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Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-24

NR TUCKER am nm ABGU>.

Mr. TUCKER AND TIE ARGUS
Iaa Uesrtreuts- oftte Ages I perceive thar
Plrsaa >aa-lcs Is made % SOW % reply 90 Mr.
Tucker. tat -olcs io- l.L be wla5 taae that ocea-
son d t- tm lTuehs-0 ,a-rs was na truth %
this charge, ,hat be neither vas nor ever lal
beea siaekbo.deT 10 jhe Uas5a bans ami tie -eeair-
"a him on, % repeat ihe assertion aca.a' IwlsPrs-
sFut8, ne debate between these gentlemen 80
Sa5syGs on ,le Sd inst; and hea-d tbs charge
made by Mr.. Tucker and Tie explanation BY Mr..
>aagack; ana if am rise Of language, l
think Mr. T. was jus,ifab.c 10 repeating the charge.
The -t p,y OF Mr.. Saa,tueb WAS as h4awS that
Go vcruor Ruuny.s once persuaded Inn l>hauuckl
that 10 purchase .snls m0rgased TO lhe Jnion
Bank or s,ock, would be good speculation, as be
would get his purchase money back BY the loan tie
would be entitled to. Acting On this advice, he
purchased large lr1c, Of aud Pledged hr lnon
Bank stock but subsequently changed his in'cn.
ton and took wauaulee deed 10 tie property
This does not change The situation Of the property
Does !, not bclsrg to Parsln SAa,tuck Is il no
/ pledged TO the Union Bank ior stock: The wsr
rauiee deed &C the vendor does not remove The M
cumbraucc ia ayor ct the Union Bank: and there
lore parson Shaluck is not a dslattrgsted party
capable Of coming 10 an uuprejud,ced decision OF
the constitutional question submitted 70 the people @
Mississippi 10 addition 10 this tie admitted h
was in iehcd to the Union Bank fora a'ge Smnun
ormopcy, and that he was liable as a HocbboJe
in the McKorh,c Kjus SEQ, >hiaP.astsr bank &
dsly Springs. These facts Mr.. Shaltuck c'nn'
and wi. not deny, tor can prove them by at iea'
fifty respectable witnesses.
An OErlBpGHA VorEE.
Okibbeha July 20h, Is4l.
tL5- The Rev Mr.. KNAPP, OF Tuscaloo'
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STATE or MlSSIS>IPPl-LCWNu fs %
Pr5sai-' C'ar' JAY Te-R-EJa M.-a-t
4 GBEEABLA oan r-.srttlas p.a--.r.
n &c Lrw15es County M,s+s79. mad.
Ias Term thereof 1881. vii IS Admin
p. ias per~oal estate CrHa1 aa-.
sat r0arty deceased 7'c-su, nv aero.
vuuchFrS ON EliI c>tsfr. al Orr Ssp.TFa=H
sad tae-, rsrto'. fr- tHs' settlement sr
aaec- A persons infc-ere % $3.50 ps#.
fa'e, are hcreh, rr .IrI GOO D. aai
sepIeWb.r Term iayrroi ans s54az es aH-
iteS can VA, sad account, s.oeii 10.
snl aaa. settlement Of yaai p..>aasl ssiats
GEORGE HACkLt ss
.ffmir
Issued from ,hs miuu,cs Of rir coart. Do ret.
.ffteH NM- +. TULfEH
July II, lsH.
tPruisr l,c $40 5al
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Dr. 4. r. BoucheIIe,

