Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-07-05

contractors TO accelerate the mall and this author
ICED by iGtC My, has always been considered as
merit in the Postmaster General 10 extend the
at the Department to decrease the public aeeommoda
ton; and Mr. Barry had in his report the year before
paid he matter tore Congress- evidence OF the
desire he iell to comply with the engagements OF his
predecessor, and impair activity TO the ranspor,a
lion OF travellers aud the mail, through The country.
Nothing but the mistake which took place in conse
qnence OF The false illegal way in which the two
Bradeys kept heir books and voucher, enabled the
two Ssnaors Holmes aud Clayton, to skov the least
preente Tor hndiug fault with the manag cement of the
Pos, Office Department. We have already made i; APP
pear how iDuocsn,y IL occured-Mr. Barry and his
Chief Clerk, who knew tie state OF facts without re-
curcg TO the books being both cocnsd by violent and
acute attacks, the one wi peuriy, the other fever
and the subordinate clerks drawing the statements
made out by them, from the vouchers illegally loft
| without Enforcement.
| Although the examination OF the witness on whom
clayton and Holmes relied proved nothing derogatcIy
% MIR. irrys, or bis Dsparmentyel upon cross exam
nation by Messrs. G;undy aud Woodbury., unhappily
for bin, ii turned cut that
| Mr.. Bradley proued TO be DefdtJter.
In the course OF the cross-examinaion MIR. Grundy
asked MIR. Bradley
~ "ln settling your account, did it ever appear
there was large balance against you? and if so, how
much, and when? III
! IT. "Answer Some eight ten years ago, found
deficiency If cash in my hands, about three thousand
dollars, and sold house and paid aftcrwards three
or four years ago, there another sum OF between
four and five thousand dollars deficient and paid that
Off Whether these deficits arose from some error i'm the
accounts or omission 10 charge payments, know not
icdS careful not to oUeTdrdIU, and 6cieue the mo-
neg is StlLt due me-" On
In conneXion with this refer the reader the cx-
tracts which give from the publication of Bradeys
son, in which The statement OF his father and the alda
WI oil Mr. SIMPSON are presented From these il appears
that Mr.. Bradley at first plainly admitted 10 Sinpson
that he had oUeidrGlCn his dcc0l,t' and was default
ter. But when he swear before the commit
70, he takes his oath that she was careful not TO
draw and believed that the money was still due him,
to repay which he had sold his property Here we have
an exhibition, made by himself OF the correctness of an
admirable Assistant Postmaster Genera Preparatory
the coming in of Mr.. Mclean, SO or 10 wears ago he
looks into his and finds deficiency of cash
in his hands OF about $30CO he sells his house 10 paw
that he may conceal this depreciation Upon the ap-
proach oil the present administrations Mr. Bradley makes
another examination and finds ga deficiency of cash in
his hands" Of "dnother sum- of $500. He confesses
these things TO Mr. Simpson, admits that he had over
drawn, and desires him not 10 mention the fact. With
out being able to shew the slightest in the accounts
which he kept himself and having eight thousand dol
ars TO stimulate TO scrutiny the two occasions re-
erred to, he nevertheless sells property TO make good
the detalcatoD, admits it privately to Mr. Simpson, his
friend, and still comes forward before tho committee
TO purge himself so as 10 become credible witness
ana 10 make IT appear that he had been unusy remov
ed by Mr. Barry, the deficit some error i'm the
accounts, when he had them before him for wears and
and with the help of all the checks OF tho office which
could not Tail TO discover mistake if any existed was
unable 10 point out the slightest error He in effect
swears against the mathematical certainty of the test
cd ehscted and balanced accounts of the Office which
UPT0rcd themselves TO be true, by the general agree
ments OF the books, intended TO operate as checks on
each other, and which the mistake of cent would pre
vent from balancing. IN Yet We have Bradley swear
ing himself clear IN defiance OF the records of the De
parment while the bureau which he presided
concurred with those of the other accountants 10 estab
lsh the deacaton OF about $4,000 and certainly that
without saying word about it, find him, by his own
confession, admitting il, and privately selling propertv
to pay il. If Mr.. Bradley can acqut himself by his
own oath, under such circumstances, why may NOT the
he pilab
OF the money from the vault, Mr. Bradley did from
the iron chest, and then swear, that although the bal
anced accounts shew such balance against him, he
nevertheless tcGs careful not to OUerCr0tC,' and that
The mathematical certainty of the checked and rroped
accounts, should not be taken evidence against his
simple oah.-Mr. Bradley has not only sworn that no
did not overdraw in his case he for all the
Clerks in the Office by way of clearing himself of ann
ther violation of the law, in making
0DeT payments to The Officers ofthe Department.
Hear him!
Question by Mr.. Grundy-l-T"Did you ever adj.
vance any money in anticipation, to any officers of the
Department, out of the funds Of the Department, IN
Answer by MIR. Bradloy-"JVeUer kaoipineII. to
my reeolIecttoH, since the ldio prohibited it, do not
Tecoect any instance tohen it has been DONE eue
This is round swearing. Mr.. Bradley did not know
oil the overdrawings by the officers and the overpay-
ngs which he COUNTED out He had the salaries OF those
oihceTs, as allowed by law, before hm-his own books
showed that he had overpad and advanced large a.
mounts, and yet he the committee that he did
not know OF the overpayments made by him. although
IL was eXhOled 10 him in every monthly quarterly
settlement There not clerk in the Department
who did not know Of these overdrawings and we give
an exhibit from the Bureau of Bradley showing that he
made overpayments TO the amount at different times
OF ttoenfyone thousand and ninetyseuen dollars ana,
SeUentyDe cents We ask readers TO cast their eve
over the following list of oyerpaymens, certified under
the hands OF one OF the clerks, from his own books.
Could the man making these overpayments and stating
the sums with his own hand have been ignorant OF them
A STATEMENT
OF the amounts overdrawn by the officers and clerks of
the Office Department for he
at the following periods from LIST Julv 1926. TO LIST
April, lS20-(4 years)
July, 1925 $500 II
Oct. do 1896 81
| Jan'y, 1926 zoos SO
april, do 1885 80
July, do 1905 81
| Oct. do OIL 90
/ Jan'y, 1927, 536 08
April, do 65s 13
July, do s67 90
Oct. do 9I2 ~