Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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To T,uy CjVftCLitoYs.
TAKE NOTICE, lliut I huvo applied to tho Judg. OS of llio Court ofCommon i'loas of York county for the bcnciit oftho insolvent luws, and that the Judges huvo a|ipoiiitcd Thursday Iho Till day ofAugust noxt, for the honring ofnio und my creditors, nt the Court House, in tho burough of York, where you inuy at¬ tend ifyou think proper.
JAMES EVAN.S.
M.'iy an, 1831.	
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S^ BSCONDED from the aorvico oftho Kub-iinribor a^on tho afternoon ofFriday Inal, lin indentured Borvunl girl nainod
IMAHIA OaiSl^HLI..
She is boiwoon 15 und 10 yours «.' ;igo, nnd tiliik with licr throo drcaso.'.', twoof cottoii und one of culi- ¦^co, shoes, aeverul hundkorchicia.'u huiinct, .Vc. All persons uro Iiercby euutioned uguinat harhuiing or trusting hor on my uccouni, us 1 uui detennined to pay no debts of lior coiilriicling.
TllO above rewnrd but no churges will he jriid for hor aiiprelicnaion.
MICIIAEI,  IIARNISII. Lampnlcr townaliip, June 13, Ib'31. 111-31*
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Chilly's Praetico oflho Law in ull ils Dojiart Jnonts, with a vicwof Rights, Injurios und Ucnio. dies ; tho works of Mr.i. Sherwood, boing tlio only uniform edition over published in lho Dnited Slulosj Abbott's Fireside Piety ; Mont'Jil Culture, or tho moans ofdovoloping tho. Iiuman. Faculties ; Scotl'3 Practioal Remarks uddrcssed lo young Christians ; Tho Frolics of Puck in two vols ; Cuntorbury Tales, BOCond serios ; Trails and Slories of lho Irisli Poas. onlry; Forty Years Rosideneo in America, or the tho doclrino of parlicular Providonco cxonipiificd in tho Lifo o" Grunt Thornburn, Soodsinan, of Ncw York.        Just received und for sale tiy
A. F. OSTERLOH
Juue 21, ii5:k
STII AY MOKSl^.
A dark browii horao uIu'Ul 3 or '1 yenra old lius n lew wbito hairs on lho forehead, und is in low keep ing, wus tnkcn up by the subscriber, living noar Spring Grovo Forgo in this Counly. Notico is lioro¬ by givcii thut uiiloss tho owner cuuses him to be romovod und pnys expenses, ho will bo disposed ol as tbo luw directs.
PETER SOUDER.
Muy 2.0, lfc3'l. 8-ts».
FieESII SPKIWG «OODS
of cvory  description, and lobo sold very low, just opened ut4lio Nci^^ Storo of
C. F    HOFFMEIER, Nn. 21,  Nortii Qucbn .Street, socond   store   norllio 'Air. Michncl's tavorn, und directly opposite Col. Goo iMayor'.s Hurdwaro Storo. April 2-1.
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the ptiblic generally, that ho hns lately returned from Philadelphia, and is now opening, at his store in lho villago of
LAMPETER SQUARE,
Lancaster  county, a handsome and  fashionablo as¬ aortmenl of goods, omong which arc:
Cloths," Cassimeres,
Saltinetls, Velvets,
A'^estings, Bombazines,
Linens, >Silks,
Ginghams, •    French Cliinl/.cs,
Muslins, Painted   Muslins,
Bobbinets, Ribbons,
Laces, Lnwns, fcfc.
—ALSO—
Glass  an A. Q,v\e,e.usNvavc,
A FREiSlI SUPlM.y OF
NBW St. CHEAP aOOBS.
^A.SEY & STIGMAN respecilully inform K^tlicir friends and the public gonorDlly, thnt tl.oy liu'/c just roturned from l'hiludol|ilii.n, und uru opnn- ng ut llioir Now Slorc, corner of Eust King stiect and Centre Squnro, alurgo und wol! selected assort, mont ofGOOD.S, suitublo for tho prosont und ap¬ pronching so.iaoiia.
Lancustcr, Junc ,'i, 1831. 0—If.
SCYTHES.
iV large  quantity Scurlclt's .\incricnii Crntllc  nnd
Grass Scythos, wnrrnnled good, for sale, wholeaale or
rclnil, nt ninniiructurci'a pricca, at my Store, No. 21
sNorth Queen street.
GEO. .MAYEI May 1.5, IS31. C-liii.
cnnlinuos to nttend to lho dutiesof his  profession.— Ills ollico is in his dwolling, No. C, Contro Squaro. Muy 1,183-1.
KUrOIlT  IIPON  TIIE POST OII'ICE.
Ill Ibc Scnaic of the Uniicd Slalcs,  June 0,  1834,
liio, Java, Laguira &St. Domingo
^UST Received uml fnr salo by & CASLCY &. STIGMAN,
li^ast King-st. Lancasler. ]\ruy 8, is;ji.
of the r/nitt-il SUUcK,
[Concluded.)
I>ut it Ima not bocu tlioujjIiL necossary, In uU cnsoa* to preserve oven tho cuvor of iiicreaeed Korvlcos, as an excuse for tlioso extra allowances. 'I'iio 10,000 dollars yeariy allowed lo licoHldo &:, Slaynmkor, on the roulo from ririhidelpliiii to Pittsbur^^, ia wiioUy j without this upulogy. The allowance wos hnrdships incurred in lho pcrfwrnianco ofa stipulated Bcrvico, not for any thing dono wliieli their coniract did nol require oftheni. Tiio wiiolo IiardsliJp too, as prov- od by tlio testimony of Rocsido, was this. Tho mail was so lieavy for IhrotJ ofthoir trips weekly, as to prevent liioir taking in a full load of jiasscngcre on those trips; by which it would seom tliat lho de¬ partment after paying for tlic Iransporlaiion of llio mail on thi-i route, yomolhing moro llian 30,000 dol. lars, was xxUo hold bound to pay llio contractor extra for winitevcr expense and inconvenienco lho trnnB- portation of the mail might occasion liim. Or ralli- er, lo give tlio tranaaction its truo ciiaracler, this ten Ihousand dollara a year was a glfl^ out oftho funds of tho dcjiarlnicnt, to theso contraclors; and tlicre are somo furtlior circumslQuces attending it whicii on tho most careful in<{uiry by your commit¬ tee, nre not Katisfiictorily explained,
The evidence shuwd tiiat Roosido &. Slaymaker represent lwo companies, which share equally in Hio profit and loss on this lino. The monoy acoruing for transportalion, is. received by Reoside tS:- Slaymak. er,a moiety eaoh, and distributed by them totheir rc Bpeetivo companicp. Tlio extra ollowance of len Ihousand dollars was receivod by them on the Sth oi May, 1833, and no part ofit has yot bcen paid ovor by eilher of them to their partners, or entered upon any aceouni boolt of lho companies. Uooside, on his examination, staled, that they had kopt this back, lo pay somo old deblsof tiio companies which lliey supi>0Rcd had boon provided for, IJut wliich wore un oxpocledly found lo exceed tho sum approiiriated for tlicir payment; hul boing specially interrogated, ho Btated, that tiiis unexpcclcd deficit did not exceed iivo thousand dollars in tho whole, and that it was not discovered lo oxist until about three months al'lcr tho first ten tliousand dollars ofihis extra allowanco was received by hiin and Slaynmkcr—tho wlioio amount BO received and so retained by tlicm on this account, appears fo Iiavo beon sixtGcn tliousand, si.x hundied | dIiU sixty-six dollare, sixty.six and two thirds cents Tlio allowanco of Ihis money and its opplication are alike remarkable. There wore also certain pecuniary transactions ofa privulo naiuro belwcon these con. tractors and some ofllie oificors of lho department, which camo ^undor the notice of your eommitloe, which, in their opinion, merit consideraiion.
