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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-28

WATCHING THE OPPORTUNITY Washing
ton, February 2G.-The Democratic men,
bers who arc anxious for the completion OF
the electoral count and the passage OF the
appropriation bills, in order to obviate any
necessity for an extra session OF Congress,
have discovered that there is possibility,
in case OF an extra session, OF the orsaniza-
ton OF the House being wrested from them.
Governor Hayes can call ali extra session
OF Congress at any time on one days
notice il it suits bin. The Republican
members can previously be privately
advised OF the date OF the meeting,
and can all be in their places when
the House is called to order. The
absence OF less than half dozen Democrats
would give the Republicans majority, and
by bold push it would be perfectly FEAST
Bile for them TO obtain control Of the House,
which, once gained, they would hesitate at
no means to retain. This is contingency
which has presented itself to. the minds OF
leading Democrats to-day. and they think it
is a matter which it is well to watch, as the
indications are that the Republicans viii
seize every possible advantage which time
or opportunity may offer to them.
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encouragement.

In spite OF the political disbonor and the
party rancors OF the day the country, II ap-
pears, cannot be kept down. Gold was yes.
tcrday lower than it has been since the war,
Notwithstanding that the Federal Govern .
ment puts stigma upon its own currency
by refusing to take it In payment OF dep.s
due 1t. Appearances Of reyiV'ng enter
prise are. seen in many things. Particuiary
in the Kanamba Valley is there a tine dig
play OF energy. The mineral property there
is being rapidly developed, and is I'M
proving in value.
In this city there have been few sales OF
real property that are encouraging, ana tue
best Judges and most sagacious business
men are looking ahead hopefully.
Certainly the near approach OF the day
when General GRANT shall go into retire
ment is lifting q heavy burthen from the
lard. He had so poor a conception OF his
duties and powers, and was SO Indifferent
to consequences, that the whole nation
dreaded him. His partisans quite as much
feared him as his opponents. The very fact
that he is about to go lifts up the hearts OF
all the people. There is the same sense oil
felcitation that is felt when the plague
is about to cease. A day or two more ana
it is gone. 1t is so pleasant to know 1t.
Now, if the incoming President VIII 40
something to give the nation assurance thal
oppression and persecution are ended, and
that the southern people-the responsible
and capable people-are to be left free to
manage their local, political, and domestic
concerns. we shall see such revival OF
general prosperity as has not been known
since the war, and possibly at any previous
time.
The revival has had no time to show 1t
self, yet there have been a few signs. Lee
us hope that long-suffering and patient
people arc soon to be rewarded by better
and more peaceful times.
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EVERY NOVELTY OF THE SEASON
'OIIE.N BROTHERS

