Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-01-19


o. specie paying banks, vet, IN defiance Of law
/ he received p1Ymen, of the Treasury drafts i
such deprecated paper as the Agricultural Ban
choose 70 give him, aud deposited a porlto
thereof m the Branch OF the Commercial an
Ral Road Bans Of Nlcksburg, at Chnlon, au
tac residue IA the oihre Of the Planters Bank a
jackson. About two hundred thousand dollar
OF the money received ct tnr Agricultural Banb
on account of the Surplus Revenue, was depos
ted 10 the office Of the Planters Bank at Jack
son, and that branch has, ever since the suspen
son, refused to pay out any thing 10 the publ,
creditors, except Brandon Money. In order TIA
iuwe dcialcauons NAV be prevented, beg leave
lorecommcnd an entire consolidation. revision
aud amendment; Of all the laws IN relation TO tn,
duties of the Auditor, Treasurer aud Assessor,
aud Collectors No sufficient reason eN,s's VII,
the AUDITORS bond should not contain as heavy =
penalty as that of the State Treasurer, aud b,
should, IN no case, be authorized to receive mo.
uey on account OF the State or any particular
fund. change should he nude IN relation to
the method OF keeping the accounts IN the Trea.
surers ottcc-moueys paid INTO the Treasury on
accoust Of the Literary, Three per cent, and Sc.
mlnary Funds, Is liable TO be drawn out Tor the
ordinary expenses of government those funds
should not be diverted from their legitimate oh.
jet. | invoke your particular attention TO The
laws m relation To the appointment and duties OF
Assessors and Collec,urs--ihe whole system
necd amendment-thelr bonds are insufficient,
and cot filled IN the proper placethe office of
Assessor aud Collector, IN tie large counties par
uculHy, should be served, aud separate bonds
given for assessing and for collecting taxes.
When both offices are united in one lndn ldual,
failure TO return the assessment roll renders IT
difficult 10 hold the collector responsible for fail
ny to pay the taxes he may collect INTO the State
Treasury.
Ii is deserving Of your serious consideration,
whether the embezllcm,ut Of the public money
should not be mad, felony and punishable by
Imprisonment IN the STATE pn,ou,
The law prescribing the duties Of Auenoncers
requires anendnen;--ihey interfere with the
regular merchant, and the take. they are required
to pay, from some cause OF otter, iall to reach
the State Treasury.
The Report OF The Adluiant General is here
with, submitted -durIng the last year most OF the
Regiments have been organl1ed--our clLzen sol
der are awakening to the Importance OF prcpal
M IN peace Tor ~aI. The number OF volunteer
companies have been moro Than doubled, aud
eel confident that by the close OF the present year
vii be enabled 10 have every regiment organized
aud oihcercd, IN addition, It Is expected that iof-
y volunteer companies Will, by that time, be
armed and equipped, ready 10 maicn at short no
lice, TO whatever point danger may threaten. !
commend these companies to the special consid-
GRAFTON Of the Legislature; composed Us they arc,
Of young and chyafous gentlemen, ready to face
any foe and brave any danger the country
may confidently rely on tbcm lor protection. The
appointment oil an Inspector General Is respect.
ully recommended, whose duty It should be, at
east once IN every year, 10 dnIi the officers Of
zach regiment. 10 obtain competent officer
! liberal salary wall be requisite. Having re.
viewed portion Of tie regiments last fall, ! can
safely say, that The ontle organization oil the MI
nla Is not Impractcabe, aud that our citizens
soldiers are amply able to protect their homes
against tho assaults Of any toe, lorelgn " domes-
&c. Three hundred and fifty muskels, belong
ny to the State, were wrecked IN the barque
Ella Hand. These guns were purchased IN tlrv
Spring OF 1897, but N consequence Of the pro.
est OF the check gwen IN payment Of them, they
we're not shipped anu July, 1898. Under Tie
lct Of COu.Icss Oi loO5, arms diu annually lur
IlsAcd to The various STATE Of the Union. Cor
eel returns Of Ao strength Of the Militia Of tins
state have been made ny HE AdJuani General to
he proper departments; auG. III ulufe, a sulhcitht
quantity OF AIMS VIII DC annually obtained, from
be General Government, to luinlaA len CUlnpan.
g, In several d the counties tho regiments aye
90 large, and some Of the bngades coud be- ad-
'aptaso ousIy divided. The existing mIliua Iaw
) PLAN and perspmuuu---ircqueD changes ~
he system are always injurious, and II perhaps
would be well TO give ihe one now ~ lOtce tar
nal. lweuly. hge hundred copies Of the act 10
Regulate the Militia have been pIlnled, and most
II tDe.n distributed among The officers, bovks
u discipline are!ueedcd, and cannot readily be OBJ
uHed. Dung the last tall, representations
seie made 10 tAe EAeCutfe at the lives vi
ome four or five individuals were ~ gIcal dan
,er--lhat the indians we're resolved ~ lelalalc
~ them of kiiibg one Vi iheH tliDe--lllai no o..
,anled iorcelL that county existed, to aid Tie
WI officers IN preserving the peace and ehiofc-
~ the Laws. Believing that neither white mtn
n Indians should be pe,ntitd to take Tie Ia" IA
heir own hands and revenge Iheir supposed
wrongs, considered It my duty 10 take precau-
onary measures, and be prepared Tor ANY CON
ngency This had the desired effect, and the
eace OF the country was preserved,
The Report Vi the late State Treasurer, D. \.
an Hoesen Esq, and Of the present Ireasur-
r, Gen. Snis Brown, as wei as the Report VI
be Auditor Of Public Accounts are herewith
These documents viii convince
gu that The annual expenditures iar exceed the
eceipts INTO Toe State treasury, aad that re-
neutrality-suspicious. ~ the cohecuoh oil
he revenue OF additional taxation must be frSof-
ed to.
Soon after he appointment Of j. A. Van Hoe
en, as State Treasurer, directed hnn 10 call on
be legal representatives OF James Phillips, tor
u the books, papers and money belonging TO Ihe
ffce. lie reported to me that he counted the