American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-06-24

Inc expenses OF LhlS year, the NJ 81 u1Ger
Mr.. Buchanan's Administration, will tie
5000, 900 more than, the entire expenses
of the Government, from its foundation TO
the close of Jefferson's ADMINISTRATION
The aggregate expense for the first twenty
one years of our Government Were 49,
363, ,762; and have already shown that
this year, the expenses exceeded 83,00O,-
OoO.
Sir. your deficiency bill this year am is
to more than the average expenses OF The
Government for the first forty years of its
existence, Your miscelane Gus bill ANTS
to more than the aggregate expenses Of the
Government in any year, except the years
OF the war. prior to 1880 We appropria-
ted 10 946,l for miscellaneous urposes;
and yet, ifyou look at the table, you will
find that the aggregate expenses of the
General Government, exclusive Of the pub
lie debt. are much less than that for every
year exrept during the period of the last
war with Great Britain.
have another table here, carrying out
the comparison instituted by the gentle.
man from Alabama Mr.. CuRRY the 9th
er day, in his very able speech, to which
listened with great pleasure. 1t contrast.
expenditures Of the Government in l84C
and those OF 1857.
table showing details of expenditures OF the Gen
eral Government in the years 1910 and 1887, respec
! lively, exclusive of public dobt ..g q
Civil list. ..H........ So, ,SsS,7eo 81 s7,6il547 .;
! Foreign intercourse in .-. p
! cluding awards. ....... 6s3.27S Is 999l77 O.
Mlscellaneous.... 2.5d535l % ls'V46.Ie9 "
Military service 7,OU5 ,s67 % l9,l59,i5O 81
Revolutionary and other All.
| Indon department incluh-
ing Chickasaw fund .9.33l.794 s6 43556s3 g.
Naval establishment. ,l13s96 10 1861 I694 81
Expenditures, exclusive .ft
ofpublic debt. e4l30,saO IL 65,0S2, $50 x
BY this it is shown that. in the yeal
$40. the civil list amounted to 2,736. .769
81; and in 1857 to 7,611,547 27. find
that the miscellaneous expenditures-rur
up from $500. 900 to 100000. fnC
that the expenditures for the military ser
vice run up from 100000 in 1910. tc
10000 in 1857. and to 10000, DOC
this year. The naval expenditures Of the
Government run up from 6. ZOO, 600 to owe
12,O0O,00Q. and for next year, over 13,
OOO, 600 exclusive offortifcations and III,
ten new sloops OF war. =, .t... .., .'
CONTINGENCIES AM
81 MISCELLANEOUS. H-Hu
Now when we go into the details of thi
expenditure, we find some OF the mos
startling phases Of political economy. lie
us take up for instance. the item for con
tingeut expenses Of the House and Senate
In 1910, the pay for the employees o
both House of Congress amounted to az,
592; in 1857. it amounted to 81 900; All
yet the number ofpersons composing tn
Congress Of $40 and 1857 was suhstan
tally the same. ] find that the incidenta
and contingentexpenses Of the Senate ros
, from 100000 to 100000; the incidents
, expenses Of the House from 240, 900 to 1.
$4,000. l find that the expenses Of tn
D President and the different Departments
! at the other end Of the Avenue, have rise
from s5o,5S1 to l.9l7.673. 1 have be
: fore me a astatement which had the temeI
: Slity-for so the ehAirrnan Of the Committe
/. of WAYS and Means regarded tito rea
. the other day. 1t Is a table showing appr
atoms for the President. and for his house
: garden, and ground, in l84o, and 1859;
n $50 1870. 1850,
g Secretary, steward and messenger ,...., 40
Contingent expe TIses and stationary ......e u