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fl Ki . .. WW1H V-m Hsv III - - . i. ilW lll ' ..... ,. , ' ' 1 VOL. V. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1850. NO. 221 arte. Dili C " IfI. KELSEY, DEN T 1ST! AUOptratiom msrranttd, and none tut the hit mattnaiM utea. XXTlltl Atf EXl'ElUENCE OF U TEAB3 CON VV itant pnotieo, and an aoquaintanco with all the Into Improvement! in tho art, ho flatters hlznaolf apable of giving entire satuiootlon. Umuoaa bore tofore, at myreaidenoe on Qamhior it., Mt. Vernon, Ohio, mayo-ly DR. D.ITIcBltlAU, UESl'fiCTFULLY announces his roturn from the Eut (where he has Farehaaod a largo an-sortinent of Dental materials) and is now fully pro-ipared to execute all operations connected with 'dentistry, suoh SI filling, extracting;, and cleaning tooth, and healing all diseased mouths, and removing Irregularities of the teeth. Also, Partioular attention given to the insortion of Artificial tooth. All work warranted to be done in tho best stylo ' of the art. I am also proparod to oporato Hair-lips (single or double.) Cleft palate and all other operations conneoted with Dental Surgery. Having boon employed as an assistant in the offico of Drs. Fundenburg It Uullihon, of Wheeling. Va., I fluttor myelf that I oan give satisfaction in orory rospoot. I have permanently located InMt. Vernon, Ohio. ODiue ovoj Hussell & Sturgos's Bunk, Main Street. April 5 21 ly. . . , . , . . i D. 0. MONTGOMERY, . JHI0RIEY IT 11W BASKING BUILDINa, OVEH. Nf WcOIFFIN'S SHOE STOKE. , ' ilouot Vernon, Ohio. Spooial ottdntiott siveu 'to lbs Collocting of 'Claims, and the purohaso and sale of rool Eatato. I havo for salo unimproved lands ts follows, 610 'ooros in Osage County, Missouri; 605 acres in Warren County, Missouri, 302 aores in St. Fran-'eois County, Missouri, also 124 aoros and one 46 'aero lot in Hardin County, Ohio, and 83 acros in Morcer County, Ohio. Muroh 1, '69, lB-tf. D K, L. 8. M V 11 V U Y, tATB OP HEW lOUK CITY, ANNOUNCES to his friends and tho public, that ho has oponed an offico for the PRACTICE OF MEDICIXE,' 'In Mount Vernon, and the adjoining oountry. From 'th'etimenUd attontion ho has given to his profession, ho hops to roooivo a liboral share of the pub-'lioriatronage. ' ' !. , , ;0FPfCE,on Main street, over Curtis ds Sapp s to'rojHonidonoe corner High 4 West Stroots. Oct. lVth, l8S8.tf. ' J TV. VAN(5n. !,''. ' W. O. COOPKB. VANCE & COOPER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MT. VEBKOH, O. OlBco southeast cornor Main and Cheatnutsrrcots opposito Knox County Bank. ' Ql't2" ( i i JOHN. ADAMS, i i Attorney at Law & Notary Public, ,OFFIC-IN WAUD'S NEW BUILDING, . Comer Main and Vine Sts., " . ,.,! . MOVMT TOH. OHtO. ifJPECAL attention given to oollecjions in Knox 5 and adioiniag counties: also: : t prosecuting claims for Pensions and Land Warrants, and all other logivl buslnos ontrustod to his oare. march lltf. AMHSB.VIL. ; , JOS.O.IEVIX U3i & V-ST, ATTOR N K Y S AT LAW, MOUNT VERNON, OniO. OFFICE Main Street Below Knoi County Bank. ...... . ,.: .: 132" Prompt attontion given to all business entrusted tu thorn, and ospeoially to collecting and securing claims, in any part of Ohio Deo. 7th-lS5S-l-Sm. EMMET W. COTTOS. ' V. h. BANK. '; COTTON & BANE. Attorneys &. Couusellorn lit Law, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. WILL attend to all business intrusted to thoir euro, ii. any of tho Courts. OFFICE, N. E Cornor of Mam and Gnmbiorbts., ovor 1'ylo's Morchaut Tailoring Establishment. Oct. 19th 18iS.tf- WJI. DLNBAB ....H.B. BANNING. DUN II A II A BANNING, ATTOJIX-YS: II LAWi mount vcnion, OFFICE -In Miller's Bloek.in the rooms formorly cupiedbyUon.JohnK.Millor. . nl-ly- , CHO, W. LEWIS, TAILOR. ' MAY BE FOITSD AT KltEMlrlN, N UMBER 3, KEAI Y . ' DO A3 GOOD WOltK AS CAN BE dont .' ihe oity. Twonty-flvo yoars oxpori-tenoe warri5:i the pledge of entire satisfaction to leustomen JS" (V V czrrfully die,arul all kwI war-irunttd.. , ;, . . J"""9 jiuy wuEKE voir CAN BV THE .'OUEAPEiTl! ' William M . Meffora, UETURNS HIS TOASKS TO THE CITIZENS of Knox Connty for the liberal patronaao ox-(tendod to biui, and would say that ho has now on hand as grn Uarnoss, Saddles, Buggy, Carriage, Wajonand Mow Harness, Collars, Bridlos, Martin-gails, Wh'p o., as ever.-SHOF- rth-eaiteornerMarkot House. auglUl? ,.-,, i : : i G. W. Hauk, ' ADDLES AND nARNESS MAKER, First Doer A feth of Woodbridge's Storey ' - ., MAIN STHBHT, KUONT VBaNON, OIIIO KEEPS stantly on hand a large assortment of Sodit- 'f ant Hirocs, Uridlos, Collars, Halters, Whins. A: lanartetann. bf experienced Workmen ' ya reosonablo terms. ALL WOUK WiMAMrEP.' -1 and for ri TRUNHS, from 2 to tit. My Truuksaro moot sunorinr article to those oommnnly offered for sale. would also inviteipsnial attention to my Com.axs, which cannot bo surpassed for styloond durability. may 20v. , --' : . . SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS. J. A. ndrrsoii KivtrAerrliEn kzv BgAtrn t ' , SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS, ' NorlnfrlUiUii, Mt. Vernon, O. ' ALL KINOt ( work eonstmtly on hand and warranted. AU orderi promptly executed. marHtf . - geo. r. MELfliwm ..! ' i O.WIOHA8. "mELHISCH A THOMAS, , PROACCI.COMSIOXIEBCBAITS iiA3 (Ikiait- tu . AJ .. n A Ki VtttPAir CASH ITOB 'i- Flour, Grain of all kinds. Pork, Boenn, Batter, bops, Dried Frtrrt, Fhj Oiorw and Timothy Heed, Potash! White Beans, Lard, Hides, Pelts, Ac. '"it KOfcTOS'S WAREHOUSE, , Mtrch 22, '59-Wly MU Vernon, Ohio, - The Mount Vernon Republican I I 18 rUDMflUED BVEBT TUESDAY morniko, BV W, II. COCU1IAN. Oflico In Kremlin Building, No. 8, Second Story, TERMS Two Dollars per annum, payable In ad Vance; $2,50 aftor the expiration of tho year. HATES OF ADVEDTISIKQ. I S c c $ c,t 01 t c$ o$ c$ e 3 00 3 60 4 60S 00 5 26 6 00 8 75 8 00 1 sqtiaro. 00 1 2d, 1 75 2 25 2 squares. 1 7i 2 20 3 25 4 25 S squares. 2 SO, I 60:4 60 5 00, 0 00,7 00.8 00,10 4 squares. 3 60 1 00 6 0010 0017 00,8 00110 12 7 00,8 OolTo" il: 1 iqnaro,ohangeable monthly $10) weekly,.... $15 4 oolnmn,changonbl quarterly .15 Y3 column, changeable quarterly .18 oolumn.ohangoablo quarterly 25 1 column, changeable quarterly 40 Eleven lines of Minion (this typo) arc oounted as a squaro. hdttorial notices of advertisements, or calling at tention to any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will be charged for at tho rate oi lu ocnts por line. Special notices, before marriages, or taking pre codonco of regular advertisements, double usual rates. Advertisements displayed in largo typo to he cuarged one bait nioro than the usual rates. All transient advertisements to bo paid for in ad vanoe. Live in Lore. Be not harsh and unforgiving, Live In love, 'tis pleasant living. If an angry man should meet thee, And assail thee indiscreetly Turn not thou again and rend him, Lost thou needleaaly offend Mm. Show hi in love hatli been thy teacher, Kindness Is a potent preacher; Gentleness is e'er forgiving-Live in Lave, 'tis pleasant living. Why be angry with each other! Man is made to love his brother; Kindness is a human duty, Meekness a celestial beauty. Words of kindne-s, spoke in season. Have a weight with men of reason: Don't be others' follies blaming. And their little vices naming, Charity's a euro for failing, Suffer much, is all-prevailinsr, Courage, then, and be forgiving; Live in love, 'tis pleasant living. The World would be tho better for it. If man cared less for wealth and fa.ne. And less for battle fields and ((lory; If wiit in human hearts a name Seemed better than in son:; and story; If men, ius ead of nursing pride, Would lea' a to hate it aud abhor it; If more relied On love to guide, The woild would bo the better for it. If men dealt less in stocks and lands, . And m ire iu bonds aud dueds fraternal; If Love's work had more willing hands Toliuk this world to this supernal; If men stored up Love's oil and wine, Aud oil bruised human hearts we'd puut it, If 'your' and 'mine' Would once conbine, The world would be tho bettor for it. If note would act the play of Lifo, And fewer spoil it in rehearsal; If Bigotry would shield its knife Till good became more universal, j If Custom, grey with agi s grown, Had fewer blind men to adore it, If talent feb. ,ne In Truth alone, The world would be the better for it. If men wero wise in little things- Affecting less in all their dealiugp; If hearts had fewer rusted strings To Unlate their kindly feolings; If men, when Wrong beuU down the Right, Would strike together and restore it, If Right made Might In every fight . The world Would be the better for it. A Woman masks SiiihM for a hat dimt eailt, and has to go to law for her pay. The misery to which tho sewing , women of New York are exposed, may be inferred from a case which came bsforo Mayor T.ieman,a day or two since. Mrs. Mary McManus, com pluined that a short time ago,, she was em ployed, by L. Stern & Brother, at 86 Warren street, to make shirts for thoir establishment; that she was to have C2 cents per dozen for making them, (i Irijleover Jive cents each,) And that rhe