The weekly union record., 1864-04-23

EDITOR or ruE UNION REcoRp.---if, n some one,
undoubtedly possessed of an immense fin ucial head,
ATTEMPTED in vour last issued Il enlighten the cn-
ME outside or Oroville, concerning aa act in
relation to the Board of supervisors of Rutte county,
allow me to call the atteatiop of that financial head,
and the attention OF the people OF Bltte county
generally inside and outside of Oroville. 10 GER
tain things which the distinguished inancier did
not in his said communication see fit to mention.
will not attempt TO change single figure which
this name ess man has made. genius deserves its
reward so let his work stand to enlighten the peo-
ple outside of Oroyille" and hand down his name
to prnsneritv aS second only To a Montague or
Chase. In fact a man who write the finances
OF county down II utter, hopeless, bankruptcy,
and with few bret strokes OF his pen, can write
them up again II the swelling surplus over and
above all expenses of the OF sl 40 - deserves
a higher niche in the temple ot financial fame
than poor Butte county will ever he able to beStow
Such a man. now too poor to have a name at all,
ought to emigrate to some wider field where his
geninS can soar unob~tructcd by the narrow boun-
daries ot single county. Others have won lmnor
tai fame on much less capital. why not he on this
glorious achievemeut-a word to the wise | trust
i sIlicient. Antony. Caesar Sciplo, and Hannibal
all had their victories; Alexander conquered the
world: hut who like this man since Christ turned
water into wine. has possessed the magic lamp, AT
whose touch the bankrupt finances OF a county have
ponred fatth their golden treasures to relieve her
Office ridden citizens from the heavy taxation
now weighing like night mare upon the energies
of the tax PAYERS of this county. But Mr. Editor,
enough of this. Will gow attempt by few figures
of NV own II show IN his financial calculation by
applying to II the test known in logic aS roductio
ad a5Surduri. The gentleman says our revenue for
1854 estimated the basis of lN63 for all the funds
will be So rs 52. the expenses ot the county for
same period for all purposes sti.67S. Mr.. Il. F.
the total debt of the county on January ), s6t, at
Sill .iS7 l9. Now Tor the sake of the argument let
us admit this to be correct and compute the interest
the deht for one year amounting to Sll JOB Il;
now considering this part Of our annual expenses
1 il will amount to So >3l a. which deducted from
the gross receipts for the year s15 lis g. leaves
balance of $50 SOC 81 over and above all expendi-
lures.
/ RKc KcArIrULArIoN.-Totala annual reyenue from
all sources a. per eStlmatc. s75l2> Il
/ Total expenses including interest on
/ slll45' l9.--...-.--.-.--.-..'- .5i'S-i Il
Nett annual balance over all expenses $50 300 81
This showing is very creGitable To the finances
Of the county and would seem IN give the lie to the
pretended necessity .nr this Act Of the LEG i>a-
ture. which plumbers the honest creditors OF the
county. to wit: vuur working men and women,
your school fund the widows and orphans OF the
/ county together with 'the spectators IN scrip.
and this Is done for the sole purpoSe of increasing
the salaries Of the present county officials from
some s400 TO $1,000 each per annum.
/ But again. Nr. Auditor Jones says in his report
/ of January >. 1854 that the total debt Of Butte
I county heretofore stated .-Slll 49, 10
! \ little more than year previous tins
/ same Auditor GA Dec. /, 90 states
the total debt at.-.--.-----.-.- at : lpp iHf -
Leaving balance against the Co Of S6039 "a
! On this showing ask where is the gentleman
sinking fund Of S3l 40 - TO come lcom except d
recy out OF the pockets Of The neope by increased
aud eNhughltaRt taxation.
! Let the gentlemen take either horn he peases-
the one shows high order Of financial prosperity,
and hence no need ot any plundering acts OF ih'
legislature and the other that the SSl.450 - ID 4
redemption fund exists only in the vivid imagina
tion ot il author.
But sir. l will not take tle chances or making
myself too tedious 10y pursuing this subject an,
longer. | VIII simply add that whatever oihe
effects this ,aw may produce. II has one which mont
will cue>ison and that Is. that II takes irom TIT
creditors of the county. who have row waited iron
few months TO abou. three wears, the null ano IN
Of tho gentleman 5 estimated expense 70 VIII; III
sum oi S4J 67S g. and applies II = the payment o
demands vet II accrue. certainly OF no hlgaer mora
or legal obligations than those already outStandln.
To illU>trate-the county has heretofore paid 1t
servants N DEPRECATED paper Ii now propose
through this law to depreclate that same depret IA
ted paper about hundred per cent. whilst 1t in
crelseS the pay of its public servants about . pc
cent having these now serving and those VII
have heretofore served in the ratio respectively
about three 10 one, and yet men say that this 5
good law il i going to get the county out Of deb
So said JEFF PAWS and his brethren in MiSsisspp
when they repudiaIed Their deotS- buy 'his Is nc
the work OF the people e Butte county. A fe'
years since the people Of this county voted owe
! whelminslyin in iavor Of paving an admitted Gnco
s,itutional debt cf s27oo oao. The people nevt
= asked fer anv such law and - day in my humb
!. Judgment de>pise the fraud ana truss. those wh
, pcrpei.ated 1t. JO>IlCF-'
THS RETURNING FLooD.-The RED Biu
e. Independent iearns from parties just 'eiaTne
. i,om the NoFthee. mines Ihai ,be9e V'h oe !
p immeISe food OF returning emigrautS the pre-
e eni Summer and fall Thousands who baI
gone to Nez Peroes Salmon River, Idaho, at
other northern mining localities. expecting
, reap immediate fortunes have found the cou
., try just like any other, only more seve