The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-02-06


Robberics in Nnod Countyt Il Stnrtlinr
Exposure-.A IIypocritical Villain I1n-
masked-Thp RasrBlity of r.. 4. uig-
gins in his Dealings with the Treasury
An Ex-County Auditor ia n Rcd Box.
The Peoples Money stolen and Thrown
Away.
In The year of grace 1853, +. A Higgins, as con-
ductor of this Journal was employed 10y J. w.
Ross Auditor, to publish the tax duplicate
in Wood County, lis compensation for ibis SER
vice was fixed by law one dollar nud twenty five
cents per square fer tue publication Of said list
four weeks, that being the time required hy law for
such publication We have just had occasion TO
cxnliue the account rendered by that gentleman lor
his services A more startling fraud, or series Of
frauds, was never pcrpCtracd in our county First
The list was claimed to have been published by him
two weeks longer than the time required, or per-
mitted by law, and for this useless and unlawful
extension of The term he nulctcd,he county 81 ,he
rate of my cea@p psr square for one bmdrsd and ,so
squares But now mark the cunning and rascaGty
OF the gentleman lie ncNcr published the dclin-
quent list six weeks, in the year 1859. at all
Knowing that the law required its publication only
four weeks, he omitted the last two weeks charged
for and with unblushing cilrontery brought in his
bill for a six weeks publication of the list when it
was actually published only four Tho JotpMui Of
1859 establishes the fact of this statement beyond
dispute. Why then was the harl earned mou-
cy of our already tax butlcncd people, wrunE nam
their pockets to allow newspaper publisher, extra
fees for pretended Illegal service which was not
performed? Was it to buy the nippaut tongue
to purchase the mcrccimry heart - to secure the
dirty fealty OF the souesS miscrcaut then conduct
ing the Journoiy Was il to accumulate q fund for
the establishment anl support of the lying SANDER
Gus sheet now used by Higgins and his conlcdpr-
atcs to blacken the character of our people, and
disgrace our county
The tax duplicate of lS5Q as published in the
Perrysburg Jouaoi. contained but eighty squares
Mr.. Higgins, charged, and Mr.. Ross paid him, FOR
one hundred and three squares. The amount thus
actually plundcred from the public, by this smooth
faced sneaking, pharisaical villain, including the
Illegal time was cighty-onc dollars and sixty-liyc
cents, according to his own system of computation
as stated in recent number of his paper # we
adopt the rule as established by the law Of nows-
papers and which is still adhered tn in this office.
of counting ten lines as Square then the list as
published 10y Higgins in 1852 would make Just one
hundred aud two squares, SO that in that one year
under the most favorable construction, he actually
robbed the county treasury Of about sixty dollars
His own rule however as laid down hy himself in
the last number of his paper. shows in his own
Judgment AMI according to his understanding -
the manner Of counting souar,s. he chorrcd, and
received payment for work to tho volnc of eighty
one dollars and sixtv-Rvc cents which he wall
knew he had never performed. Eiohtv-onr dollars
in II single year, ON sinpl, iecc Of work stolen
from the people of Wood county What damn
ing record For convenience We make thc follow