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Volume l. THE TJ PS 0 ]\ T PILOT. ,g PPBUSHED EVERY SATURDAY MOBNIXO. Editor and Proprietor. tames it . noon. Publisher. Subscription. . _ - - g*2 00 Tn advanre. for 1 > ear > ‘ r.a Ifpav’iuenthe de avetl C moi.tlis, - - If delayed Until flip e‘M tli-’ year - - * Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be closed at the rate of one j sar %r squtaro of ten line* or Jess, a.M i:M cents lor •’ *! contracts madhvifh Merchants and others ! wi p U u "‘ ! ’ “SnTaees and Deaths inserted b ee, when accompa ■ ~y a responsible name. Obituaries of over 10 S charged as Advertise,,,cuts. commend the following Rates of Advertising by mitract to busino* s men generally. We have placed m j ’ the lowest tigures, and they will in no instance be departed from: ■ PV CONTRACT. j_# nmcj 0 inos. | 0 n,os‘ j 1 year. ; 6 00 *8 DO 1 fiO 00 ! sl2 00 7£S-,oa,wlv 700 10 00 12 00 Id 00 Chu:H it “ill, ‘ 800 12 00 UOO 18 <*> WiSS?: 10 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 ('Sanded .quarterly” 12 00 18 00 21 00 28 00 Changed at will, ( 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 TIIRFE SQUARES. Without chango, 15 00 20 00 2-> 00 30 Os) iiuarterlv : 18 00 22 00 20(H) 3100 ciungei at will, * 20 00 20 00 32 00 40 00 hufcouw, „ Without change, 25 00 SO 0 0 -10 00 oO 00 flian"i‘4quarterly 28 00 32 oo 4-. O 0 0 Changed at wii!, 35 00 -15 ,j 050 00 60 00 O.VC COLCSt.V, I . Without change, j 00 00 70 ,y) 80 oq I*>o 00 Changed quarterly i 05 00 75 ~3 00 00 110 00 Changed at will, J 70 00 85 pp I'4> j©o 125 (X) PROFESSIONAL < AMATOS. WM. G. HORSLEY, A ll orn e v at aw , TIIOMASTON, GA. NTTILL practice in Upson, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford, i it Monroe, Pike and Meriwether Counties. April 7. 1850—ly. THOMAS BEALL, ATTO R NK V A r P LA W, THOMASTON, GA. fc43-ly P. W. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY AT LAAV, THOMASTON, GA. no?2s—ly E. Wa*be!T. C. T. Goon ,2. I WARREN & GOODE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PERRY, HOUSTON CO., GA. Dovlß—tf A. C. MOORE, DE NTIST, TIIOM ASTON, GA. ‘ OFFICE at my House (the ‘r.te residence of Mrs. j lih k-0 where i am prepared to ..'trend to all class- ! es of Dental Operations. My work is myllelereuce. novlSs—tf | G. A. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMASTON. GA. n 1 BUSINESS CAHP B . GEORGE W. DAVIS, TS in receipt of a beautiful Stock of Spring and Sum ! . mer Goods, compri.-i'i j every at tide u uaby kept in the up country. Call a: 1 see him at his old stand. j Thomaston, April 7, In:, 1 ,). nAXiLvi OPPOSITE THE LANIER HOUSE, macox, gf.okgta K . F. OESSF, , ~ (Late of the F! >vi H u p.') • )6clC - ! f IT. W. A. SNELL, caler in pure Drugs and Medicines, K iiIOMASiON, GA., ’ l 'T anl! '’ on i' r >iid and for sale a large Stock Meli c\ C U '’ - e 'hc'mes. Chemicals and Patent lrt of Dr. Ayer's Cnerry l*ec- Balsam of w> 1 oi 1C :u "’ Sarsaparilla. Wistar’s Liniuiout. Deny Da- . Alcoho? n„ ,e w' 1 , JLibe ts’ Cholic Mixture, : Coach r 1 l ‘° •’ ’ ra “ l Spirits of Turpentine, BaTßratk ? aa v aniish ’ Also, Dye'Stutfs tine Cog- Whiskev OIH p 1 iear Apple Grandv. line Bourbon *&£%** *•* Wi., Fine Ciffars these boho ’u (1 he ver y *e4 quality. Besides Pai u . T- s . , !l!e a ‘d fancy at tides for the Toilet, | kept in a V ** a; " 1 iu fcct every thing usually Caila 1 a ' ” Dru - Btoi- e . Harwell k ih* at ‘dind formerly occupied by Hardeman & griffin, STAPTTPTST^ D, '* f ' r K S IN dry goods and groceries 1 In very Description e? tier of Cherry and Third Strccis, iir £r ~ macon, ga. if ca d the attention of the Planters of Up lierjjjCT aiK * adjoining counties to the above Card, be- Os. ‘ e can make it u* their interest to deal with November 10,1858. nov2s—tf. Av ebb h otjse, THOMASTON, GA. 1 respectfully informs the public that his 1 Co “Hdeted extensive improvements to to r*eeiv ‘ ar^e residence in Thomaston, and ]>roposes transit e an(i accommodate permanent boarders and public e, l ravellers - lie solicits the patronage of ibe UtisfiV 1 ? w ‘b endeavor to make all comfortable and lo w - :l , atw jU give bim a call on moderate terms,and a - the tirue and markets will atlord. h 19. 