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

uP'" siiPs Ol papers. Errdrs might
nave easily occurred in copying. / re-
" Tor the accuracy of what now state
upon comparison Of the printed state
ment with the original, made with both
before me soon after the publication of
the report of the Joint Committee. ei
helative to his statement, reported by
the Jomt Committee to the Legislature.
Cmade 10th Dec, 1860 GIBSON was
Are the amounts there stated oorrectT
} If not, t,which are untrue2 Arc the baL
ahces op Bank accounts true and cor
rect, a7d actually due to the ,State2
Are the certificates of deposit correctly
statedI WerN they genuine evidences
OF Indebtedness, and were there no off.
sets OF any kind egainst them, or any
other item in the above statement?
He answers.
/ exhibited the books, letters receiy.
ed, and copies Of letters sent from the
ONCE, together with the money. drafts.
checks, certificates of deposit and az.
sets In the office, to the Joint Commit
tee, which they examined. The foot.
lngs OF accounts were made bv them
ana all the figures and accounts were
the result of the examination. l pre-
sumo the amounts are correct. but am
not positive. On the account against
himball d Co., l think about s34. 600
accrued in this way. | sent to them
my checks, drawn or endorsed as Treas
urer OF State, asking credit for the
amounts, and was advised that nv ac-
count had credit, accordingly. L nav
have owed Forrer, Burt & Co. the whole
or part of the $4,000. credited as ad.
yanced to them as canal contractors but
may be mistaken.
think the certificates of Seneca Co.
Bank were S3O,02S.85 and | am posi-
tive those of W c. Hedges & Co. 5 were
$4,000 instead of $500 [ presume
that one or more Of the Seneca Co.
Banks certificates were endorsed bv
Hedges & Co., and that in this wav this
error occurred. l forwarded to the
CLARK Co. Bank my check or draft.
drawn or endorsed by me as Treasurer
for 4,3OO, and for it received their
certificate. In the same wav | obtain
ed the certificate Of S2S. 400 from pioua
Branch Bank. L think the draft of
Bartlett d Smith for S34, ,OG0 on homp.
son was not paid for at the date. 1t is
my impression that the item stated as
in traaSttU to Ohio Life Insurance and
Trust Company, n. Y, had not been
sent from the Office, but if not, it was
real and substantial
The sos, ,505.3S credited as RENTED
to Atwood & Co., of New York. was
real credit, but based upon the pro-
ceeds OF Auditors drafts on County
Ireasurers, drawn TO meet January in
terest. a large number Of Banks and
Bankers to whom these drafts had been
sent for collection had actually remit
ted before the examination, but l was
not charged with those several amounts.
as the fact Of their payment was not
stated to the Committee. Whatthc gross
amount Of these several sums was /
cannot now state, as l have never ex-
amined, but it made up a considerable
portion OF the assets exhibited to the
Committee. 1t was by means of these
drafts, which were not payable until Dec.
10th, that l was enabled to make the
exhibit.
had realized upon them. and in ac-
counting for the balance in the Treasu-
ry, as shown by the Auditors accounts.
received credit for the amount. 1 have
been charged in special account with
these drafts, and in accounting for them
presented the Committee with an ac
count of my own, which showed when
they had been sent for collection. That
account was correct, except that it did
not show the fact that large portion
of the drafts had been paid to me.
In this way l exhibited large
amount with which was not charged in
account. .r. .a..
1t isproper for me to state that, W
ing the examination, merely exhibited
the papers, books, &c, and that the
Committee made the calculations. AZ
ter accounting, in the way indicated.
for the balance charged against the
Treasury in the Auditors Office, | ad-
vised the Committee Of the fact of hay-
ing received the Auditors drafts on
County Treasurers, and then presented
the account Of them, to which | have
before referred. was not sworn before
the examination. But the next day.
probably, l was presented with a num-
DSl VI HuGStlOns III wiring. ana was then Il
sworn by the Chairman Of the Commit
tee to make true answers thereto. did
answer, in writing, as appears from tho
published report; with these exceptions
and qualifications, the certificates and
accounts were genuine and correctly
stated. t....
On the Seneca Bank Bonds in View
York City affair, Mr. Gibson makes a
long but not very clear statement. He
says, among many other things:
When authorized or requested, 1 had
often changed bonds for different banks,
but never so as to reduce the amount of
bonds subject to my control, or the
means Of reducing the circulation.
L did nothing in respect to these
bonds, except for the benefit of the
bank; nothing but what had authors
ty to do, l sent the bonds to New York,
without advising the Bank at the time,
but under authority aud for the object
before stated. -
They we're sent buta few days pre-
yious To- iny res gnstion, aud / had
neither time or opportunity to adjustmy
matters with the Bank.
could have replaced them all in tho