Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-08-15
MIR. DENBY's DE3rALCATION.

OOOgone. Mr. DENLY is not To bame--of course not;
Tor though he Is "technically" liable, he never re.
cetved the mouey. MIR. Osborne, is not to blame
for though he had the money, he had also The prp.
ilege ofspeculating tcith Il @ and it is all gone to
the receptacle of things lost upon EARTH though
dtodcad is limited at for the benefit Of the United
States. Judge Mason is not implicated though he
was Secretary Of the Navy, and Mr.. DENLY was
his tempora ysagent at Marseilles receiving com
mission Of A per cent. his advances and on his
disbursements, as we learn from the Blue Book
But this large commission was not enough for one
of the elite OF the distinguished Democrats of Rich
mond. In addition to that commission, it seems
that 1t was part of the bargain that Mr.. DENLY,
or what is the same thing, MIR. Denby's agent,
should have the the privilege OF venturing all his
Government deposi,es in commercial speculatious
| Now, so far from their being "nobody' implica.
Ted IN this tTanSacton contend that each and all
oil these gentlemen were Implicated. Ii the Subtreas-
ury law was duly observed by the late adninistra.
ton, how could this dealcation have happened? We
were told by MIR. Polk officially, several times that
the object Of the Sub-ireasury law was TO prevent
the application Of public funds TO private uses The
law was expressly framed for this purpose Did
not MIR. Mason know that it violation Uf that
law to place Government money in the hands of a
commercial house in Richmond 10 speculate with
,1,der The pretense Of for,0ardng it to France a.
l)id not Mr.. Osborne know that he was a partner
in an ''iegap transaction Did not MIR. DENLY
know that he was exposing himself, by the transac-
ton. to penal liabiliiies2
| The result Of this operation is, to strip the late
administration of lis finest feather. The financial
reputation Of Mr.. Walker rests on the operation of
the Subtreasury. One thing above all others that
| the Sub treasury act was warranted" 10 do, was
to keep the public money safe. Moore has made
way with some thousands of it. Collins has used
mp from one to two hundred thousand dollars. Den.
by has made ducks and brakes of one hundred and
| ftty-f thousand dollars.
Suil further delinquencies are known TO have ia
Ken place in the Navy department, with the details
% which the public has not yet been enlightened.
| ~ hat, then, becomes Of MIR. Walkers sovereign
penacea? How stands the quack prescription tina,
was taken in time, to the most desperate case
OF desalcation2 1t will furnish melancholy sat
lsiacton, some day, tocompare the magnificent pro-
misses OF the late administration this subject with
lis whretched performances. The ''only" constitu-
tonal treasury, in spite of Presidential certificates
to the contrary, cannot keep the elite of Loco
iocolsm from misusing the peoples money.-Re
public.
Ertract from the Sub-treasury la,o.-By the
10th section of the act of August 9th 1886 for the
better regulation of the Treasury it is declared that
If any officer "shall convert to his own use in any
way whatever, OF shall use by way of invest
ment III any kind of properly, or merchandise, or
shall loan, with or without interest, Sc, &c. any
! portion of the public moneys entrusted to him for
sale keeping, disbursement, transfer for any other
purpose every such act shall be deemed and ad-
Judged 10 be ENLIGHTENMENT of so much of the
! said moneys as shall be thus taken converted in.
vested, used, loaned, deposited or exchanged which
is hereby declared to be felony; =
and any oflidsk or a.
gent of The United States, and all persons advising
or participating in such act, being Convicted thereof
before any court Of the u States of competent i'll
rsdictlon, shall be sentenced 10 imprisonment for
! term not less than six months nor more than ten
E,nn
| 1t is farther declared
"And the provisions of this act shall be so constrl-
ed as 10 apply TO all persons charged with the safe
| keeping, transfer, disbursement of the public mo-
ney, whether such persons be indicted as receivers
or depos taries Of the and the refusal Of such
persons whether in out Of Office pay any draft or
der,or warrant which may be drawn upon him by the
proper officer of the Treasury Department for any
public money in his hands belonging the u. States
no matter IN ,ohat capacity The uay hare been
received on may be held, or TO transfer disburse
any such money promptly, upon legal requirement
of any authorized officer of the United States shall
be deemed ana taken, upon the trial of any ndict-
ment against such person for ENLIGHTENMENT, as pri,
| ma facie evidence of such embezZlement."
FROM CAILFoRNIA.-A gentleman who arrived
at New Orleans on the steamer Falcon, and who
came direct from San Francisco, communicates the
following interesting information. 1t comes to US
through the Telegraph reporters Md Int.
The health of San Francisco is good and the pop
ulaiion more orderly than could be expected. All
gambling houses closed on Sunday, and work of
all kind suspended, though laborers earn from len
to fifteen dollars per diem. There were three
churches already bull. and another was expected
by early arrival There is around the city a
camp of about two thousand tents, and the Ameri-
can population highly respectable. There were
slight difficulties between the latter and number
of Malays.
The markets were overstocked with goods, and
clothing was selling at very low price, far below
the prices in the United States Houses and lum-
, Der are very high, and in demand. Fifty or sixty
cargoes of goods were remaining unsold at San
Francisco Gold is plenty, large quantities being
brought every day from the placers, and exchanged
al SIS per in cash. SIC in merchandise. The
quantity was thought inexhaustible.
There troops at San Francisco and none
were needed. On the first Of August Convention
of Delegates was TO meet to form Territorial Gov
| ernmeni, and request admission into the Union as
: a State. city government is established.
The health at the placers is very bad, ntermit-
tent fevers prevailing. a kind of Lynch law re-
mains in force. For The trial of theft jury is en-
pannelled, and the prisoner, if guilty, hogged OF
D driven away.
Merchants at San Francisco were doing well
charging ten per cent for selling and forwarding.-
Sailors difficult to be had, even at 500 and
500 per month. Desertons took place in large
numbers from every vessel that entered the bay
They usually hurried 10 the mines, but return
ed TO San Francisco, 10 spend in carousas the sums
b which they had earned.
The United States sloop Of war Warren was y.
a ing at San Francisco The Ohio had gone to the
Sandwich Islands. There were about three hun
. bred vessels at San Francisco without crews A
large quantity Of specie would by the next steam e
f be seEt to the United States