The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-09-10
WHERE Is TIE CouNTY,s MONEY? !?

WHERE is TIE C0UNTY'S MONEY
The Abolition clique still keep up their
hypocritcal whining about the expenses OF the
county. We had thought that after the ex-
position OF their trIckery which we made 10
the Gazette OF week before last, they would hard
" have the haldihood TO re-assert their expio-
ded falseboods. II seems, however, that they
act on the principle that ''a lie well stuck TO IS
as good as the TRUTH" and, therefore, are Ie-
termined to persist in their endeavors 10 foist
their fabrications upon the public.
Now, we have examined the records in the
Treasurer's and Commissioners Offices, and find
that when Mn. JoHN TAYLoR's tAbolitionist)
term Of Office as County Treasurer expired, the
County was indebted to the State in the sum
Of $I49O87. AT the end Of DAVID Overs
tAbolitionist) term ir the same Office, there was
due from hl'.ri. to the State, the sum of S3lS5.H
OF which the Commissioners paid S2375.72,
(oQ; ofthe $5000.O0 borrowed by them last
! spring. and the remainder of which, SSl023,
MAJOR DAVIS, the present Treasurer, paid for
the samesaid Over, out Of the same said fund
of $500000 borrowed money. Here then we
see that under the three years management Of
the Treasury by this Abolition bnngier, the
indebtedness OF our county to the State actually
more than doubled Itself
Again, when this fellow, Over, went out of
office, there were unpaid orders on the Treasu-
ry which bad been granted during his term, to
the amount Of $l8l5.0O. Add this 10 the sum
of hls Indebtedness 10 the State, and it makes
the debt of the County at the time he evacuated
the office, FIVE thousand and one dollars (S500l
0Q) Hence it will be seen that every cent of
the money borrowed by the Commissioners last
spring, was required to satisfy the demands
upon the Treasury which Mr., Over failed to
meet The question, also, very naturally arises,
here, what became of the County's money, If
David Over, as Treasurer, owed more than
100000 when his term Of ofiee expired?
MORE ABOUT THE COUNTY DEBT.
We have already shown that when the late
Abolition Treasurer went Out of office he left
the County in debt to the State about $780,
90 and failed 10 pay some $l8000O dollars
worth of orders drawn upon him by the Com
mssioners. This he will doubtless try TO
account for, by endeavorlng to show that the
Collectors for the different townships and
| boroughS did not pay him over the amount of
their duplicates. 1t will not do for him TO put
! in this plea, for several good and substantial
reasons. In the first place, the duplicates issued
during his term Of office, with the exception OF
! those of 1857, and few of 1856, have all
been settled up and the money collected on
them has passed through his hands. Again,
the Collectors that owe the largest sums, on
| their duplicates, with but few exceptions, be-
long to his party. For instance the Collector
! for Hopewell township, for 1886, owes $2S6.
65, state aud county tax, whilst he has not paid
over cent OF his militia fines which amount
! 10 $3.50. He is abolitionisi. The CoIlec-
tor for Bedford Borough, foc 1857, owes S838.
! 90 He is an Abolhionist. The Collector for
/ Bedford township, for 1857, owes S65367.
| He is an Aboionist, The Collector for Cole
rain, for 1857, owes $465.56. He is an Aboli-
tloDist. The Collector for ST. Clair, for 1857,
owes SI298.I9. He is an Abolitionist Sum
! this up and we find that the nice little pile OF
| $3582. IL of the County's money is now in the
/ hands of these Abolition Collectors. If the
clique that make such a tremendous ado a.
bout the Indebtedness Of the county, would
really like 10 see some of that Indebtedness
cancelled, they can have their desires accom-
plished much sooner by making these defauI-
Ting partsans Of theirs square up their duplicates
than by writing nonsensica, pointless edtori-
ais on the subject. Go to work, Messrs Dema-
gogues, and dun your fellow AboIitionists for
the money they owe the county-make them
disgorge it-and after you shall have succeeded
in this mission, then proceed with your croak-
ing in regard 10 the debt of the county, but
until then, for shame's sake, hold your peace.
THE SCOTCH PIPE'' ROORBACK.
The Opposition to The Democratic party, hay-
ing no principles and desParing of being able
to make an issue on which they can ride into
Office, have iavenIcd, in lieu of platform, any
quantity OF lalsehoods wherewith, if possible,
to injure the prospects of the Democracy
One of the boldest, as we'll as the most Insdous,
is that concerning the purchase of the pipe for
the Washington City Aqueduct, in which it IS
alleged that Government bought the said pipe
1 from manufacturers ia Scotland. The follow
ing, from the HoliidoySburg Standard, shows