Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-12
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TIE ANSWER OF MILES KING,
Late Nary agent al NoJ0 4,
,o Y6E REPORT OF TIRE FOURTH AUDITOR UPON
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THE SUBJECT OF HIS ACCOUNTS.
(C0nciuded
Aher this we have general aud sweeping
commentator of all the rest of this whole lot
Of ACCOUNTS, for various informatties. orig ina
ring. for the niost part. in The simple and single
faei Ina, they had been overlooked at The time
of their origin, as already stated. Hence the
signinc as an administrator in one case, and by
an aren't in another, &c &c. all things that oc-
tur every day in the setiiesnentGt all long ac-
counts Of ans standing, bet which our Auditor
would fain represent AS altogether monstrnus
in mine In all ot them, observe the justice
oi the charges themselves is established by evil
,ience that must satisfy every rational under
sanding. Yet they are rejected and not only
rejected. but absolutely Reproduced. as ift1ey
had been actually tain ed with fraud. ought
10 add, also, that | have presented all this Class
of accounts TO the Auditor, not exactly as GER
tain CLANS; but as probable 0ntsSt0HS IN my ac-
count and requested him accordingly 10
examine his books mnuiely to ascertain whe-
.ber any Of them had been passed 10 my credit
at any time before. He admits indeed, himself
that did SO, bit co0ring the fact, as usual,
with bis own dye, hr artiuiIy ami falsely repre-
sents me as wishing him 10 examine the pro,
per quarters aeeou0fs' only, and ahectedy
asks - with these changes OF dates, throwing
them into other quarters, and sometimes other
wears, with changes in captions, liens forms,
receipis, and even amounts carried o0i, with
one two or three s,ss made out OF differ
ent parts Of an old one, how was II possible to
trace them IN this office, and ascertain whether
they had bern passed TO his credit or not Z" All
tins is gross and wilInl exag gcration. Tie
FORMAL changes in the accounts as his own sc
'ecred specimens have showed, were very tri
fling the differences in the dates usually few
days only, and If they did occasionally run into
different quarters, or even years II would stIll
have been quite possible for him, or any one
OF his host OF clerks, with oniy little patience,
40 have traced all the leading articles in them
IN the books 10 point oil fact indeed, the most
thorough search lCdS made for them, though not
perhaps exactly with view 10 do mo justice,
but for a different purpose,) and if they were
not found on the books, i, was, most assurediy,
only because they were not there. and had ne
YER been passed 10 uly credit at sil. Aud this
conclusion, moreover, was yet further con-
iirmed by the fact, thu, the Navy Slore-ke'~
per'S book showed that they had never been
certified by him, and therefore cou d never
have been presented by me but thai they must
have been, as supposed, altogether 0Derio0t-
Cd d,
The vouchers,narked from (44) to 600
were rejected because of their 1ge; or iheir
informally, or their deficiencies in proper eyi-
dences of authority, &c."-thai is for the same
reasons over again. which have already COM
S'dered, and Showed 20 be insufficient Some
oil them. too, are not very old No e9. tor in'
stance, is dated January 10, 1897, and No, 700,
November % 1928. In some, also, the inior-
mality'i is very slight. and in others not even
perceptibIe. " Some indeed, as he says,
- have not the Sore.keepers receipt bal IT
was only, as he was Informed, because they
had been overlooked al the time oil their origin,
and the subsequent death OF The o'ore-keeper,
Dulion, had made it impossible 10 Obtain MS
signature. But, in the absence OF thai, his
books with the certificate of his sdccessor. Gall.
showed clearly that the articles had been re-
tsleed. and neUer certified. In other cases, the
evidence OF that fact is yet more complete. For
example, No. &c, Ito which beg the readers
particular attention is an account OF Edward
>. Waddey, dated Dec. %, 1918, for IL tierces
ct hice, furnished for the ship Congress weigh
ing o,59i los. al J 3-4: Sol o3. MIR. Waddey's
receipt 10 me for the money is here Of the same
GATE with the account; and this account has
not been recently written" over again by Mr..
Einrden, (Which mig ht have spoiled It perhaps,
out !, is all fair and formal, as far as can see,
u letter II has not, however, | Acknowledge |
The receipt oil the Store keeper. Dulton, or the
approval of The Commanding Oficer, Captain
Henley, because, having been overlooked at
me time OF its origin, the one was dead, and The
''her out OF the country, when 1 Afterwards
presented II to the Auditor But the Auditor
n'mseii did not at first seem TO think that TINS
ueneiency ought to destroy my claim for 1t, Tor
ue goes, very property, 10 examine his books
10 see whether had ever been credited with II
before, and not finding that had, he writes
ieuer to Mr. A. Dsrrsgh, in which he says;
Learning that you were Purser of the Con-
sress at that time, and not being able TO trace
'n's voucher in your accounts, have TO request
tnat you will state whether you have any know
'eoge or recollection Of the delivery OF this rice
On board of that ship, or elsewhere, efor the
use OF the Navy."-Of course, il must be pre-
saned, that he intends to allow the for the rice
81 Ne can only be sure OF the fact that the arii'
e'e mas been delivered on board of that m
sa'e, or elsewhere, for the use of the Navy
w." Mr. Darragh, in his answer, dated Nor
,os, January %, 1880. referring the Auditor
w MS Purser's books and accounts which ne
.au cepo:itsd in the auditors ofice, on h'
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