Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-19


@ state, suggest an increase In tho pay Of all civi
officers whose compensation is fixed by law, Su
preme Judges should be paid salary Of $4,000
d Chanceors aud Circuit Judges should be alloweC
$4,000, and the Treasurer Comptroller Secretary OF
State, Attorney General and other officers should b,
p allowed corresponding Increase In their salaries
And respectfully but frankly suggest that the pay
, of members Of the General Assembly bs increased
and the more so rs such increase could not take cf
feet during your term of Office,
1t is folly to think of u man In public office now
supporting his family the salary he received four
and i've years ago Boarding, clothing, meats, veg
cables--in fact everything has increased to twice
former prices. And yet the wages of the public Of
fcers down ut the old prices, lfany one of the
incumbents named is worthy Of his office, he is
worthy Of support from that Office, His pay
should be made equal TO his necessary expenses, -
The State cannot reasonably expect man to devote
his individual time aud his whole energies and tall
en,s TO an office, when the salary of such office will
not detroy tho necessary oNPonsos of his family
Gentlemen capable Of flling such offices are capa.
Bile of supporting themselves in other yocations
and 1t Is obvious that they will be forced 10 turn
their attention to other pursuits in order TO gain
livelihood, The increase of such salaries will add
something to our taxes, but the amount will be so
small rs scarcely to be felt by the people. / doubt
not they will chccriully contribute in this way to
aid in sustaining good and competent men in impor-
tant official positions. | recommend, therefore,
that immediate action be taken in this matter.
rr,,>o,
The financial condition of the State demands the
early and prompt attention Of this General Assem-
| bly,. The reports of the Comptroller and treasurer
are TO the first of October, 1861 From that timo
TO the restoration of the capital to the national au
thorty IN February following, and the flight of the
State authorities, the information left us is imper
feet and insufficient The subsequent operations
VIII appear rom thG current report ol the Comp
'roller whose hgh character LOT Integrity ana truth
commend MN 10 your eonndehoe' Inc balance IN
.he treasury on lne nlsV OF oetoner lool accord
ing 10 inc lroesurefs report was siso,foo o. BE-
slue warrants lor payment remain IN inc treasury
~ Vg0,loi W, ""'''''.o Su' - ''0 ir'"Suiy n"u
Sn n o', ,U' ,l;Gol ~ ~ now
the next Four months and half to tho middle of
February 1852, have no information. Except the
military expenses il is presumed that the balance
was not changed Judging from the uniformity ap. I
parent in the fiscal operations of the preceding for
wears, Since that time Middle and West Ten1esseo
have been generally within the Federal lines and
East Tennessee since the first of September, 1865
Governor Johnson occupied the Capitol and eyer I
cised gubernatoral jurisdiction over those portions
of the State held by Federal authority. Governor
Harris who adhered 10 tho rebel cause is very gon
erally understood to have collected revenue in the
counties within their military lines The Comn-
troer will be found to have given in his report the
financial history of Governor Johnsons administra
tion This repou is respectfully v submitted for your
careful consideration and tho Recommendations of
that officer are approved by me What MONEYS
were collected by tioyernor Harris and his subordi |
mites | am unable TO state nor am | prenor.d 10
sny that il is important for Won 10 inquire. Il will
he matter for vour consideration whether the ava
rage of taxes for the pnst our years shall he coleo
,-},~l., ,as in mart TN snn,neinal ;f M, ,be
pciiOui ihrct~
est Oh tle 3'a.o oeo' ino usu'. pay " opl-
mon sChoo,s anu i 'iu W 'no
i'aoio ~, W s'I WI G '.'t
consequence " Vo wo,u nGS W a.oneu inf
oy ic"eh,,s 'ne", So n,a;oan, "~,'and
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STATE DEBT
The State Dept, ms reported by the Comptroller
in October 1861, Is said to be $6,soG,6O6 G6, and
this demands YOUR attention This includes
SO 900 900 of eight per cent bonds for the defense
of the State which has recently been discarded by
the people at the balot-box. This unauthorized |
and most unjust indebtedness repudiated leaves the
Indebtedness of the State properly SO COG &C. at
an an annual interest of S2l2,3ss 25. The interest
is u es,imed TO have been mid on the first of Jam
uary, 1861 1t is not known how much has been
paid, if any. The bonds will show either by the
endorsement or the absence of the coupons Besides
this debt the State has bonds for internal improve
mcn purposes, and has endorsed the bonds of rail
road companies to the amount of sl62ll 900 OO-
For these the State is ultimately liable upon the
failure of the companies These bonds il is be.
lieved the State whave to provide for TO preserve
its credit making an aocregote indebtedness of
s2oOO5 sos 66 and the annual interest sl.ls5O4s
25. of this debt proper, 5000 66 mat,red in
1861; S6l25O in 1862 sl77. .75O in 1868; and
s5s. 500 in 1854; in ALL S36e eG SO. AT once 10 be
proyided for The Comptroller states that the
bonds maturing in 1861 were ntaken possession of
and held by the State subject 10 adjustment a, the
end of the war Besides these. the State held
bonds, mostly her own, as follows; The Spencer L.
deposited by free banks, Sil deposited by foreign
insurance companies so; and in all 5ss bonds
These bonds, held in trust. were carried away II is
believed. with the valuables of the State Treasury,
bv the State officers who ingoriously fed on the ap-
proach of the National flag Double pavment can
probably be avoided. Evidence must be in exist
ence by which they can be identified The notori-
ous condition of our State affairs has been sufficient
10 nut dealers upon their guard So that if any of