Paymaster General's Report

ihe tollowüig is an ttli.itraot of the rapoft uf tlio Piiymiistor Generiil of tb e operatjpiïs ol this Department for tbe B cal yeur eudifig Juno .30, 1805: Balance iu tbe hands f Paymastera and auia&xed requisitions in the Treasury at the begfhDing ol tho fisual year, July, 1864, 886,039,808 08. Reoëived froiD the Treusury during th,e fisaal year, niludiug :ui)assed requisitions in tbo l'roa.su!. June 3tl, 1865, 633,720,000; rgceived from Paynaaeters, irom othur dottrcei, cxolusive uf gums trausfeired union'g tbeinselves, ÍC, 815, 737 50; tu de Luc-.utited for, 130,004,940 37. Aocouiitud for au follows: Disbursements lo ttíe regular army, 87,839,225 47 ; disbursemeiita lo tbe M ilit;iry Acudemy, $153,099 11; disbursementa to voJunteera, 335,738.635 95. Total disbur.-enientk S3,089 130,960 53. Anaouut oi uuissued rcquirtiúoijs in i reasury, Juno 30, 1864, $0,195,000 ; balance aetually in tiie Manda of Paymastei'8 oo Juue 30th, 1865 855,423,985 84; total, f443,054,946 37. Sinoe thebeginniug of the uuiTent fiscal year, b:si(ie8 tba abovu sums iu the bands of Puymaetors, and tbo uui.gued rcq'iihitiona, it is slatad ibat niuely-Tour millúms have been diebu.ed, and diIribu'od for disburseiuent, iiiakiiní tlie total PXicuditiire $524,054, - 9 1G 37, during tbe hist nava] yar and tbe present one to thÍH date Of this I uge sum more than one ljulf, $270.08t),000 has bee;i paid to diebanded volunteurü iHusierod out of the service. Kriim the eurly d;iys of Juijh to the present tiuie tho Department han ajado tiu:il paymetit to moro thtin 80,000 officers and men. The Puvinaster GöDeral in C"nolusion ios a B'iuiiuary t.:ülI)ellt of' the resulta of bia depurtineut tho past four years, rts follows : Thif total miount of monoy disburned by the Department from July lst, 1861, to the prosout datéis $1,029,239,000. A Freneh eavaut Ibinks be has discoveied a complete Kubstilule for rags in the manufacture of paper. The root of the lucerna plant he observes, wben driedand boaten, shows tbousand oi very white fibres, which form au excellent paste for paper. The Washington correspondent of the New York Expftss s&s tbat Justice Uavis, of the United States Supremo (Jourt, tho executor uf Mr. LÍdooIb's cut:i te, reporta thut Mr. Lincoln left about $85,000, $75,000 of which is in fivetweuty stocks. He left iu Bpri;güeld about $4,000 rtorth of real estáte. A cirinuí lavvsuit is now pending in New York eitv. The plaintiti' Hiies tbe compiler of the city directory for $5,000, lor having put the plaintiíí down as a éótoVed man, tbüs iujurihg his business. The plaintill is a collector, and th;U word was ab'uroviated to coll., wiiicti tho printer mudo col'd. An Invetérate bachelor gives M a reaHoa for noi gettiujr inarried, that he wishes to prenorr-g lus g od optuion oí tbe jntle sex.