Vincennes Gazette, Volume 1, Number 26, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 March 1831 — Page 1

VOL. I. NO. 20.

77; nxci.yyrs gazette, INDITED BY SAMTr.L HtM,

roh! ia 'i fvri v A I tuTM Y, n a f'i-r rn a 1 1 t. nr .! i- n" nhci .bf r- in V.r.ff'lit e, f.r ; hirM i-i U r V ct Hire fur cn -ob-rnhf r;, nt Two i..1 irs and Fifty ' ids j.r r im.i'm, if paid wdi.m thre nior.t! "d tS" irn' of in-rribir f, or Thrro Dollars at : xpr ''on ,,( the yc.r. As v::st of pi i.e. -t'i'ili'y h i f ihl.- dravKack t K!ifor-, yivnifjit v it!n , mre months would te preh r-r- ! . AlJYrRTIfF.WFNTS be inserted at One Poh'ir pi r f'jp.rp, for three irw rtior-, and tv, frit v Gvp certs j-er square for each subseq,i'!i! i . -1 r . : n. Q'ir rr.! ere will c Jit liberty to m'sccntinup thnr rHMr'i !i pay ina arrfnrapes ; Kit a failure to ; nt'fy a w :td, to disc or tit.uc, in conformity to ttctt-'tno will be conni'.ered a new? enn ' rrifi.t. "i '!. po-tare rr,ut terAidcn all letters cr 4'-nini:ir;ir at: t. Ptldref.'fd to the I'.ditor. ( f ur try Frr d;o p ch livrred iti Vinci i re?, at The .VilN cf Mfr? !'. I). Whr.hr, Ahtu,v I I;n'( r. or T L. Cc.lman, svill herreeivcd at rf M.irktd ncp, in raynif 1 1 of mb-cri tior poct orncK department. IN Sr;XA7 F :.!Ar.cM o, 1831. Mr. ("I - ton, frcm the Select Comrrittrc appended on the 15'h Dec. last, to enquire into the pM sent st.atp of the Pcsd O.'Iirr Pcp-ii tmerit. emm rating certain, pa pr r-.w hich he ccmmi t lev wvm instructed to have jii int'.' j. hut m:ik:i. no c;;mments upon them cd the punting waporderMr. Chamber" presented the follow it j memoi iil from Abraham hi adley , late As - iv. . Tu.ir,.. Kni.r a O i d i L 5 , Tho memi rial of Abnham Pradlcy, !r.tr .Wistaul Post rla8er General, most re;perttul!y rejTCseide 'i'hat after his removal from cilice, he, es is wt!l known to the Senate, preoented to the. President of the United State a letter, n which, among other things, he stated that Mr. harry, the present Post Master General, had made an extra allowance to a Mr. Ilarrall, a mail contractor, and to ethere, Ci this memorialist conceived, without varr.mt ofbuv . A copy of th;s letter having been called for, was presented by this memorialist to the present Select Committee of the Senate on the Post Olhce Department. During the last se?si n of Congress, a call w :ts made cn that Department, at the Thst'inr' "o of the trrmvors irrr Ohio, for inmm&uuri eia!ve to the extra allowances w hich had been made to ail contractors . The reppenfe ef the Department to that tad was submitted to the view of this memorialist, as containing n atters in who Ii he was deeply ccmerned. Upon examining' it to ascertain it his recodet

