Supplementary Treasury Report. Letter from the secretary of the treasury, transmitting a report supplementary to his report of the first in stant, on the state of the finances. December 28, 1820, referred to the committee of ways and means. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 21st December, 1820. Sin: In conformity with the provisions of the 8th section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, entitled "An act in addition to the several acts for the estab. lishment and regulation of the treasury, war, and and navy departments," statements are annexed to the estimates of the public expenditure for the year 1821, which are herewith transmitted, shew. ing $11,381,975 00 ready made 93,688 90 1. That the permanent appropria tions, and those for a term of years not yet expired, amount to 2. That, of the sums appropriated for 1820, and previous years, it is estimated that there will remain on the books of the treasury, on the 1st of January, 1821, 3. That there will be, on that day, in the hands of the treasurer, as agent of the war and navy depart ments 4. That the whole amount of unex- -1,407,213 56 made €65,164 61 758,853 51 -2,556,228 00 Public debt, payments 4,900,000 00 already made and to 7,834,860 32 Making the aggregate sum of 5,417,830 83 9,662,295,07 And leaving a balance against the several appropriations were made 3,632,659 41 necessary to complete the service of the year 1820, 6. And that there will remain unexor to effect the objects for which the several appropended, and not necessary to ef priations were made, are, in the above statement, fect the objects for which the se. considered a charge upon the treasury during the veral appropriations were made 4,202,200 91 fourth quarter of the year; although it is probable As it is ascertained that the sum of $4,202,200 91, that a portion of those sums may not be drawn unwith the exception of $1,860,437 57, which have til late in the ensuing year, and, possibly, a small been deducted from the estimates of the war depart not before the year 1822. In the annual repartment for 1821, and which will form a part of port, no sum was charged upon the 4th quarter, but the expenditure of that departiment during the what was understood would be drawn. year, will not be required, if that amount should The estimates of the receipts into the be directed to be carried to the account of the surtreasury during the year 1821, preplus fund, the estimates for the year 1821, and the sented in the annual report of the treasury, amounts to balance against the treasury on the first day of that year, as presented in this report, will remain to be provided for. It may be proper to observe, that all sums which will be carried to the account of the surplus fund, on the 31st day of this month, are not comprehended in any of the foregoing statements. Inaccuracies having been discovered in the estimate of the probable expenditure of the year 1821, presented in the annual treasury report of the 1st instant, resulting, principally, from the different manner of keeping the warrant and appropriation accounts in the treasury, war, and navy depart ments, 1 avail myself of this occasion to correct those inaccuracies, and to present the amount of the deficiency which will have to be provided for daring the ensuing year. The receipts into the treasury during ed to $22,326,244 63 Military department, in- Amounting together to 3,428,076 81 16,550,000 00 Which presents an excess of expenditure, beyond 5,477,776 76 17.504,019 79 954,018 29 4,204,464 24 5,158,483 03 Which, added to the balance estimated against the 16,908,413 89 Leaves, to be provided for, the sum of But the secretary of the navy has stated in his let- gradual increase of the navy, and of the appropria tion for 1821, will be required by the department in the course of that year. The balance now in the treasury is estimated at $1,610,000.* I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. SMITH THOMPSON, WM. H. CRAWFORD. Secretary of the navy. NAVY DEPARTMENT, December, 18th 1820. 500,000 00 Will leave a balance against the treasury of Dolls. 4,658,483 03 It will be perceived that this balance is less than that presented in the annual report of the treasury, by $2,793,103 74, which amount consists, 1st, of the sum which, it has since been found, will not be wanted for the naval service; 2d, of balances of appropriations, for civil list, and miscellaneous objects, which, it appears, upon subsequent examinaSIR: In reply to your letter of the 13th inst. in tion, will not be required; 3d, of an excess in the estimate of the charge for the military service, re-relation to the amount that will be required in 1821, sulting from the different mode of keeping the war- of the balance on hand of the appropriation for rant and appropriation accounts in the different the gradual increase of the navy, and of the approdepartments; and, 4th, of the balance in the hands priation for the same object for that year, I have of the treasurer, on the 1st of January, 1820, as the honor to transmit a copy of a letter from the agent of the war department, which ought to have commissioners of the navy, which contains the inbeen deducted from that charge, as it had already formation required; and, I would respectfully add, that is believed, there will be no necessity for been drawn from the treasury. equipping, during the year 1821, any of the vessels authorized to be built under the act for the gradual increase of the navy, so that it may be safely calculated that only one half of the appropriation under that act for the ensuing year will be required. I have the honor to be, with great respect, sir, your most obedient servant, In determining the amount of the loan which will be necessary for the service of the year 1821, if that shall