Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-03-14
[WHoLE No. B7.


prooer departments or officers to prosscuts
the defaultcrs and TO secure the United States
in each case end what defaulters are retain-
ed in the same Offices in which they became
'defaulteis, or have been appointed to other
Offices"
| He accompanied il with request that I'LL
the information desired should be procured
carly as practicable, and submitted By n'e 10
the committee. Accordingly, on the same
day, enclosed copies Of it 10 The other Do
par;ments and slso to the proper bureaus In
the Treasury Department, and desired that
REPLIES might be furnished, so far as in their
power, and go soon as in their power, to tho
several inquiries made. further requested
the bureaus connected with this Department
to employ any extra assistance that could DO
advantag geously applied in Fastening Their
answers.
would now inform the committee that
great progress has been made in respect TO
those parts Of the answers connected win
the Registers Office, and oil which could DO
made, consistent with the difficulty and cx-
tent Of the labor, 10 tho Third Auditors OF.
hce. But it is feared that, OH account OF this
labor and the great mass Of previous calls
by committees and by the two Houses Of Con
gress, which are also to be answered, besides
ltransacting the current business in the diff
ferent bureaus, the whole details and the
tabular statement required cannot be CON-
pleted during the session. Every effort,
however, which, under oil the circumstances,
can be made, is believed to be exerted 10
meet the call at the earliest day practicable.
| In respect to the last branch Of the resolu-
ton, asking "what dcfauiers are retained in
the same Offices in which they became de-
faulters, or have been appointed to other Of
fees" am able TO present the report OF tho
Register, from his Office, which exhibits such
names az are on his books connected with
the State and Treasury Departments. II u
annexed, and contains no name as to thls,and
but one as to the State Department That
one il Commodore ID. Porter and by the cor
irespondence annexed, it viii be seen that he
DOES not consider himself defaulter, though
he stands charged on the Registers books
for q considerable SUN OIL account OF prize
money, as explained in the papers Nos.
and 2) Respectfully.
| LEVI WOODBURY.,
i Secretary Of the Treasury.
4 Hon. JAMES HARLAN,
Chairman Of Investigating Committee.
'PAnrI.-TBE EDEFALCATIONS OF Mr..
4 SWARTWOUT.
, 1. THE EXTENT OF IR. swARTwour's DE-
II FALCATIONs.
Il Conclusions Of The Committee.
II 1st. That Mr.. Swartwout 10 a dcfauIter TO
n iGovernmcnt, as appears by his own returns,
4 as adjusted from time TO time ut the treasury
u Department, in the sum Of one million and
| twenty five thousand seven hundred and hve
dollars and sixty. .nine cents.
MT n pbfpdncSS
accumulated upon the face Of the quarterly
accounts regularly returned by him for ad-
lustncnt al the Treasury Department, with
out the omission of any Of either Item, debtor
or credit thereon, until it became an absolute
defalcation.
g. THE DURATION OF MR.. swARrwour's DE-
II FALcATIoNs.
i Conclusions Of The Committee.
n Ist. That all moneys received by Mr..
} lSwartwout as collector prior to ls:N, were
, regularly accounted for by him in his qiar-
,erly returns to the Treasury Department.
I'd. That so much Of oil moneys received
:. BY Mr.. Swartw out prior 10 le;7, and account
| ed for to the Treasury Department in his
: quarterly returns, as were not paid BY him
{ into the Treasury, were retained by him un-
{ der the tacit acquiescence Of the accounting
officers of the Treasury and regularly car
ried forward, debitcd to himself, in the bal
ance Of each subsequent quarterly account
rendered by him TO the Treasury Department
to the close Of the term Of his Office.
h 3D.. That his omission to carry debit to
himself of the moneys received by him from
the Treasury, or from other sources, prior 10
1897, to the close Of accounts kept only at
the custom house, called his cash accounts,
and his carrying debit to himself Of any
such items 10 any other class of accounts
kept only at the custom house, called suspense
and unsettled accounts, or by any other name,
would not operate as a concealrne nt, innocent
or fraudulent, from the Treasury Department,
i. of the true cash balance in his hands. First.
because neither his cash account,nor his sus.
pense and unsettled account, nor my other
: subordinate account, kept al the custom house.
was over exhibited 10, or foraed lhe basis Of
any quarterly settlement luAde by hun With
the accounting officers VI the Trsssury.-
: Secondly, because, in his quarterly accounts
= settled ut the Treasury Department, ihe ag-
= rregnte and true balance of oil his subordin-
ate accounts KEEP, at tie custom house, III
=, cluding both his cash account d bis suspense
u account, was uniformly, prior to 1857, carried
into his quarterly account undef The item of
= \" cash and unsettled ceeo,uis."
Gil 4th. That the detalcetlons OF MI c"u'
: won't, by moans Of fraud and false returns,
J. commenced in 1887, aud not sooner, aud have
4 existence since that period aud The dsisIca-
ltons thus accruine, added to the moneys
previously retained by him, according to bis
returns to the Treasury Department, and W
q the silent acquiescencs OF TIC ohcen oi tbs !
e Depsrtloent un,il ,se elsss Of his term OF OF
d Gee. constitute the aggregate of ils dsialea-
tions st the preseI perez.
q Ia rus CAUSE W MI. swAarwoCT's DErALcA-
I'll iIoNs.
: CAuszI. The fresponsibility OF ofAr.Svsrt.
n won't in pecunisry character ct the time o
!. Ibis appointment 10 ofcs.
ELL Concla.:on Of fhs Com,niitss.
q let. Thl; y. the time of Mr.. Swnrtwouti
Disappointment, aud VI hiI rc-sppoiutnen nj TO Of
: !, fee, he was wholly irresponsible in pecuIisr
ollrepu,s,ion, anI Was involved In debt.
=, I'd. That ct the tina Of kis sppointnen
! and Of bis e.appoin,ment, aud for The Who'll
llperiod no was in Office, he was notoriousl
engaged in large aud hazardous speculation
,. aud deeply embarrassed by thenl
: II 3d That hls pecunlsry irresponsibilify an