Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-13

c,,u on tne subicc, Of declarations among
.'n,J . officers, a1d the causes which have
led 70 their multiplication. 1t WI! be per-
ceivcd from The following 1T er, that the
Cnmo,i;,ee avalled rsef of the earliest period
alier their organization 20 make call upor
,be President 20 furnish LIST of the detail.
cations that hive taken place among collec.
tors, receivers, and disbursing officers OF
public money, and other public officers,
silce he 4,h Of March 1929, showing the
amount of each, &c.
More than Jour weeks have now eiar sea
since thai cal! Was made upon the President,
and the only information whch the Com.
mit,ce has obtained 20 report upon TO the
House IS contained in the following letter; !;
the distinguishing feature Of which lniorma.
ton is, that still more time than even the
whoe remainder of the session Will te re.
ousi.c to answer the call. From this the
Committee arc compelled reluctantly to ~
fer. either
lst. Tina; the accounts and records OF
the several Departments, in general, arr so
incomplete and detective as not to exhibit,
without great labor and delay, the true re-
lations Of collectors, receivers. and dlsburs-
ers of the public money, and of Other 9th.
GERS of the Government, as to Distinguish
debtors from dciauliers, and creditors from
oh.
2ilv. That the number Of the deiaulters
multiplied so rapidly since 1929. under the
system of accountability pursued towards
.coIlec, ,ors, receivers, and disbursers OF the
public money. and other officers, as TO pre-
clude The practicability of receiving an &C.
count current of their dcfalcations wlh all
the clerical force at the command o! those
Departments, under existing laws and ap-
propriatlons.
Ifeuher Inference be ius CANT none on.
er equal weigh, seems 70 be 'a.r.y deduc'b!e
from The letter ofiHe Secretary OF The Treas.
ury.) 1t mant;.sts a laxty Of administration
winch demands the earliest "pplcaton OF
suitable remedies WHhn the reach OF Con.
gress and o>the couHtry.
For The papers Nos. and 2, referred to
in the subjolued letter, re%rencc is respect
fully made TO hc lcuyaa! OF the committee.
2. 470 AMI onward.
rREAsvRY DEPARTMENT. Fe' ruayI5, 1889.
SIR: The President On the 23d uIllmo,
referred to this Department the following
resolution, passed by the investigating Com.
.mIttee:
"Reso1red, That the President Of the
Cnred atcs be requested to cause this
-commi tee 10 be furnished by the proper
E>eou,lve Department win table showing
.e de acat!ons which have occurred among
the collectors. receivers, and dish ,rsers of
public money, and o;her public officers,
since the 4th day Of March, 1929; the
names Of the defauitcrs the amount OF
each doialcaton when each case occur
red lie length oftlme each case has ex.
listed; what steps have been taken by the
proper departments or officers 10 prosecute
the defaulters and to s"cure the United
States, in each case and what defaulers
are retained in the same offices in which they
became defaulters, or have been appointed
10 other Offices
He accompanied ii with a request tia' all
the information desired should b. procured
early as practicable, and submitted by me
to the committee. Accordingly, on ths
same day. enclosed copies fit TO the 9th.
er Departments, and also to the proper bu.
reuus in the Treasury Department, and
desired that replies might be furnished, so
far as in their power, and soon as in their
power, to the several inquiries made.
further requested the bureaus connected
with this Department 10 employ any ezra
assistance that could be advantageously ap.
piled in Fastening hrlr answers.
would now inform the committee that
great progress has been made IN respect to
those parts Of the answers connected wth
the Registers Office, and all which could
be ade, cousls, ,en with the diff uity and
extent OF !he labor, in the Tnrd Auditors
Office. But it is feard that, on account of
this labor, and the great mass Of previous
calls by committees and by The two HOUSES
of Congress. which art also to be ansa cred.
besides transactng the current business in
the dltE'ren, bureaus, the whole details and
The tabular slaiemrnt required cannot be
completed during the session. Every ef.
fort, however, which, under all the circun.
stances, eau be made. is believed to te ex.
erled TO meet the call at the earliest day
practicable.
In respect TO tine last branch Of the reso.
luton, asking "what defaulters are retained
in The same Offices in which they became
deauters, or have been appointed 10 other
Offices" | am able to presen, the report OF
the Register, from ms Office, which exhibi,s
such names as arc O.. his books connected
with the State and Treasury Departments.
1t is annexed, and contains no name as to
this, and but one as 10 the State Department.
That one is Commodore D. Porter, and bv