be the only mode resorted to for meeting the deficiency, it is proper to state, that, of the sum now in the treasury, there are upwards of 600,000 dollars of special deposite, which cannot be availa. ble during the year. The time necessary to transfer the revenue collected in the western states, and in those bordering on the gulf of Mexico, beyond what is expended in those states, to the places where it will be expended, may be estimated, upon an average, at six months. One half of the sums collected in those states may, therefore, be considered, through the year, as in a situation not to be applicable to the demands upon the treasury; as it will be in transitu between the places of collection and those of expenditure. If this amount be stated at 600,000 dollars, there will be, through the year, the sum of 1,200,000 dollars, which cannot be considered as available. To insure the prompt discharge of all demands upon the treasury, and to place the public credit beyond the reach of accident, the sum of 1,000,000 ought to remain in the treasury. It is probable that, of the appropriations for 1821, nearly that amount will remain in the treasury, or in the hands of the treasurer, as agent, at the end of the year. But it is considered unsafe to trust to that contingency. It is, therefore, respectfully submitted that provision be made for raising the sum of $7,000,000 in aid of the funds which it is estimated will be received into the treasury during the year 1821. If that amount should be raised by loan, the interest of the debt, thus created, will increase the public expenditure, and render the amount proposed to be raised indispensable. I remain, with respect, your most obedient, serWM. H. CRAWFORD. vant, The hon. JoHN W. TAYLOR, Speaker of the house of representatives. Hon. WM. H. CRAWFORD, SMITH THOMPSON. Secretary of the treasury. NAVY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE, 15th December, 1820. SIR-The commissioners of the navy, in reply to the letter of the honorable the secretary of the treasury to you, dated 13th inst. which you were pleased to refer to this board, have the honor to state: That, if the unexpended balance of the appro- I have the honor to be, &c. JOHN RODGERS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF WAR, 13th December, 1820. November 14th, 1820. SIR: In presenting the estimates for the service SIR: I herewith transmit the estimates of this of the year 1821, it is necessary, under the act of the last session, to estimate the sum remaining from department for the year 1821, amounting to former appropriations for the navy department, $4,585,352 61, of which $2,590,136 17 is on acwhich will not be required to defray expenses in-count of the army, including the military mademy; curred in the present year. To enable me to perform this duty, I have the honor to request, that you will state what amount of the balance on hand of the appropriation for the *Subsequent to the date of this letter there was drawn from the treasury $500,000 on acount of the gradual increase of the navy. $1,381,079 on account of fortifications and ord-|sage an increase of appropriation for Indian affairs nance; 8614,137 44 on account of pensions, ar-equal to that amount. Of the sum thus brought to rearages prior to the first of January, 1817, and the the credit of subsistence, about $65,000 will be reIndian department; and, agreeably to your request, quired for the service of this year, (subsistence I have annexed to the estimates the probable having been debited nearly to that amount in the amount of the balances of the appropriations which settlement of other accounts) and the remainder, will remain at the termination of this year, and viz $65,205 44 may be considered as a balance at may be made applicable to the service of the year the end of the year, and deducted from the esti 1821. mate, which will leave to be appropriated for the subsistence of the army, in the year 1821, $301,304 56. Of the appropriation for clothing, a ba lance will remain amounting probably to $13,162, which, deducted from the estimate, will leave $369,125 56 to be appropriated. The estimate for the pay of the army is made on the supposition that the military establishment will be full, but as, in point of fact, that never is the case, and as the military establishment, including officers, will probably not much exceed ten thousand in the aggregate, at the commencement About $6,000 will remain unexpended of the ap. of the next year, it is believed that the sum of propriation for the medical and hospital depart$1,136,784 will be sufficient under this head for the ment, which, being taken from the estimate, will year 1821; from which the probable balance re-leave $40,527 93 to be appropriated. maining on the first of January next, amounting to In the quartermaster's department there will be $166,029, being deducted, will give $970,755 to a deficiency of about $20,000 00. It has been be appropriated for pay. the sum appropriated by that amount, which, being found impossible to bring the expenditure within added to the sum estimated, will give $483,540 00 to be appropriated. Under the head of appropriation for forage, there will probably be a deficit of $8,973, which, added to the estimate, gives the sum of $51,573 to be appropriated for the service of the next year. It s proper to observe, that it is impossible to estimate accurately the amount under this head of Risbursement, as, under the act of congress, and die regulations of the department, the officers ave, to a limited extent, the right of drawing foage in kind, or commuting it at the rate of $8 per onth for each horse, and that it is only in the lat er case that it is paid out of the appropriation or forage. The expense in the former case is harged to the appropriation for