The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-26

Rufus Tyler was sent To Philadelphia 10
purchase sundry articles, which cost 1897
"a. His travelling expenses were paid
going and returning, 500, and then his
own and his sons passage was paid from
Philadelphia, sl20 more. Making $500
of charges for purchasing 1897 "a worth
Of articles. In another place Nelson Ty-
Ter is paid $50 for his passage to New
ORGANS.
s25s 62 were paid for trees and flowers,
besides an item Of $3.50 paid to -. d..
Smith for hire Of laborers and trees"
s3s were paid for three brass cocks.
$40 for bust of Livingston.
$40 for an ink stand.
"A 80 for pen knife, 81 for others, s3
and 50 for others.
$40 a rcam for letter and iooscap paper.
sl2l 80 were paid in 1910 for fire
.mi,lius," and s93 80 for same purpose IN
first quarter Of 1911. Previous 10 1910
no charge for ml,s.
No less than si5,579 IS were paid in
ls3s-9-i0, for labor IN the yard," ~
ciudi1B paving.
Amidst all this outrageous squandcnng
Of public money, We must acknowledge
that there is one item that strikes US as
most reasonable. If the fellow did his du-
" faithfully he certainly deserved the u
noun, he charged. II itas follows:
Paid TO J. B. Cola, for purifying Ae
MINT, 500
We fear, however, from certain waste.
ful symptoms exhibited since his purllica.
ton, that it again s,aads IN need OF purify.
ing, or purging. We hope Congress val
take IL ia hand this time.
The Report Of the Committee closes a
follows:
d" In looking over the accounts Of th'
New Orleans branch mint, The committee
find very large amounts have been paid To-
iron aud hardware aud they agree will
the remark made on one Of the accounts
BIZ an accounting officer, that IA great dca
Of hardware is used at tins branch mint.
They also concur IN another remark the,
find in the shape of Il memorandum on an
: other quarterly account, namely, tina
" some Of the items in this account seen
to be very extrayagant." But they regre
that, while this was the opinion of the OK
aiming officer, the accounts, exlravagan
as the items aud charges were, were per
miiled to pass.
The Committee cannot refrain from
further remarking that there appears tt
-
ers employed about this branch. Besides
the amount pad for % bt wFiepegg s,'..-t
--Sos nearly eight hundred dollars !
quarter, and besides doorkeoper aus
porter, vino received about six hundred an,
seventy. five dollars quarter, another per
son seems to have been kept constantly a
bout the mint, for what purpose the com
ml,tee cannot imagine. Al one time, thu
person IS certain John Kenny, who il
paid Tor wheeling IN coal and labor done IL
the yard--ior piling wood labor done It
the yard, DC. DC. at another time, it i,
somebody else, who Is paid for the samC
seyices every month then it is certain
John Carroll, who IS paid monthly fol
wheeling IN coal, piling wood, and performs
ing labor in the yard BY which il wouIc
seem that there had been a very large a
mount Of coal to Wheel in and wood to pile
even when there IS no evidence Of any
coal and wood having been lately purchas.
ed, aud al times, too, when other laborers
/ had been employed to do this business. -
The amount Of coal aud wood purchased
appears TO have been very large but the
committee have no means Of knowing
whether II was unnecessarily so or not
they will not, therefore, charge the officers
Of the mint with extravaganza in the use
Of fuel.
Judging from the amount Of money
/ expended for trees, flowers, and shrubbe.
+ ry, the labor done in the yard, the furni-
turc purchased, and the BArus erected. the
committee infer that, under the supernlen.
denco Of the refined and tasteful gentlemen
who were pat in charge Of this branch
mint, II lacked nothing that could CRAFTY
the eye, contribute To health, soften the
bod y, aud ensure rcposc. But as tho com.
mlltco believe i! has not rendered, and
cannot render, any essential service TO the
country, they beg leave 10 report a bill for
If adjustment, and the adjustment of the
branch mlnts at Charlotte, North Carolina,
and Dahlonega, Georgia.
Once more we would say to our honest
ieIlow.cltlzens of North Carolina, if YOU
want these things perpetuated, by all
means stay away from the polls and let
the party which sanctioned them, come
again into power. - Fayetteville Observer.
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