Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-10

tigate the charges brought by a-.r. Ed
aoa DIS against Mr.. Crawford, have
made report IN part, which con.
clu1es III the foliowingterms:
First. That the evidence referred
to and examined does not support The
charge OF having nismanaged the pub.
lie funds
Second. That the uncurrent notes,
mentioned In the second charge, ap
pear, by evidence satisfactory TO the
committee, TO have been received and
deposited by the public receivers, at a
time when they were receivable IN.
der the resolution oil Congress Of 1916
That 10 the principle case, that Of
the Bank of Missouri, the bank did
not make itself responsible for such
notes as cash, and therefore, the Sc
cretary was hound to receive them
from the bank; that although the banks
Of Tombecbe and Edwardsville were
liable to account for such deposites as
cash, ifthe construction which the com.
mttee gives TO their contracts be cor
rect, yet, that both the secretary and
the banks expressed a different opin.
ion as to The meaning of,hose contracts
and that the secretary, in receiving fit
teen thousand dollars from The one,
and twenty thousand dollars from the
other, OF those banks, appears to have
acted according 10 what he Supposed
to be the rights of parties, and with
proper regard TO the interests of the
United States under the circumstan
ces which then existed.
Third. That no int eh.ional mis-
statement has been made to tie house,
ofthe amount ofuncurren, bills receiv
ed from the banks; although sum of
two hundred and eighty dollars of such
bills was omitted through mistake.
Fourth. That although The score
tary may have tnisconstructed the eff
feet Of some of the conttacts with the
banks to the extent before mentioned,
The committee find no grounds for the
charge that He hasinisrepresenied lhem
Inasmuch as the contracts themselves
were submitted, with The report TO the
house.
Fifth. That the secretary did omit
to communicate to congress the rea-
sons which led him to direct the de-
position of public moneys, in the three
local banks Of Chlllicothe. louisville,
where the hank Of the Cincinnati,
aud the United States had branches,
bot there is no reason for supposing
that any concealment was intended, or
that the omission was orcasioned by
design
Sixth That, in some instances, "a.
pers called for by resolutions Of the
House have not been communicated
with other papers sent IN answer to
SUCH calls, but that these omissions
have happened either from accident,
or from belief that the papers SO
omitted were immateri Or not called
for; and that there is no evidence that
any document or information has heen
wnhheld from improper motives.
Mr.. Crawford. -The latest advi
ces from Washington, represent the
health Of Mr. Ciaw ford 10 ne in We
ry dan. erons state. His disease has
diffused itself over his W hole frame,
and paralytic stroke is SAID to have
deprived him Of the use OF his legs
a consultation of the n ost eminent
physicians in that part of the country
had been held, and powerful cleo.
trlcal apparatus was preparing to res
tore if possible animation to his limbs.
His eye sight is also so defective that
he cannot distinguish his most intimate
friends at the distance of two ieet.-
Several gentlemen are Of The opinion
that he WILL never be able to leave the
District of Columbia.
Neuc- York Spectator, June 1.
The first object of Internal Improve
meDt, TO which under the benefcent act
of the last session, the attention of the
Executive has been directed, is, we I'M
derstand. survey of the proposed route
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, to
its termination of the Western waters,
and thence to Lake Erie. We congra.
tufate our readers that this highly i'm
portant preliminary work is about to be
undertaken, b, Board of Surveyors,
whose capacity and experience afford
the promise of almost mathematical
accuracy fo fha eoenlts ~ tho,r lof,,,.