the quartermaser's department. The balance of the appropriation for retained Dunties, &c. which will probably remain at the nd of the year, will about equal the estimate, and onsequently no appropriation will be required for e next year. Appropriations equal to the estimates will be reired for subsistence to the officers and clothing their servants. The expenditure under the appropriations for the military academy and for fortifications will about equal the appropriation. A balance will remain of the current expenses of the ordnance department of about $42,671 00, which, taken from the estimate, will leave to be appropriated $57,329 00. balance will remain of about $10,000 00, which Of the appropriation for the national armories, a will leave $350,000 00 to be appropriated. The payments under the appropriation for arrearages, previous to the 1st January, 1817, will about equal the appropriation. Under the operation of the act of the 1st May last, a balance will remain of the appropriation for revolutionary pensions of $1,391,731 13, which, the disbursements of next year, and no appropri it is believed, will be more than sufficient to meet ation will accordingly be required. A balance of $101,068 00 will remain of the appropriation for invalid and commutation pensions, which, deducted from the estimate, will leave 8213,932 00 to be appropriated. Of the appropriation for bounties and premiums, ere will be a probable balance of $52,082, which l be more than sufficient to meet the estimate for xt year, and consequently no appropriation will required. The large amount which will reThe payments under the appropriation for halfin under this head of appropriation is princi- pay pensions will about equal the appropriation. ly to be accounted for by a credit amounting to The expenditure under the appropriation for In5,364 56, with which it was credited, and sub-dian affairs will not equal the appropriation of the ence debited, in the settlement of the account last session by a few thousand dollars, but, as that Robert Brent, late paymaster general of the ar- appropriation will be debited as soon as there is a = the effect of which has been to increase by sufficient appropriation by the sum of $130,205 44, t amount the former, and diminish the latter ap-as has already been stated under the head of subpriation. balance of $12,489 will probably remain of the ropriation for the contingent expenses of the ruiting service, which, being deducted from the mate for the next year, leaves $14,511 to be ropriated. o balance will remain of the appropriation for ingencies of the army. he appropriation for subsistence on the settlet since the last session of congress of the acats of Ward and Johnson, under their contract he 20th July, 1815, and those of William T. bone, under his contract of the 5th November, , has become entitled to a credit of $130,205 44 nst the Indian department, which accounts, for want of a sufficient appropriation in the latter rtment, 'emain suspended at the office of the nd comptiller, and will require for their pas sistence, it will be necessary to make provision in the next year's appropriation to meet this debt. It is believed that $170,000 00 will be sufficient to meet the current disbursements of next year, to which add $130,205 44, and it will give $300,205 44 to be appropriated for the next year. It is proper to observe that this debit against the Indian department has arisen principally from provisions issued in holding Indian treaties, which, being issued by the contractors, were, in the first instance, paid out of the appropriation for subsistence, but on the settlement of their accounts was brought to the debit of the appropriation for Indian affairs. I have the honor to be, your most obedient servant, J. C. CALHOUN. The hon. WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, secretary of the treasury. armorers, 5 smiths, (light artillery,) 5 trumpet Organization of the Army. ment of the organization of the army, intended as a DEPARTMENT OF WAR, artillery,) 720 gunners artillery, 180 matross light artillery, 1,440 matross, artillery, 10 workmen, 45 soldiers of the train, light artillery.--Total 2,950. INFANTRY. 9 Colonels, 9 lieutenant colonels, 9 majors, 90 captains, 90 first lieutenants, 90 second heutentants. Total officers 297. 360 Sergeants, 360 corporals, 9 armorers, 9 drum majors, 90 drummers, 2,520 privates, 18 workmen. Total 5,366. 75 artificers workmen of ordnance, SIR-I have to request that you will submit to the house of representatives the enclosed, as a substitute for so much of table A, which accom-6,391 rank and file. panied my report of the 12th instant, as relates to the details of organization. In putting up the report, the original draught was taken in lieu of the one herewith enclosed, I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, J. C. CALHOUN, To the speaker of the house of representatives. Organization of the army as proposed under the reso lution of the house of representatives of May 11, 1820. GENERAL STAFF. Note. To each regiment 'and battalion a subaltern will be assigned as adjutant, and one as quartermaster, and in all cases where officers of the dine are assigned to the staff, their pay in the Inte is merged in that of the staff, whieh is, in fact, but an additional allowance for the extra expense attending such situations. The following bill was reported by the military committee, of the house of representatives, on the 28th of December last-twice read and referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the union. We take it out of its proper place in the proceedings of congress, for more convenient reference and comparison: 3 Major generals, 4 aids-de-camp,-subalterns of Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the first the line; 4 