New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-02

effected settlement Of his Official accounts with the
Supervisors Of the County wherein. by fraud and de-
cepon, he was able TO conces for the time being his
embezzements Of the public money TO 40 amount, as
DOW already ascertainod, Of about eghte'H ADMIRED
dollars.
Exposure Of hi, fraud AID dedication did not soon
follow, and Gould found opportunity few weeks
since to again engage bis serviees to the now Nothing
party Of this section of the State, and he Is nov
fttiDgly engaged in editing and publishing Know
Nothing newspaper in Cortland village. called me
Cortland American. Meantime il bad beer discovered
that bis settlement with the Supervisors, already men,
toned, wss fraud and cheat, perpetra,ed to con.
cal embt zzements Of the public funds; and for the
purpose of investigating the fraud and asccrtainng the
amount Of the defslca'ion, the Su ervisor5 OF the
County met on the 18th inst and proceeded to make
such lives igation. The following extract from the
proceedings Of the Board will show the result OF their
labOrs:
On motion Edwin Could la,e Treasurer Of this County,
ives requested to meet this Bo;rd and explain The sppaIen,
received from County amounting in principal aud interest
Boi the sppea, dof1lt to b. real bot did not
before the Board to make explanation in reson to
Nj CT bert Honeywell BOnd.msn Of said Edwin F. Gould,
psyps he rO Of o in cash rave bis potes payable to the
Tfessurer Of Cortland County As follows, to wit:
and ntee be paid by the LIST of January next;
$oC0 payable before the 18th Of April 1855, with
ESQ 81 end interest," payable on or before the ls day of
On mo'ion Eli c. Dickinson it was
erd That an abstract o. the pro ,eedOss this Board be
prepared BY tbs CLERK Pubhed III: Cortland Ameiean
and Cortland County Republican.
On motion the Board adjourn ed sin. die
JOHN s. DYER, Charm pro ten.
J. s. JACKSON, Clerk.
Here, then, is the fact established, yea, even
shown 10 be ocknouledged by the defauter himself,
that be has embezzled this large cum from the rrea
sury, portion of which ne distracted during the
first year of his term but which he succeeded, by
false accounts and deception, in conceaing until the
recent investigation and what Is the answer OF the
peculator, through the columns OF bis Cortland Amer
can Newspaper OF course be docs not comply win
the request Of the Board by publishing their proceed
in2s Ill regard TO the matter, but ns1ad he does pub
iish the following
PoLITIcAL MovEMany Of readers have undoubtedly
Trt suIeI Of this county did not a. tas espnson DIS TN,
sy over to s 0ci s ENDS sS that in
the Supervisors of the county had been called together to invest
thai the inv, sgson affair well the publication
Of the which appeared in The Albany hnas oft1e 18th
inst done for political purpose, it being well under
stood by the Republicans party in this county that
unless soDe desperate and game was played
SAM sweep the county clean st the approaching cleo
There was and there could fear that the county would
lose anything being abundanby secured against any failure Of
pocs move nent the aetsors in l. believing th,t, in the
coming election could be made 70 tel agar the ~,
effect The attempt strike the party through us viii fai
ans sir up spirit and to deprive the movement
othe anticipated result The American party car carry this
county If will and needed but some move OF this Kind to
prCduse that will.
Now who does not see that this poor editor is
greatly abused man Who does not feel that this
dolorous Know Nothing is being unjustiy " tor
"mented before his time % To be sure it is not
the fact, as he above intimaes, that the complaint
against him is that he omitted to pay to his sue
cessor certain amount OF moneys then temaining
in bis bands" but that he Dedicated, embe= lied,
PECULAIED certain amount OF money belonging
TO the people, amounting to eghe cen hundred dollars,
covered up the embezzlement thereof by fraud and
deception upon a former Board OF supervisors, and
did not even when the fraud was exposed and he was
called on to dsgorge his unlawful plumber to the right
full owner happen TO k4ce certain amount of mon.
eys then remaining in bis hands, or in his breeches
pocket or elsewhere, available to pay up the amount
of bis conceded peculaton; hence the necessity OF his
surety giving his Qpn notes. due at distant day. to
adjust L. But what of all this What right had the
people to inquire into his entertainments and exact
r. stitutionl He had so successfully practiced his
frauds upon former boards that bis defacaon was not
known and ahy should il be brought to light az this
distant time, when by so dong, his prospects, POSI-
ton influence, character, all, shall be laid PROSTATE
Surely il not TO recover the money he had Tor
years been Withholding from the rghtful owners The
purpose could not be TO make him disgorge money dis
honestly and fraudulenty withheld, and which at the
time of the Expiration of bis term of office, he, by
his accounts, falsely DENIED he was accountable jori
OF course not; but "pOltical purpose" m ast have
betn the object Any other view would be inconsst-
ent with bis right to embsz5le and tic &c gH;say @'
But this much abused and uniusty prosecuted man
saws "there was no fear that the County would lose
anything, it being abundanty secured agsinst any
/" failure of payment.
Indeed there scos good reason for such fear for be
il known once for oil and forever, that this delin-
quency as already stated is rot neglect to pay over
an ackaouledgcd balance found to Be due the County
on settlement of his accounts at the expiration of his
term but it is en- EMBEzzL EMEYT of the amount before
named dccTVing long time PRIOR to such settlement,
and tchich he successful in coNcEALING a. the
time of settlement Nothing was found to be due from
Gould on the settlement and he never conceded any
thing to be due until his frauds were discovered,
Whether the .Nothings of this county will re-
card these DEVELOPMENTS in reference 10 their Editor in
the light he puts then-creditable to his character
and hopefully promising to their canse-whether they
can see in this " movement" that has exposed irsud
brow Of one of their worthy number only an atsmpt
TO strike the party"-are questions suggested by
Mr. Gould himself, but are not f,r discussion heTen
by JVsIiNL'