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be made upon the Trelsuy, lie issued
circular 10 The County Treasures re'er
ring them to the act Of 1871, and calIin.
upon them to make the advances required
BY that law to enable bin to pay the Jan
uary interest. In compliance with tb,
demand, the County Treasures paid into
the State Treasury s76O,7l6.7O between
the 9Th day Of November and the time
at which be was succeeded by Mr.. Glib
son.
1t is true that in making this demand
upon The County Treasurers be acteti II
conformity with the provisions Of Law, ant
the long established practice Of the De,
partment yet it could not have been intend
ed that The law, or the practice should
continue after the reason Of them had
ceased. It has been shown that be bad
sufieien. means to pay all the claims
against tie Treasury, without making lhii
demand Why then, did be make itl-
The testimony Of Mr.. Hines. late Treas.
urer Of Franklin county, disclOses the facr
that there was an extraordinary anxiety
on the part Of Mr.. Breslin, to receive tb,
$4,000 due from that county. He cal
led twice at the office Of the County
Treasurer, before that officer, for reason:
assigned in bis deposition, very reluctantly
paid it. If there was, as the books showed
there should have been, more than hall
a million N the Treasury, there was no
valid reason for the anxiety which he ex-
bibited in this instance.
The facts disclosed in the deposition Of
W. G. Deshler, furnish unequivocal
evidence Of an empty Treasury towards
the close Of Mr.. Breslin's administration.
The books Of the Office, as before stated
showed more than one.half a million in
bis hands, yet he not only requested the
holder to postpone the presentation Of a
draft Of S5O,OOO, but when it was ulti.
mately presented, paid only portion oi
the amount. Though frequently impor.
tuned for the balance, it was not paid for
more than two weeks after its first presen-
tation. 1t was finally redeemed in funds
which clearly indicated that the Treasury
was dependent upon its daily receipts to
meet its current expenses.
The conduct 0: party is always Of
great importance in determining bis guilt
innocence.
The fl ght Of one accused Of crime is
circumstance indicatoy of guilt. An
innocent man does not resort to il. In.
stead of avoiding the courts inquiry into
his conduct. Mr.. Breslin was requested
by letter,( a copy of which is hereto attach
ed, to furnish US with the receipts execu.
ted by Mr.. Gibson to him, aud to be pres
ent at the examination Of the Witnesses
He has neither complied with our request
nor replied to our letter. He has fed to
foreign jurisdiction. His fight was
accompanied with declarations clearly PROV
ing that he resorte1 to it to avoid inquiry.
lie said to one of the witnesses, that be
would not be taken; bis person they
should never have under any circumstan-
ees.
IfMr. Breslin has paid bis successor all
the public moneys which were in his hands,
be must have evidence of the fact. To the
request made of him 10 produce the receipts
executed by Mr.. Gibson, he has not
thought proper to reply.
Not being able to obtain the best evi-
deuee of the amounts which he paid to
bis successor, familiar legal principal
authorized US to resort to that of inferior
quality. On application to Mr.. Gibson.
we were furnished with copies of the re-
ceipts. They confirm bis statements of
the amounts which were received by him.
They are herewith submitted.
Itappears that Mr.. Bresin had some
interest in the Greensboro Bank of Mary.
land, and it is in evidence that he spent
$4,000 in contesting and resisting the
repeal of its charter before tie Legislature
Of that State. 1t is clear that within the
last year, be was the holder of $4,000
of the Cumberland Savings Institution of
the same state.
He loaned 100000 to the Sandusky,
Mansfield aud Newark Railroad Compa-
ny-on which he received but 5000, and
compromised the balance by taking the
bonds of the company for $500, paya-
bic in 1858, 1859, go and '6l.
He also loaned to the Cleveland, Zanes,
vile and Cicinnati Railroad Company a
large sum, the original amount of which
We have not been able to learn. In De-
cember last, there was due upon It the
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