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

T..
FRANKroRr, (Ky) June 9th 1874
SIR; saw this morning, Tor The first time in the
si1ns lm.egsncer that part ofthc Report respecting
name is introduced. ~ " s'' "'S
had previously heard Of the statements made therein
respecting tho compensation have received FOR services
rendered TO the Post Office Department: but the infor
tnaton made Impression because dd MT s,nnos
" possible that committee Of the Senate of the United
oisfes officially invesi gaing the affairs OF the Dennr,
inen', could have etaed what heard. The surprise
"heh the reEvsai % the document produced will he
appreciated by oil 10 whom, the facts are made known
Though perceiyS nothing in the report im2lynr any
be now stated, that tie progress of error housb ara
gated from high places, may arrested and th,the Peo
pie may be truly informed w
Already have some OF The conclusions u which a., -
Jority oil the Post Office Committee would have led IN,
public mind. been clearly disproved ~ VIC
Conhnlng myself 10 notice of the nh ~.
tne majority Of the committee respecting tic amon, IA
70 me- deciareihe same 10 be untrue Though revre,
Tor the honor OF country TO feel called on % ,as,;
the ncorrecress OF an official report made totbo $780, 70
the Quilted States, yet tie obligations Of truth are
mount They eonstren me 60 his publication.
ne m>Jony c! the committee say. Nv the rn,rn fo-
,ne mrs, quarter OF 1888 it also appears het ough
borough who receives annual salary from tbe Treas
ry the United States of sixteen hundred dollars a.
neral Asenr OF the Post Office Department rss n,id in
auuihon thereto, the OF 2l67 &c ~ ,Spec,I Aeon,
LOT expenses in travelling in Virginia. New York and the
- S'siSs per order Of the Postmaster General from
ts November, 1881, to 3lst Decembor 1882 maxim th
"noe sum paid that officer during tina period 4 O67 &c
IL Is ho true that received annual salary Of sI6Oo
from the Treasury Of the United States NV SALARY IL mid
oy me fosl Oice Department aud constitutes part Of
incidental expenses Of that Department But he ~ ,;or,
OF tue colnritee say that n edition tn sala as
General Agent was paid 10y he Post Office Dsnar,uao,
I,ioi 90 as Special Agent from the of November
1901 10 me II OF December 1892, making tie Whole
.aum peie to me during that period 1907 &C. Nov in
tots' oil iac no money paid to me as soecia
ssen OF .e department But the account which the
majority say was allowed 10 me a epecai agent ,,
was my account against the Department as its lezers
Age ior eefV:ces and expenses period Of fourteen
iHon'hs endiGs December 5lst 1882 Instead of being
sh ada't'o' to my salary alleged by the maoritv il
Included The same. One item o. the account is as follows
viz: - 'S'
1882, Dec 81. "Compenssiiop "a (;4nera, Aeon. f It..
department from November l 1881 to this dale 81 sS6
nnt nrthetmore, had the majority of,ie committee
looked INTO The account, they would have discovered the
sum oil 1892 25 being money actually exrended bv me in
causing Joseph jones' na!l robber in this State TO be ar
rested and committed for trial. They would hive found
also hesum OF 42 as for moneys actually paid bv me-
10 stages and steamboats, for passage on Tie business of the
DepAment upon three journeys in the year 1892 10 yr-
gn'a new ork, and The western States. A small sum
when Tie distance travelled, more than tgyo thousand miles
IS considered but explained by the fact tat did no,
charge Tue department for constructive tor fars
Tor which construction not have Looked farther s
"aotheT Department OF the Government Tor precedent
where, in times past thousands have been nad for 49,,
Journeys performed by consiruc,ion.l
The residue Of the account for the expenses of the
aforesaid journeys at theraie usually paid by the Depart
ehl 10 NOSE whom sends out upon its business These
items are IN fact, Of the same nature as the charre Of
iz 40 for fare both being, according to the epproyed
ussgeS OF VA. department exemPihed in many other
cases. "hics the majority OF the committee might have
discovered, had aey sought for full Inform 10 cover
the expenses actually tnctrTcd ia travelling under IN,
orders of the PosInast- r. & cneral
have thus eated the truth, by which Il ar,eara IN
ans,ead OF having received ether in or for The foeen
months ending December 3lst 1892, $1067 66 az al
legged by the majority OF the committee was mid b,
HE Department the sum of 24I7 &C. Of which last sum
OIL but $l,S66 &c, (or salary as in the Blue Boek vas
tor expenses actually incurred By in obeyng the or
ders OF the Postmaster. General and poncvs e, C,i
dis1urse6 6y me in The service
me superstition, which charity would suggest tina, the
majority OF Tue committee bad not looked noiny account
commented on 10y them, is weakened by the facts they
account OF another gentleman These accounts ere ena
accessible. Mine is upon the files Of the Department
as nave stated, snd moments Inspection Of H. by The
majority oil The COMMITTEES lollo0e by their candid report
upon 1t, would have saved the trouble of this cominu
ncaon Whether the committee had that nenect;on +
care not 70 inquire IL was their duiy 10 have habit
will not undertake dehne the difference in te case
OF persons solemny charged 10 find the facts and bv whom
we sce we're easiy ACCESSIBLE between report known
10 ne untrue aud one which the smallest reasonable in
curry would have shown 10 be So I'm the esImafc, n
me magndDmous that difference will be diminished h,
the confederation that the ungu, rnpor h ipte,d 10 ~
MADE he Ossls OF ceusure aud with that view il deGbe
rstely usbered into the world clothed with some sanco,
OF Official authority. The report tie majority is solcuov
pTomulged az containing Tie facts sud upon The subject
o. ibis communication, all me acs; Tor the majority hest
to'es not, neither does il doubt nor express want If
qualified. "u ""'
The spectacle Of a solemn roport by q c,o,,f,,.. II
Investigation composed OF Senators Of the United states
SHOWN tS 30 untrue, Is novel DO not recoec similar
case I'D ne parliamentary history OF our country for
bear TO dwell upon the consider atoms hicb ,no @ -
upon Il ia the minds Of rejecting citizens
H"d suihcieu time interviewed between nv rer,s,l n
we report and the day bged Tor the close OF the session If
Congress, would have made Representation q, ,bo &C.,
herein stated lc the Senate. As Ia cannot be Jo 4,
sesmed my duty 70 correct the nissafomens Of ts Pos
SO, W terms hope not Inappropriate, conclude.
very respectfully, your obedieni servant,
rn p. S. LOUGHB0ROUGB