The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-08-12
TPNARDs OF SEVEN MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS DISAPPEAR FROM
THE STATE TREAS
URH IN TWO
YEARS -
Who are the Thieves

two years upwards Of Eyerea Millions Of
Dollars have been taken from the State
Treasury, only -Four Millions Of which
have been applied in payments on the
State debt, leaving .Sscea Millions to be
accounted for in appropriations for the
current expenses Of the Common
wealth, interest on the State Debt,
and otfer erpepdittres.
At the end Of the fiscal
year Of 1866, there re-
mained in the Trcasu-
ry. sI,74 ,O33.27.
During the fiscal year of
1867 the receipts at the
Treasury, exclusive of
theState Ioans,amount-
ed 10 5,423. .330.O7
During the fiscal year of
1868 the receipts at the
treasury were 5,2lG,049.JJ
Receipts in two years $l2,3S0, ,4l2.S9
Balance in the Treasury
at the end Of last fiscal
year, Nov. 80, 1865 1,O12, ,925.87
Taken out Of Treasury --
in two years SI1 1867, ,487. 80
These figures are taken from the re-
ports OF the Auditor General for 1867
and 1868, and the reader is referred to
those documents for verification of
them. From these statements the facs
appears that Eteren Millions, Three
Hundred and Sirty-seuen thousand
-Four Hundred and Efghty-seren Dot
lars were taken from the treasury dur
ing the fiscal years of 1867 and 1868.
In Governor Geary's last Annual Mes
sage, transmitted to the legislature,
January 6, 1869, is found the follow
ing:
"By report Of the Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund for the year ending
September 3, 1867, the loans redeemed
amounted to 81 ,794 80, and by their
report from September 3, 1867 to No
vember 30, 1868 the loans redeemed
amounted to $2,414, ,81j.64, making a
total reduction Of the State debt, in
two years and three months, of 81 ,209,-
3S6. H."
By the Auditor Gener-
ais reports, we have
learned that the sum ta-
ken out OF the Treasu-
~ during the two
years of 1867 and 1868
was $11 ,3G7, 1872
By Geary's message we
ascertain that the
whole amount Of the
State Debt paid off dur
ing period of two
years and three months
anterior to Nov 30,
1868, was 4,2O9, ,3s614
leaving for current ex- ----- -----
penses, &c. S7,158, ,1Ol.38
1t now remains for the defenders of
Governor Geary's administration to
show what became of the sere,a MILLIONS
and upwards remaining in the Treasu-
ry after the payments made on the
State Debt. How much of this sum
was wasted in extravagant appropri-
ations? How much of it was squan-
dered in increased rates Of interest
on the State Debt? How much OF it
was given to radical State officials
and a radical legislature, in the
shape of increased salaries? How
much of it was stolen by radical
pastors and folders and other officials
DI tic fSg lSfdlHsc VINO uiu HOt -LSLutl
a days service to the Commonwealth
And let it also be explained how it
comes that upwards of One Million
Dollars are permitted to lie useless and
dead in the Treasury, when that sum
might be applied to a further reduc-
tiOn of the State Debt and the saving of
a large amount of interest to the tax
payers of the State. What has be-
come of the serea millions? Who gets
the interest on the One Million p
Where does the money go and who
are the thieves?
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS
and upwards of the funds of the Com
monwealth are now in the hands of
private Individual and converted to
his use, and this the ra ical journals
dare not deny. Is an administration to
he Reelected which deals IN this man.