Some time in the year 1S32, O. H. Brown upplied lo Slaymaker for a smoll loan of money (S300) which Slaymaker accordingly lent him, but took no note, and made no niomorandum of tho transaction, which took placo in lhe presence of no one but themselves. At another time Mr. Brown asked Slaymaker if ho could lend him Ihroe lliousand dollars, at  lho  usual
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;unaod a copy ol'lhii ugrcc-|ounh ncwapuprr cnni eyed in such muil." Iiui il is report, uiul ihov untn iii|porli;clly dour lo ynnr ('cniniillcc lliut this pnniaion counlonuni'oil,cii.:iniru!;-gnl hiw wua nnvnr ii.lcnilnil tu uulhnri/c, und ilnc.s nol
NF.^Y ^KM.IE85 ^oi- I»»No. 12..
¦your coininiitoo h. mont to bo nppcndcd In Ih |tlic opinion, tlint'ua un m.-l
; ed or sanctioned by lho ilcpurtnicnt, iir .'inv nt its Olfieers, it i.=, in tho ulinvo menlioncd purticulurs, an unjust invasion of jirivuto rigli's.
'I'ho eipresa mulls whicii huvo' been noticed by your cominittce, ure, ua fur us thcy cun usccrluin, nothing moro nor loiS tliun another niuil^or unolhcr lino of coachos upon tho anmo route—aeni for no spcciul purposo, or on uny special oinorgoiicy—pro. bubly applied Ibr bocouso il wus found prii/ilahlc to, run a third lino of couches fo^ the transportalion of, pusEongers, and grnntcd becauao Ihoy worc up])licd for. 'Y'our commitleo look upon tho o.vpoiidiiuro of; money to establish these second und third duily linos, in no olhcr light thun-thut of u promiuni paid by lho do|mrtmohl lo or.o lino of p.iascngcr couches, tending to give it lho ascendency uvor every other lino. A striking caao, in ilhistrution of this view ioccurs in lho ngroenicnt ubovo referred tn. .Slock¬ lon und Neil arc the contrnctors on tl.o lino from Washington, Ponn. to Wheeling. Ucctiilo and others urc contractors on the roulo 'from riiiludol- pliiu by Pittsburg and Wnshinglon to Wheeling., thus runninglwo lines from Wasliinglon to \Vhcol- ing upon tlio samo route. Ily tho ugrocniont rofor. icil to, Rocsido stipulutod to run thut routo no ollon¬ or thun oach alternate J.iy; in consideration cf which, Stockton and Noil ngrco to curry his muil on cucli of the other ultoniuto duys. Tho tranapnil.u- lion oftho mnil is treated as a mere incidontul busi¬ ness, not worth serious nolico, in u contract nbuut passengers and opjiosilion line.'.'.
Ii. C. Stockton and Wm. Ncil contracted to cnrry tho mail from Cumborland to Wheeling—from Wnili ington, Ponn. to Steubenville—from Ilalliinoro to Cumbcrlund—from Wushinglon Ci y to Frodoriek, and frora Frederick In Winchester, from lho first duy of Janunry, IS.IS, for four ycurs, (aoc report of April 18, 1832, Doc. i213, p. 12) nt tho nnnuni com ponsution of 57,000 00
But the contract was in fact executed, giving thom a yearly coinponaation for the snnic lino, wilh somo variutions, ut gl5,500 00
And fbr tho incroaacd c.vpcdition, and in¬ creased number of trifis, muking two linos of stages daily which was, ns is believed, wholly unnccossury for the publio service, thoy wcrc ullowcd cclru. tho yoarly sum nf §'22,9fi'3 00
Thus, upon n contract for -^V.OOO, mado pursuant lo luw, Iho depuriinent has, by monns of liyputhctical bids und extra allowaricos, trnnsrorred lo the hnnds of llieso iiidividuula tho ycnrly sum of
38,'1C3 00
raUST KECEIVED nfinc asaorlment of FISHING ^# TACKLE, consisling of Hods, Lines, Snoods, Floats, Hooks, Horse Hair, India Grass,'&c. For sale nt
JOHN F. LONG'S Drug nnd Chcmicul Sloro, .\pril 17, li^a-l. No. 8 North tjuecn street,
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Respectfully infiirms tiio piiltlie, that iio has remo¬ vod from iN'ew Ilolland lo thc ittjuru! owned by   Mr. r, Jacob Johns, in Loacock townshi |i, aboul throo Ibu rths -       .1 •*!       ,,«„„ ,r«..n%.«l   -,ec,c-/ir(mo»St   niK"''^ "^^'o   norlli of Garbcr's ti.'  .n, ou the road lead
togellier with a very general   as.ssortmcnl  ol|._^^^ j.,^_^^_ thonce to Liti'/.; whoro ho  will alwuyi
Groceries antl Iiiquors,
ajsl of whicb he is determined to dipose of upon the faost reasonnble terms, cither for cush or country prot duco.
N. D.—Butter, Eggs, Soap, Bacon, Flux Seed, Cloverseed, nnd ailkinds of couniry produce will bo taken in cxchniige for goods, nt thc highest mnrkc prices.
Lnmpeter Squnrc, Mny 8, ISS't,
5—tf
Estate of Ann Musselman, tJcceased.
All persons in any wiso indebtod to tho ostaio ol ANN MUSSELMAN, lulo of Lcueock lownahip, Lancastercounty, dceonscd, aro hereby noliiied In cumo forward and discharge lho umount of llicir,rc opeotive ducson or boforo theJti'sl o/ Atigttst ncrt, nnd all those Iiuving nny clainis against euid naUilo, aro likewiao roquesled to proscnt tlie same, properly aullionticutod fnr selllcnirlll, lo the uiidoiaignod ud ininistrutor, on or boforo Siiitl dav.
