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Ma. ImorasoLL's CkARots AsAiNsS Me-
WEssrss We insert in our ss.dsyS pspss'
the Report Of the Committee d tho Hesss e
Representatives On the charges Of hss. lsgss'
soil against M. Webster. ofelleiai "isess.
duct while Secretary Of Sists. We est q.
,en,ion Of tho reader to The sepsss. ~ ct ,hs
purpose Of showing how compIs'sly the ehss.
ac,er Of tho accused 10 vindicstcd BY On "a.
tire refu,a,ion Of Tho charges. for this 10 sun.
eisn,iy apparent whhou, word Of eom~sss.
bu, q matter deserving Of cs~ark tsm 10
curiosity, the, 20 grave. charge should -
founded upon 80 slight .. pts'rs,.
Mr.. lneersoil charged MI. Webster with
having Withdrawn par, Of The secre, service
fund from the hands Of the ordinary disburs.
ing agent, Z" without the knowledge Of the
Presidsn, Of the United States and contrary
10 the usage. and appropriated il to HE svs
use. with "using the. public money 10 COT.
rupt the party psessrs"-aod with being" -
public defauher" when no went o., Of Office.
In regard to the FRS, branch Of this eh.res,
j, was proved to tho eommi,se. by the ,es,i.
mony Of the late President. tia, ii vas on bio
suggestion the, . portion Of The foreign inter.
course fund, which wss lying in depssiss
with Mr.. S,ubbs, tho ordinary disbsssise
agent, was Withdrawn and placed 10 The
hands Of Mr.. Webster, Under the inpsessisa
entertained BY him aed Mr.. Webster. thss
this vas the usual aud proper a'sds. end tho
committee rrpor, tina, this. vas the practice
under the administrators Of Washington sel
Adams, during the Srcre,srysh'p Of Jay.
jefferson. Randolph. Pickering. Marshall.
and part Of the, ef.Mr. Madison.
In regard to the breach II The charge that
impu,es me use Of the public money for COT.
rup,ing the public presses, tho Committee
say thu, they have fully investigated this
charge. and they remark ih., the testimony
they have taken foil. explains whs,ever 10 Of
obscure or doubtful meaning in letter Of
Mr.. F. o. J. Smith. which seems TO have
been relied on a. coun,ensneine il. aud IRE.
moves every foundation for belief, o. eves
. suspicion. tina, the public money was used
or attempted 10 be used to eorrup, the public
presses"
The remaining charge 10 ,h., Of h.ving
bee" . public defauitrr !, appears that
when Mr. Webster went out Of Ofice, there
was On apparent balsncein his hands Of s..
200, for which he had M, received from the
agents employed BY him. the proper voueh.
ers for tho money no had advanced to theW,
and for this reason tho settlement Of his &C.
count was delayed for eighteen o. twenty
months. For tho payment Of $1,000 TN
proper vouchers as he alleged had been los,
mislaid, or no. procured, and have no, ye,
been produced. But in the autumn OF 1874
Mr. Webster not having procured the voueh
ers for tho above balance ~xeep, for tho sum o.
S2OO.paid 10 Mr. Stubbs, in essh, the remsin'
ing 5000. of the sPparen, balance aesins, his
with tho understanding that the government,
should refund to him. il no subseq uen,ly pro
cured tho evidence Of hi. payments. Thi
was in November, 1874. On the 6rs, o
y FEBRUARY following, In presented voucher
for payments made by him whils in Office
not before credited TO him. to The amour, o
sl0.50. when by direction Of the Presiden'
- this sum was refunded.
], thus appears tina, the charge Of b-isg
= detaui-r had no other foundation than de
= lay Of few months in tho set,lrment Of sI
account, for procuring vouchers probably
: from persons at distance to whom none
" was remi,sed. which aeeoun, was settled near
'' ly Two years ago by an over pay men, Of III
- apparen, balance agains, him.in consequence
!" Of which more Ihan thousand dollars hsv
Y been since refunded 10 him.
y GOVERNOR CoLpy, OF Nav HAMPsmia,
j, From article in the Boston Sun Ne ca
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