The President's message was submitted to Congress Dec. 2, 1878. Different views are taken of it by different papers and parties, some considering it a strong statesman-like document, others that it is simply a tame politic communication addressed to an unfriendly Congress. We have nothing to say of it in these respects, but refer to it simply for the purpose of giving from it, and the Departmental Reports, a few statistical items which may be of interest to our readers. In the yellow-fever districts the government issued 1800 tents, and rations to the amount of $25,000.00. The President devotes considerable attention to the Southern question, expressing a determination to redress reported wrongs, and vindicate all, white and colored alike, in the exercise of their just rights. Total receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, were $257,763,878.70. Expenses for the same period, $236,964,326.80, leaving a surplus revenue for the year of $20,799,551.90. Amount of gold coined during the last year, $52,798,980.00. Post-office Department: Expenses, $33,874,647.49. Receipts, $29,277,516.95. The Army: The number of enlisted men in the army amounts to 24,761. And with this number, Gen. Sherman reports an amount of work done which he says no other nation would have attempted with less than 60,000 or 70,000 men. Revenue service: Receipts from distilled spirits, $50,420,503. Of this, Illinois alone paid one-third, and Illinois and Ohio together, nearly one-half. The number of gallons of fermented liquors consumed in the United States last year, according to Commissioner Raum's figures, was 317,465,601. Estimating the population of the country at 45,000,000, and supposing that one-half do not drink any such liquors, this would give more than fifteen gallons per head for the remainder. The Commissioner estimates that $596,000,000, is annually expended for liquor in the United States, an expenditure which, if applied to the public debt, would pay it off in three years. The number of cigars consumed in this country last year was 1,905,063,743, being5an average of over forty-two cigars for every man, woman, and child. Sixty-nine National Banks have failed during the year, with a loss to depositors and stockholders of $6,414,422. The wheat crop exceeds that of the previous year by 70,000,000 bushels, giving 100,000,000 bushels for exportation. Public lands: Disposed of during past year, 8,686,178 acres; and 8,041,011 acres were surveyed in addition to the 721,613,748 acres previously surveyed. The total number of acres of public domain still unsurveyed is something over 1,000,000,000 of acres. The receipts were $569,567 more than the receipts for the preceding year. Post-office detectives: The number of persons arrested for robbing the mails was 554. Registered letters lost, 2,582; unregistered, 9,544; number lost to remitters, 536. Pension Bureau: There are 223,998 pensioners on the rolls. Amount paid for pensions during the year, $26,530,792. Patent office: Applications for patents during the year, 19,657, of which 14,100 were issued. Receipts, $734,888; expenditures, $665,906. Of the amount expended, $50,000 was for the restoration of 18,563 models injured by the fire of last year. Omitting this item, the excess of receipts over expenses appears to have been $118,982. The mint: Nevada produced more of each of the precious metals, gold and silver, than any other State or Territory: $19,546,513 of gold, and $28,130,350 of silver—$47,676,863 of both, or nearly 51 per cent of the total yield of all the mines of the country. California stands second in the list of gold-producing States, with $15,260,676 of the metal. Colorado stands second in the silver list with $5,394,940, and Utah follows hard after with $5,208,000. California and Nevada together produced nearly 74 per cent of all the gold, and Nevada, Colorado, and Utah together more than 82 per cent of all the silver. Dakota produced $3,000,000 in gold, and no silver. North Carolina contributed $150,000 and Georgia $100,000 in gold, and no silver. Lake Superior gave us $100,000 in silver, and no gold. Railway Mail Service: The number of pieces of mail matter distributed by the postal-railway clerks during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878 was 2,215,080,650, and the number of errors 625,662, or 3,540 were distributed to each error—an improvement over the previous year, when an error occurred in every 2,500.