COHEN BROTHERS
have now on exhibition and for sal" the most ext
sive stock it has ever been their pleasure {, q
Among the man! bargains are:
700 pairs TWO-BUTTOE KID GLOVES, In hA
colorrd. and opera sh;t">. ~ 30, the ~
ity selling generally AZ go yrcc-button
bllcl, aud opera at : AMI :i.2j;
$40 dozen LADIES'. MISSES. aud CiiILDRE>
HOSE in n! the new style;
The largest. handsomcSt. aud cheapest ,i'ch
MAMBIRGH EMBkolDhEIhS ever oHrFv'
Every yaris!y in WHITE, BLACK, and coL"Ef
LACE BIDS, LACE CoLLAHErrES,
LACE BASQUES ana SAEQUE-,
- pieces Of The finest ENGLISH GRAPE, to !
81, e-4. aud s-i-sinslc double treble q
quddruDlc
4 full assortment of JEwELHY in the moot m.
The best CtIoTrroE DIAPER ever offered 4 =;
apiece OF ten yards: a-o 100 |ggc r., "t ns ID
IN DIAPER II sos piece oil ten EA''!''
% pieces Of CORD PlQuEo ~ -; o. 80.
FRENCH pIQUES nj zoe. worth fully &c 81 :
80, ana 35r. worth from 80 10 GCc.; ,.r,>.,
VICTORIA LAWNS ut 20. 80. and 33c' r. =.
toforc sold nj 80, 40, and 50c. also, = Ia
stock of WHITE CAMBRlcS from l,c; Hp,
92 pieces SWISS MUSLIN and TARLAl ~
lSU lDLtn lbN EisN- Il Soos "'"''' ~
40 dozen BLACK SILK PRINCES: also. a la
stock of NECk-RUFFl.lNG ~ I-T ~ III ~; 4
See their HEMsTlrCilED LINEN HANhN"
CHIEFS at lZ&c.:
SCARFS In all their new rar!ei!cs: .,,....
300 pieces of NEW DRESS GOODS, both Come
aud European manufacture;
Handsome DOLMAN CLOTHS: , .,
II uicccS of BLACK SILKS purch:ss" a.
bankrupt sale OF New York importer, anu
be sold fully fitty per ccnt. on pT,S"' '''
also, COLOitED and FANCY SlLhe' ~.
II pieces BLACK BEIGE, warFanIeo p"'' S''"
wool. ut Soc:
CURTAINS, CURTAIN LlSENS:
LACE SHADES in great variety ,r,,,>,..
4 large stock of OIL-CLOTllS AMI NA go"
WHITE BED-QuiLTS 1" entieHs '@:e'!
much uciow market value; ~ - - ,
CURTAIN LACE 1T ~ 49,
IS. 80, s. 40. so. 80, anf Toe; >..p.,N
A large stock Of TABLE-LiNEH anH e. H.t - a
700 yards REMNANTS OF iRi ~ linz - '.'
A r.. stewart & Co.'S celebrated bLA'nc -,
GLOVES ut New York prices.
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Mr.. fTILDEN's PosITIoN.-It is authorize
lively stated that Mr.. Tilden neither advC-
Gated the appointment OF an Electoral Con-
mission, nor does he indorse the course Ct
the weak-kneed Democrats who are dis
posed to abandon their present rights. He
has not advised in these matters, because he
believes it would have been an insult to the
Democrats who supported him, and to
those congressman. to have even intimated
that their intelligence was not equal to
their duties upder the circumstances, and
that they did not1know he had been fairly
elected by the peoples Washington Union,
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DEATHS.

Died, Tuesday morning. February a7th, at the re.
ELLEN MOTT. in the seyenty-sevcDlh year OF her
age 2..sa
! The funeral will take place from the Monumental
church WEDNESDAY, 2Sth instant, ~ O'Clock
p NJ. Her friends and acquaintance and those oil
John aud Robert Harold 'are requested to attend
without further notice.
. Died, at his residence, ut Ashland, February 20,
1877, DIR. III. II. HOUSTON, IN the seventeen year
OF his age. .tt,.sgs t1.,.
Ills funeral viii take place from the residence OF
Mr. p H. Gibson, 617gnorth Sixth street, at ] z
O'clock M, on WEDNESDAY,, ,2Sthi instant. The
friends of the family are.tnyted 10 attend. 2t
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The WhiSkeV-Tax.

