Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-03

aThe vouchers numbered i0l TO Zoe contain items
OF commissions, nc. which registered in 1918
and 1919. and ara now. agoin advanced by Mr. King.
not only deem the charges inadmissablc, but would
not ut this late dav, undertake to re-cxamne dec-
sons then given, especially vthou, the production OF
new evidence which was rot bcforo the Auditor.
Tho items Of conmissions here spoken of are small
sums charged to me by that name in he accounts OF
Owen & Gibbons, &c. ON the price of goods which
they imported from Baltimore for the of tho Ma
Wy, and which, believing them TO be fair and proper
charges. and the accounts being approved by the
commanding officer, did not hest; ate to pay The
reasonubleness Of the charges was obvious on the
face of the accounts, as it was evident that the ner
chants must have some compensation for their service
in importing the articles, and whether they got in
the name of Commission OH the Baltimore prices or
involved 1t in new prices of their own made sort
of difference that I could The thing SO
plain ITSELF that neither required, admitted.
any .'new evidence TO supper, it.
"The vouchers numbered io7 to 49, are again pre-
sented in support of claim which was rejected in
1919. 8" far as con discover the decision then
made was correct; at any rate am not disposed to
disturb it," The decision then made plainly in
correct, far as concerned, who had paid the
money which claimed By order of tho commanding
officer Of the yard; but Auditor wac lat any
rate not disposed to disturb it,, 1t is manifest chat he
gave himself very little trouble to inquire whether
was correct or not; and certainly not disposed
| to let IL alone.
I "a few claims alluded to by numbers IA to 1l6.
have been suspended account Of deficiencies in
evidence, some of which may ultimately be passed to
Mr. Kings credit Here have at last "a few
cnims Uust hree) that are not rejected, and "some
of which (probably the smales may ultimately" be
allowed. The first OF these, l 10 for sum Of
S45i which paid Henry Singleton toy order of one
Of the commissioners of the Navy of the
building of the ship house the Navy Yard, occor
ding to the contract which had made with him,
der the instruction ofthe Board The other two
for the small sums So 40 and o SO paid Cary Sell
den for bread, &c for the Navy, the accounts for
which. I observe, receipted by VIM. Loyal his
gent here, but which, il seems may be 'uinnteiy
allowed notwithstanding that detect and notwith-
standing the date of the last accounts is Oct %,
l32S and that OF the receipt to it, Oct. 25. 1929:
jage and difference" which have proved fatal to
many of my othc' claims. The of this differ
ence cannot SO clearly perceive. ought however,
to be thankful, doubt, for the promise of these
small fuvors, aud might be if they had not been
made with sncl evident reucl and associated.
moreover. wi such abusive words.--Fur our Audi
tor immediately adds with the most contemplate AZ
j(erGdtion:-"Dut experience IN Mr Kings accounts
admonishes me to proceed with eaution. Not only
has 1t been found that Sc $50 20 claimed by him
had long since been passed TO his credit: but
in two cases have l found myself deceived -
And he proceeds 10 detoll these two
length, and in his original way. The first of
them IS the of the steamboat. to which The read
err will remember promised call Ia. again
and Reporters statement of is IN these words:
l-He claimed $4,000 upon a voucher in due form. for
the hire of steamboat to bring dispatches Wash
ngton in 1919 Not finding 1t had been passed 10
his credit submit ed 10 you for your decision. On
account of the extraordinary nature of the charpe
the absence Of authority for hiring the boat aud the
), ape OF time which supposed 10 have borne to
Il oblivion the reason why 1t wss not before allowed
you very properly rejected the claim. For this YOU
have been made the bject of special nnimsdvcrsion
8 more thorough investigation has disclosed
tue fact that this claim, though suspended in 1919
If possedto Mr.. Kings credit $50 and your bu-
sed decision has only prevented his twice receiving
n payment for the same thing Now the very idea
that should hsve been caught attempting impose
: upon the innocent simplicity of this honest Auditor
II It, T.
of his eharacier most anusingly absurd; but
will prove that the Story kse ia ridicuiou.
D and that from bis own words The ,eoi cire,.a-
stances Of the case simply these. In he month
of September, l89 Lieut. Clayton arrived here with
dispatches from our squadron eli the South Ameri-
station, bringing the news Of the death Of the
commanding officer, 1.-THE late gallant and lsmented
: Com Perry at the very moment when the United
n States frigate Constellation was lying in the Roads
ell equipped, and only waiting for wind to sail or
her way Join the fleet. In this state of things tn,
commanding officer afoat here, Com Sincoir) very
properly deemed expedent 20 forward the despatch
to Washington without a moments delay that thu
: ship might not be kept waiting for the that
might be necessary. at enormous expense: and he
directed accordingly TO hire the steamboat
for the service. did not hesitate of course
to obey his order, and especially saw myself the
= exigency of the case and therefore chartered the
Richmond for the of $500 and sent her off with
the messenger and his despui the city, with
all possible speed. The answers were brought back
by her in very short timo, and the Constellation
: proceeded with them Immediately to sea. Shortly
afterwards included this item in my last quarterly
return for that year and sent up the voucher for It
I along with my accounts with the approval of Com
Sinclair upon it, dated lot October, 1919 land not as
1t appears in the printed document, 18se-possbiy
D by his mistake.) The item. however, was not then
allowed; but was marked appended for the tuant ofe
authority Of the Secretary Of the Navy, as il still ap
pears the books of the Fourth Auditor in the &C.
count Of that quarter. Some time afterwards prob
ably in 1890, went myselfto Washington, and find
ing the item still s,aspended informed at the
Office for want Of the Sec retarys approval took the
account over TO him at once, and Ina wing obi aimed his
approval upon it, carried il bncs to the auditor All
this was perfectly fresh in my recollection when /
went up to Washington again, in 1899, to settle nv
7 accounts with the Auditor who had now come
into the Office. And here at this time as have al
ready stated was handed list Of suspended items
which then and there told had not been pared to
Uy credit, and for which was requested osend up my
vouchers tbe duplicates Of course, the Originate
were always there, but had not been found lon
this list found only the items making the a. $50
%, (which | am accused Of having attempted 10
charge over sgain.l but TO my very great surprise
verv ter of ha off h