Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-03-16
6rAltil.laG FACTS.
The following Is an eAlr.ct fom the Report .


! The following Is an e&ifsct Eon the Report III
Mf. WISE, COMMITTEE TO EXAM : lat, Tn
Executive Del st..eatz.
Notwithstanding the committee refused to
inquire tbio the appointment aud removal Of oh
er-, YET several ~ LII - oi retaining tUHu
4n1 fraudulent obi or, wADse mdirasagcc NJ
made knoan-tn the Pfeslueht aud Head II D
panments, have t,en proved beyond edFll ofdis
puir.
fhe clrafest case of thf, Kind, and there could
be noEr clearer, Is the ed,c oi Io,eph " Keeh
iess, a collector at perth Anhoy, New Jrrs,y.
lie wa, charged on tue thIrd OF Jahuar', $3.50,
via the gros-e,i llcial niisco"duei IA coilec.
TOR. / he harges we're oi eubezz mcnI aud
fraud aud the peciii:atlons were made. liI,t1'
eu,es aud apologize, lof hi, misconduct were
proved 10 lie know E;gly ard wIluily ial,e, heiorr
i, commits Toner appointed by the department 10
lake depUsitoDs ~ The cd.e ana 10 rrpofi thereon
He actually confessed bm- eli 10 be gully Ul the
most serious charge Vi lraud AND offered no tca=
nmony or excuse winch couid IN any re- p,,t, be
considered "a rXculpatUry Or III pslllalIuI.-
fhe evld, nee WAS iuly reported 10 The depat-
ment: most lh Z aud enpLre abstract Of thai
sumony wae ad Leiore The President by The
SECRETARY o The Treasury, containing scarcely
dEy II The evidence ON obe OF the main charges
ana only the eX,uipIofY testimony Oh another,
iiIe President, however, as proved by the serre-
larry, and by Mr.. P,aree, read all the evidence IA
he cas-" AID yet he made a decision III Ha9raht
contradiction 10 the testimony oi one oi The Wit
nes-c-, (BnhlyD making h.n Acknowledge
what he expressly ie,Ilhtd to The contrary vi
found lbii 10 be merely irregular which VA
PROV, d and coGi,s ed To have bren corrupt; and
What va, more hooking still oall moral sense.
AZ acquitted the tihcer, aud yet ordered hun 10
pay bd,k Tie money winch he had emt't IL ed q
deir"uded The Government u, according 10 an
ac, cunt Thereof by the ,omplIol II. ! IL amount
llhoved in lh, case va, small, being only son.e
Three VI four hundred dollars. But Though Il
MAS bat pelly larceny Ia the lnierler other, Il
Wa, The .,dnd,sl d,reInton Vi doty aud Inju,
tee 10 the Government On the pat oi hi, supe
NUS, the President aud Secretary. IN, III er
Thu, tVLlned III place, Il Is hat. ~ necessary 10
add /, and was 1t, ,tatod by Mr. ParheI verbal
" a warn and artI"e pirn-an OF The pre- eut 4
coming Adm nIolNton, Iaktn zeaIou, pant III
political meeting, and arrangements IA New Jef-
sty.
Another case Of precisely similar tha,acter
w'as p owed N The Instance VI retaining Land
r.rcitcr, Spencer, al f>u VI aynr, Indiana, niler
he had been prov ed gully OF official neglect In
lot making ms depusites, Vi fetalnn, taidnce,
due the Gov rnnieni ot unreasonable pcriu IS oil
ne, ul RECEIVING prohibited hank mole, OF the
d, nom nation ul ii.e dollars, aud Ct shaving The
money brought 10 III. oilicc 10 purchase the pub
nr lands.
Arother instance is the case Of Samuel Gwin,
4 re ,,er oi the land oiiee IN a l>si,-ipl l., Who
has en- repeatedly charged with tie gro
sest ollitIdl misconduct ard violation oi laH IL
puic cha ing land at sales 81 The pubic lands under
hls uperinlendcnce: ot which the Pre-, ldcnt hd,
been lHIurn Il by e.poh,be eIson, and yet
no inquiry eYtbiito HI, conduct la h-.'n inotitu,
iet.
A most ill rant instance OF refining an IN
~
Who va, at the head ol the Indian bnrc~u. He
M, considered 30 incompetent by the Secle any
OF War, that the ; ecr.ialy sought al The sson
oi 1881 81 to create new Othcrr, that Of en-
m,s sIontr OF Indian Affairs IN order to suprl stde
Mr.. Herring, Or take the supeilutcndcucc OF
lhose ALTAR, nom IN care. IL, Herring, WIS
tbcn receiving a sdlaty OF fourteen OF sixteen
hundred dollars the Commissioner of lIdIan
Affairs Vas To receive S3 geo per anuur. LIS
S. trtiry applied TO the respective thaunen oil
Tie two committees on Indian Aiialr, Of the Sc.
nate and ll1u To have the law VII, h he DRAFT
ed PASSED, cfeatu 6 the new III The Char
man OF the senate, committee ulJeclcd, among
oth,t Tca,unS, that II created II M. ht be tilted
with an incapable per.on. Pledge WAS gwen
thai It should be wcli Tiled.
The osiirc wa, created. and the same Mr.. Her.
rng wa> promoted To fill II iy the Prc,iCeLt.
| Andu BE- lound, on a >trict examination ui
all the testimony, linl not My pro>tluted pol,t.
cal pditzans. ~ IN tbs ease uI llocker have oeen
appointed TO ,flce- thai faithful & iliccnI oil
cer,aS 10 the ,a.tof Melville, have been removed
from flee Tor opinions sake the want OF potl-
| cal int.dence- that iathle>s and fraudulent ard
corrupt oihrers, Reckless, Spnttr, ard
GNlnn. aud incompetent Officers, as Her
rlng, have been retained IN hoe after iull
know ledge oil tfcIr corruption nj lncuml etencv
| by the President and heads Of Departments but
that an officer has been raid ior services he never
rendered, ha> been APPOINTED fer months behl.
he entered on the duties OF his ollie, served du.
| ring pant OF that time IN the State Leg Stature
| Il Vermont, Illus holding State and Federal
office AT the same time IN violation # the state
constitution, (>ec the Constitution of the State OF
vermont J thatali these facts utre known 10
the head Of the Department " len he allowed lii,
| account, apd that HE account itself was pern,it
| ed To he tiled IN such form a, Ia conceal and
| 'upprc'S thesr 'act', and to suggest on its iaee
reasons Tor allowing II, which could not b..
proved by the per'on to whom IL VAS allow ed y
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