Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-05

ious rosery dollar claimed by DIR. King,
except what has actually been allowed,
were passed TO his credit, he would
still be in default Ite8e AZ
Annexed are copies of Mr. Kings vouchers, which
have teen rejected, suspended in this Office num-
oered from y 10 Il i6) inclusive. i
fhose numbered from (I) to (5) rejected. because
they have long s'nco been passed. TO his credit.
fhose nimoered from loJ to (e) were rejected, on
They are. indeed, oil marked Approved, a. Sin
cioir." On casting my eyo upon these words was
satisfied they wero recently written, although the
vouchers were dated in 1919 and 1910 enclosed
them TO Commodore Sinclair, and put to him this
question: viii you have the goodness to inform me-
whether your approval to tho enclosed vouchers was
placed upon them at tho tune Of THOR date,
and u not, when, and under what circumstances YOU
approved them" In his reply. dated LIST Februnry
1880, he said, have to state that the accounts were
approved by about six weeks since but not before
eatlsbed myself OF their correctness" That of
the articles charged wrs furnished. he personally
snews bnt IN relation TO the O, her two accounts he
says' mo second account Off d Seymour for e2I.
Tor WOOD furnished the Constellation we'll as the
tnrce dollars seventy-ive cents for water, paid C.
Cooley, have other to suppose correct than
their certificates, and Mr.. Kings word which con-
1 90. douht" phe certificates alluded to- bear date
February ls 1880, the day on which his letter In me
was dated. OF course. be had no evidence of tho
correctness OF the charges whom he approved he bills
about Sir neeks bore except the word of Mr. King
cannot coucede that this vas the check which the
Navy regulations contemplated or that such an np.
ProVal was legal or proper, or that it ought 10 be
tolerated by the Department. SEQ A B.
The vouchers numbered from (3) TO (I3) inclusive
were rejected because from their age the prcsump-
ton that they have been paid that they ought
not to oo and because they destitute Of ell the
evidences of authenticity and correctness necessary
70 make them good vouchers in this ofece Some o?
them nave not tho commanding otficefs approval or
the naval sorekeepers receipt or any recent vhste
Vor. aud some are destitute OF all three.
The vouchers numbered from (Is) to t44) were re-
]eeted for similar and for tho further reason
those to in
end 1890, were executed in the year 1890. On look.
ing at them II was obvious that they were lately writ
seh' On inquiry vas informed they were in the
hand writing of Nr Joseph hurden, who had been
10 Nr. Aings employment clerk. less than three
years 1 enclosed some of them to Mr. Murden and
inquired of him, whether this whole class of vouchers
Vus not written IN 1899! In reply. under da.e of
February 18th, $780, he said. II onnd in the Office of
the iate Navy Agent, number Of informal bills ma
ny OF which, upon eza mnatiOn, found had not been
charged; these put in proper form and obtained sig
formal ones" G. D. e
sent an extract of this letter to Mr. King and re-
9uested The production of these informul bills" with
their corresponding receipts He called at nv Office
eho iet parcel OF old papers, copirs Of which will
be found on the right OF vouchers No 81 to (4Al
each one being placed opposite 10 the bill or bills
%nich havo been made out oft. How far the uanu-
iacturo OF 1899 coTresponds 9th the raw material
tho render may rec at glance a fey Of these cor
| reSPoudeocies are here exhibited
EarHr,sd trooa 40 or'siaG1 taTef 1854 SO.
20 Joseph Lnvior, DR..
pieces hussian Book Gil 90 90
assiass q a i piiIoS cases flss, 9
sic
NoRFoLK, December 10, 1917
Rece'Ved OF Miles King, Navy Agent ut NorfulA.
the sum OF nine hundred and hfty-four dollars and
eighty seven cen;s, in payment Of the above.
JOSDPHY LAYER. 4
J%eaO Biz.
Navy Department for the Navy Hospital.
1917. To Joseph Laver, DR..
August both, for % sheets,
NoRFoLE, August. 1919.
Received of Miles King, Navy Agent, Eorty-tUo
dollars, in payment of tho above BILL.
JOSEPHY LAWYER.
Hero three items are taken out of an old BILL and
thrown Intotwo, to make onc one receipt is
Tor 1854 co, and the other for S42 and the dato is
altered almost two years
EzTGeted from IN original 6M Of s2257 o.
Miles King
1877. Bought of p. q. stesd,
Dec D. &c bbls. mess beef, ataI5 $50 90
81 bbls. primo pork, 25 40 ola 70
Nd receipt.
Fsn Biz
Navy Department for public stores,
'o1t To q Z. steed, Dr.
Dec. 10. To 45 bbls mess beef coo on