Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-26
Hon. JosErH
Posr nrr1nE prp,nrnssr.

March -, 1897
Sra: Ia answer to The inquiries con aiatd in your
note, just received, beg 70 submit. bg following
statement:
Congress- for the FIRST time siece the organization
of the government, has expired wi hou. hsslny
made a. pr priaions for the service Of the ss Of-
nee Department during he next fiscal year winch
viii commence on tee Isl IF July Had be n en-
bers of he mkt Congress besa 81 cei from ~ y
States, the Presiieat might on the 4h Of Nj Tca
have called an * "a Sc sion aud his cmiss Ga &
the laje Congress might hare been thus sDTpl ed
This was, BIO sever impossills without dsiFe chs
ing the people CT neatly half the States IN the
Z lien vi CD had not eleei ed members a that
date h re w,re fifteen States vi hout representa-
,iv,s New Hampshire h since elected Rhode
island and Connecticut viii eject in tile beginnu z
Of Aprii Or u in lie b. ginn Of Jua- Va
Q MIA on the fourth Thursday of May; muck {,
Ala ANA, Nsr II Ca'oiaa, AID fexa4 in III Legi
ring Of August; Calitornia eTsly Ia Ssp en- Der ;
&c gia. Ai,si-sippi. aa4 ABuesaia in b g'a-
mig II October, and lIOuIs,aoa and Aiaryi T.
until the f. st Mohd y 4. Wcan 5 lay in Maven,
ttr This is most shfottrnae Th5re e, It 0
be Ia eryl WteB iuil C9ngr IS could rot be
coLVs nsd, aud i. is TO be hoped that there never
will be one hereafter.
Had the appropriation bill which failed made pro
vision only ior the fiscal year muene,ng OF the lst
of suiy npxt, IN ro woa obviously have esel no
necessity fer an ezra session The first quar-
terry service of contractors ins thai year viii
not have been performed 80 as 10 ent; is them TO
pay. until the first OF 0Jtob AMI ny ne terms OF
their contlacis-those for railroad routes onts
ceped-si1ty days more must elapse before their
counts can be fnsliy setled. which would pJai pore
The d Of payment till the 1st Of December, with n
less than week rom the regular meeting of Con
gress. Il i should be deemed aivi. able c ngress
might he convened for the middle Of Noyembt in
ample time iGproFide for the payment Of 6ha vii
be dre contractors for the first quarters service Of
the fiscal year; before il will De, in fse, ya-
bic. This statement makes 1t manifest, therefore.
that had the appropriations proposed in the bill
which failed, been intended meet only the liabiliN
Ties Of the next fiscal year. there would have beer
sufficient reason for ealing Congress together be-
fore he gular Ter.od CT It's assembling
SnDh, however, is not the case That bill also
prLviled '.h At the of 50 e38 T2S be, and tat
same is here by 'propriaied cut of any mOaey in
the trehsury not Otherwise apprpria,ed, TO sapp'y
Deficiencies 10 the revenues Ofthe Post Office Depart
Eent Tor the year ending the 30lh june 1859" Upon
careful examination and Investigation, it has Ell
aseertained tia the deficiency will amount to abJu'
the sum of 81, S35, 2sl 95. It ought, however, TO
be observed shat sf er the Both June next, The
OF 500 GOO granted TO the Degarpsrt by ths acts
of Ma ch 3 1919, and March 3, 1851 for he trans
portsion and delivery Of free mail matter for Cln
gress and the Executive Departments, may be APP
piled IN part to exjBguishment of this def iencr,
This will leave the bsl4uce to be provides fer So
6s5 PSI 95 OF this sum of Sl3S5,2Sl 50 tbs lie
fcienoy which existed in the quarter ending on The
81 Of Dece mber amounted 10 SI49,e4l 6S
That for the quarter ending 3lst of
Mar,h to...... LOO 70
That for the quarter ending 80 h Of
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