The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-02-11
Tho Debts Of the States,

The debts contracted by the sew
oraI States daring the war were sub.
stautially part Of the vast national
debt incurred by the people in the
suppression Of the rebellion. Tue
Special Commissioner OF the Revenue
in his report, furnishes some inter.
esting tables, showing the general
reduction of the State Indebtedness
since the war. The figures Of the
debt in the winters of1s60. 81, 1865
'66J Jeud in November, 1868, with the
Increase and reduction, are as fol-
lowk
Naiuo-Dcbt in 1861, $500, 500 (
Dedcmber 81, 1868, s5l64,G00, De-
ccu,bor 81, 1868, S5.O53, 500. Re.
duc,ion in three years. slll,OO0.
New Hampshire-Debt ia 1861,
s3I663; June 1, 1865, $1,000, 2,O7O;
Juto l, 1868, So, 3,is7,4l2. Rednc-
tioa S5l4,65S.
Yermont--No debt in 1861 in
1856, 81 $4,000 in November, 1868
sllGs, 600. , Reduction. StS2 900
Massachusotts-No debt in 1861 ;
1868, SS,25i,SB4; 1867, Sll 1902, 500;
November, 1868, si3,S6S,672. In,
crease since 1865, $500, 900.
Rhode Islaud-No debt in 1861;
1865, S4,0OO,0 900; November, 1865,
SO, 10000 Reduction, $500, 900.
Conneoticut--No debt in 1861: in
1865, $40, 400, ,OOO in December, 1868
SO, i35,5OO Reduction, 81, ,2O4, 500.
New York-September, 30, 1860,
s3I, 1890; 1863, s40.6SS, $50 ;
September, 1868, s4l,96S,7SG. Re.
ductiou, Sl,6lS,753. Uu>applied bal
ances in the sinking fund would re-
duce the debt to s3S, ,SGl,44S.
New Jersey-lS60, slO4, 900; No.
vembor, 1865, s3,0IS,8O0; November
1868, s2,2l0,697, Reduction, $780,.
lO2.
Pennsylvania November, 1860,
S37, ,96I,602; 1SGl-G2, S40,575, ,420;
Nov. 1865, s32, ,799,TSG. Reduction,
s7,776,634.
Delawarc-No debt in 1860; in
1867 the debt was s1,2l0, 900; De-
cember, 1868, s505, 800. Reduction.
SG36, 150.
Maryland holds productive mort.
cages and lieus to the full amount OF
her debt.
Ohio-Dett in 1860, s1i,25O173;
1865, sl3,OGO,5s2j 1868, slO,529,.
675. Reduction since the war, SO,
$50, sos.
Indiana-Debt in. 1861, S7,770,-
233; in 1864, ss,6s7, 800 in 1868,
SO, 3,101, ,5s7. Reduction, s5, 5,5S6,373.
Michigan-Debt in 1861, s2,3SS 4
S42; November, 1866. s3,970,S2f,
November, 1868, S3,651.O7S. Re-
duction, s32S, ,s42.
llliuois-Dobt in 1861, S10,277,s 4
1Gl; 1868, sll,17s. .564; November
1868, s5,0ss, ,453. Reduction, s5,,
1eO,11l.
Wisconsin-Debt in 1861, S10O,,
600; 1865, s2,692, ,457; November
1868, 50, ,252, coo. Reduction, s4IO,.
4G7.
Minnesota, in 1863, had debt OF
250, 900 dollarss, which was increased
to 100000 dollars, of which, in 1868,
there was outstanding 100000 dol.
lars.
Iowa is out ofdebt.
Mssouri's debt iu 1860, 24,F34,.
900 dollars; January, 1865, $1,000.
600 dollars; October, 1868, 2O,5J7, !,
900 dollars. Reduction, GAS, 900
dollars. The State holds collateral
bonds for s3,OOO,0OO of the debt.
Kentucky, in 1865, owed 50, 5,254,-
346,which is now reduced to S3,619,-
600. The debt uhpaid is held by
State in trust for school and other
fuhds,
The debt of Kansas is about l.
600, 900 dollars.
Nebraska is out Of debt.
California, in 1865, owed $780,
$40 dollars. Expended for the war,
2,809,36 dollars; now owes 1905
500 dollars; discharged and paid of
1892 800.
We gather from these details that
the States which were not in rebel
lion, in January, 1861, owed an ae-
gregateof 1877, ,G93,825 dollars; that
during the war this was increased to
21S, 1907, ,499 dollars, which sum has
since been reduced to 15T,1ls,1OS
dollars.
This present Indebtedness includes
over s5,O00,000 incurred by Massa-
chusetts for special internal improve.
ments during the last few years. In
addition to the payments on the ma.
tional debt, the people should be
credited with the payment of 81 ,OO0,-
900 dollars ofStato liabilities.-N. Y
T,iIUue