The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-09-19
ARREST OF TAE TREASURER OF
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tion Of NJ that is honorable m a pnbli,
officer, us'a who has had the confidence anC
esteem Of 10th his political friends onc
crcmics, was arrested On Mundry night the
/ lth inst at Columbus, ona warrant ISSUED
hy Governor Anderson, charged with q
brcnei of truSt and ombezzlcment, The
/ 0ovcrnvr has issued procIaHation dcclar
ing the office to he vacant, which, up Ia
\ this writing remains unfllcds Although
the position has been rtndcrcd to several,
no one has accepted.
Under the law which was passed by the
Legislature Immediately after the Breshn
dolalCatioU IL, lbbb, Governor Df0ugh ap.
pointed Hon. Potter Oiln aud William
Henry Smith, az special examiners to in.
vcstieatq the condition Of the Treasury.
The Committee faithfully discharged lh s
duty, aud concluded aud signed their
Report the last week in August Owing,
however TO the physical prosIration Of
Governor Brough, his subsequent death
and funeral, the Report was delayed, and il
was not published until about two weeks
ago.
Tho allegations and cxpostious set forth
in it have taken the public with much sur.
prise and regret. It ia true tho report pre-
sehtsa fun balance on all funds belonging
to the State, and declares that no deficit
exists In any fund, but nevertheless reveals
the humliatng lact that the confidence
rcposed in tho Treasurer by the people oi
Ohio has been grossly abused and that boih
the letter and the spi4ib oI The law Tcgula.
ting the cu.tody Of the State funds have
been Niolsted by one who possessed,
in the hi, hest regard, the respect and
tions embodied in tho Report are thus con,
oiscly stated;
|. That by means of n special coin de-
posit somebody il making interest frog the
money of the State.
2. phA assets fo,nd in the Treasury
were net of the kind required by law.
3. That large unauthorized balances have
been kept in' the Ohio Valley Bank at Gin
cinati
4 That Bartlett & Smith, Bankers Of Co
lumhus, had the Use OF $4,000 from the
Treasury tor one month, in lieu Of which
they were allowed 10 deposit Seyen-T Thirty
Y. S. Bonds, upon which they received the
aCcruing interest,
5. That with the Franklin Bank of CO.
lumhus a similar transaction was had upon
bonds amounting to Sll 900.
g. That the Treasurer of State removed
for private use Sl6,OOO Of tho currency of
the Treasury, IN hen of which he deposited
Sevcn-Thirty U. s. Bonds (S6,000l and Uni-
ted States certificates OF indebtedness,
(SlO,0O0) upon which he received the ac-
cruing interest. M
Z. That improper use has been mado Of
Untcd States securities belonging TO sol
diers, who received pay for U. S. service
through the State Treasury.
Such is the serious array of charges
brought against MIR. Dorsey Tho Report
was examined by the Governor, the Auditor
Of State and Comptroller of tho Treasury,
aud finding the facts Of the beach Of trust
and embez1emcnt 10 bo true the order for
msest was cuncurrcd in, and Governor An
lorson proceeded mlinchingly with the
performance cf lIis duty, and accordingly
on Monday night Of last week, tho position
of Treasurer was declared vacant and Mr.
Dorsey was promptly arrested giving bal
to the amount of 100000 for his appear
ance before the proper tribunal.
Tho Governor has acted in this matter
with commendable promptncss aud decs
ion, in accordance with what no conceived
to be his duty to the interests of the State
aud is cordially seconded in his effort
by the Secretary of State and the Comp
troller of the Treasury. Strenuous effort
were made by the leading friends aud coun
sci OF Mr., Dorsey to prevent the issue o
| the warrant, but rho Governor was not t
! be swayed by fear or favor. When it i
taken into consideration that an importOn
political campaign is in active progress
and that tho Copperhead fraternity sian,
ready to'seize any incident and transaction
for the manufacture Of capital against th
Uuion party, the prompt exposition of Ill
abuse Of cDufidouco and the violation {
law IN high public oih, g., by members {
| y
trust of the state of Ohio 10 not to bo tau
pered or tracd with, and il in glaring an
pleasing contrast with the action OF tn
Democracy in the Breslm d,talca,ion. A
that time the officers of the State knew thg
Breslm had boeu making improper use
the public funds for years, yet il was cart
fully concealed, aud he was allowed to /
reelected, causing the State to lose larg
snms Of aoney, whom by prompt actio
aud simple regard for their duty 4
public osicers, the so losses could have bee
avoided. In the present instance the pee
pIo could have no more certain guaranto
that their interests are placed in the hand
OF an Executive Of efficiency aud insegrit.
than tho prompt and energetic action e.
hibited.
Is lsi9 the Democratic party, true to
name aud an.ecedents, wisely aud just
repealed the infamous Black Laws of OH
Now, the Democracy Of Ohio, false to th