Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-22

err Tor ITS expense. within the limits OF the usual al
iowance. sum OF something over 1000 dollars |
IS represented by Mr.. Mckinney to have been
given as presents to Indians. Their rel ep,s would
OF course have been OF no value as vouchers and
the minority OF the Committee have reason to |
think, that it has always been found necessary in
treating with the Indians to accept the certificate
OF the person employed, as sufficient voucher for
expenditures OF this kind.
The absence OF vouchers, Of course made the
settlement OF Mr. MKenney's account matter
os the exercise oil the discretion Of the Departments
the rather as his compensation was originally sim
ulated TO be an equivalent the nature and extent
oil ms services; OF which the head of the Depart.
'nent was the responsible judge. In the exercise |
OF TINS discretion, the Secretary At War granted
MS reqn'siuon IN iavor OF Mr.. M'Kenney, To the |
amount OF Sl,Sif. BY the statement of the ex
pe.cs oil his journey, and o! presents to Indians
partly sustained by vouchers, and partly resting on
estimates, which the minority oil the committee see
" reason 70 disuust, n wonld appear that part
on,y Of 'his sum OF Si,344 would remain TO Mr.
NJ Renney, as the compensat for his services
over aud above the deiraying OF his expenses on
ms Jour. when the nature OF the trust is consi-
ocr'u, or even the importance OF tn single object
Oh -'uiing The Creek controversy is taken into view
IN connection with the announcement which MI
W henney has had in the reports OF committees of
Ho"Sress' oi an increased compensation aud also
,"e coh'racti III The present instance, that his al
'o"ahce should be proportioncd to the nature and
extent oil his services; (oi which the head of the
department must be the judge) the minority of the
committee not disposed TO accuse the Secreta.
ry oil AR OF undue facility in admitting the claim
ior balance, which, il paid would leave MIR.
M henney about twelve hundred dollars of nett
compensation Tor his services. Had his accounts
oeeh originally made out or the mileage prnci-
PIE, mey believe the balance due him would have
Deeh more than he claimed. In exercising his
discre'ion and in issuing his reausition in favor
Vi Mr.. NJ kenney, for the balance claimed the
secretary OF war did no more than il was his duty
ouo, u lie believed the services to have been
.ai',ilu"y performed. To insist the principle,
''d' no expense should be allowed without specific
vouchers, would he to destroy all confidential SER
vice ana 10 throw on innocent persons the great
Inconvenience and risk, in the discharge of ma
-. "lShiy important functions. Ii is believed that
the II cords OF the Department., under every adj
nnStIation, and particularly in the conduct of the
Indian Affairs furnish Instances of the settlement
o. accounts, believed 20 he honest and just by the
nrau OF the Department, and on the best evidence
when the nature OF the admits
The minority of the committee are of the opin-
ION una. more efficient organization might be Civ
=" ~ Tue inuian oi'ice, by separating il NOR dis
,lhetiy from the Department, of War, on the prin-
cipies recommended in a communication from the
c"ie' Cefk oil That office, 10 the Secretary IL War
ana ny Tie Sec ietary, in letter 20 The ono able
'"hh locke both contained in the Hous. docu-
IN h' NO. 49, OF the LIST session of the 18Th Com
sI'ss' ana winch is substantially embraced in the
P'''i'oHS OF a OH now pending before the House. |
10 De concluded IN or NEXT
BALTIMORE, July II.
EftensiYe Robbery and prompt apprehension
" me Ro06ers-On Saturday afternoon about q
O'Clock, Messrs. Ross and Riggs, two of our most
eihcien police officers received advices that on
the night previous, at III o. clock the locked room
., the dwelling OF His EXceliency the ChevaIier
rriOfGENs, the Minister near the United States
from the Netherlands, at Washington, had been !
opened by three of his servants, and plate and
Je"eify' OF great value and money TO the mount
OF about $500, taken there'rom. The officers
ma mad
aooVe named with their usual pronprness and
s'gacity, at once deiberaled and decided on the |
course most proper TO be pursued; and at half |
past SIX, I'm three and an hay hOtns from |
me tame they received the informatiom,) had
TWO o. me cuipris In custody, and probably near
~ an oil the valuable effects of which thew had
Purioined their master. MIR. Ross ha wing taken !
different direction Mr. Riggs took the York road
ana about miles from the city, at a tavern caught
'iie 'hTef IN room, mapping, but of them |
succeeded IN making hi> escap-. ,Iheir names are |
francois Auguste Michand, aged 20; Ferdin md |
sIicnand, aged 20; and Jean David Guerrex aged |
zZ; the second one escaped; bat will probably be
apprehended-his stature is about feet inches
he property found in their possession consists of
three boxes of jewelry trunk of silva plate
(anong which are go table spoons and several
packages which have not been opened) and SI3I.
IN notes, principally ofthe Georgetown Bank; ali
OF which have been deposited in the Mecbanics'
BANK, oil this city, and detailed list of the articles
may be seen at the Office of Colonel SHEPPARD the
committing ma giStrate.
Grea, credit Is certainly due TO Messrs Ross and
Riggs, Tor their activity in this well as in MANY
o'her instances; and in whatever light the public
may estimate their services, they will enjoy the
piesure oil having done their Duty Chroa
We learn from Hartford, that great excitementl
was produced there on Wednesday last, by the
discovery ofan extensive fraud which had been
committed on the Hartford Bank by Mr. HinsdaIe
one OF the clerks. He has been employed i'm the
oahS Tor eighteen or twenty years, during all whch
tune he has enjoyed the fullest confidence of its
oihcers. His course has been this-ever since
MS connection with the institution commenced he
has been making over drafts upon his deposit But
ne has all along contrived TO keep the balance bv
wrong posting; as. for instance, by adding cy-
pher TO the amount deposited, and il is now found
that he Is really i'm default for Mirtu mr. forth
thousand dollars. This round sum of money
according TO hi> own accOun, of it, has been most
iy expended in totte'y tichats, and we happen to
know that b oker in This city, some years since,
pad h,In prize OF ten thousand dollars Such IL
tie 'JoTfune" OF this infatuated mani Its indeed
true that We are not often presented iib picture
oil desperation so deeply shaded but il il were
possible TO open the dwellings OF poverty and trace
out The pinings OF the heart, we might muster
scenes oil anguish and crime that would astoDjsh
the pub lie, Indifferent they now are to the evils
OF this species OF speculation. They are moi in |
dih rent because such evils do not exist BIZ, be-
cause they are unseen. or If they are seem II -
only by tie wretches who ave themselves nvoly-
ed, and who know way of recovery bat nv
piunging still deeper. IL is really TO be wished
that the public might once see and appreciate the
effect OF lotteries. We persuaded that il wouie
be tue end OF their existence. ~. 4. JO OC C0r,
ODD e. EVEyT SYSTE ~