Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-12

I claim would be allowed without any forihe'
difficulty. Accordingly, upon my return "a
Norfolk. I informed the Cashier tim, II would
be !: and, 81 his request. endorsed the claim o.
Yer To him, ms he seemed 10 think, Uhoueh
did noi,) that nv assignment might be peess.
saty 10 enable him 10 receive the money Here
| | though the matter would rest at last But !
was reckoning without my host Tor II turns
out after all. that the claim has mt been allow
ed aud 10 tree him from any further uoabIe
about II, I have paid the money 10 Tho Cash.
| ier.
This is n long account Of small matter, but
II may serve TO show what yoxa'ions difficulties
! have had To conflict with IN The attempt 10
settle my accounts with men vino were de-
iermined from tho begnning not 10 settle
! them but ~ their own way. II shows also i,
most perfectly, the total falsehood of oil oui
Auditors chergas against me oa ihe.suoJeot OF
this item. For how, indeed, could have con
eedisd the pretended faet that the stone had
not been +. cei.ea- when had the eeriiHosto
ot The person WIN Inspected aud received Il by
| the Cammodore's order. 10 shew that u had
been Aud how could conceal the subse.
quent condemnation o iii bv the same Comno-
dorc. when The want of his approval of the &c
count, gspwjng nnt ot ,bafsinci vas the very
thing that had created al the difficulty which
was appealing IN The Bpaid, and 10 tho Prasi-
dent himself, To remove aud was accordingly
expressly stated as the sole reason Tor my ap.
plying TO them in the case , Aud how can our
Auditor now say THAI the stone WAS never
received by tbs United States, when the as
! srrtion conitediciE. not only the certificate oil
the Inspector. aud the certificate OF the Com
miss,oners but the report Of the Secretary
| himself. already quoted. IN which he distinctly
SAYS; N appears from the examination offhe
s0cumeph presented TINT Scranton delivered
The Stone agrecdbie 10 order. 10 II decent for our
Auditor TO Gopirad,c, his honorable friend this
way And as 10 the round assertion that " II
was long before the last presrnia,,on OF the
clam, If mol before the first. delivered over 10
the disposition Of Mr.. kng,"I utterly deny
that II has ever been delivered to me al all,
| down 10 this dny. 90 the contrary, have al
ways reiugtJ 10 receive II, aad tho stone now
| les upon tho wharf vented by tho United
States aud of course IN their possession Vet
the claim for II is rjccled, all these facts 10 the
contrary notwithstanding and eilll iufher TO
punish me, presume, for attempting TO tie
seive tho rural innocsrot oil our Auditor sbsul
u. il Is actually changed (as we have seen)io
INV debit in the account AnrT this, II this
stone is not absolutely tina, OF Sisyphus. instead
| ai scranton, IL shall rest forever whtIo " lies.
as perpetual monument OF the malice aud
meaausss Of my accusers together
! The last item in my account which Is touched
upon in tbi. Rrnnr,. is lbni Of cor ain alleged
| overehsrges IN the account OF Graham Tor
bread Aud bore onr Auditor has favored us
! With specimens OF his reasoning, oil eontidefa'
| BILE length which, ! underslnnd, has been
greatly admired al Head Quarters but winch
/. obviously founded upon the assumption OF
| false facts and hardly consists even with
them. The circumstances Of the case were
| briefly these. On the 3lsi OF December, 1927,
| ~ pursuance OF INSTRUCTIONS froM the Navy
| Board, I contracted will, Tsldsley Graham. u
lsker IN this place, 20 furnish all the bread
winch Dight bs required tor the uso OF the
Navy, NJ Gosporl. for ,he year 1873. a. tho
pricn of a. 81 / , per owt for all bread made,
delivered aud inspected agfeeebly 10 thu con
tract aud under his contract, ne feCeiVou
and executed various indenis, ~ different limos
| In particular, oD the 7lh November. 1928, he
received an inden' fnr 81 ,6oO lbs oil ofsHd Tor
tho irigate Guerrero, then lying Al the Navy
! Yard, all OF which he had made, aud was rea.
dy 10 deliver on or abou, The 18th OF thai
month bu, the United states not being, then
ready TO receive II, On consequence, believe,
Of The ships being painting. and there being
no Convenient place for II at the yatd,) ha was
| requested 10 ksrpu foTs Tow days, un'i th'y
could take IT, which he freely consented 10 40
ON the morning of the l9lh afterwards IN
defsiand, they would have been rsndy 10 re-
ceiye il but the state 81 the weather dId not
| then pcrmtl llm 10 eeDd II over aud on thht
| very night, the bske houses were burnt, Ann al
| tho bread then IN them, together WIN con-
siderable quantity besides, which he ma pre-
pared on nh lndent Tor The Alert, ma "a an
ucipaiion Of other indcnts for the service, wns
consumed along with then by the IRE II
shoul be noticed here, that little while be-
fore This accident, The Commissioners had adj
veriised FOR proposals 10 supply the Savy WIN
bread for the ensuing year 1872 ana had re-
! Ceiyeh various ofTefs from different persons,
and Gfahsm among the rest. Jnsi at ms juno
IurP however, news came that 'here hau Deoh
a greu failure IN the whrai crop ~ nreai
Britain. IN consequence Of which thu p'ice oil
-four rose rapidly 10 oil our markets, aud most
of the Contractors Including our contractor
here. beIieve,) taking the alarm, w'thdre"
their proposals IL this state Of thlngs.i the Con
missioneis very judioiopsly made contract
| with n single baker IN Baltimore, TO furnish All
the bread TINT was TO he supplied there. ut q
which was 10 he graduated by thu piice price
! Of 0Uur IN Tint market at the 'ino thu
bread might be required, according !" sehe
fixed IN the CONTRACT and having done so. they
authorised me, by their letter oi tho IAN NOV
1928, to make d similar contract with GTahhn'
for tine supply of the bread that might be re-
qnired here, (for 1929 , which did. Now.
,horily after the loss of his bake.honse and
bread, as already sts'ed. Graham wrote let
Ter TO the Commissioners, daled the 81 Dec
1923, in which he ulormed them OF the acci
dent, and states the amount Of bread winch ~
had lost H. s28 bbs. weighing $4,000 lbs, o@,-
600 lb. nj which had been prepared Tor me
1uerrere, portion lor the Alert, anh me RESI-
for any drdIInds, Tor the service. lie adds
notwithstanding my serious losses, a'n no"
making every exeriIon 10 comply WIN my con
tract, aud am COW baking as fast as can, IA
hifed bakr.hhqse, aud will, il possible, have
IL all ready FOR the Guerrero IN Tune. lie ther
sub,oins I nope IN consideration OF the above
statement, and The loss which shall necessaril,
sn,sin IN the subsequent rise oil flour, I'M
Commissioners will. II they can, consistent VIII
slsi Is righi, make some allowance, as an
now losing Oh every barrel OF -four ] bake on'
dollar aud City cents, independent Of laoour
fuel. &c.' nauswor TO this, received lei