New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-07


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w.ssr~-Eo~. alo1z-v FEB 9
H. Mr. secreta-, MEREDITHs estimate IT The
public expenditures Tor ESQ. seethat So 800 sre
asked 10 uphold Branch Miuts at Dah.onera and
Charlotte WHAT'S the useoi these Branch Mints ?
Three or ioar small casks conld forward TO New
York. by the steamer ell the ore sad bullion coined
IN both % them during trelvemonih
The Secretary asks :. G26.-5l. being additional
estimates for tie service OF the preseu; fiscal year
OF this. sl3s5.c 600 are for Collecting the Customs
duties. OWN SIX months to jay next, which is
giving the Retrenchment Act Of Sd OF March asst
the cold shoulder and putting economy of in so
as Mr. VAS BUREN did IN 1922, to "a more conve-
nieut season" This estimate is at the rate Of
s2.6Jo.e00. per annum-iust million more than
the law allows-ani 1t is exclusive OF 1851 for
UNFOLDING the new Office Of Commissioner OF Gus
toms FOX the current SIX months, and some other
expenditures hitherto kept secret.
This mornings RepnbLc argues strongly against
rstrcnchmeut SO far as California has added 70 the
cost Of collecting the revenucit is correct but what
binders c lngress from prov,dins by well cons der
ed law, and not by a mere o7rier Of Secretary Of
state. ever anxious 10 uphold the Administration
II which he forms part, for the salaries, Offices
&c Have slere not been Custom House Com
mittees and Reports enough already t. enlIshten
the present century Why do all Executives
agree in trusting chiefly to mere patronage.
This letter saull Of the Whi- doctrines that suited
them when DO opposition Arc they impractcablc
n1w NJ MEREDITH seems resolved O. allow M
rctrcnchmeut # he can help D. De asks s-,lloo10
or the Customs HcscIle collection IN i-5o.ol, he
as usual. o. regulate Tie sppi'aton of much Of that
.lm il detail The st.tale 1 March last IS likely
. go 90 the tomb OF tle Cap1'fis. unless the next
lass 90. asp,fanis On federal power should choose t.
$50 70 as au c.rctonecr4e hobby
SUPPOSE these estimates % he granted the .aw
+ March last uulA1ed every promise OF hnanrs
rai0rm met. IS the L0cos alwaNs meet such probes
.ions hy Increased patronage and expenditures
tud a new creation Of A" bureaus ant clerks" do
.1ihnrs who is 20 answer the country a. amst
| uture W gilmore cases balances conveniently nj
ow red tO he over accounts of millions unadlnsied
luartery returns never offered or asked for
The ReDs5bc gives the reirenchment bhi bad
lsine-csils IL law snug gis3 through Congress
| the last H-uL Oi iuf las' f'rtiNi III t'-"f
when the revenue was collected infHtdy cbcopT
| lr the work done than now. Mr. BENroS held mp
| .he Custom House rs formidable engine OF cor
upton. Now-hr Is silent, although - coTuqtns
covers are doubled or tr-hlei
Another SlOg c2J asked Is iOrbuidm, and repair
| NJ Custom Houses. ani ~i50) are for IN ouiht -
! CHARGE o. Naples beside other T. 500 ~ salary
Tins Charge : about as useful 10 the country as
Ncw York Winter suit would be 81 O man residing
10 July NJ the Nstrhez
Among the estimates find sj,t9--1- asked "
stimated ior tie months interest on our fuohr
Debt 10 July next. also tho estimate TOR i-Fl-'i,
rhereon % is proposed "a cxpcni within seven dol
ars of Forty t.c Millions that also to be followed
10 hy an extra estimate. or additional appropra
,nns rs 40 Van Burcns time never asked Tor by
he Executive The reforms of 1850 seem likely
70 consist n higher expenditures. ending m new
axes falling with ten fold weight ON those least
,hle to Hav thcni-more national deb'-morc slave
territory or else and long and costly session
.xpepdef In speeches aud sdi0urnmcnts. avoiding
| Post Office accountability end retrenchment AMI
steering clear Of cheap newspaper and letter post
lee | 90 not declaim-the system IS wasteihly
,rtFayagaut without rcdeemns feature The peo-
Die have 10 pay beside. their State taxes, County
taxes and town aud city assessments Joseph
Hume IS wanted here. Where shall we hnd him
Not less than 81 927 90 are asked ior next year
merely to Pensions "A two million pension Isi
| would have astouuded John Bull not long since
| For the Navy. amt no one 10 tgt ran io'er ana
| above the pension. the demand Is sll,J5j,l29-
No wonder the administration shirts aud turns rom
| Whis to Loco and from Loco 10 Wing, Ike the
| Vicar of Wakefield from the brown bed - the
blue and from the blue bed 70 the brown II thcse
estimates pass muster the friends OF Tree grants o.
