Litchfield enquirer., 1837-06-22
o,yt, pOSrOFASTER GENERAL.

were largely concerned in transporting the
 United States mail under the administration of MT. Barry. who required of them exten- sively unusual services !; for which they were credited on the books of the department.- When Kendall came into power and found the department greatly involved in debt, he not only took measures to terminate these ex- tra allowances, but further proceeded to re-
 tain in his hands, as set-off, money thereaf- ter accruing to the petitioners. This high handed assumption of power and violation of contracts could not, of course, be submitted to by the petitioners, who forthwith applied to Congress for redress. In July, 1886, law was passed accordingly, referring the matter to the Solicitor of the Treasury, em- towering him to make an award, binding upon the government and directing the Post master General to credit on the books of the department the amount thus awarded. Af-
 ter patient investigation, the amount was
 adiudged to be about B162, ,OOO-of which one
 hundred thousand dollars was duly accredl-
 ted on the books-but the Postmaster Gen.
 eral claimed that the Solicitor had gone be-
 yond his proper authority, under the act o1
 Congress alluded to. Thereupor the question
 efauthority or not was referred to MT. Attor-
 ney Butler, who determined that the Sotlctor lhad proceeded within the limits of his powers, and that nothing was wrong in the award
 The Postmaster, however, refused to submit to his opinion, and the matter was again re- ferred to Congress and by them sent to the T Judiciary Committee. That committee re- ported that they had fully investigated the rmatter-that the award of the Solicitor was ' strictly correct, and that the amount by him reported due, was so-and the Senate unani- mously adopted the report Still the Post
 master refused to give way, and the petition CTS thereupon filed their petition. The Court
 granted rule ordering Kendall to appear
 and shew cause why he should not accredit
 the amount aforesaid on the books of the de-
 partment. Thereupon the Postmaster Gen.
 eral, in humble imitation of the examples of the greatest and best," taking to. himself manifold responsibilities, declined appearing
 before the honorable Court" not out of any disrespect, but because he deemed it would
 !" compromit his obligations to preserve un-
 impaired the rights of an independent depart
 ment of the General Government :" Here
 We ind MT. Attorney Butler, the universal
 referee, appealed to, who kindly sustains the
 magnaninous views of the Postmaster Whether the Court have, or have not, the
 power thus denied to them, still the course l pursued by Amos Kendall is rather more ,au- | dacious than the assuming of responsibilities by Ex-President Jackson, which startled ev- cry reflecting patriot of the land. Kendall is an inferior officer-the matter had been twice referred to Congress-thoroughly- -ex- amined and adjudged by the Solicitor Gen. eral of the Treasury Departments and settled
 bv this same MT. Attorney ButIer-still the Postmaster will not yield.-Nor1oich Cour. [" Sozitcru and Alone !'-The Chief of Hum- buggcrs sometimes finds his peculiar doctrine in regard to hard money a very uncomfortable one. A few days since. being about to take his departure for Washington or some other place with his family, he went on board the Loyal Hanna, one of the Ohio steamboats, to secure his passage. The Captain knew his man and when the humbugger protfered the passage money in Illinois paper, he demur- red He could not think ftaking any thing but gold and silver" The Expunger look ed as black as thunder gust at this applica- tion of his own doctrines to his particular case but finally, he was constrained to put off in search of his "yellow boys.' Some time was spent by this notable statesman in trying to "raise the wind"-in which at last he was successful. Forthwith he hied to the pointment, as the shrewd Captain had, in the meantime, got up steam and put out-leaving the Knight of the Exphnging quill "the bag to hold," and with full leisure to drive amore successful bargain with the captain of some other craft.-&. Louis Republican. ...rs...
 Anecaote of Gen. Jackson.--The following anecdote of the currency tinker, is amusing, on account of the inconsistency of character displayed. .''# '"
 Gen. Jackson while at Smithland, mouth of Cumberland, lately, gave the landlord where he stopped, ten dollar United States Bank note to deduct the amount of his bill from.- Tennessee money was offered, in part, as change, which was refused. Nothing but specie, or "Nick Biddle's" notes would an- swer the Ex-President.-Cin Cincinnati Whig.
 We hape met the enemy, and aoe are theirs" The editor of the Guernsey Times heads an article with the above, in which very inl-
 portant information Cat least to himself) is communicated; and, in the estimation of some, places him in quite an enviable situa- tion. He continues: "yes, gentle reader for all readers are supposed to have become gentle since the election-we have met the enemy of man (woman) and have been cap tured. The readers of the Times we mean the whig readers-will please not indulge in any apprehension that the political charac- ter of our paper will be in the least chang ed, for our WIFE (what euphony there is in that little monosyllable) is a whig, good and true." ... .... .-...s. Madew on Grapes-A gentleman of this village, who takes much interest in these things, informs us that he has discovered a
 sure remedy for mildew upon grapes. The
 mildew has been the great bane to the suc-