Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-07

y
which our Auditor bays. "msy ultimately be allowed"
Sa5i; Claim for money paid Graham for bread.
winch he admits now may be readily adjusted"
Lag So; CHIN for money paid Waddey for rice,
winch have FULLY proved, SSH 05; aud a claim for
money Laid Sized for beef aud pork to which no can
ind no objection bot that pittul little gubbc abou,
the TWO barrels taken on board the Alert 504 10
lhese sums 'ogether are, obviously, more than suli
cent TO eXtinsush the apparent balance against me-
and bring the Government IN nv debt Indeed
may add tina, the ratification OF an error OF S. $50 &C.
which md made against myself, in my return for
June Soth' 1929, would, of itself very nearly pro-
duSe ne same effect l am not, then. III default 10
tho Government a, the present time; and our Audi
Tor 10 TACT, comedies much; for lac says, ",he
question IS noe is he default, but he's But
atn not In default now, It Is entirely plsin that
couid not nave been so on the l1th August, 1899;
for have, OF disbursed nothing for the Gov
ernment sncs that times: And It is, in fact. only by
our Auditors wilfn rejection of many of my CLAIMS
Tor previous disbursements, that the Government has
oeen kept from beng as apparently as 1t is really in
DEBT TO me TO a considerable amount. The main
charge, therefore. that in default to the Gov
eminent on the 18th August, 1929, when was re-
moved from my Office that ground, is thus, plainly
and palpabiy, demonstrated to nc false
Oh! but is said, that would have been in default
TO the Government, and IN pretty round sum too
TO wit, IN tho amount OF SD f79 81, If the honorable
Secretary had not refused to honor my acquisitions
for the Sac oe0 which obtained from the Bank, for
the public service, and so, very handsomely and
adrotiy, managed 10 throw off my would havc-bce
default for the larger part OF it, Upon that irstu-
tion Now, IN the first place, this shifting of the
ground OF accusation against me, which proves that
the first position tahen wholly untcnable.
The starting Of the new assertion tha, would have
been IN default, IS, IN fact, abandonment, OF the old
charge that was so, and admits what contend for
that was not But it is worthy of note that
this new allegation that would have been in dcaul;
10 the Government, cannot be made out. even IN up-
pearance, without dishonest and deceptive use OF
this sum If $40 600 which ! drew from the Bank
nt liza AZ Had
the ase card which accompl shed list uses Oh al
occasions TO slew me ofCs deaultcr; and although
have ialIly caught him the act in his first open
anu barcfaced trick with It, lie is trying the sa,ne
Juggle 10 another and more covert form which shall
again and easily expose
Bear in mind then, that the Secretary, IN his let
ter, represented this sum of $4,000 as IA claim
growing ont OF my agency, which the Bank had s'set
up, and which twas in no point of view admissible"
and our Auditor, following him in his Report Tor ra
cher going before him. actually proceeded to set down
the sum IN figures as part OF my account with the
Government saying, 1.-THE actual amount of Mr.
k'ngs default TO the government and to the Bank is
S44,479 81" (ncudingmy rejected claim for Scran-
toms stone, most amusingly charged to my dcbt).-
Now against tins gross and patent absurdty, of
bringing this $4,000 into view in this way, pro-
tested, of course the strongest terms; contcndnr
that IN fact the Bank although i! bad indeed sent
up copy OF the account to the Secretary u his re
quest tad ye' set up" any claim ura:nst the
government, forihe sum; bet had always looked 60
III n
the government had dsceimed having any thing to do
with 1t, and moreover, had, most gratuitously refu
Sod to allow Ii 10 the Bank for The very valid reason
that II had already allowed il TO me, il was now al
together my private account With the Bunk and
therefore could not be blended with my account to
the government, but with u fraudulent view, which
was obvious enough, Now, caught IN the bold at
tempt 10 deceive the public in this way, and openly
taxed with 1t, what docs our Auditor do? Why he
fret stands it oct that the Bank did set up the
claim against the government for the $4,000. lob
serve, this IS necessary point for him prove. IN
order to give him pra,ext for bringing it into view
for this purposel So he proceeds say, in his re-
Ply MIR King states that he las some reason 20 he
heve the Bank Of the U. States never set uE any
claim upon the government for the amount over.
drawn by him. In reply 10 his, II 10 only necessary
to advert TO the letter Of the President Of the Nor
folk Branch, dated OH Oct. 1929, published with the
Secretarys Report, p. o. in which he says: THE
claim OF this Office against the government, accounting
to $40 Id II. arises DOT Of advances made to the
late Navy Agent, 10 enable him to meet demands up
on the Navy Department, &c &c." and TO the re
ply of the Secretary of the Navy, dated 30th Oct.
1929, in which he says: Il am not aware that The
Department can afford any facilities to the Bank in
the liquidation of the aforesaid balances" This is in
genious: but these two letters. although SO neatly
tackled together, do not yet quite make out AUDI
tors point. For first, to the letter of Mr. New-
ton, Documents 81, It was not las 1t is represenedl
the beginning ut the correspondence. That was
letter from the Head OF the Department himself t.
the Navy Agent here, Nash Lcgrand Esq. in
which he desired that officer TO Gull on the Bank and
obtain copy Of the account. That gentleman. &C
cardingly, wrote noto to Mr.; Newton. requesting
IN the name Of the Secretary copy Of the account
of''their claim against the governments" and Mr.
N"Wtons letter written III 10 that note, begins
in these words, which Auditor hes taken good
care not to quotc 81 cheerfuly comply with the re-
quest o: the Secretary Of tho Navy communicated in
your note of this date" and can further state from
the best authority, that the words following
which lie does qGoLe, aud underscore, The
claim of this Office &c. were only an echo Of
the words Of the nole And why now have
not this letter from the Secretary TO Mr. Logrand,
and The note from Mr.. Legrand to Nh Newton, been
published among the documents, Evidently, TO con
coal the fact which they would have exposed. Let
them be produced, then, and they will shcw 1t yet
more distinctly. Ia copy Of the latter has Just been
sent to ne from the Bank, at my request, which
shall pubish Indeed, ii would seem that they have
been KEEP out Of view only to let the Secretary Play
off The amusing air Of appearing to refuse claim
which was never made For, il ~ observable, that
Mr.. Newton, even when he is thus invited by the
Secretary, through hIs Agent, to send up a copy Of