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

! Gent reasons, still set down in nv account with
| The Government And why, | demand, in
| the name oi common honesty, ii IL must come
INTO my account aiall is 1t charged 10 my debit,
Wheh'ns the Auditor himself states, and as I n
gree, II has in fact bern allowed 20 me-, al last,
tortsthe larger part of II at ieasn on hs books 7
Ought II not most clearly TO heve appeared in
ms report as IT stands on his books, TO my Gre
! DIR : Or II IT was deemed unne cessary 10 spread
the ifhofe OF my account ON the face of the
| report, aud Ia state only the balance was
not the larger part of this claim already al
lowed 10 mo most evidently merged in that
| ohlhnce Aud how, then. aud why, | ask
once more is II yet brought out again.
and most preposlerousy charged against me.
Insted OF heing credited 10 me, on my account 7
he truth IS, II has been done from Necessity -
Oar Auditor saw plainly, III our Secretary did
i not that 1t would never do To trust 10 that
poor hitle SUM oil 'S3 .s35 % against me on his
Oooks, wherewnh 10 make the out u dffauier,
! whrn had already handed in claims against
the Government 10 The amount Of S34, $50 %,
a part Of which, sshh all hs fssliis AZ reisei.pg
and suspendiBg, he mus, be obi sed in common
deccucv 10 allow. In this sirai, II READILY oc.
CURED 10 HIM after his experience of the ex-
| tent OF human ignorance. that he eond plny of
ihis good large sum Of 10, Hi IL against me
with Il flne effect. II was. in truth, only using
II sort Of slatghi ot hand which he had ~ actised
thousand tunes before with great applause
aud winch he battered himself would do well
enough TO deceive, pr at least 10 amuse the
mob Of gudgeons about him The honest pun
| lie however, will see at Once through this open
| TtCh, with which The InsnlCnt luggleT has at
! tempted TO hoax their crelulity, aud Will only
! pay him Tor his pains with the soon which he
| deserves The fellow himself IN the mean
] INN. H. /. II
SUR while The honorable Secretary may per.
haps stare, and ask him for an " explanation"
winch he will give hun at onee--and II will be
! e Sdt@tdctOrg" OF course.
! have q similar objection 10 The use he is
! Opposed to make OF HE sin,llar clam winch
he says the Bank has presented TO bun for the
money pad ichabod Scranton. for stoue. 5000
| II - clam winch have against the Govern
nent, the nature Of Hbicl, shall explain here
| alter and winch he has refused TO allow to me
! tor reasons which he has stated in his report
aud which shall examine IN due time. In the
mean time. as II is IN item OF credit which |
claim and which the government has refused
10 pay, cannot very cleary perceive how II
| can be brought into my account as debt n
| ganst me. Allow him 10 Turn my rejected
claims INTO debts in this way, and II IS easy 10
see thai be might indeed make me out de-
! fauller TO almost as great an Nmountas lac could
| wish.
| Now, with these remarks, allow me 10 cor
reel his imposing statement toy leaving out these
| two items from the debit side, which certainly
have no business there, Hnd we shall then see
| how the account really stands
The balance now appearing due 10 the
Government from Miles King on the books OF
this office, is S3, $50 20
lie has presented claims 10 this
office to the amount Of SIS, BOG -
~ 500 20 oil which II is certainly as.
curlained have been pissed To his
credit long ago, leaving plOooO %.
Claims for extra COMMISSIONS
interest, Clerk hire, presented TO you
aud rejected, 81 $40 4G S32 1911 90
This, observe, is exactly his own statement,
wi h the omission Of he false debts only. And
is il NOT apparent from II, that If the whole OF
the claims winch | have presented had been
allowed, as they oughtto have been, every one
of them the Government would have been
showed 10 be ia default to me in the sum OF s28
65S 50. Aud how then could even he have
had the forehead to say, as he has said, that
IT every dollar claimed by Mr.. klng, except
what has actually been allowed, were passed
10 his credit, he would still be- IN default
81 9SS 81 Is IL not apparent that he has
no regard To truth in any lhmg thai he states
II may be sad, indeed, hat 20 make out this
balance due 10 me, claim the allowance
If S2I $40 40, which The Secretary has reject
ed. Very true but considerable part OF lhis
spm is the account for additional aud extra
Clerk hire, which | have already explained IN
nv answer 10 him, and which think The pub |
lie will agree with mr. I have nstn ght 10 de
mand Aud as Tor th- rest, II IS a claim Ion .
extra Commissions SUN as have ben actually |
n a "A
larger amount, for inferior sery ceS aud Tor |
interest which have actually paid on monies
that have been obliged to borrow. al different !
times for the use al the Government i'll the bu.
siness OF my agency.
But leave out, if you please, this whole sum
of S2l 5 10 10 as inadmlsslble there is SUI the
sum of SIG, S5U ID, which contend IS iairiy
due to me and Of which sun the Auditor al
lows that part may ultimately tie passedio
Mr. Kings credit though he - evidently de |
termined TO make that part rs small as possible,
lest IT should, peradyentnfe, exinGni'h 'ha'
precious balance against nv which he IS mus
ng wi h SO much tare (for Che present al ieasi) ,
for the purpose OF keeping me sun dPP~e'aty |
in default.
It mny be PROPER for me, also, TO add here,
that beside. The claims which have presented
TO him, have yet Other claims against he Go
which | have not yet laid before bin, (altho'
have distinctly apprised MN that have then)
because was unwilling, after the experience
have had Of him, to pat ihem into his hands,
until he bad first disposed OF those which bad
previously submitted. lhey are oil such pa
lure, however, (many OF thrm,) 'hai thInk e
ven he viii not be ate 10 invent plausible !
excuse Tor rsiuslng to allow them. Aud thus
If nv account could be settled by any hoaeSi |
Auditor, the Government mpst be fund ~ NV !
dsbt al This momentIia the sum OF at least 500,
OUO. and set 10 CRAFTY the low and phiul' |
resentment the Secretary aud himself, care
sentiment too vs. ich has been cngendefed alto
pether b, their own Consciousness of the injury |
which they have done me,) must lac reported
b, this Auditor, to Congress, MS "a deiauiter, IN
tnat psltary little sum Of 50 $50 20' som so
small thai he is ashamed OF il himself aud has.
In therefore, as we have just seen, Attempted to
swell il out into a more decent appearance ny
a Il