The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-01-15
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ls3Ie4 900. o59
eOfthe banking capital created BY Pennsylvania
e36, o0O, 600 was for tho United States Bank 81
that State,
tThe banking capital Of North Carolina was de-
creased s595,000.
THE principal part Of the Grease was under
the Calhoun administrations.
The writer of the following article speaks
BY book, as we'll as Of books, for few who
were bis contemporaries ia Congress exhibi-
ted d more industrious ingenuity in ransack-
ing the archives Of the Department.:
THE BOOKS AT WASHINGTON.
We see ii stated in The public prints that
citizens Of Washington are volunteering a
night watch to protect the public buildings
from being burnt down prior to the 4th Of
March next, and that the public records. and
books Of Government, may come into the
hands Of the new administration il the ac-
tual shape and condition il which they have
been kept BIZ the present administration.
This may prove to be necessary and pat
riotic purpose.
We trust, however, that when the new
heads Of Departments shall FIRST come in
their places under Harrison, they will prove
themselves q be men Of sufficient practical
habits and industry, and system, 70 have
regular account b stock taken 10 the utmost
extent practicabl e-that they will have dis
tinctIy drawn lines Of demaFcation made III
every book Of record, and in the accounts Of
every officer Of Government, 70 show pre-.
ciseIy h0aD and OheFe commenced the re-
fogming administration Of Vim. III Harrison
thai they will begin new files of papers
throughout, with the distinguishing and adj
|monitory label Of MARCH 4, l64I, upon
each, SO that he who runs may read md IN
deFstand. too, what ii means.
For ourselves, we do not believe that there
were more than cery fen branches Of the
Government work committed o The Execn-
live Departments at Washington that are
done up and executed il the appropriate,
connected, systematic, and WoFkman-like
manner contemplated by Congress and b
the people, who award such al enormous
amount Of salaries 10 officers for this work
There IS show enough, but not subsianlial
labor and order, in the public Offices at
Washington. There may be theory enough,
but practice is wanting. There IS profess
sion enough, but no sincerity form enough,
but not application. Mark one instance in
illustration. Two or three years since Con-
gTess saw there was necessity Of having
more work done bv the heads Of bureaus
and clerks Of the several Departments, and
that thereby fewer number would be res
quisite and less expense be incurred. They
accordingly enacted law requiring the Of
fees to be kept open from the usual morn
ing hour until specified hour in the after
noun, and requiring the work of Govern
ment to be accordingly going on. We
the Offices have been kept open as directed,
and yet it is notorious that not an additional
hour Of real labor has been performed after
the old hour Of closing up the day, which
here IN the North would be called early IN |
the afternoon. in consequence Of such re-
quirement Nor has the service of q single
clerk been dispensed with because Of this
prescribed reform!
Again-in illustration Of the ridiculous
show. without use or wisdom, the books Of I
the Treasury Solicitors Office may be refer
red to. Let one examine these, and lie will /
see immense volumes, expensively and tas-
tefully bound, and designed as dockeis for
actions commenced and reported 81 Dis
trict Attorneys. &c. Open these immense
volumes, equal to six or ten SUPERFICIAL
square feet, and he viii see costly printing
and ruling Of the same into columns and
with space enough allotted 10 each
action dockeied to copy Ten times over the
whole contents Of the Bible relating to lie
origin and creation Of The world and ali
things therein and forall the uses of which
immense volumes practical and really bus.
mess man would scarcely require ala equal
lumber Of memoranda books such IS Re
souid store by the dozen ia lis coat.taill
rocket. We believe Il IS to she late Sole.
tor Gilpin, now Attorney General. that the
public aEe indebted Cor this Introduction of
ibo,ag nottingaess il that department. Butt
! Is only IN keeping with much else that IS
9 be found u very many ST The other de.
'artment and bureaus Of The Government II
Washington.
What IS wanted and what we hope 10 see.
REFoRa ubslailtls iRnrort carried iniol Z
nd through al those nov iouncino holes Or
Government officers And rs ensure this. :
e want to see practical. experienced, bus. S
ness men men Of mercantile habits aud
apacllies, u The places where thaduties of
ccouniants are involved dilioenfand svs-
smasle copyistss where ne work IS mere