Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-27

$40 49, and by the monthly, claims Ssios5 The dserepan
0%os the of $751; leaves an average discrepancy of
"ho fdagrecment the Agents balances occurred in ,,
% "r @ .S strongest ground FOE sapeet the
@ to the ss Of Dse.@se period of months no month
tea az one time and Sn the same day with quarterly exhibit
baaaco due 10 he DaS.cs Of n wsoe inc quarterly ed
Is no, reasonable that
detected Sees o Sny one me mould
monthly returns of this '1 h
So Tor special service which appear in the
This is the synopsis made out and communicated 70
me Secretary OF the Navy, by Mr. Sanfordn October
1879, every word ana figure of which, inculin~ NE
notes, is in his own hand writing ~
for inns serv &c he was paid for sixty days at two dol
Srs per day, amounting to $l2O, and left the city for
In February last he returned to the CITY apn,rcn,
IN search OF further employment The Secretary of the
navy again employed him temporarily in his office
me synopsis being the only paper of the seven made
out by him, with his report of the 10Th October $500
uced oi any Importance, he requested to syn and
Sery IT. tha' might be used separately, if it should
DC necessary accordingly, he added in his own hand
writing, the following qualification and signed II.
Mote added on the 26h day of February 1890
SUBSEQUENT % making up the foregoing statement was
III Norfolk, aud saw on MIR. Kings book CHARGES for
small vessels bought for Commodore Porter IN cr;a
against the pirates and corresponds the item under
is neutrazed. ID = SSN uy re,n, :,
Thus, after an inspection of Mr. Kings books ,b;s
man did confirm all his former notes excen, the Lot
sentence communicating II with his letter of 2gb De-
ooer as part oil his report tananount TO sipnin
1t as it originally STOOD and when requested 10 si
separately, he did so with single qualification To tho
whole he added a general certificate in ,h :iie
form: 49, '"i"S
"WAsHINGroN CITY, Feb &c. 1870
ms VIII certify, that examined the monhlv and
returns made by Miles King, and found the
discrepancies TO be as stated in this Synopsis But This
examination does not embrace the amounts further bck
than 1922. n \, 3 ,NE Oio, JACK
, having no further employment for Mr. Sanford the
maid
Tor his last services, and the st day of March sSo
n.schargei him. II was observed that he left the De-
Psrheh' In a very bad humor with the Secretary sim
py because he would not give him further employment
al the eNpence of the public.
Inc two notes are printed in the Sccretarys
Santord's own handw- riting r~F " '
Now, IN support of Mr., King, Mr. Sanford comes
.orward and denies his own hand writing and ALLEGES
a' ne was discharged from the Office because he wonId
says: WI h'''s
must add here-a fact to which beg the readers
particular attenon-that the synopsis of these dscro
Pancies, as it is published, contains gross and wG
SANDER upon the acting clerk who drew and cor,fJ
me oOay oil IT. but could not and ,coud no, sign anyone
" INC tOeS Oy another author appended TO IT, bu onI
me last by himself; and yet the document has bees
e0tea In such manner to make il appear that he had
actually signed the whole" w
ana he annexes the following letter from Mr. S,nfora
in support of this statement: ~
"NoRTHAMproN CoURr-HoUsr.
July Sth 1880.
FOUND your esteemed favor accompanied bv the papers
containing your reply TO the foul aspesions of the Secre
tary and his worthy associate from which / derived
g eat pleasure and satisfaction.
rue ho'e You ailude TO prepared by some one in
he once and put upon the table where wrote There
.' DC no dhcuiy in coming at conclusion as
" i'9 auior. subsequently requested TO sign IL
ana qualify to it before Magistrates; instead of doing So
made note explanatory of the cause of one of The
winch appearing too favorable 10 your
quired,' &C. n q SSN iGSoI re-
MILES KING, Esq. Norfolk
The utter alsehood of this man in pretending that M
was discharged because his snote erDInnafo, rnaJa
on the Goth February, $780, was too farorob1e 70 NJ
king is proved by the following account for his last SER
wees III me Navy Department. which also in his o,pn
HE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
49, To ID. G. SANFORD On
1851 For services extra clerk from the Goth
rep 10 3lst March inclusive, 81 days
April st' Received paymentof Col. C. Andrews, A.
"AlOwed, April 1, 1880. w. 'ANroi'D
JNO b."
The original is on file in the Registers Office.
Instead oil being DISCHARGED because he made ga mot.
explanatory. which was ''too favorable 10 Mr. King
he was again employed by the Department ON that ve
ry day. and remained in its service neariy fye ,neek
afterwards! 10y Ie ''ee"'
nus is that that this man, because he could not be
eu longer upon treasury pap, turns round denies his
own handwriting while in The public service assert,
Una. noe written by himself prepared by some
Pu' SUM uehieS mat ne signed that which he actl-
uiu siSh' WIN single qualification, TO which no.
body objected and gives a reason for his DISCHARGE
Whch ms account proves be false Perhaps Mr. San
FORA is not aware, that is the practice of the De-
Partment TO send original documents TO Congress- which
may nave induced him to venture denial of his own
WORK. under belief that the original paper is NOT oc
cessiole But,h he will call at the Navy Department
ne may see the original paper made out bv himself
with the original notes in his own hand wrno
ed in October 1929 and the qualification and SIGNATURE
maize by him IN February, 1880. II may be seen bv
any one who doubts whether Mr.. Sanford ia csp,bs y,
denying hi' own work, for the purpose of enabling his
friend, Miles King, TO maintain false charges against
the officers of Government. e's
~ is by such means and such instruments that tbis
Administration is assailed Unprincipled men svbo
have heen driven from Office or canno, get Office do
their genius is capable of inven,ing and in their ca
Fetne's Tor revenge, pnnge headlong into nfamy who
VIII envy MIR Sanford the reputation ne will Jain b,,
nus impudently denying his own hand writing and
oasely nsinuaiiDg that The Secretary Of the N,vv
would not retain him in his employment because hs
could not Le made an instrument 10 iniure Mr. KING
1t appears by the facts thai If he had wanted An in
lie who denies his acts and hand critfinO he
cause hc could not get public money, would not have
hesa,ed TO do any thing If he could get IT,
we beg Mr. King 10 involve more of his fellow
citizens in his ruin. TU s. TEL
From the N. Y. Evening Postl
We are sorry TO learn, do by an announcements
in the last number of the Banner of the Constitution
that the editor OF that valuable Journal which has had
very large share and influence in spreading correct
tons on the subject OF the tariff internal improvements
and other kindred topics of vital importance TO This con
try, has abandoned his design of elevang his pubIica
ton into daily paper and not only So but that he means
TO discontinue il altogether, the fourth of December