The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-08-09

assailed. and for the purpose Of relieving the
minds Of those who may have entertained
suspicious that all was not right, wc pub
lish the plain and triumphant expose Of the
State Treasurer, which we find in the Des
Moines Citizen,
SrArE TRxAsuaRR'R OrrIoE,
DIS MoIsHs, Iowa, Aug. 2, ,5e.
To Messrs. Cloud, Bropneli and Others:
GENrLEnEN Your favor Of the 29th ult.
is received, and take pleasure in answering
any honest inquiries touching my official
conduct am not ignorant Of tho charges
10 which you allude, but my self-respect has
deferred me from taking any public notice Of
the infamous ISLANDERS that political enemies
have circulated for the promotion Of their
own schemes Of aggrandixement and plumber.
The State Of Iowa has never lost the Hrst
penny, nor will yet lose the first penny BY
nv administration. | care nothing for
those lbels, so far a. they relate to mYself.
have too many old friends in every part Of
this State, to believe for moment that my
character viii suffer any stain by the rash
and groundless charges uttered in politi-
cal canvass. But il my friends believe that
the high reputation Of our State is likely
to suffer BY those injurious and wicked
charges, or that injury will occur to that
noble party BY whose favor have been in
vested with my ofioe,I will certainly make
any just statement Of the facts to resist and
prevent this effect, 50 ardently sought for
BY the SUBSCRIPTIONS enemies alike OF the
Republican party, and the good name Of the
| State.
All these charges have originated from a
suppression OF portion Of the Report OF
the Senate Committee made AZ the last ses-
sion, BY Hon. Lyman Cook and 0. A. Pat
tsrson. have obtained from the Secretary
Of State the certified copy Of that report, so
! far q il shows the condition Of the Treasu-
~. 1t is as follows:
6 Mr.. Cook, from the Special Commit
tee appointed to investigate the xMairs Of
the several State Ofccrs, made the following
report:
The special Committee appointed to settle
With the State Treasurer, ask leave to report
that they have examined the books, papers
and vouchers OF said Treasurer, and report
as follows:
LIST. Total amount Of S per cent.
fund received by Treasurer, $e20, 004 66
Interest received on loans OF
per cent. fund, 1852 So
Amt received for G. b. Yates
note, s-&s 1000 0O
$228,557 Is
I'd. The disbursements out OF
the S. Fund are as follows:
Loaned State, Jan. lst, 1857,
to pay bonds, $57 500 90
Distributed to coun-
ties, l24,3s4 86-lSl, 1874 81
Fund, 4s,67s 8:
Sd. Total amount Of saline land
!, fund, 1902 .;
Paid on order Trustees Insane
q Asylum, 400 u
Balance saline land fund, $l,292 A,
, 4th. Proceeds State Bonds sold
in New York, 2Oo,oo5 OF
State revenue received up to
March 10Th, 6l,52o o;
I $26l ,525 Q;
, 9Th. Warrants paid and in hands
OF the Treasurer, March 10,
Il 1858, $l00,349 &c
Interest on same, 1873 Is
, Paid Members Of
Gen'l Assembly, l3,480 90
Your Committee further report that tn
State Treasurer had in his possession on tn
10th inst, Cook, Sargent 4 Downey's Ger
tiicates Of deposit, dated Iowa City, Marc
9th and 9th, payable on demand Of NJ.
Q Morris, State Agent, or order amounting i
: sixty-two thousand eight hundred and TWEEN
! ty-nine and 90 100 dollars.
Also, Cook 4 Sargent's Draft on Bank o
America, New York, for the sum Of forty
seven hundred and sixty-sevcn and 1910
. dollars.
Also, Hoyt Sherman 4 Co.'s certificates 0
). deposit, dated Des Moines, March 18th, 1866
= and payable to NJ. l.. Morris or order, for th
I. sum OF forty -four thousand dollars.
], Also, b. T. Aliens certificate Of depos
A3tEp btb sApitses lptu, l90Os al
payable to NJ. L. Morris or order for the SUI
Of forty-four thousand nine hundred seven
ty-eight aud 3l.l00 dollars.
Also, sundry small checks and draf,
l. amounting to nineteen hundred City one an
S4.l0o dollars"
' hereby certify that the foregoing Is a tru
!. copy from the Journal OF the Senate Of II
= 7th General Assembly, under date Of Mare
l. ed, 1858.
1t In witness whereof, have hereunto 81
70 my hand and affixed the Gre,
lis. Seal Of the State. Done at ID,
" 49, Moines, the ID day Of August, /
O. ID. 1858.
D. ELIJAH SELLS,
= Sec'y OF State.
You will observe that they report the ba
lance due the State for Revenue account,
:. $l09,77l,s6. The INSCRIPTIONS partiaans
! the Democratic party, dropped the rcpor,
!. this point. BY Publishing the balance