Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-12
From the Correspondent Of he United States Gazette

From he correspondent q INC o's'seA1 'eo 100000
"WAsHINercN, JUNE 6, 1929.
Genilemen:-You have doubtless seen the at
tack made in the u S. Telegraph, upon Inc iate
Register, Mr.. Joseph Nuurse, who had been In
Office So years, and was removed on saturday
last, 1t was Immediately given out that he was
defaulier. by his own admission, and mat MS
deficiency represented, at the lowest sum al
10000 dollars, might be 10000 Inc e'e-
graph opened upon the worthy old gen'ema"
with its accustomed cry, and by this time the
country, for hundreds Of miles, rings win the
allegation that Mr. Nourse is detaultrr, and
that public justice called for his removal Mr.
Nourse, however, is no defauller. When ne
made the last settlement OF his account IN jan
uary last, the government, or rather the pubic,
was indebted to him bu: a little short OF 5000
dollars, and when his account is finally made
UP, i, is now admitted, that there can be moth
ing due from him 10 the public. The contin-
gent fund is placed in the hands OF the Regis
ter, and when the fund IN his h,nd has run out,
il had been the practice Of Mr. Nourse to mske
payment Of he drafts presented 10 him, ny his
checks as usual on the bank o! the Metropolis,
where they were always paid. II was, there
fore, not always in his power 10 tell how his &C
count Stood with the public. until the close oil
the quarter, when his accounts were balanced.
The President, it seems, sent for Mr.. Nourse,
when he was about to remove him, and convers-
ed with him abIut his great age, and Its pro-
bable effect upon his performance Of his public
duties. Mr.. Nourse admitted his age, but re-
fused to admit, that II had in any way relaxed
his attention to his public duties. The Prfsi-
dent finally suggested that the removal OF Mr..
Nourse was necessary, because he had during
the late contest, given certificate oil the fact
that in the settlement OF the accounts OF the
late President a, the Treasury, there was no
| charge on account of billiard tablc! When
Mr.. Nourse found himself thus dismissed at
moments notice, he stated that his accounts
we're not brought up, and he did not know pre-
oisely how they stood, but added tina, il any de.
6ciency should be found, he was ready to make
ii good. This was enough for his enemies, for
| the Jackson men ofthe city, and the Telegraph
to manufacture into story of an enormous de-
fault, and 10 put liz circulation thousand ru-
mors calculated 10 injure The re >uiation OF Mr..
Nourse. Brief advantage will tho propagators
OF these SANDERS obtain from their active ma
lignty, for i: is now understood that, to use an
elegan, Expression OF the Richmand Enquirer,
"the boot will be on the other leg"
| You must expect 10 hear OF many strange
stoSies about default, nor is it unreasonable
hat they should be raised, when 50 many new
officers, unacquain,ed with The long prac'issd
modes Of doing the public business, are placed
in the situation Of veteran servants. If a voucher
be mislaid, there will Immediately be a cry that
deficiency has bren discovered; and it is prob.
able ha, in looking through the accounts fur ten
or ,wenty years, numerous instances Of missing
vouchers will occur, although there may be
The least ground tor suspicion of any unfailh-
iulness in the nfhcers.
II is circumstance worthy Of remark, that
h-i--a -. s'b~-<.cDt iu riIr Cirvui, O-~rs, in
the case # the second demurrer against Dr.
Watktn's indictment, This week invitations were
delivered to The Judge. and the Counsel FOR
the United States, to dine with Gen, Jackson
on Tuesday. They were written on pink pa
per-so that the paper itself seemed TO blush
al the indelicacy Of The matter which il carried
do not say that these invitations were intend
eel TO influence the Court, but If they did, it
would Dr. nothing ex raor binary. The inAu>
EN- OF the executive cannot be. kept TOO dis
tant from The sras of justice. Judges are But
men, and are TO be operated on as other men
are; and considering the anxiety Of the admin
islration 10 con,ic Dr.. Wakins the sending
OF these invitations 10 such pc sons, at such
time, was to say The least, Injudicious and I'm.
fortunate.
Mr.. Adams, the late Fresiden, and his fam
lily leave Meridian Hill for Qoin,y, 10 morrow
or Monday.
II is whispered hat Mrs. Commodore Por-
ter visited General Jackson few days ago, was
graciously received, obain"d ready afirmAtv
TO all her reque SITS, and has since gone TO Phil
adelphia, 10 meet the Commodore, 10 whom
political gossips have given the situation Of
minister 10 MexIco.-Surely il canno, be-"
PRESCRIPTION LIST, No XII.