Alexandria Gazette

The General Post Office.—The people will get the truth at last, especially if a few more searching calls for information be made by the Senate. In regard to the affairs of the General Post Office, there has been deliberate misrepresentation and deception practised. Until the last report from the Postmaster General, the people were assured that the affairs of the Post Office were prosperous beyond precedent, with abundant resources, notwithstanding the increased extent of mail carriage, &c. In the last report the tone was somewhat subdued, as Mr. Barry had to acknowledge a deficit of about $200,000: but he did not disclose the whole truth—the deception was to be continued, and the people's money squandered without their consent or knowledge. It now appears, in answer to a call from the Senate, that Mr. Barry has borrowed within the last year, without law, four hundred thousand dollars, besides overdrawing postmaster's deposits to an amount which he estimates at $50,000—so that the post office department is now deficient not less than six hundred thousand dollars! When the office was transferred to Mr. Barry, he received at least $230,000 surplus accumulated by Mr. McLean. This sum, added to the present deficit, will make the pretty little amount of eight hundred and thirty thousand dollars, spent in reforming this single department. How much has been wasted in other departments, it is impossible to say, at present; but this discovery will probably whet curiosity a little, when the people will insist that every man shall show his hand.

Balt. Chron.