Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-04
TIE LAGoRs oF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS

TIE LABORS OF a MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Tbs farmer - apt 10 suppose that, when Congress,
adjourned for u day, his representative Is idle. aDt
that he ought to have his pay and utions stopped
lhis Is "a great error. as Is obvious 10 those whu
may happen on Saturdays, or any day Of Congtes-
unal recess, 10 20 through the Post Ohiccs. There
Is not a member who Is not charged with innumcra.
blc COMMISSIONS ut one sort or other, by his cunsiiiu-
enis. with the Public Departments al Washington.
Mere legislation Is but a small part OF the business
VI many oi mem. This, perhaps. is more especially
tho case with members from new and growing
states, where every thing Is in rapid progress ol
growth and develoPemcni, aud all Is apparently
unsettled. step, on Saturday, into the room of the
Postmaster General for example aud you will see
roIhaps twenty members of Congress waiting lpr
ihcIr iurn-onc wants a post office established a q
point somewhere between Dan and Bcersheba.-
Nolhing IA nature can he clearer than the proprieiy
and necessity OF the case. True, there arc alread,
Offices on each SIDE Of the one proposed, within
Two miles Oi the spot; but then there Will he 10 al
Iilionni expensc-some clever fellow will get thC
gmuhCd. To show how u Is demanded by the lUL,
Tie voice, here Is a memorial signed by s0mo hun.
drcd people, not two Of whom. perhaps. expect 10
get a letter there Iu a year. That case being ds.
missed. another wants The name OF a post Office
changed from Poughquay or SEnneatclcs, 10 some
hIOrc cuPhonicul Cant find ouphOncOus ia Web
s.cT) as Tuckalcochco Cove, or MaintUOwoc R,piIs
VI w aAlHtaJtfllCGouN OF TOT n name NlbrtCr, and sill
more convenient, rs "Ciy oflho four Lakes" Or the
Mouth Of Arkansas River
These requests being all disposed uf ia Ihc tyyizk.
ling Oi an eye, the next gentleman represents the
cases oil numerous contractors III - district, pc
hitonins for remission Of fines; aud here IL Is 10 be
phscrved that The louder have been Inc complaints
81 tho Press, and the People. and ChamI,ors Of com.
mcrcc, a0I grand iuTics about the irrcgulaniie, Of
the mail. the stronger the uudcrcurrcut ofmportu
Hily TO the Postmaster General 10 have fines rcmiiicd
-idIs Oi snow. heavy rains, deep ruis, sick hor cs
biIdscs swept away, cows run on, engines Oft the
track. sc. &c.
4 dozen members yet remain, with pockets u1
'l mcmoHals-sono 10 get post masters in. some 10
stt them Turned out. some 90 got Sunday mail ser
vice and pay restored. In tho midst Of all this. IN
STEPS the Messenger, To the relief OF his boas, and
lays on The table about two hundred letters by Oh,
last mail. All these are 10 he examined; lhCir con
.cnts weighed and compared. 4 man is recon-.
hcnded TO a post Office. whose qualifications, II You
believe AL that Is sIid in his behalf 10 hun 10 be
Postmaster General. or any other member Of the Pre-.
siionIs cabinet Well, be gets ihc appointment
mud what thoHl Why all Inc builIers Of Babel
when God coulounded tbcu tongues. raised not a
greater confusion than the complains raised. some
tunes. nj The appointment oftbe recommended, who
was thus CNiOllcd 70 The very skies. Thus PASSED
He morning Of the Department, until those mcm.
bcrs, hbDtug Tor lhoir constituents. with poor pay.
aud perhaps lcss thanks, get back o. their boarding
houses. leaving The head Of The head Of the ID
TaHmcnts II q be not os hard as iron. and clear "a,
2llss. conioundcd with their conflicting claims ant
applications, and with al has regular work lynn,
sill before hun 10 be- despatched 10 prevent accu
mulalioni yet these Offices arc uloJght by many O
our agricultural friends 60 be sinccurcs-placcs
without care end without l1hUr While some o.
iho members arc thus going The rounds from on,
Department 20 another swallow ing dutf and rasrin,
90 breath. The thermometer o. Sc; others ore eyof
gct harder at work m 'hCiT own or IN cJramiu,,
rooms, 30 tho work Of prcpaptiou-so much moro
trying work Of hampruinr on fhc nDor. on which
fp many rcly o. gain reputation in aBuukrm This
Do hut n faint tkcich Of ihc l1hrr ofLe public men
n Washington. who arc io generally supposed 10
Do cnpying 0uum cum diruilltc.
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