The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-17

aA EMAAaa AAHefAtH - HfasseHNH -
Jsnuary &c, 1884, the Secretary calls
upon him % maks bis returns, aHd do
sic he money in BIS hands.
March "a. re i again called upon D
The Secretary; Again May 10; February
.. Ie35. sgsin; March N. another CON
plant. and anoiher February 4. 1886.
upon which Mr.. Sterling resigned.
Tie ease 81 James r. Pollock, dgalilter
sIs.s9I. 9s.
Next comes The correspondence xiih
James +. Pollock. receiver. &c, n Cfaw-
fords, lie. Indians. II commences De-
eember2I. 1888. and ends May 10. lS3s.
and 10 similar in character 10 thai with
Surfing. IIis made up Of complaints and
threats On The part e The Secretary. and
81 excuses and apologies on The part ol
The receiver.
Tie case or A.r. Linn. dsf0Hlier s55.-
962 O6.
The correspondence with Mr.. Linn.
receiver. &C.. u Vandalia. Illinois. com.
menced June %. 1894. when he was told
he was much in arrear. and must be more
punciual. Oci. %. he is again informed
that he had permitted The public moneys
10 accumulate in his hands, and thai he
must deposile them " forihwilh." An.
other scolding letter Is sent him Dec. 4,
1884. Feb'y IL. 1895, The Secretary
tells him that. notwithstanding his pasi
neglect. The President has re-n0mi1Gied
kia, bni that be is not 10 infer from this
that any future omissions will be over
looked. Yet. on the 3oIh November.
1895. the Secretary tells him bis returns
Tor August. September. and October, had
moi been received, though they were re-
quired 10 be made monthly. This cor.
Tespondence was kept Iill January 20,
1888, when The Secretary says. .youE
resignation il received and accepted BY
the President" and regrets thai so large
balance remains in his hands. Does
not this prove that future omissions
were overloaded. and that Linn kaelC
they ,could bs3
The case Of ". p. Harris, dsfauitsr.
sl00.l75 0s.
Col. n. The correspondence with Har.
ris commences January Is, 1884. BY the
Secretary, lMr. Taney.) giving him a
gentle hint that his returns must be made
monthly, and lhs. he mus, promptly de.
posiie the moneys in his hands. &c.
March I6. 1894. the Secretary tells
him his returns for November. DeeeD.
Der. and January. are in aHear.
March 25. 1884. .no monthly returns
from October last" shall moi hesitate ID
tell The President il you don't do better.
February 6. 1885. Mr.. Harris again
gets hint TO be more punctusl with his
returns.
March IL, 1895. Me-. Woodbury. in.
forms him that, as he has not made any
returns since October last, il is his .un.
pleasant du.y" 10 call his attention 10 The
omission.
June %. 1895. still no returns. Mr.,
Woodbury. agsin says, eli becomes my
unpleasant duty TO say 10 you. that il
those retcrns in arrear are not trans
mn,ed, BY return Of mail. | shall be CON
lion Of The Executive. ae9 4ssin fa
August %. 1885. /" II has become my
disdgreeabie dnty to report your cont
nued neglect TO The President, who has
instructed me to say 10 you, that " the
monthly returns required from you hy
The regulations Of the Treasury, which
are IN arrears. are not received at the De.
partmeni on or before the lO,h Of Octn.
Der, you will then be dismissed from Of
fice."
Cdpias. lie will have to come IN o.
the work now, or march out Of Office.
Col. n. No such thing. But we shall
see. Sept. Is. 1898, The Hon. John r.
II. Claiborne. member Of Congress,
writes to the President that " many ol
the early and constant friends ofhe ia.
minisfraiion have hear: with much re.
greet and sorrow, that the present receiver
Of public moneys at this place (CnIum.
bns) is TO consider himself dismissed un-
less his returns are made before the Isl
dsy uf October" Then comes The rea.
sons given Why Gen. Harris should ia,
be removed. Now mark: Mr.. Claiborne
says, i" Gen. Harris is one Of The main
pillars Of the democratic cause, AMI one
Of .he earliest and most distinguished
friends Of The Administration in Mlssis.
slppi. HIS connexions are extremely in.
fnenIlsl, and all Of them are cooperating
with us in the arduous struggle winch
we are row making. They are true De
mncrats." 81. here we have the reasons
Why Mr.. Harris. the defauIter. was no,
dismissed. bu, kept in Office! II man
be ~" true tie nocra,," and has an Z" i'll
hnen'ial family and connexions" he may
steal from The people with impunisy!
What think you Of this. Mr.. Cspias!
Capias. II is certainly very ex,raordi.
nary. Indeed, hardly know what to
think of IL.
Col. n. October IL. 1885, Mr.. Wood
bury iHiprms Mr.. Harris that the Presi-
dent has consented 10 keep MIN in Office
NIL the 10Th November: when, if his
monthly returns are not made, and the
whole of the nabIi. mnoars in he handa