Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-03

fd'wtl"Shod, they had actually increased, and have
which they were subject lis true. that The Cover.
nor IN ms message, at time speaks of the Fiscal
year. The term fiscal applied to the year. being
technical one little understood by the great mass of tho
to the public Treasury, (however otherwise
ihtended) was well calculated 10 mslead the public
d and IT was deemed but just that the amount paid
IN during the Fiscal gear, which ended on the both of
September last should also be nscer,;ned i'm am ,,bon
tic form, and conrascd with similar payments for sevc-
raj preceding years the payments for several wears up
to the LIST December had previously been and applca
oh was made at the Treasury Department for official
statement OF the amount of the revenue paid i'm during
each of the last FIVE Fiscal ears" and i'm compliance
with the request made, the following statement was fur
nislcd:
TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT,
RtcHNoSD, Goth Feb 1885
20 .enN SnERRAnn, ESQ, Of Morgan, County.
sH;-in compliance with your request Of this morn
ing, make the following statement, viz
Amount OF revenue proper, received from
lst day OF October, le29 TO LIST day Of
October, 1880, e,2eo aeo "a
Do. from LIST day of October 1890 To LIST
day OF October, 1881, 3G7 7S3 81
Do from LIST day of October, 1881 to LIST
;, day of October, 1882 34Os3S 62
day of October, 1883. Az Goa 90
10 from LIST day OF October, 1893, to let
day OF October, 1884, 34l,9O3 80
by which 1t is clearly manifest that far from the
receipts INTO the Treasury being diminished that the
psyHofis INTO IL for the last fiscal near" had actually
eseeeoed those of the previous year the of
9 lc; thus leaving ground for the inference, that
any arrangement Of the ccnlatng medium of the coun-
try consequent upon the the Federal CO.
es 70 DC made less promptly and the collection of them
moze difficult than las usually happened A subse.
9uent par OF the message might have the effect of pro-
uucg Oellef among those not familiar with the tech
mcaitles'o la in frequent by government officers
That reference had period subsequent to the end
o. the 'hsca year, when rccoected that the mes
sage was dated the list of December 1884 the time
at which the Legislature met up which time It's
generally expected of the Governor communicate 10
that body The condition az tie ConnlOEleealth" and
states that although the actually mul.
tiped and aGgmenicd beyond what was expected thcv
Z hat
anticipated The two documents. above referred To-
will enable the House TO form a lust opinion of the
amoani receved dnrig each of the Eve wears proceed
five cfScdi gcarS''
1t he recollcctcd that the Act of Assemble
tehds the time OF payment of the taxes into the Public
Treasury to the 18th of December in each year fact
which IS not advered TO in the Message but which the
nnuersened think important TO be stated here, with
view TO the correction of any erroneUus impression
wisI , 1llervise mght be created among those who
sht ulnk Item due at an earlier yerod and surely IL
they are paid up punctually within the time limited by
NV 20 cause OF complaint alarm ought exist Ii
49, not seem from the annual report of the Treasurer
u hc entertained any opinion that there was reason To
nP&@nend deficiency in the payments of the
+ @'aerceHey has been reported by the Joint Committee
appointed to examine lbs accounts The Committee of
has not TepoTted any and the fair inference drawn
produee bsLs6 TINT defciency eniss or is mn, 10
SceMr The undersigned cannot discover that 'sthe cot
lection of the cere .more difficult Than has usually
happened, or tln. the funds in the Treasury had
"dm1n'Shed, or that there had been ann act on the
part OF the Federal Government which has occasieaed
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demands nPOn Mem :; and particularly are the un
desgned brought this conclusion when tey recur TO
Tue preceding part OF the Message which communicates
the gratifying fact that 'necor has Vrginia had re0fev
fe4Son 10 r0tee at The general good health aoyed b ala
hcr e"iSoas, eeery l6hess throughout doAaGi That
oar h4r'eSs hare bcca SOaeerhat less abundant in
q""nhfy thnn Hey community arr the eacseice of their
4e1'tty conPenSates the dBerencep and that az
e@"''t products too, being destined for markets un-
influenced by such derangc1aenS as that TO which orr
own earrencY has been sNhjeet" have "been made to
yea satisfactory prices Ihat abOr here continued
10 eyOy all HS 0ccuSOmCd comforts" and that we have
been comparatively exempt from those scenes of tumut
and disorder which have agaied some portions of our
neighbouring States
ity reference to tho AUDITORS communication of the
18th December, and the Governors dared the 18th Of
January nanry adnonth afterwards responsive TO re-
solution OF the ceDmtee requesting them to furnish
any information they might deem necessary i'm relation
TO the SUBJECT rcsrred TO the committee together with
any explanations they might wish make bnt which
were not submitted to the undersigned previous 90 che
10Th ult 1t seems ls from the Auditor that there were
liot as many F0t""tary and ddrance payments made
during the past year during the previous one But
surely cannot be supposed, that because certain seris
uu not ma convenient or think 1t proper TO make
Macy "rotuntarp and " adrauce panneuts in one wear
las they did in another it owing TO aay deraneed
state oil le currency cased by the act ofthe Federal Go
VernmentMany other which night roferyedf TO-
would in the opinion ofthe undersigned much o5o readily
account Tor it. The Governor i'm his communication lost
adyericd to, says having thus asceaincd through tho
Official reports of the Auditor that nearly SD 900 moro
of the of l33 had been paid ino Inc reosrr,,
on the Isl day Of October 1888 than was paid Of tho
reyenue OF 1884 the ts day of October, 1884 and
thus want of prompttudc appearing item which the
to me as matter of Importance to ascertain the
cause Of anerror great calculation so confidently
made. 'Ihis cause had heard assigned by s,reyGL
Sheritls with whom had conversed; they had all con-
cured 10 representing that they had before found
so m"ch difficulty in collecting the and enc OF
th@in upon whose statements knew perfect reliance
cosa be placed) had assured that he had been com
p"'o@ TO borrow money upon his credit nav the
taxes he had been unable to collect These representa-
IONS corresponding with others had roccired from dic
Jfont qnGrters and with my personal knowledge of
me condition OF the country induced TO ascrbe the
well cstabshed fact Of short payment of the revenue
70 the causes stated by in my annual message TO the
General Assembly
But If, stated by the Governor il was ascetfniped
that marty $4,000 Of the revenue of 1873 had
Deen paid into the Treasury the LIST day Of October
1850 than was paid of the of 1884 on the LIST dav
OF October, lo3i, the undersigned cannot admit that
cven TINS deficiency small in amount when compar.
ca WIN the revenue Of the whole State II it continue to
exist Gas did not at the date ohc message and taken
TOO n conoeXion with the "assgncd by sercraI
OF the Sheriis and Of whom at seems had 10 Dor
row money upon lis credit 60 paw the taxes
ne had been unable collect cond be rood cause for
Vic conclusion That the funds n the Treasury had dmin-
ished, and thot attributable "te distress of Tie
country caused by tae derangaDent of its circulation
consequent on the measured Of le Federal Government
when could at the date Of the mcssaQe have been 40
easily ascertaned by application at the Treasury Office
that during the month Of October 1891 there was paid i'm
| the enormous of $2lGgsG 81, while during the
same month OF 1888 the paid in was only &9O9
| 1866 a
Whilst The undersigned win not question that such in
formation derived from a