, .: -:;- ~ ~., - .:, - .4 . • ,--, -*_..-.-.;.-. -.- ~'-' '''t.4..s -.'. -- . ‘... ,i, :. •...- .. s - ... t ,• - i .4,.....4.A;..... •'' • , +....._ 4 "."-i4......t.•,.1.Z.:•07:4.41'e'..,•-•,-.. , . 4 .., .. 4 ~ ,. ..„4 , .. :- ~ ,••• ~.., r - 4 ..,..' ."; ' , f . • ; ...' - . 4rr - '-' % - - _,' ~ t ~„:.4'.. ... ~‘. .. .c.7,-t: t . • ' '' 4 -::. :: ...:., ', "` ' '.-,•.* '"` 3 - 1 - , ,''''' ',, ..."..'.,,,,''`.\',.. i . 1. +,.-- ':'' ';'!74,4- 1 ' ~*) .., t , ' ‘r., i ..;... ',*%,.-', i• , :' - .?1...--,11 .. .i ''' '‘.', •••• ''4 - -.:::*=: 1:,:t " Tr ' -... ,''.:„..;.,...„ 2 - .',., ,' --, ;,' ..,..,.:i„':•,', 1 1„ • . ~- *--,.. :: . t*:- , -D, *-.7 '.. 4 : ‘ i , 4: . .-„'. ' , •'..„ . -17 . -.., ir-,:' , .t... - ~‘. : v.:'.:.! j ...,•`:•.., , ,Ce ' '• 7 5t5,......, 4 .i i. ' r...1! - . 1. ,:.';, ~ ..`,- 4 ' '.''.'' ", ,; r. if ' ' ',Y.' `.• " I''', :" ;.'':‘,.. - ' -. 1 t• . ' ":I -....:, ' 4 ..: . , -,1 , ,ht,,....`„,:„.,',...',.._, ~, . ,;,.... 1 :"...'.'"i'.,, „ .' , C.--1`.,".-•",- i,;,,,,q,...,..-- : ~ :.--t-tt -- *„...; ~., .: • -L.'`s .1.''...: i.,,s* iki:+:4%:. -.., -. 0 .." ; "'"ar"!:‘ 4,.51: e ,•. .' .-* • ... 4 ';l' ' •-, _e , %. .i :4.' . ..1.:•'::•... 4 Z. ,'. 4 :)' ....t;-' 4 L., , •'.. , I " , 'i ....,.. 7i . ' , ' .-.. .., ... 1 ..., .. ..., .. , fy.1.: . ,-., I , ..... 1'...' ',.. , ,• -" ;1 ~' • k .. ...4 . . k S.' . -• V . - ...... 4 ''' . 1 ; ''' • ~ • I t• .....-‘.° r ~,-• . 1 ' . ..:411-. •'.: t' , f.. 4 ~ , ....,' : ~--,.. '',..,- .7:4,: . ;',L-... , ).0.:. ! . ' , :.:4 1 !:, .:1 :- ;---":" 7 ' THE.POSTAL SERVICE. • i:• - s.,..' , f t; ~''-vc.-.1- P. ;',....,, •••,• • •I.,'v ......- _'-' •••:--. - -' , . ..e.7: . .:•.;-• :.:4.t; ! .. 4 ..7. - .: , ,-'t .•.'; '%.•-• ' . .,.Z: ':-'•• - We publish to-day the Report of Mr. r • . 33 " . ''''''' 'f". '-•••` /It:* l''"':''''''''-41 - '' 3 -* -: i Holt, the Postmaster General, upon the t- ' ' ‘-''''' '''' ‘ 4- ' 4 ... f. * charges-against . Mr. Westcott, late Post s..l.l" s` 3 •- ti : 4 s ... s t .. ,s „ ..,,,, , , , I, sn. -- 7:.fi' , : - .. - •.::: s Ss... s .*f „ 4 - '4, 1 . '3 : - •:: t. :- ,•:= 4 ' master at Philadelphia. It is a most slily 4 ,..1- f 5 N 1 i7;;; ; 1 i5... ,' ",..7 4 ;,_ .'' . - •,.." . - 7 3 t,,, 1 5.,1t; : "•-•,.. 1 / 4 - ...... 3 - ; '.. 1; : I s 4,7•• - . '',,5.7. axgued-ancl conchishte• dosument and fully :„.....„. ~ , A _ . 4 „ 1 , ,'' 4, rF, yoi ~..., • , 0 , 4. . . ~, , .•' .". Z.,,. ': ::... 1 ='; .:. *.. ~..:.::: :4;:- ~ra z_ 4 . . ' - ' 1; : : :' , ,., :... 1 . , and unankwerahlyl4 stifi&l thiS sidministxa i..-55,54......,,,.......„., ~...,,sst_s 7 ..., ---, .., .4 .„?.., , :, ..„, 7. : ., ,..: ,., v......,!,.74 . 5.i.: ~....„, ~ . ' tion in the removal of Mr.,‘;'Wesct;oir;tth. is cash, Havingdii3covered a c lef ' r el ? • * 43 %••• ""- ; ' ,ki '1 .'s:'' f . ' -4 7 7 : ..' •:'•',-,!'•il: 55,.., . 4 : - .*. t t ‘ ?% -1 • 1 *-''' k‘P - .;.;'`:\ "i‘r's-:-:::- ,- f.,` ,- .f+' '. ..t: . • Ifr eac i l W em es p t i c : y t e t e I''ias:ihrssliStfi, accused. w w i i t t h h s ass om e e ssin spe- g '' l NN.-..--* 4 ' ..--,.-v,' Li -~"-:<•- - 1`A• ''''-; '','•!. - L':::.!'.'-. E .!iir r.,..it,..1- ~ . i • i s 'sty s s - • - e r • s-- ' cbilisiteePtionsProPortionato suitato Pi*" "..irtAr te; ,-, .7? . ..." 4: 1;'',-'-;:‘i'rr! . ,..'ir' . ..e.:4,.' -''' .."'' ..•- ... .-* r• 1 i f ; 4 i,t, ..e.''' . *" •'' . -. 7 ....' ! . I :. •, ~-F 4- . -'. v ....f.' 4,1 0- -.44,-,,, 14 '•': ‘'. :,. 1 4 ~ 0. - ' r • ''ituse.,4,, , n--$ ~,,.!..i .„,,i'f. : ;.,_. 4' ' 7 ' '''' ‘l. ''' .' '.4 up the losstotthhicairg,o;:lariernmcs,;ttthwwaahichmahetimre-c tamed from s •s . si, r_ • • Nok 0tf,...-,..e.g.t',.. , " .4, 4,' ~, -..:-"-• - -. ..',. f.. , . i' .F. , ..." F‘fg . '..e.... Co • -, ~ ; 1...' -:.''• • -".. N' fl--• '- '. ta ki ng from these employees a 'receipt in -Is 4 4 i t' .- , c,.....,4 , ..4.« , -,r,..- .. •,,,• e, 4 1- 1 ~. .0 ... , 4 - 4i ''' ',C, , . 4 "0 -, 4" ''', full for their salaries. 'He first`danied thdl sots's- • • s •ssi• •• • • ss 0 ,s, .A 't t,,, . , ..: a Z,-.• , I 2 r - - 1 . , -.,../. .t; f ; ...,,,, • .'• , ..t,.. -i, '-1 i' , ..•••*'''. '•''''''' f;•-r-Ii'i:...P;i'. c., -. „,-. i• ---..,..,.. 1'4.1-t•c ; • , charge, but . afterivards attempted to justify ts.-(' f - t• "...s.s. •Sse. is, ;St- 1 v'',": - ." - ,':. '‘,.: ...% . ,S ; ::. ill hi s gr ossly improper act of making theist s •S,Sts'.-t-t.4.....b ,-', 1 , 4 -'.l Ct. - c-;• i'll• c. N.' . :I. .:•- i'-'-' i f-.. - . 1/-, : ,,t: t ,.':. j..; t o c ., ; !;*, - 'O- 1 ` si's.S . - 3 s' i 'ts, 3 &is, • 4 - nocenttosufferfor titre guilty, by contending .., Q . : ‘4, '4",..„, 4 • 4 ~,4 .. it, 41.1.,,.. lI: i - ' ' that he himself derived no benefit from it r j : .''.; ' l , 4 ,.' . . ,* :' , ". `-'/ 'l ' , . sr• 4 - ,V. ''" q . : 4 :f ', '" ..•- 1 ~:.r"..., g .-xt. ,c t f ,,•- The Postmaster General clearly shows that st ie s:os est- -- . si s'•:. i t.* s•-• .. , O.V ~..,,."1 .5 '. A l eil• l4*--1 :- 3 '' '. ''''''':- 4. P-- f• . -- - N" '. :4 ' by law le • Was directly responsible for the silqi es st ss .•ls l s 4 - 5 5 t3 ."3.5: 3 is sr ,i 's:','t 4, L. ' ,'• s ii- "r4C -7 -sktsittft . 3 •t.l's 4-L'7.ts ••.4•'' , T-, , '.' -, `,' ff deficiency ,to the Department, that it was i,k...V:0.2.k . 1..' - .''.,• - ..S'''.:" ` : t,'ZJ'i t an existing liability which he had to meet, E st st• si es •s's,,sA3i.--": 3 c- 3 :1.- ,1....',., i0.4.1.4.141Z-411.1 4 .4- -- ,,1,l ~y -...‹-F.',... '.,- 42 :•• ' = , l - and that in thisaskespment of his employ 10.smill_ ss s s e ssit.4.4Ssiss.,;, st: is s SS- , S s .„;: , . ees he had, a direct pecuniary benefit .v.'ll'i •!'''' •'• * "tYi l -c-;t,-' 4. k.:.'' i' . ' g - as ffintll:"so sig if- the money skits retameti tts,,,eis s tt s ,ss N, i t ,„S'sl s, a sq', '••-,;4 - .0„ • • 4. -is ''.4:43,1-22.4•Sierstg";;:t-sl3';-s*".•:;si.--'‘..s';`,;•:Y.-4,!,sc's':,:,l ifronthis clerks had gone into his own pock •„, ^r.ene.. o -,- ~...÷ .1...21:.• r i- -A. I`.' .0 .. ' 4 eta .c."''' '1K,..7- '"`.r.'''' - "t'c.' -. K . 