The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-06-25

right u Judge Of is expedirnry. The
committee find from tie testimony shat al
The m0ney pni into bis hands was placed
there with The knowledge and sanction
and by the order Of Tie President. and 50
much ef Il - was necessary. was disburs-
"a In accordance with his views. A bal
anee. not needed Tor The purposes eonlem-
plated, was afterwards returned BIZ Mr.. |
Webster 10 Mr.. Sinbbs. the dishursing
agent. with whom. Ihe testimony shows,
there j. Usually on deposit larger amount
Of money Than is required 10 meet present |
demands. With these remarks the eom- I
milIee dismiss and proceed TO notice the
Second charge.
In that charge Mr. lngersOlI accuses
Mr.. Webster with using the public moi.
ey 10 corrupt the party presses. Among
Tie agents employed by Mr. Webster nn-
der lhe auihOIily Of The President. as a.
bove explained. was Nc. Francis d. &.
Smilh of The State Of Maine. There is
in The Department. Of State. among The
papers relating 10 the secret service funJ
letter from that gentleman 10 Mr.. Web
sleF, which contains on expression that,
Unexplained. might Justly lead 10 he ~,
preston that We mr.. Smith, had used the
money Of the Government in that ~ay.
The committee base fully investigated
this charge. They DO mol deem il neces.
sary or expedient To gu into a specIiiea.
lion Of the acts Of this agent, who was
employed in a secret servi'e, or I'd in
quire into The pIopriely Of employing a.
gents inr secret service within the ,nnlls
Of the U. States and paying them out Of
The contingent fund for foreign intercourse.
but will content themselves with simply
remarking that the testimony they have
taken fully explains Whatever is of oh.
scure or doubtful meaning in this letter.
and removes every foundation for belief
or even a suspicion that the public mon.
ey was used or attempted to be used 10
corrupt party presses. This brings the
committee TO The third and last charge !;
that when Mr.. Webster went out Of Office,
ne was puOitc ueiaul1eI"
! From an examination Of his accounts,
!. il appears that when he retired from oI.
| fee. there was OF The moneys that had
, been entrusted to him an apparen, balance
Of $4,000 in h,s hands. as stated by Mr..
, lngersoll. The expenditure OF this sun
|, remained 10 be accounted for by him.
, There seems 10 have been delay in pro.
curing vouchers from The agents whom
Mr.. Webster had employed for the mon.
, eys advanced by him TO them. For q
, payment Of thousand dollars. which lie
I claimed To have made on, Of the funds in
, his hands. he alleged the vouchers had
{ been lost. mIslaid. or no, procured. and
. il has no, yet been found or obtained,
though efforts were made by him To fad
, or procure IL. These causes occasioned
delay IN the settlement Of his accounts
for some eighteen or twenty months.
i In the autumn Of 1874. the period hav.
: ing arrived when il was necessary for
. Mr.. Smbbs 10 close his accounts al the
+ Treasury, and Mr.. Webster, not having
/, then procured the necessary vouchers, he
9 proposed TO pay the apparent balance a.
: gainsI him, with The understanding thai
e the Government should refund to him il
: he subsequently, procured the evidence Of
r his payments. This proposition. which
$ proceeded from Mr.. Webster. was acced'
!. ed to by the President of the Uniled States
i In the month Of November Of that year
+ Mr.. Webster procured voucher Tor a
Y payment of $500, and paid in cash 81, 900
n the residue of The apparent balance in hi:
hands. This money was RENTED By him
:. in part from Boston and in part from Phll
d adelphia. In the following winter he Wis
Q lied Washington, and on the first Of Feb
n Euary, lS45, presented vouchers for pay
e ments made bv him while in office. ant
c not before credited 10 him, TO the amoun
o Of $1,000, which the President of The
i United States directed tobe refunded, anC
n that amount was then repaid to him.
?, Mr.. Webster was urged by Mr.. Stubs
e tn collect and transmit his acrounls ant
!. vouchers, that Mr.. Slubbs might close hl'
v accounts with the Treasury. but the com
e aillee find no evidence of any threat q
II exposure having been made by the Presi
r. den, which induced the payment Of ,h'
n apparen, balance againsthim.
!. II il be assumed that Mr.. Webster wa:
: correct in his impression that he had pain
s. the above mentioned thousand dollars on
e of the fund in his hands, and il to ihl:
# amount be added the vouchers for OIL $50