The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-06-08

In 1873, the Subsistence Department emplsye ed
foar clerk, whose joiht com psssstsn vas Sc, $50
In 1885, this Subsistence Department smpioy.
Jour clerks AID messenger, whose joint es@pen-
sation is $3.50.
In 1928, tho Surgssa General Was allowed a
clark at sl,l50 per year.
In 1885, tbs Surgeon General ia allowed a clark,
al VI 700, aud messenger al $500 per year.
Ia lS2s, the BUSINESS OF Indian affairs was dis
charged At The War Department, BY seine ere 0,
two of the seventeen clerks which | first men
toned.
In lo3S, this Indian business appears 10 ooastI
tote grand divisus. We now hssr Of ths In
dian Department" With a Commissioner, whoss
salary Is $4,000, ehsf clerk. at $1,000, anc
steven CLERKS, and Two messengers the JoiB: com.
pensaton and salaries 5slHg Sl2. 400
In 1928, ther. was one Superintendent of In-
dian affairs, uhs psis 81 800 year. ts eaty-
ems Indian Agents twenty eight sub.sseats, and
thirty nine Interpreters.
Ia 1898, We hnd four supsrRtssdssts Of la.
dian AFFAIRS" iIh salaries Of 81 500 each per year;
SIX suPsrinendenIs Of enig grafton" with salaries
OF $1,000 each per year ten 'Ias!sn agents"
with salaries Of $500 sach per year; fourtssn
" isdlsn sub-agsnts," with salaries al $3.50 per
year thirty -thres commissioners and special
agents" WHO are paid from 5 to So per day and
from sou to $4,000 per year; fifteen conduct
ing and enrolling sgeais" al 3 4, aud s. per day
t~e conductors OF exPlsrins parties" al and
- per DAY, tive vauiHg agents" 81 each per
Gay eight oollsstlng sgents, al s. so psr day
cGeh two lssulRg sgeuls," al 81 per DAY each f;
one elsbursing agent al s. per day; sixteen
assl.tsnt sgeAts," al and S per day and from
oUO 10 l,2UO per year. thirty -one interpreters
at sgeneiss," al $500 each per year tourtseA In.
iefpretsrs In The emigra.loH Of Indians" al 2 50
aud 50 per day each; fftosH physiciaas," at
salaries varying fretn 3 5, aud ST a CAV, 10 ISL
par hehth slsvsn clGrks,' Other than thsst H.
The siiice at Washington al salaries varying
irem s ans - Fer Gay, 50 Az aud so per MONTH
and $500, and ,OOU per ycar; stiy.turee =" black
smiths" Nth salaries varying from 24O ie 5000
per year twenty farmers ana assistants, al ,. 8,
;, and $500 per year sgh,eeea "tescAsf.," with
various salaries, frern $40 70 $50 per wear Eve
"u.Iilrt.," wish salaries o. 500 and $500 one
surveyor a, - per day the " hole ssAcudins
aith i've miscellaneous agents" vilh salaries O.
81 per day, ard GOO per ysar.
But even thls net all. The Commissioner Of
lnsi Affairs says the list given B, him 10 the
Blue Book - ast scearsts or complste. He leaves
room te add alter. Here. inGeed, is dispis,
Of patronage Ought We no, 10 be astenlshes to
Ind lhIs State OF Wings, under az demonstration
whose irirnds protessed 10 be shocked at aIaitl-
pIcSiIon OF fhces and Fe-pubilshed, in the report
q his House IN ISIS, The Warning Of that Chief
Magistrate, who SAID "CoH.iss ths general
tendency to multiply offices and de ptHdencies ana
10 increase expense to the ultimate terui OF burden
which the citizen can bear, It behoves US ts avail
ourselves OF every occasion which presents iisslf
for taking of the surchargs." Il is appropriate,
tso, nov, = rssr gentlsmsn lie tia censurs ~ Ieb
that port cash the Secretary Of " ar in lo2s,
o. .t.;p G-tQ a. 81. . l..
bs.iasss 81 Indian Afsifs.
NJ b. .ad As was here tempted 10 nsgae ons
OF two oihc,s ia particular, which seem TO save
bssn created Tor special iavortes; one Of then
under the law authorizing tbs President TO siE'
!ald patents by an agent, instead Of doing Il a.
heretofore 10 person. II be could net find Ene to
do bis duty, as M Adams ard I'll his predeces-
did, thsn il would have been better 10 dispense
wlth the signature altogether, as you have aors
with that VI the Commissioner of the General Land
Office. The PresiGrHls nsae row is net even
written B, his proxy, il should b. but is grit
tea BY sons clerk 10 the Land Office, sed lhs
whole service Of The Prux, 81 gen, consists N kls
,,r,,,-z l..a - --.ss sIts ne - ralo St9Uu
ar annuIn The place Ia halls by ems Of ihr
Presidents sous, and 1t as indirect mods Of H.
cssx4iuF the Presidents salarY, The soneensa-
uec is loo high uadsT any cifcam''aso-- aI i
saws requiring neither skill nor tseRl' sna gu,
lime, h. receive. qREiisn Ct ms gsau'. :. -
Governors and other high officers in the ssvera
Ststvs DO!
Another oihcs especially created is that ef tn,
Smithsonian agent" with salary Of $4,000 :
yssT, and furnishing convenient sssurH for
geRtieaan wishing To visit London. Tha duties
Of this paes sh, well have besn discharged b.
orSIuary corrcspoHdsncs bat al all events thsf
are such as could Justly be required at the hand.
of our resident Allnl,tes at London. II camel b.
overlooked that Richard Rush Secretary al the
Treasury, nud received the ecnsare and cssssrn
natIon Of the RetrenchneRt COMMITTEES. And yet
NJ. Rush appointed so The stiies Vt the Saith
sonlaR agent | viii leave 1t ter s;hsrs to spply
what the Chairman Of the Commiuee on Reuspeh-
mcnt said at that day, IN debate az this hosr :
Whenever an office is TO be filled, even Jealous
constant, and faithful friend is compelled 10 yield
to mushroom aposste that may have bean pur-
chased bot ycstsrdsy.'
LET us ncHi compare the Navy Department
Nr. S1ulhard, no Nss secretary of the Navy IN
ISIS, employed is this Dspsrtmsnt seven clerks
besides the chsf clerk. This salary Of the SEE
rotary and the compensation al the clerks and
messengers, amounted IT, 1880. Tbs Depart
msnt had been held isr many rssfs. AID l. stlil
managed by NJ Dickinson, who was msmbef
OF the committee, IN tke Senate. trsg whom came
tina, famous report on Executive patronage, 10
which FRS, referred lie suplsyS eight clerks
besides ,hs ohiof clerk; asd his salary ard csm-
pensalon Of bis clerks aud messengers, amounts
to 1850. And this very session hs deaasas more
clerks, and az increase in the salary Of some -
those he already has
The c.mnittcs csnsBre mr. SsCrstsry Ssulh-
ard for unnecessary expense IN subscription Tor
newspapers for the Department They specify,
under this hssd, 1924 % for three years IL nos
appears that Mr. ScsrsIary DlSkurson has eHpsnd-
ed Tor p.usrsyers aud fashionable sosss sns IT.
sra,urs of The ,imss, IN oae year, near sl00, and
including similar expenses Of the Navy Beard.
near $3.50