WILLIAM NEIDICtl.
MnySP, 183.1. 8-tf.
i'bo rcuily to servo liinao who muy wanl his sorvicea in the lino ol'his business. Hisold frionds in the noigh- borhood of JNow Ilolluml, who uro diaposcd to fuvour lliui in futuro with thcir cuatom, will plouso to muko appiiculion nt tho storo of IVIr, Auron Custor, in Now Ilolland, wlicro their applieilions will bo entered in a buok kept lor thol purpose, and  ho will thereupon
Jpuiiotuully nttend totheir calls. His chorges will bo very modoruto, nnd ho thoroforo liopcsto conlinuo lo reccivo u shuro of public jiatronago.
Aiiril 2J. .S-2ms
Estate ol John  K
Mumiiia, dec'd,
\11 poraons indebted lo the ostaio ofJohn IJ. I\Iiim-gitccjiing , lato nf Uapho  township, Luneustor cnunly,   do. iof
All ma, 11- . .
ceased, aro lioroby roqueatcd lo como forwnrd und idinchargo tho amount of their lospectivo duos with¬ out further delay ; and nil those Iiuving any cluims ngainat saiil nslnto nro likowise requested lo preaonll tlio snmo to cither oftho undersigned Exocutors Ibr eQltlomoiit.
CHRISTIAN IIIESTAND, JONAS AIUMMA.
Juno 12, 1831. , 10-'lt.s.*
STONE WAKK, Consisting of Butterpots, rickling Jars, Preserving Jars, Jugs, Pitcli- crs, Highpots, Cliurn.s, Kegs, Foun¬ tains, Water Jars, Uottlcs, Stewing | Pots, &c. of ali sizes and patterns
Just received n new supply und for suli' ul
J. F. IIEl.\riSII'.S Mcdicinul, Drug nnd (Choinical Siorc,
Eust King St. Luncuster. Juno 12,1831.
" Columbia, BSridge Coniptinif.
MAY 2G, 1834 Agroeably to the Act of incorporalion, an  Elec ti^for nino Dircotors  for   this instituliin, will bo
Uoosidc, nnd puyablo at ninoiy days dato. Thoy woro negotiated at the Wostorn llnnk in Philadcl¬ pbiu, and sent to the Pntriolio Bnnk in Washington City, for colleclion. Thcy wero paid at maturity by the proceeds ofn drnft drnwn by Jumcs Kecsido on O. Ii. Brown, fbr tlirco thousand dollars, al ninety days. This draft was suflorod lo pass a dny or two boyond its inulurity, withuut payment, but on Iho 18lh ofJuly il wns puid out of tho.'prococds ofu drnft drawii by Saninel Ii. Slaymaker, on Jamos Rceside, for two thousand dollurs, and ono thousand dollars ill cush puid by Slaymuker, und O. B. Brown, ut tho sumo time, drew on Rceside for two thousand dol Inrs, whioii drufts woro sent to tho Bank of Mary. Innd for colleclion. It appears that noilher Rocsido nor Slaymaker mudo any charge or kopt any niemo- rnndn of llloso transactions ; Ihatthoy have nu noto or acknowledgomcnt ot Brown, showing his liability to them, unicss it bo the drafts which wero tnkon up, wbich Slaymuker says ho thinks hc preserved, but ofwhich ho docs not profess to bo coriain. Hc novortholcsa denies ubsolutol}', thnt it xvas intendod ns a/loucour or gratuity to Brown.    Roosido   statos
fHIUST Received u supply of Winter Struinod Oil, 'S Suiiiiiior        do        do.
Com 111011        do        do. CAS IiY & STIGMAN, Euat K'iiiic Stroot, Lancnstor. May R 18n4'
€ fJ M H I E K §,
Uespeotfullv inform tiio eitizens ofLancaster andits vicinity, tliat they havo comnienced llic above buji- ness in the iiouse lately occupied by IVIr. Cochran, on the oast side of North liucen street, und nearly-op. posite Mr. Scholfieldii't; tavern, whero they intend : constantly on hand an oxtonsixo ussortmcnl
oftho bost quality, which thcy will scll cl tlio lowest prices. They hope by strici uttontion to businoss, Ulld a dosiro to ploaso, to incril and rocoivo a shuro of public putronngo. April 21, 183.1.
Grand Improvement in
Gmit Saving of Fud and Tima! The subacribor, Iiuving   obtuined  letters   pulent j
rod, einbruciiig   both ocono- fucl,   Ihcroby snving inuch I
from lho Covornnient of lho Unitod Slutos,   Ibr one j of the   grealesi  i.inpravcmrnis  in    distilling  that hus over   been  di.'.-cnvcrcd my in time, labour, and
of lho expcnao lh.it hua licrcloibre boon necossary in the prncess nf distilling, Ihcrofoio nifors to the apublic gcnenilly, und li> dialillors und ciippor- "siiiilha ]iarliciilii'rly, tho right of making and voiid- ing the suid improvomoni, cither by whole States, or hy counlios or townshijis. i
The palontoo has nodoubt but lhnt nil per.sons who ; hnvo hud an opportunity of witnessing tho improvo-; mont, mustbo wcll satisfied Hint this  in-vcniion far surpasses  all others that over  huvo boon discover¬ od, botil in tho gront snving oflimo nnd fuel, as woll
R.C. Stockton und Wm. Noil woro nlso contrac¬ tors for carrying tho maiion seventeen mail routes, atatod in the report of A| ril 18, 1835, (Doc. 212, p. 17,) nt the nnnual compensation of 30,000 00
The contracts howovor nppcar (Roport of Murcli 3,18;)1, Doc. 138, p. 210, 211,; to have boon modi¬ fied and adjusted after tho uccoptunco ofthc bids us to givo llicm on the sumo  routes the  unnuul   com
50,'HO 00
rato ofinlorcat.    This also wus proinised, und some
timo uftcr,  ubout lho  first of Junuary,   1833, Mr.Sponsnlion of
Broivn renewed his request, nnd suid ho hud inndo ugAnd they woro allowod for extras, includ-
purchaso oflho proporty of Doctor  Tomplo on llicH    jn^r an allowanco for tolla and ferriage,
fuith oftho jiromisod loun.    The witness slnled bc-H   yearly,
foro the cominilteo, that ul Ihut lime ho hud not thol
required sum of money ut command, but  undortookHMaking an nggrogato of
tn raise it, and accordiiigiy did raise it by means ofg
drafts.    'J'liosc drafts woro two in  number,  for   fif-iBoing nn ndvancc upon Ihoir rcgulnr legal
toon   Iiundrcd dollars oncb, drnwn   by   Samuol R.H    contrncli of
.Slaymaker on O. B. Biown, and endorsed by Junies|Tlio advanco upon tho other  contracts  a.
