New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-17
The Wetmore Dcfalcntion-Brown The Ab-
seconded - ~crgennt-nt-Arms aud Door
lcener.A-r.

keeper, &c.
Cor of Ire Tr,a.-I w.'avsr5, Iisfti' j-a ...s D. NJ
Tho de alcation Of Prosper v. ANc'morc, la'e
Naval Agent 10 your City, has been definitely os.e'
tanned and placed beyond any reasonable doubt.
It's amount. az fixed By the accounting officers
the Government is a little upward " slSi 900
strncA by Mr. Wetmoes own clerk 1t rcache'
$4,000 This asccrtaiucd balance is alter rviue
him al credits claimed by him, except the ciare'
,or extra commissions upon the disbursement O..
large sums OF money, forming, as he maintains, n
part OF ms legitimate duties Us such agent TIN
question however. has been to-day settled IN iac
supreme Cour, # tie United States by "A decision
pronounced irum the Bench ln the casr a. PURSE
buchanan lie had charged commissions up't
disbursements upou precisely the same pr.n
ciplc relied upon by Mr WCrMoRr fer makiur
similar charges against the Government To-.
Court has decided that the charge ior such cotunis
.ions are wholly inadmissbie. and their rctent.n
Toy the d,sbursiug agent Illegal nnd unauiho'isc"'-
Mr. WHErNORKS case. thereurc, is virtual! SCI
,led hy the highest legal tribunal ia the land ano
as he avowed ma las card 10 the public he was pre-
pared 10 pay over whatever sum was found duc e.
the Government. and such sum having been iN 'u
by his own clerk nj 10000. he has nothing io d
but 20 deposit that sum 10 relieve himself irom 'iit
penalty incurred under the sixteenth section OF tht
Treasury
the suits which the Unicd States have directed &,
Toe instituted against them
The first suit is ON his bond Of ej0oou against
himself and soretios, ard tho second one sguhs
him individually tor tho balanced the deidca,o
.ruo>ntiDc 10 8 % 900 The lfsi the Cove mucu,
expects 10 realize the last amount - looked upon
rs good ss .ost Notwithstanding the pledge Of Nj
| " etmore IN his card
| rogrct now having requested Nul ~ ie4egfait
| not "a publish that portion Of my letter ~ frdH1
! asst abiding 90 y T BROW who has since dlsal
pc AIRED lrum tins city Ne is the bogrHpher % Gei.
| C.ss's olives, one designed ior The North Gee
other TO- the South aud al the time OF hs oNpos1r,
vas one O. she Court iavorites ths basbed IA g..
great Michgandcls smiles at the Potomac House
| lie was formerly a Clerk IN the Second Auditor
| Office aud Mr. GALA the revacr ol Nj CLAY. si"
| like his name sake who came 80 near beng MAJ"
Speaker Was endorsed and guaranteed by hirchlt
| and EURKE q the lEloH IS being worthy sea
! anon, the highest ia the Loco Fo,o W .SWam
| he was The Young Sachcm that was 50 uiis rag BE-
| aaS IA ms rec!unes OF Gen TANIuR pCuUmT g.
last CAM ass and as reward .or his services " a'
huucred with de termination ioi pt"rSeePcr Il il'
House Of Representatives
! The examination "a, the case that led IA tls te
| iectlon vas that OF Captain Herron o Pttsbufsi
! he had sent - Brown hs clam sga.nst the Gus
! eminent ior less than 50 with The vouchers @
| <aniS,fi L. Willie It was Ia browns hands. Cap,
Hcrnun Sold and transferred hls interest therein p
! Naglee whose peculst,0us hsye slreaiN expose
| Rrovu drew IA the name y, Heron over eiet
hundred dollars. although be had recei' cd he or
! nal claims from herca himself ior rut 80 -
! RroNns irien,s lnslSt that he WAS the cupe oi 10
| see in thls transaction, sicrt Inst 5 hishy ~
| prohablc. especially a. the Au,atlr has afeaf
! 3ir,eN erred three oIher clslms where brown Is
been sGiltp II the sane thing Hs wo2h ht''
! been arrested On SATURDAY NIGHT tut for BIS usai
! pearauce, and - som IS the Grand jury se1s o.
of intictneai Tor maud Sud ITObstly i9rser! o-s
! vii be found RgaiuSl bClh NaE,te Gui Brown -
| W,N Coarress let this matter rest here without
thorough my estgAtiOn snd report u The number ID
! cases In " iich thus trsuG las been praetreA 60
| 10 su,cout u money the COY ernnieui has orc
.U,ndlcd oyt 81 / did not believe these sro ih
only two persons. BY loEg way, that have bee
practising this fraud upon The treasury an ie''i
| reauircr they should be brought 70 hshi.
| Rc,ore The democracy would give NJ BSowN 3
their candidate for door Keeper. Loo,~foco sens
| ,o~ and Renresenisuve we've commissiOaed 8
ocsree6 ~ tie scccnd Auditor oshce. sno make u
| examination for themselves. They an - ~
bcsore residing through half the testimony ths
coald have been produced len perfectly ssiisie-
! lhst he was implicated ncXtnc1bl m IT,
frauds upon the public Treasury II Is SAD oi,N
| has gone 20 hnd NAGIEE. 80 as o. GEAR as sA"u
But my word Tor H. neither the pursuer mr. the p1i
sRed. WI ever show their faces here again. unies
under Garcss q the process Of the Jaw, 81 ionc 9
the recorus Of the Second ard Thrisd Auditor
Offices remain undesiroyed ENplansiioa i oat d
the power. sor guilt e stamped upon every voache
and every paper hed by them IN Tx cases .
| which have alluded
The election OF Sergeant =; Arms has SATISFIED a
parties IS !, IS another step gained towara a.
| organization OF the H1ese NJ. GrpDiN6s va
| sacrificed on SATURDAY BY Koor. OF Ohio. VIII la
rim his power 70 have elected h;m bat refused -
Ii VIII Dc far usore crcdl,Shie 10 tms Distract :
| ..,3 hack A Loco Foco than 70 safer bn Nusc
| ~ ,,iSr.r-esent ard abuse he trust coAiile1 Z
him BY the Wings
| orr friends think they slcct their IAoF' Keep
er an opinion 10 which by 20 means eoiaSiae
The decura~n NJ nom the Loco focos are determine
to have at al sacrifices and 70 Keep L sat OF Ia
hands 81 the Wings, the Free Sellers s's;fa rua'i
to coalesce with the Locos hope the STRIFE WI
De determined to frorrow that the Message OF IN
President can be referred % the appropriate Con