tion of Han alPs cae was correct, be was- yi 'asu ' vit oeiht io answer io me tan, upuu nuii),rtiw cyu t-.r t ...n.-in.uut , muigatea iy .ur. u t Di.wa change enmeasureably astonished to find that thelali I,ow on lhe tdble .,et'ore "ou a M'eU :iB xtrifwi b'J hls od:fl IU iJ an t-jiue ught into u wiong. .Vav it woat.i rxtta allowance was theie chaiged to i t0 the t-tutements cf the Senators from ciaL cotninvr.icuuj.'i, tiiaiea ..atK ut vujsrt-m itndamte so utterly tail.tfiou.s as have bff'n made bv hin, acting as Post!aine !Ul1 Tennessee, (Messrs. Holmes hradtt-y. Tae reatala u i t ihee twjus would operate sometimes jur aim rioi-ter Geneial "it w 'as evident that the ! and Grundy.) who went to the Depait- gtatk-mta att-meJ, thtrttoie, tJ he so iii!t? u-aint Mi. hiad'ey ; nui lids, documents had been originally ditierent,! ment as a "ub-committee, by our ihrec- deeply mi oU tn, that it became the uuty . tran,se tu tl operated in every case a that .in eiasure b.ati been made, and tbe!1'0 to ascertain the facts. These doc ;of the cummiittt to a?oe;.aiu h-jw lii'gaiunt m.-n, and iixe.i up.M nun the uwet n;' me of tins memorialist inserted . indu-1 UC)Cut3 in acn these casts, exhibit lo tttct was, add the su:j camanau w..is ac-j numerous and exirav agaut t xtra allow an,v tid- i Pfimmr turthpr. I.p blH'r e e Palpable erasures, where the icurdir.giy di-pemtcd.. h.es. Coniderintr, inereiuie, thai Mr.

" I-' T " " '- 7 acting as Pot Master General, caiefully i ted. This memorialist railed the attention of the committee to thefe circumstances as evidence of an attempt to impeach hi? testimony, and to load hi cfhcial conduct with opprobrium, being pubdc documentnry proof from t!;e books of the Depart Uorf, that he had squandeied the public fund daring the few days he had acted i:s Post .Master General, between the 10th of March, when Mr. MTcan left the of ll:e, an i the 6th of April, when Mr harry came into it.atvJ that, ii order to screen hlnviolf, he had charged these things Upon the latter gentfeman. The Committee kindly autnoti-ed a -u' comm. f ee tJ nrr rrn:in tins me inonal lt to the !)

f-und that FORTY-NIE cases cf extra 1 nhme 01 " illiHm I' any, 1'ost Master; i.i pu.suautc oi -mis app jmtrr.em, wejiiarry ha:i been, im.g DeUre. uu.-, preseat--ilowa-''' e were in thatocument diatged j Geral,"' has br en i uhbed out. and that : proctcu:a to tue departmcn! ; Mi. b.tiiy ed l0 tue l,t.sideat i.r extiavagance m to have been made f'v him. Thirtt six 1 ,f Abraham Bradley , Acting P ast Master was n-t there; w milieu et Mr. Gai thce allowances, tnat his atisw er U a call cf thee were similar to the case of Har- j GtI,'av' inserted. Tha lesuit of the diner, ibe assiiiaat, aud -'tocts, tot iLe,noin sjt ti;iie hid been alteicd, iy e rail - the osieinal docua.ent has been muti- cl,un-nalipn ua? tn:it Ir- Barry's name pti2.jd waa made oai Uie -austracts; jrasuies, so as to remove ihis cuarge from J', 'i .in(i "n.o no,,., ' f a Rr-uilev fr "'originally written tiown on the docu- aud Mr. i ayicr and Mr. iJ-mias we.elhsn, and fix it on liradiey ; tuat tiie falsi

yaidr.cn. ye-. eriiay, the " rer-1'1, W1S tlconV1'1 - '' Bradley of swear certam whether his statcuicn.s w e jing falsely, who. in say n.g, on his oath, - , pUrtn',tTn!-. "'.'t-VX iliC'that the i,1st " iMcr G(:irri! -de the ?"aV . :i 1 at-',n'CrV J f d to!alIow:intes' stated the exi .t truth. S:r, it ' , tV- ' :ltls ' -tc tor j iy j ppe a tee have t'csstoweti much attention on ttiese acm, Cat m this case o! tun a s, a" papers, ani I do not tm-ieitake to say that