VETIILin future devote his whole attenon
w TO the practice OF the several branches ohis
nroassion at the late residence Of his father be-
tween Col. Nimrod DAVIS aud Lndsey's FerrYlle
will practice upon unreasonable terms as any OYER
regularly bred physician IN the country
December 7th, 3l-22-ti.
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WILL attend at Washington 10 the prosecution
w ulcIalms before the Department. Ia al ia
*. when case is placed 80 hs hands II, must
be accompanied by free propouoncd to TIE char
ac.er Of tie business and ,ubcc 10 rhc usua. per
cgnlum. on the amount Of clam when finally adJs-
icd. No letters wlU be taken rom the Post oI1rr
unless The postage Is plld.--For the present Ifi-
lers NUT be directed to hm at Plseyu,e Md, wLIcn
Is three hours ride irom the CITY,
Persons are authorized to refer 70 The Hon. ~
herr G. Brown, and Hon. Jacob lhompeon, NJ !
10 the Hon Dixon II. Lewis and Hon. Reuben
Chapman, of Ala; 10 the Hon, VIM ;. i''"n,
and {. A. Harris, Esquire, Of Arkansas; Col BREED
lose, and George Wo1mao Esquire Of Aew-or'
leans Genera Call, DR. Charles Byrne Gen Her
nandez and Hon c, Downing, Florida; Judge l'er-
son, aud David GoIghtIy E'q Of Columbus ''eo'
,r, Attred Y. SCOOP, and John lIeulg, Esqulfes, o.
| Mantpomefy. Alabama, aud to MAJOR X. u, Lee
| L. 5. A. ST. Louis Missouri.
WAsnxGroS March 2jh, lsil. 4j-1'
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-24

MARRIED-On Tuesday the 20lh inst, at
the residence of Mr. Henry Garvn,by Eli Abbott
ESQ, Mr. STEPHEN GErTERs of Pickens county
Ala. aged &C years, to Mrs. Nancy GAVIN Of
this County, aged "a years
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-24
Administrators Notice.

STATE or MiNSI>SlpPI-IOWNDE- &.
Probate, Court, Jgly Tom Fi6A Me-
A GREGABLN toan orderoifHs pfaiat,
n nl Luwutts County. Mrs,.s>pp ulH
july Tenn lhrr,1. lsll / well. a. AIm,r~.-.- ...'
the real estate @. Conrad Hackems8, sIs
county deceased, present wy accounts ana
ers on sold estate % tae September te-m
cout tlrrcol 'or hl1. setll5mru. an. allow o.
sali Real estate. \ person. Interested iu .s
late a'e hereby notified To be- and appear g, .
September Term thereof, aoi shav caas .ay
they can, why ,ad accounts saon.I not he a#-a.
aud tnal settlement he made
GEORGE HAChLFE3<
adm
Issued from The minutes Of the Court. tH.
.lfttSf. NM +. Pl'f
July l., lSil
(Pualer'' lee $40 50A
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LATE OF ELECTRA MONROE Nj.

VTAS located himself permanently at Colnnbus
II Nj where be will attend 10 all cases IN hsho-
f.ssion. Mr. l.. fatters himself that with clos at
lention to bis business that lie will merit shss Of
public patronage. He can be ionnd at oil l'ur al
his office in Market Street, opposite the old land
Office
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-24

t.s-Ezss. base reserved ID paper from
Ws.Has.aaih week. A,ogr ia,ss, ll:s, tas
Senate eas engaged in he discussion ct Ne.
Clr- tsaa =, R.,ss' amendment 70 lie baa,
winch requires The assent ofyas States iu orisfto
tie s,.-. ~anaat p. branches within Their limits,
WAS re- ec,sd by decided myoriy-most Of ias
Wig aal At, ,be democrats Senator'S, bot oae,Vo-
ting s-aIu~tu. The opinion seems TO gam ground
tHatn l hank v.Il Be established al tins scsston.as
bis ,sog.a, tia, tie President would veto Nh.
Cas's 81. should Il pass both Houses. In the
House. the Bill 10 distribute the revenue arising
from the sales Of tbs pubic lands, winch had
been under discussion for several DAYS, was pass
Cd b. small majority. The Bill which passed
the senate to repeal Tie IntepeudsD, law had not
been ac,sd on 10 the House. Congress has now
been N session seven weeks aud they have done
nothing except to squauder away some hundreds
OF thousands OF the peoples money.
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POLITICAL ssIONS.

