The New York herald., 1871-09-15

nyuBe sfways rendered TO the PaYmaster Generals
Smce . ~ mas oeen found, on comparing them with
systematically false, reporting Continually deposit
paiance III tne treasury hugely In Of his real
accounts current, and by fraudulent enfriss to cor
respond with them, his accounts nave appeared en-
tirey M regular La and thus have escaped suspicion.
not the duty was performed by the Treasury OF ex-
amlnng ana comparing statements, or Il Hodge
tiilcaton 10 his oce OF error In Hodges statements
or negligence to make them as required would nave
induced prompt Investigation and certain discovery
and have avoided the present collapse. But no in
sruclon, either verbally In writing. has ever.
says been made by the Treasury to enable The Pay.
master GeneraPs Office to know that Major Hodge
was guilty OF any false statement OF his lfjodge's
money balances, or OF any neglect In not sending
suggest 70 the Paymasers oflce the slightest sus-
plclon or Hodges wrong-doing. he pursued his
another matter prompte the order to close up and
eer na,a DIS accounts with an exhibit OF his money
MORE NEGLIGENCE or TREAsuRY oryIcrALs
,a !, rs ~ iound that the frauds nave all been perpe.
none ~ IN anu through tue Treasury proper aud
nonc oy means " Hodges disbursing account with
the Assistant Treasurer In New York, where ne nas
n n,so I'M large credit the money used for hts SOCK
IN cash IRON the treasury In large SUM. Here
again, General Brice contends, was a failure OF the
and the regulations, as Mayor Hodges disburse-
ments did not require dollar OF cash, and all
the amount OF the vouchers to pe paid and the,r
nature with the name OF tue party TO whom pay
able. On this point General Brlce referred 10 the
act Of March 1857, and circular instructions Of the
Secretary OF the Treasury, dated November 23, 1862
and went on to say that 1t Is now ascer-
talnea that Mayor Hodge has received from
the Treasury large sums OF money IN notes.
delivered to him or some bearer on
his mere checks, payable In cash 10 bearer;
the checks SO paid having been numerous and for
such large amounts as twenty thirty, forty and
even fity thousand dollars. These, continued Gene
raj Brlte, are the mysterious checks with which
Bodge has conducted his fraudulent traIsa ctions;
and can only say that II any one OF these highly
irregular and unauthorized acts had been made
known to mo, 1t would have apprlsed me OF fraud,
and assureJiy have been visited with condlgn
action.
MAJOR HODGES AGENTS.
The actual amount OF Major Hodges deficit, de-
termlned by careful examination, II $473,8J9. In
his letter OF confession Will be found that he refers
to two parties In this city and one In New York
through whose agency he has made spcculattons.
those OF this CITY he declares are perfectly limo ent
Of any knowledge that he was using, IN his opera
tions with them, the public funds. The firm In
New York, he states, knew the money left with them
was public money and not his own. Major hodge
caused V, pc communicated to General Brce the
names OF these parties, follOws:- Middleton Co..
bankers, OF Washington; Lewis, Johnson n Co.,
bankers, OF washington, and POhemus Jackson
bankers, OF 90 Exchange place. New York city.