Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-10

lie business o. sl.c treasury Commenced. IN this
we agreed, NJ il manifest that the !
object OF tho law could be effected as perfectly by
proceeding in that way IA if we had been admitted
into the Treasury Office the evening before for the
purpose Of making the count. We accordingly at
tended on the.mornng of the first of last January.
and counted every cent Of money which was produced
oy the Treasurer, having remained his Office the
evening before, and took memorlnduis the same.
We then addressed letters To the Presidents Of th,
two Banks n which requested them TO inform us
of the amount of monies in their respective Banks
the credit OF the commonwealth" the close OF the
quarter ending on the 81 Dec. 1897. On the next day
we received answers from the Presidents OF the Two
Banks, stating the amounts of the public monies
deposit IN their resp Banks, :he credit of ;ha
commonwealth. Adding tho sums thus reported from
the Banks to that which we hal counted in the Office,
and comparing the whole with the Auditors books,
(Which was done as it could be done, il mp
pcared that there were about $500 WORE in lie
treasury, than ongbt TO be there. This ovcrplis
was very nationally accounted for, upon the sap
position that checks had been issued BY the
Treasurer which had not been presented for pay
ment at the Banks. Of course it appeared that the
public funds had not been misapplcd, and that every
thing was done which ought to hive been done. Mr..
Pendeton and myself wrote reports iii form Ia
the Executive alternately. i had written on. the
preceding report, md it became his tur TO write ont
the one which was made al the period when tho d.
falcaiion was discovered. He has explained IN til,
report why it WINS not made sooner Things rested
In this situation, fur knowledge extcu,s u-
I'll, think, a5out week before the dedication was
discovered When Mr.. Pendleton men, onod 10 me
the circumstance oftwo checks which had been drawn
by the Treasurer on the two Banks on the 3ist day
OF December, 1897, the day which our quarter clio
sed which we had been appointed to examine the cla
upon the Farmers Bank IN favor of tic Virginia
Bank amounting 10 $lI 730. the other rpun the Viz
gina bank. amounting To s $50. winch checks hal
been deposited on that day. hut had not been paid or
that day, and upon which the Treasurer had rccriveL
credit IN the books OF the Banks to the amount the
fx.-r.. ,l,-,l.- got
TWO checks VIZ 5! 6io on chat day, and that the pro-
cahhity was that the amount o: these two CHI ks had
been inc!;'ed in the statements u the two Presidents
OF the Banks which we had received on the n ,i?y
OF January MIR. Pendlcton handed 10 me Il i!uIno-
Ian.ain' stating the amount otrhcse two chrcks-of
their daic' &c. in the hand writing of NJ Ncbervis
the Cashier OF the Farmers Bank of NiY,y;uia
went immediately to him and he gave me every inlor-
nation which desired in relation to the two checks
IL appeared then that the Treasurer had obtained
credit upon the hooks of the Banks TO the amount Of
S2i $40 not for money which he had depos ted on
the 3st OF December, but or checks or orlers which
he had drawn, and that it required tie amount at
Ms 'eoa 10 maze up the ,ctich ought 10 be u.
The Ircawry Where was the money? wos the cnnu;.
~. The Treasurer could not tell us that it remain
cd IN the Treasury Office ina! day and that he hal
drawn the checks matter of convenience because
the money had been counted III the Treasury Ofict
on that day, and adding the sun, found there Ia his
whole credits upon the bank books, incudinr these
two checks, only made the necessary as required
by the Auditors books. The checks that wore thus
drawn and deposited in the Banks on the 3lst Gay of
December, 1877, were not presented for payment un-
tn the Cd day of january. There then manifest
y dealcation IN the Treasury On the 3lst day Of
December. 1897.
The Committee addressed letter to the Trcaeurcr-
for an explanation ofthesc two cross checks They
were promised the expana on OH he next drr. and
the tragedy which ensied st MT Il rnnai,,i,,r Gouh
That none could be given. The amount Of the dnfaI
Gallon was afterwards aeceriained and has ocen made
known to the Legislature. This is history OF Ill tho
material facts as fur my recollection serves me
which led to tho discovery Of Tic dcfalca,cu
Very respectfully, VI obi. servt
JOHN CAMPBELL