took, at ono limo, tho materials (or tSree dozen of these garments, to make up, and deposited $2 a security for their return When they were completed, the Messrs. Stern refused to pay her for nine of thorn, on the ground that they wore not well made; nor would they give her the $2 deposited as security.' The amount unpaid on these, together with a trifle which she had not receiv ed for previous work, and the deposit was lour dollars which she desired they should be compelled to pity her. ' The parties con cluded te svttlo up in order to avoid trouble. and tbo woman was paid fin. Com,' The Newark Meroury denies the statement of the Jersey City Telegraph, t at Mr. Ten Erck, United States Senator elec from New Jersey, Is the owner of two hnndred slaves, bequeathed to Mrs. len Eyck by her father, Mr. Gadsby. Tho Meroury sayl Mr. Ten Evck mlcht be been the oner of num ber of slaves from the estate referred to, if be had. been .willing .to beddffle , slaya-holder, yet that notwithstanding the value, of the "property',' devised, te absolutely refused to receive the legacy. ' From the Ohio Htato Journal. Another Treasury Investigation. CONTINUED, Then Edgerton writos Morgan indorsing his peculiar financial expedients to guard against the deficit of the Treasurer. EDQERTON TO UOnaAN. Ohio Tbansper Okkice ) New York, Deo. 15, 1854, f Hoy. W. D. MoRQAtr, Acting Commisiioner: "It may not bo necossiry to apply any of tho funds under your contrd to tho payment of the January interost, the Treasurer being confident of his ability to place the f'uulsin my hands at the time required. The course you have adopted is, however, tho only safe one, and places you in a position to enal le you at a moment's notice to protect the inter ests and credit of the State.' A- P. EDGEUTOJT. " . . - ' Transfer Agent We have alluded to the $9G,000,State stocks of the Canal Bank of Cleveland, which Mor gan reported that he had purchased. The fol lowing postscript to his letter states it : MORQAN TO EDQERTON. Office of Comxissionkrs of Sinking FundJ CoLUMiiUs, O., Dec. 4, 1854 Hon. A. P. Edokrton, Ohio Transfer Agent, New York: P. S. The Treasurer of State has sold to me on behalf ol the Fund Commissioners, tho entire amount of the stocksof the Canal Bank, on deposit in this office. The Bank had failed and these stocks, held for redemption of its notes. Morgan expected to get hold of somehow. Perhaps it was afterwards discovered by these dolectablo financiers, that this privato arrangement eould not bo carried out under the law, which requires a public sale. Theso stocks which Murgan, Dec. 4 reports that he has bought for the Sinking Fund and proposed to reissue, were advertised Djcumbor 12 and sold December 20, at public sale, and Mr. Morgan, as Fund Co mmissioner, bought 42,458 dollars of them. Now, note how the Auditor in his report as Fund Commissioner, January 13.' covers up all this financial shinning and hypothecation and leissue, and coinpuro his reason for selling the United States stocks in bis sworn report, with those he gavo Atkinson in his letter o! November 22, Extract frm the Senti-Annual Report of tlie Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to Ou Cov entor of Ohio. OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND I Coldmbus, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1855. J Hon. Wa, Medill, Governor of Ohio. . Si;' w-'At the' umal timo of making provision for meeting the Semi-Anniml interest due on the first day ol January on the for u'gn dtbl of Ohio, the con dition of tho money-market throughout the country was, (and yot is)exceedingly unset tled, and amidst the general revulsion, which seemed every where to prevail, several of the banking institutions of Ohio h d already sunk into hopeless bankruptcy. For these and oth er reasons (?) tho Commissioners deemed it in expedient and unsafe to instruct tbe State Treasurer to exchungo the interest money in his possession for lime bills on New York, as had been customary. Instead, therefore, of issuing their usual requisition, they made their order on the State Auditor for his druft on tho Treasury for par funds payable directly to the Stato Agent. .;.': In the' month of November last, it was doom ed best in the judgment of tho Commissioners, to surrender, without further delay, the bonds of the United Statos, purchased in August and September, 1853, a temporary investment ol tho Ohio Sinking Fund, and to rpply the pro ceeds thereof its early as practicable to the purchase of Ohio Stocks. Tha provki .n for tho July interest of 1855 was but a repetition of tho same shinning, and illegal uso of tbe sccurcties in the Sinking Fund by Morgan and Edgurton to cover tip ho dofaleilio.i. For tvj ye im was our good State the victim of this hawk and buzzitrd, whose cheek so ''tinglo with shame" that tiie securlies of tho State should be thrown on the market. In June Breslin, who somehow perhaps the treasury commission will explain hid the freo use of these men, notified Morgan that ho could not meet the July interest. Morgan rallied promptly to the rescue. In his next annual report, he stated that there was a balance in the Treasury Nor. 15, 1855, of $703 370'. It will be recollected that from June to Nov. there are no receipts into the treasury from taxes, and Morgan could not but know in June, 1855, that there should be over 12,00,000 dollars in the treasury. After paying tho J uly interest and current expenditures, there were leftorshoulJ be $703,-370, Nov. 15, as ho reported, but instead oi demanding an explanation, and the keys of the treasury, as Auditor Wright and Gov. Chaso did when Gibson made a similar announcement, tho Auditor promptly proceeded to hypothecate the securities be held in trust. Here is bis letter to Ldgorton, inclosing securities, he two always displaying one prominent virtue, we cannot call it a redeeming one fidelity to Breslin and his defalcation: MORGAN TO EDQERTON, Enclosing 3 U. 8. Transfer warrants for $87,. 000, and ordtrt to use $54,000 on hand for in-vestments in Ohio stock, inditlinj $41,000 At- tor BimU. ... Orncti or Commissioners or Sineino ISO) 5- Ford. Colombo Ohio, Jane 27, 1855 Hok. A P. Edokrton, ',.'. OWo n-ansfer Agent, Kao York Deab Sib: f . . . k My motive, in placing thU amoant in yonr hands immediately, U to provide against' failure on the part of ihe Treasurer of State to place in New Yoik tho full amount of the draft for July interest. On last evening, I was waited on by Mr. Breslin. and notified of his inability to meot the interest in full by proper time. He assured me, however, that the deficit would not exceed, at the ut most, one hundred thousand dollars, and that the sum, if loaned in New York by the Com- missioners, should be repaid in full within thirty days. I need not state my very great sunrise that Mr. Breslin should have withheld from the Commissioners the remotest intimation of this matter this evening. He states, howev- er.tbat he has been unexpectedly disappointed by Cincinnati parties on whom ho relied. I still hope that he may bo able to meet tho draft at maturity; In case this is not done, you will please furnish this offico written no tice of the failure. ' WM. D. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner Sinking Fund. Same date and letter. ' F.S. Mi'.Breslih assures me.as already stated, that the deficit will, in do contingency, ex ceed one hundred thousand dollars, Should this reasonable anticipation prove fallacious, and there be an actual deficit greater than the surplus redemption fund in your hands the bonds purchased from Mr. Astor ($40,. 000) might be used as an hypothecation for for additional funds. To this Mr. E.lgerton replied, showing the impracticability, not impropriety, of re-issu ing or hypothecating the redeemed stocks. E Igerton is also fearful the embarassment is not temporary, a very singular fear considering his experience in financiering to save the treasurer. He is also convinced that tampering with public or trust funds docs not pay. edqkkt' n to morgan. State of Ohio, Transkbr Ofeicb.) New York, June 30, 1855. ) Hon. W, D. Moroan, Adina Commissioner: Sin Yours of the 27th of June, with the inclosurts wero received this mornincr. I learn v ith much regret by your letter of the inability of the Treasurer of State to place the amount necessary fur the paymen' of the interest on the Public Debt due on the 1st of J uly, in my hands on that day. I am fearful this embarassment is not temporary. The Treasurer has now in my hands, Balance to his credit $128,442,81. Drafts duo to-day and July2d 132,850,31201,302,12. Tho drafts duo to dsy an J on the 2J will undoubtedly be paid. There is standing to the creditof tho Sinking Fund $193,892,18, so that there Is already in my hands a sufficient amount for the interest due on the 1st of Ju ly. I am pleased to know that tbe means are thus at hand, and am convinced by the present embarassments of tho Treasurer that there is no safety in tampering with a public or a trust fund. On reflection, you will prtcuive that your suggestion of