The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-28

Y - - si,s 90 goa many similar
snd soasilY III not m"rfl oeleeneasose
eharyss in lie present accounts o. uAsss
ns,sr,men,s-snch - cash Psad Tor
- ,s.s .new or The paEemsnis. 50
-, M. r,r.ysa. iced nol wei his feet:
sao . rs'r.sr. fng labor. s5t far sun
-. al; far Hork without stating what
-, ar xeEk. Il might have been for
tIlins erass or raising vegetables iaf The
SssrFs,srv. The Term " sundries. may
$500 he same Ihiag, and the Curious
nj, ;nouirs wha, use was made oflhe
s,s.,r,of psia, for which SIS were paid
hv he Secretary Of State. But ihe mo-
a. i well laid out. il IL will preserve
,hs sI,Eee. And il is 10 be regreIIed that
ths Secretary Of the Treasury and ne
postmaster General had not made SINH
lar purchases in tine 10 save their re-
snse,ive buildings. PsnkniSes and seis-
,srs. BIZ he dozen and half dozen. ere
ourch.sed for the Secretary OF State.
Who also pays . clerk TO 60 10 Bsllimars
and collect = draft. An item Of 500
maid bv The Secretary Of the Treasury
Tor lhe transportation Of money; but how
much money, or from whence, or where
TRANSPORTED. we know not This lasl
charge IS a kind Of foretas'e OF the hard
money SUB Treasury system. BY which,
instead Of transmitting the funds Of the
Government, by means Of the cheap.
safe. AID rapid system OF exchange
which prisalled before the banks were
.deb,uehed" by Mr.. Kendali, the pub
lie money is nav 10 Be wagoned over
the country .: great expense and hazard,
anil always with delay.
The la,e eminent and virinous Attorney
General wm. Writ. did not escape The
censurs Of these indefatigsble reIormers.
lie had rendered some professional srr-
wees. in ah'eh tie Unhed States we're
inierese,l. but which were not such as
his Official station charged upon him.
For this serElre an iaconsilersble sum
was paid to him. bat lis proprieiy was
questioned. The Sslary Of The Attorney
General was then $500. and lie was
allowed $500 for clerk. How stands
the case nowl Tie salary Of Mr. Ben
iamin I. Butler. The present Attorney.
General. is $4,000. and in 1894, he was
paid Si.I5O 10 FIR compensation, beside;
being allowed $500 for a clerk and
messenger. and $500 for The contingent
expenses of his office. The same all
dirional allowance AMI charge. amount
ing together 10 $3.50, is made in 1885.
Independent of tie Increased salary and
The enlarged provision for a messenger.
whence comes Mr.. Buffers right to
charge An excess Of $3.50 10 for compen.
salinn, besides $500 for contingent ex-
penses' In the year 1896 we heard Of
nothing OF ennlinsen. expenses. but a
provision Of 81 i07 is made for his clerk
and messenger. and fhr Mr. Buffers
compensation the! year he received 81
332, when hi: salary was only - 900
Why was this excess OF $780, paid 10
him! Tie appears to have been used as
sor! ri C.isj Qt1icm lie has been
allnwe! 10 envy the. salary Of his nwn
oii:e anil thu Of the Secretary Of War
a. one and the same time, being al the
Tals of $1,000 per year, pursuing too
his profession, and receiving its e'nolu.
menls. n WONDER we see IN him - The
complying IIs officer Of the crown"
When d'I he ever give an opinion con-
irary 10 the wish Of tie President, If he
knew what Iha. was! Let me give an
Illustration. A. the story is toll, when
the Balirn>ra railroad was about 10 be
loca,e3 al It's termination in his city. the
COMPANY consulted Mr.. Butter On some
point as TO this right of way. under their
charlet Aher iuli ds.i5erstion. his pro-
fesslog,, opinion was oblainel in wiring.
hhaTseneJ thai Gen. jackson fell some
ecnrera about the location Of this righi
OF way. and he expressed an opinion on
The same point, requiring a termination
Of lie toad which the company did moi
wish aud which Mr.. Butler bad advised
them they need not adopt. Gen. Jack.
son was furnished with the opinion oi
the AioFaey.Gener4l; but. insteaa ol
yielding, lie endorsed on it. i" Mr. But.
Ter has n! examined this case with his
usual rare; let this paper be referred back
70 hin, viii a copy Of The charter. fol
bis r.-ex4nlal!ion. In due time. sir,
the Atorney-Genersl agrees with the
fre',dea', and gives an opinion in con-
iorm1y VITA that which Gen. Jackson
had expressed, After this. Mr.. Speaker
we need na' be surprised a! the absurd
opinion Of Mr.. Butler, given as fuunda.
ton Of Justification for Gen. Jackson d
poeket tie bill repealing the Treasury
c'fcu'a', and which had passed both Hon
.e' oil Congress almost by acolama,ion.
H'r' indeed, should we be astonished a
any optnon Of his, unless he should
have happened to give one different from
"ha' he supposed The President want
ell.
"ish' nov, 10 make few comment:
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