4' , .e.-;.-q. ~-t• •„- t L. . 4 , • _ 0 404 4 , c• ~, ..4.4 i .'-',1 , .-„1. 4 4. - ‘.t..1 , w....2. 0 ,.1ti: , 7. , , ' 'Ili& Postmaster General also shows, from 1,,, ~4 < --,,,,.,„., 4 ,.f. : ,. ~- 0 k. 4 4 1 ' , .;--r • ;,..!.• r il 1. '-, '',s,,lef f t i . ,: .2,,:ii!' 1f 'a i , l:;_ ._ l::' '', ...: i ,;:t ai , ~,.. ; :44:4' : t.; f 17 6. ti 1 . '' ' ''l* 4 NZ 1' ;,.t7.1- 'l / 4 1 " V . ‘Z 4;l A• • ' • the Ilivvs -of Congress, which provide that no pu is k s ts-,s t . ;..- of ss ,5,,.; ,i , s• s 4 '‘'' *.,..,; ~...,.,; 3 .,,, L .:1,,'' a.,,„ i N... ~ A . ,, .1... _. .; t ~ f.; blic officer disbursing public moneys, stitill • sis 5 ...... 5 . 5 ...., s . s ss, .0, i s ;ss.„ •si sss 5 ... -,• s it accept, receive or transmit to the Treasu-.rY si;s7-. 3 ' . .:4- - .. , '.."• , - . 7= -4.l ,r4 s i'r,': r -"F' :Y' 1' 1 - Department, to. be allowed in his favor; any -.." -- sse s ttri su•I• .4 - . 4 1. st - s sss • ss , - ~, „ ....;,. 7... ...-. •. 0 -,, " .• N' f- - z. , t" • f-,..-. •'4, .....' , -.N.....-......, ' ~, 7" .. I Q. f,.., 1 receipt or voucher from a creditor of the .% ... 1 .-. , -;-.1.1 .....• e r,,,..y4.-...t, 1 , re "., ',',;-• t , ..,:-.. ; ,:r. t i ,• • . "- I ' q N . - '' . o 4i: ';• ``' ' ~';.i ' t '`;'s ~,-t-t. - -. ~,, , -..1.......:',*, F.' .IN'i:,'.. , : I. ,I. ' c.-..- \- „ a mok states>, unless' .he has paid the fedi ' ‘,, t , •71.:''''' , 4" . ".:4- ." 4 t . e• • ~,,- ••• ~1 r ' -, .: ,* • ,) ,1 ,-, .v., - to such. creditor, that'll's. -4 ' . Y• 7t .': - -N. ; .•'•-' - '•'stsf's• - ' 4.l ..`ti - .'"• 31`74: - `s:'';* Westeott hns rendered himself liable tin a '' tr t 4.-:.l'' ' t4l / ;' '4 ' '' ' ' 4•3 criminal prosecution tender the The t:g••5. , -,; -- -(--vn,:.--ty-•-•..,---, , , ,, , , -. -..-...- ..- t , .-. 4--- -:'4 , ..z... , - ,, z,,..-1: , -;. P-P-.4..-.,-.,..- - 4.: :ft,'-: - . , ,..!-:., , ez • receipts in fullof f iftysievervelerlosM his office !'tZss-ssYsst•litl•ti-1-•''• t''''' l ..i:`, • et , ;:t.:i .:,..1 -- ,` ,1 * 4.4 t-, • - 4,14:- . .t--i1,.-..:.1. ; - ..-:..-,..' f•l'v..c. , s.' , "•, 1 were sent on V.i52,..,4-444,s.stiPss iisss•ss..----S•ssos-sliss.4t:s• to the Tre , story forallowande, Nll t s s s s is ',,'t"- -. : 3 ' , ,s's`.: - '...'.'', vss''.''•-:.:si though he did notpay them in,filll sisrequir -1.1"--"-•SSts:.4 is , s --,. • 7 ~..f C:•:• . ' ".••.:- ed.- The case iigainsthirats elemand unan ts'Stss.-si-stasi,•4- i" . :,. .-,,- ~-,;.,.; , ' 2 . o ' , -.. - - , 1 swerable. We refer the re.aderto Mr. Holt's v•surs. s .f.st . esyssist•Sttsil Otferil , - terse and lucid exposition of,the facts in , ' `4.`;''''cils It "'Sol. s''s•s s sse•-' is.. ; ,',,, „ 4 . ti0 t e i 11 . X 4 1 71: . , .• - t. - ' l '. '' ;'*4 % ;'; "1 - : . 1, Zt.''..''' the case, and the law as it bears upon these facts, for a full understanding of its merits. ,tiss‘ ce e 4 Ss s '• - st r•Sir's's="st 3 's.s. is i s s s ts •,,t,4:4 • ' .-4 ts4-N,'l ' •.- -•t. ,•'<- -, .. ...' - 41•.tt'4*...r,-.CN'o.'' , N:Lt f -. . -‘1. 5 ,.' 1 / 4 '. 1 .F• I"',':c; ;:•2 1 : -It' 1 The Postal Department of the govern sss.A,s;'„usiss...,S,st s s r iss,,, si ss, ss. •s• ..! i • t•-, ...' .. L 'C ' M . * . ment is one of the greatest: itapolialibie s to r- 3 C .. -'; ' ' ; -i`•;•f• 4. . - s`. 3 tl . s - 5 . .-; t , - I t. .'';st: -. 1.'l the citizen, for every one has a direct in stqi•ti , - r.F't.V‘;'l , *f•-f..'“ t '.-`'ilt‘' . ::: - ''''-`''' jt ' -'l. ' 1 1 . -4qifc-..t - ,..2'4-Z - 1 -- fl,. t:‘ , :'' - - .:',.. ,- .`"l-;;'.• ! -- ,.i;-..g.- , tercet in the manner in which its affairs are s sts - se essv-s!`ctss: is'-'is s -,,5.- ess . - 1 0 ,41,1 3 3 ' . ..i 3 5 5 5i555- s ., ,t s E ,;., ~ ......i t„ ,t,.....,......, -.• 1 conducted. The safety of the property's•and fss'ei - - 3- 1 -. 1,- - 43 , i,-,, "--- , .,:t..--r,- ; .7.....,..,,..-7..,/..... , ..: _ • the happiness, to a certain extent of many • ,s . .r•'riX-Sss'''f_i"•'t.:4S''s's' * %'SSP t•-•,,cs -":- - 3 -• s tl - s - s so• is is - S •ss sit s• - s=' t - Ss' j,-'i='---3., 1 u•ssstsssi3-3;_ssss-sst's.tsl--3T :::---.,• -="•.". ... . millions of peopl&dependnpoo i tsbusiness •Z'•:,'ii--' - 5 4- ' , "ssi;•'::"SiSSsL'S;is--;S• t . -S`' l i " . being conducted in an ha,norable, 'honest, "ssiss•-ssS5--,tsf+ssssssss•••--, ss ssis f' s .,:. s s st 3 s. ill . prompt, correct and courteous manner, ~":- • -tlz, -,,- - --Z eeL I:: . 0 `' , .-•`4,-" N..... , 4 , 7 4 ,t.:f ~ E 1.,1irt:,.. -,-; : i tf--e... i 2:!..;.,-Z4 4 , , i ;` 4 , - t ; ,.. .' • -.i srissl The, fictitious sufferings of Monsieur Mal _ s - sss....sf„ss• 'Ls, ...rs's% 's•Ss'i'sSl. 4 --4 i .. 1 't* ' *.k"..'' ''' 4-- ' ' '''-''''' . 7°.41 ' 1:-.:; i't:''''''''''' l i -3- ' Iffj . 4 'il let are too often repeated in retil iinS by ,P g ,4.4. ... 7 ',t 1 a";,Fi . ;;;4•51rtii . "tc.:f. IS ,/ii;4:C. - Ir t ' i rivg , ;( , , c iet'-• - 1/ ' ::,-;•;4•.; 4,' L fist.s - s•ss 4- - - ;• 1 the carelessness, inattention or dishonesty • a ss. ss s s.S. s s - ts, s - •• t -;'• Ss.-i t s St'fiS'iss of officials. It is most important that our 4,...445t5t5,, s. ,sl, .s. k' ~ '.;,..•%"-.'!';t'4%'`)`i'''''', ' . ~.rlc..,N- , ty.t:..i ; , ;.,.1 4 - , ,• ',.`• „t".“ , '' t ‘;- '7 ' .- 2"1 Post Nl:asters, and all those Islip are in limy. 13 ' ) '•, - ', - .1. - -s - s- '•- g '-'-•tT L =Sssii.:3'lt'., t' 3 .'-ir n - :t• , ..i. i'C P. -L, , .- -,,'...f.: • -, ,,i - .,4.f - _7.-; 19 ; 0 . 4, 4 5' . ..,•,:-V v-:,.. 1 . 1 ~"g...;,,•:"',".- ~.;tt:F..'-,'s'4"--,e-"I'N-xl!ag" way connected with the Department shrill ssts•stssts•Ss s 4,l:l' ssss.ss-s - A S ~`-t''4.4-srls . be men above suspicion or reproach. Be t t•-•`'-' ''''''• -4 ."4 1 05s 's ' , • t .'s*S•is i 'Ssil•llsist - • ~a'sstSc s s..-t-sis's-s-3 - s err t",',: , ;•'';' , :57.:-, ''t7. . yond any Other branch of governmental ";s 3 t t• - •-•,.st;t's-ili•Z'ssi"-"-;•-•••ss , s„-Ass - l-...:tsss I service, it requires that the whole public ~!, , - , t•r ; ; L: . ,t 4 ,. f i • . i.) . ;%i. 1,7 -,i'L":-;••-•3.715-."