18,590 00
C!l,0!)0 00
bove reforrod to is
39,500 OU 31,4C2 oo'
— —J  -   n -' ¦¦ —    — ._..,    Mim" "^ "•""•¦' njv, *i/| 11/11. iJi.iii*iv.u«, AWU-»,  Inat tlic
that Brown pnid him one Ihousand dollars in purl of ; express mail from Bultiniorn to Lnncnster is tliscon
tllis lonn. jiul'lhis transaction is tho moro remark¬ ablo when tukon in connexion with anothor, testified to by Edwin Portor, which will bo found in another pnrt ofthis roport. In that casn. Brown was shortly bofore, nnd shortly nftor this Iransuetion, lho lender of very lurgo sums of monoy to Porter on interost
It uppeurs thnt in tho spring and summer of 1831, Mr. fiarry npplied to Rceside, Philadelphia, lo assist him in nogoliuliiig un acccplunco for §1,000; to raise some inoney forhis (Mr. Barry's) individuul use. In-j stoud ofdoing this, Reoaido udvuneed llim the $1000 und lie fitulod boforo tho coniinitleo, that Mr. Barry pnid it by his ncceptanco at u short dale, which ho, (Recsido,) negotiatod in tho Schuylkill Bank. On onrjuiry of the casliior of tho Schuylkill Bunk wo find thnt no such acceptance was negotiated tbero. Your] cornniitteo Iiaving collated tho ovidcnco touching those transactions, Icavo thom without comniont.
In somo of tho coulructs uhove o.xaminod, und mu. ny otllors thut luissed undor the nolico of 3'Our com¬ mittoo, very heavy sums of money havo beon paid by tho departincnt, for tho cstublislimciit of a second, and sometiuics u third, duily line on the sumo routo.
When tlio contrncls for u rcgulur duily maiT h.ivc boon ndverlised und let out  jiursunnt lo luw, your
committee cun looIi upon thoao expenditures  in  no   to rcquiro the labor ofsevorul duys to rpd'jco it to its other light than that of enormous waslo of the  pub. lio funds.    Tako, for example, tho cuso  of the   con
trnct from Pliilndolphiutu Piitsburg, nnd from Pitts, burg to Wushingloii, brougllt up, ns wo havo already shewn, from 88,250 to §.10,150—whilo u singlo mail, each wny, daily on thut lino, is all tho public aorvico, or the buainess of the country docs rcquiro, or evor has required. Additionnl lines of stages there, nro convenient only for tho transportation of passengers; and, whenever tho buainess ol'tho country requires lhcm, thoy sjiring up of themselvos without tho aid of Government. And lliosc opposition lines, which aro got up by individuul cnlorpriao, sOrvo lho inlor¬ ost oftho truvclling jiublic, na wcll, nnd porhnps bot- |tor, than the odditionul daily linos of coachos, all undor the name of additionul innils, which aro sustain¬ ed by enormous hoimtics out ofthe public purso. Tho monoply set up by the establishment of those
MaUing tho yearly advance uUowodjon lho
two conttncts of 70,958 00
AVliich, during thu  fbur  yoars  of their  continu'
anco, amount in the aggregate to 273,872 00
And this is given without advertising nnd without
compoiition.
R. C. Stockton (Aprii 18,1392, Doc. 212, p. 8) conlractor fiir carrying the maiion routes Nos. 1105, ini, 1219,137i,-1372, 1387, 1391,139.'->, 1397, 1398, 1398—24 miles duily, Cl inilos thrice a week, 98 milos daily, 38 milos daily, 70 miles daily, 51 miles twice, 58 miles daily, 21 miles onco, 15 miles onco 36 miles once, ut M,950 00
This coniract has no schedule attuchod to it, nnd on its margin it has this memorandum.—"All the Improvements in this contract woro ordered by the Pnstmustor Gonorul, from the beginning; ho is Ihore¬ foro entillod to the stipulated sum of 20,150 per nn- num, ndditional;"—-
Itia ulsn noted (Doo. 133, p. 151) on tllo coniract, und statod in the report ofMnrch 3, 183.1
autliorize, tbr rsliillislimanl of a siciiinto-it line Iiy Clint racl .for the purpose uf rarryinii the mail, ',]. whnle frnino and lungni'.go oflhc section forbids il. "The Postmuatcr Gcncrnl is authorized to hnvo the muil curried in nny sleuinhnat whicii ahull bc used nsa packet." Ho muy uvuil himself of such means oltraHaportation when he linds il already existing, hut ho is not nuthorized lo incur the c.xiionse of pro. viJiiig il.
It also providesthat he shull nnt jiuy moro lliun Ibroo conls for onch loticr, nor innre thun halfu cent for each newspaper Iransporled nn .such roulc. A rcatrietion wholly iiiconshlont with tho aiippiiaition lhal he had power lo got up stoumhout linca hy cnn. Irnct for the Irunsportalion of thu muil. .\iid the renson thul Ibia ia not pcrmiiicd iaobvinus ;—the ex¬ pense of getting U|i u stouiiiboat lino by eontruet Ibr tllo trunaportution ol the inuil, is cnormuualy disproportioned lo tho object; wliilo, nt tho sumo timo, lho depurlmont muy uvuil itaolf most ndvunta. gooualy ofnn existing line of puckels fnr the clica|: nnd expeditious trunsportution of thc mnil. The fifth BOCtion oftho act ubovo rolcrrcd to is a trunacript of tho third aeclion of thc net oflho 27lh of Fclmary, 1815.    And vvliilo the lust nunicd not wus   in   force,!"''"^""'I'otition.
it WUB tliought expedient by lho dopurtnicnt lo cou        ''''¦¦¦--	
Iruct for currying lho muil fromNew Orlcuns to Louisvillo by stcuniboats. But as lho pnwur wus not supposed to bc conferred by lhal law, a special ucl wus pnascd on Ihc 2d March, 1819, authori-zing such conirnct, with tbe express iirnviao, thut tin whole e.vpense of sending the muil in Blcnnihoul: should nol o.xcccd thatof tmnsporting the suino hy land. In lho stoanibont coulructs mutle by thc pre- sonl Poatiuuslcr Cenorul, not the slig-hlcst uttcn¬ tion is puiti to the reatrielions in either of lho nbovc slntutcs, and tho sum paid for the Iranaporlation ol the mail from Cincinnati to Louisville, consumes greatly more Ihun hnlflhe neit rovcnuo received by tho dcpurtmcnt in both thoso cities.
