The Republican journal., 1871-09-21
The Million Dollars and the Lost Steamer

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| umns to the loss of the steamer Golden
| Rule, on her passage from New York to
| Aspinwall, in 1866. 1t has been asserted
| that the wreck WAS an Intentional one.
and that the sum Of one million dollars in
the safe, and belonging to the govern
ment, was stolen by u gang Of treasury
thieves, who were on board for the purpose
One of the officers retired with compe-
tency, and bought farm in Maryland.
Montgomery Gibbs, y Radical adventurel
who is supposed to have known some
thing of the true history of the affair,
| went to Paris, and has since been intimate
with Minister Washburne. Deliberate
Justification is now resorted to in order to
cover up the transaction. An instance of
this is found in the statement of u Treas
ury official That statement was publish
ed in consequence Of the exposure made
by n former United States detective, and
the suspicion to which it gave rise that the
steamer was wrecked for the purpose OF
creating an opportunity TO steal the mon
cy In his anxiety to satisfy the public
that the government had sustained no
loss, the Treasury official asserted that
the money stolen was composed of 'com
pound Treasury notes" SO loose is the
management OF the business of the Treas
ury Department that no record has been
kept Of the notes; and it was, therefore,
impossible to detect them. But the pub
lie were assured that they were compound
Treasury notes, and us they had not been
heard of, the government had sustained
no loss. This to shield themselves from
blame for having kept no record.
But now comes another exposure from
another detective officer, which disproves
the Treasury statement in two particulars
He says
The statement of Mr. Taylor, of the United
States Treasury, or any one else, that the iron
safe of the Golden Rule was ever delivered in
Washington to the Treasury Department is n
lie.
David w. Gray. Esq, of the then firm of D..
W. Gray & Co., of this city, now member of
the old firm of Fitzgerald, Booth & Co., is a
living witness OF the falSeness Of that state
ment.
The schooner on which the safe ahipped
for delivery TO the United States Treasury otli-
GERS was consigned to the firm of ID. w. Gray
& Co., and the safe was thrown overheard i'll a
storm by the crew of the schooner, it being a
part of the deck load.
In reference to the 81 900, 900 being compound
interest notes, that is also a myth. When
| went to the Issuing Bureau, with note from
Assistant Secretary Richardson, directing that
| should have access to books, papers, ETC.,
they could tell me nothing about the notes, ex-
cepting that they were numbered in a certain
series, and that was all. 1hey acere not COM
pound interest notes. They arere legal tende,
| notes. and nothing else.
That $1,000,000 went into the hands
| of scounlrels, and some of the officers of the
| Treasury received their per centage.
WIN. ii. WIEGEL.
| Wiegel's disclosures attract the atten-
tior of the Albany Argus, and that paper
pointedIy and truly remarks that the time
was when the American people coulC
look to an official statement tor authentic
information regarding government af
fairs, but he who does this now mus
take pleasure in being duped by subtle
and unscrupulous knaves.
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