. ,1 nr') OU!t- ca-c . " h an erasure had been made, .vlr hirry was ori-inallv ami prcpeily charg d;andtliat it was there asserted thai these erasures ba-1 been made t .nhi c, and bus narne i:i-crted ly mistake The : ;;. 1 v pursue tn... Willi i I - Tl I T"l ). i 1 . j -Ui l ' o fj'!!;;;:a'ioii was made into these c Ciemon.ili-t -es oiim .::v t.ha: 'to to your i .. i. .. . . . a u .ira-r manner the-e matilati m-i ct t:.e original document may have oc Odie.h a-el t hese f alsf' amr a dme nts to it ' 1 "-' ;' :n:3:a.Ke or tnt, tht etie t must ov. i; it .-as : . t;; to tiestroy a nt ' ori :, ;, i:o..rr, 1! i.ol diin t;;;-n vt ii.oh y ont f.o mnr.uti ''I ti i r.i t; y 11 j.Udt , a ( 'rt ice. td dam.y rely I t -uppait. i:o i, :. .... , , d u ne I. h ti iti- n i d-d this thisrepn t to V? pilr.'.ed. J'dld I f i o. :nd it d.,.,,.. I'! ad r 1 ...... , . u . u 1 1 d d n.jurious re thy p'jcnb curler 1

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Mai,ol:r tnf monuiHt Mirmit5 ti.atpreat ,mw;oe rrjUf-r iiece-ani toilow to f.-irn. Hi- thrrr fore ir;typ that Mich order may he taken by the Senate, as will secure hi? npht, a: d eperially iret-erxe the iep-utatio-n wtnen document puhlis-Ued I y tt? authority (f the Senate should always poj'-f -s. And your nif mot ihl! ibt . s in duty t.ound, kc. AOKAflAfI FKADLLY. Slarch 1, 1831 . M r. Chamber moved that the order for the printing ot the revolt relerred to be letcinded. fdr. Gtundy thought the belter cour would t e the right w ay to do justK e to print the report, and subjoined tt it the mtmcrialot Mr. Bradley, and the lettimony ci Messrs. hiow n, bufer, et a!. Mr. Clay ton, Chaiiman of the Set ct Committee to whom tho-e rtocuments had been referred, rose and cbservtd ibatthey ere very voluminou, purporting to oe an-wers to the resoluuorj of the Senate of the 14th(f April list, which uwectect the Pest Master General to report "copies cfali t xistit.g contraets tnade by liim or hi- pi e:ere-50r in rfi.tt. vu which ahovvances h:u e i t i n DiJoe lor additional ?eri i. es; tiesigr.atir.g :u each case, how much and w hat additional service has been performed, and by whim it was reiiuned, and or Mgnatmg aho w fu-.t sum has been allowed m caeh case for such auditional ?erv!ce3atai by whom L w.is allowed."' '1 he answer to this call was kept back until about t'ie 10th of last month. Uu ! nt'S ti.e ut wa,e wratb ou uireci heie on itrie resuiufen el tf.e rtntivuiaii fi om ien1 1 mir the debate which oci.uired heie ,r.easee; am- t g other things then said, 1 III r i. :i I : f' ! 1 n I Jill I ,a :! ii 1 1 V Id t II . . l i"i . ......... i .... ... oi a uesigu io mime n.quuy iuio mt (.ui - ttimsof the Department, and alter that, the report ailed for in April, U'C'U, cace in. it was rust retei reu to tae stanum , committee oi the Post (Jtl t, although ii prayed tor lis reference to the select com - mittee, to whom unquestionably, aa we now fee, it properly belonged. The Standing Committee, without ex amination as v e must s'.ippcse, recommended it to be printed, and the Senate order ed it to be punted. About a we en since, it whs referred to the select committee. They examined it, and haveaf certained that in thirty six cases of extra

allowances to contraclois, fcatteted thio r.iiPs codiiacr was lor canw these documents, embracing some of the froiii Ut m gctow n to t ttti' grossest violations of the iaw in granting : Carolina, tor o.Od'U dch..; s, . away the public money to mail contrite allowance was I.'JZ iloiiai. tors, the allowances hare bceu fiiiely Stt'oiii, ;d b-' .-.h.i.' io -w.i tiewn hp havmg here ma; by .orahdfti txptuiticn, tnt Iha -illywir;,. Bradley, as Acting, or Assistant is ost Mas. rata addition, wtiiU w ou u i. ter General, when, tn these very cases, , per cent . it tat iwuhoursix

