Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-06

And then gathering himself up into all his dignity he
adds. with truly oDieioi air, II conceds that
this was the check which the Navy Regulations con-
temp'aed, or that such approval Isgdl or prO
per, or That - ought TO be tolerated By the Depart-
h'snt See "A. Is" hope the reader tSW ,ep A b. |
which arr his letter TO the Commodore aud the Commc-
dOre's answer, and am sure he VIII nothing in |
insoience as ih'. On The c"n'rSry, h. VIII thai
the Commodore care lu 20 a.ccrain the correct
ness OF these petty items before lie approved hem; aud
there IL certainly nothing his statement that can war
different conclusion Fer although he does saw
to Ssymour's aud Coey's acconnts 81 have no other
reason to suppose them correct than their certificates
and Mr. Kings word which doubt, ;" aud the
cerhea'es alluded to bear date tebruny |, 1880, tue
day on which his letter dated, it does yet FOL.
low '@ course that he bad evidence of the cor
rrctness oil The charges when be approved the bills.
about sir tcecks before, except the word of MIR Kng
For, lac writes above, distinctly, IL have TO state tina,
the accounts approved by me about six wp.k.
since, Out not before had satisfied srnvSeT of their
co'IectneSS lie does not, indeed, here say hotc he
had satisfied himself Of heir correctness hut our An
duOr was evidently bound presume that he had sat.
ihed himself AZ am authorized to say was actually
the tact 6y proper inquiries, aud, IF course not by my
word alone. Aud, accordingly, if our Auditor will
only have the goodness to turn his sharp eve upon the
words again. he will find that the Commodore does not
say, 81 had no ohe: evidence of their correctness"
&c but 81 hare sc. Obat il now, on this 1t d. of
February, 1880, when l writing TO YOU Tor the
cethc"tes were Hoo written, to satisfy, it had been
possible, our punetlious Auditor himself. Thus il APP
pears aud II il really laughabe TO see, that our willy
Audior, instead OF catching either me the Conrno.
dore IN any thing unworthy of either OF us only catch
rs himself in pitiu attempt to dihonor the word of a
gentleman by bubble OF hi. own. These item. are
therefore, and "of course" rejected. But that bugle
inr the Congress, which the Commodore saw, "he
hno,cs was furnished by the Agent'-surey THIS item
must be allowed! BIT not il reieeted!-This is
one sample OF our Auditors justice: but you shall see
another:
"The vouchers numbered from (9) to (is) inclusive
were rejected because from their age the presump.
ton Is that they have been paid, or that thew ouyb,
not to b." and because they destitute of all the ev-
licences Of Authenticity ard correctness necessary T.,
n2ke them gnoi vouchers in this office. Some of them
nave not he commaning officers approval or the naval
any receipt some
are destitute Of all three"
Now, as to the sage" OF these vouchers again hum
bly, submit that ii they not older than nv oOsncv
Gas they certainly are no they cannot he old to be
allowed in the full and ina setlem ant of my account
concerning it, And as TO their age furnishing ga pre.
sumption that they have been paid, or tina, thev ouch,
to be- the books OF his Office suppose ough1 IN
shew that they have been paid, they have been and
il they do not shew it, "he presumption j." that they
have not been paid, and therefore ought to be For
the rest that some OF than may be informal acco ding
to his ideas OF 70 may, can readily conceive and es
peciay as rem mber that put bundle of Of them
into his hands, stating at the time, that il was vfrv
probable that some OF them might be found 10 he 40
but that, ifthsy and he would let me know VIVA
uher proofs he required to authenticate them would
furnish them IL | could | must douh, hoyever
whether they are SO informal "a he would make IA I'm
out. Some OF them, at least, il still appear. to me are
pretty nearly perfect could be wished. For exam
pie there is No IL, ca-k ofunslacked lime So ~ cal
I'D for by an inlent Of Jonathan Cowtery Surgeon
approved by Sinclair, Commanding OH ser and re-
ceiped for by Robert Sou'ter merchant of AZ HON !, 100,
bought. What does this item to authenticate il
further? No 6, ortwo pounds while clover seed on
dollar, ia nearly az formal And what fault can posi-
bly, bs found with No. Is, for $50 yards white flannel
at II cena, $63 and six rim lock with knobs at 81 so
50, for which there is the receipt OF Geo MIno4h mer
chant and corresponding indeut of Tho. Dulon Naval
S'orekeeler approved by john Cassn the Com Officer,
Yet they all declared 10 he ode .titu, of all m.
