Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-01-26
AN ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURE.

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FROM THE PIrTsBuG GAZETTE OF JAsuARr2
Our correspondent |" Junius," day or two apo.
referred to some stupendous frauds, in which b.
+. BRowN, late Democratic candidate for Door
keeper of the House Of Representatives, and a
Captain NAGLEE, were implicated, and in which
Captain NAyLoR, of this city, was referred TO as
having assisted in fereting out the fraud. Some in
accuracy having occurred in the statement of
" Junius," we publish the following statement and
letters from the Dispatch, at Capt. NAYLoRs request
The facts in the statement furnished the editor
OF the Dispatch by Capt. MAYOR himself:
TIE MExIcAs SERVICE FRAuD.-We have recently al
uded to system of Frauds just discovered some consum-
mated and in progress against the Government of the
United States and the Volunteer Captains in service in the
war with Mexico The frauds were discovered and exposed
by captain NArLoR who seems, had been induced along
VIVA great many others, to give to Capt H. A. NAeLEE
OF the new ieIsey Volunteers power attorney to collect
small account against the Government under the act of
Congress Of the "a Of june ls4s We have learned on
nquy that some time after Captain Naylor had given Nag
lee the power of Attorney circumstance came to his know
ledge lnat excited suspicion that all right and in
duced him to keep his accounts in the War Department in
such situation that Nagee could not get the moneyde
termning go to Washington person. and examine into
the justice Of his suspicious, before Nagee should be permit
ted to draw dollar At the first opportunity, therefore that
ne could command Captain Naylor went TO Washington
and there forged account his name passed
and approved and ready be paid for nearly $500 thouuh
the money, before said had not been drawn Tba
true account to be settled that Office of about sixty dollars
furnished BY Captain Nayo had been by Captain
Nagiee and another an enormous substituted in its
place. OF which every item and every voucher were forged
even the men purporng TO have given the vouchers were
men OF straw, abrcaons having no natural existence
VI course this development Immediately disclosed to the
accounting ofcers, and further examination commenced
large number of accounts fabricated precisely in the same
way, were Immediately ascetaned be undoubted forpeies
All our Ptisburg capans-Capains Heron Porter Row
ley and Hayhad had only their bpt tho
money drawn them and there fraudulent and forged
accounts averaging something than $500 EACH some
paid and some unpaid from captains in every part Of he
Unon 1t was soon also discovered that of the clerks
and officers removed BY General Taylor since bis coming into
connected with these frauds and had received
the amounts of some of the forged accounts
The sums aforementioned settled in the
Office OF but of the Auditors. In the office of another
AUDITOR having the settlement of another branch Of the ac
counts other fraudulent claims with forged vouchers were ex
hbted which would swell the proposed amount to be claim
90 LOT each captain to the average sum Of nearly $4,000 the
Wnoe U pc realized by cheap and oness system fraud
fraud not only robbng the Government its money! but
which, had succeeded and been for time concealed would
hxed more than suspicion of dshonor upon gallant
band OF men as illustrated the armies of nation
suspicion that would have been after the eux of wears
almost impossible for them successfully to remove What
amount OF money has thus been the Treasury we
DO not know but the whole scheme one of the most extern
sive and daring in its conception and fully and safely exc
culed would have been of the painful and depoabe
in its consequences pepeae in the country To Can
tain Nayor is the volunteer army Indebted for the discovery
and exposure Of this piece of nqu the explosion Of which
so Intimately concerned the preservation Of its and its
and behooves the volunteer officers throughout the
country to take such will prevent the escape of
the scoundres who sought in this manner to rob the
Government and couple their characters with the eanest
and most unmanly Of crimes
4 Letter from Captain Naylor.
PITTsBURG, JANUARY lS, 1850.
DEAR SIR have just received your of this morning.
IN which you kindly call my attention to the paragraph cut
BY from letter in the Pittsburg Gazette" from its
ashngon correspondent and ask whether il is correct
have time at the present only say that part Of
it relating to myself incorrect 1t is true as there
stated that Nagee obtained any money my account
nor is 1t true, as there stated that was written to by the
Department on the subject had received any inorma-
on on the subject from the Department Nor is it true SO
far as know, that tie Department had suspected Nagee
It is true, however, that discovered the audthat was
led to the discovery from suspicious my own that in con-
sequence OF these suspicious kept my Washing
ton in situation that could not be drawn BY Naelee and
that, on The close of the year ls49, went Washington
my own instance and there made the discovery Of the fraud
in the manner stated TO you few days since
Your article the 18th instant this subject founded on
Information furnished by me- gave you the in
formation then because your paper had previously published
an inaccurate account Of the matter You will greatly obge
me by rePublishng that article in connexon with this note
with my request to my friend Mr. White, of the Gazette 10
opy both that and this and have the matter 60 far as am
concerned, put right write in great haste, business
presses at this moment, and leaves time for detail.
Very faithfully yours,
CHARLES NAYLoR.
To A. w. Foster, Editor Of Dispatch.