195# JOHN S. WEBB. BUSIN KS 8 OAK t)S. SYDENHAM ACRE. JNO. F. IVERSON ACEE &. IVERSON, DRIJCOISTS A\!) C 11 EHISTS, SIGN OF GOLDEN EAGLE, COLUMBUS, G EORGIA . DEALERS in Foreign and Domestic Drugs, Medi cines. Chemicals. Acids, Fine Soaps, Fine Hair and I l'< th Ec u lies, Perfumery, Tiusses and Shoulder Braces, Surgical and Dental instruments, j ure Wines and L uors for Medicinal'purposes, Medicine Chests, Glass, Paints, O.ls, Varnishes. Dye Studs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Fine Tobacco anil Havana Segars, &c.. &c. jatiij—tf. TROUT HOXJSeI - ATLANTA, GEORGIA, By Mrs. J. I>. BOYD. j tily 2 wEmFcosTslolK! governed! “Why are Ihe peojße so patient ? Why slumbers the ot the Dernac*ra cy ?” — 11. A. Pri/or , editor of the States. READ AND CIRCULATE ’ PUBLISHED liY ORDER OF THE VIRGINIA STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Well may the Democratic press cry out, “ Why are the people so patient” when from u thc by-ways and hiyli-ways of the Gov ernment the rottenness of corruption sends forth, an insufferable stench, ?” Nearly every department of the Govern ment seems to be in the hands of plunder ers find speculators ; nor is it a matter of surprise when we find officials, from the ‘ President down, unulled in this, warfare! upon the Treasury of the United States. | Here and there we meet with a Democrat ic paper that has the manliness to denounce ; the corruotion find extravagance of the i o fed era 1 authorities. Tiie and i sclost i re.s brought to light by the recent Com mittees exhibit the American Government, under the present Democratic Adminis tration, as the most wasteful, ox'ravagant and corrupt now in existence. Never has there been so shameless a prostitution of official power as is exhibited in the distri bution of patronage and the uses of power by the Administration of James Buchan an. No honest man, who loves a pure and honest administration of the Govern ment, can read <Lk V.aa-gLi|msenf a without : a shudder ; and well may every patriot ex- \ claim, li Why are the people so pedant In proof of what is here charged, the leadt r is requeste l to contrast the ]>rofes -ions of Mr. Buchanan, before his election, with the acts and results of his Adminis tration. The annexed extract from a let ter, written by him, shows the character of the former, while the statements and citations that follow will give an idea of j the latter \ ‘‘Wheatland, Feb. 23, 1852. Gentlemen : ° On what issue, then, can we go before the country and confidently calculate upon the support ot the American people at the approaching Presidential election ? I answer unhesi tatingly that we must fall back, as you suggest, upon* 0 * ° * a rigid economy in i üblic expenditures. These expenditures have now reached the < normous sum of fifty millions of j dollars jar annum and, unless arrested in their advance by the strong arm ot ihe De mocracy of the country, may, in the course of a few years, REACH ONE HUNDRED MIL LIONS. The appropriation ot money to ac -om] lish great national objects sanction ed bv the Constitution, ought to he on a scale commensurate with our power and resources as a nation ; but its expendi tures ought to be conducted under the guidance ol enlightened economy and strict j responsibility. lam convinced that our j expenses ouyht to he considerably rednetd below the present standard , not only with out detriment, hut with positive advan tage both to the government and the peo- I>U. ... ... ... ... JAMES BUCHANAN.” Mr. Buchanan Iris lived to be President, and has lived to fulfill his own prophecy. That the people may set* with what rap id strides the expenditures have approxi mated the enormous sum of one hundred millions per annum under his administra tion, we append the amounts tor the years of the two [(receding terms, and the first two of his: 18.32 —Fillmore, 836.552,080 85 1856 —Pierce, 60,172.4 1 37 1857 —Buchanan, 64.778,828 64 1858 —Buchanan, 83,856,727 00 Thus it will be seen that “the strong | arm of Democracy, ” relied on by Mr. Buc hanan to stay government extravagance, has fostered and nurtured the wildest and ; most reckless profligacy, and shielded cor ruption in its rankest forms. Well may the Washington States, in its issue ot the ! 7th of March 1850, exclaim : “Wiiy are THE PEOPLE SO PATIENT —WHY SLUMBER tiif. indignation of the Democracy ! The Public Printing, the Public Budd ings, the Naval Contracts, the Post Office Department, and, in fact, every branch of j the Government, that could he made to | yield a farthing, haft been seized upon by a horde of plunderers, under the tolera- ‘THE UNION OF THE STATES: -DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.” THOMASTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1859. ’ tion, if not with the connivancy of the ifxeeutive ; and in proof of this assertion, we give the language of several prominent Democrats. In a speech in the House of Representatives, near the close of the last j session, lion. A. 11. Stephens, of Georgia, said : “When he first entered Congress in ’43, 1 lie expenses of the Government were only 830,000,000 ]>er annum. Thecoun rv had ! gone through the expensive Mexican war, with sixty-three thousand soldiers in the I field, vC’i h thirly-thre. millions, and now, in time of jieace, tlie estimates were seven ty-three millions. Many cxpendjluruk Were wholly unnecessaiy, and refer in wss indispensably needed. He believed forty millions an abundance for the national expense.”’ lion. Andrew Johnson, Senator from Tennessee —also good Democratic author ity—referring to ihe subject, said iu a recent speech in the Senate : “It is in the power of Cong'-css to pre vent these enormous expenditures , and if we do not interpose, we are responsible fori them. This Government, sixty-nine years 1 of age, scarcely out of its swaddlingclothes is making more corrupt uses of money in | proportion to the amount collected irom j the people, as 1 honestly believe, than any other government now on the habitable globe.” Gen. Shields, one of the Democratic Senators Irom Minnesota, in the course of a debate in the Scuttle, also took occasion . . . 5 I to say : “I think it is not saying too much to j declare that this country has gone faster j and further, in ten years, in extravagance, lhan most other countries have dune in | centuries.” The Hon. M. R. 11. Garnett, of Virgin ia, in a recent speech, said : “Can any gentleman pretend that it is fair, that it is just, that it is legitimate, that the expenses of this Government, in time of profound peace, should have daub - , led in six years? Look through the list ? of items, and you will find that the expen ditures have doubled in almost ( very it mi. i Is there no place to apply the knife ? The Committee of Ways and Means tell you that they e?mo£ control these ex/iena’ ituves. ; Then, 1 say that the only way to c u n 1 them is ilie swim *vu y Unit von woum Am tpul any other extravagant person —:har is, : by stinting them in money.” And till this undey Democratic nile-r-a Democratic President, a Democratic Cabi net, a Democratic Congress, and Demo cratic officials in all the administrative de partments. 0, “ Why slumbers the indig nation of the Democracy—why arc the people so patient V From the Washington Slates, of March 7th, edited by Roger A. Pryor, we make, the following extracts in regard to the pub- | lie printing : “The Public Printing Plunderers. — The Tact, that for the hist live years, the Amer ican people have been subjected to tin an nual exaction of nearly a million of dollars, on account of the public printing, is a cir cumstance which will not escape comment, even iu this age of corrupt and extrava gant expenditure. “It is a striking instance of the perver sion of Federal au hority, that in addition to its many oilier illegitimate occupations, the central government Inis engaged so largely in the incompatible business ot a publishing concern. “It is a signal attestation of the decay of otlicial virtue, that tile appropriations lor this unwarrantable purpose have been j squandered in bribes and bounties to the vei v officials who were appointed to pro tect ihe public interests. I “It is a deplorable mark of the progres sive deter.oraii'-n of the poli.ieal morals, that the exposure of peculation of the most I atrocious character rarely provokes more, than a gentle expostulation irom the men iu authority. >5 i’,i >.f Hf O v “With the view of inviting public at tention to the abuses which abound, in al most every branch of Federal Administra tion, we reproduced, a few days ago, the | report wherein a committee of the House exhibited the fraudulent practices of the! Printing Department. It is a document of the very giavest interest. “A certain A. G. Seaman was Superin tendent. ot Public Printing from Decem ber 1853 to December 1857. During ilm part of the same period a certain Corneli us Wendell held the office of Public Prin ter. A more congenial couple never ex isted, even in fiction. “Notwithstanding the cleverness ol these two consummate rascals,and iheir studious endeavor to “cover up their tracks, ihe committee convict them of receiving bribes and bounties —the former to the amount of 839.000, and the latter to the amount of $30,000. Os course these figures do not represent- the full extent ot Seaman and Wendell’s operations. In the main, their practices were such as to elude de tection ; and whenever they ventm\d into the light they were carelul to assume an almost impenetrable disguise. Still, enough l is ascertained to show tha* - both Seaman and Wendell have plundered the treasury upon system, and have incurred exposure to the penalty of imprisonment in the pen itentiary. v ‘ <f c ■ “In the examination of the accounts for engraving and lithographing, the commit tee find that the b ioks of various parties did not correspond with the certificates issued. >.