Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-09-08


There is vet outstanding $4,000 of his
certificates, held by the Treasurer of
Hamilton County. In the gross receipts
/ have included the redemption fund Of
the Canal Bank Of Cleveland.
w. III. GIBSON,
Treasurer"
In a statement of the condition of the
Treasury submitted by him to the Joint
Committee on the 18th December last,
the balance due from Mr.. Breslin, exclu-
4 sive of the suspended debt of S2O4. :
1866, is said to be 5000 80 which. 1t
was understood, Mr. Gibson was willing
to assume, and for which he was liable to
account.
The firstsection of heaet supplementary.
to the act prescribing the duties Of tt.l
Huditor and Treasurer of State, relativeto
the receipt, disbursement and safe keeping
of the public moneys and accounting for
them is as follows:
{" The Treasurer shall during the first
ten DAYS of each month, make out and
publish in at least two daily newspapers of
general circulation printed in the city of
Columbus, an abstract exhibiting the true
condition of the Treasury as it shall have
existed on the first day of the month ;
which abstract shall set forth the amount
of money in the Treasury at Columbus,
the amount of drafts, bills of Exchange,
and other evidences Of debt held by the
Trca surer, specifying the amount of each,
the date thereof, and when payable, with
the name of the makers, indorsers, accep-
tors. and drawers thereof the amount of
deposits in the several repositories of mo-
ney belonging to the Treasury, which alb
stlact shall be attested by the oath of the
Treasurer, or his principal accounting
clerk"
In obedience to the provisions of this
section, or the 9th of April last, published
in two of the CoIumbus papers a sworn
statement which, with one exception, was
a tolerably accurate exhibit of the condl-
ton of the Treasury at the time.
REVIEW OF DEPOSITION OF MIR. GIBSON.
Mr.. Gibson has appeared before US and
submitted to an examination. In his depo-
! sition which is hereunto appended, he de-
clares that all his official communications
relative to the payments alleged to have
been made by Mr.. Breslin to him were
; false, and that he received but ss303,S "a
from him.
1t is not unjust to say that his presen
declarations, however solemnly made, are
not entitled to any credit, unless sustained
; and corroboiated by the records of the of
fee, the testimonylof others, or the decla
rations and conduct of Mr.. Breslin.
GIBsoN's MOTIVES FOR CoNCEALIKG BREs
Ems pEFsbEisrToN.
His (Mr G.'s) motives in making sucl
official communications, he states wer
two-fold
} 1st. He was Oh of the sureties on Bres
= Inns official Bond, and the exposure of thu
f defalcation would involve thefpecuniai.
j ruin OF himself and co-sureties,Nho wer
= his friends and neighbors.
Cd He thought that by concealing th
: fact of the deiaIcation he could secure tn
e amount due the State.
+ Whether his motives constitute JUS
e tifcation fora breach of sworn official duty
e we leave to another trib unal to decide.
e REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AGAINST BREsLIN.
-. In considering the evidence against MI
s Bresln, in order to illustrate the mode
~ which business has been transacted be
V" tween successive Treasurers, it seem
proper to 90 back to the time he assume
=, the duties Of that Office.
:" Mr.. Breslin in taking charge of til
Treasury, in January, 1862, opened ne
set of books, transferring to them the V;
/ rious balances which appeared to be du
- from his predecessor, Mr.. Bliss, and sui
.. sequenuy executed to him a receipt there
o . for, of which the following is copy
i TREAsUREn's OFFICE, o.
4. COLUMBUS, Oct 90, 1852
s. Received of Albert A. Bliss, Esq, la
f. Treasurer of State, payment in full of a
r. balances charged against him as Treasure
O. in the books of this Office, January l!
" 1859, and all indebtedness which has a.
pt peared against him up to this date.
j. G. BRESLIN, Treas. of State.
on Any one on reading this receipt, wou
b. have supposed that Mr.. Bliss had pa
NJ over all the money due the State. SUI
.e, was not the fact the receipt was talse.-
ed There was balance of $4,000 due fro
he MIR. Bliss, which was not paid until mo
of than three years after It's date.
In response to resolution of the Senat
,6, of December, 1859, Mr.. Breslin address,
an an official communication to that bod
is which is equivalent to positive assertiC
zee that Mr.. Bliss had paid over to him all t
ID public funds belonging to the Treasury
so The motives which induced Mr.. Breslin
nat execute this receipt and make this offic
as statement, the undersigned will not attem
to divine. His acts were clearly calculate
and it is fair to presume, intended to M
lead and deceive. 1t was an unfortuna
. commencement of an official career. Tru
he is quality which the people have rig
me to expect in official statements OF th'
er, sworn servants.
The report of Mr.. Breslin for the fis'
year ending November 10Th, 1855, sho
a balance of $683, 574 80 at that date
the Treasury. In the same report.
states that the Commercial Bank of Tolet
p the City Bank of Cincinnati, and w.
Cones IL Co.'s had failed with an aggl