Members are evidently endeavoring to
"panah" DR.. MoFFETT's taX-bill to death.
They are for amending it to this fate, after
the manner of the Irish farrier who "cured
his honor's horse till he died. Neverthe-
less, we think the eXpedient of Harvesting
the conyivial team rs the best means Of
pulling the State out Of the mud has taken
too deep a hold upon the public mind to
| permit q defeat by overlooking the measure.
We cannot appreciate the motives OF rep
resentatives Of the Commonwealth who APP
pear as marplots Of every measure that
looks to an increase of revenue for the pur-
pose Of meeting the obligations Of the State.
Public credit is indissolubly allied with
private credit. "A State whose public faith
is tainted is no fit place for men OF
enterprise and hope. A fallen public
credit is blight, upon. industry and
enterprise. Immigration is repealed, in
dustry and enterprise crippled, and the
pride and energy Of the people ,cowed and
paralyzed., Why men should endeayor-- to
defeat every measure for rescuing the honor
of the State, so, that industry, enterprise,
and the pride and hope. OF her citizens
might be revived, we cannot understand.
Love OF country is the jnoblest earthly sem
timent that can animate the breast OF man.
Who loves his country will do all he can to
maintain her honor and keep her public
fame bright and pure. Helwho will not do
this, but, on the contrary, conspires;toi de
feat what is needed to do this great service
for the honor and glory OF the State, loves
her not. He cannot rbe relied upon in the.
hour of trial and peril He wifi ever put.
his own personal ambition and welfare
above the public interests. he is that man,
" WHO cares not what happens sostbat it hurts
him not. ~! $50. NJ s:sfiits, ~ III gtf,,f
s9lt'is very plain that the idea TINT b habit
% general in society as drinkinhgs, an, ardent
s3ts
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tFor the Dispatch.1
a Desirable Law,

BE it enacted By the General Assembly o.
the State of -, That it shall be compe
tent for every citizen of this State bearing
the name OF Bradley to appear before any
county or corporation court of the Com
monwealth and change said name to any
other of his or her choice except that oil
Miller, Strong, Edmunds, Morton, Ere.
Iinghuysen, Garfield, or Hoar: Provided,
however, that no lineal descendent of 10.
seph 2. Bradley, judge $50 called OF the
Supreme Court OF the United States, shall
avail himself or herself Of the benefits OF
this act; to the end that the name may be-
come distinctive. y. 't.' ~. *.
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DIsCRED1TABLE CoNDucT.-As afr. Hewitt
was leaving the hall OF the House this after
noon he WINS assailed directly in such oppr o.
brious terms as traitor, coward, &C., by
several Of the filibustering Democrats. He
took no notice OF the insults. =. Washirgtoa
sYecidi - ltiFa0re SAM t,s. .,5;.L 49,
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mr. pIIRE COD-LIvER OIL.
ORR OWN DIRECT IMPORTATION.

we have the testimony Of pssys'e'ais WIS" .,.-,
scribe II. and of patients who have taken H. u,,
IA more acceptable TO the stotcafA III" '''''
sssimiLs,ed than any other OIL t-,.
We guarantee 1t to be ensae'g pus' az n }.
r,ae from rsncidity, and fully poSsess.us ." =,
wonderful remedial properties claimed 10, -,
cod-iiver OIL ass@ah 'I- y ,,s,r, .e,stS
Import,uz and Dispensing rhsfi nSI =,
, gl9 Main street, RlchpoI''
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81 79,935.62

