Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-13

,.of, and conr,rnGatlc, Esther than n'selF!"E a1"
y Tn. reulIes now for the first tune, pn"sht"' p
~ ,,n.t c,,r. toexplaIu satisfactorily that the ~
f,u,I,y did nn: occur from any real mnheyu
hnl from the pressure Vi business, rffgnsa'hy ~ '
remote residence badness OF roads, sIcki'ss u ~"
ticrr his family. &c :. -. G;,a,s FIR
The npaorlunily Ihus given 10 snb"!diHa'e "''
o,e.,I,n,,n VA properly given, and was cns;"'in'y
under former Secretaries. nud especially MI N'I't''-
see in particular the Gaze Of Brown AZ 4''" '
communicated To Congress III icuG ana II
u,s,sc rather than the opposite course 81 a"u' r.l
p,c.y.r e., IN. sIiulles; lrrrguiarliy, and MS fe
,noy.l at once mace By tie President i"f '"e s =:
inlnrmnry What hue ana cry would 'e fa m, "
Srch n casr, Of prescription! Pt"scr'r'""' y t''''
Nero! , :. .,,,
Tnus many mistakes delays ard irregularities occur
evcrv session in bath Houses of Congress, even 'n 't
laws themselves which pass these honorable o'ues'
fer these should all he members be- Gis"''sf" al u"1
8 Bot TWO great cases which figured very PF"'he""
in The hu speeches and presses are :" ui'y eAP'"
and their character go entirely changed IN this CORES
pondpnce now published. ost" deserve most spun"
notice. These are Harris ana LIN" H.,
Now az to Harris it appears by these replies ''"' '"'
business Of his office in c'j and lo}6 was im'"'hSe'
and his returns could nnl always Dr. made "nt III sas"
u, the ehd Of each month This was one cause "l TIE '
rulariry and such the excuse Another c"'hp'"'"'
was that his reports were not always mace III se"sU"
within the mnath Il would appear tina! THIS arose f" 'e
great distance his office was from Na'chtz peihg SUM-
hundreds al miles, and 10 which the money was 10 oe
sent or IT deposited nearer from which cerlica'e hao
10 he obtained first, then sent TO Washington iheSe arc
the whole mighty affairs as 10 Harris, TIL August ic9o
|. then appears that on thorough examination u m
accounts money liz discovered that by The supposed
parfv 81 some Of his clerks they dad mol balance anu
a deficiency Of money existed
He al once writes to Gen Jackson Their in Tennessee
communicating The fact and rendering al once his re
siqna,Ion This is The fist admission or CONVICTION OF
any we'd driau and the President at once ""sreu
han 10 be suspended removed; and his balances n DC
collected The order reached this city September ISL
1856; and the day. it appears 10y letter from the
Secretary of the Treasury that Harris was suspended
from Office and the Commissioner Ot the General bahu
Office directed have ass account stalled anu c'c'-
I'D as soon as practicable. BY the other reports submit
ted 10 Congress, il appears that the suit WAS instituted"
tina, Fargo portion of the bance has been c"ircVr"
aud that the hole OF the residue considered p"recy
secure. ,,
SO much for The grossly nsEeprrscnted case oil HAIRS
In respect Linn, it that he has twice been Ike
cever and without adverng To this mhch
Of The msrspres concerning Il would not ue Ut
teced.
Under his first appointment several letters seem 10 nave
been written 10 him by the Secretary, complaining ["
rrrgulaIy in his returns and dep0siles me excuses
arr now published, and appear entirely satisfactory
And when he reapponed, no material deiau'l han
occurred and his accounts stood well. AZ The lne OIL
his reappunnen ii appears also by his Te,les, mat lie
had first been elected Treasurer of the Board OF Internal
Improvement OF Illinois, an Office through wnich some
millions Of money must pass yearly. But he declined
it, and accepted the Recewrship and such vas IN" con.
denCe in him in Illinois al that time, besides tirc'ihs
him Treasurer that the Governor Of the State. dIsn
gushed Opposition politician became one OF his ne"
securities.
Under this appointment he went on correctly
until the commissions of 1887 either sednccd INN ~
his securities into specuatiuns which terminated IN his
resignation, avoid removal for not making his ocp"
sites puncuaiiy Upon line settlement OF his accounts
which Immediately ortered-he apprarcd 10 be
dtiLuIier for The first lime The books OF the irea
sury. and he and his securities were accordingly sued
Blu, this debt is also fgardrd in OF the late reports
to Congress by the Treasury Department as we'll So
cured Thus The community can nov see how SENSE
less and grouuGess have been the caumn'rs dIitused
agans, the Executive and the Treasury Department.
account of the two Of Harris and Linn. -
What miserable abortion has the whole investigator
been, when these cases which the great and prom
topics Of attack, out 10 be such Perttc, hum
bugs The committee, even The secret ballot najp-
ry very wisely refrain, after seeing the answers OF
the and collectors, from making any srec tic
charges against any BODY in relation 10 them G'0tr