Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1859-09-08
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we're e2o. 600 900 10 the Treasury, y., in ten
nosses u bad ell disappeared. aud eco 600.
ooo mad 10 ss borrowed Eight months AZ
servsrds another ei0, 900 600 yer. borrow.
sd. aud i've months later ssothsr tIo OOO.-
goo we're bad 10 the came gay. or eco 600.
oVo IN oil. But on the beels II this esms
The further demand for CSC, OOO. 900 With
uA'eh 20 steal Cuba, making il Quit. sppsr.
sus that had The Treasury uolusiiiy contain.
ed tho aforesaid money. means vsuld h,ys
been fosId to use i, 10 the ssc.w pli.busn,
o. shee esfsrioss project The shsuoes are
that Congress Will BE- asked q, an esrly d,,
ior sseh SUN - will swell the public debt
iosns one hundrsd millioos Of dollars
Whether House Of Representatives viii
~ 'oeoa Ph.es enough to graut that demand
fs~a'ss 10 Be seen. Yet With all this in.
meose sun OF money the Government main
n'ss bot shsfnisg aud bsggariy existence
keeps is head above water oaly by tbs uu.
expected receipt Of ds,i,s on imports which
are dnnoyins the industry Of shs people.
ana which have sent geld out Of shs coustrv
uis year 10 . continuous stream 1t the rate
Of $50 600 900 per annuu. or $50 900 600
more taan the previous year, and q % 900.
ooo moro than the disastrous year 1851
Nos II the export Of that year preeipi,.,si
such erisi., what consequences are 10 o.low
,ne dram OF this The manAseme Of tho
Post Once 10 scandal to a free people-it
would be disgr.eefui even in , dspoi.,n.-
in many places the people sbe pay large aud
ample sums for postage ar, cut of from mail
facilities, aud are compelled to either e.rrv
Their naiis themselves or do Without them
That Department shuiilss along q mere fn.n.
c'ai cripple by issuing scrip for its deb,..
and this scrip Is peddled anon, the money
changers aud eontsmPtuously shaved ., 30
per cent, grave doubts beng entertained of
OF lie Legality. Shifts aud s1psdieuts Of VI.
rious kinds, unworthy Of the poser aud re-
sources OF the nation, are resorted to TO keen
II IN motion, some Of them alleged to be 80
grossly illegal as to call for investigation Lv
Consfsss. Let the import. only fall back 10
where they ',osd year ago, aud the Tre,.
suIy isat once bankrupt,
Dut there are many other way, BY which
the public money goes than selling ules AZ
half price in Utah. That stroke Of nu,nci.,.
ing resulted IN = single loss There ar. ont.
lets through which gold ruus from the Tre.-
sury all the year round The whole revenue.
collecting system, Is stupeudou. sham
When Dir. Cobb was called on by the S.,,,.
TO make ariean breast Of it. aud s,v box
ny Ioaiers he kept III hl. custom Uan,.
how much money these fellows 90 I, c,eJ .,J
now much they SO, fer doing It, he was com.
Psieu 20 Acknowledge that at Wilmington
DeIeware TIE sun collected IN 1857 va. 81
oVfio' 10 do which he employed eight men,
spose salaries amounted TO 8lJS Is3s-
dad loss Of nearly SI4 900. AtAuD.poli,
four men, ardent IS . Southern sun could
make them, we're kept pain fully tusy whole
year IN collecting 1874, for which they re.
ceived S9e3. Al Ocrakoka North Carroll.
na, eS2 we're collected at . cost Of al 900 -
AT Port Oxford, in Oregon, s. S. were col.
lee,ed BY two stout, able. bodied m.r. who
Revived the Insignificant SUN Of -. 7O2 for
this eItraOrdiusTy effort At Monterey
Caiiiorbia, the amount collected reached the
snug SUN oil 81, but IL required three men
10 perform the feat. they performed
mu- d greater Que by drawing salaries TO tho
amount OF e',O5O. At Buffalo, IN this State,
$40, lao % were collected, for which labori-
Gus service ~ men received the eomforlable
sun Of si6 $50 81.
What kind Of man must Mr.. Cobb b, 10
suher tuch atrocious abuses as these to no
uareformed! Doubtless be is not responsi.
bic Tor their original existence -thes. lseeh-
&c may have been hanging TO the public teat
when be assume! ,fhcc. But be suffered
'hem 10 continue until the call from the SEN
ate uncovered their airociousness Nav y.
nave no evidence that be has ever stopped
this deliberate robbery OF The putlic purse.
nor any that is not continued 20 the
present hour. Uf what avail, IL ,h,,
duties or imports run up to high figure, II
Tue money Is TO be squaudersd 10 this scan
daious manner. Here are only six Custom
II ouses whose gross recsip,s are sl26ts g5.
10 collect which costs s4i7i9,s9. thus ma.
king . dead loss Of 49,, l309i There must
De gross, corrupt partnership involved in
this shameful waste Of public money This
excess Of cost must have gone toto the peck.
cts Of the builios aud whippers whom the sd.
mIni''ration everywhere retain To carry
elections We doubt not the next House Of
Representatives, will uncover tissue Of sick.
ehing viilahIes, enacted ia con injection with
Tue fhiiadelPhia Navy Yard, just previous
10 The last election. With waste like this
III single dei artneDt Of Government out
lay, no surprise should be felt ut the m agni.
iude OF any deficiency bill to be submitted
to Congress. But the same corrup, ,rtr.y.
sgancs may be seeD IN every department.
aud VII, no doab.. Is hereafter de.ts.sd
Snsre u may Dot now be even suspected -
nvey io'es,,gs'ioD 80 far has developed its
existence. The next Congress will contain
more than one Hercules, strone enough to
grsPPIe With the task Of uoveiliog the hiJ>
osn soomiba,ions Of the powers that be, and
OF thus showing Why tho Treasury !, empty.
ousa investigation, pushed with proper en-.
HsJ' may make even illustrioss persoBsgss
curse the day they consented to take ofhs..
~ y 1iIbsn.
DEATH oF JoHs Is. wBIrs. rsa.
Our community has sustained an irrep,r,.