Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-09

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notice. that shall consideration of various sS,
vices well and truly performed, ourself an ,,voo-s
Persona, make application to the said Henry Clsv
or whoever else being our fiicnd. may be Pfeside;x
o. 'ne on"ca S's,cs; Tor tat othce-promsing. In
thu mean time. TO behave ourself discveetlv. AMI
Afterwards gracefully 10 rctirc from our cd;to,.l -
bors.--a 10 mode Green, Carr, &C.
NJ Is. We give this notice thus early. in orSc,
that none OF our friends may be surprised when they
see us one dny an Auditor, Collector or Pos,nr..
ter.
Mr.. Jharton Of Norfolk, Mr.. R;teae, and ne y,,
Hospital.
ut il said, among other things. tina, in n. Ia,
days Of the expiring admins ration the snm ofso ns
mot appropriately was paid out Of another Find e.,
piece Of land not worth moro than from 200 m
s'ooo-5and That fuvoritism 10 stamped the whole
transaction"
The above paragraph from the Enquirer esoanea
our attention until we it repubished in tho Bal
tiinore Republican. We presume it refers To tho
case of Mr.. Tho. Newton, Member of CONG
ross from the Norfolk District, who sold tho
Government piece ofland for the Navy Yard or
Hospital at Norfolk, for that sum. If that be the
case alluded tn, we undertake to pronounce tho
statement foul slonder upon the late Gov
ernment, as well as upon Mr.. Newton, for we rap.
pen to have heard the circumstances. or enough of
them TO authorize us thus to characteristic.
Whether the price paid for the land was too mum
too little, depends upon it's intrinsic capactv r
agricultural product, but upon its adventtious valuc
to the Government. The Pea Patch in tho Ds,o-
ware, and tho Rip Raps in Hampton Roads s,s
ntrinsiculy worthless yet sites Of fortifc.t;o,
for the defence of the Country, they axe ofintnahe
value MS are lots Of ground in and around ooou,o,s
cities, which in themselves are of little or M vo,,
Crancy Island, between five and ten acres was n,r-.
chased by the Government at between twelve ana
thirteen thousand dollars. In this case Mr.. Nev,on
sold 60 acres, to the Government at $500 for tho s,
ofthe Navy Hospital. The situation ~ highly ey;b,e
andis the onyone In the neighborhood that is 90 I,
was purchased after inspection, by Mr. Southland him
sell, andthc Navy Commissioners. Is Mr. Merton In
DC blamed FINDING his land. if Of but little value 10
himself, yet of great value to the Government for
asking what he thought it was worth to those sho
purchased it, Or s Dir. Ritchie who saws that On,
whole transaction is stamped with "favoritiun," a
better Judge than were Mr.. Southland and the Ma
Wy Commissioners of a proper site for the NAVY
Hospital, and what that site was worth to the Gov
ernment' Had Mr.. Tazewel instead of Mr. New.
ton, been the individual Of whom the Government,
purchased, inclined to believe, that our cnn
slsent contemporary, would have thought the price
beneath the dignity Of the Government. These We
believe are the material circumstances attending tho
purchase and sale of the site of the Navy HOSPITAL
at Norfolk, and from which 'favoritism" aud cor.
ruption, are, charitaby implied
But, the six lines which we quote above from the
Enquirer, contain another Charge and Of not less
serious natures namely, that this money was pa;d
without any appropriation for its payment. The
Charge Is true in the letter, but false in the spirit
bill aPproprlnng $4,000 for the payment of tie pur
chase money for the site of the Navy Hospital. did
1--WE think on the Sd AIarch pass the Senate bavin,
before passed the House of Representatives. 7, ia
well known that the President on the last dav Of ,,
session OF Congress, is signing bills, which ore A.,
ways passed in great numbers on the last dav until
late at night This bill was among the last passed
oy the TWO Houses, and consequently among the lest
signed by the late President. On the Sd March Mr..
newton went to the Navy Department and stating
MS desire to 80 home Immediately, and that this bill
had passed both Houses, and only wanted the Preai-
dents signature to become law, tho money was
without hesitation paid him. That the President
tooHd sign the law, was moral and absolute certain
ty as it appropriated money to fulfil contract enter
ed into by the U. States, two years before. Win,
them was the effect Of paying Mr.. Newton ont Of
money not specifically appropriated to his payment,
Exactly THIS and no more nor less that on the next
day. the fourth March, the $4,000 specifically appro-
prated by Congress to pay Mr.. Newton would be put
into the place of the $4,000 taken the day before, and
which was actually paid to him. Let US illustrate
tho case by familiar instance, las we heard an in
telligent gentleman illustrate it, only taking the
liberty of using Mr.. Ritchie's uame.) Mr. Rtchio
has 500 in one pigeon hole, to pay his paper
maker and 500 another pigeon hole, to pay his ink
maker The paper maker calls for his pay, but
MIR. Rtchic feeling in his pocket, finds he has Ioss
the Key of pigeon hole No. l. Having however,
the key Of No. 2, he pays the paper maker With tho
$780, no had set apart ind appropriated to pay tho
ink maker. Presently, looking in the drawer Of his
editorial chair, he finds there the key of pigeon holo
No. and without loss Of time, takes tho 500 out
of No I md 70 ~, O