Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-13

into the package marked sFranklin Bank, :
carefully sealed up? 49,
In answer,to the question relative to the
$4,000 package of 2 $40 bonds. you say
.These bondswere received ofB. r.. Smith
Z Esq. of the firm Of Bartlitt & Smith, Bank
ers, and were deposited In lieu OF $4,000 ol
other currency on the 29thof May 1865, and
were to be exchanged for New Y ork ex-
change at the time of the payment Of the
July interest" W ~ ----'
b. Il. Smith swears 1.-THE Treasurer ol
State requested our firm to furnish him ex.
change on New York, feto days since, and
proposed to him l would give him $5O,OOl
In $40 bonds and furnish the exchange al
\any,day herequested ID prior to July, 1865
without charge in return for the 7i3-ll
notes to us" ,,,-,-,-,...,.-.,
How, then, does the testimony cores
pond as to this $4,000? You say it was
Ithe 29ttot aAay, 1855. Mr. Smith says y ~
was convefsation b teD days 'stncel'' The
investigation commenced the 18th June, his
deposition was taken the 18th, Of june,
You are asked whether you directly OF
indirectly derived any pecnniary profit
benefit, or advantage, from the, Treasury
assets committed to your charge, t0the1
than your salary? And you answered
'"No, except the statements embraced IN
answers TO questious 2and 49, tll itshould
be.) ANSWER 2is the Sc, ,000, ,'and answer II
is as to the $4,000 certificates of Indebted
ness, This you admit, and without hesita-
tiehNelaim to be your interest, .notwith-
standing you had currency from the Treas
lury for them, and without counting the
$4,000. So, that 1.-THE very claim involves
the fact that you got currency for them. =.
Did you expect us to conceal said facts
If ''your reputation is dearer to you than
life" as you would say, should / put less
estimate on my, oathP You proposed sew
eral times to us, that ii. there was any OBJ
lection to these assets you could get cur
rehcy and replace 1t. Did you suppose
then, that under the law, requiring posses
sion (Withont notice. to be taken Of the
safes of the Treasury, that we would open
it to change the funds we found In 1t?
/ Do you stand in position under these
circumstances to charge me with 'epter1ng
the office exhibiting the spirit Of inaligpity;;Y
or both Of as, who have signed the Report,
with suspicious and unmanly ipsinua1
tions," or did you design by this attack to
divert public attention? Hadyop confined
yourself 10 fair criticism of the Report 1t
might have remained 'utanswered.i
That you manifestly1 desire to avoid its
force is clear. Abuse, however, is not ar
gument and the .publicsso understand it.
Z They demand of the man to whom they
had committed the funds OF the State, a
better reason than vituperati0n, and an
effort to impeach veracity- in matters who'll
ly immateriak to the question. Had we
reported in gross currency; had we per-
mitted it to be exchanged; and reported
the facts as they were not; had we grouped
all it's assets together in the form you
claimed and urged was usual, cur "maligni-
typ of appearance would have given place
to bentgpity. We might have osteasiblg bad
your good opinion; but our own conscience,
and the public would have considered us at
least asbeng.mefe Tcats paws to pull the
ehestnuts out of the fire."l Us "a
This article is already too long. If the
Auditor and Comptroller see proper to
pass your remark as to the, deposits in the
Ohio Valley Bank, Ipropose hereafter to
DAYTON, Use Sept. iitb, 1866. uff >1E''