There is another transaction with the same indi¬ vidunl which is liable to the same and atill stronger objections.
It seems thnt n person by the nnme of Rhoads un¬ dertook to cnrry the mail from Ncw Orleans to Mo¬ bile, but failed und gave up tho conirnct. Afterwards Messrs. Stockton &. Slokcs, James Rceside, und Avo¬ ry und Porter undertook to carry the mail on thc smne route, three tinics a week in atcnmbouts for twenty live thousand dollnrs n ycar. Thcy also fnilcd to com¬ ply, nnd thcir conirnct was nlso given up. Edwin Porter then undertook, by privnte ngreemont with the dcpurtmcnt, to curry thc mnil daily on thnt route in steamboats tbr four years, at forty thousnnd dollars a year; whicb ngrcemcnt is still subsisting. Within the Inst ycur there were onc hundred and fifty fail¬ ures on this improved lino, for which tho contractor says he stands lincd on the books of the dciMitment six thousand eight hundred dollars, yct no pnrt ofthis sum appears to hnvo been retained out of tiis jiny.— On the contrary, hc was permitted to overdrnw very largely, nnd his drnft for tweniy thousnnd dollurs ne¬ ccpted by the Postmaster Gcncrnl, and not vol paid, wns discounted some time since ut Now Orlcuns, to enable him to raise money to go on with the contract, whicii was likely to fail by the unskilfulncas nnd iii- efficiciicy of hia agent. 'I'his contractor, Edwin Por¬ ter, is also thc borrower of large aums of money of O. B. Brown, three tliousand fivo luindrcd dollnrs cnrly iathe ycar 1832, nnd four thousand five hundred dol¬ lars in November, 1833, making an aggrogulo loan of .eight thousand dollarB.
I    The wasto of money on this contract is enormous. „ The nett proceeds of ull the postages in lho cily of Ncw Orleans, und the town of Mobile, uro insullicient to suslain it.    The luw bus boon violntcd by entering into n contract to act up a stenmbonl lino for tho Irnns¬ portntion of tho mnil, wilhout nny regard to its spcciul restrictions.    It wns violated by llic dcpurtmcnt, when it entered inlo u eontruet for the trnnsporiaiion of tho muil, wilhout an ndvertisement inviting public com- pciition.    And there is  another feature in tbis,  nnd some olhcr cases which your commillee have examin. ed, which in their opinion, is deserving of tho most decisive condenmation.    It is thc blending and con. neeting thc fiacal aflairs of the deparlmenl with thoao of individuul contractors.     Thus,  whilo   advancing ils funds, and lending ila crcdii lo this individunl, to enable him to repair bis errora and carry on his con¬ tract, thc deportment itself did, in sovcral cnses, call in the nid of olhcr contractors to assist it in raising money lo pay  its ordinary  and current expenses.— Two instances oflbis kind nrc stated in the testimony of Jnmes Rocsido.    About two ycnrs ago, hc drew a draft of six thousand dollars nt tho request of the de¬ partment, and for its uso, nnd got it ncgotinted nt thc Western Uank of Philudclphin, nnd sorae timo Inst winter he "arrnnged" ten thousand dollars through the assistant postniaslcr at New York, for thc use of the departmoril.    No olhcr cases of the like kind nrc dis¬ tinctly in evidence befote the committee,but from gen-
nill line ofl'i'c'kiV, Wclfnrd. Il docs not touch a. single post ollicc in lho lucfily-fivc inih.s whicb ian-1 also pns.scd cui the regular muil routo eslablisbed by law.
Thc cutru ulldwaiu'csmndcon tbc route of William Smith, from AVashiiigton until it unites with the roulc of Peck v"ic Wclford, ut Lexington, N. C was 5iR,H75 as elated in tho report oflho 3d ofMarch, 1634. 'fhe true sum is believed Ui be larger, but taking lhal lo be tbc actual amuunt, the cxlru nllowanees exceed tbc whole ni'lt proceeds of iio.ilngcs on that line from Al¬ exandria, where it lirat tlivcrgcs from the line of Stock¬ ton li, Cll,, to Lexington, wl.cic it unites with thc line of Peck & M'oll'ord, hy more thnn 1^2,000, including all Ihe poatiigcs oflho large towns of ^.V''ar^co, Char¬ lottesville and Lynchburg.
l'I. P- Johnaon is the continctor for cnrrying lho. mail on aeverul routes in Indianun, numbered 11, 17, 11', '23, 2-t, titi, 27 nnd 41, from the 1st of Jnnunry, 1U3I1, to lhe31at ofDccomber, 183;i, at a yoarly com¬ pcnaalion of S3,300.—There arc no less than eighteen. dift'erent modilicntions nnd nddiliona lo this single eon¬ truet, for which hc receives in tho nggregnte yearly fl4,50'J 18 in nddilion to what hc received by cnn-. tract—nmounling in thc four years to f !5S,0U8 72 v lli'J ull thia private ngrcemcnt withoul advertisement
Thc ncll amount of postages received" in thc Statci of Indiuii'j, according to the report oflhe Posl Master General of lbc Siilh ofFebrunry, ISyl, wasSi9,G0» 07, fulling shun by !J'1,SU2 Sf of paying lbc yoarly a.ctra allo-iiiunce on thia single conirnct. Tlic increase of the postages during llui continuance of the contract, will not in nil probability bring up tlic receipts to a, aum sullieiont to discbnrging these extra allownnccs, in thc four years by thc nett proceeds of noatnges I'or the same Ibur years in the whole .''tute.
E. P. Johnson, Jobn Hutcbins, Joseph H. Hough, Williain Henny, nnd J. Ci. Chiles, urc stnled ill the re¬ port of tlio Pohtmaster Geiicrul of the IStli -¦Vpril 1832i (Doc. 212. p. 22,) as contractors for carrying tho raail from Maysville to Louiavillc; from Frankfort la Nashville thrco timca a week; from Louisvillo to Nash¬ ville six limes n wcok ; and from Lexington to Bean's stalion six times a week in four horso post conches^ at the annuni compensation of 837,7fiO,
Your committeo   called for   Ihe bids  pursunnt tq which this conlracl wns made, nnd thcy find those Ihe-t nro marked neccpted ns fullows; 1731.    From .Muysvillc to Louiavillc daily in four horse post conches, onc luindrcd uud forty miles: nlso, from Lexington lo Frank-, .fort, thirty miles—E. P. Johnson's bid— ("accepted nnd executed." 64,500 00
1741. From Frnnkfori, Kcniucky, lo Nusli¬ ville, Tenn. tbrec times a week in four hnrse poat coaches, two hundred nnJ six miles, Hough nnd Chiles, 1740 nnd 1741 improved,—(" ncccpied and executed,") 7,080 Oft 174(1. From Lexington to Bonn's Slniion onc hundred und aeventy ono miles n week in four horse post coaches, J. G. Chiles-=- (" accepted nnd executed,") 6,500 00
1712 From Louisvillo loNnshvill 'oncliqn- drod and scvonty four milos in d Iiorso postcoachcB six times a woek toBoling Croon, and the remainder three times a wook,E. P. Johnson &. Co,—("accepted Ulld executed,") 4,500 OQ
/inunZ; but no montion. ia mude  in that report  or
elsewhere, as your cominilteo can discover, that such
expross mail was ovor estublisbod.    The improvo
mont for which this enorinouo sum of S21,150  wus
allowed, is  not  indicated in nny roport mudo  to
Congress.   In tho rcpori of the ISth of April,  1803,
the contract is eot down at §14,950,  nnd nolhing is feral informntion they beliove lho prnclice lo hnvo pro
any whore said to tho  public, of increusod BorviroHvuiled to a considornblc extent.    Your conimittce con.