-.;/, s.issts.ss-sis--ssitiss r.' s? ss. - - :... ; 1 . 44 4 .. - c‘i - 1,-4- , ..:" should have absolute confidence in it. f's.•" l "-. 1 ; 3 •:" . .'. -- ' 4 ' 7 l; -,-35- -s'r' s ;";•••••ss • - ''';:' - '•„',4 3 1 - ,<.'-{ `3,.. It is unfortunate for the public that all ''.. s t:Sts•f.J.'",;-i‘', ,-r.••.,.: ...2Cs.',-;;;-.,c-;,-.1',.,'1,,q t, vre,„...... -•,_rt.. t...' t• ,-. .. ;,- c.." ' '.. ,r , (V..? our post masters, and all our post office sr , 'lAss 'l' ''' , " - -4 'l , ' T:.' . . , . ' 'N.I - 3ti 3 4 - is 's. 4 3ts- s s ' , ; ;4, - si.iszssi 3. --si - syssi: 433l - ts:'-' , Lss.'''•''''' clerks, are, to some extent, politicians. In , c ..i.'..-: - ‘-'.,•71.4 e z ,--,,•-3: - ,i.. , 1 - 'n-4-• , 4 ' l (falgt•ti-.4.'ljsp,r,t .I" 1. ''....;"..`:.' .- :... I. ;I.-7 . :: 7 g . ' ordinary business affairs politics do not k'd".l4;f l / 4 t . t•:T:r4 - l i (:=4 r-2 1- ..1 3 --tT. - .1-'l., i t! i form' an element The merchant, the man ss, sts - sN. 4 istl- • ss- ss-3 3 i. s -,. tt Li 2 , ..,..c.i4 l'" ~4 04 C' 4.. 4 4' ..., t...... 1... .. 4' 11,. 4'. ; i ' O. 0 .. 4 , ;,.. 4 ' 4 4 ~...‘ 44P. t: ' . ' , 41 . 4.4 '..r. .04 I. ' 1 N.. 'L ‘. '4' :l% :.., 4 i ' l, ' -4 5 '? ...: i ... t ' ,4 4t .r.,.. , ....,.41.,.4 ufaeturer, and the, business man, founds Os t sass l4l- SslSSlS•s•Ss t .''. - :• - ../i;IA.,.;•.1-t';''''''i - q , his credit and standins ins eciety, not swan -ts,,•' t ,-ti5.,131. 3 r.A,is • ••••‘-:"'ss! i-1- , ,,t- r s-•,,, '4„(1,..1p,A...,, ' ' ' ' ; "1 ,-......-'-‘, r . -,..,°-; 4 : • ••-• 1 ,, , ...-..0...,r1,?.. 1, 1 ,•••‘ 4-.4 ' h.' I: , his political views, but upon his respectaln - ..tr-,,:.r...,..ft,_ - : 4 ,,......,..: - . ...- 4. to i.n.1,, .W....,;,;:,--`... , i . ,-,.:.• .E. .- , . ~,,!...., . ~.. . ity, integrity and his decent respect for the .t14 . r? . ...i..,47,,r- '.7 ?` t , ' l . -,-- 4t c- r,,.'" 4 .4. '..: - . 4 , 6". 01. -•• 1''',.', , T.:•.;'..:-: , -.::, .., •:. , ! ..1.t.i , ,f 4,1,-.:,.,,v-z-..0.....',1-,-..t..,.,,-e,..,----,:.-,,,,,-. proprieties of life. It is thus with all eltiss- S-sit • _fSss-t - 0 11s S s is s :sCess I ssu„..... s s iss . , , , es. The mechanic or the laborer must lie 4 . 5;t 5. .13,- e rte s ittskss '''s4' . '.•YD -- 7's•'•-•,._ l'r S, t ti'-a'" -:!-, s 'l ; ` possessed of truthfulness, sobriety, common 73-s. 5..,,... 5 . 1- 5„ 5 _ 5 ... c ...,, ,s ss , s . •es- - :1 - :,`„,•, -II '. if.'2*'.. 1 ,1 .t.,' , ..4 4'!•:.' 1 ',.--tf , '''-'... - ' , ...1,‘, - honesty and self-respect, or they cannot stssvist - st.% *l -e4 : ';'i"!`'"t 3 i'l r t tsq'" - .a.‘' . : , ,,, , 1 - -gr.i4, f ,.7... 4 ,1ez 1 ,..,' te`ttel"t-..<• i": • :tt , "‘N maintain their rank or social position.- r ' ''-iss'sy4z•ssin.''sst-- 4- - -I ,ss""•,,S•' - ts,,s" • Prbfessional politicians, however; are rather tl'4'W. - 07'Pr...,•-..:',N "4 ,,, -. 1 411 l^ 1 1 'r4'' -.1 , '1,:...ri1P.0Ft , .% "...'• •, ~:. • 5 regarded for their availability than the high klissist-stsslss3; s .-• s .'sss" s s s , gSts , : s ssts," l ,4S's si :' S' s . . .. 0111 tk.v;il , r,,i‘• •••,.,;..:,,42,;;;.41. - .'a ''''''' ~ . ...;6tl " ' 4%1. er attributes of character. Politicians ex Ilf 4 ssirstets... 4 V. - s•Nshtstss, tt s etits. v #L it s•sas-s-ss ..s.s.sss iisstsss ss-, . pest to be rewarded for services rendered, fl&ta,t7.-,,.4_,...-- - fri . N.l.-*• 44 '"•Nth.,..*° , " ‘' 'N - r .1 .., f - ti. sttss43,l,ll, 1"; -1-3 : 1 ".-:-O 3 '...7 3- .;4'1't - 7 - pointsnents are obtained, they expect to s s 'i - .''..4., 5 ,.' , t..S . :;t:44ssi-.7,6 4 5r5.,. 3 1: ,T L1 .: . :.2.4 , ;' t l, f i ,;.,- ' , 14-.'''l 57.k.-.4.1-'I.841 i l• ..';tr'........?,,,*.! .. ... 1 ';• 4- 7- keep them by partissm service. The tax ....04t,...„,.., t _ ..w i e-%.1.7_,/.t,•%-r c.4' '"-• ... L.. , - . upon their pockets is great, and they too of j4.--.%47ka.i...--,.,''-47--ii-I''':;,•:Ft.f.:,`-7-.7,. . -r;., 4 % , ?• , .'5. '..,,: 4 ,,..bN.;.•:4...i....4.Z:ii.:4'ti,*: . ..,, .. 1 ten assume the right of compelling those un t•stssiss,k•S.S47s.li'43-s-ss4hsiA4-tstisf,.„si-rs•-3-i• der them to share the outlay. His the fact F44,V.• - ,:_*4. 1 / 4 f-•...-•••;, , - ..ni '. ,-, .c...- "-"" ' , 4 ''-• 4 • - t-' - ' - ' ., .Z5:1E:?)1•Z.,.14„,,..;-:- -u,, 4 4..,.f , z,-;:il that politicians, almost exclusively, get into vsisdaslsss,,csistss sss.iss - 1:114si. ' ' as - Z.ssl's.StiS-- Its' - 1-sst.3..'S i rsS•si ;: - ..r- - s - Sst • the service of the Post Office Department. .3.1..er.t-ne'l t, , L. , ., 9 ;,-4- - i :';7..; r1.4..'.4-V.:.-..1. The criterionof merit is service rendered 4, ''t . l'kt 17 1.9v;•- -% /f•g:4 -- ..i ',-*-''''• - . 7* •L' - 4 ei e 4 , ir 4 ;t74 1 . 1 ., ,f ' ..* ;- '.... 4 , i , .. '‘, I '''r , - '' 1 the party in power, not. honesty of cherasi- ZI-V4 t >,, C t k '' t 'S:sAFsit,-'s - 'S 4 ' . :{:; , .:tk.; -. .ff' . i .. . . .e- , 14e - t.-" 1 tw. , ..5. 1 447,i , ry.„;,..,„: 1 V-z0'.,4. V - ter or business fitness for official position. .t.- 55..i5.... 5t‹,„,....-,„,, - 4..•.5., :..,.:•m.-4 , 43... 1'"*•-.1.e'th ' .- -.....r.f a .., ..: ,;- l'i , 4.0. , V 1- `, ....A., ;47: ~,, L l. They carry the practicesof ;the electioneer witst--sll•StsSevs--.35-ssssii.'Pr-V•"'N''' •'' ' . : '42-,•!'j',4l:fe:4:l"''l:"fZ"-",."•;t:t•:;<';.:e ";"•.t.,.P4 ing campaig-nirito the official bureau,and the ,:,4: - ff'44 . 1.1 ,- --47A'.4 - f,"•-•c , •-,,`",,`-,:r--,...1,.....,i A public is not only, in manYinstances, badly -3 .- is. ,g,,..fi, ....1•...:.,"N %. 4 . .. ,i . .. 'Nem- ! . ..... 4 . i .,-,, , ..," ~...7,,,k ~‘ ,• 11 ' 1 4. 7. t.q., , 1=71' 5 - i „5'.,..,.*;'tzi; . 5„,:, z !:-C7: - e served, but absolutely robbecl. "-_ . ..The emolu s.-45:3--s.S '-' --ss-sss'ss' 4 % - 1 -;Z1 4 ments of an official position, under the gov- Iss.s&As,stss..sies - t-s-s-s:S - ; St 4 . Z..,T, t'' - 4.;=‘kt"' ! . W• • •• - - ,, -"s.t.i...;;.• - -,L..,...,...,,, , 1 ct --, •.,:• ,, T, , e44-.e„ , f - ,•,." 1 .... "i-...:tr• v .-.-..'. ;I - ,-3.',7-jt 1 "' . - • eminent, are designed to be-the reward of Vac-';...5.