Whig Republican. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1840-18??, 1840-10-29

An amusing mcident.--fhe last number at
the Harrisburg Pa. Chronicle gives the annex
I'd narrative OF very amusing incident:
mot many weeks since u gentleman OF Har-
risburg by tile name of Henry Petrikln dePu.
ty secretary of the commonwealth on rennsyi'
vania, was ON Welt TO Bellefonte, Centre coun.
". While there he was requested to make
speech to the faithful. or did it without being
requested--at any rate the speech WAS made
La the Course OF it, as is customary with these
loco foco Iigll,s wnen they are where they sup
pose there Is no one To contradict themv ne os-
clared Gen. Harrison To be coudrd. ~
you say Gen. Harrison is coward! deinanl.
ID an old man in the crowd: i do WIS tne
.eply of Mr.. II. Putrikln. "iow do you know
1T" dem lnded the same old man. Here Nc.
,'etrken was brought to dead stand. "Hs
lad not thu documents" TO prove 1t; thd Ext:1
lobe had been left at home. I'D you rem am
lr the man to whom you paid ID to)'n tho
lrmy under Gen. Harrison in the last war rs
Substitute! fyou don't do" 'Gentleinen,
continued the incorrig lille old man, putting mis-
land IN his pocket and pulling out an hon"raole
Iischargs from Gen. Harrison, MIR. Petriken
gave me so To take his plL:e ia the army,
md hold in my hand my clearance from HAr-
rison." Mr.. Petrtken was contounded, so he
opened not his mouth. We trust this will Ia.
Ken as a warning to all of Gen. HLrris 'r's Sian.
ierers, ut least 10 be extremely cautious there
IRE none of Gen. Harrison's old soldiers about
before they begin to retail their stale falshoods.
writer in the New York Express. over
the signature of .4ristides, who is engaged in
examining the expenditures ofthe custom house
If that CITY, makes the following startling dis
closure:
"During the eight years that Mr. Thompson
W Is collector, the revenue amounted to SlOO,
100 900. MIR. L. therefore collected yearly,
m all average SI2 100000. Mr.. Hoyt came
nto office on the 29th March, 1888, and col.
lrcted from the LIST of April, 1888 10 the 3lst
VI arch. 1910. inclusive, being two years.
s24 ,22U.6lO 69 cents. Mr.. IL. therefore coll
iected on average yearly, for two years,
S19,ll9, 255.
lit follows that Mr.. Thompson: on an ave.
rage yearly. Tor eight years together. collected
more than MIR. HUyt has done on yearly ave.
rage, b, the sun. of $3.50, 744 65A cents. The
greatest amount of revenue collected IN any
one gear by Mr.. Thompson is S15, 700 900.
The greatest amount 60 lected by Mr.. Hovt,
in any one gear. is ST.. $40 ,332 81. So that
We here see that Mr.. Thompson exceeds Mr..
Hoyt'S greotes amount IF collection in one
gear, by the Gum of$I,799, 667 13 cents. To
du this, Mr.. Thompson employed lao "ticers
anu CleIhSs anu eApeHueu , lt1'70o o. CCH'e'
While Mr.. Hoyt, i'll collecting what he has
done, employ ed, according to the National Re.
gister of the Both of September, 1899, ASP oth.
GERS, clerks, de-, and expended S507 SCI %
cents; employ ing 1l2 officers, clerks &C.. more
than Mr.. Thompson, and Increasing the ex-
pendtures of collection $"63,U72 Al cents.
Look, fellow citizens, ut this enormously in-
creased expense. and consider whether there
is any thing in the increase of importsto JUS
tfy this great difference! Depend upon is
something else is at the bottom of all this be-
sides the mere collection of the revenue, wI ich
! | think | shall make appear before ] am aole.
ARISTIDES