Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-24

! vi then, terbhp; sai. So much Tor the charge
OF Injustice 10 the Pos, ofiiee Department.
Our correspondent has totally mistaken one
parl OF Stockton l. siokes's letter, upon
which he bases very pathetic appeal 10 our
sense of justice. We will remove his foundation,
aud then let bis appeal shin for Itself. lie says
they (Sto.klou & Stokes saw not even the
semblance ofrarua,y or faroriiism, exhibited
towards oag individual but on the contrary
believe the Department 10 have bsen inauen'
ced IN then intercourse with all the contractors
! by considerations of public convenience aud
interest alone. Nos. for aught we know to
the contrary, this may be Stockton & Stokess
pirate Opinion-bnt we doabt it. Al any rates,
no" did Our correspondent ascertain that opin-
/ ion I Not Gom Stockton IL Stokes's letter TO
US, upon which he pretends 10 be CONNIE nting
for there is no sIch thing. any thing like IL,
IN that letter. They cop6ne their remark
solely TO An isolated csse-they say that the
Department manifested 40 disposition to favor
Mr.. Smih al their expense but not one word
do they say about It's " intercourse with oil the
contractors, g. about no " semb lance Of par
TALLY or fa,oritism being exhibited towards
any individual Our correspondent must
have had on magnifying glasses when he
read thi. part OF The letter Of Stockton n
Stokes.--So true . il,
4" That Sc ne nuskets so contrive il
AS TO mss the mark they dive al
" Aud whether him'd M duck OF ploser,
+" Shoot lUide, and knock their owners over
Only one other branch of our couespon-
deni's essay requires brief notice, ~ mere
mater Of taste. u ,hnris, his lnbored effort TO
show that the Depart nent has conieTodjd
rors on the people OF This place. Not one OF
his cases sustain, him, as We could eashy sn""
# we chose To devote time aud room to zen
side alton OF each of them. But II Ia uanec.s
sary. when the whole argument (n Mr.. Rit'
che would say) lies IN nut-sheli. We lay 1t
down, as an axiom, that tho Postmaster Gene
raj has or ought 10 have, like nii public officers,
but one rule OF eondvc,, aud thai is the rule of
dl.ty. If he adhere TO this, he cannot conlei a
favor for the moment favor is conferred on
one section of country, the idea Of inJasitce
~ some other section is unavoidable. II. there.
fure, ths Department has onlerred ldrors npon
as, v hch VT deny, the officer 10 whom we
tadebied for them has failed alike in his duty
aud his oath. Farosiiism and i,yaHce are n
instparable IN a trustee, are duty and justice.
- There is mistaken impression that where
the postage received on anewly established
po.,o1le does not equal the expenditure, then
| - .f,I,. =, G.u, N
So The Post Once Department looks to the
future rs well as the present-to the amount
of con venirnce flowing 10 the public as well as
tn ,he SUM Of money drawn from them. This
!. tbe,, ruls of nction-and in adhcring 10 il,
no man ne d nsk Jar0rs, and no public officer
dare gran, them. il he have any regard for the
solemn obligations he has assumed.
IL BY Saturday nights mail we received
letter from w illam Smith, ESQ. explanatory OF
the discrspance. between the stntemsnts in
ii. o,evious letter and in that OF Messrs. Stock
ION 81 Stokes We shall publish it in our
next
Internal Impropemem.-We learn. from the
Report OF the Second Auditor james brown,
ir TO the Legislature. the following interesting
facts:
l. That the average annual gross amount Of
toll. and rents received from the lower James
RIVER canal, within the las, We years. Is equal
to 8 per cent on the cost OF the improvement,
(SI2,S45 10. On 500 LAB l2.)
That the average annual net profits, for the
same period, ($42,2o9 12,) are equal to
q % per cent. on the cost of the Improvement
That even otter charging this improvement
with III. annual dividend OF $40 300, payable
f., the stuc hol ders nj the old James River Com
many, WINCH, IS general charge upon all The In
nroyement., tle clear sum paid into The Treas
my. (S25 423 II towards the discharge oil
interest on leans, is equal To 4 per cen'. on The
cost OF the Improvement.
That for the year 1880, the gross amount OF
tolls is equal 70 81 per cent. on the cost OF the
work TN. netc amount of tolls Ia 7 81 per
cent aud ina Sam pad in the Treasury, after
dedueting Abe dividends, to per cent.
And that tue !rnde ofhe rirer IN, increased
nearly 80 PEI ctia 'n me id sVe years, tolls ana
Other urohls 70 1870. (dur,ng part OF which year
there was a hgh ur'h) being $4l ,eo| Oh, and
in 1880. SCI, 3l7 90.
q That the annOal average gross tolls at
the Bloc Ridge cauHl, for the year 1928 and
1920 were eaua 10 about 34hs Of per cert.
on the cost OF the improvement, aud tho nett
amount OIL tolls, 10 about 18th OF per csnl.
g int the average annual gross tolls re
ceyed on The kanawhd Turnpike. in .ne years
1927, 1928, and leg, are equal 60 Ia PER
cenI on tue cost oil the Improve .nent, and the
nett tolls To near per cent.
4 That the gross amour, Of tolls received on
the kaua~ha rIvea, IN ',Ie year 1929, is equal
~ 4 IL pen cent on .he cost oil the improve
msnt, ard the nett tolls 10 9 IL per cent.
8. That the average annual gross amount OF
nol, and other profits, received on the four
improvements. per lastretnrns, is equal to D per
,.nf on tne COS OF their construction, (S6a, IS
AZ, Oh S. 2.G.50l 52)