-4e's - lt,sei sssiszt' 3 . - '"e.-..Z 4 . - -4-, ssis 4 . I. the person rendering the service to the pub , • .7444 3 4-4ss:S i stiti (-sin siss, -- rs,stis s,s. . .f.,r.s. s sis,..!•S. - • :irs, : - •,r"k7 itts,vt, j lie, but under the present system of politi • ary cal wir wh e- i Ch working, the nation to ge t p i a n y t° s i o ts ffi s e e e i; atnhtse sal 4 . is tsszsi =Pi - % i s , 4'aP-vkt,,ss sis4v4lll3#-.W. ,1,,,4:i1-;!--;'(-ss „Z,:1 1 .5 t 5._44 5141 5 a, 4 : 3 ... ‘ , : . . , ~ Al , sqs ,,s cs s s sc ., :1..- V:: ..t.f ,- .-._,4.- Z coniies a common fund for harpies•of- pals! , - -• ..." - Ssi„ - seltsts33' 'ett- sis..t-. 4 .t' .*-'' '.l S. 'I.. P'*- - 43 4 .. ~,,+ ,"- f r7.-.*::':-.0..', 4 ;7-e'*.f...l .:;.:, :I, , tics to feed upon. The practice of sharing 7 it•, -; kVez .. .i-1 -1, -' ,.. e" - -'-'- ....- , .A1l- . 1 the emoluments "cff, office with others who • . ses... , t.tiff.,3--sslS..ssos. 3 .is ts 4 . ',l, ;,- E . : ''' . 4l - 1 4 ' iirekl'A,Vat'l•P:',-t,:::P' k4IE-:lr%)*4-i?e claim to have aided' the party to succeed, is iA 1 1 ,41 - Vsg4sl- - k l- ..--4 ( 1` .. '515:‘ ,2 ,-" . . - .a.. 31 . - C-". bad, and tends to corruption. But, says „Sslssi."cs-zs- SS sitt t s.st s's st ssis e 11 -1 1.1 - , ; :i ri d ~,,it", - ;:, ,I ":..;;; ',- , ''''...t 4 " 4 .‘7. '. the politician Post Master, ' the party must fr ses-s , • --ssi 0; ~- 0 .11.,...t.eca tr s -r -- - : v•- ...- 1 -:--..-ir'iLl i.--- , `' • " ,- .. 4 • -be sustained" and finding the calls' eif t •ts stk-ss••••ss„ k. r - " , -- - q' If el, . . his t' 1 1, , ...5;?^ , - , •,',4".!•.:,.4-....4410 , '; , ,fr. • - 1.....ete. ' ..I.V*te k l . 1 , .• , -.Z.`i•,--e, - ,..t.,,te- . • In Philadelphia there is a deficiency in sitz's.: , ''''s.' ' •'stS',,s. ss Ss. - - i-st.; ssi st s sts - •''''s•`• -, - 1 s-- 3 -0 - .• -`• s' 4 cash` and hard working clerks 'are as -st4U'lW•t-t..:T.:;.37%,4_,"+,(-.,',V:.'','-,.'=, ..,i' r• 4 . 1 '' • "''''''. ,1' 4 '.. I , ' . ' 4 :•N`' - Uk.. =" - ,p'l-: , ..,t, „",• .-,," 4 . sessed to pay a direct liability of theirprin .4 ii>'9;,7,l",': • , !.7A..--..-4. ~ ..- ..,•41 , i .'. cipal. In Chicago, a starveling newspaper stsi,...-s s s ettssts s s-ZotiST. 4 l 4 > . s - s:. s „, 3 ):" us s ..1. - c,„,..4.....-..7...4r - r4, t , ...„• , --i -. .........:,.-‘ 7-I.} e.' , l•• ~,,, ` must be 'sustained, as part of the contriaat sitsseloss'sts•sc -- ss - s - lit - ok s ..,"t,s s -s-st tsiss..s s sis, , ts „ , , ssits..l-stsjess'ississ.s.- - -, -ss,st , Si si , 44 Z'4 . .-- of a corrupt official, and the clerks are cora il3SS",'sis.f-NS-33:,‘`'';.•.-2.5. s---. 5,., a s -3 1, siiss, t-sgSfe6 it--!it'4:ls4•Ci;3's'."4:S-s'ir' ` 4 ; l ' .4 "c'''''t 4 yelled - to contribute therefor, and when , ' - `" - -,f.,- -- 4;Nt, c, . , Z,-.-. - ': ' .. t...."-`i , ...:1 1 ' 1 ' these things are charged ]home by an out -1 ssiSstst -si s sis s i s s ss• iv's `-i s ~..t,s-s, is . W, , --,...-ifr.ji - cf;:i 5- %";.•:'"'„ '",'' - ' 4 .,.'.,.. • raged and badly served cemmunity, upon . i 5 pi55ii.,..5....,....., t---. ts s s -- 4-S.- • ..'".•• - , - -s• . the official, he discharges even mere boys, •.: cissi• - ss-ss , -s .•".,ri.i , ~"'":"."",- :‘..,:.'. '.." z"';' : : : i.- . .. - r - ;..` 3'''' . .14i.. ,',,...,,' . 1 . „--`-- who refuse to bow down to, his subornation, ":•""-I'-' . :k 73 . - ' l3 'Js'!- .- .."!: •-•- _:Ss"' --,..'•::::''.•">'• '''- -. "Z . and swear that they contribute 'of their It.'" sts.it' , Ut':.7s 2.-,:s-sf: ' -- ‘' - ; . ..t;' t ....1 x` s ' ,;-.• - -Ss: 5..-S 4-' , - ' ' '.. ... :', ftt' ". •' .. t own.volition to support 'a tottering partizan Ist-- "- - 4- - --- "i"ss- .7-- ' 3 '-'' - '-' ' 3 journal. These things' are startling, but 0r ,.• - ...''',:. ..-,''!...";:`...- •: , -I' - . .T! -- ;- - 7; , - - :..- ; '-..',..• ,:``" , ';fr,i.:;,;-;, ' - s they are - true, and the Deportment 'knows -7 - ' - '.....-'l l .st - • , :5 4 .7. 3%:',35 . "-' ''''''..:' -'''''''; s's .... of them by proofs which cannot be c o ntra 3 s.sts":Bl,s's,..'-;;"t•:,"S"... s r,- - '='-'' . l.:' • I .---` - J - '" F:.: 4 tts i , •r. ~ -- ,„.... ‹, ~i' •.,1',.5r.,. 0 - ,., .+ , dieted. r .. ;-:- '. .' , . '', -; ,c: ' ;: ; ; -:. 6:7 -. -... ; ‘ ; '.. - --:;: , '.': -- --."."- ,,1- ' '; 't ;l :4 -1, 14....- - The present results of taxation to support,' -",,-- .•••4•:.!,•••- :- ~'‘.- -e, = 1 "- - - - party are visible and tangible on everyside. ;0 ....... !.-...5•,..,,,, .„._....., *3: -- z . ,. . - 2 .1: ' 4- , 1-4 , ..------',;-: 5 .- , 4.4" .4-..,;,,;,'%.,,'",,,-...;5,,it,.., The -public suffer, "and the social' good of , •! ,- .4.-...&-5k."÷..,:•,=-..,`-.- ~ .,.., . Np,7 a . . ,,,`'' ~, ~. • . ~,,,• .. „:-,!.,..• 4-, ' -.. ..‘,.... 7 "'. . ''''';'' ..:' -.." . . the eorcuiramitysis poisoned by bad example r ; .:',. zlt,`", , - ,. . -, -; . , , :.,. ' -t-..,„'`:,•''; -.: '7.5 ',,,, '.--:-,':.,. .; - f... i- ; - .3 : *. - -7 .- ''' - - 7---: 'S`C. '' '-' in high places : .-.,, - ,.. -,, , ,„- 5:5 . 7 . 1 15 25 . ... , . i s,ss_ z -:•:• - ss.. , . • 4 There are worse cases in the country Ssi 4 5 3 5 t .", - "S's s's; ' •'''i -',--';' f• - •ShS' .. - -,t- .- .. - than that of Mr. IVestcott. He had mets_ - , ss•s--Ss fs" s'*-357,-.' •,'_-:•!;'''...;;',*;%--- ' . •-" -,.!'",- 3.-"'• - :S: t-7,.-- s•• is •,. •, - - - s s ' - 3 - 0 . , ; • with'ci loss and he called upon' those wlii;. _,... .. , . . -1 .. "" • 4 , ';" ' , ..,.,..1 r-.. : ''''' ' . -}-...- ~.11 r , ~.:,.%%1 .. ' were indebted to him for appointments m ... e 5...,•• -ss 's st,ss' SI:,;.;.,01 the post office to pay the loss. 'The cases of the Detroit Post Master, already 'removed, - and the . Chicago Post Master, are worse. , ; -•I f ~ . ~.';',.; .''''..r'."' --, the facts in the latter ease are examined "- '.--'' --,'• ' ." 1 -t i• into by the Post Master General, as we are : s " 'n" s told they will be, he will learn of a gystam *:'''s r'' '3 ss of oppression, and arfofficial character en .• ; ,;.....-. . -....., , • ~ : ,0 ~:f ';,....