POSTAL PECULATIONIN THE UNITED STATE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 834, 1 August 1881, Page 2

POSTAL PECULATIONIN THE UNITED STATE.

'Since Mr Jaraeß became PostmasterGeneral he has unearthed a very gigantic system of frauds iiiv the Bast office Department, amounting in the aggregate, it is .believed, to upwards of seven millions of dbllarsV Prominent officials and politcianß, are spoken of in the connection .with these, frauds, but with the exception of ex-Senator v Dftrsey; none \. have beeii fairly implicated}- His methods have been, unearthed, and he will be prosocuted.' Two; or three of'the , heads of the Post-office liive been removed, one Auditor of the Treasury, who waa. en trusted, .with the postal, audit It i| (jnjmature to speculate on what m»y happen';'out jt'isibeybad aijoubt tl)at tl)| stealings under tHe nose of Preside n| Hayes were aa extensive 1 almost as under Grant's second administration, when corruption ran' riot, as the outcome of the war. There was no such- excuse for Hayes' administration as for Grant's. Hayes had been an office-holder and politician from the time he was able to .hold office; he is a keen lawyer, and o| j Pjiyita, jujpicious clispositidn, anil' U is not credjtabljj (jjat'' 'jheie. frauds could have gone oii witheut (lis Knowledge. Postmaster-General James has effected' a saving of 754,000d015. ; d year i|j the expenses of his'department since Jjq took q|icelii March, T|is (las tlie ijtar roj|tq pajriDentf to tl|i)|r proper ]}aily Tjm.es correspondent,

f -Soldaije has qot 9 small iqoqth.' A : S«| Franoisto paper speaks'of her bavin* r?plied to soraebodys question with a smile .that opened like thn .Yosemite Valley on .a May morning, - An Indian Rajah, who was pleasantly disposed'towards the EnqM, and had learned' their language after a fashion, frequently visited some years ago (so the story runs) the Viceroy oi Oaloutta, and on one ocoasion borrowed qf the latter a copy of the Edinburg Revie*, > wh'jeh,. he happened to see lying, on. tho table. When he rotated the magazine the Viceroy, if '-attythiqg im te fflatjng i|j \V. - ti! Qn, yei,''''[ie'f'eplm " many" beaqtifql things, butalao ttjarw disconnected ictiqles.!' - "Howiol" aiktsd tbYioawy.- hsre ( \*i)ssjerod tl|<i B & j a 0 i" to thg Qurang-Qiitangj' ! dtiei|;it not j' turn over the haye the ' History of Mary Stuart/ Yiceroy i laugl)e3:; , -ge'percelved thaWf Rajah had att.etnptdd.to read the tnaga> tfoe He accordingly .took' from Ki» taWe a teautifql- its use to his visitor,',and»madij hitn of it. was'./piiazled'as tohwj the leaves of the: book- fcould! be printeSNbefore the^i\vew,, out: bjft tfi\s was was ala to;hinf. i Ajjont a year .after this-1 owur repoey tluT Viceroy - aaw a fcty' and in the centra ,'of:it .'the B&jah/seated on a young iboiieHdid he ne the..Viceroyj"th;aii::,he fcried.ii"Do yoq happen | to 'copy 'of thfl tois» to int'iihe phant, fyjio placed; it bst'jjccn his tusk'si which had been 'W>i|ght into elegant - 'in(jlu9|nsf; p^ij at(d nqicikly |'eav«§, aftflr 'he. kijowjng jnimjl pjijed the Review-tack 'jo tne'^tirprwed.Vice; roy. Jhe Rajah . sen. disnjowted, and aaidto the Viceroy, a* lie pointed ta the elephant, ''E(e is yoqrs; I return ypi| : \ t|e.pap§iyjqttfir aliw>^.

| A Paoi Worth Ksowißo.-In these times. jof retrenohment-aad eaforced eoonomy, both ; publio and privatp, it is consolatory tp.kno*,,' . jthaiHfio"*^wiii r d' is ithe.shorhlamb" ajia that/there arc'misfortunes 'without 'compensating advsn- jdj stages. >; !With;99ney jjwabwiwk &' S ipurebasing power is greater-a potind will go as far as thirty shillings in the er&.d VH prosperity. Aa a pi|of of this,' lrf W (his paragraph" neei-toly : pay a visit

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