Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-16

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iretary u she Treasury thH the reesipts
1during the last fiscal year ending Jil|e
$50, 1855. from all sources. 'wiefe sitxtS
five million thrce thousand nine liundFsd
land thirty dollars; and that The public ek-
Expenditures for ithcsame period, excl6site
tot payments on account iof the Ddbiic
fdebt amounted to -fifty -six million tFfka
handled and sixty4ive thousSnd 5hiSe
tlinndied md ninety three stiolisrso eD6.E
ring the same period, the paJ ilisntS 1iide
m redemption Of the public debt. inch.
ding interest and premium, amounted &
mine million eight hundred and foftyL }5{,r
Thousand five hundred and twenty .eiEht
dollars. sek aas JliaaI-ll4 / s.
y The balance ii the Treasury III tlie IL
4 ginning of the present fiscal fesar. JulSi Hi
1895, was eighteen million nine hundred
and thirty-one. thousand nine hundred
and seventy-six dollars; he receiDts As
the first quarter and the estimated fecsesir,ts
for the remaining threelausrtefs annf3at
together, to sixty million nine l,,3,
dred and eighteen thousand seven hiih-
tdred and thirty,four dollars; thus sfIdFl
ling in al, as theayailable resources 81 tha
lcurrent fscal year. the sun, Or cirhfvsi;r
million eight hundred and iifty.sfx fb;6n.
sand seven hundred and ten dollars.
4 Ito the actual expenditures ~ M f;rat
quarter q the current fiscal year odd
ded the probable expenditures fof the q.
naming three quarters, rs estimated ~
the Secretary Of the Treasury. ne stim1
total will be seyenty-one million NO hin.
dred and twenty six thousand eipIfs hllr.
ldred and forty.six dollars, thereby leay.
ling an estimated balsncs III me freAIifrv
ION July Al 1856, Of fifteen 'niillons liz
hundred and twenry-tbfee Thousand Sirht
hundred and sizty-tlree dollars and aSr.
u ty -one cents. k--i Ri III Rs5i 3slit .
H In the above estimated expendituresiof
II the present fiscal year are included thee
million dollars to meetthe last instsimsnt
.Eof the ten millions provided for III tbe last
treaty with Mexico, and seyeKsmilliohs
seycnhundred and fifty Thousand dollars
appropriated on account Of the debt lua
70 Texas, which two sums make an "a.
lgregate amount Of ten million seven hun.
ldred and fifty thousand dollar. and "a.
4 duce the expenditures, actual or estinla.
ted, for ordinary objects OF the year 10 the
4 sum of1sixty million four hundred and
Il seventy-six thousand dollars.
i The amount Of the public debt affha
commandments Of the present fiscalivsar
Il was forty million Eve hundred ana eiehty-
n three thousand six hundred and thirty
one dollars, and, deduction being made
Iof subseqdent ayments, the whole lpub-
he debt Of the Federal Governnlentife-
naming al this time is less than fofty
million dollars. h. ssG Ell IS Fl
The remnant Of certain other govern
ment stocks, amounting I'd two hundred
and forty-three thousand dollars. referred
!; TO in my Inst message as outstanding. las
since been paid. zEe'T7
II ! am fully persuaded that II would DO
difficult TO devise system superior to
that by which the fiscal business Of tho
governments now conducted Notwith.
standing the great number II . pubic
sIagents Of collection and disbursementai Il
,,.o,;,,aJ s aa..a ~ pnecks anq guards
monthly returns, render it scarcely pos
Jsible for any considerable fraud cn .the
Il Il 90 II ssrn's, pl neglect lnvoiving
4 $3.50 ahG q IIioa pupilS loss' VI escape
anda.,r r 49,. nowcssr, 1ne recom-
80 $500. u e ~ .naIe " me, o we
~ 800. ~ n. a..L ~ usc' y leionysPn
sss.ias - Dn pa $500 " x mssEs Use
Ca,.ns ~ $3.50. $500 80 re-
sscn;,;n' Ill.,, =. 80. .a NJ 30
service n del;ver j, ~ Mn. z. snel e
49, $1,000. ~ ..,. s,O.l susOs.,ols sll
Ilo nature II tbs;r eus.od ss''s', 1p'
Derived " our public. revenue is.sn
chief part, from duties On Iimnorta.slts
|, magnitude affords gratifying esidSIce n
the prosperity, not orlyof our our coinmerce
lbut ofthe other great interests a,Don 4hiOh
that depends, n. aisEln lid I'D rei
I The principle that all moneys not =.
lQuired for tthe current exnenser ~ "a
government should remain 1nr actita - 40,
Iploymentin the hands ~. thol 1870 IA
1.-The conspicuous fact that the ann,,al ro;ia-
lime from I'LL sources exceedss 50 ;r,sSv
millions ofdollars The amount naada a.
II . -, 49, w. u fsr..I4-1 ..1 ~. Illr..s