Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-16


1880 70
Less $500 for commissions,
which he admits was drawn IN
1893, consequently it could
not have been drawn In 1897 500
Total amount less drawn than entitled
70 SOD 81
entitled to have drawn; Exclusively of the drof,s fo
S<ooo ana 5oO after allowing our Auditor Slo5 for
the errors IN addition which he has mad this time
against h'msef no doubt by mistake. And We, he
mas the nhished lmpertnence to say Had all AIR
AlnSs checks been returned to me, il Ia probable
that his whole default could hav been accounted f,1
with equal c!earness" Doubtless it couId-aud !, i
tnat MS arthce throughout could have been
But our Auditor proceeds: s'Y1he reader will oh
serve among the checks for 1926 one on the sIs,
U Ia January, tor iooo.to pay draft in favor S NJ
- one o. the lIsh May, for $4,000, to pay
ued' and one on the slst November for $500 70
pay ''r. Watkn,' draft on account of cont,ngnn, y
| amounting in oil to $780," &c. Now the reason
why he desires particularly to iobserva Ihe.a
checks, (Which had sent I'D to him amono ths ,nsS
IS obvious enough; and the urtifce indeed. with
winch ne has here sought 10 associate nv n,mo VIII
thot OF the since dshonured drawer of the drafts 10
which they refer, L. should think almost foo ,,oss
20 deceive any one. At all events sh,l; c,silv
oiSaPPoint his malice again, and answer all his in
situations against me on this point, by shor, and
simple statement of facts
Mr. Watkins then, was an,o,rt.d .,r ,.,;.
oeiteVe, on the death Of Col. Freeman son,nt;r,a
Id the year l92A-5, and became ACQUAINTED with
MN, OF course from my connection with the dep,rt
tnent' shortly afterwards. Nv intercourse with him
however, was confined entirely to his office. and 7
nad certainly no sort of private business or dealin
or understanding, of any kind, with hin, until the
after part OF 1896 when had occasion to have one
"hich shall soon explain. In this state OF thin1s
on the 18th Of January, 1925, be drev;as HnnT,b
Auditor, the said frs, draft upon me az Nayv
gent, in favor of S ID. Allen & Co. Tor $1,000. nav
VIZ "a! siSlt' with an accompanying letter of advice
III "nich ne directed nc TO pay the amount tout of
any appropriation in my hands, and hold the same
charseabie to contingent for 1895. to be CHARGED
IN my account for the then present quar,er;"-iSee
q No. ~ Pbis draft being thus ON its f,,a e.
q public purpose | did not hesitate, of cours. 70
accept and pay on is presentmen. on the etst of
5anuary; and having done / afterwards cbrged
II, ana sent 1t up, as directed, with my quarterly
return for Soth March, 1896 (Sre No o \
Afterwards, the eth uf Nav. 1926 he d,e,,
the SAID second draft in favor of Seth Hyat.
" 20. for $4,000, at fitteon days aft er date and d.
fectee me 10 charge 1t without farther advice"
See No. e. Now this draft was certainly NOT draw,
Tor pubic purpose, as have since had good rea
son to know, g. the manner in which it is drawno ugh,
perhaps, to have made suspect as much At tho
t'ne' Sii as mad never bad the smallest dealing or
engagement CT asy kind withMr Watkins, and had
certainly. as have already said, NO particular in
tlmacy with him, could not, and did moi, sunrnss
Tor moment, that he would have taken the lber
aeCDmmOta a. linn
without further advice" and, therefore, concluded
that he must have drawn sfor public burmese
which he would soon explain, and ! accostlinnIy &C.
cepted thIs draft also, and paid it by check on
the banB, marked as has been seen, to paw dr,fi
Of 4th Auditor" and endorsed "for eont;ngen, 49,
a., poses as settled for as I had been directed 10
charnge the former draft TO sContingentn 7 natur
ally conoluded that l was to chrngs this to that
nead also, especially as II the general or resi-;
uuary head, as it may be termnd which is aI,oov,
presumed 10 be understood when no particular ono
1 ID expressed Sometime afterwards, however hear
| ing nothing from Mr. Watkins on the subject of
this nraft as had expected was led TO conclude
that it must have been drawn for a privnte mr.,
| pose. and, accordingly, when my clark wss ma.
king out my abstracts for Goth June 1925 and bnd
TINS dra't ID hsnd to charge it, directed him not
| 81
After this again, on the 10th of Sept. 1925. be
drew the aid third draft on me in fave, of ST.
Hnyat ~ 20. Tor $500, at sixty days and being
absent from town myself when it came to hand
my CLERK, acting under power Of attorney from
me, and supposipg that it was on public accoYnt,
accepted II for me- as appears by the copy of an
hexeo: see NO D. On my return. 1 was sorry
I" md that he had done but as knew that be
acted from pure motives. and considered mvsaIf az
bound by his act paid my check marked ;sto nav
Il. Watknss draf or order" but never chrnoed !,
in my account. See No 61
Sometime after this being in Washiuu,on nm the
business ofmy office, took occasion to speak 10 Mr.
w ON the subject Of these two letter drafts when
he ecknowed frankly that he had dra wn them for ms
own accommodation; readily promised TO nav nn bacb
the money which had paid on them as soon as ho
could raise u. He accordingly gave me his note for
the sum OF Bfteen hundred dollars dated 24th De.
cember 1876, payable sixty days after date and bro.
used to pay me the balance from time to time o1 of
ms pay as becaHe due After this forwarded his
note at maturity, through the United States Bank
ana had u presented to him for payment. which how
ever ne dld not mako ezcusing himself is seems for
eot dong so by tehing the Notary that che expected
iunus oy Mondays MALI and it was thereupon pro
tested returned TO me (see Mo- a. Subsequently to
TINS ne made me some small payment through one OF
the clerks OF his office amounting 10 about S4Oo. And
SOM tI'ne afterwards, on the goth of June e29 he
took the liberty TO draw another draft ON me in 90,
OF Peter Force for thousand dollars at szty dnys
lwhont advce) which refused, of course to accept
or to pay; and was afterwards protested accordingly
tor nonpaymen lsee No 5.) Here ended the vhoIe n
my transactions with Mr. Wstkns and think I NAV
safely leave the reader to Judge whether they furnish
any ground to impeach my integrity
ITO BE coSctUDEb.)