Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-07-15

ugcc &c inst city, ond 10 heysvile, reducing the time
OF the tip 10 those places From Baltimore Washington
TO Tour days. aud that there great D4uber Of other
routes comprised IN the contract being tweny in the
whole, aud which also increased oad improved A,
will be obvious that the hole Of pey by contract
and by additional allow which 10 I2 46S
though greater in amount, ~as OF much ower rate OF
compensation than that paid in 1928.
The Increase OF mail OIL the national
rVSu was uauer oil the utmost eoliciisde the West
shu was orcetsd from time TO time By tie Department.
1eSotahs 70 le pressure upon il by memorials oil czens
and The Solicitations OF members OF Congress. As soon Us
ne saspor,a,on was made daily this iioe, drew to
It, as being the direct channel Into tLe western re
g'on, asrge portion Of mail that sd gone by o,cr
routes The bulk o, the In0ils become enormous and the
public demanded speed which could not DC ACCOMPLISHED
" all lite intermediate Offices 10 be supplied BY enc
line These circumstances produced the necessity of es
tabl.hing additional daily lines.
But the majority OF the committee declare IL as their he
lief that this +inereased expedition and increased number
OF trips, making two lines OF stages daily ais wholly
unnecessary Tor the public service The Hon. T. Ew.
ing oil ohio, Is one OF the members who compose this ma
ory and 10 universally considered 70 be the author of
this report How this declaraonthtt these
are entirely unnecessary should be estimated tho puhc
WIN De oeuef enSbled 10 judge when they ere informed
hat il was upon the recommendation, of M E,cine
nmseg IN whiting aHd file in the Department (logs
'her "'h several ether members OF Congress that the
most expensive improvement, ordered on This inean
improvement Tor increased espedioa" and 10 snch de-
see as 20 make necessary 10 put additional line 10
mails. - ~ %
Mr. Ewings opiaon Of tho aselessnoss of these
is not only variance viii, his former ONT
non when he assumed to advise the =,
10 adopt them but is contradiccd b the recent opinion
u MS colleagues, and other western members At the
commencement OF the present session. % members of
congress, without distinction party united in state
ment (ew on file in the Department. IN which thev de
oare her approval OF the arrangements this line and
" '"e compensation made for the same urge the ins-
nee anu pfopfety OF making TO s further allo
ON account OF the increased weight o. the mails
Al more advanced period OF session. afer II was
known tbat the Department in their nj b, en-,
OIL some OF these improvements aud largely curtaled onr
pay aho,aer letter was addressed TO the PostmasterGe-
ma nhnrs cr r.
huca parties, and some OF them men OF the most com
msuhg influence IN the United States, earnestly solicit
ing continuance OF our arrangements and our nav in
line. " " "PVn our
Can any one believe while such documents exist tina,
our improvements and services 'ssiioy
y 10 the public and exravagantly paid for bv the Dc
paunent we viii aid, 'het it is Tact which we can
uosIanua'e by proof, aud which believe 10 be well
SHOWN 70 several members OF Congress, tat not ithsapd-
ing The whole amount of pay we are receiving ON these
heS our expenses at this time, fer rabIe
extent " ~ ''''i"e
we have elt very unwilling appear thus before the
p 800 %. we ma ourselves still unwilling 10 re-
ua lnpu'ations which calculated 10 cast
undeserved reflections upon our transactions win tho De-
p"""en'' KiCHARD c. STOCKTON
WIN NEIL.
Washington City, June "a, 1884.