or incroaacd   ccinponsution.     The  exlra ainounlidemn this praclice moat decisively.   In their opinion
thus paid on this contract, without legal warrant orlit is placing thc department in an iniproper ond injuri
adcqualo eonsidoration during ita continuance fourBous connection  with  individuals.     ..Vs a  matter of
years, is 80,G00, boEidos lho 3,150 a yoar   puid   for jmere prudence, independently of lho question of pow-
Amouiiting in thc wholo to 8'33,560 00
Being loss lliun the sum roportod by lho PostmastT tlonotul iu his roporl ofApril 18th, 1832 by §15,- 180,
Oppnsitc    thc    acooptod bid ou roulo 1742, from Louisvillo, is noted in rcd ink, "to run aUcniato be^ Iweon Franklin nnd Ruasollvillo, ut pro  rata uIIoWt nnce," showing Hint ono of the routes whicii ho   run from Bowling Green to Nashville, under this contract, passed through Russelville. 17.13 And in Doc. 213, p. 23, ofApril l2th, we find thut John   Cray receives on tho route from Bawling Green tn Nashville   §2,980 00 And by tho roporl of lho 3d of March, 1834, Doc. 1.38, p. 218, ho npponrs to have been allowedfor running throo additional Irijia from Biitcling   Green to Russcllvillo,  on tho suine route 1,019 55
Amounling to
S3,999 55
express mail on tho eamo line.
In the abovu case, it will bo perceived lhnt tlio conlracl is, in llio nggrogato, for eleven mail routes ; 60 interweaving und complicating the trnn.saction as to render it exceedingly difiicuIt lo nnr.avcl il,°and to find whether lho bids at which lho routes vvoro struck "^ off aro tho most fuvorublo for tho dopu''tmont, and it is still moro dillicult to useertain tho renlity of uny nllogod improvement, nnd tllcir nctiiul valuo if thoy exist. The samo objeclion occurs in numerous casos. Improvements uro suid lo bo mndo by expediting on ono routo, chnnging tho schedulo on another, uud ordering udditional trips on n third ; so thut a single conirnct is, in this manner rendered so   coinplox
oloments and uacorluiu its true condition. g ,    conaequenco ofits preacnl inaolvent con.
E. Portor und Co. arc contractors for carrying the   P^^/ .j,,^^ imliWduals wbo, -['arioualy connected a
mail from Staunton, in Virginia, to Callottsburgh, Konlucky, three timca a week in four horso poat conches, from tho Istof January, 1831, to tho 3lEt Docombor, 1831, ul un unimal compciisation of
S7,5CG
On this contract, legal and rcgulnr in its inception, is engrafted extra allowanco, compensation fnr e.x- tonsion and privuto contrncls, to lho enormous yoarly sum of S18,lfi(;
The two luigcit oflhc items which compose this extrn sum, nnnioly, f'^DOO for oxtonding a stoim buat muil botweon Guyandotle, Virginin, and Cincinnntti,j Ohio; and 11,000u ycar for oxtonding tho slenm boat mail to Ijouiavillc, is, in the opinion ofyour crmniilteo, not only an unnecessary und extrava¬ gant oxpcndiiure nfthc publio funds, but
er, it should neither venture its own money, or blighl its credit to suslain ony individual, much lees should it ask pecuniary assistance of ita contractors to enable it to keep up ils credit.    Those contractors should bc
So it u]i[icars lhnt John Gruy is paid tlirco thousand nino hundred and ninty-iiino dollars and fifty-livo conlB, for carrying lho muil from Bowling Greon lo Nushvillo, on tho sumo roulo on wliich it is curried by E. P. Johnson Sc Co., us nbove.
James F. Robinaon eoniraeted to carry the mnil dnily in four horso poat conches from Ci.icinnnti, Ohio, lo Georgetown, Ifcnlucky, sovonty-two miles, in fourloen hours, at a yearly coinponaation of 91,000, Iiis schedulo was so changed thai be wns required to run through in twolvo Iiours instead of fourleon, inuking part of tho trip in the niglit, for which ho wna nllowed tho atld'ttional yearly compensulion of •53,000. Il ia not perceived iJy your commiltoe, that the cliungo ofu schedulo was nt nil cssonliul to thp publio intorost.
Onc among the niuny conlructs of Avory, Tonip. kins Sc Co., und others who nro connected with lhcm, und whose contracts nro interlaced with theirs, is taken as a siicciincn of anothor vory lurgo class of cases,uleading fcaluro ofwhich is coiiiplication and confusion.,
Tho nniiual report nfthc rostmaslerGonoral oflbo
required to do their duty, and thcy should bo nskcd |25th o"-February, 1832, slutea, thut K. Porter, Jnmes
for nothing more. Favors nro cxjicctcd to be recipro¬ cal, nnd if thc departincnt aak and receivo them, it can¬ not deny when BOmething is nsked in relurn. But tho department has plnced ilself in this undignified relation vvith its conlraetors. It has bccomo tho nc- ccptor fur onc to enable him to sustain llis credit and carry on hia eontruet—and it hns become the debtor to nnotlier for bis nnme to enablo it to raise inoney to nnswcr ita own proa.sing neceasitiea. Thc relatiuns in which itia  ihua involved,   nrc partly the cauae  and
di- and combined, hold extravagant private coiilrncla,and who, receivo extra ollownncea, whieh cxhnusl the revenue of whole Siatcs, arc tho same who lend their credit to keep up tho credit nf thc deiiarlment—who furnish funds to pny olf the debla and relieve tho embnrraaa- mciita of its'chiof oflicer—who advance lurf^e suma of] money to cnnblo nnothcrnf ila oificera to purchase real estato "nt n reduced pricc"—nnd who scud prc-ieiils ol choico wines lo furnisii lho tables ofbolh. Willinm Smilh is the coiilrnctcr for currying the mail from Wnshington cily lo Lynchburg, Iwu hundred
miles, three tinica a week, in four Iiorse \ioA couch- ' . .... ee A/
Jjoldattho Banking.hiuso on Monduy, the  Beventlilns in tho additionul quantity  of spirits which may boBcontraclors loput down und ruin any man who shall day of July no.xl. ¦distilled from tho suino  amount of gruin.   This im-Battempt lo compelo with them in  tho  trnnportation
PRESTON D. ELDER,    1 provcmcnt has been tested by some of tho distillorsRofpas.songera; and, thus, for wnnl of that wliolosome
. . .    , _      _   _..^_   . , un  act
additional duily mulls, nnd express  mails, ia of IhoB^vholly unuuthorizod hy luw, most pornicious tendency. They onablo tho largo mail      Every ono acquainted vit
Juno 5,1834.