So it was reported by the Auditor, who
in reference thereto said: Whatever por-
ton OF this sum shall be assumed by the
new State of West Virginia will, OF course,
diminish the debt OF this State by that
amount With iudicious taxation and
prompt collections, / think the interest on
this debt, amounting semi-annually to
81 49,, 361 80, may be met and paid prompt.
ly as it fails due, and thus the credit OF
the Commonwealth be fully reestablished
amongst her sister States and throughout all
Christendom. And here permit me to add
that believe express the universal senti-
ment Of the people OF the State in declaring
that they ardently desire the restoration OF
its ancient credit, and that for the accom-
plishment of this object they are prepared
to pledge their fortunes and their sacred
honor"
. ] believe that the officer whom have
quoted was honest in his conviction, cor
rect in his representation OF public senti-
ment at that time, and accurate in his esti-
mate Of the ability Of the State. But the
expensive system OF public free schools had
not then been thought Of It seems that
the Legislature, to whom his report was
referred, agreed with him, for by an act
approved March .. 1866, provision was
made for funding the entire interest upon
the debt, except such as was held by Fir-
ginia schools and colleges; as to this portion
OF the debt appropriation was made to pay
full interest. u"
Subsequent to this Observation-Disclosures
q, 1s66-the same officer reported that the
entire debt would amount on january 1,
1867, to the sum OF $i3, 166, 2S6.52, exclusive
of tie sum of 81 1858, 855 Of bonds Of corpo-
rations guaranteed by the State, but in
Guiding 81 ,315.46 to the credit OF the
sinking fund; and thereupon, by act OF
March q, 1867, provision was made for the
payment on July /, 1867, and January /,
is6S, of two per cent. interest'on all OF the
debit except the bonds given for funded In
terest under act Of March 2, 1866, showing
that the Legislature had weakened even at
that time in their faith as to Yirginia's
ability, or had become more Indifferent to
her credit n..r
An OF this legislation was. prior to the
inauguration OF the miscalled reconstruction
policy with its host OF demoralizing in-
fuences: for rs bad rs the times had been
they soon became worse. The State, which
wos working under what was known as
her restored government, was BY the man
date Of Congress declared out OF the unlon'
and made by army orders military. us,
triet. XII OF her officers were decapltated
and their places filled by details from the
army. or from It's eorpsof camp-folloWers. A
convention was called under eompulslon,.
and organized with large majority OF Its
members composed OF these same camp
followers and ignorant negroes under tneir
lead, which framed Constitution that inc
people were compelled to-adopt IN order &c 70 z
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MATZOES MATZOES ! pa
ZOES!- shalt commence eaHuS ~ '.,,..r,
March 10Th, under the supervision 0! oi ~
TREE. Al those who have nos SiSeh '"e" -, -
will please send them to Mr. GhEESIkhnoc w ~
7O7 Main street, Richmond ~
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Dir. FIELDS BnL.--This bill will never
pass the Senate. Its passage by that body
would be equivalent to saying that the
House has the right to defeat the counting
in OF HAYES. .'=
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-28

James NJ. Page is appointed postmaster at
Hermitage, Augusta county, Va.,s uics Mrs;
l. II. G, Kennerly, resigned. ~ II I'LL =
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One week from next Tuesday, March 10,
New Hampshire elects Governor, various
State officers, and three congressman.
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SPEClAs. NOTICES

E5 NEW SPRING DRESS coon.
SILKS IN GREAT VARIETY.
STRIPED, PLAIN, PLAID, AND ytcr.,,.
DRESS GOODS.
New styles CALICOES. CAMBPICs. Avn ,,,
Gales
BUsTLEs, HOOPS, BALMORaL AND pnr.r
WARD sklRTS,a At LEVY GROTrr-,,c
iic2sI
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WAGONS. CARTS. &c.

REAT REDUCTION IN Sass
TT PIECES AT a. b. LIlsCoMBs, NR2
a DUE Of the hard ,ls and sle Isan ever
terInsd to sell work at .s lower W my line VIII 60;
Il shss Mns ss stoes promise g sgSiS
i sits bsye tor sale B9f SsSSRS,eE
pRaYs FEI VA ON Ia s ssass: sSs sy y.
loss prices than fheS SSe taken in exehanS"
else In the CITY, obD ]" $50
fe 2-eod2Et --------------S-r-
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III KID GLOVES! KID GLOVES,
The only complete assortment. Of KID Grov,
In this city.
BLACK KID GLOVES.
WHITE KID GLOVES.
. OPERA KID GLOVES.
COLOHED KID GLOVES.
KID GLOVES from one to SIX buttons =,
ie2o LEVY BROTHERS,
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y. D'-ihs u 60, fc2e-&
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ne SERVICE THIS EVENING in
THE MONUMENTAL ,CHUReHat 8 o'cloekia-
stead of a:S0, In consequence OF q fanerai,. q
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Mt LARGE ASSORTMENT
At COHEN BROTHERS.