brigadier generals, 4 aids-de-camp,subalterns of the line; 1 judge advocate, 6 topogra-day of May next, the military peace establishmen: phical engineers, 4 assistant topographical, engi- of the United States shall consist of six thousand non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, neers, 1 adjutant and inspector general. with a due proportion of field and company officers, 2 Adjutants general, 4 assistant adjutants geneaccording to the present organization of companies, ral, 2 inspectors general, and in such proportions of artillery and infantry as 4 assistant inspectors ge. the president of the United States shall direct; and that the corps of engineers, asat present establish neral. ed, be retained in service. All except three are officers of the line, and it is contemplated to have them all of the line as vacancies occur. Quartermaster's department. 1 Quartermaster general, 2 deputy quartermas ters general, 16 assistant deputy quartermasters general. Eight of these are officers of the line, and it is contemplated to have them all of the line as vacancies occur. Paymaster's department. 1 Paymaster general, 19 paymasters: 1 Commissary general, 1 assistant commissary Subsistence department. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the presi dent of the United States cause to be arranged the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, of the several corps of troops now in service, in such manner as to form and complete the corps to be retained in service under this act, consolidating the corps of ordnance and the corps of light artillery with the corps of artillery, and the corps of riflemen with the infantry, and cause the supernumerary officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, to be discharged from the service. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there sha 1 Commissary general, with as many assistant commissaries as the service may require--all subal-be one brigadier general, with one aid-de-camp, one terns of the line. Medical department. 1 Surgeon general, 2 assistant surgeons Engineer Corps, assistant adj't general, and one assistant inspector general; there shall also be one adjutant general, gene-one quartermaster general, and one judge advocate each with the rank, pay, and emoluments, of a co lonel of cavalry, as heretofore prescribed by las, There shall also be a paymaster general, with a 59 lary as heretofore fixed by law; a commissary gene ral of purchases, with a salary of two thousand de lars per annum, and one assistant commissary gene ral of purchases, whose compensation shall not ex 12 Professors and masters, 250 cadets, 1 adjutant ceed two and a half per centum on the public mo subaltern. 1 Colonel, 1 assistant engineer, 1 lieutenant colonel, 2 majors, 6 captains, 6 lieutenants, 6 second Lieutenants. Military academy. ARTILLERY. neys disbursed by him, nor the sum of fifteen hun dred dollars per annum; and two military store 1 Colonel commandant, 1 colonel of ordnance, 1 keepers, to be compensated as heretofore; on lieutenant colonel of ordnance, 2 majors of ordnance, commissary general of subsistence, with as m 5 lieutenant colonels of battalions, 5 majors of bat-assistants as the service may require; one surge talions, 7 captains of ordnance, 5 captains of light artillery, 40 captains of artillery, 10 lieutenants of light artillery, 80 lieutenants of artillery, 10 second lieutenants of light artillery, 80 second lieutenants of artillery.--Total officers 247. 15 Sergeants of light artillery, 120 sergents of artillery, 30 corporals of light artillery, 240 corporals of artillery, 5 corporals of the train, 5 general with a salary of two thousand dollars pe annum, and one apothecary general, with a sala of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shal be, to each regiment of infantry, and to each ba talion of artillery, one adjutant, one quartermaste and one paymaster, one surgeon, and on assista surgeon. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, the topographical engineers and their assistants shall be discharged from the service of the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the judge advocate shall keep an office in the city of Wash ington, and, in addition to the duties which may be assigned to him by the president of the United States, he shall keep a record of all trials by general courts martial, and report the decisions. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all officers of the army, whose continuance in service is not provided for by this act, shall be discharged from the service of the United States; and that to each commissioned officer, who shall be deranged by virtue of this act, there shall be paid, in addition to the pay and emoluments to which he shall be entitled at the time of his discharge, three months pay. Foreign Articles. EUROPE GENERALLY. The emperors of Russia, and Austria, and king of Prussia, had assembled at Trappan, on business relative to the late revolutions in Spain, Portugal and Napels. Lord Stewart appeared there as the representative of Great Britain. An article from Frankfort states, that a treaty has been concluded by the British government with the Porte, which has offended the emperor of Rus sia, and may even influence the negociations at Trappan. It also mentions a report that the em. peror Alexander had withdrawn the contract, for clothing for his army, from England, and conferred it on a company of Prussian manufacturers. