The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-11-15

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From he Ohio State Jourlal.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TONS,
OFFICIAL RAscALITY, &c.
We laid before our lders last week, the
ISub- Treasury bill, full length Every per-
son shouldread who have not done itso. n
is somewhat tiresome to wade through its
verbiage; but there the thing Is, and voters
should understand it. It processes to be 9
Ibill Hmore eftectually to secure public mo-
ney in the hands of officers and agents 81
the Government, and to punish defaulters. =
&c. The public money is to be kept in the
hands Of receivers, and lest they should
Iprove knaves and sconndreIs, the bill propo-
SEES TO set two or three stock-iobbing specu-
lators and brokers, in the shape Of land Office
and custom-house officers, to watching each
l.other. The SwartWouts are to 'tchecE'' the
Prices, and the Prices hcountersign" for the
Sterlings, and the Sterlings 'scertify' for the
Pollocks, and the Inns ssinspecP, the Har-
rises, and the Boyds TO s.oVerseev the Haw-
kinses, and the MitcheIls to keep an eye
upon the Childresses, and the Aliens to COM
pare notes with the Owens, and the Ste
phensons to question the Dicksons, and the
Dicksons to make -four fair copies" for the
Danielses These are the kind of persons
who are TO "secure" the public money if the
Sub Treasury bill become a law; and the
whole batch are to be headed by Levi Wood
bury, whose connivance at defalcation has
already helped to drain the Treasury See
how he pampers and s0othes and cultiVates
public robbery. In his letter, dated March
II, 1885, to r. A. Sterling, he says:
Sir: Having received no monthly dupli-
cate return of the transactions of your Office
since that for the month of October last, it
becomes my unpleasant duty to call your iTn-
mediate attention to the omission. Allow
me to express hope lhow energetic y that
there may be no further occasion to remind
you of the importance Of punctuality in the
transmission OF these returns. am &c.
LEVI WOODBURY.,
Secretary of The Treasury"
Notwithstanding Mr.. Woodbury. was sal
to'oed q erpres' a hope Sterling run up his
defalcation to
go, g73 20.
Again see what he writes to James T..
Pollock
sSIR:-Having received no evidence of
your having deposited the public moneys
which have come to your hands, and the ba-
lance appearing to be due exceeding $780,
600, have thoughtit proper, Thow reso-
| lutel before resorting TO any measure of
harshness, again to call your immediate at
tention to The subject, and to express hope
that you will be enabled to furnish satisfac-
tory evidence, by return of mail, that you
have deposited all the moneys with which
you are chargeable, as heretofore directed.
81 am, very respectfully,
"Your obedient servant,
'LEVI WOODBURY.,
ssSecretary State. .
Yes, Mr.. Woodbury. again Thought pro-
per to express hope" as to the 100000, bui
he was amiable enough to ssavoid any mea-
sure of harshness" until Pollock ripened 3
defalcation of
But Mr.. Woodbury. begins to cut teeth
lnow. Hark! hear what he writes 70 VIII
liam Linn:
SIN Observing that large sums of mo-
ney received by you in payment for public
lands still remain in your hands; / have tc
Irequest that you viii lei me know why the
lsame are not placed to the creditof the Urea
Isurers, in State Bank of Missouri, at St
Louis. am, &c.
stLKYI WOODBURY.,
fSecretayy 1reasury.'
Mr. Linn, you must '.let him know" in.
Edeed you must! especially as he tells you in
previous letters, sit has pleased the -presl.
ldent' so re-nominate you for the Office,
Il NOTWITHSTANDING YOUR PAST
INEGLECT.' You must let him know, in.
| deed, sir! Mr.. Linn finally succeeded in I
defaleation of
$50, 069 90.
i Whether he ever took the pains to slet
Mr.. Woodbury. know how he did it, is ye
matter Of grave and serious conjecture
Mr.. Woodbury. now gets an odd notion int
his head. Hear what he writes to wv. r
Harris:
sSir-I regret that there should be coca
sion for again calling your attention to thu
Iomission to render your monthly duplicati
lretuTns to this Office for the months Of No
vember and December. Those being in az
rear and to remind you that punctuality il
this respect Is Indispensable. am, sc.
LEVI WOODBURY.,
Secretary Treasury.
Plnctuality is really indispensable, il II
J. Why then Is Mr.. Harris allowed to dali,
along from February 8 1886, to Novembe
i ~, 1896, almost two years, and then COM
out minus
500 HIS O8!
The answer is a. hand IN letter writer
by John E. ii. Claiborne, loco foco mem
Der Of Congress, TO the President of the Uni
ted States, to prevent Harris being turne,
out Of Office, and stating Harris TO Sc one Q
the main pillars Of the Democratic cause
{ and Of the earliest and most distinguishel
} fsi6nds Of the Administration ii Mississippi.
Hut reader, do moi Stop here.
. Defalcation fol BOYD. S50,es7 q
s Dedication for Hawkins. .6O, 900 O.