Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-20
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NnnpCil ll,AN INDEMNITY

More Bunk fuischoDds c1pescd-Wc insert below an
other arocous curnny from the columns of that reck-
less Bank advocate, NJ. M. Noah:
:: More Rogucry-The correspondent Of the Boston
Atlas states that the FIRST ins tament Of the Neapoan
indemnify, amounting 10 S253 29 IS was reunited in
sod Pet Bank of this city, by order Of Gen JAG l.
son. that it sent to the iun to be coined IN jack
son Gold and the country flooded with it for electionccr
ing purposes the claimants mcan,ohile, not rcccirng
penny Of their ducM On the 9Th of June, the second
instancn was paid TO the American agent at Paris.
and another Pct Bank in this city authorized
by the President through the Secretary Of the Trca.
sury, dreso for the achole amount, which they did
for S2i0,0D0-Sl6,000 was sent home in gold More
than re months have elapsed, and the claimants have
not received penny Tile Pets hare not finished shar
ing It, Who divides the spills? 1t not difficult to
guess. Any bet you please gentlemen: that there no
Government on earth so corrupt as that OF the United
States, as is at present administered. we marvel why
the people, who support this baudti, do not cut III for
portion of the plumber. For twenty-five years
chants have beea despoiled Of their property and
when it is honestly paid them by the offending foreign
government, the money IS cutched IN tTaRStu by our
rulers, to shGoc ppon!!
SURPRISING the indignant feelings which the above
profligate Misrepresentation well calculated TO
excite, we shall merely state, in few scntanccs, the
naked truth, in full rcntation of those srrprcsenta
tons
FIRST. On inquiry at the proper Offices learn that
the first instalnrnt paid to the claimants, i'm.
mcdatciy after the Commissioners under the Ncapoan
treaty nided and reported their awards of tho amount
extract would nsluae, of their 'no receiving penny
of their due or not receiving it their
due asearaiHcd by the tribunal authorized by Con-
gross.
SEcoxp. As to the second nsalmcnt we are informed,
that far from tue money having been paid the 9Th
of June, ''the American Agent Paris dollar
of j, paid him there; but the payment was made
al Naples and the agents. in the time, who are
believed to BE- hoacst and faithful and who selected
the recommendation Of Of the principal claim
ants have been engaged in transmitting the money from
Naples to Paris, in manner least expensive the
claimants.
SO far from $4,000 of it having been sent home in
gold" and being employed by any 'pct Bank for
'shaving any other purpose, not dollar of it had
been sent and arrived when the above assertion
made.
As early as the 18th April last, the Bank of America
obtained credit upon the house of Wclles s. Co. OF
Paris, which confirmed by them The object ofthis
was, that the Bank of America might. in case they
thought it would promote the interest Of the claimants
be able to draw in anticipation of the payment at rate
Of exchange which would be much productive than
by directing the whole sum, when received by Wees
Il Co. to be shipped to this country in gold.
The Bank Of America, accordingly, between the 2Ih
April and 18th May last drew upon Weles IL Co for the
amount of 250000 francs, in hryeight bills sixty
days sight which were accepted by the latter and
charged 10 the former.
The three letters from Messrs Wcllcs g. Co., TO the
Bank Of America of the Goth June, 18th July, and l4
Of August, which have obtained copies OF, and ap
pend, give tho history of their transactions from the
time of the payment being made at Naples TO the date
of the latest communication from them.
We believe tina, every intelligent, disnterested man.
and tho claimants themselves will be satisfied
that every diligence has been employed by all having
any agency in this matter to put the claimants in pos.
session Of their money at curly day as possible
without an unnecessary sacrifice OF their interest.
1t will be seen, that for the SUM the Bank of America
drew tor 1t would not have been justified By due
gard to Its own security, to have paid the amount
until it informed of the payment of the bills drawn
This was not probably completed in Paris before the 18th
or the Both Of August.
The balance is now looked for daily, and until it is
received together with all the accounts connected with
the transaction, it will be seen, that it will impossible
for the Treasury under the act of Congress state the
amount which the various claimants entitled to- We
are assured that not moment will be lost after the
ceipt those papers, estimating the each claim
ant is entitled to, and paying over as soon thereafter
as applied for.
In regard to the first nstalment, far from the Bank
of America the agent for receiving it here) having
used dollar Of it for any purpose whatever after
received it paid the amount into the Treasury the same
day received; and that department paid to the