f. NJ. TuoEER Esq. and the Hon d, ., SHArTUos,
will attend the following appointments, and address
the people on State policy in the oiowingPaces and
a, tho times 10 VT
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-24

TENHE subscriber would inform the citizens oil 'k-
L hbbeha county and the pubic generally pa,
having established himself at SlatsylIie' w, at,nd
to making and repairing SADDLES, BRIDES
and HARNESS. ,ua.
G. W. JOHNSON
Starkvle, Jnly s, lSll-2-i.
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CoLuMBrs Miss, july 10, Is

C0LUMDrs Miss, July TO, IsIT.
JNo. T. CoNNELL, Esq.
SIR--The undersigned have been appointed by
the Convention held this day, to notify you that
YOU were selected as one ofthe Candidates 10 Re.
prcseat this county in the representative branch
of our next Legislature, and also to equ.ro whoh.
er you ate in favor Of passing a law TO tax the
people 10 pay the principal or any part of the in
crest ofthe bonds sold for the benefit of the Union
Bank Very Respectfully,
our obedeni servs,
+. F. CALHOUN,
c. K. JORDAN,
JOHN SEAL.
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Runaway.

UROM the subscriber living in Kinds county NJ
Negro maa named Alfred. He Is about SIX
teet high back complexion twenty wo or thTee
years old, quite likely and smart. lie Is aIm'ng TO
Oct 10 Georgia, he formerly belonged to john fsF-
ehlds Of Kinds comfy
| will give 'beral reward Tor him' 'a7en up
ard lodged ia any Jail 50 that can GEL NM or one
Hundred Dollars Il delivered to me 10 Kinds county
H. Wa DAVIS.
Jolly II, 1s4i 5w'
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tsJ- The Rev. Mr.. KNAPP, OF Tuscaloosa
viii preach At tho Episcopal church on the FIST
Sabbath in August.
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Ntntc of Mlesi..lnni LOMndcs @.

state Of Mississippi bOWndcS &c
CacW Court, "Wednesday .3Prd 1h l-4l.
Amos Achcr
$50 A' ~
joe ? Wggin.
'lNIIlS day came The phintif by attorney and
IS orieted hy the Court lbat publication .s
made tor SIX successive weeks 10 lhr Gomnbu Deco.
ocrar newspaper published 10 'he the t.pn Co..
uhus IN lbr STATE ol MssO,spp notifying ftr d...n'-
ant 81 the pendencv Of lhlg SUIT 'ha' unless is o
pear On OF before i've Grt day pI TIE next - n .'
tins court give special bail aud plead of d'wHr
j l.'mcut boaI viii he entered ae9la.i #m aod e
property attached vol be Sold io,atsy tHr
lIi, demands and tine cou.cis continued un"
next term Of THIS Court
rroc copy from the minutes Of our SAID court
IN SAID cause.
OVID T. BROWN, CHI.
By J, y. MoyrcouEr, Dep'g C0A.
June 9Th 1911 ta-6v
Pfs $40 30
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Democratic Anti"BOnd Ticket for
LowndeS County,
For THE SENATE
Jesse SPEIGHT.
FoR THE HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
JAMES WHITFIELD.
JOSEPH S. LEAkE.
JOHN T. CONNELL.
a candidate for Seoreli

NJ We are authorised to announce IA
Daniel O. williams. Of Kinds county as
a cand;da,e for Secretary Of State rad
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For the Cash.

NTHEAT, Rye, Corn, Oats and Fodder ,o.
w sale, by the undersigned residing on she ".
nary road eight and hall miles ea,t ot Columbus
JOHN PERKINS
lSj- A carpenter or Two o good character c.
honesty sc, can find employment BY ,uqotung as
above. J T.
July 10, ls41. CIV
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-24

- Tao length OF Mr.. fuckers speech neces-
sariy precudes our usual variety. Correspond
ents Sc, attended to IN our next.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-24

