The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-22

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soldiers Of t,se war 81 ISfa. proposed by The
Il 6enfi finnisn jr ~ Tennessee. fMr. Savage. I re-
l0Rieiijp ri. II AlOOO D4r annun,. There arx ten
uew war sse ,,ucrs proboxed by nav friend from
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u jneutleniail lSem Nassachnsetts fur Davis
which, II pas sed. wiz reauire 45.sr,Op0V. Tha
4 duties 10 be refunded for aoods DESTROYED ~
IRE, do moi know how much. Confnata,ion
10 the heirs ss reyotutios1arr soldiers a. no,
,Eknow how lauch. Claims growing ous 0f Infi.
"a wars III Or pon md w sbinsg al fefritoS51s
Iurgea by tse Dsiceatc Iro,n Orsecn. and crrai
j ned bysan Execnt.ve ofReer. ASs,,nfInff} Tbs,
I've have the Paei6c railroad, aioretaste OF the
cost 81 which We have had M sl (. OiJ(} mend.
4 cd already ii, The publication of the iepor, Of
the suryeys.
Nov. have shown tlas il m human proh..
bility tiae expenditures Of this Goyeyn,nent viii
be from ninety TO one hundred million dollars.
/ TO meet this, the Secretary in his recent letter
estimates the receipts for the first two quarters
! q. $25 ,Ob0, ,0tn. !. We know from comparison
with iorHser wears that the receipts FOR the last
two squastcrs will not exceed the first. making
the aggregate Of receipts <s0O00, 900, OF a de.
/ s6cieRcy 0f 0rer forty million dollars for next
year,
I ADMINISTRATORS RFnEpY--Lo1ls AND rREAsURr
MOTHS.
! And yet, Sir, for this alsrminc condition OF
the public -Hs.ances, the Administration has no
measure of relief except loan bills, md paper
money in. the .orm of Treasury notes No pro.
vision is mace for their pa yInent; no measures
ofretrenchmsnta and reform; but these aeeumu-
lated difficulties are thrust upon the future. with.
the improsilence Of a young spendthrift.-
| Whlle.the Stcretary is waiting 70 foresee con-
| tingencies. we are prevented by party major.
| ity from instituting reform. II we Indicate
even the commencement. Of retsenchment, or
| point out abuses, on this ride of the House. we
are at once assailed by members of the Com
| mittee of Ways and Means
The only Effort at retrenchment which / have
seen here successful was that made by the gen.
tlelnan from Kentucky, Mr. Mason. in retu
cling the number Of officers employ ed about this
Hail.
I That the Committee Of Ways and Means have
no purpose OF commencing. u reform. we have
ample evidence in the appropriation bills before
us--more than sixty nine million dollars.
This does not include permanent apprOpria-
tions, amour ing for this fiscal year to the sum
Of 81, ,436.ts2 nor does it include multitude
Of bills appropriating money, from all the other
standing committees; and we are told that other
bills are yet TO be reported from the Ways and
Means Committee. We know, by sure experi-
ence, that these appropriation bills are never
diminished; they are increased in this House;
they are sent 10 the Senate, and there they are
overloaded with items already rejected by the
House. Nor does this table include class Of
expenditures much more deserving public favor
than many OF the bills reported The rivers
snd harbors of the West in vain demand inn
provement While millions are expended in
your coast surveys and Atlantic defences, you