The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-01-07

us, however, until the 4th Of June; and
when he did pay he had in his hands
as we stated before, $903.46, indie.
pendent Of tn. railroad money. He
states there was bu: about $135 CT I'M.
appropriated money then IN his hands;
hit his books contradict him. OF the
S903,lG, there had been paid in on ac-
count of bridge 1855; the balance
S33S.46, (not about $l33,) was unap-
Yropriated, and he had that in his hands
when he paid us. But he enters the
payment made to us on the It'll of June;
between the 4th, on which day he made
the payment, and the It'll, he had paid
to other parties $ l6,53; that would re-
ducc the $685. rs to $22lG3; but ac-
cording to his statement of the Railroad
taxes made in both papers on the ;!2nd
OF October, and his ledger, three Of the
payments made before he paid us. viz:
to Z. Boulder 1861, to S. Boram
S6S.75; and to j. Owens $22.75, Ohe
first before the lth the last two on the
7th Of June,) were out of the raiload
taxes; so that, granting the erroneous
date on which he has entered thu paw
ment, it appears by the hooks kept by
him, and by his statement, that he had
in his hands $359.4+ Of unappropriatrd
money on the TIA Of Jane, and $3S4.47
on the 1tll--the day the pay was
acturll y made.
With that Order b-forr him, and an
abundance of unappropriated money in
bis hands both before he got any rail-
road money and afterwards, how did he
darr to put that Sill as coming out of
the railroad money; and after We say it
did not, now does he dare pronounce
what We say om'ragronSly false" Can
1t BE- accounted for on any other princi-
pie except that of unScrupulouS ilnlu-
drnc", and total disregard OF truth and
fairness.
In his statement he included the SIT
paid to us and omitted 300, which he
Il received as extra salary, more than
six weeks before he made that statement.
When he received that $500 he had IN
bis hands S347.30 indeprnd"n. Of the
railroad money; he states The commits
sioners would not allow the surplus in
hand to lie less that ijl35, unless in case
OF actual emergency; so in that view h.
would find himself near 500 short and
would have to call on the railroad money;
but he was 10 yet, and did get 3 per cent
on $500, (T267HoD THIS he did not
include in his statement, although he
knew he was to get il, and so stated
and he did not include it because. (as he
has >tated) he intended 20 paw it out of
certain money he received from t.rnt
county, which is included IN the !s3t1-
30 above named. Now after h- took 10
himself that 500, extra salary, and be-
fore ie received the S267 per crn'agr,
he received SD from other SOURCES than
the railroad money: this ldutd to the
:f3iI39 mikes $3.50 80, ard the 1:..,i7
per crntage from this. leaves 9l23 80,
which does not reach the Sl35, beneath
which the commissioners did not allow
the surplus to fall; so, where could his
$500 extra salary. have come from
We quote from hi m farther He says:
"But to double the preSumpljons ln}sehnnI,
and mere will nail it upon him by his uwn
wurds,--hc says--'lhc Il dollars did no, come
ont Of That eNt.a, Incorporated fund, Jacnuse
il ras icriei' Very we'll, We shall give lin, The
advantage of that tool Dbl he no, see in scam
nne my account, that that lcry wa yet the hunIs
lot the collectors and La never been pail into
the Treasury, how then | ask could pay him
an amount ul money walch the books show h i'm
and which he ka0Ws uas not in nag possession
Shame shame But there is no shame lngcS
the stony cheek e the man rcchlcssly aban-
don"d to truth turn with very disgust from
this disagrcebie picture"
Such is the language applied to MS by
this man who boasts OF hi, "pacilic dis
position and habits" This is the man
We have been pntrrated from all sides to
spare. We will spare him, yet awhile
But some of the facts must, even for his
sake, be examined. And now, let us
see how good the cause is in which he
ventures such language. Let us see if
he should not turn, IN at least equal
disgust, from the picture we draw. Let
us see after whom the cry Of shame
shame - should BE- booted
Let him have full faith that we have
scanned his accounts, as far as it relates
to these particulars. In an account oil
his against Cecil county, passed Nov.
24th, 1852, we find the following en-
try:
"To receiving and di>bursing S5lG.-
90, levied 10 meet DEFICIENCIES OF last
year; and $500 for repairing Court
House, making 5 i ,0l6; my commits
sion at per cent S30.iS.'
Now in that $4,000 there entered as