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

notice them all but only such of them ss he
has himself brought into yiew-and perhaps u
lew others.
Those numbered from () 10 (b) have
been rejected. because they have been long
since passed tn bis credit The inginuaitou
here is obvious, hut fraudulent. believed
mvseli thai these claims he'd been allowed, and
had certainly no thought If pteirr'ing them
over again but was told nj the Auditors Of
fee in September last. that they had not bean
found passed 10 my credit, but were still sus-
pended. and that therefore. must furnish the
vouchers To support them. | did SO: uhat
ia, sent in the duplicates. having presen,ed The
originals helore,l and now these vouchers are
rejected, because the claims have heen allowed
long ago The hasenes OF the nutHdo on this
point is Thus apparent. II nnv be proper for
me 10 add. that have a list ol these, supposed
To he suspended bat really allowed items
from the Auditors Office. TO verify my state
ment above. beg thai II may b. KEEP IN mind
that No. 3 is the voucher for the hire OF the
steam boat which shall have occasion TO notice
more particularly hereafter.
Those numbered from (6) to 80 vert re.
jected on account OF their age. aud the want
ola proper approval Here wa have two
reasons hut one ofthem happens 10 br good
for nothing, aud The other turns oni To be false
IN fact. lst "On account OF their age : but
ii was clearly proved by MI. Mutdcn that they
had been oueriooked uutl very lately. and who
ever heard before that mere lapse OF time would
bar an honest clam against The Government
Aud does our Auditor really fancy that the
statute oflimiarions would apply to II case
like this beiwesn citizen and Tho state Or,
fit were a common case between man and
map, fcond the statute apply TO an account
current between Two merchants or belween n
\. I'l,.g
IDENTITY good for nothing. But, 2dly, - Zoe want
ola proper approval This, he shews hin'.
self was false in fact, for he adds, ,rnmodl-
atcly TIE, are indeed oil marked Appro-
we'd A. Sinclair And what IA this hut
proper approval ?" Aye but he adds " On
casing my eye upon these words. was satisfied
they were recently written, although The vonch-
. ers are dated in 1915 and lsl9.' Snpeeiing.
Of course, that there was some4hing wrong
aboiA them, he enclosed them TO Commodore
Sinclair and put 10 him this question VIII
you have the goodness 10 inform me, whether
your approval To the enclosed vouchers was
placed upon then. at or near the time oi their
date. and, il not, when aud under what CIR
cnmstances You approved them - In his re-
ply, led the ls February, 1880, he said, 3"
have 10 STATE that the accounts were approved
by me about six weeks since : but mt before
! satisfied myself oi their correctness Now,
one would lht1s, this ought 10 have been " sal
slaetory" 10 him, as 1t Is obvious that the very
requiring OF The Commanding Officers npprn-
val 10 authenticate voucher implies conf
dence IN his Judgment aud dscIelioL. But
our Auditor is determined To 20 further, aud
inquire into the redgoHs OF the approval Add
what we've they Why thai one nt the art
cles,' Ca bngle for the ifigate Congress " was
furnished he personally knew bur IN rea
| n IL. I.aE hn
second account OF l. Is. Seymour lor S2I for
wood furnished the Constellation, as well as
| the S3 Is Tor water paid G.. Galley, | have no
other reason TO suppose correct than th-Ir Ger
fIhcales, and Nh. kmgs word, which canno'
doubt Wen now Then have certainly got
my vouCb hers for these three small items, the
buge, the wood, aud the water IN proper form
ut last and | have supported them by the iull-
81 proof Por the bugle have proved Il by
the Commodure's acknowedg ment that he re
CURED aud received II ; and, for the wood aud |
WATER have proved them by the accounts of
tho persons who furnished hemi with their re- |
cfipis Cor the money which paid them and
the Commanding OGce,s approval. and The
reagons f the approval into the bargain, which |
mus, strike every one, suppose. as entirely |
sufficient Now will il be believed HAT our .
Auditor, finding from this explicit statement
of the Commodore TINT he cannot catch me ~
fraud, turns off 10 lry 10 catch The Comma
dore hmseifin n (disehood, ~ something hike
II But it's even SO Tor he adds, " HE Ger
iiicates alluded 10 bear date February Isi,
1890 the daU On Bhieh las letter 10 me Gas da.
ted. Of course he had no evidence OF The cor
tectness ofthe charges whea he approved the
bills about sis ueekg betoTe, except the word
i Mr.. KING" Add then gathering himself "p
into all his dignity. he adds, with truly CBteiai
n. III. l.. Ii.4..s
which the Navy Regulations contempl a'ed, OF
that such an dpproroi was tegai or proper, OF
that ii ought 10 be Tolerated by he Department.
See A. u" ! hope the reader NIL SEE A. j
which are bis letter TO the Commodore aud The
CDmmudore's answer, and am sure he viii
see nothing IN the last which eau excuse such
an GORGEOUS piece Of insolence as this. On
the contrary, be will see thai the Commodore
was careful 10 ascertain the correclness OF these
petty items before he approved them aud there
is certainly nothing ~ his statement tint can
warrnota different conclusion, For although
he does say, as to oeymonf's and Collfys hc-
counts, " have no other reason 10 suppose
them correct than their certificates, md MI.
Kings word, which cannot doubt aud The
crrlGcates alluded 10 bear date February |,
1870 the day On VIII ich his letter was dated, II
does mol yet follow i" Of course that he had no
evidence Of the correctness Of the charges
when he ANNOYED the bills, about sic i0eeks be
fare, except the word Of Nh King" For he
writes above distinctly, g" have 10 state that
the accounts were approved by me about SIX
weeks since, bm mol before ihad SATISFIED my
SELF other correctaeSs' tie does not, indeed
here say hoW be had satisfied himself Of their
correctness, but our Auditor was evidently
bound 20 presume that he satisfied himself, as
am an,h6rizrd to say was actually the fact, by
0ropsr inquiries. and, o. toWse, not by my VOID
alone. And, accordingly, II our Auditor will
only have the goodness 10 turn his sharp eye
upon thu words again, he will hnd that tue
Commodore does not say, " had 40 other
evidence oflheir correctness &C. hut p"
have" &c. (ibat is, now, on this Isl day OF Feb.
ruary, 1850, when am writing 10 yon) Tor mo
certificates were noW written, to Sahsiy, IL II
had been possible, our pnncithous Auditor
himself. Thus il spprsrs, and it i, reslly laugh |
,bio IN SOP that our yily Auditor instead OF |