Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-12
The Defcit-The Course of the Acting Governor

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The deficit in the Treasury is of money be-
longing TO the School Fund. The amount to he
paid over by the late Treasurer to Mr.. Kuehn,
! the present incumbent, was ss53 GOO OF that
amount only $4,000 has as vet been paid over,
leaving nearly Geo to be accounted for, all
of which belongs to that fund which, according
to the acting Governors message is held by
the State IN trust for sacred purpose" In the
same precious document we are told
" 1t is gratifying to be able TO state that from
all thu official reports connected with these funds,
no e'idce crisis that dollar has crcr been lost
or squa'edered, whatever may Rave been the sJls-
plcions charges 20 the contrary. The fear
which may have been, TO some degree, enter
tanned IN consequence Of malicious representations.
that the safety of these FUNDS would be hazarded
in consequence of their being loaned by the off,
GERS In charge TO their partzan and personal
friends, as Idle, and utterly ,neogthy o the coeste-
nance Of honorable men
What Talleyrand said Of TIE gift of speech
might be appropriately applied to the official
reports of this State. They seem to be made TO
conceal instead of exposing tie true condition
of the Departments. The message also states
there was a balance in the Treasury on the LIST
of January Of S42,526.26. Now when Mr. Bar
stow made this statement, be stated what lie
knew, unless he has been guilty Of a most gross
neglect Of duty and Of the interests of the State
was deliberate falsehood. We find the follow
ing among the prescribed duties of the Treasurer:
70 report TO the Governor quarter pearlg and
offeaer II required, the total amount OF funds in
the Treasury, specifying IN uh,d Linds Of cu7reucp
they consist, tie amount Of each kind and tie amount
6ao"gng TO coch seporafe ttend and also ell d-tal-
cation and neglect Of duty of any discussing or
collecting officer, or agent Of the State, and any
information pertaining to the duties of his office
he may think proper or the Governor require"
-[S.ee page Sc Ter. stat.
The report of the Treasurer, made in accord
ance with this provision Of the Statute and with
all that speciality of detail which il REQUIRES.
was doubtless laid before IKE Governor at the
expiration of the quarter ending December 3lst.
1853 Barstow, even, would hardly allow vio-
lation of SO express and necessary duty on the
part Of the Treasurer. That report was before
him. He knew precisely the amount Of actual
cash IN the Treasury, and even the kinds Of
currency" OF which it was composed. He knew
that instead of : $4,000 there was not half that
amount in the Treasury. Why did he not state
the facts TO the Legislature as an Ecnest En-
ecutive would Il? Why did he not inform them
of the existence of deficit in the Treasury. and
request an Immediate examination Of the mat
ter? Did he hope that Mr. kuehn. the present
Treasurer, would conniye at conceaIine it F? Was
1t to keep the affair from coming to light or did
he make The false Statement l. ,,-.,--,.-a
order to make out large prospective surplus in
the Treasury 8 with a view to create partizan
clamor for political ends ?" Which horn of the
dilemma viii he choose to take? He is con-
victed of gross and deliberate falsehood in
either event; and lie has only the choice Of
pleading the necessity of manufacturing polifi-
cal Buncombe in the message to keep up the
party, or the not unnatural desire to escare the
opprobrium that would follow an exposure of
the financial transactions of Barstow and the
Balance"
This Is the document-this tissue of false
hoods Ct misrepresentation, Of partizan hatred
and Partizan craft-tor the printing and dissent
nation OF which the present Legislature have
worse than squandercd thousands of dollars of
the public treasure of the State -.State Journal
PREPARING FOR Wharf.-The recent ruuors set
aiioat by the Washington correspondents of the
New York papers, of suspension of friendly
intercourse between the United States and Great
Britain, have alarmed the good people of Cana
da, and they are making preparations fo~ war
The Rochester Union is Informed by y oentIa-
man direct from Toronto, that fourteen loads of
ammunition are now on the road from Eingston
to Toronto. Each load is drawn by four horses.
and Mink, the stage proprietor, is 10 receive
$1,000 for the transportation service This looks
parlike-as if the people of the province were
alarmed. The transportation of ammunition bv
land such long distance is unusual. and mnst
cause some excitement among the people along
the frontier towns,-Detroit Free Press