Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-13
V oil. ". No. II.
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Ia ,ir:. Procedure q tie Cs..ag.tse,
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with TIC eNa:o,raiior oG sl-.. p.;l,. ss=s as
might De supynse@ cs?.2.a :. lcd:ag light
upon the nq&rH avo.Tej D. re Gsiai:a-
t"ns q VI 75r"Gct@oH:. Thence :orwa,3
t o'.:t:f =. - s1.s,:,g. mas conduct.
eis pursuant to Re resolution Of m iio:ise,
VIZ 10 ascertal.i 'stne causes and extent"
oil those deiacsi atoms; the length of time
they nave existed; the ccrrnctncss of the
returns which aa.e been made by Mr..
S"artwou, and ay tue naval officers con.
nected with the ad yustment OF his accounts.
Concurren:ly Win tre investigation of Mr..
SwarlwOu''s de!alcalions, those William NJ.
Price, late district attorney in New York,
were likewise kept in view and the fullest
practicable ex;en. Of Information respecting
! then, has been obtained, and wlllbe advert,
ed 10 IN the sequel. OF this report, - .ys.,, !
ihe correctness Of The returns which haNo
been made by the present collector, ofcus.
toms and The naval oEicer at the port of
New YORK, was also sought TO be examined
by the Committee while in tina. city. sCon..
siderns that the customs collected at New
York equa! ncarI y two thirds OF. The waole
amount IN al the United st ies," as stated.
in the special report of the Secretary Of the
Treasury on MIR. Swartwout's defaIcatious,
blouse doc. l3, P. 6, ofthe present session,)
the Committee did not suppose that they
should faithfully discharge their duty to the
House. or pay proper deferencs to that
patriotic dIstrust which pervades the covn.
try at he present time 10 regard to the af-
fairs of tie custom.house at New York,
we,e they to limit their inquiries to the 70.
turns of the late collector and naval officer,
and neglect entirely those of their successors,
which must, at all times, be to the country
OF equal interest with the former, and, ut ihs
present time, of even more immediate inn
portance to the security Of the national
Treasury. Bit, in the execution Of so much
oflhIs part Of their inquiries as related to tbs
| present collector of New York. they were
compelled to encounter most unexpected OBJ.
stacies, interposed by the collector hlmsslS
and setting at defiance the authority delega.
ted to the Committee by the House. The
tacis connected with the baff1ed endeavofs
Of the Committee to obtain information for
the House and country froua- THE eilicsf-SF
the executive branch of the Government,
who is in immediate charge Of and control
over public moneys that "equal nearly two.
thirds of the whole amount" collected from
customs sin all the Unit d S,ates," will be
more specially detailed ia subsequent per.
lion of this report.
The Committee will remark here, that, 10
the onset Of the investigation they have
made, they supposed it bo.h pro- er and safe
to place themselves somewhat con6dipely
under the guidance of the several special re-
ports which had been made to the House
upon the subject of Mr.. Swartwout's. defsl-
cations, by the Treasury officers, previous
10 the appointment ofthe Commitiee-com
DIning, in TINS view, reports from the Secre-
tary. of the Treasury, the First Auditor Of
the Treasury, as exhibited 10 House docu.
ment l3. 1t, however, very soon became
evident that those reports were not to bs im-
pl city relied on as auxiliaries in finding
out either the law or the facts of the case;
and that, on the contrary, they furnished but
an oblIque view of both the causes and du.
ration of Mr.. Swar. wou's defaIcations, a.
also ofthe law of many material facts which
deyelope the true character of those defalca.
lions. Of necessity, therefore. these re.
ports, although emana;ing from the highest
orders of official func;ionaries employed in
The collection and disbursement O. th9pub-
lie revenues, became the subjects of &s cahr
tious and critical examination as an. orc
portions of evidence which the sess- -.
sente5, and - SUCH IL will be Ooi sa.'
upon the Committee, to- treat them N :. d
report. d p
In reviewing the datas of their labors, .,.
lha the progress and results ofthem may be
presented in the simplest form, .he Com
mitee propose 10 consider
PAnr |. The delalcatons of Mr.. Swart.
wont.
PART II. The defalcations of Mr.. Pr;ee.
PART ILL.,. The correctness Of the retur.f1
which have been made by the present q
Iector and naval officer OF the port Of New
York, respectively. ,.,u
PART w. The defalcations among re-
ceivers of the public money!. q, ~:
PART. V. Fhe lac.s connected with the