Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-07
PERSONAL.
WASHINGTON CITY, SER: s5H, Iss. ~

W. TO The PUBLIC.
&C., D. spencer b: gnSi,sss .n ss'; =: e.; r.
Boa q q hlas.nsn, vent 70 the Board {s,,tsr,
Sistf s9d the co%asi..o s Of sSs SOs.hsTn Maj
ths committee tklnt hlms sOod officer Now they say
rom the owner 4 stand And vet he Va. fast q
hnd ne for standing on bench that II bought and
That was nv Elm aud did not paw for his whisky As
other dealers did; but he could Jet Jas. DnnawIn
determined that should not II IN thar market az
ter had paid this city for standing ard selling there
the committee report eigh' cen hundred and kfty
%sle PsS II Ia. tax
the committee has taken the eggs, potatoes, cab,
now il any tsx payer VIII tsIe the roub. % count
every sta ID in that market, snd calcuate the
IsSa OF Of e. sss
tee did not know-as some Of my hbors did-thst
born IN tn. soa sS have lived /. .Sis
city for 9 years, aud I am we'll known IN this
Rna sSoS BSs a. the pus &c NOT
know these irterl"pers. will state from, whence
ooG IT, Va. and g. Spence s'Rs om G Montgomery
county Nd, and both Of them known as han ers-on
Worth powder and shot % shoot them With Mr. g.
y Spencer was known as a hanger on 81 the late
pHva and Sthsis. He could always be found At the
Cros. Roads and low tsverns, and always ready TO
after he could make no more ont Of them, came
TO our city about four years ago., and was good
provided for him. And myself and other ,sI payers
hsve 70 foot the bill. He has never paid one cent
low l am done with such low men. and VIII take
n more notice of such y,llihers as them. All Of
~n''3 Yoa on1"'' 10 Inc poO''0' JAS. A WISE.
MINORITY REPORT OF THE SELKcr COMMITTEES.
The under,Ig ed. from the select commt.se TO
whom was ref'rrsd thecharses Of wsfeasance IN
once sgsrNnst tie Comm,ss,"pers and M:tk.t Mas
That he attended the m-eting of the eonmift5e to
.ss sal; tSe Mssf tS.i the g
Spencer, and Mr.. Dsvine, ne Of the Communion
efs. tho testified in their BEHALF and from said
s.d the co ~ to So.
that If all other oScisls of the Corporation are
assumed there will soon be need of either board OF
tae City Councils. for it will be only necessary TO
receive an otclal appointment to be AUTHORIZED to
pull down, build up receive the revenues Of the
Corporation and dfsburse the same in such wsys
hardly thinks this board is writing to tolerate
fore these gentlemen complained of have abused
the otfices conferred upon them, and which abuse
1t al be remembered by .ome of the members of
his BoaId, that soe time during the latter part Of
:riused for the nm proseneht Of the Nos,Sern MAJ
ket on the ground, taken at least BY some members
the Councils pro and con. for the removal of tho
market house, and that until the permancrcy ofthe
In ths lace Of IS rsin.s, Of the Councils. the
responsibility to do what the Lou gos refused.
TheI, hr: Il opeIaii3n appears to be; from the Re
Prentiss for SIsa-improved the same-and sold il
for $500 The $3.50 s"rpu. was depostsd in bank,
was obtained to so improve the stall 70 be worth
$50 is not reported Ii seems To the undef,Ixned
that there must have been money hand To m.k-
the Improvement, as the price paid, 4i5O, aud the
sum dep ositsd in bank, s just makes the amount
Tn. next item is-Thcv received from Mr.. Thos
ShSs%ass. for ;s or ,s stand No. % s This
Stheekels. Why not IN bank, as was the surplus of
Sd. They received for stall or stand No. IS sa5c,
which spPears TO be deposited IN bank,
$50 Of HIGH WIS d.pOstad IN bank and 80 10 the
haIds Of MIR. Sheckels. WHY was this division /! IL
sa ss s 90 d sns 0.si .. the I was
5th, u The Market Master further states, he re-
ther sum of 233.59 for vegetable stands. OF This
amount he deposits SIs77o in the hands Of Mr..
There is here shown thst the Market Master, Mr..
Spencer, has received OF ths revenues of the Co Po
ration tagaInst 8 positive law of the Corporation,
making II IN cable Ohsnce, of ten dollars pt malt,
for an, market master to receive any Of the rents
derlvs bic fIom stdnds stalls the several mar
kets tho of 85o of which he Corpoi alton
mas received SSD-ieavlng the SUM OF S8sB 80 ex
pended by these gentlemen al their own i'll and
pleasure Ii NAV have be IN al vants goonsly spent;
the undersigned will not say II not. But why and
wheI fore was 1t thought by these gent emen that
The Corporation was too incompetent to manage
their OWE affairs, and thus gratuitously assume 10
do that which, lf tolerated an all the bord TO
bIa nches Of this Corporation, will lsave little or
tha Legislative branch thereof To do.
These gentlemen say they have OK pended this sur
plus IN increasing the number OF stalls thereby In
the benefit of the corporation, and thew ex hi mn
vouchers, dteted ty then account ng fer the
money thus expended Tins may bs all true and
10 doubt is. But does this JUSTLY their actions
There IS one fact In MIR. Spencer's exhibit which
shows rather a ioYse manner of receiving aid dis
bursting monies. He MIR. Spencer bits state
away out of has pocket Q 81 as aud the proba-
burse him this outlay and he further intimate. that
the Corporation should pay him per cent. commis-
sion upon the sums he has re ceved in
OF ms SERVICES Ia so receiving the money.
Ii may be possible, that the charges made by this
common scold," Mr.. Jas. A. Wise, las startled
thesOciary of the market aud the game of rec,Iv
Ing and dlsbursIng money at their W III aud pleasure
being suddenly stopped has left the market master
in the pecuniary position he reports himself. And
tSs Wise nS for
sure OF the uRwarTaBtabls and Illagsl manner In
which the PUBLIC monies have bern received aad
expended would not have bnen known.
The undersigned, in con :lusion, would respectful
~ submit that the charge Of malfeasance IN office
W the Commissloners and Market Master If tie
Northern Market has been fully sustained by the
evidence produced by the parties implicated: and
thsreiore could not with this III the re
port oi the majority of the committee. And howsy-
or IN gh-mnded and honorable these gentlemen NAV
be- unless the manner In which they have taken lib
critics with the revenues Of the Corporation dis
avowed, IL may grow into precedent that NAV be-
come hey ond the reach OF leg islation.
Mr.. Sheckels admits in his own statement that he
received from Mr.. Spencer
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