The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-14
The Federal Expend,,s,es.

The Federal Expenditures.
Judge TKuMBULL, in his speech on Thurs.
day evening, having attempted to manufac.
ture political capital by grossly misstating
and exaggerating the federal expenditures
for the current year. we give, from the No
tional Intell,gencer, the following impartial,
carefully prepared, and reliable statement of
the subject, and, that our readers may learn
how reckless man like Judge I. can be in
his statements, we beg them to compare
what he said with these indisputable facts
and figures:
The official statement, prepared under the
direction of the Clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives, in compliance with a law of
Congress, fer the purpose of showing the
gross amount Of the appropriations made in
the general acts passed during the lat ses-
sion, concludes with the following recap tu-
lation of the Federal Apr priations:
Legislative executive, judicial, civil,
and miscellaneous. ............ .sl2, 796, GAG 40
Diplomatic and consular. 3I2, %
Indian department., revolutionary, In
valid, and other pensions. ..-.... 3,497, loo 81
Army Notifications military academy
and military roads. 25,6S3,6lO 40
Naval service ............. I3,'O 1,o.i "a
Post office department. ........ 1907, iJ6 o.
Ocean steam mail service 1,ibO, 1850 o.
Collection of the revenue. S,6O,OOO VI
Treaty with the King Of Denmark. 4O5,s24 IL
ISL, 1924 $50 20
This amount is exclusive, we need hardly
say, Of the permanent appropriations al
lowed by existing laws, as also OF those
marked indefnite in the official statement.
These latter cannot row be estimated with
any certainty, as their determination de-
ponds on data not yet ascertained. We
have seen them set down at the probable
amount of So, 900, 900. Among the per"1a-
nent appropriations is to be placed the &C
cruing interest on our public debt, for the
annual payment Of which provision is made
l. the bills authorizing the loans. If, how
ever, these items tend somewhat to swell
the aggregate Of the appropriations made for
the current fiscal year, it is but just to say
that considerable sum included in the
above recapitu!ation more properly belongs
to the expenses of the last fiscal year Under
this head are embraced tue appropriations
made for deficiencies, which, rs allowed for
the several departments OF the public ser
vice. amount TO the sum total OF more than
ten millions of dollars, as will be seen from
the ilowiI & items:
Deficiencies for printing, dc....... 81, 1S9 -
General deficiency bill .......... 900, 20t -
Deficiency for aTrnoTies. ........... $4,000 OF
Indian treaties, &c. o3t, $50 10
Total deficiencies. 81, "a, s9i II
In the aggregate, moreover, of Il 9, or. 45G
assigned to the service Of the Pos, Office
Department, are included all the expenses
Of our postal system, which will in part be
betrayed by the receipts Of the Department,
Congress having allowed only 81, 800, 900 to
supply the contingent deficit OF receipts over
expenditures during the current fiscal year
But, while taking these statements into
the account, it is not to be forgotten that the
unexpended balances Of the last fiscal year S
appropriations are also placed at the com
mand Of the Secretary OF the Treasury
These balances, according to the annual re-
port Of that officer, amount 10 s. 6,5S6, 5SS,
and may therefore be added TO the aggregate
appropriations granted by Congress for the
current year. ltwouid hardly be Just, how
ever, to count them, with the other appro-
priations, among the actual expenditures Of
the Government for this year, /; may turn
out that an equal sum viii be carried over
from the books Of the current to those of
the next ensuing fscal year.
The total Federal revenues to be lisbursed
during the present year, or for which ap
preparations have been made by Congress,
NAV therefore be stated as follows:
Special appropriations. So ,S24, 935
Permanent appropriations for interest
on public debt. 6c...-....-... 3,5ocOOO
Indefinite appropriations for claims,
pensions, allow snces, &c, estimated, 100000
SIS, 325, SIS
AID balance Of pres iousIy existing ap-
prapriations applicable 10 current