
I of money, or! of governtuen
T.hi! would-give drat th 1
! of t2tneie appropriation made!!
?over nt would, •bY keeping'
1 .
intil they shall be. demanded
1
Fnt, 'rFalize their full value.-
vith the Indian tribes are iu a s
tied and !unsatisfactory , co.ndi I
, ! ar <76 tribes ,of Cherokee:4;j
t, anal Choektavvs; situated itfl
MI!
from r
..serv
idvan-
Gov
doing
bank
their
coin
The
ry to
hilted
ri the
under
the souoi'm
vended ail.
the United
mad •agents
Marchlast,
their poftsi
the tribo 1
perinten Li
agents qf,c l
who weye:i
have as6tni
United 11Sts
Indiansjo I P
• The Co
expresses t
retary edno i
the•uSuAl a
the treaty
State,l(ha l
them, i'fcti
of thb - OM
proper and
- The 41, 1
classes an,
Pt
on tIM
requiri4 f
of 051:117t
~ 4
.
ft] suPerilntendenCy, have sus-I,
ntereburse with the Pgpts'of
States:
,•ThelsUperintenden
appointed.sineel the .4th io
have heel] Unable to reach
jo' rto old anylptereoUrSe with
undo their ch'ar4e._ , The PuJ
Pt an - some, if not
_ail; of t 4
the so thern stiperinienneney,
•
in l
of f ice op the ;411.1 of March
ied atttude Of 'revolt to .6 I
ates, and have. l instigated th
acts cif hostility. : :- -
ininissioUer 'of !Indian' Affairs,
itzi opinion, in ivbiehlibe
• See
J
urs,tl'4 r ngress should make,
ppropriation
io ComPty with
stipulations of ;the ; united
the means muyi - jes;St to' icayi,
lenttlanCes: and the 'condition'
bes shalt • hereafter render it'
ilexpedient. to do . &o. j;'
e• number of pen'lioriCriofa
he .rolls - Pf the. PensiUd bureau
otj',Une, 1861, ',was : 116;10N
r their painient; an U4;regatel
V , OK " . :' 1 1 , Y..: ° - . . - ' 1
[The:
eatest
1-
ess to
e es-
I Lica
rovi•
ulv,
l g . , is
e 10
7 our
If our
be no
tne it
ay off
about
l e Re
ltion
s we
went
nase
e fle
d his
'Whits t
it is full, o
lie world like a Piano ?+--. Can . 's
sharps and flats. '
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Repor!_pf t he - rosf.ta smite, flu
- •' • - erati
The Postmaster General's• report states
that the whdle 'titimber of past
_offinesin
the - Tinited State 4 on the 30th'. ef„
1861, was 28,586 1 4 that entire
number of • easeskieted upon. - during the
same „period was 110,63%, ioe;tudieg Ap
pointments made by the Postmaster-Gen
eral,was. 9,235, and - the, numher.
_by the
President duringi - ihe same period 337.,
The aggregate earnings • of din ilifferelit
tranS-Atiantie steamship lines during the
year ending June 30, 1861, were l s3o2 e -•
887 63:
The expenditures of the . department
the :fiscal year ending June, 30;1.861,
amounted to $13,696,759
The exPenditures were 14;874,772`.59,_
b
shoWin , " a'deerease in 1861 :of $1,28,-
0 1 3 78.
The gross revenue for the year 140-1.,
inclading receipts from letter earners and
from foreign• postages, amounted to: fB,-
349,296 40. • •
The estimated deficiency of deans:for
1861, as presented in the anntid report
for this, department December 3, 189,
was 65,988,424 04, Deducting tbaacr
tual.deficiency, 84,651,966 98, and there
is an excess of estimated deficiency over
actual deficiency of $1,436,457: 06.'-'7
The revenue 'trom all sources
during the itar 1860 : amount-,
ed. to
The r'evenue from all sources
during the year 1801, araonut
ecl; to 1
Decrease of revenue for 1861,
,$168,771!'9,0
The net proceeds from post 01E00 in
the loyal States for the fiscal years ending
Jane 30, 1860, of $3,688,600' 56, and
in 1861, $3,801,486 08, showing aa in
ereaSe in - MR of $112,796 52 ; and in
the "disloyal States in 1860, $8,20,546.,57,
and in 1861. $671;706 70,, showin a
decrease in 1861 of 8142.839'81..