Our limits will permi, us TO give The Rspors Of Tho
Committees on the Post Office. Yet as the report of The
majority is widely circulated for political purposes and
there are anumber OF phrases in calculated and d
to deceive The reader conversant with Post -
latiOus, will notice few OF them Wv gu
".NeicSpoPer PriUtiege"-Ths Committee find written
on me lace OF the contract, 'Hetospapey ,ripIeoe
WORDS oil AWFUL import 20 them. But is Ibis privilege
graea extensively to,he friends of the present Admins
tatDn: No! MIR. Hall, OF New Jersey the editor of
violent Opposition paper has three mail routes tb ii
oil te village Record, in Pennsylvania s-o has hath ~
We'haVe these same mystical words attached 60 their
contracts but these things carefully passed over bv
'ls Conitiee. But, the meaning OF Hc,rspaoer MI,
cuege IL IL, the liberty of carrying newsoone ont t
the malls subscribers on the road that could No, he az
" Rufc a.
eAy papers only of one political stamp? Bv no means
~ 'hey garry papers OF one political character they must
ose OF another, II requested. The same privilege grant
ed TO the N Fl. Patriot is also grated and embracsd hv
me ~ H. Statesman IL there any hing like lavoriiisn
"EntTa GHor1nces"-These are s,o,s n,sd o. 49,,
above the terms of the contract for modsc ATOMS and i'm
poVemens on the routes running oener aud IN less time
than was first agreed upon This is ecconm oda,e the
public OF these extra allowances by far the geater mar,
are PAID into the isn OF political opponents the great ma
Joiyol contractors being opponents to the present Ad.
these facts stsing them full in the lace they saw "Gis
o hundreds OF thousands OF dollars pets and agents of
the Department made
Are such isre tons candid are e,c
Of iacls eFedltable TO the Committee and will th cir report
gaia more credence than any other eleciioneer1Dg ocu
ment a '
The detection of asehoods the Report Of tltc ms;o,v
OF ths Committee few OF which will be found in onr ps-
pero to day. will unmask the designs o. the authors OF
that report
Agan is worthy of special note tlat ,hs committee
In AL their parade about cOntracts extra allowances
pcr
upon winch they snimadvert with such seyeIiiy-ior
which they are almost thunderstorm the oni,e 10 men
non WAT M Nj. Noah, late editor OF the n Y Courisr
ana Enquirer, and now editor Of the NJ T. Evening Star
received from The Department ( except about 81 900
since April, 1921 1852 66 for printing aud FURNISHING
BLANKS, tsine &c, and that Simeon de The ~
Hartford Convention Wing paper, at Windsor has re-
oeivcd Sill larger for furnishing the same articles
-1foatpeIier Patriot.
aore Of Etoing's Verdcity.-The majority Of the p
" Committee assert that Mr. Bennett, the firm of Ei.v
anu bennett mail contractors from Belieonte 10 Mead
Wle' obtained an extra allowance of $500 year for in
creased expedition and ta Bennett thereupon purchased
on cpPos"oD press and arayed the side OF the Ad-
hhMsuatiop' Mr.. Bennett is dead and Ewing and his
HeAds thought that il afforded them an excellent opnor-
'ubisy for romance The brother OF Mr. Bennett Who
puchased RAY share OF the contract is alive
anu ne proves that the deceased owned press and
never had an interest in that he never was the editor
oil any newspaper, and that the whole statement ia oss
misrepresentation The extra allowance was for extra
services honestly and iaiihfuy rendered. and was barely
suhctent TO cover the increased expenditure hIaor
Bennett the surviving brother opposed 10 the Dressot
Ga"nisfTGtt0H, and man Of oe greatest respecabiv
ne expresses the greatest astonshnent in reesrd 10 Inc
Report, 50 far le is concerned and deciscea St ,
minority have stated the facts correctly
Inc following letter form OF cur own Senators Mr.
feiken, addressed 10 the editor Of tile Globe tic
correctness oi 'he above, which cleaned iro the Centre
BELLEFoNTE, Centre county, Pa.
r. p. Biair, Esq. @'" '0'i'1
On the receipt Of the Globe Of SATURDAY last, coD,,i
ing the report OF the "yfiHory Of the Committee on the
Posi Oibee aud Post Roads," called on Major I,cU amin
Bennett, the contractor Tor TRANSPORTING ,e mil by,a
BeiIeionte and Meadve. After perusiog that oar of,5
report which relates Immediately 10 himself end Gec.as
ED brother, he confirmed Correctness 10 the ve,y lo