Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-05


eeip, whatever, and some are destitute Of all
three"
Now as 10 the age of these vouchers again.
humbly submit that ifihey are not older Than
my agency, las they are certainly not) they
cannot be too old 10 he allowed IN The full and
final settlement of my account concerning II.
And as Ia their age furnishing "a presumption
tina, they have been paid, or that they ought
not 10 be- the books OF his office, ! suppose,
ought To shew thai they have bnen phid--if
they have been, and II they do not shew II.
the presumpi ION ~ that ihry have moi been
paih. aud therefore ought TO be. For the rest.
that some of ihem may be informal according
10 his ideas of TO, mality, tam readily conceive.
aud especially MS remainder that put bun.
die OF thfm into his hands, stating al tho time,
that u was vsTy probable that some Of them
nigh, be found 10 be so--bui that. II they "ern
and be would let the know Via, further proofs
he required 10 authenticate them, I would fur
o'sh them il could | must doubt. however,
whether ,hey ara so informal ashe would make
Them out Soma of thrn, NJ least, ilhl
appears 10 me, ara pretty Dearly aspsfiesi "a
could be wished. For example,, there 10 No
IL, II cnsk Of unslached lime, So ~, called Tor
nv An indrnt of Jonathan t1wdery, SufReoa
approved by A, Sinclair. Commanding ohcer,
aud reo.,p,ed for by Rober, Souiter, mefchanf,
Of whom il was bought What doris this item
want TO authenticate IL further No. l6, FOR
Two pounds white clover seed, one dollar, Is
nearly ~ formal And what fault can possibly
be found with No. IL, for $50 yards white Ian
mel, ~ II scnts 1903, aud six rim locks. with
knobs NJ 81 %, 30 Tor which there Is tho ,e-
cept of George Mclnltah, merchant aud n
corresponding indcnt of Thomas Duliou, Naval
S'orekeepor, approved by John Cassin, the
Commanding Officer Vel they are all deClar
ed IN be destitute of ali the evidences OF ATT
lihtnhciiy aud correctness necessary 10 mike
them good vouchers IN this ollice y will only
add, that they ATE all for a,tiolcs which are
clearly sbewn 20 have been actually bought
aud paid Tor bv me for the service Of tho Go.
vcInment, and there IL nothing 10 shew thai |
have ever been pnld for them again. H. there
Tor, they are only Informal, | submit thai
though II might have be a good cause FOR sus'
pending, II was none for rejecting Them olio.
getber' Bul they ARE rsje1tcdi
d" The vouchers numbered from Qo) 10 an
were rejected for similar redsOus aud foi The
further fcus0B that all those hearing date IN
1916. 1917, ISIS, 1919, and 1920 we're eIeGu.
ted III the yen, 1899. On looking nj them II
was obvious thai they ere lately written. On
enquiry was Informed that they wcro in the
nand writing Of Mr.. Joseph Mufden who has
been IA Mr.. king's employment, ma clerk less
than three years, ! enclosed sums Of them 10
MI. Mulhen, and onquifcd Of hun whether this
Who'll class OF vouchers was not written IN 1899
In reply, under daIe Of Fehuary Is, Isik, he
said, " found IN the office of the late Navy
Agent. n number ofiuiormal bills inauy of
"hich,n,l0n examination iound had not been
charged. These | put IN proper foim, nnd
Obtained signatures 10, corresponding with the
receipts 81 the informal ones" stop quoting
here. Tor n moment, 10 remark that The simple
fact thai these vouchers although Tor old ac-
counts, warn lately wrilicn,' ought not 10
have excited bis suspicious Tor n moment, be-
cause u ought 10 have occurred 10 him nj once. |
that they must have been 90 written only 10 |
make them more fDrnlnt aud especially .Ps II
was evident that no paius had been taken 10
disguise the Thing, for he says himself that |
II Wn obri0lH." But inflow that ha did well 10
suspect IN the Gtsl instance, yet surely the OK.
piannion of Mi Mu'den ought 10 have reno
we'd his suspicious. For IT now appeared from
II, that he had Uncovered these old accounts IN
my Office, which had been 0rcJt0okfd al hf hHlr
aud bad Therefore never been charged on my
books aud lintlmg the m informal, but evidently |
jui, had called upon tho persons who had exc
cuted them, aud readily got them 10 sign new,
or duplicate receipts, corresponding with the
former ones IN substance but oi course, with |
such slight vatIhiions, OF M moment, IL were
seen 10 be necessary 10 put them IN proper
Inn. The will known character Of Mr.. Muir
den IN tins community repealed The supposnon
Ihai he would be the INSTRUMENT, aud The ,0lun
iafy instrument, too Ola fraud aud that OF
The grnlemen upon whom he called made IL
equally improbable that they would ConGar
with him IN II. ietour Auditor does not find
he explanation satisfactory but only aux.
ous 10 hud some plausible prrieHt Tor the sus
PIGEONS he Is Determined 10 hhye, Tor to dBeCt
10 hhyr) SITS down Hnd sends mo an extract
IT Nj. Ms letter. and requests the production
II these i" informal bills" with their corrfspun-
ling receipts" lie adds also in his letter
'One tca6iHs m0tiee IN rejecting The vouchers
II old dale IN Mir MuTdrns hand wrhug was
he conviction that all The receipts were recent
y executed. II corresponding receipts given
wien the vouchers bear dlsG dnh0pgh MUIR
yiat were produced, Il i0Ouid materially change
my ute,0 NJ The CLAIMS, even II The lniormalty
were such ms 10 preclude their passaRe IA suiii-
cieni Vouchers" Now lhs ftdd,ng m0iiUc
IF the wtiie, IN calling for these old bills was
grossly apparent on The very face Of his letter.
,l,d / saw il u, once but perfectly consciou.
IF the enlire honesty oil hlI my transactions,
aud willing that he should shtw himself a, IaH
eupM ! determined 10 Iei him have them Tor
iis use aud called accordingly, MS he says,
/, lew days afterwards, nj his Office. and left
hem WIN hun, informing blm al the time that
# he wanted any explanation of them, was
Ieady 10 give II, and that the gentlemen then-
selves, whose accounts thcy were, were
almost all OF them still living, and persons OF
Great respecl ability, from whom he might ca
lily Obtain any further Information that he might
want about them. After this, ] called upon
hun. on two or three different days, but ta-
ding that he had not yet looked into ihem Gas
he SAID, and stating my desire 10 retaro TO
Norfnlk he observed that might do SO when
pleased aud that he would look into them
when he could Gnd lime, aud inform mo OF
the result. After this ! heard no more OF these
old bills ill saw ia his Report, that he had set
himself down seriously To compare them with
the new and formal ones, aud GndIng (whai he
knew before he must necessarily hnd,) some
small differences between iht two, which he
lancied he could USE against ine, he had con
Guided with his friend the Secretary 10 send