Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-06-26

things with erpat--thc dsysor WAaREN Has.
TINas or Lord MELvILLE. The report was
] listened 10 with breuahlrss attention; the two
/ Assistant POstmastrFe, Gen. HOBBIE and Col.
| C3AnprER, and Others 0f the clique, being in
the gallery taking notes, &c. The minority
report was equally voluminOus-did not touch
| the graver matters at issOe-gave them the
complete 20 by-but admitted the deficiency
| 60 be IN round numbers, 70 the lst OF April
last SI,Os6, 500.
viz: due to contractors, 6S3,OOO
Borrowed from Boaks on The authority IF
tRe Postmaster General, 45i,5S9
whilst credit was claimed out OF this immense
deficiency for The deficit at balances dye since
the beginniRg cfthe present Government Up 70
lse January, 500 1000! and the accrnlng rev"
enue up to lst April, was estimated at 100000;
leaving deficit, as thus stated, Of. @sC,
For cause, or in excuse for which, tue maj!
/ routes are alleged To have been increased
! nearly double, and the time Of transporting
them accelerated. So. you have now the two
| sides Of the question. The resolutions Fepor-
| ted by the minority for the adoption OF the
Senate, are similar 10 character to those re-
| ported in the bill presented and pending be-
| fore the Senate-viz. that in future, al man
contracts shall be regulated by law; adyerti-
sed: failures to be reported; and mn clerk TO
be contractor. or agent Of contractor, &c.;
ali hcing vague and incOnclusive, as TO the
i graaf evils stated to have existed, and which.
} being unnoticed, we may fairly presume It y
} intended by them, at least, shall go unpun-
ished A motion being made for the PROT
. ing Of the reports, Mr.. Forsyth and Mr..
Wright complained Of the great expense.
. whilst, there was no doubt, the medium OF
J .the miserable and factious" newspapers, as
( the honorable Senators doubtless think them,
would be Immediately resorted to, to blazon
} forth that the Office was an Augean stable Of
foul corruption. Mr.. Southland remarked,
: that the simple fact Of the acknowledged IN.
!. debtedness, and under the circumstances de-
tailed, OF Government Department for up
; wards Of one million, could not be too much
: or too widely disseminated. $4,000 extra
copies were proposed. land passed.)
WAsHlNeToN- Saturday Night.
ii The poor ci.devant Speaker Of the House
( Of Representatives 10 about TO meet his re-
' ward. His nomination TO England being ther
!, alluded to, and much pressed on their atten
: ltion BY his friends-fOr he has many person
b Tally attached to hint has received quie
9 tus, and FOR such cause as will justify tn
= Senate generally, when promulgated; as d
q has already induced sOrne OF his friends t.
! give up his confirmation, as minister, as l
o thing now not 10 be acceded TO. What be
! fore was rumor, has been exhibited 10 proof
e He had, before the Gdiournmesat Of last Con
gress, the torifsen promise Of Andresc Jackson
that he should receiue the appointment; and shi
4 has been in his possession eUer sisce-held ~
r to him, Of course. 40 the rich reward tyr ser
d vices, trusty services, which none but himsel
Y as regarding the interest of those havinl
q the gift to bestow--could perfol m 30 we'll
4 | The proof was 90 conclusive, that his owl
4 friends at once gave il up. So that opin
4 that mission will turn out, as long since up
4 priced yOu, not to be his high destiny TO oil
: REPORT ON THE POST OFFICE.
. The Reports Of the Committee Of the Sen
2 ate, show the, A. Extra Allowances Of III
! Post Office Department, in . worse light thai
, we had viewed them. One of the contract
. for carrying the mail was. by bid. $500 yea
was unanswered up BY " extras" to 7,00'
> dDllars. Another was taken at q bid of eigh
: ihoussnd year. and extraed up to 20 thou
r sand. These were good Jackson Democrat
: mind you-lhey were JaiikfhI. Another con-
. cern, Reeside & Go. in four years got, in ex.
|. tras. a6O, 900 do:lars--two hundred and sixty
: thousand dollars They could afford to be
G good democrats. Bot we acknowledge Mr..
: Reside deserved some favor, for he was
{ kind enough to lend his name to the depart
ment to enable them to borrow some 90 or so
! Thousand dollars when the department was
bayd run. This was kind and generous on
] the part Of Mr.. Reside, and in the disposi-
, ton Of the " extras," 1t would have been
shameful to forget him. I
There was. however. one contract that was
: 40 queer concern 10 we ever recOllect to have
: Eseen. The bid was 40 dollars year. Ia the
: curtaiIment, however, ordered by the Post
. master, Il was returned that 800 year was
/. the diminuiion to be made 10 this contract.
This was poser to the committee-7OO dol
lars taken away from, 40 dollars, and yet a
profitable contract left /! II passed their UNI
a derstandng 30 II seems Il did that Of
i the department. itself-for no one could tell
how It happened. until Mr.. Reside made his
appearance, and he gave as qIizzical an exs
PLANTATION as we suspect was ever given to an
examining committee. We do not see very
well how either the committee or Mr.. Rec
side could refrain from laughing at the cool
impudsnce Of the thing.
But the explanation! What do yon think
! IL was, reader3 II was all mistake Of Mr..
! Rceside's clerk Mr.. Reside 10 putting IL
his proposals., had made his memorandum Ia
pencil. His clerk had put in $40, instead Of
: 400, which Mr.. Reeside had intended
: to putin for--and he had been paid the $l.-
400. instead Of the $40, and all without the
: mistake having been discovered! We assure