Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-10

two days which were not necessarily included mill the
hnal settlement. But the amount Of money distracted
at length became too large be covered in this way
ahc recourse vas had TO other funds such protested
and unasceTiained duties, penalties &c &c-uulil al
ehg'h, his appetite becoming more vuracious his
speculative wants more pressing he se,ed upon bonds
10 the amount OF more than half Million retaining too
when he went out, IN admitted balance of S20 G!G 40
upon The plea which will be best explained by bis own
letter Ia the ST. creiarv vi the TREASURY dated N York
ApfIl2 II, lejo-oI Which the following is u copy: "
nave The honor TO state IN reply 10 your letter Of The 10Th
inst that although the huunce in nv hands nrrrnrs Ia
be very large, 1t will not br than sufficient for the
settlement vi the outstanding claims against me- On
close letter received yesterday from The District At
l"fney, showing my individual liability for the judg
inehis obtained against me received notice from Mr.
oId yesterday, that he would issue executions against
! my lnnute, unless paid the amounts Of the several
| Judgments forthwith ! | paid, Of course. The ns
Nonft viii pass upon twice as large an amount.
lhe notices ni protest served upon me for duties paid
and passed TO the credit Of the Treasury are estimated
at between S2N0GC0 aud $500 eco and the Circuit
N"'l ctc'oed mat The Collector, being alone liable
ought No" TO pay the duties into the Treasury In addi-
'l"n to th'se immense liabilities the settlement Of
damages, when the parties have paid full duties da.
mayed goods which cannot he adjusted by the present
l"!!rci"r, must take large sum, aud cannot all be
brought IN, under three mouths hope therefore, that
al all unreasonable. am, &c, SAMUEL SwARrwsur."
How ialr how smooth, how rsasonablr Most amable,
and uniInreac liable CCnse rvative
u now any additional explanations are wanted to
count TOT ttse enormous PcculaGns ard their nnC
ceanent | remark uIher-hy unaccnun,able i'm.
prudence OF the law, the collector has the appointment
OF ms suhodnncs who, therefore, according 10 their
own declarations consider their allegiance fidelity
him, even at the expense Of uegrity pnramoun, To that
which we owe the Government Schultz one of the
iavorne witnesses of the mnjoriIy Of the deiacaun
committee being asked, why lie did testify 10 the de-.
iacatnn Of Swnrtwcui, when examined before the Sc
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clerks in The Custom house consider ourselves in the
service Of the Collector and not in the service of the
U. s.. Philips, too, the Assistant Cashier of The Gus.
tom house, another choice witness OF the uory Of the
committee in conformity with the Custom house practice
aud the given for il by Mr.. Shulz observed in
reply 10 similar query, "hat he The clerk of Mr.
Swarlwoui, and did not like 10 disclose the secrets of
his employer" Besides these two, Ogden his confide n.
tal Cashier and perhaps Others coHnved at, if they
did assist aud operate with the guilty Collector
in his monstrous frauds and gigantic populations The
District Attorney too Price, the legal adviser and spe-
culang partner OF Swartwoui, became the coadutor of
his marractices, and probably The participation Of his
heils Ut .deS helping himself TO more than $50 nGO
upon The of his sudden eoprment for Europe This
he could easily do, unsupported he was, and taking
apparently The most active par, in the exposures oil
Swartwuut, against whom lie expressed the warmest in
dignaton-lhs, say he could very readily DO by collect
ing compromising bonds suit, and pcckeling The mo
ney TO the last Swawou accounts fair upon the
face Of them, and supplied no OF detection. This
The majority Of the committee have labpred very hard
aud successfully 10 establish, though oG annhrr pur
pose. The Wing clerk, who audited his accounts, ard
m"is much praised and relied upon by Them, eslIfes,
that his examinations in 1887 led to that conclusion,
though lie does mol include The bond account Of which
more hereafter.
Yet tie accounts of Swnrlwout false and fraud
uhn,, notwithstanding The denial Of the Committee,
since the amount in his alleged suspense account for
purposes which have described had been appropriated
TO himself Bonds which paid compromised,
stated rs unpaid, and the balance which he kept
at last under the pretence Of protecting himself ives
used or carried away with him. DC, &c-No man was
ever more aided by men and by circumstances, than
Swartwout. Conniving subordinaes, the District Al.
toney, particrps eriminiS, the confusion and delays
created by the great FIRE, and the general SUSPENSION the
decision of the courts the sympathy and the confidence
of the merchants every thing, seemed play into his
hands. ! might 60 and furnish many more expluna
tory details but neither patience my lime would
permit me 10 say The quarter of what might he urged
My only object has been 10 give you general but clear
idea of this vexed subject which has been purposely en-
barrnssed and coudcd, To impose upon your eduy,
rather to enbtter your pre- udices ard influence your
passions. hope have succeeded far as have gone
IN making the matter simple as it is in itself plain in
statement, that farmers boy comprehend il. | Will
resume the topic in another number.