Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-03-15
INEw ORLEANS DEF ALoATIoN


NEW ORLEANS DEFALGATIoN
( We have heretofore published, an account of
the dedication of Iym.sH. Garland, Treasurer of
the city of New Orleans. The New Orleans
Bulletin. furnishes the following summary ofthe
specialsacts of malfeasance charged:
The use ofthe public money to the amount of
82Tss4 from 18th April, 1855, to goth January
1886.
A defcitof SD, $40 received in 1854, from, the
State Treasury, has never been accounted for
The use of $4,000, received from tho Water
Works 9th March, 1856, TO january 18th, 49,
a deficit. Of $4,000, received in December
1853, from the same source, not accounted for.
a balance against the Treasurer Of $4,000,
belonging to the Trust Fundsn-this deficit
dates back to 1854.
a balance, of s57, o91, in the hands of the
Treasurer, which should have been deposited
with the Fiscal Agent on the 29rd of February,
but which has not been accounted for.
From tho above TsrVme it will appear that the
City Treasurer is in actual default to the amount
of one hundred and t@enty-siH thousand dol
lars -t@
! Whether the report of the Finance Commit
tee is final and complete, or whether more dis
closures are TO bemadc in supplemental report
we are unable 10 say. Runors are rife that
these Clcfarations run back for sericrs of years
snd wc hear large figures spoken ot.
Itwas subsequently stated to the City Coun-
Gil that the aScertained defalcation amounted 10
$500 600 and that the investigation was still pro-
ceeding. The Bulletin gives the following ac-
| count of the arrest of Garland:
/ Vim. II. Garland was arrested on board his
schooner, the Jane Elizabeth, Capt. Pittiield,
! mt the Baiize, about nine o'clock on sunday
i evening" by Captain BowditclI, the United
s4at there
/ having been tclcgraphed To that effect by the
4 Chief of Police When arrested he was secrc-
I ted in the hold cfhis vessel. On his person was
! found anew revolver and between six and seven
hundred dollars III bills. He was Immediately
iplaccd on board the tow-boat Anglo Norman
and sent up to the city, where he arrived yes
! tertlay morning and placed in the hands OF the
: Chief of Police who conducted him to the Par
fish Prison, where he now is. No instructions
awere telcgraphcd for the seizure of any trunks
I that might be found on the Jane Elizabeth, anu
consequently nothing was tnkeIl from her except
( Hr. Garland himself. The Chief, however by
/; order of tho Mayor sent down another dispatch
! to have the schooner ovcrhauied, if possible,
and sent back to the city with everything on
/ board of hex. She had got over the bar, we
understand, and was standing out TO sea, but
discovering preparations, We suppose, at the
! Balze to pursue her, She tackled, and put back,
and is now, while we write, on her way up the
! river to the city.
The vessel subsequently arrived at New Or
leans and was attached with her contents, by
| the Sheriff One of Garland's trunks found on
board was exceedingly wcighty but its contents
would not be known until opened by order OF
the Court The Bulletin says:
| One OF the worst consequences Of Garland's
raScality-we suppose the developments that
have already TRANSFERRED fully justify the use of
! this exprcssion-ist the smash-up of the louisiana
Savings bank, of which Wm. II. Garland was
! President and one of the principal managers
/ A crowd assembled around its doors at an early
( hour yesterday morning, waiting for the doors
I to open, in order that they might obtain their
/ hard earned pittanccs deposited in the lnStltu-
| ton. Among the crowd were many women;
/ and while an anxious expression of countennnce
was manifested by nearly all, upon the faces OF
several, tears of bitter anguish told how kecniy
/ they found they should never receive back the
earnings perhaps of years of toll and industry.
| 1t was n sight that would have moved the heart
/ ola stone. The doors however did not open,
and those whose fears had thus been reused bc1
gan to settle down into the conviction that they
were sold. Finally, the following notice was
posted on the wall OF the building.
1.-The Commissioners of the Louisiana Savings
Company are constrained to say that after due
consideration they deem it their duty to place
in liquidation the affairs of this institution We
pledge ourselves that the assets shall be taithtui-
Eiy appropriated. The liabilities of the compa-
mics do not exceed $4,000; the assets will rca-
lisc. about SIS, 600 although nominally more
| BY order of the Board, Richard l.. Robertson,
Vice President; j. n. Philips Treasurer"
/ The crowd row dispersed, but {. great many
during the day read the notice with various
comments, net any Of them Aattcring TO the man
agcr Of the bank.