New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-04
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few DAVIS aoo we gave some interesting statistics
respecting the expenses Of the General Government
from 1891 np to the present period Or Whereabouts
showing that Mr. Buchanan's was, by all odds, the
costlest Administration the country had ever been
bnrtbened with We now propose to submit some
other data bearing upon the same topic, knowing that
if anything can arouse the masses of our people to
nroper appreciation Of the state public affairs, and
induce them to take controlling hand in the man
aeemen of the Government, an appeal to the sensi-
tive pocket nerve, founded irretnable facts will
accomplish that desirable object When that nerve
fails to respond sympaheticay to such appeals, there
is no use arguing the matter, One had better amuse
himself by whistlng jigs to milestone than at
tempt to arouse the taxpayers from their torpor
Nothing but new and extensive levy upon their
purses would suffice to awaken them but as the next
Congress will probably be constrained to enforce that
levy, or increase the general debt forty or fifty mil
lions more, little additional information upon the
subject may not be out Of place.
The reliable Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American, writing under date of
the 26th ult,, communicates to that journal some I'M
portant facts ana figures, which, although differing
immaterally from those previously given in regard
to the expenses Of the current year. none the less
ptuation of the specific appropriations made by Con
gress during the last session. prepared under the d
recon Of the Clerk Of the House of Representatives.
and NAV therefore, be relied on as strictly accurate
The statement referred to is in the suboiued precise
words and figures:
| Legislative, executive, judicial and mtsceIia- ,,. ,
pi Rg9m3 and Consular 9i2io
INDIAN department. revolutionary, invalid md
Amy ~ orlifcatons military academy and mill
taFy roans. II 5 353 *
Postofca nepnrtm l9Qi7 49, ~
9essn i5sa% n mail rsysls 5 55SS g
! Treaty with the King Of Denmark ..'. 5Oe'i3l "a
SSS2i S25 %
The above figures, continues the correspondent al
luded to, represent nothing more than the specific
appropriations. The indefinite appropriations, nclu
ding claims and the like, are variousy estimated
and By statement put forth BY the Treasury De
partment at $5,5O0O00, we assume but S2,O0O,0OO
The interest on the public debt is provided for in
the bills authorizing the loans or notes, and hence
no annual appropriation is made That item belongs
to the permanent class At the hazard of repeating
some facts it is desirable to recite the prominent
figures that they may be remembered in the discus
sions which are to arise in regard to the financial
condition Of the Government. They are set forth in
this wise:
I@ r 81 s sPsei5S Sc,aE NJ ss824s5 40
Indefinite appropriations, for claims, elow oo
Interest sS % n4Glic debt Which existed prior to
ASts pgsngff y ea J 81 G6 c created a't on
~ Ac,s ecen6er . Md june u 1000 600 %
presen $e'y TTs@sary Report Bee s. ISL 1886 SIS
ro,o, ,,rrorrtaoos for oscal wear. si03 s5575 10
whatever balance Of unempIoyed apDropriations
NAV exist at the end Of this YEAR saws the authority
we have onoted must he placed to It's credit hit no
nartcuIar balance can he assumed nav, This state.
ant i made as fair as possible and to present The
official lata wherever thew we're accessible, The Is.
innate Of the Secretary Of tbe Treasury for Tie cur
rent fsco wear. was sg4 08t, 755 o. including the
balance Of liz appropriations which lapped over from
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