Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-03-06

The Editor of the Gazette discharges
almost every week his pocket-pistol at
Longley. We award to him
the best intentions, but the results are
for the most part very disastrous. He
"Cocks trigger as brave man should"
"Bnt Shoots (God bless 'em) his own
toes" '~
We asserted some two weeks since
that careful and critical examination
of the Auditors books and accounts,
by the Commissioners revealed the iacI
that over Gicelue thousand dollars OF
the peoples money had disappeared
The editor of the Gazette would have
the people believe that there is not one
word of truth in the statement. III
goes into one of his ears and out at toe
other,n as easily as anything would pass
through any uacu,tna. In referring 70
our statement he says that
There is not word of truth IN the
above. except that the Ct'nmlssioners
did make an examination. And from
that examination they found there was
notta wrongfully missing dollar from
the Treasury. ,.u.
They found discrepancies in different
oocon1ts on the AUDITORS books, which
they were not able to ferret out, anu tne
present Auditor had not the honesty or
capacity to assist or eniighten tnen.
some of these errors the commlttee
have already brought to light, For IN
stance, the Wegee Pike, on the Auul-
tors books, is credited with two nun
dred dollars, when it should nave Deen
the Warnock Pike. A similar error "a
over four thousand dollars as between
two other roads; another of two thou,
sand as between two other roads, ana
SO on. And the Auditors books snow
other errors of similar character.
We are disposed to believe that the
.hove statements, at least SO far as the
s.Iioht,' is concerned reflect 1.-THE views
of the erudite accountants who have
bean for four months squandering the
funds of the county, with not a single
result that was not before KNOWN
The editor of the Gazette, as well as
the Hoht,,inq calc,slators see very clear
lv that the men with whom they have
marched shoulder.to shoulder in pal
liating or denying the truth OF the
CHARGES which we have made, are al
raadv eondemened before the public
Yet with pertinacity worthy OF
better cause, they cry to each other as
the old man did to his wife during a
dreadful thunderstorm
"Hug me up Peg, ,"-'let's die game.
IN one breath brother Heaton tells hls
readers that the books and papers o.
auditor Clark were left in the most sat
isfactory condition, and that the Light
nina Committee. have found things al
correct. ana in the next he speaks ol
discrepancies in different accounts O
the Auditor of errors OF "S2oo,
"s4 ,OOe," and "s2, ,oeO," and 'other er
rors of similar character" And ye'
the books Of his darling friend Mr
Clark were all right.
We will not quarrel with the editol
ofthe Gazette, or with the Lightning
crsn about these discrepancies which
they claim to have discovered; simply
because the CHRONICLE for the las
wear and more has been directing pub
lie attention to these very same Jdcts
Wecommisserate the experts ? because
of their sudden awakening from theil
Rip Van Wrinkle sleep and pray tha
thew will cease troubling and distress
ingn.the people with wonderful reve
lations known long before they wakee
up.
But the editor of the GGzette fails tt
saw who made these errors which he 81
frankly admits were made. We sa!
they were made by his friends, before
the present Auditor came into office
Here are the facts: ...f.
On the 10th Of March, 1870, Treasur
e1 Irwin was credited by R. M. Clarl
with Bonds and Coupons of the Barnes
Vile and Hendrysburgh road redeem
ed to the amount of s2,2O5 Oh and witt
Bonds and Coupons of the st. Clairs
vile and Cadiz road to the amount o
s4,O7o 80. This credit was an error tn
treasurer having been credited viii
the very same bonds and coupons OF
the 2sth of February-ten days earlier
The above amounts to make the erro
more fragrant were then charged to tn
Warnock and Wegee road on the sam
10th day of March, 1870, instead OF tn
Cadiz and dHendrysburgh roads. Angus
81. 1870, the over credit to the treasure
was discovered and the amounts abov
named were changed back to the treas
urer and credited to the Cadiz an
Hendrysburgh roads instead of tn
Warnocks and Wegee to which the.
were charged. The result of thi
model book keeping was that that tn
Wegee and Warnock road paid s6,2I
81 of bonds and coupons belonging t
the Cadz and Hendrysburgh- road
The "s2O0'' error and the '.other errol
of similar character" were similar I
the above. rdr. d..
With such fragrant errors as thes
upon the records, the Gazette woul
have the.people believe that the forme
Auditor aud his hangers7on were PIN
of business perfection. ..- .a,,
"some of these errors the Committe
has already brought to light says tn
Gdzette. Pray you, achat have the
brought to light? The present Audite
or his deputy Informed this Com mite
of the existence of every error. specific
by you,-and further informed ther
that they had all been corrected on-th
-, cont os fo the item of stS2O0