The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-08-31

Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, in his
war against the Administration, is opening
up battery in which he plays upon certain
members of the Cabinet with considerable
effect. In referring to the case of the Post
master General who has gained quite a rep
utation as a great financier, and who, it is
claimed, is carrying on his department
without funds, the Press chooses to disagree
with the assertion, and brings forward some
facts 10 sustain its position. II asserts and
claims that il will be shown on investiga-'
ton at the next session of Congress-.trstly,
that he has had the use of, and that he has
used all that was standing over unexpended
of the appropriations, under. the acts of June
IA, 1883, for the year ending June 80, 1859;
and secondly, Major Holt has had the use OF
the revenues of the General Postoffice since,
as well as before, June 80, 1859, to pay the
expenses of carrying on the mail service
doubtless already amounting mt least to a
million and half Of dollars. 81, .a.-.e..
The Press then shows that under the act
Of June 14th, 1858, the sum of $l5,924, :
III 20 was appropriated, and that a large
portion of this sum had not been expended
when Mr.. Holt came into office. The ex-
penses Of the Postofiice Department, 1t was
estimated by Gen. Brown, would but little
exceed the revenue, and the amount of reve-
nue. issnow supposed TO be even greater than
was supposed by Mr.. Hollis predecessor
The Press seems determined that the Ad-
ministra!ion shall not have credit only where
il deserves Ii concludes as follows:
~ "You viii find, if you will examine the
acts of Congress of last session--lS5Sl59 SO
that there was appropriated for the sala>
ries of the Postmaster General, his assist
ants and clerks, and the Auditor and his
clerks, and for stationery, fuel, expenses, &C.,
$685., l40, for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1860, besides Sl50,OOO for extension of the
General Postoffice, being the "Castle OF In
dolence, or "Hospital for Lazybones I"
aforesaid-in all $500, lao. Besides this
sum, three short clauses tackled on the tail
end OF an Indian appropriation bill, on tne
last day of the session, provided for the pay
ment out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, and not out of the
revenues of the General Postoffice, $S7, 7,062
so for Panama, California and Oregon mails,
$4,000 for Panama Railroad, and 1928, l66
&C for New Orleans, Tehuantepec and Ven
tosa-being under existing contract" and
only up to the 3oth OF September, 1859, or
first quarterofthe fiscal year of s59--6O, end
ing June 80, 1860. These several: appro-
priations amount to S34l, 229 l6, and added
TO the $502,l40, makes SS43, 1863 16, of
which, it will be recollected, the S34l, ,229
l6 is sexpressly to be all used the first qIarter.
And yet we are gravely told that the
"Thunderbolt is managing the General
Office without money" But the most
atrocious deception on the subject is in Civ
ing currency to the idea that because Con-
gress did not pass any General Postoffice
Appropriation act like that for 1859 above
stated, he has not used any of the current
revenue of the postoffices since June 80,
1889"