Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-06-03
THE TREASURY REPORTS.

The readers of the National Intelligencer are
aware that the Secretary of the Treasury, in his
annual report to Congress on the finances, omitted,
by mistake the sum of SO 5,07S, being the entire
amount of the avas of Treasury notes for the first
quarter Of the present fiscal year, The message
Of the President Congress its present session exhibits the
same remarkable mistake Long Afterwards this gross blum
der was acknowledged and communicated Congress by the
Secretary.
On the st of March Mr.. ROCKWELL, of Connecticut in
speech in the House, pointed other very mistakes
in the report Of the Secretary One of them of about
million and halfof dollars in the of the difference
between the receipts and expenditures for the year. Another
of hundred and thiryfve thousand dollars in the
statement of the Register Of the Treasury which furnish
ed to explain the previous discrepancy third the
statement of the amount of the public debt paid during the
year. being stated table accompanying the Secreta-
rvs report from the lst July 1876, to ls December, ls47,
seventeen months So and in another table
be from the lt December, as46, the lst December.
ls47 Sl0 los that is that more by table
in twelve months by S29 l03. 06 thann months,
embracing the twelve months, in the previous table,
The speech of Mr. RccKwEIL published the day
in the Intellgence and promised behalf Of
the Secretary. In the Union of the 9th March stated
by the editor We hope have the pleasure Of laying before
ourreaders evening satisfactory reutaton, drawn
from official records, OF Mr. RocKwELLs attack the sta
tisics Of the Secretary of the Treasury"
No reply, however, made, except in speech of Mr.
ArHEnroS chairman of the Committee Finance of the
Senate in which be acknowledged the the difference
between the receipts and expenditures Of 81 40 900 but de-
MED all Others,
On tho lh Of May Mr. RocKwELL made second speech,
which he pointed other of the Secre
ary of the Treasury The following only portion of
these Mistakes shown by the report Of of the Com
mee Public Expenditures, (Mr. srRoHM,) referred to
by Mr.. R. in his speech
The discrepancies shown by bringing down the state
men to the ls December, ls47 in relation to these Trea
suy issued under the acts Of s46 and ls47 are AZ
follows
CAS- to the amount Of stock issued under the act Of July
s46 the report Of the Secretary and the the
committee differ sll5 200.
CAS- to the stock issued under the Of January 2s s47
s., ,05O,452
GAS to the outstanding, under the act Of 1916.
the difference sl7s, 1906 and, under the Of ls47
81, ,437, 400.
GAS the amount of and loan available at the
Treasury December S47 under the Of 1896 S293 35O
and, under the act Of ls47, 1886, $780,"
No explanation of any kndhas been given Of these gross
blunde the of hundreds Of thousands and even
millions Of dollars.
The Committee Public Expenditures on Wednesday
presented elaborate report the House, which appeared
in the Inegencer Of yesterday, which, is understood sus
tains the charges made by Mr.. RocKwkLL in his second
speech From the discussion il would appear that this re-
port has been the possession Of the Department for about
weeks but explanation denial has yet been made
report Of the minority OF the committee now promised
II that report fails to furnish full and satisfactory explanation
Of these discrepancies and Mistakes the condition Of the
Treasury viii present serious question for the
deration OF Congress and the country.