The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-05-25

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Ola the J0th April he DEPOSITED sj.8G1, aud
retained Slg,lj8. Ia Nay he made uo
dcpusIr aud IN June, only sa,17g, retain
ing Sl9,ff9; and from that tune 10 the
seth December, he made no dtposlte.-
Whence il appears, that with the eYcrp
tiun Of small sum, in June, Amounting IL
less than olc ,hlcd Of the money thru ON
hand, hc made 10 drpooite between the
last of Apr. and the last Of December, a
period If eight months ; during which ne
retained an Increasing balance OF from so,
900 to $4,000 and that even on the last
Of Deccmbrr, he did not pay over, by
about $4,000, all the money then in his
! possession.
! Instead or Withholding of the depositcs
in the dth quarter Of the year, here IS . re
! tention Of them, with the exception before
noticed Cor eight months. twas scarcely
cuutruded that al these omissions Of duty
were the result bC the advice given by Mr.
| Edwards to the Receiver, 10 withhold the
dcpositcs, until he could receive the Secrc
| tary's Instructions. On the contrary, Il viii
be- shown, 10y the correspondence, az FAR rs
il is susceptible Of being shown, ntgatisely,
that no part ofthrse moneys WAS withheld
from drpositc, upon that pretext
On the 9Th of August, at about which
time the Receivers monthly return, for
June, was received, the Secretary wrote II
the Receiver to know, why he retained the
public moneys in his hands, contrary In
his Instructions, and informing him, that,
rs there was a bank at his place of res,
dcnce, there could be no excuse fol hs do
ug 50.
On the 18th Of September, Isee No. 90
Mrs Stephenson, the wife Of the Receiver,
answered. this letter, in consequence of the
absence Of her husband, aud informed the
Secretary, that, from what she had heard
in con, crsaliou, between the Receiver and
othcrs, she believed he had retained the
money 10 meet the drafts of certain public
agents in that country, which the Secreta-
~ b"l authorized him to purchase Aud
il is to be observed, that though this WAS
" the fail of 1919" Mrs. Stephenson SAID
nothing Of Mr.. Edwards's publication Or
advice
On the first Of November, (see No. 80
the Secretary wrote again To the Receiver,
complaining Of the continued dete,tion of
the public money in his hands, which he
Il'0ulIlfu lldN nv u NV lt9ulA W ilo iN''t'
fthe 9Th Of April, see No. II & directed
that immediately Oh the receipt OF this lei
to-, he viii pay into bank, the whole ofth
p bic money IN his preseason on the 30th
inst aud farther Instructlnq hin not 10
consider the letter of the 9th Of April, rs
authorizing him to retain the public money
in his hands nj the end of each moqth.-=
Here, it appears that 50 far from atiribntlnG
the withholding Of the deposlA's 10 the
cause alleged by Mr.. Edwards, the Secre.
tary attributes it TO the cause assigned by
Mrs. Stephenson, in her letter OF the lGth
September Aud it is worthy of remark,
tIru this is the last letter CA record from
the Secretary to the Receiver, III relation
to the druos,trs in the year 1919 and that
this was the last letter written 10 him, on
that subject in that year, will appear by "a
reference made 10 it, IN = letter from the
Secretary to the Receiver, 1T the Goth Of
April, 1890, (sre No, 26) which Is more
particularly noticed hereafter.
On the 28th October, teee No. co the
Receiver who had then returned home,
wrote to The Secretary, acllnowlcdg the
receipt of letter of the DIST of September,
see No. 81 with new form ofan account
current
On the 9Th of November, (scc No. . 4
the Receiver wrote to the Secretary, en-
closing a draft, which he had purchased,
transmitted his monthly return for 0ctoher
aud noticing a small error in his account
for August.
on the eth Of November, SEQ Ne. 80
he again wrote tothr Secretary, enclosing
the I'd of the draft, which he had transmit
ted on the 9Th But, in all this time, there
va, no Dllusion to Mr. Edwards's PubIca-
ton and advice altho' " the fall of 1919
was now nearly gone.
At the last, on the 3lst December, Iser
No. l2l the Receiver made a dcposltr IN
bank in consequence, II IS tally IL b.
inferred, of the perenptory order of TIL
Secretary ofthr LIST November, aud in cen
sequence ofthat only.
That Mr. Edwards publication and ad
vice were not the cause of the retention of
the money, 10y the Receiver before the
18th of September, is manifest from Mrs,
Strphenson's letter of that date.
That no such cause Of retention existed,
within the knowledge OF the Secretary. he
fore the 1T of November, is manifest from
his letter Of that date. Ii the Receiver had,
at any time brtN cen the date Of his wife's
letter and of his own letter of the 10th of
November, made the communication ale
ged by Mr.. Edwards, it is to be presumed
that he would, in some manner or other,
have alluded 10 It in that letter, or in the
previous one Of the BIB of November tie
must have disco, cred, on his return from
Kentucky, that the Secretary was dlssatls-
fed with him, for retaining the public mo
ncy in his bands. He must have been aware
that every subsequent return which be
transmitted to the T'reasnry,as itexhlbted
an increasing balance, ard AS i showed
that he made no depos,tes IN bank, would