the allowances were actually made by the present Post Master General , and for the truth of this, I iefer to the tieposition of .Mr . Hradlev, those cf tiie Clnks in the Department, and the leport itsell oi the D . -..., .. I ' I I ... .. incuts as the person who made the allon - ances, according to the truth that the ! name of Mr. hradlev was afterwards inseited, ai.ei now stands in each ci these thitty-ix cases, which, call them falsehoods, er rors, or whit vou please, certainly misrepresent tb.c fict. Then it is also nec essarv to state, that the letter of Abraham Bradley, which was read in the debate here cn the reso.uiion ot the ienator frcm Tennes-ee, charging Mr. Barry

with gross violation oi use law in some . itimmeu otuer.vise, ttu-a i.uttita tiiij;seem that m Jes tnan i -ur weeks, Mr. copens:ition was allowed 1 he law exot these (partruhtrly m the case of the 'rule: tu take the ieger id; i itok at tne ; hrauie is made to have guen extra h1- ! plicitly direct that the extra allowance S. C. ccnti act) w as w i ji too more Pan a.'actount ct tne tvuductot' vnuu.h was ad-' lowantes m fotty seven cares; in tnitty j shall be regulated by the original contract, year ago, and shortly aher the time c;"'ju?ted lor ea ti cpj.u tcr, un... it the cicuit six of which Mr aPLean and Harry weie ! .'Uid appoi tiond according to the mriease h;s removal from office; that tins letter - ' the allow auce at the end ot the quar- ndtiy th.uge.i ; hut their names were ' of duty to be pei formed. To deiermmw had been sworn toby Mr lira icy in the ten cairud into LiaditVs time, cn.tige-1 ast'd, and t;i utJeyV wror.giully inseited. the propriety of the allowance, the addiCommittee, an-j that the teo.'eacy oi tins i.t- aiiaw.tnoe to him. ii apj ?ared tint tl appears suiMhet tuat though the call as. tional service must be distinctly stated: t d l I t ion O t ! h.' ii, ii m r :i ' i ' tt.!ji.rt t'.j ;if Ci!l!!:t ttilii il.tliait Vw'..9 adoJ-ted il...... 1 1 ,..-., ..l.t. . d . f' ;a tliid !. oof !.-..r, d.nio i r mn:! r F

tht se ate all the mis: e u; ea nt i tmas cni. ,ln1 in ,1,,,,,, -rv, ' , i;,i. u ... . in 111 t ..n .in o . . . i , ti ever to induce tho er.ate, i ctn r jnsuce to its own chartct-r. and the r-j ut.ui m d an exr-bei:t cttizci i rid an i.-.oo. ent I man. to r !0-e to ;e mv publn it- to uoct:mtn(, ui)hh .,Al ViiU .t0 a ! all iiovy admit to be spin iou-and motd.tt. :-u if they be printe !. even w i',, ;,it- ev. it c w nicri pi es them fa up, -t.ii i: ju-tice m u pes--ltily rt -ult iu-m it; i r it v. 1 : 1 ij.pt.ar to the world that the S'-. ue hid some con ti .'rice m these p 1 pei -. an f it may happen tii d th -e wie shall ao:e iftei read die 1 alumi. v. wail not. ai.ong jch a mass ol P 1 j t i a I .) a . 1 1 1 1 1 othc 1 1 fntation of it. A' the (i .ne the-e pa. t;- were -ent in, hrad.ey w i a wu.it ojain-l the Dep u t-, meat, an i 11:1 .a t xaUti ;atioti heioie the ' o ai.iit ee v ;i Ui.o.v wii u an eiJ-u't vs m.e.e ia 1 unhc di- uv-ton to impeach ins eiacilv . ;-.n i 1 t;u-t ill wid now ad .c::thc-7 crt: :cly that cll-t tailed. Hut.

