American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-07-08
AUDITORS Report.

port of the Receipts and Expenditures ot
the county for the year next preceding
The object Of the law is designed to FUR
nish the people record by which they
can Judge of the integrity and faithfulness
oftbeir public servants, and to she" clear
" to whom aud for what purposes their
money has been paid out We do not wish
to be captious. uor. do We like 10 impugn
the motives Of those whose duty it is to
give us the required information; but we
look in vain for any satisfactory iniorma-
ton in the report above alluded 10.
AS well might the Auditor say to the
dear psopls Of old FAIRFIELD, eve have re-
ceiyed sI4o,97l. II cents Of your money
and paid it all out except $s,449,eo and
S79o.75 in notes against somebody Tor
what, it is not important that you should
know" This kind of report would have
saved large amount Of fmoney new expen'
ded forpriutiug, 'ani be equally satisfsctO-
nv to the tax payers. We notice in each
quarters report, large amounts OF money
paid out, stated "yarious purposes a
mounting to ueirly three thousand dollars
Now we ask for information, what were
the items, and for what purposes was this
large amount Of money paid? Was itpaid
for electioneering documents, to political
stumpers, or to quiet the cravings OF su-
psranu,ted politicians? Under the requl'
sit;ona of the law we have right to know
Our simplicity was jostled, and our Gu
riosity excited by an insinuation thrown
out by the report of the "old Llre Wing
Caucus" touching the subject oil an ap,
preparation by our Commissioners oil some
hundred dollars, or more, for what pur-
nose we know not; but it is inimated that
the ostensible object was, to remunerate
one Of their own body for going East &c
pay off certain coupons or interests due
there on our county bonds; this would
all have been well enough had there
been no better and cheaper way to have
done the business; but every business maj
knows that the Express Co., (il the integ
ritv of Banks were doubted, would hav
Guaranteed the fund. and have done all tn
business for less than one fifth paid to Co
Sharp, and any OF our Banks would 'haV
done it without any charge (as they al
ways have done) other than,the exchange
which would have been the same in ei'he
case This would have heen saving
the county of at least one hundred dollar
We are aware that it has been the pra
tice OF. our county officials TO aggrega
items, thereby hoodwinking the tax pa,
ers and shielding themselves from respo
sibility.
There are other matters to which "
might cal attention, but we forbear ior u
present. Friend Benadum. our Trsa
.urer) has taken the precaution to speci
the stuff which he has received as asst
in the Treasury This is as it should
1t may be the means of saving him and'i
sureties from footing large amount
shape of''notes for Tom, Dick aud Ill
,ry.
Fhe report of our Infrmary Direct
reflects credit upon their integrity and
bilily; and DR.. Wagenhsls has no do'
done ample justice to his department.
EE-The Celebration Of our National
dependence, come off on Saturday last
The speeches, the toasts, and the ord
generally, was very ine. To conclude
ceremonies, a splendid cotilllon and wa
ing party "tiped the fantastic toe" to
.ininitable music Of the old fashioned :.
die.
LYBRANp's National band, from I RI
was there. and during the day, they m
the Grove dance, and our hearts
for Joy, by the splendid style in which t
performed our National airs.
That SERENADE. i O'Clock
Saturday night last, (after the, ,Celebrat
we were aroused from our slumbers sb