The New York herald., 1871-12-01

imam came back lro the Onlce ol tne f,eg ,ter OF
drawn out on Paymaster Jackson's cheeks. No
mChey passed out OF The Ire lsurv on any one oi
these cleven warrants; tney simply elected trans
iers on Inc hooks from appropriations made ior
the navy. to the agency account oi naval dsblrs-
ing o!ncer, To be used Tor payments on account oi
the bavy and 10 he accountei fur 10 tie p.Oper
counting o.iicer by the pas asmaster VINO spul sed
the money. ana not hy me. showed To The ATS
lac on 0! IN proper Auditor and Ctmptroler that
the trans or had been made, and. it ueIug iuun |
tnat the rasnlaster nad received the moneg, nv
charges were nese.sary allowed IN me settle .nent
OF my accluni5
Fodr other WARRANTS, specidei In the list as being
payaoie 70 ne order Of F. Il. Spnnes.r red, '.riy
to Treasurer U. S. to the creit OF Brvt. Erlg ten
q. ". Dalioch, CHEZ y. .. bureau OF nc u2ces
&c. ''and state that their amounts are IRON ''ap
Freedmen and Abandoned Lanis.n An that was
SAID IN regard 10 the eleven wairan Tor credit OF
raymas,er r ass, Jackson y eanaay apican to nese
coliaaeu tneieln placed TO Lhe credit Oi Gencl al
Balloon.
PAYABLE TO IF. 4. spinner" are made payaole sevc-
Rally as follows: No. 4,6l9, lor S-u,vo reads "pav
ton, sstn Unity, and Disauraing O,.icer signal
Dpimt' his Is the fourth IN the above list.
NJ. 81 iOr sao 1000, Is war warrans that reads,
"Pay 10 Brvt. brig. Genl. Charles II. lompxlns De.
putty ssuartcrmas,cr General, New Oileans, La and
the driit Tor me amount Is drawn on the 'Asst
endorsement, "fo be deposled to my 0fllcal credit
With ASST 9reas'r U. -. at New Orleans, Charles H.
TT"pss T"a ms, Sfvt ~ T. 1rs an Gem ANA sep y ~ .sn
private or olcal. nor tnat OF my Oilce, appears
aEywneIe IN or on TINS WARRANT; Or ~ OF on inc
amouhI are correctly stated; al else Is deliberate
10. s,iis, ior $4,000. reads ..pay 70 Treasurer
United States to the credit Of D't. LIT. col. +. W.
Tassaid, Y. !. A., MustR. and Dlsb'9. On'r.n The
d!.ecion On TINS warrant = TO place WITH United
With each or the Assistant Treasurers aJ New YORK
aud at st. Louis, 20 the credit OF Colonel Taggard.
IL was SO placed, as appears by the endorse Its
upon the three drafts taat We're Issued upon tle
warrant upon the three offices named.
NO. j, le3, lur s20OJJ, reaus:-" "iaJ to Assistant
Treasurer New YORK CITY $4,000, Treasurer u. S.
$4,000; both to the crcuit OF B IL. Col Geo. Nc
Gown, Dlsb'g officer AdI't. GenIs oiIlce Wlsnins-
ton. y. CO. Both the amounts were so placed, as
appears oy the endorsements on the DRAFT attained
10 the warrant.
U. D. TO be deposited 10 the credit o. Honi. q. ii.
Browning secretary OF the Interior, in trust lor
teie.t on certain heretofore unpaid Ms
souri, state Lonas." "ocln5 part or me
ment o. her account ior militia expenses durn the
revelon." 1ne amount was SO credited. 1hls IS
the lard descrioed lii the table,
the Treasurer has nothing whaleg ger to do. lne
custody o. al prize money belongs to the AssIstan!
Washington; j. 11, 8; 70 ,s"'a'ss &c as.d " sub, &
ilon thereto by INC plstric5 Court OF U. $. lor
the Dist. OF Co.umba,' ani states that II is "Due
p1s ns a. Te aa
rected l.. II, lu tie, Asst Treasurer U. a.,h dated
Decenber 10, 1so7.
S., to be deposited to the credit ol Gresenz ner
Aliaelm, !l, eoanty OF operan,G, hinsdon 9, Hnr-
First Comptlouer, by an order IN VIZ ting
upon the lace OF the warrant, dlree.ed
!as HsruS Amount oos" S Genera &c Iaa Of 70
New York, as attorney IL Iact oil the nelts Of
Griese0z nmitncr," aud on the next dav 1t was so
PAID, as appears rom .dr. Hierwns receipt on the
draft that attacnnea 10 the warrant on iiie.
