Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-04-20

TIE ALRxAEDRIA PosroFFICE.

The Congressional Record of to day con-
tains the following official account of the
confirmation of Major Herbert as Postmas-
ter of this city, by the Sci ate, in executive
session, May 18th:
William w. Herbert, TO be postmaster at
Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia.
The above confirmation was accompanied
by the following report from the Committee
on Post Offices and Post-Roads which was
| ordered by the Senate TO be printed in the
! Record:
In this case of William w. Herbert, nom
mated to be postmaster at Alexandria,, Va,
vice David A. Windsor, suspended under the
provisions OF the 176Sth section of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States, it ap-
| pears
(l) That at the time OF Lhe suspension of
Windsor his statutory term of office had yet
to Jun something over one year.
~ That in view of the persistent refusal
of the Post-Onice Department to furnish
such papers rs may have been filed in other
cases Of suspension, and on which suspcn-
sions are pretended TO have been made, no
request for such papers on which this sus-
pension is pretended 10 have been made was
preferred.
| OIL lnaU HullC LILO anuSSSu iCbASi VI
Windsor, addressed TO the President, and
received by him, as evidenced by the regis
tered receipt attached, discloses the fact that
his suspension was TO be made on charges as
solicited by the Villas circular letter, it is
not believed that any charges were preferred
against Windsor affecting either his charac-
ter as man or his administration OF the of,
fee, other than such as may have been pre-
ferred surreptitiously, in response to the
Villas circular letter.
(4) That there is no objection to the ap.
pointee.
(5) That the nomination of Herbert be re-
ported to the Senate with the recommends
ton hat it be confirmed.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Feb. 10, 1856.
SIR: I most respectfully beg leave,
through you, TO submit the accompanying
paperS. with the facts therein contained, to
the honorable members of the Postal Com
miLtee of tho United States Senate, and ask
at their hands an investigation into the
causes and facts relating to my suspension
and removal from the position of postmaster
OF the city of Alexandria, State of Virginia
also, into tho standing and condition of said
Office at that time and prior thereto
Among the papers hereto submitted is a
COPY of letter dated May 50, 1885, from
me to his excellency, the President, which
will give you all of the detailed facts as
gathered by me; also the postoflice regis
tered receipt to insure safe transit and de.
livery. and the Presidents receipt for the
said letter. Since that time the only com.
munication received from the President
was his order of suspension and removal
dated July 6, 1885, which also submit.
lam to-day totally ignorant Of the cause
of my removal, and know of none save that
l am republican, and ask at your hands q
vndication of my character and the man
ner in which I filled the position intrusted
to my care and confidence, and earnestly
desire that the good character that | have
always borne in community where have
lived all my life-over fifty years-be re,
lieyed from the faint and insinuation that |
am q rascal and have been turned out.
am, most respectfully,
Your obedent servant
DAVID A. WINDSOR.
Hon. William Malone, Member U. S. SEN
ate Postal Committee.