GREAT BARGAINS NOW OPEN iHD Fol
SALE.
THOUSANDS OF VARIOUS GOODS FAR
BELOW MARKET VALUE.
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10 III Hitai az % ;'Tgi5ks''l III EIiFVI'5Fi
sgSst al Va if5g4sif; aa0i3GaE5"99s fsj.f
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~ BAG tl,sisals ~
sifs stt sffs,rsI vi
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DOCK AND JOB WORK NEATLY k.x-
ID ECuTE,n AT THE Disc TC III PRINTING"

lOUSE - b,fs Ess,ssI5. 40; f3ist
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VIRGINIA STATE DEBT.
Past and Present Condition OF the Peo'
DIc and the State.
RICHMOND, VA, February, 1871.

RICHMOND, VA, February, 1877. !
". j. Best, Esq:
My Dear Sir,-I promised you review OF
the legislation OF Virginia in reference to
her public debt since the close OF the war.
Before adverting directly TO the subject l
think it not inappropriate, by way OF ex-
tenuation for her course, to contrast her
condition prior 10 the late war with her
condition at its close, in point OF popula-
ton and material wealth. In 1860 her popu-
lation was
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-28

" ri1.I. ~. UIi4I5 tt1FIUIII EUs
Joint resolution from the Committee on
Finance, proposing, ON amendment to the
Cd section OF article 10 ofithe Constitution,
concerning taxation, DC. III 3sal6tF .E
{ House, bill from the COMMITTEES on Coun-
ties, Cities, and Towns, to amend and re.
enact section J. of.an actpreseribing general
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Her acreage was 50,536,030 acres. Of the
money value OF S377,947, l12.17. Her per-
sonal property actually taxed was
Slaves. .:.......:..... So e1,957,900 GO
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NOTHING FIRE-PROOF.
The Common Materials OF Fire-Proof Room
More or Lees Combustibie.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2.-Thc commission to
examine the various public buildings in Wash
ington IA to their liability to DO destroyed by
fire. to- day made an inspection OF the War and
Navy Departments Their report will not be
forthcoming for the next ten days at least.
Quartermaster-G General Meigs. in order to
correct errors in recent publications with re-
gard to the public buildings. says: The roof OF
tho newer portion OF the General Post Oflco
buidlng-more than half OF the whole-is con-
structed entirely OF iron and copper. Nothing
more combustible than these materials enters
into its composition, and the ceilings OF the
and brick combined. The roofs Of. the wings Of
the Capitol and Of tho corridors which connect
the wings with the old centre building
are also OF metal. wrought-iron frames
fiapP22e"k IN s2e skylSht SWronsht-r9n sash bars,
corrugated copper. and in the skylight
OF thick cast plate glass known as hammered
glass. A flreproof ceiling would haye saved
the model rooms OF the Patent once from fire
originating in the roof. but the walls OF that
building are much more costly and valuable
than the roofs and ceilings. and the fire having
taken possession OF the models. the costly mar
bio facing Of the walls. the marble pilasters and
ton and destruction. and generally from de-
facement by smoke, by the free vent which the
flames obtained tits not generally understood,
except among men Of special training. that all
with free supply Of air and plenty OF heat
wrought iron and copper and zinc. common ma
tcrials OF nreproOt roofs, 40 called, viii burn
freely and herrely. and that as all these mate
ras at low red heat are soft and flexible. any
roof composed OF these when exposed to red
heat must fail. :"
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THE WAR IN THE EaSn
Tho Rumored Repulsc OF the Russians noe
Connrmcd-Fighting In Asia.