raising any deficit there might be in the interest fund by an hypothecation of the stocks bought of Mr. Astor, could not bo carried out, because those stocks have no longer any existence. Tbo certificates aro canceled on being surrendered, under your instruction8 to that effect, and cannot be again re-issued to any one. So with the stock of I860 purchased and canceled, it cannot in case of an emergency, ba ro-issned or hypothecated, as it has no longer any existence. A. P. EDGERTON, Transfer Agont. The following isastuterr ent of E.lgerton to Morgan, of the funds in his bauds. The mem. shows those applicable to payment of interest, being a deficit of $97,658,58. It will bo re membered that previous to the payment of the July interest, is the flush time in thestato treasury, and that there could not hare been less than a million nominally in it: edqerton to 1i0eoan. State of Ohio, Transfer Ofeicb.J (14 Reaver Sr. N. Y, July, 1855 ( Hon. W. D, Murqan, Acting Commissioner. ". Sir: . I send horo-with a stateme it of the money in my hands this day. Statement ol moneys belonging to the Stato of Ohio in the hands of A. V. b'lgerton, i ransrer Agent, Sew Yrrk, July 18, 1-55: To the credit of the Sinking Fund $189,812 18 From which is to be deducted the following amounts: Amount to be transferred to pay-mont of July interest, 1855, being the am ount of deficit in the remittances of 8lata Trexsurer for that pr . . ' pose $97,558 53 Amount of tho account for the expenses of . Transfer Office, Now York ' 12,41193 1C9.970 51 $79,81167 "Mem." accompanying same: Amount of July interest 414,701 70 Be- lilted by Breslin aud standing to his credit, . 317,140 13 . $97.65858 ' A. P. EDGEftTON, 2roer Agent. Tha following titters sbow the various re-eorU of Morgao and Edgerlon; their anxieties and various financial shifts, none of which, very mysteriously, were discovered in their exceedingly minute investigation, nor alluded to iu their sixty column report: . HOBO TO EDOERTOtr. ' Columbus, O , July 31, 1855. . . . . . ; The State Treasurer notifies me that he is prepared to make up sixty two thousand dollars of tbo deficit In bis transmission of uly Interest. .The balance, $32,-000, he hopes to transmit in theoouiseof two week-;.., ' , .:. .-..! ,,, ,,; , ( , . : .1 WM. D. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner. M0IIUAN TO EDdKRTON. Office of Com's of Sinking Fund,) CoU'Mnus, 0., August 4, 1855. J Hon. E. P. Edoerton Dear Sir: Itefcr- ringto my letter of Ihe 27th of Juno, I do-sire to be informed whether tho Treasurer of State has yet furnished you funds to complete tho deficit in his transmissions for meeting the July interest on the Foreign Stato Debt of Ohio. If this has not been done, you will please forward mo a statement, with dates prefixed, showing the amount on July inter est furnished by Treasurer in proper time, and tho amounts which have sinco been forwarded. with the rospectivo dales. ' WM. D. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner. EDQERTON TO MORGAN. Trassfkr Office, State of Onto,) New York, August 8, 1S55.J Hon. W. D. Morgan, Acting Comm'r, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir: I have to acknowledge receipt of your favor of August 4. In compliance witn your request, I annex a statement of moi.ies received from Treasurer of State on account of July, 1855, interest. A. P. EDGEUTON, Transfer Agent. Sami, T. Bum.. John G. Biiksmx, In account with A. P, Ed oerton, irausfvr Agent: ... 1855 Cr ' July 1. by balance.... .... $222,513 12 2, by draft... . 35,359, 00 . 48,844 OO . 3,4(10 Ol . 7,000 OO , . 5.104 OO . '35,000 OO . 7.000 00 .. 15.0UO OO 2, V ... 3, 6, 24, Aug. 1, 1." 2, $379,250. 12 Showing that on tho 8ih of August, the treasurer was still deficient $55,554 of tbe July interest. MORGAN TO Jf 'COOK. office of commissioners of sinking fond Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1855.) Hon.Geo. W. M'Cook, Atfy General. &c, Stubonvillo, Ohio: DearSir: I h ive just received your linos of 31st July, and regret to s ty that I was a i vised by treasurer Breslin, on tho 30th ult., that ho would be able to provide no more than $(52,000 of July interest deficit, by the 1st of August. This would still leave a balance of $35,558,58 which he hoped tu be able to provide iu two weeKs from the time of our interview. This is indeed lamentable, but I fear the worst is yet to corns. In regard to the further reduction of the principal or the public debt, my opinion has been that we should direct our efforts mainly, if not exclusively, to the purchase of certificates of 1853. I think these can be procured within the next three months in sufiiciont quantity to exhaust tho fund or at all evonts, to absorb as mush of it as the Commissioners, under our dolectablo laws, will be able to get out of the dutches of tho Treasurer. In fact, ho has been twice ealled on for lunds to make good my contract with the Salem Savings Bank, for tho purchase of certificates to the amount of $31,000, and in both instances, he has bluntly avowod his present inability to furnish them. Tim consequonce has been that I havo boon at last compelled t make the purchase out of funds put into the ngont's hands to cover his own redomption. V'.V. MORGAN Acting Commhsionor. attorney general jc'oook to morgan. Stuuuenvillr,' Aug. G. 1855. Dear Sir: I acknowledge your letter of 3dinst.. I regret exceedingly that Mr Breslin has not ropaid the account advanced by us to meot tho J uly inter st. We can, of courso, place no reliance tn the Treasurer of State, after what has so recently cccurred;and this disables me from advertising, for if stock should be ollered upon our terms, we might at any moment find ourselves unable to raako the payments. GEO. W. McCOOK. ' -Commissioner In October it seems that the money taken from the Sinking Fund tocovor up tho Treasurer's deficit h id not yot been replaced. The elections were thon at hand; Morgan running on the saino :icliot with Bresli i, with full knowledge that the Treasury bid been robbed of half a million and every Stnto officer on the Democrat! i ticket, from Governor to Attorney General, implicated in the dime gitil ty knowledge. Did they not by this act bj-come accessories to Broslin's criino, if never bofore? And Mr. Edgcrton, too, consenting that the Treasury should continue to be robbed for another term by Breslin, and willing to oontinue to carry our "good Stato securities," which she had purchasod and set apart as a sacred trust to rcdoem the public debt, to the hawk and buzzard of the stock market to assist it. How do "our checks tingle with shame" at the picture our Stato presented previous to the election, boutiu hand and foot, plundered of three quarters of a million, and then tho robbers hail the brnsen impudenco to offer bemselvbS a third time as candidates for the approval of the pcoplo they bad betrayed and robbed. r Morgan began to get his sinking fund in order, preparatory to the change that was then ominous, tn September he began to try to draw sorce money out of Breslio, to make up tbedefioit. He made a draft on Breslin for 50,- 000 dollars and sent it to EJgertcn for collec tion, with instruction! to protest if not paid promptly. It does sot appear that Edgerton did this. He first wrote Breslin to remit the tnoney to Now Yoik, and Breslin failing to do this. lie forwarded the draft to W.G.Deshlur.of the Clinton Bank of Columbus, who took the pay in traps as he calls tliein.al various times and the wholo was not paid till November 5, forty-six days after it was drawn. I IIn'v- A- p Ehoeuton Ohio Transfer Agent, Xeio York: Dear Sir: Herewith find Auditor of Stale's draft on Treasurer of State for fifty thousand dollars, payaplo to A. P. Edgerton, Transfer Agent, or order. . '. . You will cause this draft to be presented forthwith for pnyment, and in default thereof.give the drawer immediate legrl notice. W.D.MORGAN, . Auditor. No. 201, dated Aug. 20, 1853. edqerton to jioroa!. no. 2. $50,000. Transfer Office, State of Ohio.) New York, Oct. 5, 1855. J Hon. Y. D. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, S. F. Colun&ttt, Ohio: Dear Sir: ... I have written t John G. Breslin. Esq , Treasurer, (Oc. 1 ) that I have tho draft and required the amount to bj remitted it once, or I should air. so the draft to bo presented for payment, and pro testeil if not paid. A.'P. EDGERTON, Transfer Azent. Sam'i, T. Bum.. Here is a letter from Morgan to Edgerton, written just before, election, which informs him so particularly that the funds takon from the sinking fund w.ere only loaned temporari ly and wen. to bo returned, that it excites suspicion that if it was not for Morgan's forebodings of the result of tho election which just then was so inconveinent to this gang, tho re-transfer would not have been thought of. moroan to edgerton. Office op Com's o:' Sinking Fund, ) Columdus, 0., October 8, le55. nos. A. P. Edgerton. ' (Mi'o Transfer Agent, iVsw York. Dear Sir: . . . The transfer of ninety seven thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-eight cts. ($7. 