Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-16

% l1l 800 %
Less Sl2 00O,D 900. which il j. est
mated will not be expended. IL oaO,0D) OO
I.rnving an o-tmaicd balance in
the Tron-nry on the II day Of
July. 1877. 1T. ..,.....--.. S3o b12.19I 70
The public debt ON III" Alb of March IS53. n
monn,cd to the sum Of 800 1910 9H.27, Which nm
der Tie Authority of the appropriation act ot the
81 # Mnr,h lSJ3, hns been reduced mp 10 mud
including the liza If N"v",nh"r, 1855 to S:D.
969 73l ,U5. The SIMS eyrendrl IN pawn" of
principal, premium. aud interest, in daking this
reduction amounted to $50 lIiO,5l2 G2
In addition tn The public dch', above stated
there j. due. under treaties with varinu- Indian
tribes. pnyahl" npon time, ia" .nm of SO 253,
$50 ID BESIDES which the Uiiird Saie- h"i
stocks in trust for various Indian tr ~ L, ihe
amount Of ~. SD 700 81. mud 1926, lsl.SJ inoe-
ted for h" Smithsonian Institution The United
States hold the principle If the Smith -oninp fund
amounting Ia S5l5,l69. under the act # 18Th of
August. 1916 and is 'mund Ia pay the interest
annually. In addition there was in the Trra-n
~ ON III, Al Of Jnly. 1879 the sum "f SO 1913,
G6. balances of various trust funds
rhe estimated receipts for the fiscal year end
ing Both Of junr. 1850 bns,d upon III. actual re
coipts nj the first iarier together with the ac-
iusl balance in the Treasury on the Isl of July
lS5l,werr S3i i59. go and tue actual receipts.
were SSi.'eE ,S9s.tj, aud in excess If IT, c-ii-
mated receipts Sl.l7s627, 20, aud the estimated
expenditures for the sam" year werr SO ;}25.!ei
81 aud the actual expenditures were S662t0,912
O4 making nm excess Of expenditures. over the
estimate, of 81 ,S6i ,0O0.83; but nothing was cs.
,inated for premiums and payment of the public
debt for the last three quarters of the year, nor
was anything estimate, for appropriations by
private acts 81 Congress.
The actual receipt, Cor said year were Sl.6l4.
O0l.2l from customs less than estimated, mud 81,
765,Dl95 more from lands than estimated, and
Sl66,I630l less than estinated from mlsrellan'-
ou4 sources. The causes which il was then ap
pretended would Affect the receipts from GUS
toms for th" remaining three qoarcrs OF the
iscnl year, hal "A more stringent operation that
was ca.culntcd whilst the pruoeed- ~ the sales
of the public lands exceeded the e.tinlatr,
4 The actual pts into the i~sury from
! customs for thrhrst quarter of the fiscal year. ia
end tn" ;Ijti at june 1856. have been Sl7 ,o55.
23S.2S, mud 81 ,55i ,5G0l7 less Il nn the actual
receipts of the responding quarter of the pre-.
ceding year; arising from the same causes that
affected ihe receipts from the customs tnr the
! three quarters Of the preceding year, and the
receipts from the public land. have been dimin-
| ished bN the use oi land warrants under the
/ bounty aud bill of the last session Of Congress
| 1t will be seen that the receipts from the Gus
! toms from the remaining three quarters of
|
! from the estimated receipts submitted IN
my last report. This has heen done because the
abundant agricultural productions i'll NIL sections
! at oar country will Justify larger expectations,
and because 1T the demand for provisions in Eu-
rope CAUSED hy the war aud limited crops. but
with the expectation of less demand far cotton
aud diminished prices, and also the return of A.
merlcan stocks under continued striBgtncv IN the
money markets of Earopc, growing out of the
Itp md nF tha al r., ..,,N,
and the withdrawal Of money form CIRCULATION
under mn apprehended scare ity and its effects
! npnn the money market in the United States.
! The advance may not he realized, hut it i be-
heved the esi at.'is fair one an Lat ell events
the receipts from customs and lands will meet
til" estimated expenditures. ~ far a. they viii be
called for, and allow considerable SUM for the
redemption Of the public debt, should the holders
| he willing to part with it,
The table exhibiting the amount of gold, silver.
GiiG bank notes in circulation n, different periods
gives the nin"ut of gold aud silver in ci"cu,aiion
tor the fiscal year 1855 at over $25OOQJ,0t0 aud
! the bank uotrs in circulation at SlS7 900. tl10:
making total circulation of Sl37 900 QUO. aud
showing that the hank note circulation re-
dnced itnm that ofthe preceding year abnutsl7,-
| 'mO00, but which we may consider it has nor
! ,hnn recovered. The table IF coinage for the
same year exhibits gold and silver bullion, re-
crived at the Mint aud branches, to anrant Of
S70.0l7 ,007 90. and the table "f exports exhib
+ the exports of geld and bullion to the AMOUNT
S1O2H.3 l3 showing an excess "t receipts
the exports If Sl37 1864 g. The tabIrof OK
ports for the fiscal year. in addition to the
! expert Of gold exhibits $50 1927 81 Of mnnufnc-
ture' exported aud $40 l5s.:l6S of foreign goods
exporr'ed exclusive of specie. and Sl62 a23 9lS
ct all other articles making the whole exports
$40 l56.sl6, against 1921 .a6552O imported
| showing (inciudiny $50 247 31} of specir erporu
the excess of exports Sl3,63S,:}29 over the i'm
ports. There is no return estimate Of the
gold imported by emgrnts. aud no return or es-
innate for the freiglts Of our vessels that have
contributed to our imports,
The table of tonnage for the same year exhib.
its our tonnage at 5,2l2,0Ol 10 % tons.an excess
over that Of the preceding year of 100000 tous;