The Zee for announcing The name Of candid f
are Is SO
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state OF Observation-Disclosures q

state Of Observation-Disclosures Cv.
Clrsmt Court Monday 5th .ipailsll
Benjamin + Taylor Arsegm.n
dis, x--
GAVIN IT, Howell,
YlNHlN day cane the plaintiff by attorney srt
n IS orleIed by the court thai publication be-
made lnr sS successive weeks n the Caluu.a.
Democrat newspaper published 10 the loyn
Columbus IN tie State Of Mis.lsssslppl nouiyg-
the defendant ol the pcudency oi his sutl aUd at
unless he appear on ur before tie FRS dnv Of tHe
next fern OF orr court give SPECIAL ban AID prod
or demur judgement lpa viii he entered against
HIM aud the property attached viii he s,il tu
satisfy the parnuli demand, and tins cause T
cornnurd uuu, the next term Of thu, court.
The above lsa roe copy from The minute r
| nur cou,tln tie rdrd Calye,
OVID p. BROW \. Clph
BY J. ID. MONTGOMERY Deptg Gin.
| ,'une Srh ls4l.
| a. CIV. Prs fee $40
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Instead of these Bonds" read their lands

BANK EXPLOSION IN New OGLEANs.-A
slip from the ofice of the Fcksburg Sentinel IN.
forms US that the bank Of New Otleans "cayed in
on 18Th inst "By the published statement Of
of the condition Of the bank" says the Sentinel,
1t appeared that this concern bad only "a
bout one dollar in specie for every 20 IN cucuIa-
ton; but to break the face Of the weakness there
was publication made in one OF the city
Papers afterwards, stating that the cash Of the
Orleans was enormously stated in the report and
that ii Ind $4,000 instead Of $4,000.
Suspicion was Immediately aroused and the
Bauk investigating committee went TO examine
INTO the affair, but they were denied access &c
to the Banks, which alarmed the pubc and mol
ders Of the notes made desperate run on The
Bank on the 18th demanding specie or other pa
per for the notes. 1t was not quite convenient
) aoweyer for the bank TO make the exchange, ant
she CLOSED her doors in the face of her clamorou'
creditors, and sci them at defiance"
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ERRkrA.-!n General Spegh,'s letter Of las
week be is made 10 say, AS to the liability Of
the stockholders, ! conceive 1t TO be a question Of
as,rc,y iudcia. character, aud belonging excG-
sJycly 10 tae courts lithey are bound, no act Of
the legislature can absoiyc them; if they are not,
no ac, Of that body can bind them. Whist, there
fore, | am opposed to the passage ola law to be.
rate them, am equally opposed to one which
would force these Eoais to be soId,uut. the CUES.
ton shall have been decided by the proper trbu-
nal
IL % .. H.. n. :, - IL -. IL.
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ROBERT T. ADA"

July 10, lsil.
printers Zee So
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oNibbeha, july 2Oh, Is4I
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Nessr.. Calhoun, Jordan and Seal.
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CANDIDATES

