The sun., 1871-12-04

mented upon at the time his report was pub
lshod, and it was seen that il knocked the
bottom out ottbe cniirr case which bo nj.
tempted TO make And now comes Mr SPIN.
rHH, who, in the very teeth of the First Comp
trollGrs report, pT2tcnds to give such record
OF the notes as warrants Lis assumption that
they were the compound interest not which
have not been presented for payment. We
lcavo TAYLOR and SriSN-r to fight tho,
matter out amoug themselves.
We will state however that the letter of
instructions to VIcTou SMITH, one Of the
ngcnts in charge of the funds, which is dated
Treasury Department, May 1s, 1865" tells
him that he has been appointed "a special
agent Of this Department to proceed with Il.
LEiGnroS 10 San Francisco in charge Of an
iron safe containing $l0000O0 in Treasury
notes, $lU1l850 threcyrrr $40 Treasury
notes, ais, coupon bonds for $300-omount
ing in all to 81 iG21j0'
We call attention to the fact that the one
million dollars Is here officially declared to be
Treasury notes." and not compound inter
est notes, as Mr.. SPINNER assumes tLcm to
have been. In other Government documents
on Gle In the Treasury Department, the lost
money is repeatedly spoken of as grcenbncks.
md never as compound interest notes. Has
not Mr.. SPiNNTR examined those docu.
mentsY lie certainly should have done So
before sending forth report on the subject
of which thoy alone contain the official his
tory. We examined those documents with
great care, and from thcm our narrative Of
the wreck and robbery of the Golden Rule
was mo.uly compile
MI SrISSEH os lie says, makes lis report
"withou, going into the testimony presented
soon after the loss to the Department. thot
made 1t appear pretty clearly that the run.
ming of the vessel on the reef was purely nc
cidental, and tha, the money was lost in tho
ocean" Now we do not hesitate 10 say
that there 5 no such testimony in possession
Of the Department, and we challenge Mr.
SPINNER to produce it. Ii is time that the
shutting and mutual wlitcwasling Of
Washington officials in regard to this Golden
Rule robbery were cnIed, and we call upon
the Administration TO publish the documen, :
So that the people may have an opportunity
20 judge Of the matter for themselves The
testimony in the case which is or at least
was, on Gle in tie Treasury Department. and
which Mr.. SKINNER ought to have madc
himself familiar with before venturing to
speak on the subject, all tends TO prove that
the Golden Rule was purposely wrecked,
and that the one million dollars were stolen.
Col. WILLIAM p. WooD. WHO was Chief
of the Secret Service Department when the
detectives were OF york ON the Golden Rule
case tcstilcs: Among other things, had
u chart ol the Golden Rules course made
ana it is on iile now-from The time she Il
New York ill she struck on the reef and it
IS plain that she was steered plumb on
They made straight for the reef" Has Mr.
SPINNER never seen tuat chart, which Col.
WOOD had made and fled in this case 2 Mr.
SPINNER should have embodied tia; chart IN
his report WIN he now hunt II up aud have
! it engraved. and PRINT il, aud send 1 forth to
the publicG
Meantime, while Mr.. SPINNER is att nj.
ing to this obvious duty, we will lay another
chart, which is or was also on file in the
Treasury Department, before the people.
When Cspt JEREMIAH SMITH of the
steamer SAN Jago de Cuba, was under exam
ination in this very case in March, 1866. he
had the log OF the Golden Rule placed before
| him, and from it he drew the following chart
! of tho Golden Rules course