Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-06-19

ern cues arse rom correspondence recei,,oy
from the citizens OF the southern and wes,o,
States But supposetAe fact in this particmIan
to be that the southern and western States Lar
some advantage, it may be safely affirm" "a
this is the only department of the GoDernna..idt
in which they are on footing of euuaItv ,';tI
other sections of the United States. in tbe' WIN
fits accruing from the. disbursement of nILit
moneys. To say nothing Of the UNEQUAL 6 pN"rc
TONS OF the revenue laws upon the different nar
OF the country, it is apparent that the public pals
neys are principally expended on the east ,eaC,
seaboard; as instances lighthouses, break'wet.1
tiers, harbors, Notifications, and MANY otbor G
jects of expenditure that mis- ht be named !. ID
ing no corresponding disbursements in the ~" VIC
tern States. We therefore think that tbo "eS
cumstance of less money being collected h., u
department in the southern and western O. Sy U1
than the cost oftransportation of the mals tS"e':
in, constitutes no solid objection either 70
gislation of Congress on this subject Tfor -
objection would equally apply to t) Or the ~ A.
ministration of the department. a.
Our attention has been particularlv dro,-
some of the incidental accounts of the IA
ment. Among others, the account Of MI
paid for the Department by Mr.. Gouvnrnoy@
Postmaster atNew York, seemed to reoniroel'
cial attention. Upon full investigation oftbS
account, every item constituting it was fonnJ.
be accompanied by its appropriate voncfol
and the items themselves appeared chiefly r. =,
such as have been ordinarily, under (ormeS -, y"
minstrations, paid for by the Postmaster ~
New York, and accredited to him AZ Tho >,
! partment as in this instance
! The accounts for printing executed nv =.
Department by Francis P. Blair, editor O. ~.
| Globe; by Mr. Penn, Of Louisville, ".
Messrs Hill and Barton Of Concord i. j !g1}
by Messrs. True G. Greene, of Boston ;t;ss-
from the 1st OF October, 1881, to the Is, D; ian.
airy, 1884, were supposed to require minute a.
animation. We compared the accoun,s Win
the vouchers which accompanied thcm, Pm.
were satisfied that all the items in The .esne,,i,,
| accounts were correct, and that the a":icl1c IN,
work charged were furnished and execu,a6 -.
cording to the accounts. The only point o. G;f
Guilty with us Was, the price of printing OF which
We were not judges, but from ell tbs inform.
Glon we were able to collect, We believe tbs
prices which have been paid are reasoneN
But to prevent any misrepresentation o. his
subject, and that others may have he san2 p.
portunity of judging, We present n, following
statement OF the prices paid b. TIE Depa.nIeq,
viz.
To S. PENN, yr. Louisville Nv.
For printing post bills, per reGm, !, FL
accounts of mails zee -ivaC
and Sent, q
! newspaper returns : OO
| accounts current . m
accounts current <or dis, ihI
ing offices, o.
| For faint ruling : N
| To TRUE & GREENE, Bos,Cn, MASS.
| Same prices as above.
| 10 HILL & BARTON, Concord, L.. =,
Sames prices as above.
| The same prices have been GlloweG %
! Blair, and to VIM. Il Davis, Washington ci,v
for printing; but they executed The Tuiint .cr
81 so per ream.
| The above items, together with tn are
| tisements for proposals. which the icw "a,
qulres shall be published twelve wea..c IN Su,-
| cesslon, constitute the principal parton the rrnt
ing done for the Department. The GdVa"tiSin.
so far as we can learn has beer done q, the psuol
rates.
The undersigned without any reference n
the manner in which the Post Office LepGif-
ment has been administered in former vears, -
at the present time, or to the individuals who
may have had or now have, the .nGasga lenr
OF it, are Of opinion that the Legislation Ct Con.
gress would be proper to the following effect
|. That the Department De reorgani2eI m
such way as to secure 2 proper degree o. -.
sponsibility, not only in the head bot in the 81
coordinate branches of the Department; End TO
that purpose the auditing Of the accounts, md
the final adjudication of them, and The disburs2
mentS Of its moneys, should be confdad tC Off
GERS appointed by the President and Sena,2.
2. That reports be made to Congress ann 'al
ly, of all the expenditures Of the Departure,
stated in detail, including Incidental expenses
also, OF all new contracts, and modification CT
contracts, and their respective prices; alcO,
statement of the amount paid for the trpnspOI.
tatlon of the mail on each route IL the sevaic.
States and Territories, as near as may be-
3. That any person employed iE the G2nerG!
Post Office, shall be prohibited from becoming
a contractor, or interested in nail cCn."aC,
or an agent, with or without cCmpensaiCl 0r
a mail contractor
4. That advertisements for proposals to cary
the mail, issued previous to the periodical lei
tngs, be made, as near as may De- according
to the manner in which, in the judgment OF tfe
Postmaster General, the mail should be t:ais-
ported during the period of The contract.
5. That the sealed proposals received non
bidders for mail contracts, shall not be operer
until after the time for receiving bids shall nave
expired.
s. That reports be made to Congress arhrIl
ly of all failures by contractors 10 deliver mars
and the action of the Postmaster C2n2r2 la'c
gard thereto, in each case.
FELIX CnUND ,,
JOHN NJ ROBIlEGI'