The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-13

inc six coupons, or 1S per cent. OF the
overdue interest. 1t is said to be the
! Intention of the State to pay the cou-
mons regularly hereafter as they mature
| The bonds of Tennessee, North Caro-
lima, Virginia, and other Southwestern
States, are also improving in credit, ara
within the next four or five years VIII
| be held in as much favor rs ever before
| A Washington dispatch says the claim
! of TIE State of Missouri for cXpendl,
ares during the war is making GOOD
progress i'll the hands of accounting OIL
/ Ulcers. $4,000 has been paid; over
/ 81 500, 600 more has passed through the
offices, and only awaits the requisition
of the Secretary of War We paid
about S3,GC0, 900 more will lady loi
payments hy the 18th c ..- month,
and the whole claim vii! - paid d!
the 10th Of August.
In the New York EdIletH we ina TIE
following remarks upon the careless
manner in which the most important
branch of public service is managed
which are so timely as to warrant their
publication i'll full:
Washington dispatch to the Asso'
ciated Press make the following state
ment: "An examination of the vaults
of the Treasury is nov in progress by a
committee appointed by the Secretary
for that purpose. This is the first eN'
animation OF the Treasury vaults since
the spring OF 1861. Before that 1t had
been the custom to have an examlna'
| ton once in every six months
What is To be thought of this extra
ordinary assertion. Ii the vaults may
be permitted to so uneNamined Tor SIN
wears. why need they be examined al
all! Before the war, when the Treas
urv held merely nominal balances, II
was deemed necessary that this exam
. iuatiou should take place every SIN
months: since then the balances have
become so large that the safety ct the
public funds no longer requires that
process. Besides, since l-6l we have
/ had a marked improved in official NOR
alitv. The honesty of the clerks has
increased i'll proportion to then
RESPONSIBILITIES: 50 that the checks
upon their accounts are no long
er OF the Importance they once
wera. Do we ever hear of official
malicaSancc or populations; or Is there
any suspicion that our immense rev
enue is rot always collected without
immense fraud! Are not our custom
houses pure! Aud may We not suppose
that the Treasury officers and clerks are
equally so, knowing as We do that they
are ALWAYS selected from street TeSai,
10 their unimpcach reputation, ant
never out of respect TO political lniiu
ence! True, the law requires search
inr examination into the affairs Of tn,
! national banks; and bank managers are
expected to strictly maintain II period
cal counting OF the moneys i'll theil
vaults: but What precedent can tins b,
supposed to furnish to the United
States Treasury, where the amount o.
funds on hand is so much larger, ant
when those entrusted with their custo
4 DIV are so much less capable of malfca
sancc than bank officer
Doubtless in the minis of those EN-
trusted with the Treasury management
this view of the case appears full JUS
LITIGATION of the fact that there hats becl
no counting of the moneys in the Treas
urv for six wears. We are disposed f
thinl, that the public will be pervers,
enough to take Il wholly different view
They will be apt To demand that there
be n frequent examination and counting
of the funds, not only ut Washington
but at the several Suh-Trcasuries. Villa
assurance have they that the $l3O, 5000
now held in the New York sub-Trcasur.
does not consist in part Of waste pape
or old nails! Judging from the princi
pies upon which monetary trusts arr
ordinarily managed, they will he apt Il
hold very decided opinion, that a
such immense amounts of money natu
rally act a> u temptation 10 those 10y
whom they are handled and kept, 1t Is
imperative. tor the public interest. thai
the vaults should he subjected To irc'
,unut ruI SrrrchiuT iDSUpcti ION