Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-22
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From ttr BaHimore American

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THE TREASURY DEPARTMENF.-W W.
give below, from the Washington Globe of ycstef
,luy, the circular uoe Of The President Of the I'm
ted states. directing an inYrsueHtion INTO the cau-
sr of the late Fire together with the JOINT report oi
the Cabinet and judge Cranch ON the SUBJECT Ap
pended IL these paper, were reports from The De.
cretafy Of the Treasury, Judge Anderson mrs.
conptroIltr Nj. Harrison, frat Auditor, MI.
Campbell the United States Treasurer aud 1
/. smith Register OF tho Treasury Tho hocn
ments are 900 long for IN icruon entire nhd we nave
accordingly distracted such puts rs apptnf oi I'm.
portnncc The substance Is containedin The Nehz
eral Report
The Secretary says that =" from all that his IN
thero irnnspifed It does mo- appear that the disa'
ter is attributable to any pafl'eule NEGLECT N MAJ
teolon on tic pat Of those who had ehu6s u Tie
building
fer describing the ORIGIN Of lhe fire. M detailed
in the general report he slntos that hlg own et'en
ton WINS. on arriving Mt the bullllng and pcrcr's-
ing the hopclcssncss of saving H. Immediately aud
almost exclusively directed 10 the preservation oil
the books and papers Of the accounting officers oil
the treasury Under his direction the several col
lections Of papers books, records, &c that were
IN nlc ware placed IN chnrge ri the elerks or wei
known anil ttlsy citizens By The u united eHcf-
TONS all the important paper, belonging to those
,o;s.g laVc been saved I hose belonging to
the Treasures Office, have also been preserved
The fire took place on Sunday morning, and the
papers books, &c were 80 arranged IA the tempo
rnry buildings, which hud been engaged for them
that on Wednesday the regnlo business OF The Ne
partment wns in full nctlvltv, and transacted rs
usuel-Thc extent aud precl8c nature Of the pa
pcrs lost have not yet been nscettained. lie IL
brnry and oil the pnpefs IN the Secretary .
! a. y ,.J ali ~ lie
CLERK. mud several other clerks were lott.
The principal loss sustained III the Secretary 3
" Office was tho core 5pondcnce the whole Of
which with the exception Of TINT relating 10 reyo.
lulionury claims and to applications under the III.
solvent VS. and with The exception also OF TWO re-
cord books containing letters to banksand ta con
Tuning communications to Congress, WINS lost
Measures. however, are already in progress to re-
place them as far as may be- found practicable. IL
tho rncan time IL is hoped that no serious d.'fheht
viii be experienced IN the transaction oil tue pubic
business for want 81 hem
All the papers in the several Offices Of the De
partmcnt relating to unSettled accounts were sh,
we'd and grea, portion oftao5c relating 10 settled
accounts.
The Secretary, in conclusion, suggests that al
the meeting Of Congress it be recommended TO erect
fire proof building Of sufficient extent to acconi-
mediate all the public Offices under the same root.
Such plan. he add, would have the additional ad-
vantage Of removing the great Inconvenience which
is now constantly experienced IN the transaction
ofbusincss from the separation OF the public Offices
The first Comptroller, Judge Anderson, reports
TINT all the correspondence on revenue questions,
from the commencement ofthe government up to
February 2sth 1888, and most Other papers ana
hooks of value have been found and that 1t has
not We, been discovered that any books or docu-
mens of importance belonging to that Office, or any
accounts received in it from the Auditors office, are
missing"
The FRS, Auditor, r. Harrison, reports that eve
| rv thing IN his Office removed -und that none
! but papers Of little value are missing and they
are daily coming in The office Is perfectly re-or-
gained.
The Treasurer, John Campbell, reports, that all
the articles, records papers, furniture Sc IN the
lower rooms were removed some time before the
fire reached them Those in the garrett rooms were
entirely destroyed The lower rooms contained
al the papers hat relate :, The gansat.1ho q Ne