558,58) from Rodomption fund to July interest no count, in pursuance of my instructions o: 2Gt.li June, was but i temporary expedient for rem 'dying tho failure of the Slate Treasurer to meet the entire July interest at prop er timo. no soon as the delicit which he then permitted to occur, was supplied by bis payment of tbe J uly interest m full, it was expected and intended that the ninety -soven thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ($97,558,58.) temporarily transferred from Redemption Fund lo Interest Fund, should bo again restored by a transfer. WM. D MORGAN, Aiditor and Acting Cmmissiicr. eiobkton to moroan. TaANsrsa Office, Stat rr Ohio, ) New York, Oct. 19, 1855. Hoy. W.! D. Moikiax. Acting Fund Commissioner, Columbus Ohio. Dear Sir: I inclose a copy of a letter received this day from the Cashier of the Clinton bank, Columbus, ard remain, A. P. EDGERTON, Transfer Ag't, " Sam l. T. Bull. (Copy.) Clinton Bank of Coi.umdus.) October 13, 1855. J A. P. EiiGkrton; Transfer Agent, N. Y. Dear Sir: I.iclosod please find No. 2971, Franklin Bauk, on Trust Co., $10,000, say ten thousand dollars, being amount converted into exchungo on collection uiado on draft $261, and of Stato on Treasury of State, $30,. 000, as per yours of 10th. Breslin has paid part of draft only, as yet, and more of that in checks on various points in Ohio, which it will tako a few days to convert into exchange. I will remit you as full collections and commissions aro made. 'Yours, W. G.DES.1LER, Cash. Clinton Bank, ) Coluin! uh, Nov. 1, 1655.J A. P. Epgerton, Transfer Agent; Dear Sir Inclosed pleaso find No. lfi.SS my Check on Atwood & Co. .$3,350 " 1G39" , ' . Thompson 1,275 Add per ccat premium on $50,000,375 $5,000 being b.ilanco duo on the $50,000check on the tbo Treasurer of Stato. I would have remitted more promptly had I been able to convert the Ir.ips I received on the check sooner than 1 did. W. G. DESHLER, Cashier. We appeal to r ny hoHPbt man of either party, if wo have not substantiated every thir g we promised in tho beginning of this article by it rofragib'e proof. After tbe testimony we have given, is there eno that can doubt that Morgan and Edgerton were acce&sorius to tbe defalcation, by guilty knowledge of the fact for two years, and while Breslin was a candidate for re-election, if they were not actual accomplices. Is it possible that any meu, so promin.'nt iu political alfurs would thus peril l heir reputation in mere disinterested zeal lv cover up the crime ol another? And will the reader consider that if so direct an implies tion in this fraud can be I town by official let ters on file in the department what must have been the nature of the private correspond, once between these men? Weean only givr what they saw proper to leave to file, aftei they had every opportunity tosiftit. ' . The treasury commission endeavored to ac count for the low price received for tha last tonn. ' Thoy said, "the eyes ol capitalize had watched the finance! of our Stato with friendly care;" that "Ohio' eecuritiea were favor ites in the tnaiket, but suspicioncreated by the circumitinreottf .tbe last loan that constant borrowing was to bo Ihe policy of the State, began to make capitalists suspicioM;'' alse that ''borrowing at the last moment, and' other forced Improvident measures, must' sooner or later produce disorder, and nta!l; low and disgrace upon the Siate to the injury ' also or lU creditors." That we art right ill this, we will here state two pregnant facts: 1st, the keeping aloof or actunl capitalist) from bidding for the wholo loan; and 2J, the ' officious forwardness of the lighter class 0 i stock brokers in tendering their services. 1 Theso two never would have dared to show" thuir faces, if tbe causes above specified had ' not thrown the tempting bait within their" circles.' ...... : . ' ' " ' Is there not sufiiciont rcaon shown In this ' correspondence why the credit oi the Stato' had sunk? Could the securities of the Stato 1 be thrown among the hawks and buzzards of the stock market, and hypothecated at ii'tt ' twicon year to cover up this defalcation, with- 1 out telling on the credit of the Stato? In an. other article, we shall prove that, daring it r. Edgerlon's) administration of the transfer a.eucy, the State was under suspicion among cipitalistsat New York, - .-- Auditor Morgan is very careful to State that rotn the imperfect system of book keeping ho :ould not know how much uon.-y there waa ' in the treasury, but he did know annually.and " he always knew after the settlement of tho county treasurers;and he knew when he mad ' the draft of $50,000 on Breslin that there sh'ld bj nine near hundred thousand dollars in tho ' treasunry. He shows that when GiKson took ' possession soon after, the books shewed a balance of $855,853,and yot Breslin could not pay ' a draft of 50,000 dollars, and mnocent Morgan ' and Edgerton pretended they did not know that anything was wrong. 4 We apply to these gentlemen tha logic by which they convicted Gibson of stl the defal- 1 cation of Bros in, becausejhe knew it aawScov-ercd it up. Every sentence of their judgment : on Gilson makes them equally guilty. We quote from the report: - ' ' "The systematic course in concealment pur sued by him during the whole period he waa in office, so implicates him as boing in colln r ion and a confederate with Breslin, that a re& erence to a few facts developed by the testi mony may be justified. . , . . , . We hive referred to theso p.-rsistent and successful efforts at deception on the part of Mr. Gibson, because to our minds, they are conclusive that ho must havo been actuated by aome other and more Important consideration, affecting him personally, ind perhaps criminally, than to conceal tho lofnloation of bis predecessor only. ... We have thus given Mr. Gibson the full benefit of bis reasons lor concealing the defalcation of Mr. Breslin. if it wore his, and wo bave also givensome other reason why IU concealment wasdosirod. The corclusion is forced upon us, that Mr. Gibson was but continuing to actt aftor he became Treasurer-his part in the great scheme of the Treasury defalcation, and concealment waa as neceo- sary a part of his own protection as it waa that of Mr. Broslm.'' Why was even tha slightest allusion to any of these difficulties excluded from a renort which wag so extremely minute in some mat-tent? Because that was just what this peculiar committee was created for. Was ever the boldness and effrontery of this pair of investigator parablled, who with a full know!, edge of this defalcation, for years before it be came public, eet themselves as Investigators in order to eover up their own connection with, it? We do not seek to exonerate Mr. Gibson, but his character can easily stand a comparison with that ofthese model investigators who ' labor so arduously to charge the whole defal cation on him, when they knew that it existed for years before became Into office. ' TheM are a beautiful pair to preach moral essays.and ' political economy; to lament the decline of official integrity, and affect that their brazen .'cheeks tingle with shame" at I he idea that ' our good Slate should allow Its bonds to bo ' sullied by tbe hands of Wall Street Bro- ' kcrs." Retaliation in Mtssissim. A merchant if Boston recently obtained a requisition from he Governor of Massachusetts, on the Got- , ernor of Mississippi, for the body of a mar ; chant at Holly Springs, whr waa charged with obtaining goods under false preteneea from ', the Boston morchant. Tha proper writ waa-granted by tho Governor of Mississippi to an ngent of the Boston merchant. Armed with this writ, the agent proceeded to Holly Springs to make the arrest. On bis arrival there his A business wait soon found out, a public mealing called, and resolutions adopted to tha effect that Massachusetts, having always resisted be rendition ofslavos, had do right to any sort of "requisition" upon the people of Mil- , -.issippl, and that tbe (gent of tha Bottou bouse bo notified to leave, or ha would ba ' trotted through." Of course ha left, aad, we understand, burnt all of his "requisition' papers, and promised never to return, Mr. Buchanan Dnpad. The telegraphic correspondent of tla CWJ cinnati CatMtt under data of Wafhitiftuu, April 1st, says: :' - It ia now evident that England and Frme havo co-operated throughout, to . eiprl s rom Nicaragua, and that Outler doped Ibf . President into a full disclosure of all out. pol- v ioy,by which their plans were consummated. OJr A fugitive slave was captured on Thar day, 24th ult. about eight miles from Colon , bus, taken to Cincinnati, tha proper paper perfected, and shipped le Kentucky where fa ' will be further subjected to tbe Cbristiinizioj ' ' influences of bondage. , . i ( ... .. l,4., . i , A fop, in company.waiting his servant ' called out: "Where is that block-head of ' mine?" A lady present, aonirerfd. "On TOur . shoulders, atr."
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| Title | Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1859-04-12 |
