Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-24
Erors The u. s. Telegraph.
FOURTH AUDITORS REPLY TO MILES

IL hence oppenrs, that NJ King knew tho quality
ri The St me, and Com. Darrons determination 10
have nothing TO do with II, before it landed and
long before was paid for that utter tho vessel left
the yard he Instructed. ycres Wilkinson 10 receive
MN Tcylor's wharf, doubtless il was he who had il
carted to the wall. without Com Barrons concurrence
OF knowledge; 1t 1t had been used by the workmen
Tor any purpose, lac would have had good plea to
demand payment; but when he could not induce the
commodore TO approve the account, he at frs, con-
ciaaed to sell the stone. Changing his mind, he
sends the papers to Washington. with receipt sign
ed "Jcffrics Wilkinson, Master Inspector" whom he
knew not to be Master Inspector and a note sipned
by himself, that Wilkinson ''was ordered bv Com
barron to inspect the stone" when he knew that he
= mad acted solely under his own Instructions
That this receipt and ncle were not upan the voucb
ers waon they were presented to Com Barron for
approval long after their date. is papable If the
Commodore had ever seen Mr.. Kings declaration
that y Wilkinson WIS ordered by him to inspect the
stone he would have contradicted il. phese en-
d'rsemcn,s, therefore, were made after the papers
We're presented to him, and for the sole purpose of
1W9,a'ning payment at washington 1t remains for
Wnkinsons name, and account for his assertion that
Wilkinson had been "ordered by Com. Barren to in.
spect the stone.''
Mr. Kings def nee was not written BY himself
His own consciousness would have preycn,e ed mopv
expressions which 1t contains. All its confidence Of
assertion is derived from the writer, not from him
who signs 1t. Could Mn. Kings consciousness have
permitted him to the following rema rks IN relation
TO this st me!
AFTER this If this stone is not absolutely that of
Sisyphus instead of Scranton 1t shall rest forever
where 1t lies as a perpetual monument of the malice
anc meanness OF my nccusers together"
imagine MIR King will find this "Scranton" stone
heavier than that of Ssyphus and will never be able
again to start IT upon the hill AS long as it lies upon
layors wharf, 1t Will he at least pointed at an
apprsprate monument Of the truth and fair dealing
oil "Masier Inspector" Jef!ries Wilkinson, and his
friend Miles king
IN exposition of few of mr.. Kings transactions
winch necessarily produced discrepancy between
his monthly and quarterly returns and led to defal
eaton, viii conclude my notice of his defence
An arrangement exists, by which 1t is the duty of
Inc United States Bank and branches to send to the
Fourth Auditors Office monthly all the checks drawn
ny the Navy Agents. The Agents are required to
dcposi'e all their moneys in Bank and endorse upon
eech check the purposes for which il is drawn. By
these checks therefore, the Auditor ascertain
lar what purposes the public money is drawn out
III the investigation of Mr. Kings account search
was made for his checks, but were found of la
Ter date than the third quarter of 1919 They were
required from the branch Bank, and sent On exam
NATION however, they proved To be very deficient
The amount of checks for the fourth quarter of 1919
and tor the year 1890, largely short of the |
mount OF public money drawn out by Mr.. King du-
ring those periods There was also small dea.;cn
cy for the years 1921, '22 23, and "a. In 1926 IL
amounted to upwards of 81 .O0O and IN 1926 to nm
wards OF $4,000. In l827 and %, the amoup, of
checks was few thousands greater ;han the amounts
drawn; but IN l329, the amount drawn Considerably
exceeded the amount of checks During the Who'll. |
PERIOD, the amounts drawn exceeded the amour, of
checks near 90 600.
Otcou'se, It was impossible 10 ascertain fron, the
checks returned for what purposes large portion of
the public funds was drawn from Bank Apolica,;on
has been made to the Bank TO supply the deficiency
Among the checks returned for 1928 and ct are
found some for sums of money never charged in Mr.
hhs account and others for sums carried to
his credit From the checks thrrnseiv e. I nuve made
out statement of these items which is annexed.
marked c. From this it will be seen that during the
year lS26. Mr King drew from Bank for commissions
interest, clerk hire, Office expenses travelling eynen
SEES ana 20 pay certain draits SI1,47I 60
Deduct Ills lawful commissions o 0oo
{" authorized clerk hire, and
Office expenses 1000
a" travelling expenses ie6 60
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