Filty-hse warrants of Inc sixg-one described IN
been accounted Tor now Explained. BESIDES Lac
tive a ieIed ones tiaG exist only IA te fere iInagl.
last IN the foregoing list, remains. THIS usteaa OF
being payable 10 IF. H. SPINNER" as Is falsely
stated, Ieads."Pay TO the Treasurer ni the United
Stales as special deposit, SUBJECT 20 tue direction
oil the secretary OF The Treasury, py letter,
si47.o1s 2s, due the state of West Virginia on
tnat 1t IL for reim ursing West vrslnIa Tor militia
expenses during the rebellion" Payment was Tor
s o me on ass o tie on me
until the question of the States lablily
held ov hun in trust for various lnan tribes should
be settled. Tue legal officer OF the government gave
the secretary the treasury directed me 10y letter
.to send draft for the amount Of Sil76s9 in Iavor
Of wam + rho opd Or west Tr
Wnoie amount was paid TO Govcrnor steven.
son on the latn OF July, !sds, as appears
10 the original warrant on lille In the o'ice Of the
Register OF tue Treasury. My charge for the ray
ment OF this warrant was audited, passed to my
credit and settled III the second quarter Of 1862, as
appears by the letter OF the First Comptroller III uhS
:ne name OF "F E. Seinner' is repeated syxty-one
times la the descriptive table OF warrants puoilshei
in he newspaper article as the payee III that number
Of described warrants, when In truth and In TACT,
Is herein snown he Is not the paycc In any one OF
them. Ana ] VIII add tnat no warrant was ever
issued payable to 'F. Il. Spinner" at any tune,
either before or came into tins once, for any
amount or for any purpose Whatever.
ne Hsrr ar a bv ~ donn n same arce M ,nt a.
number OF the account books have been allowed 10
be destroyed" When came into the ONCE, more
than ten years ago. ha Il the manner OF keeping the
books changed from single to double entry, AMI ID
creased tue number so as to MAKE them checks on
each other. Ihc books have been 80 Kept up TO THIS
time.
Again, II Is charged that 'a large number oil
ledgers are mlssing' This Is equally, with all The
otner charges. false. Every book OF accouls that
found IN the ONCE Ill 1861, and every one tnai has
been opened SINCE is now in the olicc. 1he whole
IN perfect 0rder, OF which TACT any one wishing to
know may sausfy himself by personal Inspection.
Again, It IL charged that six cart loads OF
account books were permitted to be mut,latcd
and tnen taken out OF The Treasury building 10 pc
sold Tor paper STOCK; and That nothing nov remains
OF them hut The two boxes iull OF the red leather
labels, which were torn oil OF them With the inteu-
ton or destroying them by tire.r This charge, II e
All the others, has Just enough truth IN To give
plausoiiiy 10 a deliberate lie. The imma erit lacts
stated are true, and al Inc material ones are utterly
false. There was q number OF books OF pilntsd
forms, procured by former adlillstcatIon Qi Tie
department, AMI jiceiessiy bound beins PRINCIPALLY
steamboat Inspectors cetllhcates'' ana "Western
river pos' nccnsesithe latter long sipce on,ulete
ana the former soon to become Neither could be
used bound up IN . book. but must be cut out Tor
use. III was ordered. 1or cconomy's sake, inal the
covers be taken oil from all these books the blanks
tDat could he used for tneir designed jnrpose 10 he
so nsed, anu tue remainder Tor her Office purpo ses
9nd the covers To be used Tor other needed books.
A few other books OF forms, that are how
obsolete and useless for the purposes Tor
whicn they were prepared have been treated
In Ike manner. lew small books
OF naval paymasters' returns, that were lii duplicate
In the oice OF lhe Fourth Auditor and or no earthly
use TO The department or any one else, have a SO
been taken 10 pieces aud the material usel Tor
needed purposes. The LABELS were saved for use,
Now, TINS wholesale faisncr must have known
from the labels aud from the paper tllat e saw tnac
neither had ever belonged To '.edgcrs or to any
other "books OF accounts and he knew that, WIN
tue exception OF tue duplicate ''paymssters' re.
tutns" not one or them bad ever been sel Tor any
purpose Whatever and tlat not Il NrtIen WORT or
ngre, nor stroke or pen hal ever been ma De IN
ant one ol the books that ne speaks OF DooAs OF
accounts
ins charge OF the destruction II ''slx cart loads
OF account bo0ksi like ine Que that had tasen