The North-Carolina standard., 1848-10-04
EXTRA ALLOWANCES.


Look on this picture, and then on MGt.'
The whole amount of the allowances made to Gen
erl Cass while in the public service, over and abov
his regular pay, which the wings, with all their re
narkable facility at figures, make OUT is 1868,
$50 46, unless they resort to the new mode of com
putation, discovered by Mr.. Andrew Ogie Stewart
of the House of Representatives, of adding togethe
the same sums twice.
the article upon the subject published in the Unior
of the 10th and 10th instant, that $46,954 SO was
for actual expenses and expenditures incurred by
General Cass In the performance of the duties Impos
ed upon him, and by which he not therefore
benefited one cent thus leaving only SIT O35 96 as
extra compensation for large amount OF extra servl-
COS of the character extending through
nearly nineteen years. and the value of which, both
to the government and the Indians In MS charge,
could scarcely be computed.
In our paper of the 10th we showed that, accord
ing to reports of the proper accounting officers, laid
hefora the House of Representatives the last
sion. but which Gen. Taylors friends, the wings,
would suffer TO be published, that officer had re-
csved up the lst January last, the very moderate
sum of at least $74 1854 O4. The items and amounts
of EACH composing that sum- stated in detail, ex-
cent that for quarters and fuel the value of which
could not ascertain, but which would amount to sew
sral thousand dollars We have since obtained
list of General Taylor's present allowances and
their amonnt per month, according to his last ac-
counts, which we append for the information and
satisfaction of the wings, who have been so much
troubled about the extra allowances of Gen. Cass:
Pay and Allowances Of Gen. Taylor per month.
Paw 5000 90
Allowances for quarters 8 rooms at $I5 I20 90
Allowances for fuel, cords of wood for
self, and of cord for four servants, at
% per cord SO 50
Allowances for subsistence for self, 80 RA-
rIoNs PER DAY, at 90 cents per ration $50 90
Allowance for four servants, ratons per
day, at 90 cents "a OO
Allowance for clothing for same, at % so
each 10 90
AUowance as nav for same at SS each 80 90
Allowance for forage for7 horses at SO each Sc 90
Making 69I 80
being sepen thousand three hundred and ,inetyfUe dol
ars and nincty-sir cents per annun, which this mill
tary candidate for the presidency is in receipt Of
and appears to be determined to hold to, unless
the good people can be gued, the availability no.
principle whig party hope, into electng him to that
high Office.
The democratic candidate, on being nominated, re-
linquished everything, and placed himself in the
hands of the people; but nothing short of the $685.,
600 per annum, President, being secured to the
whig candidate, will induce him to give up his cher
ished pay and to considerably
more than that received by any OF the high cabinet
officers of the government-and for which, we oplne,
he has for time past been rendering little other
service than writing political letters, each of which,
in some way, contradcts is inconsistent with its
predecessor. Whether, if elected to the presidency
he would be willing to dispense with his uniforms
sword, and the infeXible military habit of command
remains to be tested. His four dark - servants
' Charles,' Tom,'' IS William and James,
they are described and named in his account, he
would probably prefer to leave behind i'll Louisiana,
lest some of the Van Buren abolitonists might be
disposed to faternize with hem and to afford them
opportunity of making journey still further north
The giving up of the seven horses would appear to
be rather hard case, it is to be expected that
such ample means of locomotion at the expense of
the government could be readily and cheenully
linquished. But the losing of the thirty ratiOns
day would be serious business the depletion would
be greater than any man with ordinary constitu-
ton could bear. There would be consolation,
however-iiS letters ,UouH be free Of postage and
would not therefore, have to be sent to the deadlet
ter Office. But, main object In this article was
extend the whig candidates account of extra al
lowances little further than were able hereto
fore to give it correctly:
Amount of extra allowances over and above his pay
received by him up to the 1st January last, as
stated $74,964 O4
Amount of same for the succeeding six
months ending 3Oth June last, accord
ing to his accounts rendered and
paid 2,9H 80