Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-18
From the Washington Globe.


The Efening Post brings intelligence Of
still more direct mode Of "bonLrupting
the Iredsuyy''--ihat contamination so de-
voutly wished and SO diligently labnred
for by The whole Federal parly-than any
of which we have yet had an example Mr..
SwaT;woui, that universal Wing favorilp for
collector, whose reappoinment by Gene al
Jackson was so earnestly desired by the
Federal merchants of New York. IS detect
ed as def1ulter for more than a 81 100000
by the recently appointed collector and &c,
counting officers Of The Government.
The correspondent of the National In
teIliqsncer endeayors 20 load The Admin
is'ration with rhis3 deialcati0n Of Mr..
Swar1wcut. although occurring under that
Federal system which it has in vain en-
deayored 10 change Cor ore nfrigId account-
ability and heavy penalties and which
change has been alone prevented oy an I'M
divided opposition 10 ii on the part of the
whole Federal party.
II is a remarkable fact that the expert
enc2 ofthe State Governments, as well as
Of the General Government, proves that the
divided responsibility of keeling the pub
lie treasure between hanks and collectors.
has opened the wav 10 the most all, minab'e
pecnation 10 which their treasures have
ever been subject In Ken'nckvthev have
bad two defauiting frcasurers. and in both
instances they were expressly hound 10
make al heir deposifes with the Bank of
Kentucky. The legislative investigation
of the ftmous case Of John ?. Thomas.
showed hat he was IN the habit Of lending
money, in large amounts, 10 merchants and
others. drawing il ont on his checks from
the bank, and annually filing the vacuum
fer few days, by putting in his note and
having it discounted n bark. and placing
the amount 10 the credit of the Government
until after the Legislative committee pass
ed on his accounts. By this collision of
the officers offhe Bank with he Trensurer.
the deficit in the Treasury of Kennedy
was concealed for wears from the examin7
ing commt.ee OF the process by which
the detailing Ireasurers in Virginia w 70
were also by law required to make The
Safe bank tie depository Of the pubic
monev--concealed ilie diapidafian of The
pnblIc measure entrusted 10 them, we know
NOT
Unon what system Mr. Swarfwou' con,
ducfed and concealed his enormous depre
daiions. we have moi heard We under
stad that he deeply laid and widely OK
tended conlrivances 10 effect and conceal
the frauds, have not vel been 'horoueh'v
penetrated bv'he officers engaged in ex
plorina them. Whether he made his ac-
counts balance Nv fictifions credits or mer.
chants honss. we know not. hut have some
reason to believe this Was the ease We
remember TO have heard that when he WIS
before the Senate reappoinment IN 1884
he brought some If his clerks on. and ex-
planned satisfactorily 10 tie committee of
the Senate, Of which a'r. Webster was
chairman. the state of his accounts. and
received The entire apfrnbafion Of the Fed
eral mainriiv Of that body. on whom he was
pressed hv merchants &c New York in The
interest Of the then predominant party in
that body
The assertion of the Tnfellicencel's cot.
respondent in New York that the nreafer
part of this dedication shappened ruhen he
,ros depoeitino the public money uedcr the
pezc Sub Treasury arrangements isuterlv
false We learn that so far as the in.es-
tina'ion has proceeded. il appears ihq' the
NEGOTIATIONS commenced as early as 1890
and Continued three years under the United
Safes Bark system. and three or four unS
der The deposite system of State banks
What portion has happened since May,
1897, is not yet known, but from time until