Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-02-12

|, one SetS up l0r HlmSell. IL must
| that they are not inclined to lie
! them come in together, and show th
: amouh bit at one view.
Nc wv, what have we exhibited t.
US at this time? No estimates fo
defci encies were submitted by tn,
, Secrd dtary of the Treasury at the com
meme ement of the session. Som,
weeks after we have been in session
the Secretary Of the Navy comes il
with Estimates for deficiencies requir
ed in his Department, of $4,000
He sent that report here, and wher
it wax read at the ,desk-the chair
man Of the Committee of Ways and
! Means being confined to his room
| moved to refer it to that commit
tee, and to have it printed. The IT.
regularity and illegality Of its intro
duction into the House did not occur
to me at the moment Yesterday We
received a letter from the Secretary of
the Treasury, enclosing estimates for
deficiencies in his own Department,
and anotherenclosing de-
ficiencies in the War Department.
The Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of the Navy have not
sent in their estimates through the
Treasury Department, but have, be-
Eeye, for the first time in the histo-
ry Of the Government, sent them di-
rectly to this House. | have been
unable to find any law which author
ICES either Of these officers to COM
municate directly to either branch Of
Congress, upon the amount of money
which may be required to defray the
expenses Of their several Depart
ments.
Now, what is the amount of the
deficiencies for the present year,
Why, as | before said, the Secretary
Of the Navy, some days ago, submit
ted his estimates to the House, ask
ing for $4,000 to meet the def
cheney in the appropriations for the
current year ending June 30th, 1852.
Then the Secretary Of the Treasury
submits estimates for his own De-
for S29.250, and he also
estimates for the War De
partment to the amount of S2,5l6,-
0l2- makisg altogether the aggre-
gate amount of $3,42S,33S 20 asked
for by the various II eads of Depart
ments for deficiencies.
When we look to tile annual report
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
submitted to Congress a few days
since, we find that he estimates the
receipts and expenditures for the
fiscal year endinE June seth, 1852
He estimates the receipts for that
time from all sources and the money
p the Treasury, al $G2,411,645 GS
tents. He then estimates the ex-
Dendi tures for the year-giving the
actual expenditure for first quarter
Of the fiscal year, and estimating the
expenditure,for the three remaining
luarters-and shows that, according
o his estimate, the expenditures for
he current year will be S50,952,902
50. Now, he must have had the
estimates from the Secretaries of the
Interior and Navy by him before he
could make this estimate with such
'xact nicely, with such precise par
icularity, as to come even to the
i'd cents in a sum of over fifty mil
ions Of dollarsA if he had them
t the time, why did he not send
hem to US with the other estimates?
f he did not have them, how did he
ONE to his conclusion as to the pre-
ise amount, to a cent, that would be
equired during the year? If he did
OF have the estimates from those
departments, but made out his esti-
lates without the Deficiencies which
e are now told are required by the
ecretary of the Interior and by the
ecretary of the Navy, then, instead
this report of his being correct,
will require over a million of dol
RS more for the year than he has ,
stimated for. And if that state of ,
ne G ase iB correct, how does he know ,
" what amount of revenue to esti- ,
late? The estimates of the Secre-
ny of the Interior, submitted on
esterday, amount to $693,327, and +
nose of the Navy Department, sent {
few days o,amountto $4,000 t
making altogether estimates for c
yer 100000, which have come in r
ere, as far as we know or have a f
ght to r resume, without the knowl- n
lge Of the Secretary of the Treasury S