Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-06-24

was wanting hor to make up the sum total ii
the posse expenses to The beginning of the pre-
sent year. The men are all paid off, the subsist-
ence bills, transportation bills, forage bills, &c.
all settled. What is there left unpaid W hat
can come next? Only a small amount handsome
" to close up with, Of forty thousand eight hun
drea and forty-eight dollars and tmeafyfowr cents
for miscellaneous expenses. How such sum
was usefully disposed Of on triflng matters is al
together hey ond my comprehension. Much of 1t
was spent in paying stage fare, horse hire, bro
ken sleghs. broken umbrellas. buffalo skins, lost
garments damaged hurscs, harnesses, &c. AZ
ter paying off all the heavy bills, we might ex-
meet d moderate sum would be required ior mis-
cellaneous matters but we had no reason to ex-
pect the incidental expenses ola spall company
of men, would amount, in less than two years to
the very large sum of nearly Sal ,O0). which
swels the whole amount of the expenses Of the
posse to the sum OF Sl91 532 So
Massachusetts and Maine are joint owners Of
the property which this sum has been expended
to protect, and although it lies within the limits
of Maine il is Just that Massac husetts should con-
tribute something towards its preservation. Yet
at the close Of Gov. Fairfeld's administration,
she had in no way been called upon to pay a
farthnng for the protection Of the property
of which she Is part owner. We could not
expect her to come forward voluntarily and
offer unasked-for aid especially when she saw
But as soon as she was called upon by the pre-
sent Land Agent, Mr.. Hamlin, w hich done
Immediately after his appointment, she willingly
entered into an arrangement to deiray one half of
all necessary ex penses for the protection of our
Joint property in the northeastern part of the
State She has always been ready to do this,
and much might have been saved had our State
authorities done their duty and given her
earlier invitation to bear portion oil the burthens
of protecting her property. In the remarks which
| have made upon the management Of the Land
department. do not wish to be understood as
charging Mr. Mcintyre with any intention OF de-
,rraudinr the State. No sir, while | speak in
plain language of his official acts, of his want of
the right kind of ability to perform the duties
which his station, as Land Agent required of
him, will not say n word to cast an imputation
or a shadow upon his honesty. While | say
without hesitation, that his acts clearly show he
was entirely ncom potent TO discharge The mpor-
tant duties which devolved upon the Land Agent
during the last two years. will do him the JUS
tce to say that nothing has yet appeared in his
official doings 10 tasten stain upon his moral
character. Whether much can be said of all
who served under him or not, let the facts which
| have been stating answer. The great fault was
the absence OF all system and ability at the head.
Almost the entire operation, ilom beginning to
end, seems TO have been characterized by the
most culpable care pssness and extravaganza
Inc Governor and Land Agent, those whose du
ty it was TO watch over every movement, seem TO
have interested themselves but little in the de
tails Of the affair They took the statements o
those under then upon trust, 10 save the dTUge-
ry of examination. Ii has been said here that
the Governor il not IN fault-that no blame
should be attached 10 hiui. Not TO blame What
IS yopr Gcvernor' Is he nat The Chief executive
olicer2 Does he not stand at t5e bead of the