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.)t t.'.f n .!t:ectfi those alteration to nt-

ir.ade. With motive.- we have nowjtnade, tut not when the decision was made,

nothinp tod, iiu: tiie f.ict ii incontro veihhie, tii.it the.-t docunient are unwor hhv of credit. t is therefore unworthy of the Senate to f uhii-li them, and 1 ho e the cider for tLcir puhlicatit n, made in an uncruarded mon.ent, may he rescinded, Mr. HOLMES ?aid Mr. President, hav m been selet ted by the ommittee as a sub-committee w ith the senator from Tennessee, (Mr. Grundy,) to go to the ce - partDient. examine the hock , and acer -

tain what was the truth, we tot-k with csjBraulv to the President of F.arrv s extra

j the vMti.es under exan.mHtua, and pro ; ceeded to the general post ctlke We took also the ahtract of ui'ow antes new j 1 efore the -en.de. This at -tract was ohtamed by i cnli made oa the 14th of A- : , .n hirihy a i-.nator liom Unio, (Mr. lJumett.) i equi; ir.r acicnj? dher tha.s, , udci m:it:.u .,f t-xtu ulltmar.ie made to ;e or.tiactc;?. hud ft what &J uhunal ser vices, that ine ?. r.a'e m.ght compare n,e value cf the rer ice wiih ti e Cumjiensa-,

tion. rh?t.Li;ver to urn otll did not ! belong, it was strange, indeed, liut ttii; crae to the ser.a.t umil li.s X'JiU Feb. of jdi'Stiact should have Otten, at titit, made this -essicn, near nine moults. it was: out totiettiy. and that Mi.eaa s ami harreleried to the ccuaiiittfee ou the post of 'ry s nauje- -houai h ive bceu napioptiSy lice, 4rc. ami by them letuiued io the sen - (erased awl bradleys lm ropeily inserted nte on the 2id, anvl jrJercd o he piint- lXsowv it is not to ne jrtumcd that charge ed; and was tiiCn ieiti :eJ tu tie etui , so gray e as those pi est tutu by hiadiey to' mittte ot inquny. It olomii.uus i Ue Pi esidctd of the United btales, la his and ex'.'etiiiiiy contest tut some i It iter of ibe 17ih oi October, were Devei membeis of the commiltct: uncovered ui con muuu alcd to the Post Masier General, once that it ut be arviiiS io say the.'Mr. Praoiey had beta an AsM-tant Post least. The tact is, that Mr MiLe-wi left j Master Geueial full thirty years, aad in the tlei ait&ier.t aboo: the lUth Maith, ali that lime had mainlamea an irreproach-

, lbSi) that .ii A. Praaie, me seuior t ., r. t t k. I I . . 1 1 I :n lil . s . n :. s' r I i . . . .... t tntu!, iuiw loitii, m.:i in a ume I untii the 7th Api d, i s tLan uur wet ks. ! btill, wiihiu th..-. tiau , amt.sional ai.cts appe, been made, ltd b thlto haie hpwu exit''1'. m i e - : a.'nining this abs?i aci"" u aj j over, mat the it v .d been th sUies, and A. hiadity' nann The allowance to iiuiinii ; o ?ii 1 1 a- , t tied l ue i i i .-i; Ol in -st xirioidinary . 'J in? v. , . - erUiuri. ii e-ems .u..t iJia.id, ta ibt i hii Octc-bti, i.i a ;. net p'. tma nt, am.ng oiut r laio- c;, !. on :j lilt ...g.i '. Mr. i.iry with prut-uaui. mj had inrail, ih.i-! g (tie (nun st;uceu tm- .d onance to ii b lUdij i-.i.t it ijeto . a . ! lull It been retjuircu . hui h-ie s .ttiuu.tr 'error m the absti;vct, the t x; ditic-n nt quired fifing only one ana a mai hojis. j This extravagance, whtcn Pr-.uiey io nis setter to tnt- pxesi-.tcnt, dad. th tigeu W . ....-.. . ... ' .

