The New York herald., 1871-12-01

welfare and human happiness without anxious
desise 70 anticipate future deveiopmentAn
Jhe establishment ol such national bureau
Wouli brinx conbdeuce to the insured, and would
add large numbers 10 the millions our people who
nov iave becuu1ary tatelest IN the stability "
these sefuI and benevolent Institutions In addi-
Jon the ere tlnn Of such = bureau would create
bearing iess rate interest iran is now paid ON
the old United States stocks, thus con erring the
double benefit Of assurance from loss 10 many and
par~a exemption IRON taxation to all our citizens
NATIONAL BANKS.
1ie delays OF Oank6 IN making their 6em-annual
returns, ana In the payment Of duty relerte to in
NV a annual report have me- eased during the last
Us. al ear. MosL Of tne national banks pay the TAX
due iron them promptly, within the time specified by
law, and treat tns requirement. as they do other
oungatlo1s against their respective institutions
but the are otner banks that have been careessly
II not wlfiuily, habituav negligent making tner
returns ana paving the duty due from them 70 The
the uuy cue Oh tue LIST day OF July unll some time
during the mon,hs OF senlemocr and October The
reporss o. the amount Of duty dae YOm them on the
lst Of Juiy last nor have they made any payment OF
soull Miners National Bank ot Utah. Sal. Lake
Cty uian; First .anoaal Bank Of Uan, salt Lake
Gently been merged INTO one ms NATION.
For tne prolcction OF The treasury against the
growing evil, ! would iao.t respectfully renew
The recommendation made In INV last annual
report. thai percentage upon such dlly be ADDED
to II Iur every ten days delay pay len alter the
expiration oI the one months time now arowcd oy
law. Le1al enactments, giving authority to this
ONCE 70 add one per cent TO the duty due IRON
banks n every ten DAYS delay after the liked
by law Tor its paymenl, would seem 10 be the most
efective measure TO insure prompt payments Of the
uuty. M
GOLDEN RULE LOSS.
nv ntlenti0n mas been called 10 New York news
Of the sun Of August sa. ISL. Tne aasnors nave
dispased much Ingenuity IN the relaJlon OF the
slory 10 weave such iaoric OF hcuon tnat ~ should
lue Ease theory attempted to be proved by this
article is tuat The steamer Golden huie, win 600
n Inn
to tie Treasury OF the United states, i,s iun.
81 rom the Treasury ~ Washington 10 the Assist
%, AZ lOrCy minutes past three the night during
thck weatner, purposely run on the Roncauor recl,
$l,o0J,o00 III amount was actually stolen ny ae
captain of lhe steamer and alotner parry named;
was forwarded by one OF tue paries III charge Ol
the money To WashiDgt0n but tiaV It never reached
Its destnation beln. thrown overheard on the way.
Without discussing the probability OF Two IN
consplrng, Tor he purDose oi possible gain TO run
the veSse IN reel III the open arobean sea- IN the
niIht lMe, inereoy enuangering Lnelr own ilVesand
those OF neariy seven huuured other persons, many
o. wnom were women ald children; and wi,nouJ
going INTO the testimony presented soon after the
loss 10 The department. lnut made 1t appear pfetty
clearly hat the running vi The vessel on the reef
purely accidental, and tnaJ tine none. was lost
III he ocean, nOle now. IN simple slatement, To
overthrow every 1alse llie. ence urawa from the
lony clrcums alt.al statements thaC are presented
10 prove tnat the amount OF $1,000 0UU was stolen
and tnat II Was not lost ana Oaly destroyed in and
by The action Oi the ocean.
Treasury anu Was repeatedly examined by myself
aud others, IN company WITH OLD sea captains ana
O.ner exp rt> ana u was the opinion O nearly all
that the SAFE was broken by being jammet between
the steamer anu the rocks. Then, again. nearly all
the money tn0t was IN the Silt. except the million
doiars N question, noated OH shore, and, excel a
few bills, has peen covered ny the treasury Ine
legel pIt consisted OF one thousand time notes OF
5 900 eacn payaole three years alter date, with
COMPOUND mtefes,. a s These notes % pore aa.e May
10; and left this ONCE MAY Is. The Golien Rule left
New iorK MAY -. aud was wreck May 81, 1868.
