Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-10-28

same ratio it has done the past few years,
we shal! number more inhabitants at the
period of our admission, than any Of the
states above mentioned had at the time of
their assuming state sovereignty.
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Mr.. EDIroR I'm the Southport Amer
lean OF the 18th ult., is an Article, headed,
"Matters important to the tax payers OF
Rae ne county," which reflects in no mea-
Cary and Levi Blake, for official mIscor'
duct as TreasCrers of Racine county. One
would suppose, Of The American, that be
has really found something rotten in Den
mark" An examination into The facts OF
the case, VIII show The article alluded 10
is tissue of misrepresentation and false.
hoods, put forth 10 crafty this Youngsters
spleen. He has had some longings after
greatness, but the recent election has nip'd
his prospects in the bud-and instead Of
being a great man at Madison, he is DOOM
ed to remain the plain and simple Editor of
Southport American.
We have noted for long time, that af
ter wing defea, there comes the"astound-
ing developments" '.frauds," "cheats."
&c. OF "locofoco management" The
s'frauds' about which the young man talks
so Iearnedly, are, like his own modesty, no
where % be found, and the article in ques-
ton shows an ignorance equaled only by
the young mans vcrdancv. 1t is charged
against b. B. Caly, late Treasurer, that
he ''etfec,ed pretended settlement with
the Clerk Of the Board Of Supervisors of
his accounts with the county, based not
upon his Books bat upon an account which
he rendered." and te show the fraud and
dishonesty of the Treasurer, the Editor
instances one charge (and bat one in the
settlement" where the Treasurer charg-
ed himself, and gave the county credit,
with the sum OF $l60 for interest received
on certificates of the sale oil land sold for
taxes A grevious fraud, truly When
the Treasurer's books came into the hands
of DR.. Cary, the gross amount of lands
sold for taxes was found entered therein,
but no entry Of each certificate was made.
DR.. Cary pursued the same course, and
entered the gross amount OF sales in the
book. When parcel Of land sold for lax
es was redeemed. he entered the same ia a
book kept by him for that purpose, with
the principle in one column, the interest
in another, together with the dste of re-
demption, and the persons name redeeming;
rendering an account thereof, IN gross, IN
his "pretended settlement" The same
course was pursued by his predecessor
''On this fmsy account" says the Editor.
"Mr Cary made his settlement, and a re-
ceipt in full was entered on the Tr easurer's
book" More of this settlement anon.
'.The investigating committee confirming
themselves principally to the account ien-
dered by Cary. detected inaccuracies in
his favor, amounting in the aggregate 10
S392,9S showing him indebted TO the
county in that sum, after his settlement and
receipt. After this result was ascerfained
Cary paid over TO the present Treasurer,
Blake,( and obtained a second reccip pit there
for as applying on his indebtedness, 1885,
Oh, in stuff, as follows:
In territorial scrip, $500
Baxter Bonds, 25S,33
County orders, 52,7l
S355,O4
leaving him still liable to the county to the
amount Of $}6,94" The last sentence Of
the above extract is false, but in perfect
keeping with the rest of the article. DIR.
Cary promptly pail up his liability 10 the
county, as soon as the amount was ascer-
tanned by the committee, as will be seen by
the following receipt "Rcceived Of B.
b. Cary, June 18th IS45, thirty-six dol
lars and ninetviour cents, in full Of his
liability 10 the County. Levi Blake, Trea-
surer Racine Co" A copy of this receipt
was published in the Racine Advocate,
June II, 1916. The amount was also en-,
tered as paid in the written report Of the
committee, and now on file in the Office Of
the clerk Of The Board Of Supervisors
Notwithstanding these facts were public
and within the reach Of the Editor, he has
the e1rontery to charge DR.. Cary with be-
ing public defauler The Editor knew,
when he penned the article, that the above
charge WIS false. for he must have obtain
ed his information either from the CON-
mittee themselves or from their report.
What this precocious .jurenHe means by
ken any pains TO inform himself, he would
have found that every dollar paid in by
DR.. Cary. is worth just 100 cents to the
county together with seven per cent inter-
est on the Baxter Bonds, and that by an act
of the Legislature, the Territory is obliged
10 take this stuff of the county, in payment
Of the Territorial Tax. Ii NAV be that
sBaxter Bonds have been sold for fifty
cents on the dollar The county can lose
nothing, if individuals see TO sell them
for ten cents Oh the dollar. County Or
ders have never been al par. since the or
gan;zalion of the county; YET are received
at par in payment for taxes. The county
is not the loser by the discount; and would
the editor of the American argue that COL
lectors should not receive them from tax
payers, because they can be purchased at