Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-06

Extract OF a letter from the Honorable ,Jared
UiLEaniS, to The Editor Of the Hincheacr Com

Extract of a letter from III, Houoribfe ,Jgred
" iltiamS, to The Editor Of the Hincheacr Com
siettdtiOR, aated
WASHINGTON, Dc. IA 1919.
Dear 'Slr- The time which has elapsed
since tie meeting of Congress, has been
principally devoted 10 the making ar
Engagements Tor entering upon the impor-
tsnl business Of the session, by referriup
tie various subj cts that will call for
attention, 10 the proper committees, 10
consider and report thereon and cx>
peci II will b. several weeks before
any business of general interest IL
finally acted on. The committees
must have time TO consider The SUBJ
iecis before them, and mature Their
reports ID, tore they are made 10 The house:
and probably much time will be taken
up TO discuss the gr al national questions
that will be presenird, before decision
l. made.
When The Presidents Message as first
delivered 10 us, seeing Thai our rcteuue
accrung Ibis year amounted 10 twenty
tire, miiiuDs OF dollars aud considering
thai member Il The Message, whichsa>s
For tie probable receipts Of tie merit year.
i'9fr gOn to tie statements which ,UiH be
transmitted from tie Treasury. phich miH
enable go" to Judge wheiher further pyovi
SION be necessary ;" did hope that by the
exercise OF dne economy, The receipts
would meet the expenditures without a
resort either 10 taxes, or loans.
But the annual report of the secretary
OF tie treasury, which has been received.
gives us less consoling view OF this
subject. Ii estimates the receipts for The
year 1920, applicable TO The ordinary and
curren, demands upon The Treasury, al
twenty-five mlllIOnS and states that
although the estimate of the eXpeudI-
lures Tor the year 1920, are not VET com
pletr, VI Is aScertain"d, from those viii n
! have already been received, sum moi
less than tWemty- SeUeR millions will be
r~qured for the service OF that year.
| THUS leaving deficit Of aLOu, fire millions,
which cannot be supplied lbs any applica
! ton OF the ordinary revenue.
| The deranged situation Of our finances
VIII, OF necessity, compel us, either TO
! break IN upon orr sinking fnnd, and
, thereby reiard The payment of our public
| deOt, or we must resort 10 internal taxes
| 10 augment our revenue or we must
| diminish our expenditures, by suspend
| ing The operation of tIe laws authorizing
large liens OF expense, such as fortified
'ihns, increase OF HE navy, keeping up
the army. &c. &c. What course viii be-
/
conjecture, but | trust the representatives
OF The people will do what ought TO be
done.
as, with much regard, your friend
and fellow citizen,
JARED WILLIAMS.
ST. LoUIs, (M'ri. Teri November IL. Ma
J jor NOsE ard Lieut.. DOwNiE OF the 5th Intdn-
Ivy, from the Fails of 81. Anthony, arrived III
! Tie 18th ultImO, aud came down by water
! they were IN general good health aud the In
dians of the Upper Mississippi much pleased
! with the establishment of the military post in
their noighborhood
STATE BOUNDARIES.
Nothing has been heard tor two months past
on The subjoct OF the division of the Terrific
ry. II isnOt known here that any petition 10
tiat effect has gone on. II IS hoped that none
| may have gone and that the ueopie OF Nilsson
ri may appear before congress undivided up
on tie question OF slate boundaries, as they
are upon the question Of state sovereignty.
The formation Of states west Of The Missis.
sippi will rtqniTc an intimate acquaintance
with the geography Of the country from the
right bank of the river To the foot of the Rocky
mountains. IL 10 not one state, but mdnS
witch will he formed iu that space, aud each
should be 70 laid OF as to combine individual
advantages with the unity OF general plan
West Of tic Mississippi the woodland dis
| tficiS and the Cultvatahlc soil ATE found in
the DeighborhoOd of Use great rivers aud be-
tween them arc vast plains without wood OF
water.
The borders Of the rivers will therefore be
the popuiOus districts. and the plains between
must remain for centuries, perhaps forever
| without inhabitants.
The states should he so formed rs to deriv,
the greatest advantages from the fertile dis
tncts With the least injury from those which
are sterile.
| To accomplish this, three states should b,
formed on the west bank % the Mississippi
on the riveis Arkansas. Missouri, and ST. pe
tiers, having each these respective rivers il
their several centres, AND extending back a
bout three hundred miles Other states ii
; ] process Of tine should tie laid cif above tbese