These notes were III regular and unDroken sequence
OF els beng from No. SOL, letter A, 10 800;
anu from A" 5ool, letter y. 10 $500, Dgth numbers,
IL eacn case inclusive Both the numvers and let
iers appear on this kind OF notes 10th on
the upper and on the low er han Of every note
Compound interest notes were issued from Nos. TO
No. Y,Sjt, repeated on eacn OF the letters A. T. c.
anu D. aggreaatng S3g,4,0,Oo0.
All tins immense amount, except the one thou
sand notes in question, and seventeen othe. notes
scattered proulscuCusy tniolsn the whole
series, nave been presented aL the Treasury, and
notes Of the numbers letters above men,
toned. that left TINS olice ior transportation TO an
Francisco, mas ever been presented Tor payment
OF The SO 4Jo other notes OF the same kind, mat
were issued at the same time ana Deore and after
the time tnat the 100 notes Ia question were Is
sued. all but seventeen notes have oeen reaeemed:
ye the of sa. IS
poor at me time OF the wreck, are rich
in the Stae oi Maryland, IL simply absurd. Had
this property been bought with these notes they
would long since nave neen presented for payment.
the notes we.e changed, or rather that other notes
with other numbers we're EXCHANGED ior TIE notes
IN question Dv the c0llusion OF tie then Register
OF the treasury with the thieves Such q
course would have been imDractlcable, II
not Impossible, ana could have been ol no earthly
use TO the supposed Consplrators II II could have
been done. Ine first note presented would have
Were a!tered or not or whether oher notes with
other numbers were put III their stead. |, altered
$780, the highest numoer issued II would, OF course
nave been q duplicate, ana there woula
oee no place 10 Sr or us on the
tnan the one named, 1t would have shown an
over-issue. which. 1t is now Known does MOI exist
As no dupcate nor any number higher tnan 9, $50
has ever been presented THIS false theory falls with
the others. TO show the utter impossibilily OF
either being done, or that the notes IN question
were redeemed IN any other way, 1t is only ncces-
sary to state that all money. these notes included,
Is received rom the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing by the treasurer, IL rccelpted for by
HIM. ana Is then Covered into the Treasury
on WARRANTS Wien redecSe ey by Os Raa reasurer 1sr
they are carefully counted anu thea cut IN two parts
ionsiiualnaly, thus showing both the letters and
numbers OF tae notes each half. The lower
halves are tnen sent 10 the office OF the Secretary OF
the Treasury and the upper halves TO the once Of
the Register O1 the Treasury. In each oil these
offices lney are counted, and II found 10 be correct
and agreeing III All the Oices the Treasurer Is then
retmhurSci lQr The amount by warrant IN nus avOr.
In The oices Ol the Secretary ana OF the Register
books oil registry for the entire Issue these COM
pound Interest notes were PREPARED having me let
IRON The first 10 the last number that was ever s-
sned These half notes, after being counted IN
these two otcesi are lbel registered respectively IN
these I've separate books Ii registry. Neltner oil
these offices knows OF the others action unless they
disagree with the Treasurers count. In such case
each reports 10 the Treasurer separately. These
two books OF leg.slry are now found 10 agree, ana
tnes Dotn show tnat all the notes OF TINS Kind that
have ever osen Issued, amounting 10 S3y40J, 900 have
been presented anu palJ, except the one thousand
notes IN question, anu the seventeen o,ner notes
before meRtiunei. tnat have, as YET, not been pre-
sented lor redemption. All tue blanks opposite
tneir appropriate letters anu mum ,ers respectively
are flied up with the Jate on winch each Individual
note was redeemed. Tne Ole thousand numbers
representing the notes sent by the Golden Rulc
10 San FRANCISCO. running In their sequence
through quite number Ol pages Ia the books, re-
main blank on all the registers After waiting
over SIX years and not single one OF these known
noles appearing. the Comptroller OF the Treasury
has, a1ier thorough and searching Invesigatlon,
wisely directed to treat them like notes CerLned to
have Deen destroyed, and has thus had them taken
out OF the cash account; AM thus has most un-
douDfedIy correctly settled this veXed matter for
thn ion