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| Date of Original | 1859-04-12 |
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| Full Text | fl Ki . .. WW1H V-m Hsv III - - . i. ilW lll ' ..... ,. , ' ' 1 VOL. V. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1850. NO. 221 arte. Dili C " IfI. KELSEY, DEN T 1ST! AUOptratiom msrranttd, and none tut the hit mattnaiM utea. XXTlltl Atf EXl'ElUENCE OF U TEAB3 CON VV itant pnotieo, and an aoquaintanco with all the Into Improvement! in tho art, ho flatters hlznaolf apable of giving entire satuiootlon. Umuoaa bore tofore, at myreaidenoe on Qamhior it., Mt. Vernon, Ohio, mayo-ly DR. D.ITIcBltlAU, UESl'fiCTFULLY announces his roturn from the Eut (where he has Farehaaod a largo an-sortinent of Dental materials) and is now fully pro-ipared to execute all operations connected with 'dentistry, suoh SI filling, extracting;, and cleaning tooth, and healing all diseased mouths, and removing Irregularities of the teeth. Also, Partioular attention given to the insortion of Artificial tooth. All work warranted to be done in tho best stylo ' of the art. I am also proparod to oporato Hair-lips (single or double.) Cleft palate and all other operations conneoted with Dental Surgery. Having boon employed as an assistant in the offico of Drs. Fundenburg It Uullihon, of Wheeling. Va., I fluttor myelf that I oan give satisfaction in orory rospoot. I have permanently located InMt. Vernon, Ohio. ODiue ovoj Hussell & Sturgos's Bunk, Main Street. April 5 21 ly. . . , . , . . i D. 0. MONTGOMERY, . JHI0RIEY IT 11W BASKING BUILDINa, OVEH. Nf WcOIFFIN'S SHOE STOKE. , ' ilouot Vernon, Ohio. Spooial ottdntiott siveu 'to lbs Collocting of 'Claims, and the purohaso and sale of rool Eatato. I havo for salo unimproved lands ts follows, 610 'ooros in Osage County, Missouri; 605 acres in Warren County, Missouri, 302 aores in St. Fran-'eois County, Missouri, also 124 aoros and one 46 'aero lot in Hardin County, Ohio, and 83 acros in Morcer County, Ohio. Muroh 1, '69, lB-tf. D K, L. 8. M V 11 V U Y, tATB OP HEW lOUK CITY, ANNOUNCES to his friends and tho public, that ho has oponed an offico for the PRACTICE OF MEDICIXE,' 'In Mount Vernon, and the adjoining oountry. From 'th'etimenUd attontion ho has given to his profession, ho hops to roooivo a liboral share of the pub-'lioriatronage. ' ' !. , , ;0FPfCE,on Main street, over Curtis ds Sapp s to'rojHonidonoe corner High 4 West Stroots. Oct. lVth, l8S8.tf. ' J TV. VAN(5n. !,''. ' W. O. COOPKB. VANCE & COOPER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MT. VEBKOH, O. OlBco southeast cornor Main and Cheatnutsrrcots opposito Knox County Bank. ' Ql't2" ( i i JOHN. ADAMS, i i Attorney at Law & Notary Public, ,OFFIC-IN WAUD'S NEW BUILDING, . Comer Main and Vine Sts., " . ,.,! . MOVMT TOH. OHtO. ifJPECAL attention given to oollecjions in Knox 5 and adioiniag counties: also: : t prosecuting claims for Pensions and Land Warrants, and all other logivl buslnos ontrustod to his oare. march lltf. AMHSB.VIL. ; , JOS.O.IEVIX U3i & V-ST, ATTOR N K Y S AT LAW, MOUNT VERNON, OniO. OFFICE Main Street Below Knoi County Bank. ...... . ,.: .: 132" Prompt attontion given to all business entrusted tu thorn, and ospeoially to collecting and securing claims, in any part of Ohio Deo. 7th-lS5S-l-Sm. EMMET W. COTTOS. ' V. h. BANK. '; COTTON & BANE. Attorneys &. Couusellorn lit Law, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. WILL attend to all business intrusted to thoir euro, ii. any of tho Courts. OFFICE, N. E Cornor of Mam and Gnmbiorbts., ovor 1'ylo's Morchaut Tailoring Establishment. Oct. 19th 18iS.tf- WJI. DLNBAB ....H.B. BANNING. DUN II A II A BANNING, ATTOJIX-YS: II LAWi mount vcnion, OFFICE -In Miller's Bloek.in the rooms formorly cupiedbyUon.JohnK.Millor. . nl-ly- , CHO, W. LEWIS, TAILOR. ' MAY BE FOITSD AT KltEMlrlN, N UMBER 3, KEAI Y . ' DO A3 GOOD WOltK AS CAN BE dont .' ihe oity. Twonty-flvo yoars oxpori-tenoe warri5:i the pledge of entire satisfaction to leustomen JS" (V V czrrfully die,arul all kwI war-irunttd.. , ;, . . J"""9 jiuy wuEKE voir CAN BV THE .'OUEAPEiTl! ' William M . Meffora, UETURNS HIS TOASKS TO THE CITIZENS of Knox Connty for the liberal patronaao ox-(tendod to biui, and would say that ho has now on hand as grn Uarnoss, Saddles, Buggy, Carriage, Wajonand Mow Harness, Collars, Bridlos, Martin-gails, Wh'p o., as ever.-SHOF- rth-eaiteornerMarkot House. auglUl? ,.-,, i : : i G. W. Hauk, ' ADDLES AND nARNESS MAKER, First Doer A feth of Woodbridge's Storey ' - ., MAIN STHBHT, KUONT VBaNON, OIIIO KEEPS stantly on hand a large assortment of Sodit- 'f ant Hirocs, Uridlos, Collars, Halters, Whins. A: lanartetann. bf experienced Workmen ' ya reosonablo terms. ALL WOUK WiMAMrEP.' -1 and for ri TRUNHS, from 2 to tit. My Truuksaro moot sunorinr article to those oommnnly offered for sale. would also inviteipsnial attention to my Com.axs, which cannot bo surpassed for styloond durability. may 20v. , --' : . . SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS. J. A. ndrrsoii KivtrAerrliEn kzv BgAtrn t ' , SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS, ' NorlnfrlUiUii, Mt. Vernon, O. ' ALL KINOt ( work eonstmtly on hand and warranted. AU orderi promptly executed. marHtf . - geo. r. MELfliwm ..! ' i O.WIOHA8. "mELHISCH A THOMAS, , PROACCI.COMSIOXIEBCBAITS iiA3 (Ikiait- tu . AJ .. n A Ki VtttPAir CASH ITOB 'i- Flour, Grain of all kinds. Pork, Boenn, Batter, bops, Dried Frtrrt, Fhj Oiorw and Timothy Heed, Potash! White Beans, Lard, Hides, Pelts, Ac. '"it KOfcTOS'S WAREHOUSE, , Mtrch 22, '59-Wly MU Vernon, Ohio, - The Mount Vernon Republican I I 18 rUDMflUED BVEBT TUESDAY morniko, BV W, II. COCU1IAN. Oflico In Kremlin Building, No. 8, Second Story, TERMS Two Dollars per annum, payable In ad Vance; $2,50 aftor the expiration of tho year. HATES OF ADVEDTISIKQ. I S c c $ c,t 01 t c$ o$ c$ e 3 00 3 60 4 60S 00 5 26 6 00 8 75 8 00 1 sqtiaro. 00 1 2d, 1 75 2 25 2 squares. 1 7i 2 20 3 25 4 25 S squares. 2 SO, I 60:4 60 5 00, 0 00,7 00.8 00,10 4 squares. 3 60 1 00 6 0010 0017 00,8 00110 12 7 00,8 OolTo" il: 1 iqnaro,ohangeable monthly $10) weekly,.... $15 4 oolnmn,changonbl quarterly .15 Y3 column, changeable quarterly .18 oolumn.ohangoablo quarterly 25 1 column, changeable quarterly 40 Eleven lines of Minion (this typo) arc oounted as a squaro. hdttorial notices of advertisements, or calling at tention to any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will be charged for at tho rate oi lu ocnts por line. Special notices, before marriages, or taking pre codonco of regular advertisements, double usual rates. Advertisements displayed in largo typo to he cuarged one bait nioro than the usual rates. All transient advertisements to bo paid for in ad vanoe. Live in Lore. Be not harsh and unforgiving, Live In love, 'tis pleasant living. If an angry man should meet thee, And assail thee indiscreetly Turn not thou again and rend him, Lost thou needleaaly offend Mm. Show hi in love hatli been thy teacher, Kindness Is a potent preacher; Gentleness is e'er forgiving-Live in Lave, 'tis pleasant living. Why be angry with each other! Man is made to love his brother; Kindness is a human duty, Meekness a celestial beauty. Words of kindne-s, spoke in season. Have a weight with men of reason: Don't be others' follies blaming. And their little vices naming, Charity's a euro for failing, Suffer much, is all-prevailinsr, Courage, then, and be forgiving; Live in love, 'tis pleasant living. The World would be tho better for it. If man cared less for wealth and fa.ne. And less for battle fields and ((lory; If wiit in human hearts a name Seemed better than in son:; and story; If men, ius ead of nursing pride, Would lea' a to hate it aud abhor it; If more relied On love to guide, The woild would bo the better for it. If men dealt less in stocks and lands, . And m ire iu bonds aud dueds fraternal; If Love's work had more willing hands Toliuk this world to this supernal; If men stored up Love's oil and wine, Aud oil bruised human hearts we'd puut it, If 'your' and 'mine' Would once conbine, The world would be tho bettor for it. If note would act the play of Lifo, And fewer spoil it in rehearsal; If Bigotry would shield its knife Till good became more universal, j If Custom, grey with agi s grown, Had fewer blind men to adore it, If talent feb. ,ne In Truth alone, The world would be the better for it. If men wero wise in little things- Affecting less in all their dealiugp; If hearts had fewer rusted strings To Unlate their kindly feolings; If men, when Wrong beuU down the Right, Would strike together and restore it, If Right made Might In every fight . The world Would be the better for it. A Woman masks SiiihM for a hat dimt eailt, and has to go to law for her pay. The misery to which tho sewing , women of New York are exposed, may be inferred from a case which came bsforo Mayor T.ieman,a day or two since. Mrs. Mary McManus, com pluined that a short time ago,, she was em ployed, by L. Stern & Brother, at 86 Warren street, to make shirts for thoir