The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-17


administration, the;c was young lands
man, a clerk in the Treasury Department,
BY The name Of Brown-quiie pet Of the
late Secretary Walker. After the result
Of the Presidential election was known, il,
became desirable TO provide permanently
for young Brown. What was to be done 7
Mr.. Walker naturally looked to his favor.
tie asy lumn for distressed friends-,he
revenue marine. lie could draw as much
money as he pleased for the revenue ser.
vice from his collectors before il went 10.
to the Treasury. So provision was to
be made on this establishment for young
Brown.
Forthwith, this treasury clerk, who had
never smelled salt water, was made third
lieutenant in tho revenue service. But this
was not enough. He was detailed on spe.
cial duty, and made bearer of important
dispatches 10 Capt. Frazsr, rihe revenue
service, then on his way to California
50 young Brown received an order on the
collector Of New York for an odcanee of
three months pay--for an advance Of sir
hundred dollars, on account of his expen.
ses, and settlement Of the second three
months pay upon his family, and Oft he
started as the bearer ofimpor,ant despatch.
es to Capt. Frazer.
Bct the despatches-ay, the dispatches !
what were the dispatches which he wa.
sent with after that old salt, Capt. Frazer 7
They conveyed the Information thu, descr
tons were taking place al San Francisco-
and that young Brown WIS to ascertain
how and why they took place, and to com.
rnunica,e the facts. with bis advice in the
premises to Capt. Frazer. Now, next to
taking Commodore Perry for the law. ad
wiser Of Judge Mason, we lhiuk must stand
the selection Of young Brown for his spe.
cal and peculiar service. Capt. Frazer
hardly required that Mr.. Brown should DO
seat all the way from Washington to find
gu, FOR him that the sailors left their ships
because they found themselves in he nrish.
bofhood Of the gold mines, and that they
did il, as Is well known 10 Commodore
Perry aud other salt water luris's, By the
process Of taking leg BAIL Aad yet, for.
soolh, oil the way TO California Young
Blown mus GO, To pick up this iniorma
ton for Capt. Frazer, whom he overlook
o. Rio do Jaaciro, and who has been doubt,
less highly and deeply edited BY his ID.
icfesling communications on the subject Of
deserIions.
After Brown had made himself familiar
wi,h this Interesting subject lie was at lib,
cry To proceed TO Ooegin, but With The
especial understanding tia, he was 10 cx.
tee, noihing on that score from the Gov.
eminent except his pay, hts passage mon.
ey, his actual expenses, add "lncidenlal
charge - Thu. is giving shrewd man
pretty vide margin. "lac,ienia char.
ges !" Why ~e know a man, and pretty
great man, too, who has made an enormous
fortune out Of the Goyernmeui "a this mere
maler Of {" incidental charges"
Bu, none Of his money came out OF the
Treasury indeed. None OF the much
money tina, Mr.. Walker expended on the
revenue service came GU, Of The Treasury.
he fingered Il before 1t got into The Trea.
sary and hence Il vas that the service
had grown so mDnstrousiy, md had bo
Mr.. Meredith was compelled, for tho mere
lack Of means, 10 make a very large re.
duction 10 IT. Among tho victims, we sup.
pose, was young Brown. But no had go,
fair start 10 the world-he was set down
10 California, with rocks IN both pockets,
and fair chance al The gold mines; and
il Udclc sam had to pay for II, /, was only
one case Of thousand jus, like 1t, IN which
our uncle was called upon to suffer during
the last four years.
We shall have occasion to recur TO this
subject again. Young Btown's story is
striking, bat II - not peculiar. There are
SINE more left &C the same sort. And we
hope tina, the Lacofoco clerks who still
crowd The Treasury Department, standing
bs'seen the people and the light will fur.
nl,h the particulars Of all such cases for
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