The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-01-10

General. The War aud Navy Depsn |
,nen,s slresdy employed steamboats, il |
hair service, and although Il Is by n,
means desirable that the Government
should undertake the transportation o.
passengers or freight as q business,
there can be no reasonable objection to
running bo t., temporarily, wheneveril
may be necessary 10 pu, down attempts
at extortion. TO be discontinued as soon
as reasonable contracts can be obtain
ed
The suggestions Of tho Postmaster
General relative 10 the inadequacy Of
the legal allowance 10 witness in cases
of prosecutions for mail depredauons,
merits your serious consideration. The
safety oflhe mails required 10 be given
to the public, demands not only ,ha, his
expenses shall be paid, but he shall re-
-ceive reasonable compensation.
The Report from the War; Navy, =
Post Office Departments will accompa"
ny this communication, and one from
the Treasury Department will be pre-
seu,ed 10 Congress in few days.
For various details 10 respect to the
matters in charge Of these departments.
! would refer you to those important
documents, satisfied that yor will 6nd
in them MANY valuable suggestions,
which will be found we'll deserving the
attention OF the Legislature.
From report made in December Of las, year
by the Secretary of State, to the Senate, show.
ing the trial docket of each Of the circuit courts,
and the number of miles each Judge has 10 trav.
eli in the performance Of his duties, great ine-
quality appesrs in the amount Of labor assigned
10 each Judge. The number ofterms to be held
in each ofthecourts composing the ninth circuit,
the distances between the places at which they
sit, and from thence to seat Of Government are
represented to be such as to render it impossi-
BILE for the Judge Of that circuit to perform, in
manner corresponding with the public exgsn-
cies, his term and circuit duties. A revision
therefore, of the present arrangement ofthe cir.
cuts seems 10 he called for and is recommended
to your notice.
think it proper to call your attention TO III,
power assumed by Territorial Legislatures 4
authorize the issue of bonds by corporate com
. panies on the guarantee Of the Territory. Con
It gress passed law in 1886, providing that n,
= act of a Territorial Legislature incorpora,in
: banks. should have the force Of law until an
proved by Congress, bu, acts of very excep
= tlonabe character previously passed BY tn
Legislature Of Florida were Uttered to remai
IN force, by virtue of which bonds NAV be iss,
= ed 10 very large amount by those instruction,
Q upon the faith Of the Territory. A resolution il
tending to be a joint one passed the Senate
- the same session, expressing the sense of Cor
gress that the laws in question ought not TO
10 permitted 10 remain in force unless amended
i many material respects, but il failed in Nh
. House of ofRepresenatves for want of time. an
N the desired amendments have not been mad,
/. The interests involved are of great importanc,
!" and the subject deserves your early and careli
attention. ....
: The continued agitation Of the question rell
70 tive TO the best mode ofkeeyng aud disbursir
!, the public money, still lnjuriousy affects the b,
' sinTss of the county. I hesuspeusion f sreu
J" payments in 1887, rendered the Use of deposi
'- banks are prescribed by the act of 1886, sour
q rather Of embarrassment than aid, and of necs
!. sty placed the custody of most Of the p,. bI
, money alterward collected in cha ge >ft the pu
&c lie officers. The new securities for its saiel
10 which this required, were aprincipa cause
70 my cOnyening an extra session Os Congress; b
>, in consequence ofa disagreement between d
:wo Houses, neither ,hon, nor at any subseoue
PERIOD has there been any legislation on d
subject The effort made at the last session
~ obtain the authority Of Congress topunish d
IN use of public money for private purposes as
\. CRIME, q mea IRE attended under otherlGover
ments with signal advantage was also uns
," csssiul, from dne'si Q ofopinion in that bod
VI Notwithstanding the anxiety doubtless ielt by
no to afford every pratcaJle security. The res,
Ia IF this is still to leave the custody oftle pub
o monev without those safeguards which ha
been Tor several years earnestly desired by I
aI Executive; and as The remedy is only to
Nv found in the action of the Legislature, It lmp
IL SOS on me the duty of again submitting TO v
a, The propriety Of passing law, providing
| thu safe keeping Of the public MONEYS, and
y" peciall, to ask that its use for private pnrpos
he ~ any officers intruSted with it, may be q
mt ared to be felony. punishable with penall
II propohioned to the magnitude ofthe offence.
These circumstances, added to known defa,
in tho existing laws and unusual derangem
~ The general operations OF trade, nave, dur
lily the last three years. much Increased the diffic
"a. ties attendant on the collection, keeping, Q
4. disbursement o the revenue, and called e,
" corresponding exertons from those having III
d. n charge. Happily these have been succe
a. ful beyond expectation. Vast sums have b,
on collected and disbursed by the several dep,
IA, ments with unexpected cheapness and ef
:: transfers have been readily made to every a,
A". of the Union, however distant; and defalcati
m have been far less than might. have been
ils ticipated, from the absence of adequate Il
ICE restraints. Since the officers Of the Treas
= =, and Post Office Departments were charged v
=" the custody ofmost ofthe public moneys rec,
'c- ed by them, there have been collected sixty
rue millions of dollars, and excluding the case
the the late collector at New York. the aggre,
nd amount Of losses sustained in the COLLECTION
r not, it is believed exceed sixty thousand doll
ol The defacation of the late collector at that
es~ of the extent and circumstances of which E
il giess has 5een fully informed, ran through
ice the modes Of keeping the public money
have boen hitherto in use. and was disthou