The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-09-20
From the Richmond "a, Jeasssaisn
oorspsaea or the Taylor Aduainistrstieu.

IN present administrator when n. c,nan., hs...
mnt r an me people, will be found to be the most cor
oa lev months in power and alreaav have she wa,
acts OF corruption and tayoritism been pract;ssd
stroll n re oeen employed holoyay as nsane to
anu ofhces, or as post Office agents, with large nav
VINO Sc services are not Of iaIthngs value 70 me COW
rey 'ards for their dirty partisan labors fellow ~ he
ne me o. Jacoby was lately appointed post Office agents
Oy virtue s q ms appointment, travelled free over the
trunks OF jewelry which he peddlcd out at different
points where ne stopped From bis Ignorance Of every
hng eoanecsd with post once ss was evident
order that he could pack his ewelry through the country
without cost The following, which we ind in the Gin
rapnon and favortism by the Indian Department The
When We noticed in the Enquirer the removal Of Mr.
the apprehension that the act Of the President
would be productive of no good to the country Wa
honest o .se Inc removal q that able faithful and sier
nap,es who were longing 70 gel at the public treasury
ia5ogg, the avenue q the Indian buTeau and we e
Of that their designs s.: and wss
caE' Die q defeating their rascally movements. They
re well aware az that as long as Col Med was the
that involved large amounts, and which had been reject
ca Tune and again on account Of their fraudulent or
Of favor whatever by that bureau or The War DEPART
ment The displacement OF Col. Medill was, therefore,
ae removal q barrier that had kept them for some
years from pundering the treasury. Great was their
,oy' when i was made known that he was doomed TO
new man, unacquainted with the trckery Of such
fellows, and unacquainted also with the facility with
which, at Washington men enjoying no little reputation
through the country as public men are engaged % aid in
worthless claims against the public treasury. might
whsanding his honesty Of purpose. be induced 10
ss 70 Gs dsmands Or he might ss Of
appliances should fail. They had everything TO gain
ana G sShpS f lose BY bringing about The removal
have hardly passed since the event, and what do we
hear already That two old and oft rejected claims have
been allowed and paid SO told BY some Of the east
ern papers The Washington correspondent OF the New
York Herald two Of what he denominates
gross frauds the treasury The first case that Of
three thousand dollars against the Pottawaiome In
dams The only evidence of the Indebtedness OF the
savages TO the trader sheet two of letter paper,
with the items written in the French language. and in
stead OF dollars and cents the words pus" and skin"
were employ ed This claim adjudicated at the in
TSe ca% n.as lou"
has been allowed, Notwithstanding the final adudicas
lions and The six treaties with the Potiawalo
all claims.
The other case is that Of W. G. and G. w. Ewing. of
Indiana who brough, in bill Of forty-.hree .hsSsan
waomies. This claim had been decided against by the
former officers the Indian bureau. because the chiefs
OF the caim-,hatit was claim against individual In
dams, and not against the Indian nation This claim has
been allowed and paid under the present adminstraon
wing ex-member OF Congress noe n0Gsdnd DOLLARS Tor
his services in procuring the allowance OF their clsm
and that Caleb b. Smith is the Mr.. Smith 10 at
OF the Board OF Commissioners for the adu-
dicaon OF the claims Of American citizens against Mex
co and is in the receipt OF upwards Of eight dollars per
lay, whether he works or plays The board has done
but little yet, and adjourned time ago meet
again this fall Ii MIR Smith put in his time, while
The board is not in session, using his influence with The
heads OF bureaus departments IN procuring the allow
OF old claims against the government or any OF the
Indian tribes, the receipts into his private treasury will
90 far beyond what they would have done had he been
successful in his efforts to become OF Old lacks cab
met officers who get but six thousand dollars year
each. HH
From some circumstances within our own knowledge,
however we suspect Mr. Richard w. Thompson. Of In
diana to be the "whig ex-member OF Congress-" and
not Mr. Smith. Be that II may, we are satisfied the
wing leaders intend to make the most OF their present
opportunity. They have been kept by the fiat of the
people from the official feshpots long, and the pros
peel being that they win not be allowed TO retain them
but short time, they determined TO gorge themselves
while they may have the opportunity. They will Obtain
by fair OF foul MEANS enough to do them for the next
twenty years 'Make hay while the sun shines" will be
their motto until the 4h OF March, 1885,.
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