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CHILDREN, RESCUED FROM THE scAlriNG KNIFE oF1"h
Irrl,1rgs SAVAGE OF THE WILDERNESS, AND FROM TIVE
eriLL sioRr SAVAGE PROCTOR, REST on iiafdNoo>
AND Ills GALLANT AnMY."-S Simon ShytcrS hSaage
10 The Pennsylvania Legislature, December lom' 1918
From the Albany Daily Advertiser.
TENT.
plqld.rcrs oflle public and Qfpnb,ic INSTITUTIONS
ohtnt, sy rGih sicf m5Yy SIX lis .fGsc' a@fjnt &ese tris
,"g jIsir %auitors, is sought 10 BE- aqdc Mc rictin. @
~. "."eSs an integrity AMOS NENDAiL iD'"N7S'
COMMENT.
Early in M,rch 1895, W. p. Harris, Re-
ceiycr of public Money at Columbus, Miss,
was rou,dt to be considerably in arrears to the
Gsnaal Government. Iicroupon Mr.. Levi
Woodbury., then and now Secretary of the
Treasury, and a member OF the Adminis;ra-
ton which "~s,crnly sets its face against these
evils and their authors,'' addressed the fol-
loving letter to Mr.. Harris:
TREAsrny DEPARTMENT,
March %, 1885.
S!r-The Department having received no monthly
returns showing the transactions of Your office ironl
the month Of October, last, l have thought proper to
inform you that, as a means OF enforcing Il street
compliance with the regulations of the Department,
in respect to this duty, ! shall not hesitate 10 report
the case for the action of the Executive, should tic
CIV e. fancy,
WI IAnHts, Esq, =. Scr 9fHte 1F.ds'ry'
Recc;rer Of Public Money, Columbus, Miss.
Mr.. Harris, suspccting perhaps that this
Administrator M'5hl v SCI us lace one way
and row another, paid no sort Of attention to
the Sccrctary's missivc. This produced
another letter from Mr., Woodbury.. the coun-
tornart almost of the one above o,otrd. da-
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leiu Ills rc'o''is anu vi 'ilc -o'i june WI
"oo"ou'9 "s''" w'o'e DIS io''o"S'
June Is, isS5.
sTIHa'lng IN a COMMUNICATION addressed to you
.ions urged upon you the indispensable necessity ota
.I,tGr a', that no To re t,pnlI bay y"q bra n,1 renciyc rl' fran v ynu
since that of the month Of November last, ii becomes
rear ra are not transmitted to inc by return Of mail. / Shall
pc c4ns. rm 10 report your nesie''l'r the acton OF
LEVI WOODBURY., Sec'y Treas.
Tt;. aa;',Ia a.auu ;.on..,..,a 8.
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stcrnly sets Its lace against such cVll-d0crS.
,rLo ro.uIt 20 TING ,r,o,,co1 ,o tho Poco;,or.
% ''"'a
Treasury DEPARTMENT.,
August 20, 1888.
Sir-Agreeably to the jntlmat.On gwen YOU IL my
letter of tae 20th June, it has become my djsagreeahlc
duty to report your continued neglect to the Presidents
who has instructed Inc to say TO You that Ii the month
~ returns required from you by the regulations OF IN
Treasury, which are in arrears arc not received at the
Department on or 6Gtore he IGN Of CdoJcr "Gft, yot
will then be dismissed from Office. | am, dc.
Lew WOODBURY., Sccy Treas.
W. HARRIS, Esq, ReceireF.
E,cn than ,ftor tho f,cts in ,In coso yrnrt
=, 49,. >.
well understood at W aSiillgtOn, this "stcrn'
.
Administrator ho'liicd Mr. llarfls that III
would be allowed to continue his q" pickinu
and StcalIngS' Tor two months longer at an
rate. and for an indcfin,te n.riod Lcsidcs !
"'o' INV q" '' P0"" 'N9' :
he could make up his returns in tolcrabl,
season. As the threat seemed to be seriou
Mr.. Harris went to work in another d,
rcction 10 keen himself in office.
friend, the Hon. Mr.. Claiborne. late membc
Of Conprcssfrom Mjssissippi. writes an earn
est letter to the President. from which til,
following are extracts:
CoLvMnrs, September Il, 1885.
ieh' SH.Aiauy Oh ne cry dh" c'"sfIm' .trftn%
q &c do"tt'sfrdfto" III 'lHs Stale nave i.ald, W|
netct r'ertt ana So'ro~, thal tne receiver OF pun
money NJ th.s place Is to y consider himself dlmlssc
uiicss HIS returns are maze oelore the The hist oi u
toner:
IoHIurHter e~iilioyco a we, uhprlhclIGal hg'
,IpsoI No5Iuinge) TO taHe testimony at ms oiic
n'uer q lcsoIiuoh Oh the HSha'ei ana ne cndtaVofc
pa..paGa,u Zen, niari,s anu geo, w. Maf,Hl III SON
haRsHcu1iis U StIi MINOR importance II mao nee
tNahiIlicu' ! coulu laNe eNptaried NE "hole matter
W enuie eAonGr"loh VI Yen Iinril''
ms ld".ty an" connections are e1frtMay H!fIfnfia
duous struggle rhie4t ,re are nor mahing. They al
r Tuq would Shout Sltu VIZ or,;SS' at n any bI5w "r "in "",
\ them.
paiqn. Gov. Runnels, X. Walker, Mai. b. v. +,
MM nran , n1a "'ysc, Viii I he : cInSo the asmot'',e Va
With high respect, l remain your oxccllcncy's mo
'roi Ills Excellepcy' the prcsidan, Of Of iI ,hn = s,a H.
The assurance that Mr.. Harris and his fan
Il, .o,J, :n.u,