mirud jctd, aud aiitr a pithuaiuaiv ex-jty atmmutuu, were sworn tmu letiiueu. vVo

rvurxfU o trie ti.isi.uc. -.ui hsiu wnatiwho have the chief ra tmurement .t the

j Ss tn:ttd ij cu-kc ibt uu-.ks woict;; wcit u.i i iy -Hi tSratey'i iauie Tiiey I .ansrtet.d. .ir. JUasiv's ana .Ur. .vTLeaa s,t hut ctai :iy Mr. Laiiy"s W uy were ; Messis. Ai'Leau and ti.iuv's tiaa.es lust 1

ms iUd because Uiey supped H Vas(Ur j,aM. design.

riut; hut .Ur. jurun, ny uiuti oi tne; postraastcr general, as he s...i, had tie-; and balanced to the end ol tne qjartvi, to wit: the first ot April; and, as Luauiey was tLeu acting stmaster eneial, this allow auee was t asequentiy charged lo mm. . J inquued if lhs quarter's account was adjured and balanced t the time it hears uatt-i The answer was Uu; ana ,..r,t ..,o:,...t, i.,.. tViu-iLpr ,i uu., jj..j.,....rii, ur . . i wt . ... . .1 w , . . . . . the allowance had been made between the in-t of April the end of the quarter) and June, tne time ol actual ag istment, it would ii-ve heen can leu to iiarian s in 1 that qua iter'? The answer was that it .( ui J. Dou?t y ou, the.., we ask ed. see mt- ladacy ot your lam in pr.r - ingwho was the postmastei' gt 'eueral wh ) nia-ie the allowance I oar quarter closed 0:1 the iirst oi April, and hradloy1tuncttons ceased on the 7lh, and your a iju'tment of the quatter was made or. the first June. It tins alio a aaoe had been . ma.le a.iy turn- uetweeu the 7m April aiid ! tte tn-t June, and you had earned it back to the first of April, don't you see that : vou fix oa Hr.tttiev an allowance made by . harry i li ing y our ori.u c?i:ry, where, ' concerning this allowance, vou first put : ncn to niner. no matter w hat is t he n me cf ih t-caii vr the decunsut. They bro't 1 ill

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i stated, and the time tor which it wa?,mj-, ut nUich we know is a frro,3 fabri-

IjUL 1 perceived in a s.iiall note in red ink --ee letter ot i3tfiAi.nl." I demanded I the letter, and it na broujrht: and. behold (it u as a letter of Phintas Bradley to Har- . ran, six days alter Abraham-) function jlrid ceaed, stating thU cue Post Maier Gtrieral (Ban ) had examined his claun j for extra compensation, and had directed jhim to pass the sum ot 1.92 50 per aim. j to his credit as extra allowance. There !the li.inu" was settled. The charge of allowance was true; the attempt in Dai rys othcial Report to shou.der it cfi" on iliiadlev v.as entirely deicted. The A.-:stant Post Ma'er Genertl Gainer, at d Cruet Cleik Blown, were jtorced to admit :hs trror, and that the rue nhsch ban tixeu about -iU,J0U of al,antes upon hd adley, took these allowances i from .U"Lcan, but chitdy from harry, i w heie they iti fact belonged, and charged (hem upon ht adiey, where they did not !rtble character. He bad oeeu reaioved H 1 1 h .11 1 m i ,(- i o r rr. 1 1 1 at ! ! . L- tin iv i 1 1 a r i ii.t. . . . .

