Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-21


vas made under date Of Apt,i /. f529. instead
nj the dale when the allowance was actually
made, l3ih-oi April, 1S29. lit was not known
10 me- aud oil Course could not have been an
iieipaied By the persons employed IN msk ine
the statement, that the date of an entry 10 ib.
credit oil IA contractor Tor additional allowance
was ever made antecedent no that allowance
| From examination, however, such appears 10
have been ih- ancient custom OF the Depart
mehi III similar cases aud custom which, IL
incorrect. rs believe II 10 he. appears not yet
TO have u Gu charged. o B. BROWN,
Chig Cic,k.
CENTRAL Posr officr.
2eth februa.,, 1881.
Ibis AL Looks Wy fair on the face of i,--and
IS no doubt literally true. And yet. il doe not
-ltei The aspect OF the case nj all. For IT can
not be doubted, that in OF dering the CLERKS to
he guided by The rule under which they ucted
/ IN erasing Mr.. Barry's name, and inserting Air.
Bradla Us, Ohndlah B B,oSn knew what the
effect of thai tus Gull be that It would
screen Mr. Barry from some of his official
misconddc, by impntng tito Mr.. Bradley
/ u he did his EXPLANATION Is not worth fig
II he did not, thu We are willing 10 admit that
lac Is Tree tom the impniaion of Intentional
fraud but he mus, be thrown on the other
horn of The dilemma, aud plead that he was
amazingly ignorant Il isa remarkable fact
that IN the several harees OF corruption Dud
venalny which have been made against dileI-
ent branches of this administration. they have
never been able 10 relieve themselves, except
10y taking shelter under the plea of profound
i ignorance -do"btless good one in many Ca
| SEES, though We believe not in This
II would appear, from Mr. Ciayions speech,
published this morning, that This is not the
only instance of the mutilalion or alteration OF
facts. IN the Post Office Department, to give
/ them better appearance before they we're laid
before the public. For instance, MIR. NJ Lean,
Ia his last Report, says, thai he left IN the De
parlment, on retiring from Office, the sun Of
S4s9 l70-w lille Mr.. Barry, in his Report.
makes the sum only 260.065-niue thousand
dollars tes,' Again NJ. M'Le"n states the
excess OF expenditures above the receipts in the
last six months of his adminis ration, To WI,
from Isl July 1873 10 Isl April 1929, at $50,
3I2-nhfle Mr.. Barry says il was S42 sos
n difference Of about $500 Both of these
alterations it will be seen, were calculated 10
operate in favor of Maj. Barry-the first, by
rendering him acco abb FOR II less sum Of
IN ney aud the lasr, by sto wing, during Mr.
Mcl.r.tn's administration, in tho excess Of
expenditures over receip pts, as near an approx
ima,on as 30 ssible To that which has accrued
since Barry has had the con- rol of he Depar'-
men To say nothin however, of the inter
est which Mi. carry hal IN perveriing the
facts. the public will be al loss TO decide
whom 10 believe, Barry or Mclean.
a. Our readers will recoiect the Dinner
got up two years ago, at Washington, on JEFF
fefson's birthday, proiesseiiy e. do honor to
ilie memory of the Sage OF Monlicrllo, hat in
reality Il use II as means Of propagating the
new / 1ct,ine of Notification. The Washing
ton Globe rfdcules this Dinner, and OF course
so do Mr.. Van Buren, anG Gen. Jackson. The
Globe SAYS:
The public have not forgotten the role
bratcd Multiplying Dinnsr Eot up under the
pr.tence OF commemoraiing the principles OF
the Patriot Jefferson, aud to which tie patriot
Jackson was invited 10 lend the SANCTION Of his
presence Toasts ht,d speeches were prepared
TO recommend the new doctrines TO which the
Vice presidcn, had committed himself in the
South, aud they were so arifnlly disguised IN
the eatb of Slate rights that II vas supposed,
amidst the enthusiasm and applause ct SUI
rounding friends, the f. esldeni troin sympathy
would catch the eontaeion, and unite IA pre-
claiming the principle Of notification, or IN
othef words, the right of one State to dissolve
the Union COPY of the toasts were PLACED
AT the plare of the President, that he might be
prepared 10 join in The sp,rit ii the proceeding
bu, no sooner had he run bis eye over The pc
per than he endorsed OH the back OF II ms
own commentary, and put his veto upon H.
He rebuked, nj once, The politicians no sought
to eoIrap him through the consentIng feelings
natural 10 such an OCCASION, by his peremWo-
~ toast, " The Federal Union must De pre-
serrtd" From that moment Nj. Calhoun ielt
hat his principles were out oi favor. And he
resolved 10 Ike the ground Tint the President
v as The rirtim Of political intriguers," when
he found him superior 10 all intfigners. lie
found tGat no iaitery nor management on me
mart of himself and his friends could bend the
noblt-ninded and sngle-1earied paIilot 10
give the weight Of his character aud station
10 the dcsings oi arifai an ambitious rariiLhns,
and lac ha. songh through eveiy avenue, 10
destroy thu, influence which he could noi pro-
plliaie 10 his purpose. The good sense OF The
people Will foil him in this as The good sense
vi the President tcied III, list attempI.'
II will be seen that the Globe speaks as if it
had tie saac ton of the Pres dent--and il SO We,
for once in our lives, say Huzza ior Jackson
Down with the Npllifyers e'-iof, of lie no
=. curses' he is clearly the least.
rJs Mr.. Van Buren's paper al Woshi ngton,
,ihe Globe says, g" Nothing ia left TO Mr. Cal
boun excep, the U S Telegraph, The N"llliica-
non party, and few fac tious politicians, scat
tered through the Republic that all The Re
yubliea1ls presses are agans, him.-Now, Tor the
other side A Calhoun paper, /" North Cor
ol,ns. says: +" The voice of the Globe Is very
terrifying TO The Republican pariy' Truly,
the party is in pliable dilemma. 1t " I'M