New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-16
Me.srs. Brswn and Greeley.


GESTLEwES-Nr. II GRLELET's note IN the
GLIB Of this mooruinz Ike al that be has said or VIII
ten on the sub Of =" mileage. IL CALCULATED ~ u
lead the public mind. He ssys, In hat note ne
Poet Office book used In making up the mesAe eAI1fe
IA TIE Tribune the r,y Lsi boo. ssies y ias re
Ofo DDarfr Aich cOzfalfs i q ne festrat Fosi
OEees 10 the United states h iheT rssseii's =
from fhs cifg g. re sk9rro poet route STATE me set
10 b.-ard farther that Nr Greeley knows T. and has
known 4. for Weeks-thsi The latf book puosAed mat
Of 1886 ssts dosn toe distance Rom washington 10
which Nr. Greeley quotes published in l-i2. and
NJ CSe.lsv saws ";his book the one from which
read neither pretends to give any distances By the
skortsst route any distoncfs a. al 20 ninety nine
,bupdredths OF the Post O4ces 10 the United states
This Is lodging the question AZ lss1e SIR. Greeley
states the distance from Washington 70 Gsllstia Al.
Of7 miles and he does this the authority Of tre
book Of 1872 which he says /. the iaiea Ibis book
states the distance from Washington 70 Jackson 10 be
1910 miles and from Jsckson - Gailstn 81 miles or
loi7 miles from Washington 70 Gslisiia.
Now toe fact is-snd Mr Greeley KNKw II when be
made biz speecn aud when be bic notetha; the
la,sa book chat Of l-fD makes the distance from
Washington % Jackson alone % BE- 1913 miles. Hr
Greeley knows very well that - far as ! msde any
auslon 70 this point il vas 70 expose hi misrepre
scntstoD-a Misrepresentation made deliberately and
now dOggecy perseyered H. even after i IL exposed
What Mr. Greeley says q the book 81 1870 not giving
any dstGace from zach Poet OFF, IT, 90 Tar a. this
controversy Is concerned entirely without the issue.
His statement was that by the lasf book yabst1G SC
the distance from Washington 10 my residence Gala
tim Is OF miles asserted hat the latest book makes
the dstszce from Washington 20 Jackson alone % be
1913 miles and Gsstin is only 81 miles from the latter
place that In any aspect In which i may Dc viewed
Mr. Greeley is wrong lie may not have known the
distance from Jackson % Gsatin. but was he not
bound 70 have known before be spoke And now that
he does know, why does be perseyere IN his state.
rnen,i Mr. Greeley knows. aud has known, that BY
the latest book Il Is 1888 miles 10 Jackson and he has
known from the beginning that Gsllatn was not 26-
miles % this city than Jackson, and yet this
would have to be the case If Sir. g. Is night 10 saying
Il il only l.047 miles 20 Gsllatin
] now state the authority Of the Postmaster Gen
era that Il Il l4O7 miles from Gastn 20 Wasnin g'on
by the route which the mail Is actually rGHsp0rd
state, the authority that the book Of l-i2
from which Mr.. Greeley made up his bill 81 accuss.
ton IL not used authority in determining distances
by tbc Post Office Department but has been discarded
the ground that Il calculated 20 mis- cad. DID
NOT Mn. GREELEY KNOW THIS
One word in reference 10 my own mileage. II 20
happened that did not reach Washington last year
until the 9th Of January. On calling az the proper
Office found my account for mileage made NJ. and
the amount due me passed 10 my credit. No question
asked me and Of course answered none in
regard 10 mileage supposed then, as ! think now,
that the intelligent Committee who had the subject IN
charge discharged tksr duty according TO law. With
their decision was satisfied, and neither asked nor
answered any questions concerning IT,
Very respectfully, A. G. BROWN.
Messrs BLAIR & RTvEs.