Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-08

WASHINGTON, Sept 3O-Yesterday about . o.
clock, NJ, the Mayor OF this City and the Civil Ma
gstraes Justices of the Peace) of The Civ George
town, and the County of Washington. generally, in
body, waited upon the President of the United States
When they received by him, ACCOMPANIED by
Major Donelson, his Secretary, and private friend or
two, he told by them that they did themselves
the honor TO call to pay their respects TO him. and con-
gratulae him his safe return his cial residence
for The purpose of resuming the more immediate dis
charge of the arduous and important duties Of his pub
lie station. The President politely thanked them for
their friendly attentions and congratulations; treated them
with the dignity, courtesy, and republican simplicity
which always distinguish him; after about half an
hours entertainment and reciprocaon of the most COR
dial feelings and congenial sentiments, they retired
The Magistrates all attended except a few who were
prevented by indsposion and the unavoidable want of
notice, some other
IL is highly gratifying to observe that the citizens gem
orally of the District are, by their personal attentions
since his return, daily esdfying the President their
high respect and consideration for him.
In an official report made to Congress by Mr. Megs
and which printed by the editors of the Intelligent.
Ger, in 1922, he said:
ErtTdct from the Postmaster Generals Reporf of Feb
rudry 25fh, 1922.
"The causes previously assigned for the dninuon of
postages together with OCCASIONAL bankruptcies deaths
of Postmasters, the extensive number of nearly fvo
thousand POsmasers, operate also retard the coec-
ton of balances.
"Tbe changes Of Posmastsrs, from various causes is
no inconsidcrable Of abour in making final adj
justmonts of accounts. These changes amount TO
NEARLY ONE THOUSAND year"
Hon. p. p. BARBOUR, Speaker, SC.
Tho number OF Posnas'ers was then about FIVE
thousand-it is now upwards OF eight thousand. MIR.
Meigs made thousand removals in one year and the
Intelligencer siIentMr. Barry has made FIVE or
six hundred 1--WE take the data furnished by the Iutel-
igencer itself and the consequence is that the Prcsi-
dent is declared 10 be than Charles X. and the
whole department, every Postmaster, and every Con-
| tractor, "from Maine TO Georgia, thence TO New Or
leans and thence 10 point Of beginning" are declared
TO be knaves and hypocrtes! Could a gfosser insul,
be offered TO the good Of it, readers to the late
head Of the Department, 10 the Department Itself
| " 10.
From the admissions Of the Intclligencer md the
known opinions Of the Clerks in the different offices in
washington, 1t appears that two-hirds of those in office
IN tls city mere, and uOtC opposed the present
administration. The statement which We ;his day pub.
ish shows that the proportion of removals in the Pos
Once department isony one in sixteen; yet that De
Parnent has been selected forming the speca1 caus
es oil complaint, aud the fruitful source Of ratings on
account Of the prescription OF the administration Doc,
not every that the fact that two-tbr of all fe
Clerks aud Heads Of Offices retained in Office AT e sea
Of Government, openly and decidedly opposed IN i
administration, furnishes the most striking proof IN,
more than full proportion Of officers are In the no
sion OF the opposhontwo thirds Of sll the Officer
from Maine to Now Orleans, will not satisfy henbe,
want aN ,...... 10.
There are now shout 23O clerks iu Washington on
posed IN General Jackson, and about 10 in nj. favo-
Abon 80 have been removed Tor frau and nisc onduc
IN o'hce' G.fiskiDRWn Messenger.
TEfERsBURG Raj. Road
We are su,hOrised TO state. tha, Moneure Robinsou
E'q hs' been appointed Engineer e the Pefershun
Rail Road Company, and that the location If the RAJ
Road 10 The Roanoke will be commenced during n,