Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-12

entirely from, his duty about one third of tie
year. ri<. from the beginning Of June to tie
LIST Of October, either upon pleasure or at
tending to ms pirate concerns and uhs. for
this time thus spent, pockets no less a sum of
the peopfe'e money than thirteen hundred
and thirty three dollars! BY mhat system
Of ethics. permit me TO ask, are ts to eacuse
this conduct?
as if influenced by some unhappy foreJoa
ingS, you took care to hare IL circulated here,
by some IF your dependents IN office, during
your fcte .fouy months hoiyday, that you
should retire from the Post Office ia the
spring, and take a certain office IA Ohio. :.
Whatever mag hare been your motire Ia This.
tis quite certain fhat you mere not sincere,
for you kno,r you Gun nerer obtain the office
alluded to, mere you disposed to commute
yo"r present situation for IL. Besides. you
knot0 your pirate specuiatioma IA that state
hare so )ay inrofted you IN em6arrass,aents,
that you cannot do mithout the post oljicc de
pertinent to buoy you mp THIS may SerUe to
throw some ieht upon another circumstance
as get Somewhdt mysterious L aiiude to the
returns Of yonr accounts to tie treasury. by
the lst section Of the act IF Congress for TIE
as mode The duty Of the post master general TO
rouch'rs for their receipts and expenditures,
once IN three months on oftene,', mith the la
fcnceS thereon arising IN fauOr IF die general
post c6fcs." And in the same section IL as
made The duty IF tie postmaster general
- once IN three months to render TO tie .Secre
fdry of tie Treasury, quarterly account IF
all the receipts and expenditures an tie said
department. TO be adjusted and settled as 9TH
en- pubic accounts. These duties az, made
imperatire, no discretionary powers being.
oUowed
Hon. does At hen happen, Mat instead IF
these returns beng made every three months,
they are msdrly on quite as many ,rars be
hint-and hat by them there appeared la
lance against the general post otfe some
tchere ADMIT liree hundred fhousanri dot
lars Vas this large amount an the hands
V de;eify postmGSterS macc0nnted for, ,rko
yo1 are required by lao to she mithin sir
months. from tie end Of erery three mouths,
upon their refusal or neglect to render, their
accounts. and pay orer beiances' On, has the
public been robbed IF ii after tie accounts and
money lad reached Washington These are
questions interesting 10 the pubic, and Msu
hare right to expect dnswerS.
There are many ofher points ,ohich ,rGuire
Investigation bn. as the representatives Of
shall 'rdit and Se If they are disposed TO
dtrote tie necessary attention to this impor,
fan department Of the g0oernmsnt Bm be-
fore ciose tbs note can assure you that
HE opposition to you is not confined to NeD
YORK; as some Of your office clerks haze SAID.
1T ertSts as much an tie south and weSt, as IN
the north aud east THE reason vhy you haze
been permitted 10 remain uhere you are, SO
long as you hare. is because yom are in
"swsel pliabiiiiy, like Imp Of dough- an
the hands Of pastry cock susceptible Of any
impression OF. form FABRICIUS.
EcntucLy Tic II Of r. have agreed
10 The Srnaie's amendment placing the
new-faDgied bark at Franktori instead of
Harrod.burg The bill has passed both
ho,scs; and il is supposed will obtain The
Governors signature!
Mr.. Shannon, OF The Kentucky ii. OF r
has given ia in debate The following
gloomy sketch OF the debts OF thai state:
Due The United States bank, 5000 0OO
Ba"k OF Kentucky, 4 500 600
Independent banks, 1900 600
Public Lands 1000. 600
Eastern Merchants. 4 600 600
Making in all, Sl4 600. 900
." OF this debt all except The debts due
To the bank OF Kentucky and Ind pen
dent banks, may be called foreign debt.
He believed the whole income of the
state little more than sufficient TO paw the
interest on This debt"
Penasyirania.- legislature conven-
ed on The 9th inst.-rhe Senate elect
Ell WIN. Marks Speaker, IN opposition 10
WIN. Davidson, by vote OF Is To H.
La the other House. they had o ballots
IN days for Speaker. On The lasi bal
LOT, John Gilmore had So out of 80 votes
AS Tar as we scan the para coiourcd par
ties OF that great state, w. Weaver, who
had Oh HE Isl ballot ~ votes, was the ia
voriic OF liIesttrs friends Gilmore is
said Ia have been Findlayie.-N doubt
this is all Hebrew 10 some of our readers.
To the Citizens of Richmond.
The lecture that has been read to you by the Com.
miiiee Of Manufactures ia enough To bend your heads
to the earth Ia shame. You thought yourselves entitled
To siaie your IDEAS like eenen to your Representa-
ves Trusting that yon had stated them correctly not
meaning 10 show any disespect To them, to misiead
others By any iDisaiemtnts trusting too, that you
said amy Thing wrong yeur masters would condescend
to point them out To you III terms civil aud respect
fui as their superiority would permit them te employ.
It seems that Jon have mistaken Your station as
well AS that Of Mr. Baldwin II seems, that you have
aUogated right which did not belong To YOU /; aud
that you have committed objectionable sin against
tnc sovereignty OF tbe High MighiInesBes. All thai
you can de now, is to express Your humble contfon
for the liberty you have used aud PROSTATE yourselves
in dust and ashes at the feet VI the Committee Of Manu-
faetnres.-A meeting Of the citizens az Richmond is
therefore reqses,ed This morning, at the Merebants
Coffee House for the purpose of framing an humble
petition PRAYING for the mercy Of Congress, begging
pardon for the liberty have taken, aud promising
10 sin no more to bear peniieuy any contumey that
may be offered to the metropolis Of virginia as eli as
every yoke aud restriction which the Tariff Comnitee
may please to lay upon your necksA full meeting OF
humble petitioners is earnestly requested by
KEPENfANT CITIZEN.
70 Badindge apart, we regard Mr.. Bdidwiu's
report (aitack TEXTURE, trade-what shall we