The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-13

the new othce was established, and Wltn-i
suut such answers as Were given to said
,enqulries, AND THE CERTIFICATE oB THE;
tTRuTH THEREOF, the new Office would
sNoT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED notwlth-
standing my recommendation or intiu-I
lence.
1t was not until aft er the establishment
I Of the Office by the Department, WHICH,
Twas DONE UPON TIE ANSWERS AND cERTIF-,
!lcArE, and without sending tor me, or IN,
fanny way consulting me upon the matter;
;that heard that Mr.. Cochran, the Post
master at Perryvile, threatened his reslg
Fnation on account OF the establishment! of
| THE office at Principle Furnace; avowine'
AS I UNDERSTOOD, that the establishment
sot thr new office would diminish his re-
@ceipts al his office some sixteen dollars a
!. year. This threatened resignation was
ses,eemed disastrous because there was no
lone TO take his place. Mr.. Cochran how
Fever, offered TO remain if the mail matter
intended for PerryviIle were selected
! from the rest in the cars and he was thus
saved the labor oil picking out what be-
llonged to his own office.
This arrangement by personal inter-
sviews at the Department l strove to-
sbring about with all my power; address
/ sed on the 18th of June last, an urgent
5lettef to the Postmaster General solicit
ling it on personal and other grounds.
obtained a promise from the ID AS
ssstant Postmaster General, that he would
I give mt the aid OF his influence in the
amatter; and the Postmaster General and
4 LIST Assistant, (Mr. Hohbie) did consult
sand advise together concerning my request
afor Mr.. Cochran.
i The result ofthat conference showed
in the strongest light the difficulty that
would arise from such all arrangement
: land it was Communicated to me in a
letter which shall cause 10 be for
j warded to you and which request NAV
abe printed at the end OF this conmunlca- !
dtion but which il it do mol reach YOU
lin time being not now in my possession,
4 shall be left at the PerryvIIIe Pos, OAi'r
thereafter Tor the inspection of all
4 These failures 10 succeed in my endeav
4 ors have however not mad. me remit
any efforts to adjust and arrange this I'M
difficulty, though they do no.
: shoW any oIthat influence which It APP
pears some have been willing to believe
4 led 10 the establishment Of the Office At
Princi 10 Furnace.
4 H"aring that gentleman had offered
sto makr to Mr.. Cochran all the differ
Fence which the esahlIS ment OF the new
sofice might make in his receipts, which
Golfer I learned Mr. Cochran had declined
| endravored to procure from the De-
apartment an al owance for hlm:-bW the
! Department had no authority to grant IL.
then sought for HIM a contract for
the carriage of the mail from the Steam
Boat to his office, thinking The amount
9ught be made up 10 him IN that way,
! but the distance proving TO be- only $50
gyards or at least not $40 yards, that
sproposition has not yet been assented to
by the Department.
During all this time, representation
8had been made to the Department both
by me and by citizens OF Perryville, that
VIZ. COCHRAN would resign unless his
4Wlshes could in some way be gratitied:
hut had aso been informed that he had
actually rendered his resignation; this in
formation caused me by the helm of the
proper officers, to make complete search
2oi the Department tor that resignation,
but not being able to find it, presumed
sthat 1t had not been forwarded.
1t however appears that while I was
5 making these effrts, that resignation was
Esent to my much esteemed friend and
scoll 'ague, Mr.. KERR; who after some
line Informed ME that he had it, and then
that he had returned it, through what
i thought an unnecessary delcacy: it was
therefore only to day that / learned from
he Department that Mr.. COCHRAN had
actual iy resigned.
! The people of PerryvilIe will thus Oh
Isserve. from this candid statement OF facts
(which cannot be assaied; that the reason
Hwhv their Office is now in danger Oft
Eng vacant is not because ! have done
sanythlng TO injure it; nor even because
|9,he new office at Principle Furnace has
sbeen established; but because Mr.. CocH-
RAN resigned and no one C Use has been tau"d
; 10 take has p iaee; for if the new office had
never been established, and Mr. Cochran
shad chosen to present his resignation the
Same result would have followed; there
being no one else in Perryvile to have
!. the office at any ompensation it has ever
syieIded and if it be time that an offer TO
] make up the loss accruing to the Perry
willie office by the establishment OF The
EPrincipio Office was made to Mr.. Coch-
ran it cannot be SAID that the loss OF the
sixteen do L lars was the cause OF the res
y ignatlon.
In the meantime | assure the people of
Perryvllle that am now sparing no effort
Swith the Department to bring about some
arra,,ucmpnt TO which Mr. Cochran can