The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-13
Condition of the State Treasury
-.RepOrt of Examiners,

--Report Of Examiners
The State journal Of Wednesday, Sep
tember 6. contains the report of Mr. Cd
lin and VIM. Henry Smith, Secretly Of
State, as special examiners Of "the cSR:
dition of the State Treasury" The char
acter Of that report, which is long and
full of figures, can be accurately obtained
from the following editorial notice of it
by the State Journal: sn al
We publish this morning a. Report of
Hon. Peter 0dlin, Of Dayton, and Will
liam Henry Smith, Secretary Of State,
! Special Examiners under the Independ-
ent Treasury Law Of Ohio, upon the
condition Of ihe State Treasury in June
last. This publication is made in obedi-
ence to AZ order left by Governor Brough
with his Private Secretary, previous to
his departure from city on the both of
June, 10 bis home in Cleveland, on ac-
count of premonitions of the terrible suf-
fering which caused his death. The Re-
port was not concluded AMI signed until
the last week in August, and was then
forwarded to Governor Brolgh at Cleve-
land, but his physical prosiration was
such as ~ forbid tho communicating to
him Of its contents. 1t was returned1t 10
Columbus for publication, and was placed
in the care Of q copyist for that purpose,
when the news oftBe death Of the Gov.
crnor suspended work ppon it until tlhe
obsequies Of the Chief Magistrate had lal
been observed. 5l.
TIE qRfggtions and erp0sitigns af hi
report wiN gstonisk Me Pullic.. It pre-
seots full balances on all funds belonging
to the State, and declares that no deficit
exists in any fund but IL exposes The hu.
mMating fact, that the Treasurer of Statt
has aJusedhe trust reposed IN him By III
people Of Ohio-has outraged the conf.
dence Of The party BY ,ehich lie yaS chosen
Treasurer, and has viiolated the law WhicA
he scorc % obey w1en lie entered upon The
duties Of office. These allegations are !:
l.. That by means of a special coin
deposit somebody is making interest from
the money of the State. 'is''
2. That assets found in the Treasury
were no. Of the character required by law
8. That large unauthorized balances
have been kept in the Ohio Valley Banl
at Cincinnati, s1
A. That Bartlett & Smith, Bankers o.
Columbus, had the use Of csc, 900 from
the Treasury for one month, in lieu o
which they were permitted to deposi
Seven thirty U. S, Bonds, upon which
they received the accruing interest. '7d
5. That with the Franklin Bank o
Columbus a similar transaction was ha,
} upon bonds amounting to Sl1 900. 70
6. That tho Treasurer Of State re
moved for private use $4,000 ofthe cul
rency of the Treasury, in lieu Of whic'
s he deposited Seven.thirty U. s. (S6, 900
and United States certificates Of indebI
odnoss $4,000, upon which he receive
: the accruing interest.
d z. That improper use has been mad
of United States securities belonging I
soldiers, pho received pay JoT U. s.. sc,
rice through The State Treasury. ,
Upon these allegations we forbcar I
comment. They do not require it. N
one of the many friends Of the Sta,
Treasurer can regret their publicatio
more sincerely, or witness it more pail
fully, than does the writer of this art
Gle. ri t.sa hi
The A,O, Intended to provide again
the private use otpublic funds, IN an
manner ,chateucr, under which the spe,
ial examination eff the State Treasure
made by Mr.. 0dlin, is authorized, WI
enacted by the General Assembly t
which the Breslin defalcation was repor
ed. Itis a severe comprehensive, an
carefully guarded statute. Its require
ments are plain, and the penalty for Mei
pioIatioa is vacation of office and Grim
nal prosecution" .7,lfo
So, then, this superfne patriot, Nj
DORSEY, who was fighting 'copperhea d
10 the rear, and who walked through Gu
streets with a peacock strut, has abuse
the trust imposed in him by the poop
of Ohio-has outraged the confidence /,
the party by which he was chosen Treai
urer, and has violated the law which !
Score TO obey when he entered on Il
duties Of the oficeY-a law the "requir
mentsp Of which are "plain, and the pei
atty for their violation is Vacation Of o
flee and criminal prosecution" This
not all that this superfne patriot, WI
was fighting the ''cOpperhsads" in Il
: rear, did. He made an Improper use
'sof United States securities belonging
soldiers, who received pay for U.S 8. Sc
Twice through the State Treasury" "
don't propose to grow Indignant over tn
Q matter. Mr.. 0dlin has only broken Il
she'll Let the people throw into IL
next Legislature q majority f.,Democrat
: and a disclosure Of scoundrelism pra
: tieed by this sortof patriots will be mac
that would make SATAN himself, who
in his blacklist mood; blush crimsons-
No doubt tho Abolition organs will d
nounce this Statement as an outrageol
falsehoods We beg the people to recC
lect, that when we called attention toll