Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-05

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Dec. 10. To Il bbls. mssl beef 600 90
81 bbly. prime pork. sld ~
81 50d ~
NoRFaIH, 18Th Dec. 1917.
Received OF Miles King, Navy Agent, fifteen
hundred aud four dollars aud seventy Two
cents. IN payment ofibe above account.
ROBERT Il. STEED.'
Here, we are told, Tho corresponding ro
celpi is anew receipt The date is changed
only nine days, bui although there is one bar
rel OF pork less on the new bin Than on The old,
II is remarkable thai the aggregate mice Is
exactly the same aud the price ptr bDrei in
the old bill is omitted ia the new, being some.
what inconsistent with the aggregate PRICE"
his Is true but he seems 10 be aware by this
time Of the reason Of The difference Tor he states
himself thai the new bill corresponds with the
receipt on the Navy Siorekeeper's book, and
which same book, by the way, also Showed thar
had not been paid for ihs articles again but
he tres 10 get over this Ivy adding, that II the
St0rekeepcf's book were admitted as eyidence
that the brei aud pork have mol been paid for.
II would prove TINT Mr. kiug chhrges for two
barrels more than were Delivered Not exact.
y II would only prove that charge for tmo
barrels more than were delivered al HE si0ye-
but it would noi follow, certainly, thai they
had moi been delivered elSeUhere-nud /, turns
out 10 fact, that these Two very barrels, one of
beef and the other Of pork, were actually deli
vered at The time on board the United Slsies
ship Aisrt, having been taken oui oi tho boar
while II was on It's way 10 the Navy Yard. and
for TINT reason not having gone into the store
aud Mr.. Murden could have informed him
that having previously Pscerfained this fact
from The Thea commanding officer of The shin.
and thinking IL but just, TINT should be pnn
H.. a. t,..r al aH..ll h..
lse matter oil more lornl he had ..cu...ad them
uirtuaAy III the new bill by extending The ag.
gfegatc price of the whole, aud dropping the
Inconsistent pticc per- barreL not exactly to
conceal the alteration, BAT only to make the
bill as apparently correct MS IL was Sub5tautiGiig
so--and his, IN please The .4udit0r again, Sue
MIR. Murdens statement We come aow To
Cocks g. Co. and Gianier's bills, and | was
going TO explain the ir1ing differences ia these.
as have done 10 the Others but as il must be
evident 10 all, by this lime, lhst il is as impos-
sible 10 please an Auditor, as II is 10 satisfy Sc
cretary, ogaina his wiH. ] shall feier the reader
who wishes for more information, to the slate
men, of MIR. Murden, which will shew him all
know about them. Indeed, 8s the RepuIt in
III is part oil II reflects upon that gentleman even
more than upon me, II Is but right 10 let him
answer IL Tor blnseIf; aud think his EXPLAIN.
ton must he satisfactory to every honest mau.
must just ren,srk, however, thai the NIGH
ty difference In Graner's bin is the drop Of
ihe enormous sum OF 50 10 discount IN the
last, and our Auditor who wonId doubtless
have us understand that he never commits the
uailesl error withou, design, does not appear
to have thought 1t possible, enough il urus our
TO have been the isct,) that MI Murden could
have made this pallry lilile omissionby mistake.
| [5ee Mr.. Murdeus statement. IL IS hardly
necessary to add that all these items are rei,ei5
ed Of course.