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

before satisfied myself Of their correctness" Now,
me would think ths ought to have been .satsacto-
70 nim, as n 70 obvious that the very requiring of
he Commanding OfRcers approved to authenticate a
voucher, implies confidence In his Judgment and
discretion But our Auditor is Determined to go
further and inquire into the reasons Of the approval
And what were theys Why that lone Of the articles"
Ia buglc for the frigate Congress) twas furnished"
no personally kncw but in relation to the two other
accounts, be says "Yhe second account Of T. B.
Seymour for SCI, for wood furnished the Constclla-
ton, as we'll as the s. rs for water parl c. Colley
have no other to suppose correct than their
certificates, and Mr. Kings word, which cannot
doubt" Well now then l have certainly got my
vouchers for these three small items, tho bugo, the
WOOD and tho water, in proper form at last, and
have supported them by the fullest proof For the
bugle,i have proved it by the Commodores acknowl-
edgement that he required and received it; and for
the wood and water, have proved them by the ac-
counts OF the persons who furnished them, with their
receipts for the money which ] paid them, and tho
Commanding Officers approval, and the reasons of
the approval into the bargain, which strike
~ one, suppose, entirely sufficient Now will it
DC ocheved that our Auditor. finding from this cxp-
cit statement of the Commodore that he cannot
catch me in fraud turns of to try to catch the
Commodore himself in Edisehood. or something like
ny But Is even for he adds "The certitica tcs
alluded to bear date February list, $780, the day on
phich has letter to me pas dated or course he had
no evidence Of the correctness Of the charoes when
he approved the bills about sir weeks before cxcept
the word of DIR. hing" And then gathering him
sell up into all bis dignity he adds with truly off,
cidf air. 81 cannot coucede that this WINS the check
winch the Navy regulations contemplated, or that
such an approval was legal or proper. or that ought
tote tolerated by the Department. See B." I
hope the reader ,riH A. B.. which are his letter
TO the Commodore and the Commodres answer and
am sure he will see uothlng in the last which can
excuse such an cgregious piece of nsolence as this
On the contrary, he will zee that the Commodore
was careful to ascertain the of these pet
~ items before he approved them; aud there is Ger
mn m ofn
different conclusion. Fbr although lie does saw as
to Scymours and Colleys accounts, 81 have no
other reasons tn suppose them correct than their Ger.
tifcotes, and MIR. Kings word, which cannot
doubt, and the certificates alluded to bear date Feb.
ruary L. 1889 the day which his letter was dated
1t does not yet foow"or course That he had no cyl.
dence OF the correctness of The charges when be ap
proved the bills about E ceeks before, except the word
OF Mr. King For he writes above, distinctly 81 have
to state diat the accounts were approved by me
about six weeks snce but not before had s1tisfied
myself Of their correctness" He does not indeed
here say hoD he had satisfied himself Of their correct
ness but our Auditor was evidently board to presume
that he had satisfied himself, as | am authorized TO
say was actually the fact, by proper inquiries and
Of course not by my word alone. And, accordingly
If our Auditor Will only have the goodness to turn
ms shnrp eye upon the words again, he VIII find that
the Commodore does not say, II had no othor evil
dence oftheir correctness, g. but hnue" &c fba
is, now on this LIST day of February, 1880 when lam
writing to you for the certificates were uoo written
dlfor himself Thus 1t appears and il is really LAUGH
able 10 see that willy Auditor, instead of catch
ing either e or the Commodore in any thing uncsor
thy Of either Of only catches himself in
attempt to dlshouor he word of gentleman by q
bubble Of his own. These items are tberrJare and
of course" rejected. But that buele for the Con
sres, which the Commodore says he kno,os was fur
nished by the Agcnt"-surcy this item must be al
lower But not is rejected! This is one sample
OF oar Auditors Justice bit you shall another
ma rrrohn rNIF
were rejected, because from their age the presuu,p
tion u that they have bern pnd or that they oupht
not 70 be; and because they destitute OF all the
evidences OF authenticy and correctness necessary to
nnko them good vouchers in this office. Some OF them
have not the commanding officers approval or the
naval s'orekePers receipt, or any receipt whatever
and some are destitute Of I'LL three,'
Now as to the "age Of these vouchers again.
humhly submit that if they not older then INV a.
gency, as they certainly no they mot be too
old to be allowed ID the full and final settlement of
my account concering it. And to their age furnish
ing ga presumption that they have been paid or that
they ought not TO be-" the books of his office sud-
pose, ought to sbew that they have been paid il thew
have boon, and If they do not shev it, "the presume
ton is that they have been paid and therefore
ought to be. For the rest that some Of them NAV be
informal according TO his ideas of formalty I can
readily conceive, and especially as remember that
put bundle of them into his hands, stating at the
time, that 1T gas very probable that some Of them
might be found to be so, but that, If they were
auu Nc Wouu let me KNOW Whot further proofs lie re-
CURED to authenticate tbem would furnish them fl
could. | must doubt, however, whether they are so
informal as he would make them out. Some of them
at least still appears to pretty nearly as per-
feet Us could be wished For example, there is No
IL, cask ofInsacked lime 81 70, called for by On
lndent ofJonatban Cowdery, Surgeon, approvodby A.
Sinclair, Commanding Officer, and receipted for by
Robert Soutter merchant of whom il was bought
What does this item want to autbestcate it further
No ls, for two pounds white clover seed, one dol
lar Is nearly formal. And what fault can possibly
be found with No. 10, for $50 yards white flannel,
at Dc cents $685. and six rim locks, with knobs at 81
SO. SO, for which there is the receipt of George Min
tosh merchant, and corresponding indent Of Thorn
as Button, Naval Storckeeper, approved by John
Cassin the Commanding Officer Yet they are all
declared to be destitute of all the evidences of au
thenticty and correctness necessary To make them
good Vouchers in this ofGce!" will only add that
they are all Tor articles which are clearly shewn TO
have boon actuy bought and paid for by me for the
service Of Government and there is nothing to shew
that have ever been paid for them again If there
fore, they are INFORMAL l submit that though it
might have been good cause for suspending il was
none fer rejecting them altogether. But they are
rejected.
The vouchers numbered from (ie) TO (44) were re-.