Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-27

se.afItt4NH A@N Ai aaisHHA a~ittAftli1T'
But fhla friehtlna sum total does not include
all the ilabliltles3f lhe Government. / ace 10
the eneWspapersao of tae day other items mention
ed, namelyi u g. osFtif0at of Indebtedness
nsD 3, scbti stss Of thdebtednese; orders
fCt csrdfSa Ca o sbtsdoe i ssrtet n astors'
vouchers, These aud many otheritems constl.
tute a fatihg debt moat of which 10 not EN-
brsced IA the above anantlal statement
I'd Some ideaiof the magnitude Of the business
Of settling army ,paymastefsssr accounts may be
inferred fom the fact that over one hundred and
| ifty clerksa are employed upon them at the Of :
flee of the Second Auditor; yet, with all this
force, there Is a yesf and halfs accumulstions
OF 6oCouOts and olalms in that office.
II We add to the above statemont all the
liabilities incurred for war purposes alnuathg
3Olh ofJuae, and olaims fpf damages, pensions,
bOuEtes, etc ote., We will not OverstRte the
total ltsbilisiesu ofIthe Uoited lStateS, at the
present time at TwSnH0UsAED MILLrogs OF DOL.
LARS.
lrP0ansyl lvania is about one-tentb Of the
'Union as 1t was Her proportion DE- the ma,
tlonal debt is, therefore, two hundred millions
oH dollars. But If we impoyeii.h and destroy
the South, depOpulAte her cities, her towns and
her piantatl0n's the proportion, of tie debt TO
Pcnnsylvsnia will be increased fifty per cent !;
making her liabilities for the war lour hundred
millions Of dollats. The expenses Of the Gem
eral G1veramens, for all purposes, at The pres!
eat tjRe exceed tEo millions of dollars per day;
Chat -, a. tho pa 9 OF more ths1 seven hundred
| millous per hnndfn. The internal rev ua, tax
now ieVfef fs getiniatea al one ibundted and Sty
millionss Of &tilsrs,1 Il 10 very duun ful wheth.
or that amount vii be collected; but whether
1t Is or not, these figures will show What aa In,
menee increase every month aud eyary year Of
war viii lmsketo the above.mentiope et ormous
amount of liabilities. 5at.y a ::
| The debt is now represented BY mere prom
| ise to pay, but 1t is payable In mbtey, which
the Constitution recognizes to De gold and sil-
yer. Il will GcrsEss bur- undersl andine Of The
amOua. of the metg ihays pansd when We
consider tho Weigh. OF those amounts 10 gold
aha silver fhe debt is nov, say. tTo t6su-
sand millions ofodellats sthis in gold coin of the
United. Stat tesiEouid weigh ,hree thou ,and eipt
! hpndsstIsnd ,ssNeatS fge tops- "a ION of aold
| weighs about $685. ,p0unda) To hoye thip
amount Oh an. ofdidsry road would REQUIRE $685.
horsesllGf 92l wagOns with four hofse :, : silye,
Msigh about. .aitsen timeslas MUCH as, gold, =
Il wOlld, theSefaEe,.r s,gIesisf fosce, IL
| that proportion, to. move the above am ount II
estimated in that metal. How much theae
arhoantsRonld weigh in paper, which has no
inirinsicgvsiue, | have no means of cslcnIat;-
ing. -. e,,s,,s s-.,-.. ... .s-.. ID.
,'rhe vaIuation Of all the property, real and
lpSfsOnal, In Pennsylvania, as fxtd BY the Rev.
ehue Board OF 1853, Ia Ave hundFed dnd ninety.
six millions of dOlaa.. The asosltained and
regia:ered debt OF the Un!ed States on the 30 h
OF juno last, alone, without Feieyente to other
debts ando liabilities, is nearly twice as grea,
as the whole value OF the assessed property In
this cemnonNtath! II iEe inclnde the estl-
mated debts before feteri.d TO, Including GLAZING
for damages, etc., ETC., we then have o debt
more than foff times the value Of the property
OF hll kinds ia PeunsylYaEa as returned by
the assessots 10 the lCoual5 COMMISSIONERS
This compsris9n Alao win aseist US to form
some adequate Idea If the magnitude of the na-
tional debt. ''s Ean f9-4 n'tL .--.- :.
Again, Boston, in proportion TO her popula-
tion, 10 the riohess cty ia tha United States
The total wealth Of that city, as recently val
ued by the asses5Ors, 10 three huadtod and two
millions OF dollars The whole wealth of that
city will nos pay the expenses. of the govern
ment for much more than one hundred days.