-; .1- 'ti ... '''''‘' l. * ''''•!- 7 - : : -, .- 'e- i, ." - 'l'`Nl titled to the scorn of all honorable men.37l - , s - ..,,s, •-..; .... s , 7.- --- sl• s - •' 3 ss - s - A little wholesome inveitigtitima into: - 1 9, , 11, . 5 ' . ..,t-r - -`'4' l ';', /,' - r- ‘•', 7 ',Z:; -1- .:;• ; fie„,„„ 5 .,,,, ,:-;:-.=!?,,, 7.„_L. , ' - ',,,...„......"„i::',1•.;-• ,s; l ..y- , „,„ , . , - 4 ,- 4 ..- rAT ,.-4;.... . - "4 4.4 2.,t•: - ,e.f.1," ..; i.r.: . , -f - ,1.._-_, - , ,, .' : 7 ! . 7' 4 ;: -1 .',, SA 7?? .:t.i4Otit 4 ''' (40 1- 0,'':;4,1 44 ,4 4 .,+ 0 4 Oilr o f i .: 4 `'''' - i4‘ 4 411 , ,,re<11-fli ,:t, -4 ;:r.itlf l l 4 '? .4- "). ''' t :i.f ;. ` . .: 4 ;',;;'(' 4 :F...t' s'',-, ' - 1. -4- ' 4 -','• ' , 4 - 1.Z.5 4 + 4 1- ' 44 "44 4.4.. 3 el i 41V3 4 744:"c':!:' -: t 4 :;"4 ' t. ' ---. ~,,.1 . t -1 _,....;'-,- - "l: * ' , ' ~.. re _.. 't.. ; . ,-,"•:,.,,,.. L.; ',„l, 4. ~. r sx4 - . eiviraf r . ,--0-. - -top et ser'!"-...% A-. i''' ' ' • • -'-' I', 1 'ck, a''' :: . .4 f '' :. .' .:. - ‘.. '4 ~ -.' ; :*,- 1...... ,ee 4...,..i.: 4 4..- t,..„ . „„tc-..„,74 .4 -f t 44 p„.e.,,, T ,....f... i , ...,„ , :. - .. . ~...,--. S. i'i c, ~ , • i ." '- - '‘' -; ' ,7,-- -- r. ;"e' • - .-', , ,i'`:tz-•:P . : - ..4.''' - *." 4 . -, q ;-..-.4 . `' - :.;.'ef'•-2` :' ‘.. ' - ''°' - • ' ''''''f 4i .." -' „ . . .... . ~ . 7 1-.4. 1 .L:,;,. - ' 2 ': . -i' -. , iiti)e Pails) Post. MONDAY. MORNING JUNE 13, 1859 -44 v•i: the large post offices, and a great many of the small ones, will do a vast amount Aziog,l , We he every day of fraudsSn postal i'F'ili . nifes,;(‘ the o lgto st ofWos*oriio,leftefii to a large an,(elintata 4eagllost*d tlf - V ghUlic~toisrs 1111t1j;ttle Lettts knoW\ hdv theii aro niantieil:* Let us understand how it happens that Oa iticiaus, who have not credit for a hundred dollais:Cinfeciiairseltlei;iind if fOund to be defaulters, can turnover houses and lots to. the , government, and secure re traents; Let us _know by what sys hinOf finati l eietind securities fdr imblie 'flees are remunerated for the risk they nth. Let itsknOiv the perdentageeof offleial.posi tion—and who pays, and who * receives Th'ste things ieqiiire ventilating, andtve are glad:to pee that,,M his department, Mr. Holt has taken hold of them with an hon ,est, energetic hand. Where dishonesty or incompetencyt exists in the public service, the question' of removal is , not a-partizan one.' If politics have brought into official position gamblers, roues, and ,other descrip tions of fast:men, the sooner we aro rid of them the better. Let the administration teach all its officers that party services in times past will not atone for present dis libriestY,_ want of respectability and fair personal qualification for the position held. `Let us have inyestigation, and let the public know how these things are managed. A few more ex.ample.s will purify the official atmos 'phere of the country, for, there is nothing which prevents rascality more effectually than the certainty of punishment. ' THE C.LOSEOF THE RAILROAD WAR. The great railroad contest which has been going on for some months past, has closed. The foer great linen between the 'seaboard and the 'West have entered into a new a3reement as to fares and „freights. The details hare not yet ,reached us, as the 'matter was only concluded '.Saturday, , but the fact has been officially t7O- graphed by Col. T. A. Scott; Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Road, who has ordered the restoration of the old rates. The New York Herald, of Saturday, says : The cost of the quarrel thus terminated is the best guarantee for the permanence of the pre sent settleffient. Few railroad managers will have the courage to undertake to renew the game of suicidal competition in view of the enormous losses which the late two months' fight hare involved, and of the wide spread mischief they have occasioned. Not only have the four great roads themselves been running, if not ; at' loss, at. least without profit, but all their connections East and West have, under the system of "prorating' now in vogue. shared their sacrifices. Roads in_ Ohio, Indiana, Il linois, Michigan, and even in New England, have lost money - - in consequence of the con- Additioral discredit has been thrown upon the railway system, and the natural re• covery of the railroad interest from the cri.,is of 18,57 has been retarded. The natural cberse of traffic has been disturbed; goods de4ettelied from New York to Men This, Tennessee, have traveled over the. New York Central, while other good destines] for Ohio have been taken from New York via Philadelphia. Tin ce ca tion of this unnatural state of things, and the restoration of prices to n scale which, while, fair to the public, will enable the railrealt earn moderato dividends, will naturally exerl else a favorable influence over our financial . markets. The effort made by the New York Roads tc., shut out the Pennsylvania from a fair and equal competition for the Eastern budneis centering in New York, has thus signally W -. Its su perior advantages as a through line, in connec • tion with the Pittsburgh. FL Wayne and Chi cago Road, have enabled it to carryon the con test with less injury to itself than the • other routes suffered, and it finally brought the New York railroad .managers to, a , realizing sense that there was ne.use in contending against such odds to maintain a position commercially wrong, by a reduction of fares to such a rate that they were compelled to give in, and, agree to a fair system, which is all the Pennsylvania Rend ever asked. . Since the above was written, we have receiv ed the New York Evening Post of Saturday, with the following : We have official announcement that the rail road quarrel is at amend, and that portion of the public who expected to travel and export goods at the eicpenseof the companies, or rather the stockholders; are suddenly disappointed, all the,olllees this morning putting rates to the old titfinattiii.'. 