Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-24

The Frankfort, Kentucky. Common.
later, OF September lst contains an ex.
position of the charge that the Pos,
Master General is a defauIter. The
facts lie IN a narrow compass, and are
briefly these:
John Fowler was Postmaster al Lex
ington, Ky previous to the rear 1918
On the 25th OF November of that wear
he gave a new bond for The faithful dis.
charge OF his official duties. Mr.. Ra,.
ry was one of the sureties. Mr.. Fowler
remained in Office until Feb. issa.-
when he was in arrears TO the Govern.
ment Tor money received, the sum of
Si0.765 81 He wa then removed. at
the request of his securities. Mr.. Meigs,
then Postmaster General, placed in the
hands of Mr Barry a commission for a
Postmaster az Lexington, blank as to
the name OF the person who should have
the ottise. Mr. Barry put il up and
sold ITO The Highest 6iddsrn Jossph
hTGnkfhn became the purchaser. and
agreed to pay four thousand dollars for
IT, by applying that sun of the net pro
ceeds to the extinguisbment of Fowler's
defalcation.
Ia March, 1922, suit was commenced
on the bond, in the United States Dis
trict Court ia Kentucky. At May term
ls25, the case was heard upon a demur-
rer to the declaration. The ground nf
demurrer was that upon bonds given TO
the Postmaster General suits could aot
ha pnotpfatnal - fha Fol-- ~.
The court was OF that opinion, and sus-
tanned the demurrer, but afterwards set
aside the Judgment, and the District at
torney discontinued the suit. The
whole amount OF the defalcation re.
mains unpaid. MIR. Barry is conse
q4entiy liable, upon his bond, TO the de-
partment Of which he is the head, for
the sun es ten thousand dollars, the
whole amount Of the penalty of the bond
-and he has been thus liable ever since
the removal Of Fowler IN is22.
These are The facts, as detailed in the
Commentator, and supported by the
copies of the bond, of the certified &C.
count from the General Post Office. and
of the record Of the pleadings, judgment
and discontinuance OF the suit. 1t is
proper to state. that at the session Of
the Supreme Cour. Of The United States
in 1923 II was decided, lin the case of
Doc y Others, VS. Tie Post Master Gen
erai, | Pat. 3i2,) that the Post Master
General could maintain an action in the
Federal Courts, upon bonds given To
him officially: the decision of the Ken
lucky Court was consequently erro-
ueous
.Abraham Bradley Esq has been re
meved from the office of Assistant
Postmaster General, and Charles X.
Gardner, for some years past a Clerk IN
General Post Office, has been appointed
in his stead.
We do not believe that there is a sim
gle Individual in the United States, pos
sessed Of common sense and ordinary
information, and uninterested in the
event. who will hear of this reform"
without regret. Ofthe personal char
acler of the remosed officer, no man is
base enough to lisp a syllable to his pre-
iadlce. His public services have been
coegal with the Post Office Establish
ment. which he has been instrumental,
IN an eminent degree, in building up tn
its present magnitude, and its present
Tor rather its late) responsibility and
public utility.
Already public confidence in the Pest
Office has been, as we predicted that 1T
would be. greatly diminished, by its be-
ing made a mere party engine. We
should not be surprised, such is the re.
volu,ion il is unde, going, il The machine.
already perceptibly ~deranged, should
cease to work at all.
This prescription cannot come to
good. tits hateful in itself, and-fatal to
the character Of the Government.
- Nat. Int.
Charles Carroll, Of Carrollton, the on
" surviving Signer OF the Declaration of
Independence, completedihis ninety third
wear Yesterday. He is said to be in the
endowment of excellent helth.
National Journal 81 Sept. 2I.
Gen Scott The Nashville Republi-
car. in reference to the late decision OF
the President on the subject of Brevet
Rank. remarks-"The DECISION IS a.
,soainst the position assumed by Gen
scott, and though The country wiH. Of
course, be depriusd Of the services Of that
so0fcer. his friends will be compelled 10
g. ~ ~ ,t.ao an1 nonnaGafu