Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-11-21

advanced could be returned TO the Treasury without the
reduction OF sny existing engagement Tor irsnsP ra,ion.
Bat as the Congress closed s session bout exendng 10
the Department aid from the uujs lying in the Urea
sufy, farther snd Immediate reduction Of expenditures
Tor transportation, became unavoidable.
Near the close OF the session. OF the majority
oil Tie Senate's committee post offices and post roads
was made by MIR Esing, a. d the Senate ordered the
printing OF extraordinary number of COMES tor ,.h,-
ton The views presented ia the whole this repor, sp-
have received the OF the majority Of
the Senate; and the Senators from Louisiana we've under
STOOD 10 concur with the mlo'iiy. Among the muiia
fous subjects OF aninsdvtson by the committee, from
the numerous improvements in mail facilities graded by
the department, they seem to have selected the
meh' on ht route To New Orleans. Tor special
sion; regarding the Contract only asriui i.
pendure but Illegal and ur eJen, in its object ol-
at seems that per on by the name oil Rhodes, un-
derook 10 carry the mai, Orleans TO Mobile but
failed and gave up the contract Anermat,I. Mrssrs
stockton aud Stokes James Reesie, aud Avery and por.
ter undertook TO carry the mail the route
times week IA steamboats, for 25 600 year. They OIL
30 aieu 10 comply aud their couti also gwen up
u"" rorer then undertook, 10y private agreement with
tue department. carry the daily mail on that route in
steamboats, Tor year. at 10 900 year. which
meat is still subsis,ing.
The waste OF money on this contract is enornous.--
The nett proceeds OF all the pos ages in the city oil New
Orleans aud the OF Mobile are hardly lic,ent 10
sustain IT, The law has been iola+d by entering into
contract 10 get up steamboat limo OF
we mar without any regard TO legal restrictions IL
violated by The department, wheuu entered into con.
tract Tor the transportation oi the m. without advertise.
nna i"vng public competition. See Sen Doe. No.
And ia the conclusion OF their report, the committee ex
pressed themselves follows
SHOULD Congress advance OF the Treasury for the
support OF the department, the money asked
oy ine postmaster General the whole snount
m ueots IT'S not probable while under the man
OF us present officers, with other than exist
70 con'ro, and restrain hem that its debts wsd be Qu
9aed or ITS efficiency restored. uude this imp aud
peei, your committee the
o, any money 10 relieve the Of pariacn un
w mere be some further guarantee Tor proper -
dicious application. Sse Ssn. Doc NO 1872 y. 81
La making The further retrenchnmn of exprudilui.
inns rendered matter OF necessity. from among the i'm
proyemeDs OF mail facilities which had been adopted by
me- that OF The daily mail 10 New O,lesns med
present Itself Tor reduction, without an alternatives and
indeed II must appear to the public compulsory
sure The Senators from Louisiana during the debate OF
hreed days, which embraced the merits the report we've
moi understood TO have expressed the iron,
remuneration conveyed ia the passages quo,ed II should
also De mentioned, IN reference the assistance which
uepaftment was DESTROYS oil obtaining sustain its i'm.
P'o'emeh's iat loan negotiated with the Mechanics
ana iaders Bank OF New O,leans, aud fully agreed TO
ny us directory, violated by that Bank ihoui ~
aoe notice, aud The checks OF the Department TO the
amount o S3TOOO, protested and back 10 the inry
oil Tue friendly banks which had cashed Them and to tI,
greater injury OF the credit Of the Department.
Inc order oil reduction, however, 10 a ui-weeky mol
on THIS route reserves TO the Department the privilege of
restoring the daily mall at the price originally
whenever should be required by the exgr+ries the
Puoc service, consistently with the of the
Department = 80
respectfully submitted, by your friend aud obeent SER
'sni w. T. BARRY.