Uue oi ijje cti.u ges ( to wit, prociiaiily; ; w bith he prcieis against the Post Master ahov-'(Jcneral liairy, 4s attemnted to he sboul-

t.eieiji no him. 'J'hts th witness de dares cn '.-,(; wa? the act ct liarry lumself, aad d, i o s k i i the ; .y 1 iiave stated. 1 1 1 P'ii.tis ot hrown, Dunuas, nei. and (jaioi.er, admii the H! ,i ; v ; lit. tit' U in ifla..".t'.'' ' 'atjstlact," hut t ll may ne "3 .UJli I', . s. . i , dU! i i an chanty, mat we i-: oj pivsume it i'liis. 1 or ::ei "(d'Stl xCi'' iS. O: l.h'- i t:Oj a t'OpV fiOOi in v vn ot lea t d it cn d. i i:oi a copy 1 1 out tio letoiu. It states tn if-tiy in e x'li ease, tiie amount oi tde : ecru i act, the n.iUit oi tne eontiactoi, the . uut v.; txua allowance, nd itr ohattiaje. it is neitner an ixtti.tt uor n-tiaf.t iior.n .-.nv itcoi u or uocumeot. i - ..''(r: !'!i:i of ue ot t C:': : o .tic iC'.telS. (he C i.-i; Oo.'iv, altu the Ua.-. i !t sc t;i3 -ti.u; if ii iiitieie i- n .nieti !ei."i: ot the time when Uie& .tdowaii 'i"s ere gt.i.a't j but Let erlheles-, it napptotd m tm-v,.ise tuat ttie suooiumatt .ihters loutid uo diUt'-.utiy iu as ;ei'taium whitti Post I'histtl O -dttal die! make iht laJiuvt ances at:d i U..og uu the lule pi..i . , r. i oi the otHcial tlocumtut had been ue tected, aud atknowledired by the oliicers C7 Department, it is fr Vac iulIic to decn.e whether such eriors in $:v:U a department ( which combinei to destmv tbc t'ir tamn! 0 A Woi thy aud h gidy d'lsuauished cu izcii are. tl be ascrtbeci to gross ignorance i'lum ah the evidence whi-'h we have obtained tiom the Department, it would m tdc nine mouths before it was answeied, " extended also to the teasui or consi.ieiaU.)U (or fhem.yt in veiy tew m-lances has Hie reason or consideiatiou been given;! and in gome it is found that it has been ; givtm erroc-e.-.y-ly . iti this vert case of H.or..l .dl tli.a k r-n,i(.,i !,. !..v I.phi 'i .i.-. - , i ; i .r 'j i oi i;i is v i j j 4, te t m:u j ai , is e & i't uiting two houis m twenty-four, winch, jr.t,i; enquire, tueriS out to te but an hour indakiir. In the sh-rt time that tins tnas- ed milter h'.s been before us. we hare discovered enough to convince me tha. this tnutil tied, mangle!, perveited d. ,u ne.t, -.e'. et ou-ht to go to tiie pubuo wiin tho sancti.n of the Sei.aie. i'e senator t om 'i'c mies-see suggests that ' the petition and this document m y both be published. Hut the committee know t'ial tne p.etiti m is true and the document is not. Sa ill we, then, give currency to othcial slander, aguii-t a citizen vvlu- has served vou near f rv ears wit'i distnr gui-died ability and stern integrity ? It his t nthiul set vices could not save him lima a relentless proscription, but he must be cast upon the world in the evening of hi days. rem. less and without employ, suie.'i . i. J we will o-t give currency to that

