The Arkansas advocate., 1834-02-21
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 n g gAsHiEGTeN, Jan 1ltl, lS34.
 ne Blue Book" or biennial register 'las peen lately published by the govern nieilt. have been so fortunate as fe ah- .alh copy and have spent a short time in .Alnsae over some of its pages. I present you wlth few of the results.
 ' me ae extra Compensation granted to mail } ooll'siaeeefss is there set forth. You may }. fse2iieet, tilat1ix hsss been the boast of tha
 e'aent, tIsat contr.. rs,;s.F t;;,r 1 porting the saa! haze sro;,sT;.. -. =, .'''sse saAofaple terms thap the larliser' con- lfae's; and that the fSnaiI facaities,' were greatly increased without any rorres,s f,ng increase of expense Nisnt ..wlss.I, ssAat language was held nothing Was said a.nut extra compensation 10 the contractors. g A part ot the 'sseerets sof this prsaf, mousse IS now revealed; and. 1t appears. .nat to contractors in Virginia. thefeAhas been allowed extra comp ensatiof to tbe a- mount soiit s79 9,ee9 see dollars vania, nearly 10000 dollars. in Marylan,l about 24,00o dollars. As a saoople of These extras,I I give you few extrafts. Tn Virginia, J ohn II Ayery. annual con,nen- Esation 10,31l dollars; exara allowances s,2l3,4s dollars--Thonlas Carberry, an- iaai. compensation 66 6666e d ss.ir a lonanees 3250 dollars ttt F. Porter and Co. annual compensation 25, 436 dollars: extras 2S,232 dollars. William Smith. an- nual compensation lO,s97 6S dollars. ey- Ira allowances 9550 dollars. J.sN. Stock ton annual compensation, S155 dollars, ex- tras 76l0 dollars. These are only few examples from Virginia contracts. Is # any wonder, that the Post Master General has brought about the bankruptcy Of his de- partmenl, when he thus layishes the public money upon fayontes?
 In Pennsylvania too l find certain D. 1 Nj. Bull, whose annual cempensatian is 1 40 dollars, but his extra allowances a. mount to the neat little sum of l6O4 GA dollars. Horton and Searle upon contracts for S430 92, received 5000 dollars for ex- tras. The grand land admiral Reeside upon contracts in Pennsylvania amounting to 3l,775 dollars, received l4,52s 40 for I extras, and in Jersey S275 dollars for ex- tfas of 20,500 dollars. There are many instances where the extra allowances ex- ceed the annual compensation: For in- ] stance, Saltmarsh and Oyerton mail con- tractors m Georgia, upon contracts for the annual compensation of 1910 dollars, have received 20,273 96 dollars for extra allow ances :! These l think are facts which l the people ought to know; they may be re- led on, for they are copied from the "Blue l Book0 now before me, and they show the ! regard Tor economy and the affection for E the peoples money eyineed by this most pure, economical and patriotic adminstra- tion.
 In this same s.Blue Bools' we have also the names of all printers who have received pay from any department of the govern ment for work done for them. have been induced to look over the account of r p Blair the estensible editor of the Globe and find he has received in two years, that is from 30th September 1881 10 30th Sep tember 1883 the snug sum of 47,236 dol lars and 42 cents, viz
 From the Depart. of State, $ls,5f9 20 From the Treasury Depart. 5,591 5