Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-02

or, to be Observed that, after the 30th Of;
j June next, the sum of 500 900 granted
90 the Department by the acts of March 3,
! 1910, and March B, 1851 for the transpor
|; t;ition and delivery offrcc mail matter for
Z Copgrtss aud, the. Executive Departments, 4
raany be applied in part to the oxtingush- (
ment of this deficiency This will leave tho 7
lobalance 10 be provided for s3,6s5, ,2S1.95.
Ofthis sum of 81 1886, ,2S1.95, the defcien-
cy which existed in the quarter ending ON
the 3fst of December, amounted to S749,-
S41 .9S; that for the qarter ending 3lst of
March to 81 ,9G4 1855. .26; thatfor the quar-.
ter ending Both of june to 81 ,9Tl ,285.0l
Total ST., 1888 1875. :
I'd" The S746, ,S3l 6S-being the anpaid
balance of the curriers' liabilities closing
31st December, and payable 2Sth Fcbrua-
ry--can and will be paid by the Depart
mcnt within sixty days from this date the
payment of the principal part of it will be
made within thirty days. The effect of
this will be to divide the entire deficit of
$4,3S5 ,2SI95 between the quarters ending
3lst March and 30th June, and payabIc
31St May and 3lst August so that ,hc sus4
pension Of payment OH no part of this in
dubtrdncss will exceed, beyond a few days
six months before the regular meeting of
Congress OH nearly one-half of it the sus-
pension will be but few days moro that
three months"
The following opinion, which he express
es, will be gratifying to contractors;
The debts due. and to become due, to
the contractors are ofasacrcd character, The
contracts ont of which these debts arise
have been entered into under the express
authority of existing laws of Congress. To
appropiia tic money for their payment is as
obligatory and binding upon Congress as it
is to provide for the principal and Interest
of the nutiuaal debt. There never will be
there never can bc-u rcpudiytion of
this debt by the representatives of the
! American people. After the amount duo
to each contractor shall have been asccl-
tanned and finally settled according to law,
this amount becomes specific dept of re-
cord against the United States. Its pay
mcnt is inevitable, and the contractor de-
Sires tn borrow money uron it, the lender
| could have 10 better security. Besides, as
! Congress are in dcfauitfo not having made
an appropriation to meet this debt, it would
be no more than strict Justice for them to
provide for the ep0ymentof interest ON these
| accounts from the time of their final adjust
| mcnt by the accounting officers of the de-
partmcnt, and when warrant would have
issued for their payment had an aprropril-
ton been made. This interest, excluding
from view that onthe S749, ,S4l now in tho
couHc of payment, and applying on the
lst of July, TO the cxtinguishment of the
principal, the S7000a0 for free matter,
which will be then availabe--should Con-
gross think proper to allowit, ouldamount
to less than $100,000---a sum not 20 be-
compared with the grcnt difficulties and
ombarrissnreitts of upublic and private
character which would result from holding
especial session Of Congress, to saynothing
of the expense that would necessarily bc
incurred, even though the members should
receive no additional pay"
He concludes by stating that system Of
rctrcnchmcnt, so rs it may be practicable
under existing laws, is now an imperative
duty in tho administration of the depart
ment. This will be gratifying to opponents
ofa high tariff, and disastrous news to the
Motectionists, who, by accumulnting ex-
pcndturcs hoped to force even those Wlro
were the a avouatcs of tariff for revenue to
yield to tho cxigencits Of the Government.
Mr. Galnsha Grow, tho rodoubtablc Rcpub-
lican pWtcctionist, from the great iron State
of Pennsy hauiA, is thus cntangcd in his
own >meshcs lv - ~