Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-13
Correspondence of the CincinnaRi Gazette.
State Treasury Investigation.

State Treasury investigation.
Precise amount Of tie Detalcation-G Glib
sons Testimoay-Breslin IN Windsor
Canada-His Precautions against dr.
rest Gi5son's Apology- Where the
Money aren't.
CoLuMBUs, O., Aug. /.
A Through overhauling of the Auditors
and Treasurer's books has been made, and
statement of the account of the Treasu-
ry from January 18th. 1852, to June 18th,
1857, has been prepared, showing that the
defalcation at the latter date ammounted
to s72S,69l,01.
The committee have devoted their in
yestigation to these two points. How
much has been the dedication! By whom
has been the default? And | assure the
people they have worked with an industry
and ability which is to their credit. | be-
lieve they are satisfied, that they have de-
termined the amount wrongfully withheld
from the State, 10 be the sum noted above.
To decide the question, by whom has been
the default, learn that extensive testimo-
nv has been taken.
A number of parties have been question
ed as to the business relations of both the
Treasures implicated, and after close ex-
animation of Mr.. Gibson, whose testimony
is comprised in 40 MSS pages, with all pa
pers and accounts in their reach, Mr.. Glib
sons former statements to the contrary,
only S353,O00. have been returned of a
sum of more than one million dollars,
taken from the Treasury by Mr.. Breslin, OF
which he alone was in default, making
John G. Breslin defaulter for S72S,69l,-
OIL
Of this sum he furnished deprecated pa
per amounting to S154,636 36, making
the State loser outright and unaccounted
for of s573,S54 IS! Mr. Gibson claims that
not one dollar of the public money
has stuckS to his hands or been lost by
him, and presents an account of a balance
due to him by the State of $4,000.
At the time Mr.. Breslin was making up
his annual statements, in October, 1855,
which showed that over 100000 was then
in the Treasury, it will appear from the
testimony of Mr.. Deshler, Cashier Of the
Clinton Bank of this city, that Mr.. Bres-
Inns draft for $4,000 was protested in New
York, and not paid for weeks after his re-
turn here, and then in driblets, which facts
were known to the Fund Commissioners
and Gov. Medill. Mr.. Auditor Morgan,
whose books called for the Treasurer to
have on hand the large sum of money re-
ported, knew of this dragging the honor. Of
the State in the dust, and no Governor
then called on the defaulting Treasurer to
resign, as did Governor Chase when Mr..
Gibson's revelations were made known to
him.
Mr.. Breslin lost the confidence of his
own political friends here, when he left his
own country and fled to the dominions of
Queen Vic-the refuge of fugitive slaves
Testimony has been given that he has sig
nifed his intention not to return, and a few
days since his family repaired to Windsor,
his present place of sojourn.
One of my former articles spoke of the
possibility ofa celebrated Cincinnati Police
officer being able to secure the return OF
Mr.. B. Forewarned, the gentleman in
Canada loaded himself with deadly wea-
pons, prepared to defend himself from il
legal arrest, being satisfied no treaty stipu-
Iations warranted his extradition.
Mr.. Gibson, under SILL, 200, bonds for
his appearance at the Franklin county
Court in October, has been here for several
days and returns this morning to Tiffin.
He declares that no human soul was
knowing of the fatal step taken by him of
concealing Breslin's defalcation. His mo-
tives, he declares, were two-fold- protect
his own interests, and those of the State
He was personally liable on his bond fol
50,O0O,-his dearest friends in Seneca
county, many of them induced to become
so by him, were also Breslin's securites.-
On learning of his predecessors defalcation's
he deemed it to his and their interest to
save him and them from loss. For the
interest of the State, he deemed it best to
conceal it and obtain as much of the money
back as he could, by carrying the load on
his shoulders-fatal determination.
He claims that not dollar of the mo.
ney of the State has been used Illegally, or
misapplied by him, but that the chances
are that the three hundred and three thou
sand dollars obtained from Breslin by him,
would not otherwise have been brought in
to the Golfers of the State.
BY his exertions he claims that fifty thou
sand dollars was secured of Breslin's sus-
pended debt, from Dayton Bank, of the
Beckel claim, part of which has been paid
That Mr.. Breslin would have, if then ex-
posed, left Immediately for Canada, and
that he relied upon his personal influence
with Breslin, and confided on his promises,
and carried the load he did until it crush
ed him.
H-A singular accident took place in
Baltimore on Thursday, at house in Hap
py Ally, near Cough street, occupied by q
colored man and his wife, named Rees.-