establishment; that she was to have C2 cents per dozen for making them, (i Irijleover Jive cents each,) And that rhe took, at ono limo, tho materials (or tSree dozen of these garments, to make up, and deposited $2 a security for their return When they were completed, the Messrs. Stern refused to pay her for nine of thorn, on the ground that they wore not well made; nor would they give her the $2 deposited as security.' The amount unpaid on these, together with a trifle which she had not receiv ed for previous work, and the deposit was lour dollars which she desired they should be compelled to pity her. ' The parties con cluded te svttlo up in order to avoid trouble. and tbo woman was paid fin. Com,' The Newark Meroury denies the statement of the Jersey City Telegraph, t at Mr. Ten Erck, United States Senator elec from New Jersey, Is the owner of two hnndred slaves, bequeathed to Mrs. len Eyck by her father, Mr. Gadsby. Tho Meroury sayl Mr. Ten Evck mlcht be been the oner of num ber of slaves from the estate referred to, if be had. been .willing .to beddffle , slaya-holder, yet that notwithstanding the value, of the "property',' devised, te absolutely refused to receive the legacy. ' From the Ohio Htato Journal. Another Treasury Investigation. CONTINUED, Then Edgerton writos Morgan indorsing his peculiar financial expedients to guard against the deficit of the Treasurer. EDQERTON TO UOnaAN. Ohio Tbansper Okkice ) New York, Deo. 15, 1854, f Hoy. W. D. MoRQAtr, Acting Commisiioner: "It may not bo necossiry to apply any of tho funds under your contrd to tho payment of the January interost, the Treasurer being confident of his ability to place the f'uulsin my hands at the time required. The course you have adopted is, however, tho only safe one, and places you in a position to enal le you at a moment's notice to protect the inter ests and credit of the State.' A- P. EDGEUTOJT. " . . - ' Transfer Agent We have alluded to the $9G,000,State stocks of the Canal Bank of Cleveland, which Mor gan reported that he had purchased. The fol lowing postscript to his letter states it : MORQAN TO EDQERTON. Office of Comxissionkrs of Sinking FundJ CoLUMiiUs, O., Dec. 4, 1854 Hon. A. P. Edokrton, Ohio Transfer Agent, New York: P. S. The Treasurer of State has sold to me on behalf ol the Fund Commissioners, tho entire amount of the stocksof the Canal Bank, on deposit in this office. The Bank had failed and these stocks, held for redemption of its notes. Morgan expected to get hold of somehow. Perhaps it was afterwards discovered by these dolectablo financiers, that this privato arrangement eould not bo carried out under the law, which requires a public sale. Theso stocks which Murgan, Dec. 4 reports that he has bought for the Sinking Fund and proposed to reissue, were advertised Djcumbor 12 and sold December 20, at public sale, and Mr. Morgan, as Fund Co mmissioner, bought 42,458 dollars of them. Now, note how the Auditor in his report as Fund Commissioner, January 13.' covers up all this financial shinning and hypothecation and leissue, and coinpuro his reason for selling the United States stocks in bis sworn report, with those he gavo Atkinson in his letter o! November 22, Extract frm the Senti-Annual Report of tlie Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to Ou Cov entor of Ohio. OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND I Coldmbus, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1855. J Hon. Wa, Medill, Governor of Ohio. . Si;' w-'At the' umal timo of making provision for meeting the Semi-Anniml interest due on the first day ol January on the for u'gn dtbl of Ohio, the con dition of tho money-market throughout the country was, (and yot is)exceedingly unset tled, and amidst the general revulsion, which seemed every where to prevail, several of the banking institutions of Ohio h d already sunk into hopeless bankruptcy. For these and oth er reasons (?) tho Commissioners deemed it in expedient and unsafe to instruct tbe State Treasurer to exchungo the interest money in his possession for lime bills on New York, as had been customary. Instead, therefore, of issuing their usual requisition, they made their order on the State Auditor for his druft on tho Treasury for par funds payable directly to the Stato Agent. .;.': In the' month of November last, it was doom ed best in the judgment of tho Commissioners, to surrender, without further delay, the bonds of the United Statos, purchased in August and September, 1853, a temporary investment ol tho Ohio Sinking Fund, and to rpply the pro ceeds thereof its early as practicable to the purchase of Ohio Stocks. Tha provki .n for tho July interest of 1855 was but a repetition of tho same shinning, and illegal uso of tbe sccurcties in the Sinking Fund by Morgan and Edgurton to cover tip ho dofaleilio.i. For tvj ye im was our good State the victim of this hawk and buzzitrd, whose cheek so ''tinglo with shame" that tiie securlies of tho State should be thrown on the market. In June Breslin, who somehow perhaps the treasury commission will explain hid the freo use of these men, notified Morgan that ho could not meet the July interest. Morgan rallied promptly to the rescue. In his next annual report, he stated that there was a balance in the Treasury Nor. 15, 1855, of $703 370'. It will be recollected that from June to Nov. there are no receipts into the treasury from taxes, and Morgan could not but know in June, 1855, that there should be over 12,00,000 dollars in the treasury. After paying tho J uly interest and current expenditures, there were leftorshoulJ be $703,-370, Nov. 15, as ho reported, but instead oi demanding an explanation, and the keys of the treasury, as Auditor Wright and Gov. Chaso did when Gibson made a similar announcement, tho Auditor promptly proceeded to hypothecate the securities be held in trust. Here is bis letter to Ldgorton, inclosing securities, he two always displaying one prominent virtue, we cannot call it a redeeming one fidelity to Breslin and his defalcation: MORGAN TO EDQERTON, Enclosing 3 U. 8. Transfer warrants for $87,. 000, and ordtrt to use $54,000 on hand for in-vestments in Ohio stock, inditlinj $41,000 At- tor BimU. ... Orncti or Commissioners or Sineino ISO) 5- Ford. Colombo Ohio, Jane 27, 1855 Hok. A P. Edokrton, ',.'. OWo n-ansfer Agent, Kao York Deab Sib: f . . . k My motive, in placing thU amoant in yonr hands immediately, U to provide against' failure on the part of ihe Treasurer of State to place in New Yoik tho full amount of the draft for July interest. On last evening, I was waited on by Mr. Breslin. and notified of his inability to meot the interest in full by proper time. He assured me, however, that the deficit would not exceed, at the ut most, one hundred thousand dollars, and that the sum, if loaned in New York by the Com- missioners, should be repaid in full within thirty days. I need not state my very great sunrise that Mr. Breslin should have withheld from the Commissioners the remotest intimation of this matter this evening. He states, howev- er.tbat he has been unexpectedly disappointed by Cincinnati parties on whom ho relied. I still hope that he may bo able to meet tho draft at maturity; In case this is not done, you will please furnish this offico written no tice of the failure. ' WM. D. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner Sinking Fund. Same date and letter. ' F.S. Mi'.Breslih assures me.as already stated, that the deficit will, in do contingency, ex ceed one hundred thousand dollars, Should this reasonable anticipation prove fallacious, and there be an actual deficit greater than the surplus redemption fund in your hands the bonds purchased from Mr. Astor ($40,. 