Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-02

for explanation" which ne will give him Of once
and it will be ''safisaetory," Of course.
have similar objection to the use he is disposed
70 make OF the similar claim which he "a VS. the Bank
has presented to him for tho money paid Ichabod |
scranton, for stone, $780, 1t is q claim which have
against the Government the nature of which shall
explain hereafter, and which he has refused allow
10 me- for rea sons which he has stated i'm his report
and which shall examine in due time In the mean
time as 1t IS an item Of credit which claim, and
which the Government has refused to pay, cannot
very clearly perceive how it be brough, into my
account as debit against me. Allow him to turn NV
rejected claims into debts in this way and il is easy
to see that he might indeed make me cut u defauer
10 almost as great an amount Us he could wish.
NOW, with these remarks, allow me to correct his
imposing statement by leaving out these two items
from the debit side, which certainly have no business
there, aud We shall then how the account really
stands
The balance nov appearing due to the Govern
ment from Miles King the books of THE office H.
$685. 20
"Hc has presented claims to This office to
the amount of si3,a09 7e-sa3s9 es of
which It Is certainly ascertained have been
passed to bis credit long ago, leaving
SI0,B5O sd
"Cirims for extra Commissions, interest,
Clerk hire, presented to yon & rejected,
Ssi,54o IS Sa24si co.
This, observe, is exactly his own s,atatenent. with
the omission Of the false debts only And is il not
apparent from it, that If the whole of the claims
which have presented had been allowed, fas thew
ought to have been, every one of them the Govern
ment would have been shewn to be IN default to ma
in the sum of $2S, 658 80. And how then could even
he have had the hardwood say as he has said thar
sif every dollar claimed BY AR. King except what
has actually been allowed, passed 10 his credit
hn would still be in default Gil 1888 SIP Is il not
apparent that he has no regard to truth in any thing
that he sratess
II may be said indeed. that 10 mako out this bal
ance due to me. claim rho allowance of SCI $40 &C.
which the Secre ary has rejected Vrry true bu, con-
Of e.
and extra clerk hire which haze already explained
IN my answer to him. ard which I think the public
VIII agree with me have Just right to demand
Ana as Tor the rest, II Is claim for commissions
such as have been actually allowed to other Navy
Agents, and to far larger amount for inferior ser
S.aee and for interest which have actually paid on
MONIES hat have been obliged TO borrow al differ
ent times, for the of the Government in the bust.
ness OF my agency.
Blu, leave out, il YOU please this yohoIs s,p, ofI
81 $40 4s inadmiseble, here is still! the sum oft
Sl08s0 81, which contend is fairly due TO me- and
OF which sum The Auditor allows that part .snny |
ultimately be passed % Mr. Kings credit" -thoupb
he IS evidently determine ed make that part a snN
as possible lest it should, peradventnre extinouish
that precious balance against which he is nursn
with 80 much care, for the present at east for the
purpose OF keeping me still apparently in dcfuuit
1t may be proper for me- also to add hero ,ba, |
besides the claims which have presented to bm, I |
have yet other clans against the Government TO the
amount OF about $40 900, which have not yet laid
m
that have theln because was unwilling after the
experience have had of him, put therl into his
hands, until he had first disposed ofthose which had
previously submitted. They are Of such n nature. !
however, l'nay of them that I.tbiuk even he will
not DO able To LGen plausible excuse for refasino
to allow them. And thus, fmy account could be set.
tied by any honest Auditor, tho Government mus: be
found IN my debt at this moment, in the snu OF a,
leas' $50 And yet To CRAFTY the low and pitiful
resentment Of the Secretary aud himself IA raen, !
he ndara ,Ifo 81
their own consciousness ofthe injury which they ha
done me, must be reported by this Audit or tn Con
gress as detaulter in that paltry little sum $3 85
90 small that he is ashamed of il himself: g.
has, therefore, have just seen, attempted TO
swell it out into decent appear ance by miss
rable trick.
Having thus clearly showed the entire falsehood of
this whole Charge of my being a defaulter to the Go
vernment (nnd given by the way a pretty strong
tasie OF cur Auditors quuuty) might easily be ex.
cused. believe by all honorable men, from taking
any further notice of his report. But he has been
pleased seems TO favor with some comments upon
particular items OF my accounts. and the vouchers
which have offered to support them with the dou-
BILE view of lmpeaching my honesty before the public
and of displaying his own extraordinary and peculiar
qualifications for his Office; and cannot bot feel that
ought to follow him into these minute and other
wise insignificant deiails.
Annexed, he says, "are copies Of Mr Kings
vouchers which have been rejected or suspended in
this office, numbered from III to (ii6) inclusive"
w
such of Them as be has himself brought into view
and perhaps q few others.
Those numbered from (l) to 81 have been reject
ed because they have been long since passed to his
credit" The iasinalation here Is obvious but fran,
dufet. believed myself that these claims had been
allowed, a9& had certainly thought of preferrng
them over Valn but was told at the Auditors of,
fee in September last, that thoy had not been found
passed to my credit but we're still supeaded and that
therefore, must furnish the vouchers TO support
them. did so; uha is sent 10 the duplicates. ha-
wing presented the originals before,) and now these
vouchers are rejected. because the claims have been
allowed long ago! The 6ascness of the inuendo ON ,
this point is thus apparent 1t may be proper for me
10 add, that have list Of these supposed to be sus
pended bat really allowed items from the Auditors
Office, to verify my statement above. beg that iii
may be kept in mind, that No. is the voucher for the
hire Of he steamboat which shall have occasion to
notice more particularly hereafter.
"Those numbered from 10y to (8) were rejected on
account Of their age and the want Of proper ap-
prevail" Here we have two reasons; but one ofI
them happens TO be goodfor nothing, and the other
turns out TO be false in fact. LIST. ION account OF
their age; but It was clearly proved by Mr. Murden
that they had been oUeriooed until very lately; and
who ever heard before that mere lapse OF time would