the public lands n actual settlers may hans theh
harms on the willows, and rest assured that no
partv here intend % DO more than talk on that N
tercsting subject When 100 tuns Of solid SILVER
.oIn are demanded out OF one year revenue mere
~ 10 uphold Navy which has not even the pros
oect Of " ar ahead with any power on earth what
none can there Ice Of the enforcement OF that rea-
,unable cconomy that would redeem the pubic
lebt and prev ent power from laying ne" our'heHs
upon industry
A. for Mileage reiorm-thc adoption Of any prin-
cple that would not be ike the present prsctlce,
IN open and avewed contempt OF me letter ana
splrt of the Statute. by law makers themseiVes-
who can hope for it A reform BIZ passed tne
House last sessiOn-the Senate swalnped IL Tue
senators SIT six years. am not sure bat that Tour
teen or sixteen out Of the sixty represent majority
Of the whole people of the Union, leaving 70 the
other iorty.iour or forty SIX many votes ana the
MINORITY OF the people for a constituency po,s
not this almost Guido the old English rotten borough
systeml W DO can wonder that Il produces similar
.ruits
In these estimates large sum IS asked Tor the
Postmaster-( General. his clerks, @c.-say t.o'uOV
but do not see any account IN detail OF the re
ceipts and expenditures Of each cihce and OF the
Department The Blue Book does 20, give thor
any other book OF return that | ever saw Inc
p NJ Gs report merely tells rs the gross amounts
Tie perpetual CIV, IN Congress. Or more SLAVE
territOry-this eternal battle tor the spoAs-uis
pretended alarm about the extlnguishing q the
: ave Trade IN Washington and It's en'lrols-
tually spoiis Congress. The Siaveboders say they
want New Mexico because u IS - very suitanie
tor Slave Labor but was Dot Mr.. MONROE quite
ready to veto the Missouri Act hal q not provided
lIr perpetuafng slavery IN the wnest sro".ns
country north of the line De- 30, where slave La
Dor is iess profitable Have not the aFenodefs
.-asped AZ two thirds 4 the area o. the "ho.e ~
states already How about The S'ooo squsfs
niles beyond the Nueccs Is Texas 70 engulph
,6st fne territory also and prohibit Free Labor
a IL
The more violent party o. c'utnerh men ha,e
TAXED strongly O.. seeding Nd iormng Soltnefu
-,ai,derarv h be composed u slaves and ther
masters IN strict alliance with England sne -
ssnd iroops TO America 70 uphold them Tor iime
Woal5 she DO IL Cotton wOol Or 10 cotton wool
vino rap believe that Methodist Presoy terrain In
deoen8ent Quaker and Aboitoulst would ST
DOWN quietly and consent 20 become the direct iP-
holders Of Slavery IN is50 W hat about The Ss-
s.ssippi. lis navigation What about the posses
s,on 81 New Orleans The DIVISION Of the nited
states Territorsi The due spporuoument OF go.
ao9 ooo M national debt OF Sl7,0O00o0 worth OF
--f.-. $1,000. n OF the fighting navy.