co. We are auihor,asd 20 announce Gen l.
Jesse SpCisht. As candidate "a iae utN.
November ,leougn 10 represent Lo0udes county
"a the SAFE Senate.
~ We arc au.haUysG 20 announce Capt
p. Ii. StarIsC. as candidate for Ssns'et
Of LovuGes County, al The ensuing No'sm0s
election
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ses, and to see that the testimony of the
witness is consistent with itself. If cross.
examinations were conducted with this view.
no one could fairly complain. But this end.
by tho practice of the profession, appears 10
have been entirely lost sight of, and the only
ambition to be, to alarm, coniound, and per
pick the witness, and then, if to any extent.
successful, to destroy not only the weight OF
inc testimony with the jury, but TO inflict a
fatal wound on his reputation. The passions
most natural to the human breast have lent
their aid to excite and strengthen this dispo-
sl,ion in the profession. The LAWYER sees
his witness before him-I might with pro-
pretty say his victim-he is an unfavora1le
witness for his purpose--it is necessary that
ne should be destroyed, if possible, no mat
ter what the merits Of the case may be, no
matter how unrighteous his cause, no matter
how Ubiquitous his design, or how guilty his
cllent-itis equally Indifferent.
The testimony of a witness must be coun-
teracted at any sacrifice. The reputation of
the witness is of no consequence if unim-
peachable, so much the greater effort must be
made to crush him. If old and decrepit, and
entitled 10 reverence and sympathy from his
age and sulicrings, he meets with none the
established and humane usages of society ARE
set at naught in the cross-examina,ion of
extreme age meets with no forbearancc. but
on the contrary, is eagerly taken advantage
OIL and the witness is piled with interropato-
ries until his enfeebled intellect and timidty
make him the play of the heartless advocate.
80 with the youth and the female. The bow
who, from his age and intelligence may be a
competent witness, is when first called on to
testify, of course alarmed; he feels his re-
sponsibility acutcly the publicity too of his
examination is calculated to excite him. 1t
Is easy therefore, to predict his fate, when he
ialis into the hands of the regular CROSSE X
amner.
The design of cross-cxaminations does no,
warrant the extreme rigor OF the practice !;
the examination should be strict, If necessary
prolonged, but it should be conducted with
constant reference TO age, sex and the rights
oil men generally. Now as | have before
stated, the whole ability of tho LAWYER is
bent to destroy the self-posscssion of the
witness. If he gets perplexed, or irritated,
the end Is answered. The same question is
frequently repeated with no substantial varia-
ton. and he is required imperiously to an
swer 1t. He is likewise called upon to state
iacts with minuteness, precision and order
tnat hardly any memory is competent to-
Inc slightest variation is seized upon as
ground OF impeachment before the Jury.
nave omitted many Considerations which
should have been presented, but enough
trust has been suggested 10 awaken the at
tention OF some Of your readers, and perhaps
10 Induce some one more competent to con-
time the subject sE+
Whitesboro', May 1911.
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From Tie National IaieMgencer, June 90
MIR. CLAWS BANK REPORT.

