Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-17
MIR. Kings Reply to the 4th Auditor.


shall pass over here our Auditors TRADE against
my overlooked accounts, and my claims for commits
slons on extra official services; togethe- with hrs
charge, that have by my own admission made un-
lawful advances to contractors and Dealers" (mean-
ing thereby presume, nothing hut partial payments
on account for work done, or articles delivered on
contracts not conpeted; and many similar things, in
when ne most amuslngly, seeks to Gnd sufficient
reason tor my removal from of1icc,--aIthough il is
evident that they could not have been known to his
honorable friend. whom no has ever taken for a
prophet, until some time after that event-ouly refer
ring my readers to what have heretofore submitted
on these points, which indeed hardly belong to this
controversy--anG pass on at once to notice some
thing entirely with which he has favored us for
tue hrs time in his reply. This is tn, grand disco
very which he announces With no little triumph hat
drew from the Bank my checks az Kav- Auept
IN the year 1926 and 1927, more money than was
entitled to draw tor the public service, and of course
applied the excess to my or some other private
use Now, IN answer to this really new charge
have to observe IN the first place that if it were true
It would not justify the least rejection on nv conduct
IN tho affair; tor as my account under the practice
instructions or the Department was never entirely
closed at the end of the year. easy to see that
IL might well have happened that might have drawn
more IN any particular year, than was entitled to
draw for ~ that year, and yet not more than was
entitled to draw altogether because there might have
been balance due TO me for the preceding or SOM,
prior year, and the frauduence, therefore of select
Ing one or two years only for this sort of displav
must be obvious to every accountant Indeed our
Auditor himself tells u.s. that in 1927 and '2g the
mount OF my checks was few thousands, the does
not tell US how many nere) greater than he amount
drawn, and if so, Though acknowledge it is dfiicult
to conceive how it could have been) must have
drawn considerably less in those years than was en-
ttied 10 draw IN them But our Auditors pref end
ed fact, usual, will be found to be no fact al all
but only another trick of his legerdeman; for shall
easily shew that did not draw from the Bank in tho
years 1895 and 81 more but really less than was
entitled to draw for In those very years-and shall
shew this from his figures and admissions aoain
But before do so, l must Just remark for a mo-
Gcnt In answer to the gross insInuatiop which he
mas conehed 10 his remarks to the deficiency of NV
checks, which he lntimaes has alone prevented him
from making his exposure of my overdrafts OF this
KIND still more complete, that from the first adoption
OF the arrangement with the u S. Bank, which he
mentions, in 1919, have always and invariably
Kept the public money, sent to for my agency in
the Bank (as did also before and have never drawn
single cent from 1t, but upon my checks specifyias
Ii all cases, the object for which the money was
drawn; and my checks have always been leh of
course. with the Bank to be up to the Depart
anent according 70 the arrangement. If they have
not been sent then In any instance, it certainly has
not been any fault OF mine. There were some of
them, however which the Bank had returned to me,
and these when our Auditor wrote to the Bank for
them, (about month wo ago, believe,) sent
them back again to the Bank, including these very
ones OF L Watkins, which he afterwards comments
upon, to be sent up to him for bis purpose IF hen
they are incomplete, the rest of them may probably
be found in some of those boxes in his Office which
he tells u.s. in another place. contain he does NOT
know what 1t is certain that have never kept
back single one of them. And it Is. moreover Ger
tain that sent my check book also to the Bank
Which contains, of course a memorandum of every
CnecR, and the object tor which drawn; and from
which, therefore, list might have been taken that
would have given him foil information upon the sub
Ject 1t ne fails, then,;o make good his charge a
ganst me vt cannot be- as he pretends. because he
has not had, as far as am concerned at least most
ample materials for his Investigations and there will
be hing to excuse the disgrace of bis ATTEMPT i'll
he fails In it, With this remark, let us examine his
Of qfn fnfr aIi1
his selected years of 1926 and ct .sAmonp the
checks returned for 1896 and 81, are found some
lor sums OF money never charged IN Mr. Kings ac
count, and others for sums never carried TO his cre
Oh. From the checks themselves, | have made out
q statement of these items, which 10 annexed mark
ed o. From this it will be seen that during the
year 1926 Mr. King drew from Bank, for commits
sions, interest clerk hire, Office expenses, tray-
eng expenses and TO pay certain drafts Gil All GO
Deduct his lawful commits
sions $4,000
Authorised clerk hire and Of
flee expenses 1900
Travelling expenses les 60 eyes 60
Applied to other than public
purposes rGes
During the year 1927 he
dro~ out for like purposes
excepting the drafts 1853 10
Deduct lawful coDmis-
sions 1000
Authorised clerk hire
Office expenses 1900
Travelling expenses Sc 10 3G6a IN
Applied TO othertbaD pub
lie purposes in 827 ssno1
Applied to other than pub
lie purposes in i926,'27 Oh inc
Now this IS very clevcry got up indeed but Il slrkos
me at once that although the debts, as we MIGHT
expect. are quite enough the credits as usuaI 9re
rather Shorthand | must bcr leave to correci rho
account little as follows FIRST deduct frorn tbs
gross amount Of the debts SUN drawn from the
Bank for 1896 and ~, as taken from exhibit c. the
item of $500 for quarters COMMISSIONS drs1So en
appears by said exhibit Itself on the list Of Janna
ry 1895 and of course, not within the selected veaT
2ndy, allow me additional credit for the s1n of
sac 49, as our Auditor himself admits land ndoed
cbarges) that this account had been allowed nv tho
9TH Auditor on the 9Th of May, 1896 and il ia Ger
tain, ne also adds, (for another purpose) that
considered thai Claim as settlcd;" ady, allow me