The decrease in 1861 from the, net pre
coeds of 1860 in, all the. State% appears to
be $30,043 29
Statement of the receipts and expendi
tures of_ the disloyal States and atnouni,
Olegpa _to be due' to contractors; 'the
fitn'udrit actually paid to contractors &En
Judy, 1, 1860, to May 31, 1861: I
Total expentlibire $3.699.150, 47
Tett! gross receipts • 1,241,220 O
. Excess of expenditures over
• receipts
Amount alleged to be due to
contractors, for transports-
Eon .
Amount actually Raid for trans
portatioa,
Leaving.amonnt alleged to be i ' " "1
due end unpaid . !$312,ti95i 49
i - • I j '
1 The estimate of the total expeaditures
' for 1862 is somewhat less than those, ot
,
I.
previous years heretofore submitted. This
difference arises from the :feet that only
partial e,stimates , are made for, the cost -of
postal service in states where it is•now
suspended. . .•
The appropriation for defenses in. 1862
I was .5,391,350 63, while the amount'
estimated to' - be required fromlthe Treas.
lury f0r,1860, is 88,145,000. I ,
1
I The whole number of ordinary dCad
letters received and examinedi during the
year was about 2:550,000. The number
of these letters containing money, whip]]
were registered and sent anti during On.,
year ending June 30, 1861, -- wis 10,580..
The number of dead letters returned
l unopened to foreign countriesduriog the-.
fiscal year was 111,147,- which added to
l the number of domestic letters' (103,880),
sent out as above, gives the Whole Quai
-1 ber sent out from the dead letter ofsco
fur the year, 215,033. The resultof silo.
cessful' investigation in 7,560 nases..cen...
firms the past experience of the depart-
ment, that the failure of a letter - to roach
its,deztination is, in the vast majmity i of 1
instances,
the fault alone of the writer ' or
' sender. - Out of the above 7,560. 'valuable
dead letters, 3,095 were directed 'to the
wrong office, 467 were imp l rfectly ad.
dressed; 6.12 were directed to trapsient , ,
persons; 257 to parties who had changed
their residences;, 821 were addressed to
factition&_persons or - firms; 83 were tin
nailed . for; 10 without any :directions;
2,136 were not mailed for want of Pci l st,
age stamps ; 79 :were mis-sent ; and for
the failtra of postmasters to deliver 133,
no satisfactory reason was assigned. The -
department therefore can justly be held
responsible for the nondelivery-• of but'
212 of these letters. - Much other' valua
ble data is given' on this ,subject - ,.and it.'
is worthy of remark Allot, eut . .ef 76,769 . •
letters,.before alluded to, originating:in
the loyal . States, and addressed to resi
dents of .disloyal f States 40,000 could, not ,
be returned, either because the aignattirq . -
of the writer was . incomplete, ; or beonit,, :
the letter contained'. no 'clue leAirs 4 o. - It,
denee. The experience of the Pnpart-,
ment shows: that a large pri,p,Ortiop,ol*;
mestic letters written by edtiqatniritersonti, ;
end partictilarly , women, are deficient , in ,
one ex, botb• of ,theie respects.;An view
of these and other facti.the -Posimiateri'
General suggests that valuable dead let: -
ters, when returned to their owners,should
i - liT;i:.."-f:,. , ,..iiiititi-' :L ., .:f
i-e - .::' 4::)3'f ~7,1.
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2,323,061 i 63
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