In another part of to-day's paper will be
found the report yesterday made i'm the Senate
oy MI. CLAY, of kentucky, from a select
committee, on the subject of Bank OF the
United States. Ii is a luminous and able
paper; and, with the exception of the argu
ment that a refusal to exercise powcr is a
renegauon oft, (Which appears to us to be
too strongly Put,) it is persuasive throughout
and Tor The most part conclusive.
For our part, we know that Mr.. CLAW, him
sell, cannot entertain a stronger conviction
Than we do OF the right Of Congress to exer.
else all the power III regard To this subject
which it has heretofore exercised, and the
constitutionality of which has been affirmed
by the highest judicial tribunals, as well as
approved hy the People. IL, however, there
Is reason TO apprehend that all branches of
the 1oVernmentare not ready to exercise that
power, to the extent heretofore exercised, we
would not persist In dong nothing, because
we could not do every thing that we desire.
On that ground it is that we have earnestly
recommended the adoption Of The Treasury
project ola Fiscal Bank.
In this respect we stand upon The same
ground as the Secretary himself. What his
individual opinion on this subject is, he ex-
piicitiy made known in his report to Con
greSs upon the state of the Finances. He
told Congress that he had ''no doubt of the
power OF Congress to create such an Institu-
ton, &c. Yet, he added, the power has
been questioned by many wise and patriotic
statesmen, and it is therefore important, as
far as possible, to obviate objections and re-
concile opinion.
One oil the chief of these objections the
Secretary sought to obviate by the location
OIL the Bank In Washington. This leading
feature OF the Secretary's plan has been retain
ed by the Senate Committee.
Another main objection known to exist
Was to the unlimited authority TO establish
branches Ill the States. This is the most
important particular in which the plan of the
SENATE Committee differs from that Of the Sc
cretary. Such questions = is not for us to
settle when great statesmen come to differ
upon them. But we should certainly prefer
the adoption Of the Secretary's plan to the
present state of things; whilst no one who
nabitually reads this paper will doubt that we
should prefer the branch feature in Mr.. Claws
plan, II attainable, to the corresponding fca-
ture OF Mir. Ewing's. The question for Con-
gress has appeared to us to be, under existing
circumstances, not what shaH we do, but
"hat can we do! In what we have said up
Oh the subject, we have so argued the matter
ana there, Tor the present, we leave it.
me other deviaiions of the plan of Mr..
clay from that of the Treasury involve no
principle upon which the fate Of a Bank bill
could be supposed TO depend. Some of them
such tor example as the extension of the linz
iiation OF the annual dividend upon the stock
oil the Bank from sic to screen per cent. would.
we nave no doubt, be entirely acceptable to
'le friends OF the Treasury project, il eDgraft-
ed upon it.
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st!tution, in which we have no interest. over
wnich we can exert no control, which is ad.
minis'ered solely in reference to foreign in
terests, or we shall have an American Bank.
the creature of our will, subject to American
authority, and animated by American inter
es,s, feelings, and sympathies :
me committee could not entertain doubt
IN such an alternative. And. in reIsrence ~
tho foreign aspect of the Bank, tho committees
thought 1t expedent to allow it to deal in for.
eiSn oiiis OF exchange, which are the barome-
ter oil the state OF our foreign trade.
In conclusion, the committee think itprop-
er TO say that they have given due considera.
"on 10 The various memorials referred to them.
ana TO the instructions moved by a Senator
from Mississippi.
the committee is mentioned, majority Of the
committee is to be understood.
All which Is respectfully submitted.
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ing letters by private hands VEN seriously
dininishes the receipts of the oisc,s nnn,,
these routes. A single illustrati,n will es.
tabiiSh this assertion
boston Is one OF the most important points
Vi raiisoad concentration in the CAion. Its
business prosperity Is proverbial Ind vet in
tnat city the quarter ending 3ist March last
shows, as compared with the corretnonJioo
quarter OF the Year before, decreasGin post.
age receipts OF three Mo,sS9nd one hundred and
wnetyJtos d'Nars--being double the amount
OF diminution to be found, within the same
time, In any other post office in thenaton,
with the single exception of Philadelphia,
which is another great terminus of railroad
communication.
These facts are presented in no spiri, ofun
Kindness towards those TO whose enhancement
these interpretations are intrustod, but that \
have considered it due to our whole people To
refer 10 this subject, as one which will ere
long call for national and State legislation.
unless corrective be sooner applied by pub.
lie opinion.
considerable saving will be found i'm the
curtaiiment OF service generally, directed by
my Immediate predecessor, in limiting the
transportation ofthe mails to six trips week
upon most oil the routes throughout the ma
lion. The embarrassed condition of the f.
IL
unaided by Government, clearly indicated the
propriety OF some reduction OF service, and
the religious sense of the community will
certainly approve the feeling that selects the
Sabbath as the day OH which that service
should not be performed. Yet it cannot be
denied that this order has borne heavily upon
contractors, and in many instances causes
great arrangement in the transportation of the
mails.
Whilst In some sections of our country this
alteration has not only received cheerful ac-
qniescence, butts warmly approved, there has
been great general complaint OF its operation,
and daily appeals for the old facilities are
pressed upon the Department. Without en-
tering upon this subject at large, it is sufi-
cient for my present purpose to state that, as
this order purports To have been given TO re-
duce the expenses of the Department, and to
aid in bringing them within it's receipts, a re-
turn TO the former service, at this time, ninht
well be considered as Il declaration of INV
confidence in its ability 10 sustain the expen-
diture necessary for such restoration. have
therefore felt IT impcrativo upon me to adhere
to this order of curtaiment.
The building now being erected for the
General Post Office is SO far advanced as To
give assurance that 1t can be completed before
the session Of Congress in December. This
is much to be desired, not only Tor the conven-
fence of the transaction OF business, but tina,
the public property may be kept in security.
Such means as are within my power are con-
tinnally employed to protect the present bull.
ding from lire, but In its exposed condition the
danger OF destruction to the books and papers
OF the office Is a source of constant anxiety.
All which is respectfully submitted.
FRANCIS GRANGER.
10 the PRESIDENT of the United States.