The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-08-27

mer was Secretary of State. Gibsor
never made any investment for Breslin
and never was asked to do so, and is no
able to state where any of the missins
public money was or is deposited. IT,
has reason to think that Breslin applied
the public money to private purposes 3,
speeulations, and loaned portions I,
individuals or corporations, but has n,
positive knowledge. He says however
L have knowledge in relation to thre,
transactions involving money by Mr.
Breslin, but I cannot state that the,
were loans or investments of eithel
public money or private funds; and all
my knowledge was communicated to me
as Mr.. Breslin's attorney, who, in each
instance, paid me for my professional
services.
l could have no objection to state all
my knowledge, but received as it was.
IN professional confidence, l suppose /
have no right to communicate or dis.
close it.
He was asked:
Did you at any time receive from the
banks, banking institutions or brokers.
any money or property of any kind in
consideration of your deposits of the
puo!lc funds, or any other favors granted
to them2
ANS. As Treasurer I did receive in
terest or consideration for the deposit
OF money, for which am liable to the
state. L kept an account of the several
amounts; and, in some instances. com.
municated the fact to the public officers
and others, but 1 have never received
one cent Of money or property on nv
own account l am not aware of r..
ceiving any favors on account of any
deposits.
As to the truthfulness of his state.
ment in letter to Mr.. KELLEY. dated
March 14th, 1856, to the effect that tbo
sum then in the Treasury, besides funds
belonging to the Canal Bank at Cleye.
land, was 1921 ,391.9 .9j, Mr.. GIBSON saws.
"My only explanation as that / treated N,
liability ofMr. Breslia as a cash item
relying upon his assurances" &c. &C.
Mr.. GIBSON was asked whether the Ger.
tifcates, drafts, moneys, and other ov-
idcnces of debt, mentioned in his letter
of the 14th March to Mr.. KELLEY. were
in the Treasury at the time, and if so.
whether they were genuine, and how,
and of whom, and by whom, procured
He replies:
According to my recollection and
belief they were all in the Treasury as
stated in the schedule, and I believe
they were all genuine and received in
the ordinary course of business. with
the following exceptions and qualifica-
tions
| think 1 owed the Seneca County
Bank from $4,000 to $50. 600
on account. The liabilities arose ont
of certain exchange transactions. not
then brought to a close
The certificates of Wick, Otis & Bup-
nell were forwarded to me by the Treas.
urer of Cuyahoga county, in advance of
his settlement with the Auditor of State
for the taxes of that county. I think I
owed considerable sums to the parties
from whom | received the State House
claims and drafts on Canal Commission
ers for Auditors warrants,
My habit was to take such claims re-
ceipted in full, or transferred to me. and
to pay the parties from time to time.
and in such sums as were called for
ohe Sl5, 900 coin was sent to me to be
exchanged for currency, which at that
time had not been RENTED. The state
ment as to the cash in the Treasury, 9TH
er than the coin referred to. was not
correct, but the true amount | cannot
state. Money frequently found it's wav.
into the Treasury as deposits, and 9TH
erwlse, with which the Treasurer was
not charged in any account. FREQUENT
ly large sums were thus un35r my con-
troll for short periods.
The nature of the deposits which
reached the Treasury, of which no
account was taken, is explained as fol-
lows:
. County Treasurers sometimes remit
ted moneys in advance of their settle
ments, and sometimes more than was
ultimately found to be due from them.
individuals would sometimes make tenn
porary deposits for their own eonve-
nlence. Banks frequently deposited
their own notes for the benefit of the
circulation that could be given to them
through the Treasury, with the under
standing that other currency was TO be
given them in exchange, and not un-
frequently considerable time elapsed be-
fore the Bank was fully paid.
On the lst Nov. 1856, his inquisitors
tell Mr.. GIBSON that he furnished the
joint Committee appointed to report on
the condition of the Treasury, with a
statement that there were 1876, 900 in the
Treasury. He says:
| never furnished such a statement.
About the time of the examination,
remarked to Mr.. Taylor, in the course
OF our conversations, that / had, from
time.to time, made schedules of the as
sets in the Treasury, but without much
care or effort to be very accurate. Al
his request, l made search, and finding
two OF the schedules, handed them to
him, He examined them shortly after
wards, and | think after the examina-
tion had closed, he called upon me and
asked for both schedules. They we're
handed to him; he sat down and copied
them. .. n. ~
lstill have the originals among my
papers at fifin. They differ from tht
copy, as published, in several impor
taht particulars. The cash items anC
most of the Bank liabilities are erro.
neous. L cannot state the amount of