Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-10
,xyCHBURG, MARCH io' 1871
CONGRESS.

y - nexer has 80 little business been
ovof;,s predecessors. We sketch
come Of the transactions OF its last
DAYS:
- sFNATE.--The bill authorizing sub
Indian 10 the compilation oil Congressman
n..anen,s proposed to be published by GALES
!, sss,eo.-fthe same which made SO mucn
f6.e a, the last session)-has passed by vote
,os,oIo This comes out Of the distraction
.,,be elements of" the party and shows 'he
at, nj The old adsge, cit is an i'll wind thai
now. nobody good
The Vice President having. as usual, al 'ae
e1ose Of the session, retired from the chair 'ne
senate proceedej, on the 1st inst. TO elect
,,.,.l.ot D,0 which, on the third bal
,.og re.nl,ed 10 the choice Of MIR. Ia1eweii,
y, ; whereupon Mr. 7. begged 10 decline
,bs proiFeled honor He was excused by
-. ri 90 to ii and the choice ,heu fell upon
Al, Smith of Md. by the following vote for
n, Smith 20, for Mr.. Bell Of N. II II for Mr.
p,,sle, of Ohio 4, for Mr.. King OF Alabama d
IA ,he Sd inst. Mr. Chambers presented a
martial of Abraham Bradley, late Assistant
p,.,master General, protesting against the
.,o,;og of a certain Report RON the Gene' al
Pad Office Department, (Which had been or
Jo,sd to be printed by the Senaie,) i'll which
,oJ,y EXTRA niioudaces 10 mail contractors,
,,b;ch Mr.. Bradley alleges to have been made
.,,Loui ,parrant Of iaw, are charged 10 have
I hon IN nth
,,ev were made by Mr. Barry, the present
po.,master General. We shall publish Mr.
Rradlsy,s memorial, and the Interesting Debate
IN which il gave rise, in our next. The Senate
,,,cindcd its resolution to PRINT the Document
70 which Mr.. Bradley objected, as charging
him With the misconduct Of the Postmaster
Esoeral-One o. two remarks on this case
nav not pe apss here. This Justification of
nm important fact is all 'ged 10 have occurred
a bv mistake" II appeared, however, on IN
vestiga,ion. that these ektra'allowances TO IA
g,fite nail contractors were not originally char
.el to Mr.. Bradley--but that an ernSure had
seen made, and his name inserted in it. Can
.og man doubt the ohjec, OF this Must II moi
bs,. grown out of a consciousness on the part
# Mai. Barry that he bad done something
yronU. which as he could not conceal, he wish
.dlo throw on some one else Why, else, we
nrsv. did he fslsifv n public document, and
.,a,,e his own act on MIR Bradley. as soon
=, the committee OF investigation was appoin-
,od bv the Senate to examine into the alleged
abuses and corruptions OF the Post oiice De-
,,rmsnt1 Jfthere is net something rotten ~
,ba, Northumberland which the admin
,urat;on marty fear to expose TO the public eye,
-,ben are the movements Of that party past all
COMPREHENSION. l is openly charged WITH the
commission of fragrant abuse'--h innocent,
whv does i, not court investigation, with that
,satlessness " hich the innocent always manifest,
instead of closing its doors sSainst enquiry,
and shutting The mouths ct with 's'es oy
marty vote , II innocent why do they erase
,be oripin,l entries ON their books, and insert
,b.psme of Abraham Bradley IN the place
which that OF William T. Barry ought to occn'
nv and which it did occupy, until the enquiries
Of a con. mi,tee dragged this fact TO ligh'' ana
showed 10 Mr. Bradley that, as he had once
fallen victim to prescription. he was no" 10
be made the scape. goat of the illegal acts oil
hi, successor IN otHc ? We ask these ques-
tons, not a. pariigans, but as men ; we leave
out of view all political fe ling, and ask eau
did reply to them. Would there be such see"
log dishonesty, and such dread OF inve stgation,
If there was not something wrong? Common
sense and the unrervefied judgment of every
man unhesiIat,ngy answer, no,
Among the bills passed by the Senate on the
last day OF the session, were one or two em-
braclng the subject OF Internal Improvement
which received the signature OF the fresI-
dent What has become of his constitution
al scruples Does he discover that the peto
did not work so we'll as he expected Or is
he driven into a course hostile to his own
avowed and deliberately defended principles,
BY the threatening aspect of his political pros
poets
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.-The
committee OF tha whole has been discharged
from the consideration of the claim of Caron
de Beaumarchais, and the subject is referred
10 The President of the United States, as mat
ter Of negotiation. This claim. which is found
cd on events connected with our Revolutionary
War, aud which Congress has heretofore Oh
s'na'eiy refused to recognize, has impeded the
adjustment Of our claims against France'-b'
this disposition of it, on the part of Congress,
we may hope for the speedy adjudication OF
me demands of our merchants against the
french Government for the spoliations COM
mited on our commerce under the Berlin and
Milan decrets
The proviso annexed by the Senate TO the
clause in the General Appropriation Bill, pro-
testing against the appointment OF diploma
TIC agents by the President in the recess of the