Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-18
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MARTINsBURG, JUsz is, 1929.

---rb, Rev. MT. JACKSON is expected 10
- milne Service 10 the Episcopal Church
~. Mace, on Sunday the 2SIh inst. at 5
ger. a. adjourned meeting Of the citizens of
A;..burp. held at the Court. House in said
hH "A Saturday the 18Th of June, 1899, for
os. .,,,pose OF forming q Fire. Company, Col.
e anuT STRoTHER was called to the Chair.
~ W,sH1serox EVANS appointed Secretary.
H1.s;d n. Conrad, esq. who was requested at
- l,.t meeting TO apply to the Court of Der.
t.i,y county, for aid to purchase Fire En-
s;n.--Reported, that the county couFt Of her,
t.lsy levied upon the county $50 for that
varpose.
=. AXE up bscriptions--Reported, that he
Id obtained nearly $500 for that purpose
ii az one of the trustees of the town, stated,
Is, the board had come to the resolution TO
nrocure Fire Engine and other suitable i'm.
nIsments for the extinguiShment OF fire.
lanes N. Riddle reported list of persons
,lI,ng 10 become members of Fire Company
tnn Which forty were selected By the meeting.
Iohn Doll oftbe committee appointed TO make
enquiry Of the probable cost, and articles ne.
CESAR for the extinguishment of fire, rep
,ed-Repori received aud accepted.
On motion made and seconded, ordered that
notice be given in the next Martins5urg Gazette,
railing meeting of the members OF the Fire
Company, at the Court House, On Saturday
nett, for the purpose Of eieeting their officers
On motion made and seconded James ~
R.dlle John Sfrother, Bernard c. Wolff, G..
Hogmire and David II Conrad were appointed
committee 10 form Constitution for said
Company.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOAN STROLLER, Chairman,
WAsaINsroS EVANS, See'y.
Jasebh .Nsurse-Ths venerable gentleman
vas lately dismissed from the office Of Reg;s,er
ii the Treasury by president Jackson, and " lth
The imputation of being defaulter cast unon
bis reputation by the infamous Duff Green in
his Telegraph. The reader will see in the
accompanying statement from the Nstiona, In
teIgencer, the true reasons assigned by Gen
jackson himself to Mr.. Noarse for his removal.
he principal of which was, that az Register OF
he Treasury, he certified that Mr.. Adams had
DOT charged the government for the celebrated
Billiard Table! The INSURGENCY of the grounds
upen which Mr., Nourse was accused Of deiln.
sency, and ms innocence of the ACQUISITION
ae demonstrated by the expose from the Intel
sencer.
From the National ln'elbgenesr.
THE CASE OF JOSEPH NoURSE.
In attempt having been made for party pur
pSs to blscken the character of the gentleman
Fose name stands at the head of this article,
nd who has ever been considered a man of
B: purest integrity, who had served his coun
faithfully and laboriously for fifty years. It
idue to virtue and to justice 10 expose the
sunny, and, from the materials placed with.
sour reach, 10 correct the misrepresentation.
sth his view the following copy Of commu.
Ma'ion from the late Register to the Hon.
amuel D. ingham, Secretary of the Treasury
'partment, IN relation to the accounts of the
'OFmer with the Government, is LAID before the
Public.
f&tsr from joseph Nou,se, late Register, 10 the
Secretary Of the Treasury.
HkIsHrs ABOVE GEoRcETowy.)
June S, 1899.
efR' IN preparing for the settlement of nv
accounts IS Agent for paving the continea a,
sIpenses OF tue several officers of the Tres.n.
,y Department, have charged commission
upoa my disbursements as Agent aforesaid Of
two and half per cent. -
The detailed abstracts will show how multi.
iaFious these disbursements have been. hoo
iaoorious has been the agency, and how great
the responsibility attached to il, and that the
commission which have charged is but rcs,
sonsbie compensation for the services Which
have been performed.
An sbstrsct of the disbursements under il
up 70 looo, was presented to The Government n,
""n we" 70 compensation. The subject
~ts ueierfed at that time, but the abstrac,
~" 70 On ME IN the Treasury Department
u pS 3fS t0e Certificate of he al O
she Treasury, that had received no comnen.
SALON tor these services.
IN 'ne long course of this agency. MANY
iosses have necessarily been INQUIRE d. not on
ron the multiplicity of the accounts. bu,
ro" errors IN the vouchers; and in one single
ieaf have been obliged to charge mv,elf
vs." coe causes above mentioned. with the
Nss OF eight hundred dollars.
An ,h he commission which have charged is up
&c principles adopted by the Governmen,
!" reIation 10 officers in the differen,
S.prIDeh's who have been called upon "a
IN, ,s oeeo' 70 perform extra duties no, attach
,S,s "e,r regular appointments or sommis
"a cn, ""u VINO nave bsen, and are now. allow
,S -, tIo'nniiSsions upon dsburse ment. made on
"o immediate line OF their duty
e'"hot allow myself to suppos. that tbs
h. ,, VIII refuse to me compensa,ior
q. eArA services have performed-seryi
+, os ,he out OF the line ofmy duty as Re gis
Go,.. reasury--when it has adopted nrin
al;o~ t anu regulations making such compen
N,v. ~ si'i'iar services to other officers; an,
you will c,sao 10 request respectfully tina
sccoun,;o osuse directions to be given TO III,
ny aecone, oincers of the Treasury to sett
"As been acted. '" ""~"
Very rec ne rtE,u