The Placer herald., 1859-06-11

MONEYS DRAWN FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PRISON.
By reference to exhibit &C." it will be seen
that, from the first day of May 1858, to the 29th
OF April 1853 there has been expended in money
drawn from the treasury of the State SCI, All 6l
for the support and management of the State-pris
on. AS an offset to this money, the Directors
charge the State with certain Improvement and
stock added, made at the Prison. ard which were
necessary to the institution, cash due on brick
sold, brick and bats on hand, making total in
cash of S69,s57 80.
Under the head of improvements" it will be
seen that these improvements were of a perma-
nant character and the extent and valuation of
the same fixed Ey the testimony of competent
and reliable men. All other additional moneys
expended in the operations at the Prison, during
said period, have been derived from the proceeds
of Prison labor.
In our preliminary report of 10th of April, we
state, as a fact. "that Governor Walkup refused
| to receive single dollar from the Board of Di-
rectors without giving his receipts for the same,
and that upon his final settlement with the Board,
January lst, 1859, he settled in full for every
cent he received, taking up at the time said. re-
ceipts and receiving, in exchange therefore,
the receipts of the said Board for all moneys re-
ceived, from the State and proceeds of Prison
labor" The moneys drawn and used by that
gentleman, from the treasury of the State. were
so drawn through the Hon. Charles l.. Weller,
Postmaster at San Francisco
IcCelptS WAS gwen dI tuCN uTdNlHS,
as Mr.. Weller's voucher. One of these vouchers
for the sum of Sl.000 of date June 26th, 1858,
was, together with others Of the same nature,
mslaid. and not to be found, on an occasion
when wanted to make settlement between Walk
up and the Board, but all of which were subse.
quenty found in the office of Gov. Weller.
We find an entry on the Cash-book, kept by
| Walkup. of the date of the said receipts, of one
thousand dollars received from MIR. Weller. This.
fact. taken in connection with the testimony of &.
| l.. Weller who swears, IL never had any suspicion
that he (Walkup) intended to wrong me out of
that amount-the SlO00-or apprehension that
he would insist on its disallowance if it (the re-
ceipt) were not found" fully justifes the conclu
sion that Gov Walkup only insisted on the pro-
duction of the receipts, in order to secure him
self iu the same manner that any other person of
business habits would have done under like cir
cumstances
The aflidavits of c. L. Weller and Ferris For
man. are referred to in support Of our facts and
conclusions.
DEALINGS OF TIE ON-AGENTs.
A list of sevcnty-cnc names, being persons
that the Board of Directors had business relations
with during the past twelve months was submit
ted to the Committee by the Hon. Joseph Walk
up. from which list the committee examined such
as they believed wonld show the course OF trade
between the Prison-agcnts and those they were
in the habit Of dealing with. Not wi hing to
unnecessarily incumber the record by cumulative
evidence, the Committee refused to go any further
in taking testimony. We are of the opinion that
| all purchases were made at least low Ii ar
ket prices and that all the transactions of said
agents have been conducted with honesty and
| fairness
| In support of these conclusions we refer to
the afdavits generally that have been taken in
relation to beef and wood and to the following
atfidavits taken in San Francisco to wit; Johh
| O'Bricn, druggist; Is. +. Rountree. grocer Dan
| e e. Booth, stationer; Charles A. Hawley, hard
| ware; Thomas Nelson hardware; Geo. {. John
son. dealer in iron. steel, coal, etc James Findla
coal dealer; A. ii. Phelps, iron merchant; Rob
inson l.. Smith, hardware; w. N. Coghill. whole
sale grocer and provision merchant; W. W. Bord-
well. clerk for A Berry & Co., mllers. dealers
in flour; ETC.; Caleb Cammeron. paints, oil. glass,
etc; Andrew d. Ing, agent for Joseph Boston,
Of the Santa Cruz Tannery; Obadiah Dickinson,
Jr, wholesale grocer and provision dealer; Ed
ward Durkin. produce dealer Charles S. Wood,
of Taafe. McCahil d Co., and J. b Lynde, clerk
to said house.
We learn, from Charles S. Wood, that
the house to which he belongs kept an ac-
count with the Estate PRISON. without nc
ting the difference between the purchases
made whilst Governor Weller had the exclu-
sive charge Of the Prison, and the charges
which would have been made against the
Prison under the Board Of Directors; and
that there is still an outstanding indebted
ness to that house, on the part of the Prison,
whilst under the former management of the
Governor.
The state of accounts between the house
and the State shows a balance due them, but
that the Directors have overpad what is
properly chargeable to them, which has been
credited to said former administration, some
ninety dollars. There may be other credit
ors of the State in the same position, and
if so, it is apparent that the Directors are
not in fault; and by reference to the Statutes
of the year 1859, it will be seen that an APP
preparation has been made, which, it is be-
leved, will be amply sufficient to cover all
such Indebtedness.
We learn, from the testimony of W. N.
CoghilI,' that he purchased some hun red
thousand brick, at cash prices from Stout &
Salmon, for which he paid, to the agent of
the prison, on the order of said Stout IL Sal
mon, $3.50. This purchase was made about
the 10th of last March, and the payment was
made to the Prison, on said order, by the
witness, in groceries, at cash rates, and that
the vouchers at the Prison represent that
the groceries purchased have been paid for
in money.
If this transaction is meant to prove the
charge that the vouchers on file at the Pris:
on do not represent money actually paid,'
we think it falls far short Of doing so, as we
are unable to discover the difference between
the transaction, as it was made for the con
venience Of all'parties, and ordinary money
trades.
IssrEs OF Provisions.
Exhibits H" and 81" sworn to by the
Commissary, show the issues of provisions to
the officers, employees, and prisoners; from
Moy1,t 1919 to AnrI 3Oth 1870 The