LONDON, Oct. "A special despatch TO the
Times dated Sofia oct. l. says: There Is no
news from Plevna." From this II will be seen
that the reported repulsc OF u Russo -Rouman.
ian attack by Osman Pasha. as telegraphed to
the Standard from Sofia ON Sunday evening.
is not confirmed.
only eight hundred rifles were seized in Tran.
sylvania. The projected raid into Roumania
was a scheme OF few enthusiasts and adven.
turers. and had no connection with the Hun.
garlan popular sympathy for Turkey.
A Reuter- telegram from Bucharest has the
following: Two hundred Turks have crossed
by pontoon bridge to Kalarach from Sllstria
Russian rcGnforcements continue crossing the
Sereth into wallachia. The Russians have
ordered contractors 10 construct 800 Kilometres
(about 1856 miesl OF railway in Bulgaria. to
build huts for 100000 men. and hospitals for
1900.
CoNsT ,NTINoPLE. Oct 2.-Moukhtar Pashs
telegraphs that eight Russian battalions. with
cavalry and artillery attacked his rear guard AZ
Ncchjoran on Monday. The Russians. after five
hours fighting. were repulsed with the loss OF
400 killed. Four battalions Of Russian infantry
and thrco regiments of cavalry who at the
same time attempted to create diversion by
attacking the Turkish right. were also rcpulsed.
The Sultan has conferred the title OF Ghazt
lconqueror ON Osman Pasha and Moukhtar
Pasha.
LONDON, Oct "a special despatch from
Vienna TO the Times says 1t is announced from
y4sSI preE%by "fhSr' that tho S' Prneo ponenesro
will not push operations any further In tho
direction OF Herzegovina, rs he has gained
ms much HrrzcgoYnian territory as he can hope
10 retain when peace Is concluded. II is thought
he will now attempt tho acquisition on the Al
banan frontier of the Plain Of Moratscha down
to podgor2a. which territory has long been
coveted by the MOntenegrns.
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No ORDERS YET RECEIvED.
Army and Navy Men In New York. and the
New War upon Mexico.

The latest invasion Of Mexican soil by
United States troops was the chief topic in the
rooms OF the Army and Navy Club last evening.
Although Gen. Hancock has sent his family to
visit friends in the Western States. he himself
remains on duty here. He has given up tho
house he and his family occupied at 81 East
Seventeenth street Whether this step on his
part was taken in anticipation OF his being or
dered to the Mexican frontier. is matter Of
conjecture in military circles here. There are
only few infantry soldiers in the Department
Of the East Just at this time. In fact. about the
entire force OF soldiers on duty here are nrtil-
lerymen and there are barely enough Of these
even to man the forts on peace footing.
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard. yesterday, Ad-
miral Nicholson said he WAS making no prepa-
rntions whatever in anticipation of trouble with
Mexico, and had no thought OF making any. II
was duh in the yard rather than otherwise. and
they were doing nothing beyond making or
dinary repairs He had received no special in
siructons from Washington. and did not ex-
poet 10 before the nrSt met ting OF Congress.
Tho men in the Navy Yurd COMPLAIN bitterly
OF the new order. under which they are re-
quirei to he in the yard and ready 70 begin
work nj 81 o'clock every morning. som" OF
them live in Harlem, some AT East New York;
and others nj long distances from the yard. and
they have To- br up and have breakfast by 4
o'clock So MS 10 he really for roll call.
The O--i ipro, the flagship of the Admiral COM
manding the Northern squadron. was lying IDLE
OF the Battery last eve ming. and many OF her
officers were on shore on leave. They pro-
icssed To have no knowledge Of any orders to 20
to the Mexican coast.
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lECKLESS DISHONESTY.
The Head or the Pay Division or the sixth
.AudItor,s Once "a Defs,nIter.

WASHINGTON, Oct. "A dcfalcation has
recently come to light in the pay division Of the
Sixth Auditors ofilcc, resulting in the dis charge
OF John Brien. its head. 1t is the custom Of
the Post Once Department 10 furnish contrac-
tors who have claims against it with collection
orders on Postmasters. holding balances to the
favor Of the department, Payments on these
collection orders are credited to the contractor.
and should be deducted from his pay when n
settlement Is had at tho end Of the quarter
O'Bren favored W. f. Fisher, n contractor. by
not making the credit due for the collection
orders SO that to their amount Fisher was
twice paid. Discovery was certain 10 follow AT
tho end Of tho next quarter. when the Post
masters account came in. SO that this act was
not only dishonest but rrcklcss. Fisher. IT il
said is a particular friend of French OF the
Contract ONCE: so that Ol'rion was following
current example in favorng him. The amount
~ the oyerpayments was not much. II any. over
10000.