evidences of authenticity and correctness necessary
TO make them good vouchers in this Otlice!" | will
liz Il tt,at tI.a 10
~ shewn to have been actually bought and paid for bv
for the service OF the Cover nment and there is no
thing to shew that have been paid for them again
~, therefore, they are only tD0DlGk, submit, that
though il might have been good cause for Sl,spenang
it was none Tor rejecting them altogether But they
are rejecieh
The vouchers numbered from 40 to 90 were re.
scied loT SINH ar reasons and for the fnIcr reasons
that all those bearing date in 1876 1917 1878 and 1919
$50, were executed in the year 1929 On ookiagfa
them il was obvious that they were lately written Ga
enquiry was informed that they in the hand.
writing OF MIR. joseph Murden who had been in Mr. |
lN'ngs employment a. ceIk less than three years
enclosed some oil them 10 Mr., Murden and enquired
Ci MN Whether this whole class of vouchers was no.
written IN 1879! In reply, under date of February
1880, he said found in the Office of the late NAVY
Agent, humber OF informal I'LL. manv Of which M
on examination. found had been charged Thesa |
put in proper FORM and obtained signatures TO- cores
ponding with the receipts OF the Informal ones" ton
quoting here Tor moment, remark that the simnIe
tact iat these vouchers although los old accounts were
Lately written" ought not have excited his srspi
c0ns Tor Uom mt because ii ought TO have occurred
TO hlm al once, that they must have been 80 written on
~ to make the formal and espacialIv as yas
evident tia pains had been taken to Disguise IN.
hing, or lac says himself " that IL tras 0bpiOus" Bu,
aHow mat he did well to suspect in the FL 81 instance
yet surely the exp'anlton ef Mr. Murden have
removed his suspcions For it now appeared from i,
that he had discover hrs. old accounts in nav oG 90
which had been overlooked at the time and had tbere
lore never been charged on my bcos aud fin Ing ,he,n
HYOImdt but evidently jtSt had called upon The ne r.
sons who had executed them, and readily got them TO
tSh new or uupcae receipts, spondiag with the
FORMER ones IN substance; but, OF course with rych
sight va'iapn', oi no moment were seen TO he ne
cessAry TO put them in proper JOrm The vel knewn
character OF MIR. Murden in this community rcuel
led the snPpnsition that he would be tbs jnstru
mem, anu ue voluntary instrument too of a fraud;
and That Of The gentlemen upon whom hs caIIsJ
male IL equally improbable thSt they would concur
WIN him ~ IT. Yet our Auditor does not fod The ev
pdnation Satisfactory" tut only anxious to find eocn
pausile prerNt Tor the suspicious he is determined IN
have (or 10 oDct 10 haYe) sits down and sends me ar
extract OF Mr. Ms letter aud requests the nrodc,io
OF these ''niOrmdl bills" with their corresnondn, ro
ceipta' lie adds also in his letter: Oae Ier,Jj, ~
mCtre IN ri ing The vouchers OF Old date in Nc
Murdsns hand wri'ing was the convic,ion ,b,t Ii 49,
receipts were recently erccuted II c1rresuondny rs
rsips given wh the ucher. hear date oIf6ovg5 =;
Jormdi were pr duced, WouId materiaiIy ebnnGe mn,
petC 0 The claims, even If the niormal;y were sucb ~
to preclude their passage sufficient vouchers Nov.
'ne ,e"'"S "otpe OF the writer in calling for these
on Wis wa grossly arpai en- the very face Of his
lser and raw il al once; hut per,f.ly con,cious If
The entire honesty Of all my tram actions and ,yii,
that ne should shsw himself o; fdtIengM detrrrin
ed 10 Iet MIN have them tor his use; and caIIsd ac
corlnEly a. b. says, T. - d,vs afery,rds a, H. ~
zee, and e then with him inform ioy him a, th 49,
Tat 81 he wanted any explanation Of ihcm ,yas re,
dy 10 give u, and that the gentlemen themseves bo .
accounts ibcy were, we're almost an of them sill liv
ing and persons Of great reepec'abililv from whom, he
fut Ia @ 4rll al ifais, emu g. 1.