Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-17

in the very act of OBTAINING Of her brightest or
and tho representative of her sovereignty in
the Council OF the Nation. my accuser, it seems has
had the matchless assurance to appeal t. Virginia
herself against me II revere Virginia. says be
esThe land of Washington and Jefferson is the Holy
Land OF my political faith."-But no-he does not
and cannot revere Virginia is impossible that such
"a man as he s, since he assures that he is one,)
can nave any real affection for the mother and nurse
OF "chivalry and honor" she is indeed-and he
only insults her by his hypocritical adulaton. a
sianderer can have "Do lot, part, memorial"
In our "Jerusalem." forever. Yet Virginia will en-
terrain the appeal which he has ven,ured to make to
her against me- and there will be difficulty, think
IN anticipating the decision which she will pronounce
I'D the case-and it will be ratified by of charac
ter and honor all the country. She will examine
the charges against me with proper care, and per-
celvlng. she must that they unsupport-
ed by any evidence, and contaminated moreover
by fasehood and fraud and malice throughout, she
will pr onounce me honorably acquitted on them ALL
and oyder my claims against the Government to be
settled immediately, by some fair aud impartial au-
thority, as Justice demands For the honorable Sec
retary-though she may look, for some reasons,
his transferring my Office to another, she will not
easily pardon the unworthy manner in which he has
sought to excuse the act by aspersng my reputation,
and seeing that he can no longer have any right to
that official addition to his she will forthwith
send him back to his plantation learn honesty and
frankness from his rural neighbers. But for him
the cool, calm, calculating, inventive active and in
defatigable calumnaior-ruE sLANDERER OF HER
soNs-she will turn away from him forever with un-
speakable disgust, and consign him once, with gen.
erous soorn, to that Infamy which he courts, and
Which he even seems to enjoy.
1 do hereby certify, that whilst was clerk to
Miles King, late Navy Agent at Norfolk. during
the year 1926, Tobias Watkins then 4th Auditor,
drew the three following mentioned drafts upon
him, at different times, the 6rst dated nth Jan.
1926, for 8 1000. was by the letter of advice ac-
ted tO ha tofap f,, ,le
IN the Agents hands, and charged to contingent:
1t was so charged on his books and afterwards in
the quarters returns for March, 826. and the Or
Glnal draft transmitted by myself under his direc.
tlons, along with his accounts as voucher to sup
port The charge. If 1t afterwards credited, it
was done with view conform to the Auditors
reconciling statement, and again to be charged it
was never intended to withdraw resign the claim
On the 8h of December last, at the request of
the said Miles King. being no longer his clerk,
took the duplicate copy of said draft and letter,
which had been filed in his office the time (the
original already stated having been sent up) and
made oath to the certificate that it was copv in
order, as Mr. King stated, that he might hand it
to the department as voucher for the claim.
The second draft for s 1000 was also paid by
Mr. King. Twas eccnged some time afterwards in
making up the qnarte'' ra'urns for June, and was
about to charge the draft 1 had it in hand for,
the purpose. when Mr.. King told ne not to do so
and did not
The third for $500 accepted for him in his alb
sence from town; when he returned. he expressed
his regret that had done yet, he knew the
motive from which acted was correct, he sanction
ed the acceptance, and the draft was at maturi-
ty paid, but never charged in his account.
JOHN T. CORRAN
Norfolk, Aug II, 1880.
Pd Geo. Harrison, for l. 2 years salary, sup
N. Navy yards. 5000
Geo Harrison, sup ~ Navy yards, 600
Geo Harrison sup. contingent, GOO
I, Amos Kendall, 4th And Treas. U. S. I'd.
D. H.. hereby certify that the aforegomg is trans
cript from the Books of this Ofice. That there
does not appear to be any of the said Geo.
Harrison file At this Office for the said allowance
extra duties of superintendent of the Navy Yard at
Philadelphia and in addition to his compensation as
Navy Agent for that place.
Jan 49, 1850. ' '>-'''
WARRINGTON, March Goth, 1880.
SRI have received your letter of this date.
ering your account against the Navy Department,
which had been disalowed by which in Office
The items composing that account are, for interest
money advanced for the department. and for COM
missions extra official duties such charges were
not provided for by law or regulation When
toned by the accounting officers it has been in
sequence of the special allowance by the Head Of
the Navy Department, who would be more partcll-
lary acquainted with the advances made the services
rendered, and responsible for such allowances.
Mr.. Binney Navy Agent at Boston,) presented an
account of similar character SO far as my memory
goes] which was dsallowed by the second Comptrol-
Ter, but finally passedon its being specially allowed by
the Secretary of the Navy. 1t is probable that if
your account had been presented to him, it would
have been allowed upon the same principles.
arn,with respect and esteem. your obd't servt
RICHARD QUITS.
Miles King, Esq