Caahior, 9—3ls.
Sirayod away,from lho subscriber, rosiding ono milo aoulh oast of lho horough of Straaburg, about lho SOth of April luat, a
BAY MARE COL.T.
about throo ybars old, marlrod with a snip upon the hi»o—no olhor marks rocoUoclod.   Wboovor takes ¦vnp Sliid colt'and roturns il to lho anbaeriber, shall ro¬ ii coivo a libornl rovi'ard, and all ronsonablo ehargos, ABRAHA.M GROFT. Mny 22, 1834.
ATTORNEY AT LAf-F,
Os-eicT.—South Queen Sltoet, a few doora helow Mrs. Hubley's Hotel. Lnncaster, May 8, 1834, S-3m3.
of LaneaRler county (whoso nniiiOH oro hereunto an noxcd, and roforrod lo for tho  currt'ctnoss nl Ihoso ¦tutemenla) and has mot with Ihcir decided ajiproba. lion. Tho subscribor has also obtained a prir.nt for tbo
plug which is used fur loiting tlio hcol .'. jni ono tub into tho othor, or from the tub inlo tho still. Thia last improvoniont, to which ho claiiiialho oxclusivo right aa the originnl invontor, haaboon in uao by somo distillers.    Ilo thcroforo horoby notifies such,
if thoy arp  dosirous of conlinuing tho uso of said plug, to cull upon him undpny for lho snmo, nnd tliere¬ liy snvs costs, ua ho   isdptorniinod lo  inuintnin hia rights. All persona who wish  to obtain  a right  for lho
ith  tho siluuiion of the
__, at the yearly compensation of Hc wns nllowed for two changes of achcdule,
the propriety of whieii is not shown, f SOU
nnd S300 For a dnily muil from Wnshington to W ur-
renton, fifty-two miles,
country, nnd lho eourso of businoss boiweon those      .... ,—-j .
points, will bo nt onco antisfied that il is unnocoasary.iA daily mail from Wurrcnton lo Ornngo court
It is wholly immaterial whether tho mnil bo carried H    house, forty four miles,
bptween those |ioir Is in a two horao couch, or  in   alAnd a dnily muil from Orunge court house to
atenmbout, provided it  bo  cnriiod safely ; and tbol    Lynchburg, ono hundred nnd six miles,
lines on which it was carried boforo tho ostablish-i
menl nfthis routo, wob amplo for that purposo.   Noi]\[j]jipg on extra alluwuiiec ycnrly of
ono travels in stages from Guyandotto to Cincinnat-|-f i,,, faur addilional trips per week wore rc-
compctition which tho nnturnl courso ofthings would oiherwiso crenlo, nro Iruvollers dolivered overlo the mail contractors and their sorvnnts, ns u kind of pro¬ porty, to ho dooll with, and dispoaod of, for the time boing, according to thoir goud ploasuro.
It is not the purpuso of your committeo, by lliPBeHti,er Irom Cincinnatti to Louisvillo; nnd lho aid ofj romarks, to arraign lho conduci ofnny clasa of indi-ltho department is nol neceasary to koep up a con. viduals. Thoso men, lilio oil olhors, pursuo tlioirlalant and regular lino of communicution by steam- own individual intorosls, und many oflhem laboribonla botweon tliem. Thooslnbliahmonl of this lii^'C occasionally for tho comfort ond accommodation ofHwus therefore unnccosaary, eiihcr for tho tronsiiorla Ihopublio. It is our purjioBO lo mark tho gonorolltion of the mail or tho uccomnr.oJntion of passen' tondoncy ofthings, nnd fev/ Iravollors cnn havo fail-Bgors.
cd lo observe that tho comfort and  convenieneo ulB    It ia ulsn ngninst law.   Th^ gonorul act uf lho tho pasBOngorB in lho mail stago ia promoted by  thojthird duy of Mureh, 1825, roducinginto ono tho sov-' oxiatonco of un   ofliciont  opposition on lho sumoBral nets rogiilnting tho Poat Ollicc Dofortmont, in wholo improvemont, or a part thoioof, uro intiilodtoBrouto. ijtg fiml seotion onttcls; That lho Post Mastor Gonc-
call  upon  the aubscribor,   residing in the *ity ofi    But booidea lho goneral ofl"ocl of llieso second andirol "shall provide for tho carfiago oftho maii on nil Lancaster,  whoro ho niny bo seen ut all times; andgthird daily muilslo put down opposition linos, an o-ipost roulcs lhal aro or may bo ostablished   hy law."
groomont, of whioh that is ono of lho avowod objeotB,lThis clauso contains llio wholo gonoral authoriiy fc
^(1,000
?1,I00 S 1,200 Sl,600 84,000
i5r,9oo
JfSUSE,IJ\'S !   JnusijfJ%S I !
3000 yards heavy iinblcached.    Also heavy Lowell
Muslins for wugon covors and sun clotha, juat opened
I.nt tho storo of
{¦*. C. F. HOFFMEIER,
No. 24, North liuoon St. ¦April 91' ^
lho lorms of hia right will be such as no peraon who[ has had an opportunity of witnossinfj this valua¬ blo improvomoni will be diaaatiafiod with.
