Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-02
Lqfe Collector.
Hon LEVI WOODBURY..

Secretary Of the Treasury.
When this return was received at The
Department, it was supposed by the Secre-
tary. that the period Of his service having
expired lie would have but a small balance
of custom house expenses 10 deiray. no
more debcntures to pay, and no great
amount Of duties 10 relurd and Mr.. Swar
tout was forthwi h requested by the Secre-
,ary to depos.e 10 The credit Of the Treas
urer at least one half Of the sum represen-
ted to be on hand.
To this request, made under date Of Al prIl
l6, 1888. Mr.. Swar,out replied as fol-
lows:
New York, April 2l, 1888.
SIR have the honor to state, in reply
to YOUR letter of the 10th instant, thar, al
though the balance IN my hands appears 10
be very large, it Will not be more than sufti.
cient for the settlement of the outstanding
claims upon me. l enclose letter ,ecei-
we'd yesterday from the district attorney,
showing my individual llab!lity for the judy
ments Obtained against me. | received
notice from Mr.. Lord yesterday that he
would issue execution against my furniture,
unless paid the amount Of the several
judgments forthwith. lpaid, of course
The next court will pass upon twice as
large IN amount.
e1The notices Of protest served upon me
for dues paid and passed to the credit of
the Treasury, are estimated at between
100000 and 100000, and the Circuit Court
decided that the Collector, being alone la.
bic, ought not 70 pay the duties into the
Treasury. In addition to these immense
liabilities the settlement Of DANA ccs, when
the parties have pail full duties on damage1
goods, which cannot be ABUSED by the
presen, Collector, mus, take llrge sum,
and cannot all be brought in under three
months. hope, therefore, that you will
moi consider the present balance in my hands
at all unreasonable. | am, &c.
SAMUEL SWARTOuT.
Hon LEVI WOODBURY..
Secretary ofthe Treasury, Washington.
The Secretary OF the Treasury, on the
10th April, addressed u letter to the First
Comptroller Of the Treasury, stating the
amount ir the hands of Mr.. Swar,ous, and
asking the Comptroller ''to take all proper
steps TO have his accounts adjusted and
settled at as early period as may be prac~
ticable, and 10 have the balance not in dis.
pute, or 10 cover what is in dispute, soon
aseer,ained and paid over"
Nothing more appears to have been done
in this matter until November, when dis
closures made 10 the Department excited |
suspicious of larger indebtedness than
than acknowledged and it is to the care
and vigilance Of Mr.. S0artou,'s successor
that the Department was, in great meas.
ure, indebted for the discovery ofthe further
defalcation.
The total amount Of tho Ex-Colleclor's
defalcation, "as computed on the last data
a,tainable, is stated at $l,374,6l9. There
is an offset of a subsequent payment Of
$4,000 by Mr.. SIS agent, and some other
deductions from the amount. But the Sec.
retary says, "it is feared that the whole !
amount of,he delalcation will not prove 10
have been less than million AMI quarter
Of dollars" |.
The deficit Of Mr.. Swartout at the end
of each successive year was as follows:
On the 3lst December, 1880, $662 "a
On the 3lst December, 1881, l,l6o 81
On the 3lst December, 1882, 3O,6Ol 50
On the 3lst December, 1888, 35,9o 54
On the 3lst December, 1884, 50,370 04
On the 3lst December, 1885. 137O6l 69
On the 3lst December, 1886, $780, 'Ils SO
On the 3lss December, 1887. I,0l6955 50
On the 2s,h March. la3S. l,22h707 90