Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-17

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not very agreeable. bu, it IS perhaps preferable
to being burnt in efisy; compliment lately
paid to Mr.. F. in some other part of the State
which he represents. We are glad to find, for
the sake of the honorable Senator, that the Jury
was not unanimous in his case. The Foreman and
twelve other of the Jurors concurred in the pre-
sentiment; whilst nine dissented, and asserted
the rights of the minority in manner which has
become usual of late year in other public bodies,
by a counier-Eresentment in the terms follow
ing, viz:
cit is with feelings of deep regret, that
I'VE, the undersigned, members of the Grand ~.
ry, after having used our utmost influence 10
suppress the introduction of politics in our pre-.
sentiments, have to protest against sentiments OF
part of our body, which 60 to reprobate and
abuse our Senator in Congress, John Forsyth,
whose greatest crime, perhaps, has been his op
position to Modification and zeal Tor the promo
ton Of our present happy Union, and frm sup
port of the administration" &c.
Whereupon, on motion Of MIR. Poe, Solicitor
General, it was Ordered. that said presentnenfs
be published. in accordance with the wishes OF
the Grand jury God save the State Of Georgia
and thehonorabe Court!-Nai. Int.
The Condition Of the Treasury Department since
the Burning Of The Building.
We published yesterday the Report of the Sc
cretary Of the Treasury to the President. accom-
panied BY the Reports Of the heads of the re-
spective Bureaux. 1t will doubtless give great
satisfaction to the public. TO find the intelligence
spread abroad by letier-wriiers and others, tend
ing To produce the belief that many of the papers
and Documents in relation TO the accounts OF the
in relation to demands,
such as pensions, &c. had been lost, has proved,
upon examination, to be utterly uEfounded. 1t
is a remarkable and fortunate circumstance, that
all the material papers in relation to accounts.
settled and unsettled, have been preserved, with
the exception of those in relation to the contin-
gent fund-and, therefore, that no pecunlary loss
of considerable amount can be sustained by the
Government beyond that consequent on the de-
struction of the building and furniture.
The papers in relation to tue expenditure Of
the contingent fund we're, according TO the tes-
timony of Mr.. Laub. the Superintendent, COIL
sumed in the room IN which, from the report of
the Secretaries to the President, it seems the fire
originated
The following brief paragraph from Mr.. Me
Lanes report to the President. will show that all
the records involving the important interests OF
the Government, were saved:
The principal loss sustained in the Secreta-
RVS Office, was the correspondence; the whole
of which, with the exception OF that relating to
revolutionary claims and to applications under
the insolvsnt laws, and with the exception also
of two record bouks containing letters to banks,
aud two containing communications to Congress,
was lost. Measures, however. are already IN
progress to replace them as far as NAV be
found practicable. In the mean time. it is hoped
that no serious detriment will be experienced in
the transaction of the public business for want
Of them.
- The reports from the First Comptroller,
First Auditor, Treasurer and Register, which are
herewith transmitted, exhibit the state of the pa
pers and records of their respective Offices as
far as can now be ascerlalned. In those Of
fees we're contained all the papers and records
which relate to accounts, settled and unsettled;
and of these il IS highly gratifying to find that
the whole of the latter, and all the important
portiOus Of the former, have been preserved"
Globe.