'The Ttrie Ritilretul "COMPanY WAS not represented at the Conference at the St: Nicholas last' night, bet upon the . basis of settlement tang submitted to Mr: Mort this morning, he immediately acquiesced, and there only remains the preparation of an advanced freightsehedulo bytheNew York agents, which will not differ materially from the following: First Class. Second. Third. Fourth. Cincinnati, fs 100 thtt. 112 SI 57 41 Chicago, lii in.) 62 47 St. Louis, 155 :111• 132 (r2..'S , In'order to show the amount of advance, Avii annex the old rates: " , Fizst ctress. s.. , cond. Third. Food co GO 40 60 LO 40 00 b 0 70 CO Cincinnati. 100 Is. Chimvp r - - St. Lams, Au g.ye on the Main Chance. The Oberlin gentlemen who are now in pris on in Cleveland, and who style themselves "eizfisti 4ll ?•Feions , " aild desire to impress the peo:de - with the belief &tt they are'"suffering persecution at the hands, of. the officers of the Unite 4 States government for their sympathy with Christ's poor," have an eye .on the main' chance,-; and feel , disposed tO•thrn an honett penny out of the affair. At the Cleveland meeting they appointed a Consinittee of Fi nance, -and we already notice that they have *mild& abroad. - begging money for them in Michigan and Illinois, 'and no doubt in all the -free Stites: '...,11143 folks on, the Western Reserve arislUirp, and can - turn a penny at any thing' they go, at; sad we would not'be surprised' if 'this Oberlin7,.rnatter belnade by them the hest pecuniary speculation they over embarked Well done, Oberlin! Bleed while •the.excite ment is up. • -.New; S.tationery Store. W. S.Rayon, ,the enterprising publisher, has for S., Rayon, been'engage4 in fitting up, at the 'corneeee i thiid / ai4Vood streets, a branch stationery , Store; .fot:the accomModa 7 tion of those Of his:CustiOmerd who ,1o! buvi • ness in that part,of thecity. Tnoestablish , . meat was opened lust week, and ia in every re, spect a handsome and 'cturiplete ono.' Hera - day be found articles of 'every description and, style in the lino of stationery and blank books, wholesale or retail. Mr. Raven's long exPeri ence in the business 'gives him superior idwirt ' :- tages, and ho can furnish the best articles on tho most favorable terms. The establishinent is in charge of Mr. R. S. Davis, so long,known as the polite and attentive clerk at Mr. Haven's Marketatreet warehßuse. 'This gentlemen,c4 feel satisfied, will moot every requirement. of parties doing business with him, and we bawl no doubtimt.tho ne* establishment of our on- terpr eing Tello,-eiti"zen will be, in, his hands, eminently successful., THE .Orrich hie not exempt from the pro pensity to blinder. Hero is a bull as good'es any fresh- frOm. the .. .Hibernian quarter : Tho Courier de Paris /34 3 4.00 % over the MI cemetery of tho little town of Bourtleaux,6&. paittneut ofDrome; bas lately been painted the bitexifteoni-.tet: on it> &dein. "06 rivent dana'la rimmunesz-:"Hetti are buried only lho dead ,vylle,live in the pariah:" Enwns FORItEST bee, it ie said, given the five hundred dollars hignt, by_ the libel esee rigid:net iT P Wailia to the funii fiir;the-X-elier of the.wiOnlys . tu*orpininii of Free Mitione: tFrorn the NVlL , thington Com4itittion.] klho Late Postmaster at PlLtttkelphia. We have learned from variouand reliable sources .that since his removpl fi?ni theyost lea at Philadelphia, Mr. ,WisOott ana,ce - :fi7:, tai of his friends have been iiiicelising itftholf ts % endeavors to prejudice the pablic iiinu: " ai4l, -. the President. To thisend 'i4ariliiii,su', tl;uxf 14;k4_, grossest perversions ottisoOic -..:of;ltlie 'ease and the grounds of tita' , decisi4 have been put in circulation. Deeini have ng thikcorr44-, tion of these representations but an fief (it' .simplc.justice to_tbe Administration and to the country, we publish below the report iiiiinift ted by the Postmksifit :Geneffit to thdPfesidefit on the 17th of May last, and"WhichHennfie'rt stand, formed the, judgment that was finally pronounced. The course which has been pur sued needs, tiAtber',liiittE4tloNchalf'that fur nished by the plain and `cOnClusive'Aittements which this paper prents:.,:,.., ,1,- ' POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, .. • .. _ ' ' ' May 17, 1859. -. . Since my communication addressed to' you on the 3d- instant , in relation to the charges preferred agOritt Gideon G.: Westeott, post master at Philadelphia, he has filed in this Do- , : pertinent various affidavits and a printed lir guMeat in his defense, which have been thor oughly examined intPcorisidered: As the case is now regarded as closed,' I beg to express. briefly, the views which lentertain of it. The .papers submitted since the ditto of my former letter ''do not change the aspect of the facts as then presented, nor. in an any manner weak. 'en tho moral .and legal inferences to be drawn therefrom: - • - The.accusation against Mr.'Westcott,lLS then recited, is this: That at theelose . ef the second quarter of the year - 1857, he discovered there was a deficit in the cash on hand, as compared with the accounts. of:tiie receipts of the office, or $'1,52.5 How or,by whom this suin had been abstracted was nut: shown, nor could it be ascertained. =- 1 n :what , ilirection. or, with what vigilance or skill the investigation was pursued does not appear. It does appear, however, that -the inquiry did not result in attaching suspicion to any one employed of the_ otlice more than another. Mr. Westeott, in hi letter 'to this department of the 9th of February, 1859, speal:iugof the deficit, uses this language: "It then became clear that considerable sums had been abstracted from the tills, but whether by tho clerks in charge of, them or by others, it aces inip,,ssia/c 14k tell in an office where the money is nece.sla •ilr much exposed, and where more than a hundred persons had frco access.to it before it was returned to II1Q." Having thus hi owledgo only of the amount of the loss, but