Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-10-19

tai increase sI5, ,223 1856. In 1865 the
actual and adjusted debt Of Florida
was sl,307, ,6l7 in 1879 the total debt,
actual and contingent, wassl6, ,556, ,072 ;
increase, .S15, 1886, ,455 In 1865 the nc.
tual and adjusted debt Of Georgia was
s5, ,706,500 in 1872 the total debt, ac-
tual and contingent, was s3S,618,750 ;
increase, s32, ,9l2, ,250. The Democratic
administration has since reduced its
actual liabilities to sS,000,000 and
brought its bonds, which at one time
could hardly be sold at any price,
above par. In Louisiana the actual
and adjusted debt was sl3,357, 500 /;
the total debt and contingent liabilities
in 1872 amounted TO 41,S64,473 in.
crease, s2s,5O6,474. In Mississippi
the actual and adjusted debt in 1865
amounted to s9l9,767 in 1871 It was
s2,2s4,2l7; increase sl,367, ,449. In
North Carolina, the debt and liabli.
tics amounted in 1868 to sl5,779, ,945 !;
in 1872 to s34, 4,SS7, ,467 increase in
four years, sl9, ,107 ,522. In South Car
olina, the actual and adjusted debt in
1865 was s13,o37, ,96l the total, actual
and adjusted debt, in 1871, was s22,-
4S091f; increase, s9,44l,95O The &C.
tual and contingent debt Of Tennessee,
in 1866, was s26,777, ,3i7, and in 1872,
| S32,054 ,476 increase, s5,277, 129. In
Texas, the actual and adjusted debt, in
1865, was s32s, ,s66; the total contin.
gent and prospective debt, In 1872, was
S12,954 ,SS7, being an increase OF sl2,-
629,62l. The debt of Virginia incrcas.
ed from SAL 100000 in 1865, to s47,-
100000 in 1871, the small increase be-
ing due to the short-lived power OF the
carpet. baggers. The total increase in
the debt Of tho eleven Southern States,
since the was, is s172, ,Gs5,9i0
LAND STOLEN FROM SETTLERS.
The total number of acres Of public
land bestowed in land-grants by Re
publican Congresses is 296, 100000; (;
the total area given away is 294,758
square miles, a larger area than that
OF Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and
Indiana combined. The total area Of
all these States is only 256, 200 square
miles.
WHAT Nh. wilEELER's RAILROADS HAVE
GOT.
Tho bonds issued to Pacific railroads
by Republican Congresses which are
now outstanding amount to s6i,G23,-
5l2; and the amount Of interest paid
by the United States, allowing for re-
payment by transportation of mails,
&c, amounts to s25,l7l,0l3.
FOUR THOUSAND MILLIONS SPENT ny
GRANT.
\ From March 4, 1889, to June 30,
1861, or ~ wears the entire net ordi-
nary expenses OF the Govcrnmcntwe
1881, ,706.l95; from June 30, 1861, to
June 80, 1875, or fourteen years, they
amounted, exclusive Of the public debt,
to s5, ,220, ,250,759. The net ordinary
expenses in the ten years OF peace
since 1865, are s2,O34, ,233,412 The
total expenditures Of the six years OF
President Grants administration. end
ing with juno 80, 1875, 81 OBS, ,43s, ,4G1.
GRANTS ARMY OF Employees.
The number of civil employees under
President Buchanan was 14,52I un-
der Lincoln in 1863, when the war was
at its height, 47,375; under Grant in
1869, 54,207 under Grant in 1873,
S6,660; under Grant in 1876, 102, ,250.
FIVE MILLIONS OF DEFALoATIoNs.
The amount of Geinlcations under
President Grants Administrator has
been, by postmasters, s373,37l; by
marshals, s2f9 300; by sundry public
officers, s265, ,713 by collectors of in
tcrnal revenue, s2,312,544 by navy
officers, s623, POS; by army officers,
| s7s4, ,553, &C., &c. I; total number Of de-
fautcrs, GAO total Of deialcations,
SIS ,5O0,595
A COSTLY INDIAN POLICY.
The total expenditure for the sup
!, port of the Indians during the six years
preceding tho war was S21 ,379, ,29S.
The total expenditures for the first six
years of the present administration,
during which tho Indians were fewer
in number, was siO,9254sS rho an.
nual average before the VIZ was 49,
563,216; tho annual average under
Grant is s6,S20,9l4. The annual OK.
cess under Grant is s3,257, ,697 tho
total excess for the six years under
Grant is sl9,4I6,1S9, or nearly the
whole sum expended in the support Of
tho Indians in tho six years before the
war. In tho first year of Grants nd.
ministration, the expenses were only
50, 400, 1888, but little less than the
average of tho six years before the
war; but in the following year the cx-
pcnscs leaped up TO s7,426,997, and
have since held substantially that iig-
urc. The expenses of last year were
the greatest of all, being s8,3s4, 1856,
morc than tho entire State taxes Of the
State of Now York. 4i
WHAT THE DISTRICT RING ACCOMPLISHED.
Tho municipal expenses of the Dis
trict Of Columbia from July lst, 1871,
to July LIST, 1876, were S42,6S7, ,O9T.
The amount expended IN improving
less than onc-half the strccisoi Wash.
! ington in tho past FIVE years was s29, :
. 972,012. s10,000,000 worth Of this
, work has already gone TO ruin and
must DO replaced. The present debt
Of the District is s24, ,12l ,e52, the value
OF tho real estate ii the District only
sos, ,452,6s4. The population is l5O,-
! 900, and the debt averages slG6 TO
r rlevcry man, woman and child. II
amounts to " per cent of the entire
taxable real estate. In January, 1875,
: property to the amount of S13,2l3,9l1,
had been cold tor taxes.
FIFTY MILLIONS YoR PUBLIC BUILDINGS,
The cost of all public buildings, in.
GLIDING Custom Houses, Court Houses,
Postofilccs, &c, purchased and built
|, by the United States, between 1889
|, 1860, or II ycnrs, was e2s,6fO, ITO.
The cost between 1850 and 1876, Or 10
years, was s51, ,164,978. The excess is
1922, ,524 ,807; the average annual OK.
; pcnsc before Republican asccndcncy,
, S403, ,382; average since, s3,il0, 1898.
, The supervising architect, Mr., Mullctt,
Twas mn intimate friend Of President
Grant and Boss Shepherd. Shepherd
Twas given the contract for all tho roof.
ling, plumbing, and gas-attiug in all