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. cle was lately published in the New York National Advocate: "One of the physicians who was in consultation on the body of the princess Charlotte, after her death, has arrived in the United States, and is going to communicate, from this country, to the British nation, the particulars which caused the unexpected and unaccountable death of that aniiable woman, who would, bad she lived, have removed from office the present British ministerial tyrants, and have given freedom to the British people." The queen's answers to the addresses presented, often contain very remarkable language. We have inserted several specimens. The following is her answer to an address of the printers "The press is at this moment the only strong old that liberty has left. If we lose this we lose all. We have no other rampart against an implacable foe. "The press is not only the best security against the inroads of despotism, but it is itself a power that is perpetually checking the progress of ty. ranny, and diminishing the number of its adhe rents. That sun never rises which does not, before it sets, behold some addition to the friends of liberty. To what is this owing? To what can it be owing, but to the agency of the press? The force of truth is ultimately irresistible; but truth, without some adventitious aid, moves with a slow pace, and sometimes its motion is so slow as to be imperceptible. The press is its accelerating power. The press gives it wings. The press does more for truth in a day, than mere moral teaching could in a century. "What is it that has made the members of the holy alliance turn pale with dread? It is that the There were several defaulters on the stock ex-press has inspired the love of liberty even in the change on the 15th, Nov. and the stocks varied consi- sword." derably. The 3 per cents closed at 694. Business was also interrupted by a party of persons who publicly burnt the Morning Post newspaper in the exchange. American 6 per cents, 105 to 106. Several American smugglers have been caught off the Irish coast, laden with tobacco. Jonathan seems determined to "turn the tables" on Johu, for many get their cargoes landed safe. The answer to the sawyers, in the dock yards, is equally decisive-from which the following are extracts "All governments is a trust: and every trust implies accountableness in the trustee. A trustee without accountableness would be a solecism in terms.” It is expedient at all times, and it is more particularly requisite in the present times, that the people should have just, precise and definite notions on this subject. For arbitrary power will always be predominant, in proportion as the people are more imperfectly acquainted with their rights, and with Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, taking into consideration the depressed state of agriculture, has generously applied the sponge to the great arrears upon his rental, and has thus fairly claimed for himself the old title of the head of his family, "the duties of their rulers." prince of Wales." It is not a little singular, that the wives of three gentlemen in Chesterfield, all skinners by trade, and the only skinners in the town, were, within a few days of each other, delivered of twins, and all females. Trial of the queen. In the Register of the 23d ult. we brought the manner in which it has been managed, whether the prosecu down our sketches of this most infamous affair-(infamous from tion was right in itself or not), until the 2nd of November, when the proceedings were interrupted by the sudden indisposition of arrival at New-York we now have a particular account of the lord Erskine, who, we are happy to find, has recovered. By an proceedings up to the 10th of the same month, when, on raotion Toleration! We have a copy of a humble peti-postponed for six months-in effect, a withdrawal of the bill and of the earl of Liverpool, the further consideration of the bill was tion presented to the "right honorable" earl Grosve- an acquittal of the queen. The following brief abstract of the nor, by the men who had been in his employ at proceedings is necessary to a history of the case. «Halkin mountains," as sawyers, miners, &c. being He severely reprobated the exclusion of the queen's name from November 3. Earl Grosvenor spoke warmly against the bill. all at once discharged because they were dissenters the liturgy. "It was said that the king had desired the archbishop from the doctrines of the established church! The of Canterbury to attend him with the book of common prayer, and then commanded the erasure of her majesty's name; but if he had prayer is, that he will be graciously pleased to re-been the archbishop sooner than comply with such a request, he would instate them, that they may earn a subsistence for have thrown the book in the king's face," &c. He referred to dif themselves and their families. The periods which rent parts of the testimony against her-the witnesses had stated absurdities and were undeserving of eredit. The cart of Harewood they had been in the employ of the right hono- thought that much of the evidence had been satisfactorily contra rable" wretch are stated, together with the number dicted, but that some parts remained on a firmer footing. On the whole, he believed it was calculated to excite some suspicion on of their children-one person had been 27 years in the subject; still be thought the bill inexpedient and impolitic. his service, and had 7 children to maintain; most of He alluded to the excitement among the people, and said, "Give the others more than 10 years. This lord deserves the people the fair opportunity of judging without irritation, and he would say, in their behalf, that their judgment, in the long run, the title of "defender of the faith," as well as would always be found correct." He should vote against the bill, Henry VIII did. but there were circumstances which might justify the conduct of favor of the second reading of the bill, Earl Grey took a very ministers respecting it, &c. The earl of Donoughmore spoke in Process Charlotte. The following singular arti |