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cation. If you will consent to adopt resolution, rlirecting the printer to en close the erasutes in brackets, and insert thi note at the bottom of each page which shall contain an erasure, the antidote would then go with the poi-on, and no harm would be donp. hut, as it is, I protest aain't uch injustice. Mr GlttnXDV had douf.fs, at 5rst cf the piopnefy of printing the paper; btft he teheved no mjustice was intendri towards the iadix i inal- concerned. Ua-le-s it s!1-u!d 1 e discovered that these at1 w n e- were w rcr j he did not percent how j jn-tire could be done to any body. The itc?,id d.:(s not show by whom tiie alloxan -ej wrre made The cleik- id the nthce wliom the sub-committee had cons-jltcrl, did n t know by whom the erasaifs were made they had waited on Mr. hi own. the chief clerk.) who was at that tune sick, and with aid of a certain book to which he had referred them, the di-a overy had teen made that the name of Mr. harry had been 6rst inserted and era.ed. in the printing of these papers, no ii.justice would have been dene Mr. Brad'ey but for bis memorial. Neither the head of the department nor the chief clerk, were chargeable with any act that need fear the light. For himself, Mr. O. said he was fati5ed that, if there was tiny thing wrong in th a allowancee, Mr. hradley was not chargeable with th,fc wiong. As to the erasures, they had been innocently made. He nhould vote to suspend the printinguntil the next session, th?t th? whole matter might be put right. At the next session a better opportunity would be offered, for examining into the transaction, and m the mean time the pax ties would pre pare for it, Mr CLAYTON said, he wishe.l tha gentleman ircm Tennessee, when he ex'prrstod his opinion that ether believed no fraud wns intended by the erasures, had routined himself to what he knew cr had better reason to believe, than he had condescended to name The other mere her of the commifee would think for themselves and had n-d made that gentle man then organ to express anv opinioa on thi? subject. He said, he understood the g tdleman to sa , by way of xcuco for tliCce muti'ute.. documents, that io ome casts, Mr. M'Lean had made the allowances. Nr. an inspection of the evu n e r.dj ihivv that, in nearlv all, :f net o- ' : v :be : sc. is ;hf- ."art, Th r-,) !e :t Co-nrraee this mornmf reported or, the i; fjai in o. the Depat tn.ent, and the de position. tnd papers to shew 'hi? whicb haw aii been entered to be printed, aft referred t(i :n, aiul lorm a part of the rpoit. Among these is a communic itioa from Mi ?( Lean, in which he informs the committee that xMr. Bradley never r:r k nn alio.-, ance while he was in tl:3 office of Postmaster General. But, sir, there is vet another reason why these dr ouinents should not be printed. They are entirely evasive of the resolution of th& Senate. In a maj ritv of ail the case? of tex'ra compensation set forth iti them. Uiey do not state the "additional service ' to be performed, and which wa the cori"ideration for the allowance. They are now spread on the Secretary's table, aad you may see that trVy do not constitute, without the contracts, even an apology for an answer to the requi-ition made by the Senate. Generally, they do not give the. length of the loutes, or of the time io which thev were to be porfortned but i leave ou to refer to the contracts thctri- ; ! selves-, which it is not trorosetl to print. Atai in one rase, where the escuse for tho extra allowance is set nnwn to be an icciea?e of expedition, by carrying the mail through two houra sooner, the proof, aa you will see by the depositions, is, that it was to b? carried through only one. hour j and a half sooner than he fire the extra the cases, the documents, without refer-tm-e to the coutr.ic's, shewing nothiro, are not worth the cost ef pnntin-,' Hut It is enough notv to t.ty that the S nate will not deliberately give publicity to wait they knew to be untrue .Mr UIU'a'DY i.or.P.l he bad nit rr.r- ' ..t . . ' ' o ' 1 t 1 ' j i i 1 1; t i.in . i . u i: - t i . the Senate, lie had thought it vai w :tb a view to do j 3 i i c e to Mr hradl- y ; CO , tar he was willing to go; but let 1 tierstood that he oid no: acenne.-ce m an 7 Jtnunciation of the officers of tiie Po-? Oitice Department, it wai true Mr Hury'n name hau beet; erased, and lr. i.raiiey j su'oiitu;ed in its phioe ; but the 0 .eras ted Us it was a mistake tnai 11 was innoi !.- Iv bone. He di i not understand that the a'n-wer of the postmaster General to tho resolution of the benate was evasive ; 1:3 ha 1 not hcea a!!e to give so lull an answer as w as ies i 1 able , perhaps. 1 ui at the ue xt ses-ion it nni'd be ot tun d He !:tiew thtt Mr. Biadi. y was ch ugt-i witti paytt.2 money, which he sh uld net navo been, hut heals; knew tint it rc-ulted from an innocent mistnke i f y ouiig cleik?, Mr. CiiAMhEPtS sai i. tie' r.;d y ichit el . . ., the uocr 10 aiura otner 3er.a.i ha op