uo knoWledgo whatever of the thiet or thieves by whom the money had been stolen, he determined to hold his clerks, and other employees responsible in a body, except ing therefrom thirteen in number, Mr special reasons given, which reasons seem to have bad no connection with the supposed guilt or inno cence of those thus excepted. Ile accor.litigy retained the larks of those—fifty-sewn to number—upon whom the contribution was to be levied. This end was accomplished, mind the facet concealed from the ILliail.inent, by having receipts signed—some of tio:2m.blunk, to b e af terwards tilled up—for sums anfOunting Tn. fTnrcg..i.. - h, 01,i.19.fr - 2, then i-ns ne feet p. 0./ 1.. the clerks end •.titer' by whom iht fill We.' • 1i Thl` xoncher thus pre. lemrel, wore with the Auditor for this de partment, and upon them Mr. Westcott's uc count, for that, iplarter were settled mid 110 - ed The firit aTe:;:t in which thi: inter:lotion ar re,t, I , that of an aet i f cd116:11 tot. Until Mr. 14eAcott knew by whom the em bezzlement. or theft comphtined of had been I,l.lllllitted, ll', had no right to exact the in demnity which be has OlCireod. In the ab sence of sueltlnegicdge, the mere suggestion of such it eon tribution as hi, ii+C44.l gross impropriety, inasmuch t 4, in CA. l Ff l ueri e r. of brIAV:I:On hiul,;lf and hi s clerks—i 0 vl dying almtlute authority on the our baud and absolute dependenee on the other— such would ne...e:',;arily carry with it all the force of a commend. But he gave to the prop,:e.itien no such gene., form 't his 'requi sition was imperative. and it wa.,yichled to by thme who felt that their places and daily bread were dependent' upon theirl obedience. That the clerk, were not Ilable,eriminally or civilly, for the pocillation,,of one or more of their number, is at props-itiim shear. both in law and morals, to be dismissed. Of the guilty alma. rilnld he with any color of justlCl, claim OW ro.tozation Of what had been abstract ed, But he himself declared that it was "impe , sible" to weertatu who the guilty party was that •• the money was, as necessarily much expe ,, ed : and that ,!'ihere were, mere than a hundred per,mi, who laid fre• n ee.e.. , :, to all of whom, of course, bad opportunities for com mitting the theft- In theim words, from. hies own lips, founda complete condemnation e his conduct. It is not pm:4le that lie have believed that nli, or a majority, or : qiha o'ol of the were involved in the tie knew, therefore, With entire that, in obliging all to contribute, lie was pun ishing the innocent feribc guilty, and thus perpetrating it crinilualspiiliation in the name of public justice. ,''that he was prompted to this step from no consideration conneettul with the guilt of the parties lIIViI,bIII to made Mani fest from anothee fact., Had lie any Ellilleient reason to believe or suspect. even that. these clerks had perpetrated. the larceny or embezide meat, it would halm betut his duty at once to have disebargeda u,wbtjtt. Mai- belief or sus picion applied, and thi.s duty it may he safely assumed he would annvliiaLingly bare perform-. od. lie, howovcr,, disni haled none of then froth which the inference inevitably multl, that of the criminality of 11010 of them was he satisfied. It wa, not, then, On the ground of such criminality that be proceedml,but beentte he desired and had rfmlved to be reiniburt;ed for the money which had been stolen. Th41'1 , 40011 taken itiltlicAiefedse and by 'Mr. )Vestentt iMpilllation of his trinduct— that "he deriyed no ,benetit frOin 044 act signally fallacious. it hail been his misfortune to sutreta Anzoo• pecvikrY49.*:fror 4401 or embezzlement, and for the aim - Mitt thus lost he was directly respimsible to the govern ment. It was It. subsisting WWO// 1/11.l to be met either frombis own private funds or front the funds of others. Hecho_sethatitFhould be met from the latter. , The contribution of the clerks, thererore, for the purpose of extin guishing this liability; tas as direct a benefit and pecuniary gain to himn. IN, if this money frad gone into his owneollersor ordinary busi ness engagemerq.. - ; , ,leither, then, in cir cumstances under wlitc,h tbepxtraordinary ex pedient was , v.iiturled to, aor .t ,o umtire which led to it, can there Le found a fe4tµrep justification or excuse. The act was not the fruit of haste or of misapprehension of facts, or ,of itAluence or persuasion or counsel on the part of nt4epa. It was deliberatvly and calcu latingly performed, and for the attainment of a selfish and mercenary cud. jf.s nud bold justification, at this - moment, indicates either a moral obtuseness or imperfection af maid perception, Which qualification for nn office whose duties :;',7 1 " the nicest sense of integrity., and the most delicate and scrupulous appreciatiOn of the rights of others, •. The light in which till: , transaction next pre sents itself, is that of-a violation of the Itlth , -section of an net tultitled-' , •An 'net to prokffie for the better organization. of the. Trea.thiry'' 4c., approved lith A.igust, 1846. The act de clares that if o any Officer, charged with the disbursement of public monevs shall accept, or receive ,or!, traMpait to the-,Treasar.V:Repart ment, to be . idlowe'd-in his aver, any receipt or voucher for a creditor of the United States. without having paid to such creditor, in such funds [utile said officer may have received for disbursement, or such other muds as may bo authorizadiby;thlt lact'lo:.take.idexchange, Me spccifica .b7l. Y.ch, rOl , r or ruizc c 5 eve such ace be'dee'iried to version by such officer to his own use Of - • - • the amen') sPePiilo. in such receipt or vouch er;,and ..any: officer ,or , agent of the United States,. and all. persons advising or participa ting. in such act, . being convicted' thereof be fore any court:of theArnitedState,i, of ,compu. tent jurisdiction','sliiill" be sentenced 'to In - IL prisonment' for a' ferm '"of 'nor less than six months