JACOB WEITZEL, The following dialillors, residing in tho county of Ifjuncaatcr,  now huvo  the snid improvoinent in uso, 'nnd hnvo  givon lliDiV   decided npprobaiion ;  ua will
cnlorod into bolwoen two lurgo companies of con-Bcontrnclinp ftr tho transportation of tho mail, and tractors, each running IIiobo additionnl linea, andBthia doea not authorize lho Betting up of tliia lino of ouch in  tho rocoipt of vory lurgo oxtru allowancos,isiouin boata, inaamuch ss the Ohio rivor, lictween
|appoars lo huvo boon mndo with thp approbation of] thp deparlmonl, nnd filod among its archivos, to bo safely kopt and ollicially enforced.    In ono elauBO il
apjioar by their loiters to him now in hiu poasoaBion.Hbinda tho contracting  partios, nndor o penalty,  to JOHN CREADY,       East Hempficld tov/n'p'itransport no puasongors for  leas  than a stlnulalod
M.A.UTIN KREIDER, Easl Hompfiold   "        "    '        ¦  .   . i
JOIIN FRANTZ,       Munor JACOB WITMER,    Manor
PIIILIP BUSHONG, Roumstowu. Fob. 20, 183.1,
202-lyc
prico... It also binds lliom lo uso thoir oflbrta lo pul |dowii un opposition lino which appears to bo estab. ilishod on ono oflheir routes, nnd no* to receive any Ipassengcrs u-ho shall buve, bcrn carried on any pari
Itf the route in an opposition coach.
thcso points, is not a muil routo ostablished by la But the auihoriiy horo oxoreised mny bo supposed to bo conferred in tho fifth Bection of tho act wbicll provides. "Tllat lho Post Muster Generul bo uullior- izod to hnvo lho moil carried in any stnamboat or other vessel which shall bo used oa upuokot in nny oflho walers of tlio Unilod Stalcs, on Buch terms nnd conditiona os shall bo cnnsiderod oxpodient. Pro vided, Thut ho docs not pny more llinn throo con la for ouch loltor, and not more thi',u ono half cent for
S.1,!)0D 83,000 Jl,10ll
Ni,yoy
liiiquislied on the lirat December, 18.33, in conseiiuence of the inaolvciu-y of the de- iiarlmenl, nnd thoro wns deducted from lho cxlru ullowanco Loaving for no known increase of service, tho
ycnrly allowonce of If wo ndmit tho change of schedule lo bc a
mcriiorioua cause for the ollowance of The contraclor is in thnt case released from all hia additional trips, for which llo wns nllowed g6,800, and his coinpciisalioii ia reduced in consequence of it but S.|.,UOO leaving him additionul yearly allownncc of For which no service is rendered.
There is nlso nu exlra nllowance ofninc hundred and seventy-five ilollurs made lo William Smith, for nn extension of his line from Dobson's ',-< Hnnds to Lcxinglon, Nortii Cnrolinn. Prior lo tliia arrnngc- monl, this mail went on the route from Dobson's X Roads to Salcm, and ftom Siileni lo Lexington, which increased his diatuneo only seven miles, passing through u very flourishing lown. This exlciisioii us it is ealled, wns therefore wholly useless, except sofar ^ it served llic e.inveiiienee nt the cuiilraetor, und eu id him lo draw olV npun his newly ndjuated line s.jciigeis which liiid licrctul'oie gone npon tin
Rceside, John H. Avory. Isnac Toiiijikiiis, D. A, .S'nltniarsh, Churls P. Mollctt, John McLuin, and Sidney Porter, arc contrnctors on rnutcs 1,901,1,902, 1,903,2,047,2,101,2,102,2,101,2,105,2,251,2,255,2,- 352, 2,353 in slagoa & sleambnals. ut 907,950 ycnrly.
In tho rcjiort oftho 3d of IMarch, 1834, Avory, Tompkins ifc Cn. nre statod to bc contractors on rouloa Noa 1,903 and 2,101, at a compensation of §21,000, nnd Ihoy rocoivo for divers improvemonts on routes Nos. 1,903 2,101, nnd 2,102, whicii uro ull included in thc grund nggrogato of contracta abovo nunicd, und also fur imprnvemcnts on 2,107, tvhich is nol includrd in it, nn oxtru nllownnce ycnrly of S13,- 500. Thus first grouping, nnd thon dividing into smuller (rroup.'-', und confonmliiig one group of con¬ lracls with nnnther, nnlil it bocomos imprnclicablo to traco and reduce to their clement thoir multiform trmisuclioiis.
After several olhor oxtruB for improvement which rosuit in daily maila, wilb increusod expedition on thoio rouloa, willi un increased nllowanco of 11,000 a voar, there occuis thia extraordinary a'.lowuncc i
"For running, bcaidcs a tri-weekly lino in a four burse wa-jon, so as In oxcludo pussciigers und ensure lho rcgulnr arrival of the mail during lho wintor senson," thoy wero ullowed, from Docember 1 1832, nil ndditional coiiipcnaiition ut the annuul ruto oftwo thousund five hnndrod dollurs ; thus, nftor puying theso individuals u lurge coiniieiisutiiin by contmcts for currying tho muil, und giving thom further lorgo extra allowuiicca fur carrying it,thoy aro paid- two thousand five hundrod ilollars a yenr lurthcc- oxtru,/or carrying it in a iciigon.
In oxuininiiig the jiroportions which tho nioney paid for lho truns|inrtutimi oflho mail bears to tho' receipts for postages In partieular districla ol country Ulld oven in whole Slatoa, the diaiirnporlion is in .some cases reinarkable.
Tho extra nllowanees at E. P. Johnson, on ono single coiilrnci, aa bus hoon ahown, consuine lho wliolc revenue ol'Iiidi-inn.
Tho ea'//(i ullowuiicea of contractors >ii Virginia, lull ahort but throe hun red and thirty-fivo dollurs of .iwnllowing up the whulo revenuo received by lho dcpnrt mont in thnt Slulo.
In Nortii Carolina tlio extra allowaivccs full ahurt ofthc notl receipls liir poatugo six  hundred  dollurs.
In .-Muliunia lhe exlra ullwanc&s are to the licit proceeds Ibr pustages as two to otio.
Tho whole nott prucecda nf poslago in Virginia,us u;ipcura by the Postniuslcr Generars ropoit of tho 2rilli of Febrnnry, 1831, wua soventy-iiinc thousand Iwohundred and sixty.Uvu doHurs iiiiiety-pnu cenls. Tho whnlo cuat I'ur trunapurtulion iu Hint Stato by lho contracts of Octoher 1,1831, aud ullowuncea and extra allowunuca inudi; In contractors is 8233,950 „ Falling shuri bul S3,8d9 cf llitco to onc. • The whole nett receipts in Alabama worc S'ii,G78 .'I'ho coat of tniiiajuirtatiun within it is re¬ purted  at 3157,500
lioingBUiiiothing more than fivo toone.
Thcso oatiiiialea uie aubject lo vuiiulion equal to the increase uf postage in llmso .^[utea frnm .luiiuury, 1830, unlil Iho conlruel.-i iiiuk eli'eei, und thc oxtru ulluwuiieei'were iiiuiie.    When tlieeo correciions urc