Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-08-31

but III The Bank OF Missouri, until other
wise directed. lSee No. o.
Considering The circumstances dis.
CLOSED by Mr. Crawford, IN regard to the
Withholding OF the deposites by hose
that either oil them would have been
gully Of any Unnecessary delay in making
the deposltes alter the receipt OF his let
ters to them OF the Isl November, 1919;
aud, It these letters, which purport 10
have been written al that time, were
promptly uansnlted by mail, according
10 their respective destinations, it is in
expilcabie thai he Receiver al Edwards
vile, vino resided within about two hun.
dred Yards oil the bank, of which be was
also the President, should not have de-
posted "the whole OF the money in his
possession on the 3O,h November" bel
lore the 3lst December; and, that ths
Receiver at Kaska ia should moi have
made his deposte till Sd January follow
ing. MIR. crawford admlts thai the for
mer did mol receive his letter TIL some
llme IN the month OF December, but al
what ume III that month, Is not stated,
nor how the tact was asceriained, or is
ascerlalnable, (see his communica alton
page 6 Such delays as must have in
terry ened between The date and the re.
celpt al those iesters, q, season OF the
year when the mail is liable TO SO little
obstruction, affords matter of apecula-
tion, In which, for the present, | forbear
10 indulge.
b. | would ask, what, but the letter
of the Receiver at EdwardsyiIe of tht
18th October, could have startled NJ
Crawford into all this hurry of writing,
and sudden change Of the place OF depo-
site; and, at the sa,ue time, accoun, to1
tee subsequent hesitation that seems to
be fairly nierrible from those otherwise
unaocounlable delays? As that letter
was well ca.crated to produce such re-
its, and nothing else appears to ac-
count Tor them, il cannot be unreasona, |
blesto refer them 10 that cause.
he attempts 10 avoid the Inference oil
ms having received this letter, and my |
publloa.ion, by stating 4" ha, II hey bad |
been known To bin, they would NATURAL
iy have been alluded 10 on such an oc-
+. asioh' as thai OF writing 10 the Receiv-
ers, in other words, that taa receipt OF |
Them would have been acknowledged by
him. But lie admits the receipt oil the
letters oil Mr.. Stephenson, and the Re-
ceiver al kaskaskla oi the 18Th Srptem-
Der, 8l9, and attaches much importance
to them IN his communication; vel,
though II would have been Just as s na-
tural' mat he should have alluded to
hen, as to tie letter of the Re- oIver oil
The l3th October, he is as silent az to
either OF them, as he is 10 the latter, or
as he was to thai part of the letter of the
Presidenl of the Bank of Missouri, ell
Tie ID August, 1919, which gives such
an alarming account ui the Baas OF Ed
wardsviiie. HIS mol having noliced the
letter I'D question, IN any OF MS suisse
quenl Communications, therefore, fur
hishes no evidence to rebut the strong
that have relied upon,
10 prove that he must have received it.
Let US then bslet1y inquire, wnelhar
his ,eter of the l., November. coni
have been written on the geounds upon
which II processes TO have been written.
He Processes to have been induced to
write II, !son an inspection and exami-
nation OF the monthly accounts oil those
Receivers, and Commences il in the fol-
lowing words, viz: " Upon referring to
your monthly accounts, il appears that
you have relained all The money which
mas been receHed by you since the month
Of Anguss last" Now, moments re-
lection Ii all that can be necessary to
convince ycu thai there could not have
been, q, Washing Ton, on The Is, Novem-
Der, more than one monthly account oil
moneys received after The north Of Au-
gus. preceding. And, il he had really
eierrcd 10 their monthly accounts, be
would have perceived that the Receiver
at kaskaskia had retained, in his bantls,
all The money received by him after the
18Th OF May, and the Receiver at Ed
waidsvllie had made no deposie since
thc J ST day Of the precedln41 July-c,r.
cums'ances, which It Is extremely i'm.
probable he would have overlooked. or
eglected to a6verl 10 in his lelter, I'M
less, indeed, there was SOM peculiarly
IN these CAGES that defies all skill in
guessing, waich rendered 1t more excu-
sable III these officers 10 have reiained
one part oil the public money Than ano-
Their.
But 1t something more than meets the
eye was not intended, why was bis letter
TO the Bank oil Edwardsyille, of Is, No.
vemeer, 1919, together with its .ncIo-
sure on the subject OF those very depo.
sites. Snnnressed Their nrn;ssin., .nr