000) might be used as an hypothecation for for additional funds. To this Mr. E.lgerton replied, showing the impracticability, not impropriety, of re-issu ing or hypothecating the redeemed stocks. E Igerton is also fearful the embarassment is not temporary, a very singular fear considering his experience in financiering to save the treasurer. He is also convinced that tampering with public or trust funds docs not pay. edqkkt' n to morgan. State of Ohio, Transkbr Ofeicb.) New York, June 30, 1855. ) Hon. W, D. Moroan, Adina Commissioner: Sin Yours of the 27th of June, with the inclosurts wero received this mornincr. I learn v ith much regret by your letter of the inability of the Treasurer of State to place the amount necessary fur the paymen' of the interest on the Public Debt due on the 1st of J uly, in my hands on that day. I am fearful this embarassment is not temporary. The Treasurer has now in my hands, Balance to his credit $128,442,81. Drafts duo to-day and July2d 132,850,31201,302,12. Tho drafts duo to dsy an J on the 2J will undoubtedly be paid. There is standing to the creditof tho Sinking Fund $193,892,18, so that there Is already in my hands a sufficient amount for the interest due on the 1st of Ju ly. I am pleased to know that tbe means are thus at hand, and am convinced by the present embarassments of tho Treasurer that there is no safety in tampering with a public or a trust fund. On reflection, you will prtcuive that your suggestion of raising any deficit there might be in the interest fund by an hypothecation of the stocks bought of Mr. Astor, could not bo carried out, because those stocks have no longer any existence. Tbo certificates aro canceled on being surrendered, under your instruction8 to that effect, and cannot be again re-issued to any one. So with the stock of I860 purchased and canceled, it cannot in case of an emergency, ba ro-issned or hypothecated, as it has no longer any existence. A. P. EDGERTON, Transfer Agont. The following isastuterr ent of E.lgerton to Morgan, of the funds in his bauds. The mem. shows those applicable to payment of interest, being a deficit of $97,658,58. It will bo re membered that previous to the payment of the July interest, is the flush time in thestato treasury, and that there could not hare been less than a million nominally in it: edqerton to 1i0eoan. State of Ohio, Transfer Ofeicb.J (14 Reaver Sr. N. Y, July, 1855 ( Hon. W. D, Murqan, Acting Commissioner. ". Sir: . I send horo-with a stateme it of the money in my hands this day. Statement ol moneys belonging to the Stato of Ohio in the hands of A. V. b'lgerton, i ransrer Agent, Sew Yrrk, July 18, 1-55: To the credit of the Sinking Fund $189,812 18 From which is to be deducted the following amounts: Amount to be transferred to pay-mont of July interest, 1855, being the am ount of deficit in the remittances of 8lata Trexsurer for that pr . . ' pose $97,558 53 Amount of tho account for the expenses of . Transfer Office, Now York ' 12,41193 1C9.970 51 $79,81167 "Mem." accompanying same: Amount of July interest 414,701 70 Be- lilted by Breslin aud standing to his credit, . 317,140 13 . $97.65858 ' A. P. EDGEftTON, 2roer Agent. Tha following titters sbow the various re-eorU of Morgao and Edgerlon; their anxieties and various financial shifts, none of which, very mysteriously, were discovered in their exceedingly minute investigation, nor alluded to iu their sixty column report: . HOBO TO EDOERTOtr. ' Columbus, O , July 31, 1855. . . . . . ; The State Treasurer notifies me that he is prepared to make up sixty two thousand dollars of tbo deficit In bis transmission of uly Interest. .The balance, $32,-000, he hopes to transmit in theoouiseof two week-;.., ' , .:. .-..! ,,, ,,; , ( , . : .1 WM. D. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner. M0IIUAN TO EDdKRTON. Office of Com's of Sinking Fund,) CoU'Mnus, 0., August 4, 1855. J Hon. E. P. Edoerton Dear Sir: Itefcr- ringto my letter of Ihe 27th of Juno, I do-sire to be informed whether tho Treasurer of State has yet furnished you funds to complete tho deficit in his transmissions for meeting the July interest on the Foreign Stato Debt of Ohio. If this has not been done, you will please forward mo a statement, with dates prefixed, showing the amount on July inter est furnished by Treasurer in proper time, and tho amounts which have sinco been forwarded. with the rospectivo dales. ' WM. D. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner. EDQERTON TO MORGAN. Trassfkr Office, State of Onto,) New York, August 8, 1S55.J Hon. W. D. Morgan, Acting Comm'r, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir: I have to acknowledge receipt of your favor of August 4. In compliance witn your request, I annex a statement of moi.ies received from Treasurer of State on account of July, 1855, interest. A. P. EDGEUTON, Transfer Agent. Sami, T. Bum.. John G. Biiksmx, In account with A. P, Ed oerton, irausfvr Agent: ... 1855 Cr ' July 1. by balance.... .... $222,513 12 2, by draft... . 35,359, 00 . 48,844 OO . 3,4(10 Ol . 7,000 OO , . 5.104 OO . '35,000 OO . 7.000 00 .. 15.0UO OO 2, V ... 3, 6, 24, Aug. 1, 1." 2, $379,250. 12 Showing that on tho 8ih of August, the treasurer was still deficient $55,554 of tbe July interest. MORGAN TO Jf 'COOK. office of commissioners of sinking fond Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1855.) Hon.Geo. W. M'Cook, Atfy General. &c, Stubonvillo, Ohio: DearSir: I h ive just received your linos of 31st July, and regret to s ty that I was a i vised by treasurer Breslin, on tho 30th ult., that ho would be able to provide no more than $(52,000 of July interest deficit, by the 1st of August. This would still leave a balance of $35,558,58 which he hoped tu be able to provide iu two weeKs from the time of our interview. This is indeed lamentable, but I fear the worst is yet to corns. In regard to the further reduction of the principal or the public debt, my opinion has been that we should direct our efforts mainly, if not exclusively, to the purchase of certificates of 1853. I think these can be procured within the next three months in sufiiciont quantity to exhaust tho fund or at all evonts, to absorb as mush of it as the Commissioners, under our dolectablo laws, will be able to get out of the dutches of tho Treasurer. In fact, ho has been twice ealled on for lunds to make good my contract with the Salem Savings Bank, for tho purchase of certificates to the amount of $31,000, and in both instances, he has bluntly avowod his present inability to furnish them. Tim consequonce has been that I havo boon at last compelled t make the purchase out of funds put into the ngont's hands to cover his own redomption. V'.V. MORGAN Acting Commhsionor. attorney general jc'oook to morgan. Stuuuenvillr,' Aug. G. 1855. Dear Sir: I acknowledge your letter of 3dinst.. I regret exceedingly that Mr Breslin has not ropaid the account advanced by us to meot tho J uly inter st. We can, of courso, place no reliance tn the Treasurer of State, after what has so recently cccurred;and this disables me from advertising, for if stock should be ollered upon our terms, we might at any moment find ourselves unable to raako the payments. GEO. W. McCOOK. ' -Commissioner In October it seems that the money taken from the Sinking Fund tocovor up tho Treasurer's deficit h id not yot been replaced. The elections were thon at hand; Morgan running on the saino :icliot with Bresli i, with full knowledge that the Treasury bid been robbed of half a million and every Stnto officer on the Democrat! i ticket, from Governor to Attorney General, implicated in the dime gitil ty knowledge. Did they not by this act bj-come accessories to Broslin's criino, if never bofore? And Mr. Edgcrton, too, consenting that the Treasury should continue to be robbed for another term by Breslin, and willing to oontinue to carry our "good Stato securities" which she had purchasod and set apart as a sacred trust to rcdoem the public debt, to the hawk and buzzard of the stock market to assist it. How do "our checks tingle with shame" at the picture our Stato presented previous to the election, boutiu hand and foot, plundered of three quarters of a million, and then tho robbers hail the brnsen impudenco to offer bemselvbS a third time as candidates for the approval of the pcoplo they bad betrayed and robbed. r Morgan began to get his sinking fund in order, preparatory to the change that was then ominous, tn September he began to try to draw sorce money out of Breslio, to make up tbedefioit. He made a draft on Breslin for 50,- 000 dollars and sent it to EJgertcn for collec tion, with instruction! to protest if not paid promptly. It does sot appear that Edgerton did this. He first wrote Breslin to remit the tnoney to Now Yoik, and Breslin failing to do this. lie forwarded the draft to W.G.Deshlur.of the Clinton Bank of Columbus, who took the pay in traps as he calls tliein.al various times and the wholo was not paid till November 5, forty-six days after it was drawn. I IIn'v- A- p Ehoeuton Ohio Transfer Agent, Xeio York: Dear Sir: Herewith find Auditor of Stale's draft on Treasurer of State for fifty thousand dollars, payaplo to A. P. Edgerton, Transfer Agent, or order. . '. . You will cause this draft to be presented forthwith for pnyment, and in default thereof.give the drawer immediate legrl notice. W.D.MORGAN, . Auditor. No. 201, dated Aug. 20, 1853. edqerton to jioroa!. no. 2. $50,000. Transfer Office, State of Ohio.) New York, Oct. 5, 1855. J Hon. Y. D. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, S. F. Colun&ttt, Ohio: Dear Sir: ... I have written t John G. Breslin. Esq , Treasurer, (Oc. 1 ) that I have tho draft and required the amount to bj remitted it once, or I should air. so the draft to bo presented for payment, and pro testeil if not paid. A.'P. EDGERTON, Transfer Azent. Sam'i, T. Bum.. Here is a letter from Morgan to Edgerton, written just before, election, which informs him so particularly that the funds takon from the sinking fund w.ere only loaned temporari ly and wen. to bo returned, that it excites suspicion that if it was not for Morgan's forebodings of the result of tho election which just then was so inconveinent to this gang, tho re-transfer would not have been thought of. moroan to edgerton. Office op Com's o:' Sinking Fund, ) Columdus, 0., October 8, le55. nos. A. P. Edgerton. ' (Mi'o Transfer Agent, iVsw York. Dear Sir: . . . The transfer of ninety seven thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-eight cts. ($7. 