Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-08-14
FROM the Vermont Watchman.
WHERE HAS THE MONEY GONE

WHERE HAS THE MONEY GOMEZ
To The Florida swamps-twenty or more mil
lions Of II No inconsidcrable portion of it has
gone opJris mkno,cn, transported by runaway sub
lreosurers and another part has nercr Teen accoua-
Ted for by other sub treosurers. In the last JEFF
fersonian we find few interesting facts, gathered
from an official letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury TO the House Of Representative inter
estng facts We say for they are such as these 4:
Under the single head of collectors Of public rev.
enue," one hundred and fourteen defaulters are re-
ported to the tune of 81 400 900 ; md under the
head of receivers of public money" siriy.sjr are
reported to the tune of more than million Of dot
iars In only tro branches, then, of sub-treasur
ers, defauers reported to The amount of nearly
t,co dsd haLf miiiOasi We select an item or
two and first
"Chns. J. Inscrsoll, of Philadelphia, reported
S76,44l."
This man was an Adams man. and under Jack
sons first term, bank man in his second term,
turned about for Van Buren,, run against Nayor for
Congress and was beaten tried to get the V. b.
nomination for Governor, but was rejected on &C.
count of his being too radical locofoco. N B.
This is the same man who said that "he would
have been tory, had he lived in the time Of the
revolution" Ia all his twisings and lurnngs, he
never cnutr,ed to turn out the cash TO Uncle Sam
lie was sued, ard judgment recovered of only
1885 7S-and even that has not been paid
How is 1t that Woodbury. reports him minus SIG
AL, and recovered less than 1000 by suit we don,
understand. That distinguished lnancer can per
haps tell-ifhe would.
wiley p. Harris, Columbus, Miss. in default
s lO9 l7S OS went out of office Nov. 1886; bail
only 30 ,0OO."
This man used only S2Os, 9i2 IA of public
money for bis own purposes of which all but the
above sum of S 100 l7S 0S has been got out Of
him in the shape of town lots, land notes &c.
1t is thought that the rest may be got-in time.
Jus. w. Stephenson, Galena H. in default
S74,S59 70; five suretes for only $500 in
all. Went out of Office May 9Th 1887"
Nominated by the ocofocos for Governor Of II
linos-discOvcred to be defaulter, and then un
nominated. His party dare not run him No
explanation given by the Secretary as to his case
"Wm. L. ID. Ewing, receiver at Vandalia, I'll.
default Sl6,7 20; three sureies in the sum of
$40, 900"
Turned out of Office by Jackson-rphi. but he
turned his politics, and was elected by the Van Blu
rentes to the u. S. Senate. A Judgment had
been recovered agains. him IN 1892 but no pay
yet.
And lastly, we give this
"Litllebury Hawkins, receiver at Helena, Ar
kansas went out Nov. Q 1885; in default $ 49,
462 "a bail only $4,000"
No explanation
Reader don't you think it soG, clpedient, prop
or, and absolutely necessary, TO pass the subtrcas
ury oil, and place all lie repeaue in the hands Of
collectors and receivers. The administration
thinks so-the locofocos think so-in spite of such
facts rs these There is one way in which We
can explain the seeming madness of the admins
tratlon men. They entertain an awful horror of
surplus money to be divided among the States
and il strikes that they may insist upon this
scheme in order to prevent a surplus for oil future
time If this is the motive, can only cay that /
The plan promises to work admirably.