Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-29


ca e, to the amount OF the loss which may be
expected TO be incurred.
The only remaining chargs which may be
| regarded as not before exsminedSs M. n nga-
ton. or intimsiiop, that. owing tQthe fadfe ~
the Secretary, the oonneEs an} Mic cfsS
dit0rs OF the government Tednessee.
were, IN some Instances, paid in bank paper
| not .equivalenttU specie.
Ihe circumstances attending this transac
ton seemto be fully stated in the testimony
of Hugh L. White. 1t does not appear that
any knowiedge ofthess payments having been
made IN deprecated paper was communicated
70 the Secretary. The measures adopted by
MN for the reasonable provision of a proper
fund at the place of disbursement. were. az far
as The Commlttee can Judge, suitable and Judi
cious. He had right to expect the payments
to be made IN specie, or its equivalent; or, at
least, to be Informed ifany thing should hap
pen to prevent such payment No informa-
ton was given to him of any disappontm ent
of his expectation in this respect, by those
whose duty 1t was to pay and no complain,
appears To have been preferred by those whose
right il was to receive.
In regard TO the contested letter IF Benia-
min Stephenson, ofthe 18th Of October, l8 @,
| the ComBittee see no cause To change the o.
pinoD which was entertained, and which they
| intended to express in their foemer report
that, although the letter was written, as stated
by Mr.. Edwards in his testimony, there was
no evidence that Mr.. Stephenson commune
| Gated or transmitted it to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
The Committee do not deem il necessary
to extend their Report, by protracted obser-
vations on the various parts of the evidence,
as the whole is submitted to the House.
They content themselves with saying, that, in
| ftnsssr nlr.in
peach the integrity Of the Secretary, or TO
bring into doubt the general correctness and
ability OF his administration Of the public e.
uances. To this point the main object Of
| inquiry, the chief attention Of the Committee
has been directed /; and they have come to
he result, which has now been stated, with
| the unanimous concurrence of the members
present. Other points there are, Of less inn
portance, but which may, nevertheless, be sup !.
posed not to have escaped consideration by
the Committee. These, however, under all
the circumstances, they have thought it pro-
| per tn leave, without observation, in the light
| in which they are placed by the evidence. H.
We Published yesterday the reported rpsig-
nation Of Mr.. Ed,cdrds of his appointment ms
Minister to Mexico. We are now able To
state, with more certainty, that such is the
fact. Mr.. Edwards communicated his resig-
nation immediately after the Report of the In.
vestigaiing Committee was sent To the Presi-
dent, and before the President had lime TO
read the report and e, drnce Though III.
The Office Of Discount and D.poste, of,he
Bank OF the United Slates, Was yesterday o.
pened at the new Building, recently erected
for its accommodation, in this city Its stu
alton is directly opposite 10 the North Front
Of the Public Onices East of the Presidents
House. Ii is a cUmmodious building, and, 10
It's exterior appearance, well as interior ar
| engagements, much more correspondent 10 its
purposes than that from which the Office has
Just been removed. [I6
RETURN OF THE OUTFIT AND SALARY
Since the dismissal OF Edwards has been
announced, a question has been started, whe-
ther he will be compelled to refund the a.
meunt of outfit and salary paid to him in
March last. The sum is IL $50 dollars. In
reason, he assuredly ought to refund il. He
was, himself, the cause of his not proceeding
to Mexico. His Address was the occasion of
his detention; and he should be made 10 a.
hide the consequences of his own act. Ali
that he can Injustice demand. is the compen-
| satiou of witness from Edwardsville To-
Washington and back again. How the ques-
ton will be settled, we knownot Ii deserves
to be matureIy weighed, not only as il regards
Edwards, but as il respects future Ministers
and the public interest. Had he met with
any misfortune. or been delayed for legitimate
governmental purposes, or have been so far
acquitted az to have been continued in the sta
ton, he would. OF course, we presume, be al
loved to keep the money. But his case is
peculiar !; and the business in which he has
een actually employed, was Of nature not
TO be paid for out Of the Peoples treasury.
TIL Secretary of War will find it rather diff
cult to succeed in preventing compulsory pro-
ess for the return of the cash for, looking
at his friend in the light Of an individual engag-
ed in job, 10 wit the ruin of Mr.. Crawford,
hr is not entitled to pay since he has not done
the work allotted 10 him. nv T.. Gag.
O'clock Il. NJ
We have just heard that Mr.. Writ was We
ry active in the cabinet 10 protect Edwards
until The meeting Of Congress: and that Mr.
Calhoun made Tremendous efforts to save him.
All wouldn't do. Mr.. Monroe was firm, and
deserves the thanks of the country. Let him
receive them without alloy. Mr.. Crawford's
Cause did not require this confirmation. But
the President has done proper act, one agree
able to justice and the People, and he natural
ly wins the applause of the community. MIR.
Monroe IS now master Of himself. He has ia
ken the first step. May he entirely free him
self from thraldom, assert the constitutional
digoity Of his station in defiance Of evil coun-
| sellers, and keep the Presidential Office on its
true foundation.
past . o'clock, p. NJ
Outfit and salary not yet returned by Nj
man Edwards. lU.
from the Wa,ai"gton Republican Of Jsne 24l
In our last paper we briefly the fact Of Mr..
Edwards having transmitted his resignation OF his ma
ton, Minister 10 Mexico, to the President We under
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