Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-07-05

1860, that the President desired Mr.. Van;
dyke to permit Mr.. Baker to eontrel the
choice Of delegates to the Charleston. Cen
ventiop. The fact that these delegates had
been chosen may have bssn and most prob,
ably was an oil powerful dssidsratun with
Mr.. Buchanan in taking the most eGsctual
mode Of preventing. the prosecution Of .
friend whom he considered Q controlling
political influence in that delegation. II is
now upwards Of three msnths since the
fraud Of the revenue and these repeated
perjuries have been brought 10 the knowl-
edge Of the Administration, snd yet. the
guilty parties have not only gone unpun-
ished, but are retained in sfics in charge
Of the revenue of the second post in inpor-
tance in the United States.
COMMITTEE cEssuRrs PaKsIpENr AND Hew.
ELL COBB.
Your Committee submit that such con-
duct On the part Of the Executive and the
Secretary Of the Treasury, is subject for
the highest csnsure:
IRRreULAlITIEs IN PHILADELPHIA nATE
YARD.
As part Of the same class Of irregular
tiles, your Committee calls payment Of sal
aries By the navil store keeper in the Phil
adsIphia Navy Yard, to TheophiIus Fisk
and Charles Cummings, neither Of whom
was any time in the performance Of any Of
the duties Of their appointments, and to the
case Of Charles Clement, who signed the
payroll, but did not receive any pertIen Of
his salary, leaving it in the hands of the
naval sterskseper, John Cemnings.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The evidsnce herewith submitted, proves
beyond doubt, that the prices paid for the
Executive printing and for binding have
bssn utterly disproportisnats to the work
done. The excess beyond fair price has
been with the knowledge and consent, if nes
by the direct order Of the President, squsn.
dsred upon . prohigats press, devoted 70
the interests Of the Administration-upon
tbs Pennsylvania, the Argus and the Un-
ion. It appears from the tsstInsny of Mr..
Wendell, that he contracted to do the print
ing Of the Office Blanks. sgrssing TO pay 10
Mr.. Rice, Of the Pennsylvania, forty-three
per cent. Of the gross amount to Be received
for such printing.
OF LAW.
The testimony of Mr.. Wendell i, con-
firmed by the testimony of Mr.. Joseph B.
Baker. No one will doubt that il was one
of the hrst duties of the Presidsnt to inform
Congress of this erroneous waste of the
public money, that the evil might be rene.
died by the necessary Legislation. He
seems however, to have preferred thas
these moneys should have bean sxpsnded
under the forms Of the law in the support Of
his Administration, his friends and his re-
tainsrs; and for this, in the opinion Of your
Committee, he deserves the censurs of all
honest men. II is to be hoped that this
evil has been remsdied by ths Legislation of
the present session, and the Committee
therefore refrain from any further remarks
upon the subject.
The remainder of TIE Report is taken up
with exposures Of ths way $4,000 wa.
raised and spent to carry Pennsylvania foT
Buchanan. y.
1t is well knswn 10 the American psopie
that tremendous frauds were psrpetratsd in
the election of 1856, in Psnnsylvanis, BY
means Of forged and fictitious naturaliza-
ton papers. Your committee have BEEN
enabled. just at the close Of the invsstisa-
ton, to some degree, to trace these frauds.
1t wiil De seen by the testimony Of Vim.
Karnss, that these papers were FIRST pre-
pared and obtained in Philadelphia, soms Of
thsn hav;no the xsaI and tho s;onaturs of q
Prothonotary deceased about the year 1850,
and others with the forged seals and sigma
lures, or genuine snss, obtained in some
manner from the proper officers. These
were distributed over the State by hun
drsds, and probably BY thousands.
The report closes thus:
Tbs testimony is now in the possession
Of the House, and your Committee have no
further suggestions to make thereon. AL
Of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN COVODE,
A. B. OLiN,