- V C‘ V V- O V* “In one case, ihe difference was equiva lent to 810,000, and in another to 86*736 76. O v >.*:* V “ Bv an .yrrangement with Seaman, Wen r(!<TT, the Public Printer, was employed as the special agent for all the paper contrac tors —lie being the very person who should complain of an inferior article. In this way, the editor of the “organ” realized the snug sum of 812,000. “The testimony shows that large quan tities of paper, inferior to the samples by at least a difference of thirty-three per cent., were accepted from favored contractors ; that thousands of documents were receipted for as printed and bound that were never delivered ; that thousands of Voluminous documents were paid for ns printed which were not printed ; and that thousands of the most valuable publications have disap peared without any account. “These arc astounding developments ; but they are of a piece with the prevalent rraetiees of the federal capital. FROM THE BY-WAYS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE ROT TENNESS OF CORRUPTION SENDS FO RTII A N IN SUFFER AB L E STENCH. Why are the people so pa tient ? Why slumbers the indignation of the Democracy ? See they nothing dis cie litable in the fact that the “organ” of the Administration is under the ostensible control of a detected swindler ? lUve they no word of surprise which they discover that the President retains Cornelius We Ti ff 11 as his confidential ‘organ ,’ after the nublie and official exposure of Cornelius Wendell’s c irrupt practices as a fmetion ary of government ? Cornelius Wendell is still Public Printer, not in name, but in fact. Is there no popular protest, against ‘.lu mm Ivan ee of Congress in liis employ ment since the (jiscovery of his frauds and peculations? Olliers may be indifferent lo s;ieh ignominy ; but, for ourselves, we intend to lash the malefactor till the party is purged of 1 1 is infectious presence, and fl\p treasury is protected*against hia pirat ical operations.” A few days before the adjournment of Congress, the following debate took place in the Senate, which we copy from the pro ceedings of Congress : “ Mr. Wilson amended by cutting down most of the miscellaneous items, as adver tising, mail bags, wrapping paper and post office blanks, making a total saving of over 880.000. In reference to t lie blanks, he said he knew a case where Mr. Rice, editor of the Pennsylvanian, had a contract for printing blanks for $40,000, which cost him just 85,000, the profit being di vide!. fifty per edit, to the Washing ton Union, live per cent, to Mr. Appleton, Secretary of State, and three per cent, to a paper published in the interest of a mem ber of Congress. “Mr. Mason said, if the facts were so, it is due to the Senate and to the country for the Senator to lay his information before them. “Mr. Wilson reiterated the statement, and said that Mr. Rice himself had saidso, an 1, moreover, that the arrangement teas with the cognizance cf the President of the United States. “ Mr. C-microtl said the niattcr was so notorious that everybody, except perhaps the Senator from Virginia, must know all about it. Mr. Rice was, until vecen ly, a creature of the President, but they had a quarrel, and he went about blabbing all about it. “ 31 r. Mason—Did Mr. Rice tell the Sen ator so ? “ Mr. Cameron—The way to get his in formation is to appoint a committee of in vestigation, or sue me for slander, and that will bring the evidence. lam responsible for all 1 say here, or elsewhere. Just bring here Billy Rice and the President. They know all about it, and I think my colleague knows something about it, too.” The sum and substance of this charge is, that a contract was made with Mr. Rice, of the “Pennsylvanian,” for the Printing of IV t Office blanks, ostensibly for $40,- 000, which really would not cost but $5 jOO, and with the distinct understanding be tween the contracting parties and the Pres ident, that $35,000 of the money was to he distributed among the friends of the President, including the assistant Secreta ry of State, and that thjs was done with the ktio.vledge and by ihe consent of the i President himself. We are happy to know that before the Senate finally adjourned, : Mr. Cameron moved the appointment of a committee of investigation, which was car ried. Thi- charge is made by two Senators, 1 and ono of them vouched, for the facts on his individual and Senatorial responsibility, find