nor more than ten years, and to a • line equal to the amount , of the money embezzled." The, charge that 'Mr. Westeott .has - rendered' himself obnoxious by , the penaltic.rof this act has been met in the defenle byrisneer—whieh, however, has not,th n • force,:ofi - an .argunumt, of which "the defeilso stood niutffi`ifia . rb ni need. The offense was treated end: defined by this statute, and nothing can he simpler o p . of comprehensioirthan the elements of Which consists. •These elements scale to bo all pres-z eat with. entire distinctness' in. the transaction" under ex.arninination. Mi. Wilitcott was ..an officer , charged owith the disbursement of the pUblie moneys."' ,He 'not' only ' , "accepfed," but caused to be prepared . and " transmitted to the Treasury Department, to be tdlewed in his favor,"-not cote, -I?pt..llfty -seven voucher< or - receipts," without having in a single in stance,.pt.tid.lo :the "public creditors" signing said 'receipts" the Dill amount - Amain, speci fied?'" - That he . did not pay ilient - ‘ , the MI . amount'' for whickthey-receipted, is distincV, - . „:... ~:3 1 ;" ly admitted by him, and sought to be justified. The money was never infthe hands of the clerks or under their contfol. However 'ell the transaction may have.' been known to:the Oartirit instnedately concerned, its Arne„charat- Wat'Antended to be Concealed from thegoverb merit, anCwas so concealedfoeihetween two and - threoll . earc wheri , in "the course of evyak. iituk,fropi,the . irrepressible nature.ef truth,,lllllb deCeption was exposed — . Mr. Weiteott's con duct strikes me as bringing him fully within the uriew of the tatute, wheer cond 'scrodp in v reference to s its letter, or th spirit, si or olic Apart from : the anestion of Mr. AVestcott.'s hating inedired the pinaltici of thh statute,' bis conduct in preparing and presenting to the government vouchers known and intended to bo,false, : claians attention .118 grave offense againstthe ;servico..' , .'Ttiii; is: , growine,etill: for the repression of which too much solicitude cannot be felt, 'or too much vigilance exercised. From the 251st section of the Rules and Reg ulatlon's 'of thOPOst offlce:Dap&tariont4hei knew' that he was entitled to no "allowance or re muneration for losses by fire, robbery, or ,theft." He was aware, therefore, that if he reported $1,525 as lost by " theft," his voucher would be rejected:: Hence; instead of 'reporting Abe' truth—the theft—ho chose to report a false hood—the pretended payment to the clerks. It is wholly unnecessary for the purposes of this inquirk to ascertain whether he was personal ly concerned in having the receipts signed in blank. This was but a convenient means for the accomplishment of a given end; and this end was not only directed, sanctioned, and adopted by him, but. is now sought to be vin; dicated in his - defense. Too whole-adminis tration of the. government r as heretofore sta ted, reposes upon the integrity and truthful ness of the vouchers furnished by its disburs ing officers. Such a subterfuge as that now under discussion, if tolerated, while tending to destroy all faith in what has been hitherto so implicitly confided in. must open the widest door to fraud and peculation. The principle involved in its character is so important and so sacred as to oxcludo from view all results merely personal' and private in their nature whioli may follow its assertion. • Neither the proofs nor the argument offered by thodefensealter very essentially the original aspects of the case. The first point attempted to be . maintained is that Mr. Westcott was not responsible for thesl,s2s stolen from the tills of the office, because in fact it. had never reach ed his hands. It cannot ho required that such a doctrine as this should be gravely refuted. The money, in legal contemplation, was as much in his posthssion while in his drawers, as if tt had been in his pockets. The clerks were his agents. held their offices from him, and he was liable for their conduct. Their receiptof the funds was his receipt, and their custody of them his custody.• Such was his own judgment of the transaction when it occurred, As in the largest. post ollices of the country the moneys are handled entirely by clerks, if the principle under which Mr. Westcott now claims to shel ter himself could prevail, nearly all the reven ues of the department would for a time be in hands absolutely irresponsible. The next position is that he haa a right to compel his clerks en 711(1ASO to contribute to make good the alleged deficiency. Of this •I have sutliciontly spoken. It will be observed that these two positions nro in direct' conflict, and may well be left to destroy each other. If he WIN not responsible for the money, then most ehatrly he had no mural or legal authority to en fore., its restoration by the means adopted. If he had such right then it must have been on the express ground that he wits so responsi ble. In truth, neither the one position nor the other is at all maintainable. It is not alone the legal aspocts of the defense that are thus confused and contradictory. When the Department communieatexl to Mr. Wi:itcott the charge preferred against him, his respotrai was a stout and eniphatic denial. His letter t,, the Postmaster tlenerul, under date of ed February, ISO. opens with the following language: •-$11:: I received your letter of 3lstult. saying it is al loged that receipts were taken from cer tain clerks in your ollice for the quarter ending :uth.June, I for a larger amount than tiny recei red.. ..1 cttritent, mpolt 10-tlay with ri pe,•?,,pf de i ti , ll, as qjfectir,i7 tlc i”legrit acconl4l4:" :Neon thereafter, however, he abandoned the ground thus boldly taken, and rtEI ; & ItIEYRAN - tn97 ' No. 42 I.lftEL atitjed: A TNA - STOVE WORKS. ALE.x.eisrpßit, lIRAMET 1Wt071.01171= w pisWt rsimss.yassrssoat _ Cooking; Parlor &Beating Stoves; PLA.LNANII P4. 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