Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-18
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that the sail Kinney, whose ahluai '3i"T
was S55, nal received an cxife allowance o. .,
S523 -. lie declares thai 1t IS : aae'fyy "'N'
and has even mads oath TO the fact b fore "a jos,ce
of the peace, aud published his aiti'V' 10 'nc
world. Mr.. Kinney, however has phi TIE aAio'e
on the wrong horse. If he fas nos received the
extra slo vance charged to nm, nc satoH'l have To-
Gated his oensurc, no, on Af.Ia@in6 J-i or the
Post Office Department, Who's Report !d Mr. H.
into an error. We presume thete Is 10 do1Di ma
Mr. Klnney is charged, in he Bne Book, wth the
extra rll,wancc and ii he has not received II, ne
should enquire of the Postmaster General Nho haS'
Iftherc be any falsehoo1 in the matter, Mr., Ewing
- certainly not guilty Of It.
.. The New York American narrates the fol-
lowing extraordinary facts -
" A steamboat has been recently built AT Balti-
more under contract, 10 iun Oh the route fiom wash
ington, we believe 10 the Potomac Creek. For tie
cost If this boat, the accepiances OF WM. 4 HG'-
rV, Postmaster General, were pnld. The ace Pr.
ances " crc al ten, eleven, and twelye months, Deaf.
ing six per cent. interest n new sort Of EXchcqncr
bills, issued certainly without any warran, Of law.
1t being desired to convert these acccptanccs INTO
money, they were presented TO various persons IN
! Baltimore to be cashel. None would receive them.
These engagements of one of the Heads OF Depart
ment OF the United States Of America, alter benz
hawkei about at constantly derreciatiHc rates from
one In the other, were offered to cur informant at Il
discount fleH per cent, and with the collateral Sc
curly If toe steamboat in question, and were re-
fused. Acceptlnccs Of the Postmaster General OF
the Uni.cd States, for $;3,0oo, icurins an interest
of 6 per cent. were ollc,ed Tor 20, $50, with the al
di:lon of ~ccllatcra. security for the ultimate pay
ment thus showing, that al n pcrioi when money
is abundant, the credit Of the Post office IS 50 bad,
that even the temptation Of 10 per cent, with cola
,.,J . rc,,.th corIJ no - l., ia = py, ,o,nn e. ,n,
rent"
Cominen on such a state OF facts as is disclosed
III the foregoing paragraph Is unncc ssary. Mai
Barry certainly imagines, not that he is at the head
Of one OF the departments of Il constitutional gov
eminent, and responsible to the laws for It's corr Get
administration, but thst he is the chief Of Il Little
government OF his own, an wholly irrcspons,bl,
for the manner in which he discharges his du les
He already stands before the public, condemned, ny
an unanimous vote Of the Senate, for a violation OF
The constitution, in borrowing money for the usL
Of his department, " on his o.n responsibility, u
and we now fin him sending { nth, mo The money
market, notes accepted by him as Postmaster Gene
raj for the purpose of being shoued and strans'
to tell, so low is the credit Of his branch ofltc gov
eminent that they cannot be ~d,sposcd of ut Il piice
which would eagerly be caught nj by any MONEY
lender il the debtor were IL Responsible private c IT,
avn AAut Wv WV 1 NUM- ~ q
Maj. Barry in office, in despite of these daily rccur-
ring evidences of his faIthlessness aud incnpacity,
as if he is not yet tired of trying the q experiment"
whether or not his popularity will island any
thing!
3. The Chillico'he Gazette states that a citizer
ofthot place, who was the owner ofa large amour
of stock in the O 10 Stage Company, and who,
Notwithstanding his ownership WIS ignorant of III,
Extra allowances made b. Maj. Barry 10 the lead
lng'mcn in the Company, has Commenced Il sui,
FOR his share Of the spols.-lf these extra allownn-
ces were fair business ransac,iuns-ln Other
words, II they were Extra pay for extra services rem
dercd, why were they not put IN the common stock,
and equally divided Why dad the leading N m OF
the Stage Company pocktt he snoils, & leave ,her
les. active and less inaucniisl partners in iguo-
rance tha, these extra allowances had ever been
made 7 But we forg.t-it is easier 10 ask cues
: tons than to answer them.
This Cllil,icothe case is exactly simi.ar TO ann-
Their, the evidence of which is fully dciniled IN the
Appendix TO the Report ofthe Post Office { ommit
tee. The parties wele Reside, SIavmakcr and
lomtinson-'he two former &c i've, the Latter IA 81
lent partner in q Stage Company. The Pos, Office
department made 10 this Company al extra allow
ance of $4,000 aud, by the concur ring ,estimo-
ny of all he parties, 1t turned out that Rccsi C and
S%laymaker had divided tbs sum between them
selves, and that Tomlinson had never even been
nprtiz"d that .uc, an extra allowance had been
mad.i 1t is true, Rcesidc and ~Slaymakcr say tina
they intended to Ilqpid1tc some old deb $ of the
Company with this $4,000. But it is very
strange, If such was their interior, that they did
not inform their partner Of it-and it IS still stras-
ger, that these old debts have never bccn IioriJ,.
ted yet, and indeed that they arc the msclvcs isro
rant Of their amount-for Sc they state upon oath.
And this circumstance loses none of its suspicious
character by the fact that Reside and Slaym.kef
were the endorsers of both Maj Barry and G. b.
Brown, and NOT untrcqrcntly the lenders TO both of
them OF considerable sums OF money without, inter.
est, TO say nothing OF occasional presents of some
dozens Of frs,-rs,o wine
Notwithstanding the startling facts daily disclo.
sed, tending TO show the corrup ion of the Post o..
hcc Department, the Washington Globe an Rich
fnond Enquirer riH mt notice them They nrc
so much cngrosScd with tho great object of demo,.
isaing the Us. Bank, that they have 10 ling To-
devote TO any thing else. They see 50 clearly the
mote 'hat Is IN their neichbor's eye, thu, ,.ey are
not conscious Of the beam wh.ciI IS in their oyya
D'H"ef0 NJ PaH03-A pebble dinner MIS-
gwen to John NJ. Patton, Esq ut Madison G. II
on the 23d uli. Mr., L. made a speech, rs il The en-
TOM, now unabjac:od 10, Of 1aIie orators on such
occasions, concluding with an excellent toast. viz
:" Federal Union AMI Republican Government
each essential 10 the preservation of the Other )
Inc company WAS also addressed by Capt. A. p
HIii and Mr.. VIM. Smith. The invited guests
who dd not attend, were Ex-Prcsidcn, Madison
Judge p. ?. Barbour, w. G. Rives, Esq and Com
Lawrence i. Oadc.-Wc subjoin Mr.. Madison's
letter