The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-22

king an appropriation OF nearly S6 100000 tor the
sulas fiscal year. The Only amendment to the Bill
was one abohshing the office Of SpeclalAgent in the
p. 0 Department.
Mr. GAaRErr Davis said that Mr. Wickifie had
proshtued has Office 10 the basest of purposes ;
the special agents originally were appointed tor he
VahaoIe purpose OF detecting frauds IN thescounuy
post oihces, and contractors, and watching the lat
ter ~ see that they dd their duly and To endea-
vor 10 prevent all failures o the mails, 10 report
thefeon Inls Was what these had done
uaier former Postmasters. But Nj Wiekllffe
hid completely corrupted the Department.
had converted those agents wha paid
enormous sums by the people into wreich'd political
hacks ami sp,es Of his
his base purposes; he (,lr Wickhfs) had
ab ioned ieite. OF thee agents
named o rown ordering him 90 from NV Orleans to
Lexington Districl in Kentucky, the time of the
election io msmbes oil Conyess there AM TO Cooperate
wit ana assist his (wickhss) nephew in his attempts
to get cleo Gong for dirty and dsre
the Postmaster General paid this
to and political spy OF OF the public money-this
wasin district ami there numerous other SINH
lar thus he had quandered the peoples money
bro az a the Post Once Department into thorough d,srs
puts dad contempt lie oar Wicklif) has taus done
than any other member of the being the
Administration into contempt and disgrace IL wa. hish
time these infamous abuses put stop to- that TINS
Corruption and public plumber should be stopped He
himself had called on Wickiife here, in his own Office
add charged hun with this conduct his
own face, and Mr.. Wicklife did not dare
deny IT, He had also charged Wa kfs with being
miserable coward for writing the letter and sending his
wretc he tool to interfere aud aid hi nephews election
and Wcklfe mad not the to resent it. He had
not dare stand IN like man and resent IT, and Wicklfe
nad SIX uiked like a miserable
MIR. R.rHnUN eloquently and Indignantly denounced
these wretched post office spies used polite
al hac to Dander TO the Postmastes purposes
as IN present head the ytem thoroug bly,
and he therefore moved 10 abolish the office Of special Post
oNae Agent This motion, ,gas subsequently, carried
Mr. SCIENCE also eoqusny denounced the conduct
OF Mr. W.cklfe in the he made of these men Tor the
basest political purposes You could detect their dirty
slimy corrupt all about the country Tney ha
done great deal 10 derange the OF the mails
all the country they had basey and corupty caused
r., IN he prn md her
pie lived and located the aud b.
points miles from town village, and where often
there oaly houses He moved therefore
strike out the sos 900 in the Bill for Post Office Agents
and substitute $1,000 contingent fund be used Tor
detecting mai robbers This certainly carried in
c'mm't,ee; but when the committee and the House
came TO act the Bill there mistake about the
form d the resolution pending the notifications OF which
tho House adjourned
Mr. Htdson Of Massachusetts, Mr. Douglass OF Illinois,
Mr. Pay OF Alabama all denounced corrupt
aud the base to which these Post Office pimps
had been put
And in short thorough 1, the contempt, ionthing
and deestation IN which Wicke Is held his ho ribe
ms management OF the Department that there
10 the House found and poor enough de
fend him.
and spies in most eloquent and acquitted himself
amirahly He sad that since h had been he
has had corrected several shame al abuses produced
by WICK ihs' travelling pimPs, pau Of the peoples
money for their misdeeds
NAVY APPROPRIATION BILL.
This Bill copy OF which cent you this morning was
taken Committee OF the Whole read through aud
then real by sections. On first appropriang
- 800 50 for the pay ofoi and spamen. Mr. PARMt
TER moved this amendment, Provided. that the whole
number OF petty officers ordinary Ian
and boys in thu naval the United
time during the fiscal not erc.ed 7alO"
Mr. P,aMrNrrR also said that the 10 ing the
reduced number OF vessels aud boys be
kept i've by the Depart during the ensu
ing fiscal year ending June 80 ls43