The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-01
From me Richmond Wig,
LABouRs OF HERCULES.

lABOlhO vi
I, is fortunate for the country that Gen.
Harrison has selected for his Cabinei, gen
temen OF Ia borious habits and business lal.
eots: for If oil accounts are to be credited
they have mighty task before ihem. Nv
cry branch Of The public service Is 10 con
fused. ruinous aud d.lapida,ed condition
the result Of ten years Of qOuckery, lmoe
cil,,y, corruption and prod'guiity. II all
the mischief, which has been done can DC
repsired-lf in four years the public service
can be- restored TO its ancien, vigor, eilicieD.
CIV aud economy, the men who effect u VIII
deserve the lasting gratitude OF their coun
try. Tint this happy consumma,ion VIII
be wrought out by the present Adminlsira
ton, il human means can accomplish tive
have every confidence.
In the prosecution of their labours. we
anticipate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF waste
and corruption, which will make the Amer
lcan people still more to rejoice at their de
hyerance from the domination oil the dy
nasty. which has So long plagued and har
raised them.
In contaxiou with this subject, we eS
tract tho following from the New York
Star:
Tie Task Of Iares'igdiion.-The new
administration - nov officially organised,
aud the business OF government IS IN pro
aress under new auspices. The heads OF
the departments hsye heavy work before
them, and II Is fortunate for the country
thar men Of such talrH; and ugh business
Capabilities have been selected To perform
IL. The affairs Of every branch 81 the pub
lic service are in disorder, aud It viii re.
qure mouths Of patient, systematic 'nves
ti.ativn to dlsea,angle and arrange them.
In the Treasury and Pos, Oifice Depart.
ments, the task will be especially difficult
and pfo,racied. Tie natural ,a'ent Tor
complication possessed rs Mr.. Woodbury.
/. almost proverbial. and when we reflect
that desire 10 conceal his past blunders
und derelclions Of duty would afford a mo.
tive for Us extraordinary exercise on u
eve OF his retirement, there IS every rrusan
10 suppose that he has Ieii the stiairs Of the
Treasury 10 a state OF almost helpless con
iusluB.
We have full confidence, however, 10
the capacity and diligence Of the nov Sec
retury Of tie Treasury, Mr.. Ewing he viii
track the late incumbent through all The
siuosllies aoj doublngs Of hls Official
course, and We have no doubt shat ~hen
the fruits OF has labofs shall he laid before
Congress, the people vii bold up Their
hands m aIonishmeni and Indignation. -
Nothing, We feel convinced, viii hsiilr the
present administration IN their search, into
the ofiicuul mysteries o. their predecessors,
save the absence Of the proper record. IL
those predecessors have covered up their
tracks, By destroying the written evidences
of .helr expenditures, !, may, IN some IN.
stances, DO Impossible to trace sets Of pro.
fligacy 10 the Individual iuoctioneries who
authurzed or sanctioned them; bu, We shall,
at least, be informed hos money has not
been expended, and thus lie enabled to es-
iu.ate in the aggregate, Il 90, in detail, the
amouu, gu, Of ~hlch the nation has been
swlndled
" II We ara no, margellously mistaken,
the etlsirs Of the Post Office, during the pc
rod of their administration by Amos Ken
dali, will afford fruitful subject Of invests
CATION. That there vas deficit 10 the
funds Of the department when be vacated
and shich has since increased, We have al
ready been informed that !, vlll prove to
be nearer million and half than the sum
stated, We venture Confidently TO predict.
" The shameful waste 81 ghc public mo,
ney in tie rayy departmon, IS a matter OF
nOlofieiy. Disbursements secm to have
been medic suhou, Ga inquiry whe'her the
work they were designed 70 pay for had
been done aud he consequence has been
lbat tens OF thousands of dollars have been
expended on the (uoninal) repair Of tnhed
States vessels, Hhirh seem, II NC may Judge
from the results Of after examination, to
have undergone no repair Of all. Graft,
ton, Of various classes have been purchased
al enormous prices, for the use OF the scr
vice, aud almost immediately sold Cor a
mere song. These kn0tca facts, TO saw
nothing Of vi hat is behind the curtain, md
cate the pruprIety Of slrlc, examination into
the operations of the Navy department.
Neither are the State and War De
partmenls, without claims TO The notice OF
reform administration. In short the main
business of tho new administration for
months to come - investigation. Tho peo.
pie expect Il; they have been IN the dark
for the last four years, and they want to
know what has been gong on While their
eyes were bIlnGloldcd"
Curious experiment Some few months
apo | mado a curtu1s and interes,tnc ne