The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-08

aine,e.n Eilla.s no huairrd an8 ninFly-
&c shnnsand gms hnnGrsd d01zns. a. kBl
n fa1rssa nialons tive hnsarrd
ana kfy ihoassnd calias-beseg . -
dariicn da neai yeaF's ofiginal es1maif
a. Gre milllons Iorsy-one .thensand iwo
hundrd doil.rss ard ; rsdurainn u ne
original esiislAis for ne aEreAragss a Ms
AL Coz he service afnsHl year &c seseR
millions nine hunaErd anal one shonsana
swa hundred dollsrs. II ssbmiiiing lhese
REDUCTIONS The Qaarlermasier General
writer's 10 he Secretary a War that hisI
ssss estimates . wrre made oai from slals
derived from he exrerienre al ihe last
rear:'' and ne also SAYS. q Wheiher thnse
reduclions Ne iudirinns lime mnsl deter.
mine. I would nnl hare yeniurrd ~ make
them. hul Tor the E4el that tEo sessions OF
I'ongress viii have terminated brine The
rxpirali0n af The fiscal year Fnr shirh ihe
rslmalrs now submitted have heenmadr. "
Nov this looks dirrrily 10 large driirienris
again next yeaT. whieh will On 20 swell
The loan thai will ihrn be required. ny
direction II he t;ommiure Of Wars and
Means. he mir. W addressed ieilef 70
the Secretary of War. IN knnv shy
the original estimates were rui down, and
10 ask him Cor rapy 70 hose estimates,
with the Quanermasier Generals leiieE
IN him accompanying them. en- The a4ih
nf January, the Secrriary nj War furnish
ell The committee with copy of the ORR
ginal estimates. and ropy of the Quar-
lermasler Generals letter. The Secretary
also transmitted IN The committee. = report
10 him from the Qnareunasler General.
of the 18Th nf January lasi. io whom the
Secretary had referred the committees
letter 0f inquiry. In that report The
Qnartermasler General SAYS 10 the Secre>
iary, /. that the estimate for the service 81
the year was reduced IN consequence at
the information which you communicated
tn me. rs IN the policy intended to be ad-
hered To by The Executive. and from hav.
ing ascenained. between the 4lh and 18th
of Noyen her. that the expenses of sup
porting The troops in the inIeriar of Mex.
iro were not as great as ! had estimated
them." "
lie concludes this report in manner
50 guarded as 10 show that he had no con-
fidence in being able 10 carry out these
reductions. lie says, in conclusion,
:. should there be- no heavy losses III pro-
perry. and no extraordinary operations un.
deriaken during the year, and The troops
be not increased. think the sums asked
for will he sufficient; bu. most rigid econo-
my will be required 10 make them DO "
II is very improbable that none of these
contingencies will occur in the course ol
the next eighteen months, if the war con
tinue; and il is almost certain that all oI
Them will happen. We may therefore
pun il down as settled that these reductions
will all he called for. And in proof Of H.
On the Sd Of the present month. only ten
days after his letter To the Committee ol
Ways and Means. the Secretary Of Wal
cy had happened which made IL necessary
10 have an additional s360.OO0 for the
Clathing Department. which brings hack
the srrearage FIR clothing from the reduced
sum of six hundred ihousa"d I" nine hun
,lred and sixty thousand dollars. at which
1.-The Quartermasier General had originally
estimated IL. * <."%
| lf we would make safe provision fo
the present fiscal year. we shall restore
the two millions eigh. hundred and siy,,
Thousand dollars which were taken ava,
/ from the Quarterinaster Generals nrgina
estimate. If this he done, AMI we assum,
there will be no other expenditures during
the year beyond what is already cslima
ted for, and no addition made 10 the army
then the wants Of the Government for lhi
year beyond it, means will stand thus
To the loan &c sixteen millions INV ask
ed fnr ny the Secretary Of the Treasury
add five millions f;'r over estimate Of th
revenue Of the year, and add also tw,
. millions eight hundred aud sixty ,housan,
dollars for the underestimate Of the ex
penditures in the War department, an
tUtTc tHUSI Hc THtstu w htdVs !" 'dit wv
Government TO the Is, Of July next
TWENTY-FIVE millions eight hundred AM
. sixty thousand dollars. And the loan o
, the last session. which was intended Il
provide for the whole Of the presen. year
, instead of twrnty-three millions. whicl
the Secretary. as already stated. iniorme'
, Congress was all that would be wanted
!. should have been for forty-fve. milicn
: eight hundred and sixty Thousand dollars
4 If the sixteen millions now ploposed n b
D raised will meet The wants Of the Govern
4 meni, than the public debt at the epi d
n the present fiscal year June Both wi
i be sixiy-six millions Of dollars. Iflyo
j. add to this seven millisns eight hunire
,f and sixty thousand dollars. for the hyeI
r. estimates Of receipts and under-e.tinai
1t of expenditures. as already explained. u,
r debt at that date will he seventylhre
e milli"ns eight hundred thousand dollars.
II Let us now see what addition will h