invited a suit for slander if it was denied. With such facts before us it may well j be asked : “Why slumbers the indignation of the Democracy !” “Why are the peo ple so patient ?” The Capitol and the Committee Dooms. —The Clerk of the House of Representa tives by resolution was directed to make a report of the expenditures on the House of Representatives. This the Clerk did, in a | letter of 212 pages closely printed ; but so i great was the profligacy and extravagance jof the disclosures, that at thU time not a , single copy can be found in the City ot ’ Washington ; but, fortunately, enough hits : been gathered from the report to open the eyes of the people. For fittings up Os one wing of the Capitol, the enormous sum ot $460,000 was expended, or distributed among the plunderers. We append a list of articles bought for the Speaker’s Room of the House of Representatives : Large French Plate Mirror $1,350 00 Large Pier Table 275 00 Two Bronze Statuettes 60 00 Mantel Mirror 215 00 Fine \\ riting Table 95 00 Two Lounges, French Mochette 180 00 Six Large Antique Chairs, at $95 570 00 I Six Large Arm Chairs, at S4B 288 00 | Desk Chair 48 00 ’ Book Case and Secretary 668 00 1 Three suits Curtains 900 00 1 80 yards Carpet’, at- $4 25 340 00 j Washstand * 85 00 Marble Clock 145 00 French China Chamber Set 38 00 French China Chamber Set 28 00 Silver Plated Ice Pitcher 18 00 Hair Brush 2 50 2 Combs 2 50 Clothes Brush 1 62 Nail Brush 1 25 Slop Tub 3 00 Cut Picture Frame 6 00 For. Other Purposes. Expended tor Furnishing First Session ot 35ih Congress exclusive of that for the new li.ill $70,551 56 230 llair Brushes \ ‘ j}l4 75 232 Combs j i FremAi P ate Mirrors with Marble Tops 3(30 00 1 French Plate Minors with marble tops 380 00 2 French lhate Mirrors with marble tops 240 GO For Retiring Doom. : Large Mirror $425 00 12 Arm Chairs, at $46 552 00 ; 4 Lounges, at $95 560 00 Another Mirror 560 00 A room twenty-seven feet square, at a cost of live thousand dollars to the people —and ODe-fourth of that sum for a looking glass—lor the use of a Democratic Spea ker ! ! When before was such an exhibition of profligate extravagance and useless waste j of the public money laid open to the pub lic view ? Where were our vigilant and sleepless watch-dogs of the Treasury ? Where was “ Honest John,” from whom we have heard neither bark, nor grow], nor , whine, to give warning of the robbers and | plunderers that were surrounding the cap itol, and infesting every department of the ! Government ? Where he was then, lie is j to be found now, defending the Adminis- ! Ration, and the democracy, who have the entire control of the Government, against all charges of extravagance and waste ! In j all sincerity and honesty, we ask, can the j honest masses of Democracy in Virginia be willfully blind to the faults and vices of) their own leading men ; or are they indif ferent to an honest, virtuous, well conduc- j ted administration of public affairs ! Five hundred and fourteen dollars for : hair brushes and combs, for the use. of a set of gentlemen who had already appro- , priated to themselves six thousand dollars for nine months of their time, out of every two years, and who had then left Wash ington, with the table groaning under the weight of unfinished business, both public and private. It is to be presumed, as the items are uot to he found in the above cat alogue, that the honorable gentlemen were content to supply their own tooth-picks! and cologne, without further drain on the j pockets of tlie people. Thirteen hundred and Huy dollars lor a looking glass in which , a Democratic {Speaker could survey his per- i son ! Two hundred and fifteen dollars more for mental glasses that he might have a front and hack view at the same time ! Eighty yards of carpeting, at four dollars and twenty five cents a yard, on which a Democratic Speaker might strut his hour of brief authority on the stage ! One thou sand and eighty-six dollars for lounges, arid chairs at uinety-eight dollars apiece, on which to rest his wearied limbs ! Nine hundred dollars for curtains to shut out the light from his Democratic eyes—and yet tc have the daring audacity to come before an injured people and insult them with the cry of economy, retrenchment and reform ! ! ! May we not ask, again, “ Why are the people so patient ? Why slum levs the in dignation of the Democracy But, we are far from the end of this catalogue of corruption and crime. Executive Extravagance and Incompe tency. — Again, the Washington States, (Democratic authority) says * “The people were induced to anticipate a return to the simplicity and purity of