The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-14

9TH "Ihat the Treasurer OF State re.
moved for private use SIG, 900 ofthe curren-
CT otthe Treasury, in lieu of which be de-
posted 20 10 United States bonds ($6, OoO)
United States certificates of Indebtedness,
$4,000 upon which he received the &C.
cruing interest," I have already referred
to this in my answer TO the I'd allegation.
I only wish to add that 1 should never
have deposited these bonds had we not
been receiving them of Allotment Agents,
whiGh made it entirely proper to place
them IN the Treasury, and they and the
certificates also were more valuable when I
plsced them there than simple currency.
It'll. "That improper use has been made
of United States securities belonging to
soldiers who received psy for United
States service through the State Treasury"
| This, which 1 deem far the most important
| accusation, certainly finds no support in
the Report, though the case is not stated as
clearly IS it should be, and had Mr.. Odlin
shown me his Report before printing it, 1
would have furnished him further informs.
ton which seems to me of importance, and
Governor Brough could and would have
done the same thing. MI. Odlip says {:
"When the application of the interest bear
ing notes and bonds Is designated by the
soldier, they are to be 30 applied" This
has always been done, when the slightest
evidence of such designation could be pro-
cured, and Ibave heard nc complaint on the
subject. He contin les, "When not so desig.
mated it may, and if practicable ought 70,
still 90 TO the soldier, which it may by
| paying it out to the soldier without regsri
20 interest sill not 30 used remains with
| the State" This accords precisely with s
| remark made by Governor Brough to me,
in q conversation at which Mr.. Secretary
| Smith was present. l called the attention
! of tho Governor to some remarks made, l
| think, in an Athens county paper, on the
subject of the bonds in the State Treasury.
l told the Governor there were many thou
sand dollars of bonds in the Treasury, not
designed for delivery, that I was paying
them to County Treasures, whenever they
ssid they hod soldiers in their counties
claiming bonds, showing any evil
denee of such claim. His reply
was "Pay. them out whenever you feel
sure of their going to soldiers" Now,
sgaiD, the report says, "Mr. Williams, Pay
Agent, says In December, 1864, he paid
into the ctaEe treasury, $4,000 IN Z . 10
August issue bonds, coupons all on; that, by
agreement with the soldiers, he undertook
70, and did, express 10 parties designated
by them, $ll0, 900, the latter sum Heuer wer t
into the Treasury, (the report in the Gin
cinDasi Gazette, by 8 typographical error,
omits the word neUer) he withdrew the
$l6,0 900 and procured, from the Treasurer,
from 81, 500 to 81 900 for Co. 4, Of one Of
the Regiments in service, and suother
amount from the Treasurer of $40 600, all
of these bonds of DR.. Dorsey, State Treas
urer, snd expressed them to the soldiers,
coupons on. This testimony sccords with
the testimony of the Treasurer as to the
use of these bonds. This is not the full
history Of this transaction. Mr.. Williams
placed ST, 900 of bonds in the Treasury and
had 9 draft on the United States Deposi
tory in New York for $40, 600 in bonds.
1 did not wish to receive this, but request.
ed Governor Brough to allow Mr.. VII.
liams to GO to New York and bring out
the bonds, which would cost less than TO
express them-this wss done-Mr. vii
liams then had $57, 600 in bonds, and in
accordance with Governor Brough's ideas
of furnishing the bonds to soldiers when
eve it could be DONE 1 furnished him be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000 of the bonds
put in, l believe, by Wallace, all the cou-
pons being on, he outing them in merely
as currency, and Mr.. Williams sent them
by express to soldiers, taking the express
receipts therefor. The bonds being re-
ceived by my Cashier merely as currency,
we cannot, of course, indentify them IS be.
longing to particular persons. Ny opinion
is, though / cannot be certain as to the fact,
that the bonds having the February cou,
pons removed were paid in after that date.
Mr.. Odlin says, at is imprscticsble to
identify and trace these bonds, and to con-
firm the Treasurer in his statement of their
uses" because, 'neither of these gentlemen
Williams or Wsllsee) have any designa-
zion or entry of the number OF the bonds
This is true, but why this suspicious and
unmsnly insinuation-the Treasurer was
certainly not blAmesble because no desig-
nations or entry Of the numbers were
made-these gentlemen receiving and pay
ing them as currency, did not deem any
No bonds have ever been sold from the
Treasury, and we have now over SAC, OOO
of bonds with nearly seven months interest
on them lying in the Treasury. These will
either be paid to soldiers, if they have snv
claims for them, or the State will receive
the interest.