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

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The pr0uiBacy 81 Tue great euetue u Cog
runaion az the present Administration, ana
heir Instrument to retain adhereDts, ~ Us
Immense patronage, has at length been un-
masked. Two reports from the Counm!t'ee
- The Post Office have been presented to
- senate to-day, and SWINE Of the charges
= that Of the Majority, and which do not APP
n.sr "a he denied or adverted to by the re-
oort Of the Minority. (Mr. Grundy and Mr.
q nh;nsOu.l are of such a nature that no man
csn Improve on the simplicity Of recital, to
.s,,.e the Dublie feeling to be wound up 70 the
h;vhest Mitch of indignation, that such things
shouId have been permitted TO go on unp0n-
sh.d a thew have been hitherto, in cOUn-
srv. boasline watchfGl jealousy Of public
sorvants and 10 the disbursements OF the pub
IL nurse. The deficit, according to the re-
mort of the Majority, appears TO be greater
Than was apprehenaed viz; iWr0uDd figures,
m The lst of A2ril last, something over one
.nillion one kundred and ticenty,foHr thousand
dollars. Credits due the Department, about
4saO. 600. The amount sunk in the office by
the former Postmaster General, was $2S4. 80,
whilst under the management Of the present
sentry. with Nj. Barry at their head, II has
-Seen cuadrupled to $sOS, 6a5; the aggregate
evoendisupe az the former, for the last tour
Years 0t nEs yHxMAE AWAITING In Sar
millions, whilst that Of Mr.. Barry amounts to
nine millions. These, In round numbers: are
the results Of the investigation; but startling.
appalling, as this deficit and this management,
in lie results, Is, that will be as noth!ng' 20
the outcry which will arise when the evidence
Of the transactions OF the contractors wun
MANY OF the highest officials in the Departs;
ment. are srread before the public. will
NOT anticipaie further on ahis head, than to
state what Is that evidence 10 some transac-
lions, by which you may guess at the rest
II 10 in evidence, then, that one high Official
Mr.. Barry, applied 10 MIR. Reside to assist
him Ia procuring from Bank, loans Of mon
ey, which the latter declined doing. but gave
IL out Of is o,cn pocket. II 10 stated that on
another occasion, Mr.. Brown, an inauential
parsonage 10 the Department, applied 20 an
other contractor for Jeans Of $500, and $4,000,
which loans were granted; and two bills, Ol
$500 each, accepted therefor, endorsed by
Reside. There 10 evidence Of large amount
$4,000, being loaned out to another cOntFac.
tor, at New Orleans. by Mr.. b., for which
drafts 10 that amount are lying unpaid at tbs
Bank there this moment; that It was not un'
usual Tor the Postmaster Generalto cali or
one contractor 10 aid the department 10 pay
ing ID Others. with bills OF 10000 and 5000
at time. discounted through their instrument
tally that advertisements for mail routes
were the grand means for rewarding those
who were acceptable to the Department
these advertisements having heen merely used
NJ masks; for, when bidders would appear
according 10 the advertisement. the terms and
propositions would be altogether changed
When the account Of allowances came to be
gone through, the enormous sums paid, and
Il some instances without any services, would
80. a.. -.-.. A. A.Ansa GNhaA nvSl1nmf
aim OF all these allowances, patronage, and
contracts made, being ON the increase AZ the
last faIl election. Was, in the language Of the
witnesses, simply considered to be "for the
purpose Of influencing the public press over
the whole country !" for almost cO-equai with
the granting Of contract, WIS the purchase
or creation OF press 10 publish newspapers
and pamphlets "a subserye party purposes.-
DESCRIPTIONS OF the grnssest kind are stated in
figures which cannot lie; for Instance, In the
annual report presented by Mr.. Barry sf the
condition OF the Department. be sfases m =
mount OF mileage ON which mails ware rnn.
and for which he takes credit. Of $7-2D6. 80.
being one. fourth more than there b - Fact
The poisoned chalice 10 returned to ibe Fps Of
those who detained 90 loudly sgainst the
Bank. The payments 10 partisan editors Of
newspapers are considered. and the pains Ia
ken 10 conceal them disclosed. The Editor
of the Globe ID. by the Blse Book, Published
by himself, stated to have been paid fourteen
thousand dollars for printing. The accounts
skosv $2l, zee 90, and the reports state, that
he has been paid for all work done, at prices
not previously known to have been paid /:
that, Id word, $4,000 were paid for advert.
sing proposals. for contracts for the short space
of two months and twenty two days-some
Tour obscure editors Of papers in your State.
one at Sa0dy- hill, and places Of such like i'm
p0rtance, each being paid 400 and odd dollars,
whilst the Argus and Official, &c. were circu.
lating them widely. Then. again, during the
election times, MIssIONARIEs, SECRET agents,
were Pesorted to, and for what purposes, may
be gssssed. from the simple fact, that one OF
them, Mr.. Barnaby Bates, presented his
claim. and had his claim allowed, to the tune
OF S. per diem, with expenses, which he was
paid to the full amount. BY Mr.. Gouverneur.
per Ordera from this. and sDith the further d.
section % class the payment under tie head Of
Incidental Expsgses d he Neic- York Post OF
tcs-thef Ekhl6 Atho6ht paid sat that time 10
secret agenis, being $4,000 and odd dollars /;
90 thAk. a. the COMMITTEES conclude, the whole
department b Q full aud entire mass Of de-
rangemsnt, corruption. and mismanagemen
requiring the immediate attention Of Congress
60 Resolutions recommended by them for q
doptiOn. 10 substance, viz: That the practice
Of borrowing money BY the Department was
Illegal, and that al such contracts should IL
declared nall and void: That no reliancs
should be placed On the statements Furnished