Litchfield enquirer., 1841-07-01

While in Washington ten days ago, the Collov,;ng statement from the Louisville Jour. | mi wns mi into our hands. NOtwithstand- ing all the known and unknown instances ot official corruption under the late admtnIstra- | ton, we could scarcely credit ta!e oI Sucn unblushing villainy. and we stralen!wey aP- piled to the general post once TOT Inlorna- iion. We were there informed tna' !" was true to the letter.
 .When Mr. Barry was Postmaster Gene ral, a committee was appointed by the Uni- ted States Senate to investigate the affairs ot the Post Office Department. The InveStIga- ton resulted in the very able report made | by Mir. Ewing, in which divers extra allow | ances, md other corruption were duly made known to .he people of the country.
 To parry the effects of that startling re- port, Mr. Barry. it may be rememoere6' published pamphlet, vindication' so call 1 ed, of his conduct. This pamphlet was: ot course, m individual and not an oHlclai doc- ument. Nevertheless, he agreed 10 pay to tho editors of the Globe, Messrs. Blair N Rives. $l. 500 for printing it, and charged Me amount 10 the Government.
 l When Amos Kendall succeeded Mr. Bar ", us Postmaster General, he glanced over the books of the department, and saw thlS item of $I.5OO, Afraid that another investl- gation would soon take place, and that this extraordinary item would thus be brought to 1 light, he made Blair & kives refund t0e mo- ney at least he entered 1t as refunded, on the books. Thus the matter remnined till tho Sd of March, 1S4l, the very last day of 1 Mir. Van Buren's Administration, when MT. Niles, the successor of Kendall as Postmas- ter General, paid back the $l 800 10 Blair 9 Ries, aud an entry ,cas actually made 'n the books to that effect" The statement, we repeat, is true, and the facts doubtless constitute fair specimen of tho conduct of the Post Office Department during the twelve years antecedent to the 4th of March last. Beyond all doubt that department has, during that period, been ono of tho foulest dens of corruption that ever existed tn civilized nation. From another but we'll advised source we were informed that, being out of funds, Niles drew upon pennsy lvania postmaster in favor of blaar for tho amount. The latter was in great haste to obtain the amount before MT. Gran ger got into power, and proposed sending an express to Pennsylvania for the money, to prevent the possibility of defeat. Let there be resolution of inquiry tn ihe House of Representatives.--MY Y. Com. Ads.
 There is tremendous cold water excite n,ent in Baltimore. The Patriot of that city says meetings are held in all directions hv the indefatigable Marions at the Bell Air Market House, and by the Sailors ot the Neptune Society, at the Eastern Founta'n' an enchanting grove through which flows chrvs,al stream. Various other societies were operating M different directions the same afternoon. The car of TEMrERANcE is now rolling onward with tho speed of a "lo- coassotlvc." and those who cannot or will Veos help 1t forward, mast at least stand out af she way and let tt pass It IS gutded now ky tho hands of ExFERIENc4-and ENPERI- MINT, TEroEr and STIMULATION have all ta- ken seats as passengers, delighted with thesr prCIgrasss and tScGlcd with the novelty d tAesr new arrangement.
 Shsp CAnza.s-TAe papers during the past Ase..ss ~o&~ fSe s1pSosxsi IHacs Ss Tus: snIp ! Charles near New-Orleans, which turn out tD have no founda1inn- h appears that the vessel sprung leAk and was therefore de- serted by tine GHptHls, ezsw and passengers wiIO were .tftfEBn un lEIRnd tbe LOUIS l4fh, IilDlmd fnr EuuTE Falling En wf1h the Ann l hound ifnr P0rtsmnlfGh N IL the Captain and crew tDOk IuHHaee 6n b1IRrd 0f beE. The Ann w,ts struck 1yy flgafnRarg and put into CIhurlesim! sS. C., where aD examination of 4nf case was ha6 Fy tibe Judge Of the U. 5. Ciu,u- Riki.sh ressGateG in the acquitiaI Of the Carasir an& crew. The blood found in the cabin proceeded from cut in the hand of tbs Captain, caused by breaking bottle of porter, and that on the deek by the mates cutting has hand in making tholc pin. Congregational Ot's'Uer. Foreign Missions, 4e.-Extract of a letter from Washington tO the Editor ot the Balti- more Patriot:
 Ii is now fully ascertaiDed that the Hon. John Sergeant, member of Congress from the Philadelphia District of Pennsylvania, is to take tho mission to London;
 That the Hon. Daniel Jenifer, member of the last Congress from Maryland, is to have the mission to Austria and
 Col. C. $. Todd. of Kentucky, is to go to the Court of Spain, at Madrid. "Old Ken tuck" thus, you sec, comes in for her share of tho "spoils," as she has now n foreign Minister. n Charge dc AIlaires to Texas, Governor of Iowa, and the Attorney General of the United States; the latter noble np- pointment and acceptable ,o all.
 Judge Huntington, of tho patriotic State Of Indiana, goes into the General Land Office at Washington, in tho place Of Mir. Whit comb, the present incumbent.
 am well assured, District Attorney for the District of Columbia, in place of Mir. Key. The Prospect beftre us!-Thcrc is wasp's nest going up within foot of our editorial window--there is, by Jupiter! What shall we do! Retreat or fight! A pretty pros- pect, in good sooih, before us this hot sum. mer! Here we are to sit day after day, and have hundred of these little hot rNscalS perched under our very nose, and grinning nj uS like So many Alna devils aS they Sharn.