558,58) from Rodomption fund to July interest no count, in pursuance of my instructions o: 2Gt.li June, was but i temporary expedient for rem 'dying tho failure of the Slate Treasurer to meet the entire July interest at prop er timo. no soon as the delicit which he then permitted to occur, was supplied by bis payment of tbe J uly interest m full, it was expected and intended that the ninety -soven thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ($97,558,58.) temporarily transferred from Redemption Fund lo Interest Fund, should bo again restored by a transfer. WM. D MORGAN, Aiditor and Acting Cmmissiicr. eiobkton to moroan. TaANsrsa Office, Stat rr Ohio, ) New York, Oct. 19, 1855. Hoy. W.! D. Moikiax. Acting Fund Commissioner, Columbus Ohio. Dear Sir: I inclose a copy of a letter received this day from the Cashier of the Clinton bank, Columbus, ard remain, A. P. EDGERTON, Transfer Ag't, " Sam l. T. Bull. (Copy.) Clinton Bank of Coi.umdus.) October 13, 1855. J A. P. EiiGkrton; Transfer Agent, N. Y. Dear Sir: I.iclosod please find No. 2971, Franklin Bauk, on Trust Co., $10,000, say ten thousand dollars, being amount converted into exchungo on collection uiado on draft $261, and of Stato on Treasury of State, $30,. 000, as per yours of 10th. Breslin has paid part of draft only, as yet, and more of that in checks on various points in Ohio, which it will tako a few days to convert into exchange. I will remit you as full collections and commissions aro made. 'Yours, W. G.DES.1LER, Cash. Clinton Bank, ) Coluin! uh, Nov. 1, 1655.J A. P. Epgerton, Transfer Agent; Dear Sir Inclosed pleaso find No. lfi.SS my Check on Atwood & Co. .$3,350 " 1G39" , ' . Thompson 1,275 Add per ccat premium on $50,000,375 $5,000 being b.ilanco duo on the $50,000check on the tbo Treasurer of Stato. I would have remitted more promptly had I been able to convert the Ir.ips I received on the check sooner than 1 did. W. G. DESHLER, Cashier. We appeal to r ny hoHPbt man of either party, if wo have not substantiated every thir g we promised in tho beginning of this article by it rofragib'e proof. After tbe testimony we have given, is there eno that can doubt that Morgan and Edgerton were acce&sorius to tbe defalcation, by guilty knowledge of the fact for two years, and while Breslin was a candidate for re-election, if they were not actual accomplices. Is it possible that any meu, so promin.'nt iu political alfurs would thus peril l heir reputation in mere disinterested zeal lv cover up the crime ol another? And will the reader consider that if so direct an implies tion in this fraud can be I town by official let ters on file in the department what must have been the nature of the private correspond, once between these men? Weean only givr what they saw proper to leave to file, aftei they had every opportunity tosiftit. ' . The treasury commission endeavored to ac count for the low price received for tha last tonn. ' Thoy said, "the eyes ol capitalize had watched the finance! of our Stato with friendly care;" that "Ohio' eecuritiea were favor ites in the tnaiket, but suspicioncreated by the circumitinreottf .tbe last loan that constant borrowing was to bo Ihe policy of the State, began to make capitalists suspicioM;'' alse that ''borrowing at the last moment, and' other forced Improvident measures, must' sooner or later produce disorder, and nta!l; low and disgrace upon the Siate to the injury ' also or lU creditors." That we art right ill this, we will here state two pregnant facts: 1st, the keeping aloof or actunl capitalist) from bidding for the wholo loan; and 2J, the ' officious forwardness of the lighter class 0 i stock brokers in tendering their services. 1 Theso two never would have dared to show" thuir faces, if tbe causes above specified had ' not thrown the tempting bait within their" circles.' ...... : . ' ' " ' Is there not sufiiciont rcaon shown In this ' correspondence why the credit oi the Stato' had sunk? Could the securities of the Stato 1 be thrown among the hawks and buzzards of the stock market, and hypothecated at ii'tt ' twicon year to cover up this defalcation, with- 1 out telling on the credit of the Stato? In an. other article, we shall prove that, daring it r. Edgerlon's) administration of the transfer a.eucy, the State was under suspicion among cipitalistsat New York, - .-- Auditor Morgan is very careful to State that rotn the imperfect system of book keeping ho :ould not know how much uon.-y there waa ' in the treasury, but he did know annually.and " he always knew after the settlement of tho county treasurers;and he knew when he mad ' the draft of $50,000 on Breslin that there sh'ld bj nine near hundred thousand dollars in tho ' treasunry. He shows that when GiKson took ' possession soon after, the books shewed a balance of $855,853,and yot Breslin could not pay ' a draft of 50,000 dollars, and mnocent Morgan ' and Edgerton pretended they did not know that anything was wrong. 4 We apply to these gentlemen tha logic by which they convicted Gibson of stl the defal- 1 cation of Bros in, becausejhe knew it aawScov-ercd it up. Every sentence of their judgment : on Gilson makes them equally guilty. We quote from the report: - ' ' "The systematic course in concealment pur sued by him during the whole period he waa in office, so implicates him as boing in colln r ion and a confederate with Breslin, that a re& erence to a few facts developed by the testi mony may be justified. . , . . , . We hive referred to theso p.-rsistent and successful efforts at deception on the part of Mr. Gibson, because to our minds, they are conclusive that ho must havo been actuated by aome other and more Important consideration, affecting him personally, ind perhaps criminally, than to conceal tho lofnloation of bis predecessor only. ... We have thus given Mr. Gibson the full benefit of bis reasons lor concealing the defalcation of Mr. Breslin. if it wore his, and wo bave also givensome other reason why IU concealment wasdosirod. The corclusion is forced upon us, that Mr. Gibson was but continuing to actt aftor he became Treasurer-his part in the great scheme of the Treasury defalcation, and concealment waa as neceo- sary a part of his own protection as it waa that of Mr. Broslm.'' Why was even tha slightest allusion to any of these difficulties excluded from a renort which wag so extremely minute in some mat-tent? Because that was just what this peculiar committee was created for. Was ever the boldness and effrontery of this pair of investigator parablled, who with a full know!, edge of this defalcation, for years before it be came public, eet themselves as Investigators in order to eover up their own connection with, it? We do not seek to exonerate Mr. Gibson, but his character can easily stand a comparison with that ofthese model investigators who ' labor so arduously to charge the whole defal cation on him, when they knew that it existed for years before became Into office. ' TheM are a beautiful pair to preach moral essays.and ' political economy; to lament the decline of official integrity, and affect that their brazen .'cheeks tingle with shame" at I he idea that ' our good Slate should allow Its bonds to bo ' sullied by tbe hands of Wall Street Bro- ' kcrs." Retaliation in Mtssissim. A merchant if Boston recently obtained a requisition from he Governor of Massachusetts, on the Got- , ernor of Mississippi, for the body of a mar ; chant at Holly Springs, whr waa charged with obtaining goods under false preteneea from ', the Boston morchant. Tha proper writ waa-granted by tho Governor of Mississippi to an ngent of the Boston merchant. Armed with this writ, the agent proceeded to Holly Springs to make the arrest. On bis arrival there his A business wait soon found out, a public mealing called, and resolutions adopted to tha effect that Massachusetts, having always resisted be rendition ofslavos, had do right to any sort of "requisition" upon the people of Mil- , -.issippl, and that tbe (gent of tha Bottou bouse bo notified to leave, or ha would ba ' trotted through." Of course ha left, aad, we understand, burnt all of his "requisition' papers, and promised never to return, Mr. Buchanan Dnpad. The telegraphic correspondent of tla CWJ cinnati CatMtt under data of Wafhitiftuu, April 1st, says: :' - It ia now evident that England and Frme havo co-operated throughout, to . eiprl s rom Nicaragua, and that Outler doped Ibf . President into a full disclosure of all out. pol- v ioy,by which their plans were consummated. OJr A fugitive slave was captured on Thar day, 24th ult. about eight miles from Colon , bus, taken to Cincinnati, tha proper paper perfected, and shipped le Kentucky where fa ' will be further subjected to tbe Cbristiinizioj ' ' influences of bondage. , . i ( ... .. l,4., . i , A fop, in company.waiting his servant ' called out: "Where is that block-head of ' mine?" A lady present, aonirerfd. "On TOur . shoulders, atr." |