earlier days ;-*~never did corruplioh exhib it such rank luxuriance of growth in every department of the public service. They were promised reform—they have an ag gravation of abuse. They expected re trenchment—they are insulted by propo sals for the most absurd and mischievous appropriations. Millions have been ex pended for the suppression of Mormonism, and the abomination flourislies with undi minished vigor and a more audacious am bition.” Plunderers of the War Department‘s * The debt, as reported by the Government agents, and which the War Department last year recommended to le paid , on ac count of the Indian disturbances iu Ore gon, amounted to about six millions of ! dollars while by the report of the Com- 1 mittee on Military Affairs not more than j about one and a half millions is justly due! High government officials are di rectly charged with corrupt connivance with favorite contractors to filch money i out of the National Treasury. The bids ; of parties to perform certain work or fur nish materials are overlooked and unno ticed, while others, whose bids are higher | are taken. For instance,"in the supplies ; for the Indian war of Oregon and Wash ington Territories, tlie Government was ! charged $55 a piece for pistols. $125 for j muskets, sllo a ton for hay, $5 a bushel for oa s, etc., etc. And these extravagant I charges the War Department recommend ; ed to be paid. What Virginia farmer would refuse .one dollar per bushel for oats ? And ynt-tbe Government is willing to pay live dollars ; per bushel to its favorites ! Frauds in the Navy Department. —► From the minority i\*| ort of the special j committee on Naval Contracts, ma de by 1 Mr. Sherman in the House, on the 24th February, 1859, we gather the following facts : “Congress, in June last, authorized Sec retary Tuucey of the Navy to advertise for proposals for furnishing the machinery of j the seven new sloops of war, with the view of obtaining the lowest offers and the most responsible bidders. From the re port we are enabled to make up the fol i lowing table : Bids Offered. Novelty Works, 8 98,500 , Novelty Works, 97,(MX) I Novel tv Works, 98,000 ’ Allaire Works, 97,000 Murray A* Hazh hurst, 100,000—.5490,000 Bids Acre pied. I Woodruff A* Beach, $125,000 Murphy A Cos., 130,000 Merrick & Sons, K-2,000 Boston Loco. Works, 104,000 ! Morgan Works, 120,000-581,000 In those live of the seven contracts, there was a difference of $90,500 between the rejected offers of well-known establish ments and those which ftefs accepted; and, if the other two were awarded after the same fashion, the entire loss to the | country $126,700, or over eighteen thous j and dollars on each vessel! The rejected bids were from tltb most eminent machine j works in the Nnion.” By the foregoing it will be seen that the Novelty Works of New York, and the Reading Forge Company—among the best and most responsible in the gountry* proposed to execute the work for $98,000 whilst the offer, of Merrick A’ Sons was for $102,000, and by the terms of the law the Secretary of the Navy had r.o other alter native, but to give the contract to thelowv est responsible bidder, which no doubt would have been done, but for the follow ing most remarkable correspondence, which as a justification or excuse at least, for the gross misconduct of the Secretary, was laid before the committee of investigation : Col. TV. C. Patterson , of Philadelphia, to the President. “ Dear Sir :—I venture to slight to. you t lie importance of awarding toe con tract for the machinery of the sloop, now building at the Navy Yard at this time, and if it can be done without prejudice to the public service, to Merrick A Sons.— Theirs is tlie only establishment in the First District which jjjuiJoys a large num b r of mechanics ; at this time, 390; when in full w ak, 450. “The managing partners (Mr. M., sr., being absent, in bad health,) are full of energy, s raining every nerve to keefc their force “during this depression. rail, in so far as I know, the only old Wnigs of any in filienee in that District who are in favor of the re-election of Col. F'qfehce. 41 1 know, from former experience, the value of that influence, afid feel persuaded, that it is the interest of the Democratic party to increase it. : '-- “The First District will, I hope, be ried in any event, hut with the shop at work, full-handed, two weeks prior to. the election, the result would, I think* h‘6 placed beyond all doubt. With much re- S p e ,. t? W. C. Patterson.” The President. „ .. , This Jeittr was sent to the. Secretary of the Navy by the President, tvith, thi et hss FOCXfij fI'GE J Niimbf? t.