The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-04
Chief Clerk to the Superintendent
Harpers-Ferry, Va, July LIST, 1910.

| Having been shown newspaper printed at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, in which there is letter writ
ten from this place, charging the Paymaster here
with having seld Treasury draft at premium
| of SIX or eight hundred dollars, and with having
pocketed the same, in Justice to that officer. /
beg leave to state, that sixteen hundred and nine
ty-seven dollars and scventy-six cents, the nett
amount. of the premium Of the two Treasury
drafts, after deductng expenses, and purchasing
ten hundred and sixty dollars in specie, was reg
ufarly credited to the Government in the Paw
masters account would further state, that
prior to the sale of the drafts, he had been or
dered by tho Superintendent of the Armory, so to
dispose of them, alleging for doing so, the rea-
sons given by Mr.. Kitzmiller. No other draft,
to my knowledge, has been sold by the Paymas-
ter; had there been any, I, being the Book keeper
in the Pay Office, must have known it.
GEO. VIM. BROWN,
Clerk to Postmaster
Harper's Ferry, Va, July LIST, 1910.
1t will be seen that Mr.. Parker covers the
this letter, to be wilful, deliberate falsehood;
known to be such by the writer, at the time it
was penned. But he admits that Government
draft was sold for $1,000, and that the entry was
made to the credit of the United States, by the
order of the Superintendent, who determined
to credit the United States, by the amount of
the premium. From this, it would seem, and
from Mr. Browns statement, that it was intend
ed to credit the amount of the premium to the
Government, before the sale; that Mr.. Kirby was
INFERIOR, in supposing that Mr.. Parker had pock-
eted the difference. But what is the fact here
disclosed 1t proves, that the hard money Gov
eminent, which will receive nothing but specie,
or its equivalent, is fraudulently shaving its
paper, and expressing the workmen, by forcing
them to take shinpasters, in discharge Of the OBJ
legations due to them. MIR. Parker is young
gentleman, and may, under the circumstances,
be excused for the intemperance of his language.
He knows that he holds the appointment as
partisan; he reads the Globe, and borrows his
political sentiments from that degraded organ of
this corrupt Administration. Hence "wilful and
deliberate liar" applied to respectable citizen,
for having spoken, in private letter, of this
| conduct of the Government, in terms not less
condemnatory than it deserves, is precisely what
was to have been expected of him. The otker
statements, that the workmen have been dis
charged on account of their political sentiments,
and that the wages have been reduced; that men
have been paid in deprecated paper, are fully
made out by the statement Of MIR. John Spang-
Ter, who published, accompanying his statement,
complimentary letter from MIR. Lucas to the
superintendent; and also by Mr.. VIM. Mcclure,
who is likewise recommended by Mr.. Lucas, as
a deserving man, and irst-rate mechanic.
HARRISON AND JAcKsoN.-In contrasting the
vote received by Gen. jackson in 1882, in the
zenith of his popularity, with that of General
Harrison, in 1886, in the States of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connect
cut, New York, N. Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Indi ana, Iii
nois, and Missouri, we end that Gen. Harrison
obtained many votes, within 60 0, as Gen
jackson did, and in ten out Of the fifteen States
above enumerated, his vote exceeded Jacksoa's
20 nsiderabiy.
The Carroll County, ohi,. "f'rec Press gives
the rames of loi Van Rusn secesers, former
|. Importers Of Jackson and Van Baren-