Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-07

| acter. He had been remeved without being
permitted 10 know the cause. One OF the
charges Ito wit: productivity whish he pre-
ters against the Post Master General, Barry,
is attempted to be shoudered OIL on hlm -
This the witness declares on oath was the
act Of Barry himself, and proves it in the
way have stated.
The depssilieps of Brown, Dundas, Tay
Tor, Suter, and Gardiner, admit the misre-
presentation in this "abstraet;n but at is an
innocent mistake" Ii may he SO, and we
wish, 10 all charity, that we had better
| grounds TO presume il. This abstract is
neither an original record. nor copy from
any record II states briefly in each case,
the amount Of the contract, the name Of the
contractor, the amount Of the extra allow
ance, aud for what time. tits neither an ex-
tract or abstract from any record or docu-
ment Ii is rather a compilation ef these
facts from the letters, the cash book, and the
ledger IL seems that there is no direct re
cord Of the singular tiae when these allow
ances were granted. But nevertheless, il
happened Ia this case that the subordinate
officers found 40 difficulty in ascertaiaipg
which Postmaster General did mako the al.
iswances; and netting but the rule promul-
gated by o. b, Brown, changed the right in
| TO wrong Row il would seem that rule
SO utterly fallacious as this. weud operate
sometimes for aud sometimes against MIR
Bradley; but this (straI &c to telD operated
Ia every case against him, and fixed upon
bin the most numerous and extrsvagant ex-
ira allowances that were made In twice that
distance of time. Considering, there fore,
/ that hr. Barry had been, long before this,
presented to tho President for extravaganza
| IN these allowances, that his answer TO cah
: e. - r.. a Ii
suies, SO as to remove this charge from him,
and Ex it on Bradley that the fal.ity of the
official document had been detected and ac.
koowledged by the officers who have the
chief management Of the department, il is
for the pablo to decide whether such errors
in such department, which combine TO des-
troy the fair fame of worthy and highly
distinguished citizen, are TO be ascribed 10
gross ignorance or base design.
From all the evidence whicl, we obtained
from the department, ii would tceE, that in
less than four weeks, MIR Bradley is made
to have given extra allowances 10 AZ cases;
in Sc Of which Mcssrs. Aiean aud Barry
were rightly charged, but their names were
erased, ana Dradlsy's wrongfu!ly inserted
1t appears further, that though the call as to
these extra allowances which was made nine
months before ii was answered extended al
SO to the reasons, or consideration being gil
ven; and ia seme il is found that il has been
enormously given. In this very case Of ilar
rail-, ell that has been gained for this si992
per aRsum, is expedting tive hours in TWEEN
ty-four, which upon inquiry, turns out 10 be
but an hsur aud half. 10 the shert time
that this mass Of matter has been before us,
we have discovered enough to convince mo
that this mutilated, mangled, perverted do
cument never ought to go to the public with
the sanction Of the Senate. The Senator
frcm Tennessee suggests that the petition *
this document may both be published. But
the committee know that the petition is true
aud the document is not. Shall we, then
give currency to official SANDER against
citizen who has served you near forty years
with distinguished ability and ernintegrity?
If his faithful services could not save him
from relentless prescription, but he must
be cast upon the world in the evening of his
days pennyless, and without employ, surely
we viii not give currency to that which, if
true, would consign hm to infamy, bui which
we know is base fabrication. If you will
consent to adopt resolution, directing the
printer to inciose tho erasures in brackets,
and inert this resolution III nste of the bot
tom Of each page which shall contain an era
sure, the antidote wesld then GO with the
+ HOIouH, anu lto VA WOusd SS tsHC' DA,
it is protest against such injustice.
MIR. GRUMPY had doubts at first, Of the
propriety of printing the paper; but he be-
Ieved no injustice was intended towards the
individual concerned. Unless it should be
discovered that those allowances were wrong
he did not perceive how injustice could be
done TO any body. The record does not
show by whom tho allowances were made
The clerks in the otfice whom the sub-com-
mittee had Consulted, did not know by whom
the erasures were made--they had waiteden
MIR. Brscn, 1.-THE Chief Clerk who was at
that time sick, and with the aid of certain
book to which he had referred them, the dis
covery had been made that tsc aame OF Mr..
Garry had been FIRST Inserted and erased. In
the printing of there papers, no injustice
would have been done Mr.. Bradley but for
his memorial. Neither the head of the De.
partmert nor the Chief Clerk, were charge
able with any act that need fear the Light
Fer him elf, Mr.. q. said he was satisfied that
IL there was any thing wreng in the allowan
ices, Mr.. Bradley was not cha.gcabls with
the wrong. As to the crasures, they had
been inaocently made lie Should vote to
suspend the printing until the next session
that the whole matter might be put hight. AZ
the next session better opportunity wsuid
be offered fer examining into the ansactlen,
and in the meantime ths parties would pre-
pare fer il.
Mr. CLAYTON said. he wished the gen
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