The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17

On the same day Mr.. Morrill,, of Yer
mont, laid before the Senate the following
letters from the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and from the Commissioner o
Internal Revenue:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON
March 81, lS76.-Dear Sir: Referring tc
your verbal request made on Saturday last
to be furnished with a statement showing
the defalcations OF custom officers, l have
the honor to inform you that the tota
amount of collections of revenue from Gus
toms from April l, 1861, to June 80, 1873
amounted to S2,l36, ,395,642 42. Total te
falcations from March 4, 1861, to June so
1875, S355, ,534 q. The defaIcation is | 81
Of ! per cent. Of the amount collected, OF
81 TO in every $4,000.
j promised to send you there figures or
Saturday last, but found it impossible until
the present moment TO get them ready
"Nery truly, CHAs F. CoNANT.
"Hon. Justin S. Morrill,, United State.
Senator, Washington, ID. C."
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF
INTERNAL REVENUE, WASHINGTON, ID. C..
March Is, 1S16.-Sir: In compliance with
your request, have the honor to submi,
herewith the following statement taken
from the books and records of this Office:
"The total of internal revenue tax re-
turned by the various collectors of internal
revenue during the period from Sept. /,
1862, to March 81, 1865, being from the or.
ganization of the internal revenue system
TO the close of the month preceding the end
Of Mr.. Lincoln's administration, is S2S3,-
Ill ,l3l the ascertained cash Deficiencies
of collectors appointed during that period
are S4l4, sos 10, or about 13-100 OF l per
cent. of the amount collected. In the pc
riod from April l, 1865, to February 2S,
1869, being the period in even months COW
cred by Mr.. Johneon's administration, the
collections were SSH 7,06S. .305; ascertained
cash deficiencies oi collectors appointed iD
that period, l,626, ,302 81, or about 10 OF
per cent Of the amount collected. In the
period from March l, 1869, to February 2S,
1876, being from the beginning CT the pre-
sent administration to the close of the last
month, the collections are SS54, sos, 237 as
appointed in this period, S592, ,15l Sc, or
about 69-l 600 Of l per cent. of the amount
collected.
"As the balances Tor the last period men,
toned are of comparatively recent occur
renee, and are now in process of collection,
it is believed that a large proportion of II
will ultimately be recovered, 90 that the
actual ultimate loss will be yer, much less
than herein shown. X spectfully,
I'D. u. PRATT, Commissioner.
"H-n. J. S. Morrill,, United States Senate. -
THESE LETTERS AND FIGURES
oyerturn mountains of falsehood which
ought to bury our calumDiators beneath
them. lhe truth If, that although defalca-
and .lwavs will there ia more official in
,eyritv the revennrs are more f,itbfnIj col
iected and the pubIic service be,,er nor
formed than at anv former neriod
Durinu the Last fiscal ve,r ending on tho
3Otb Of lime lS-6 The snrnlns reyenne w,s
500 9aq OOO rbicb was apnI;ad 10 tho no.
dnc,,on of The n,,;onsI dabf T, ,bs I.s,
ton vea,s 70 have maid off SO 400 osi Of
rho Rational 5eh, On ,bs so,h of Irno
1864 ,he dsh, w.s 81 $40 as 600 now !,
IA !, ronn5 rnmbars - Oa(, o., OOO In
ISef m. r.v.nn. da,;vo5 fro,, ;n,.rn.I
rsvenne t.,.s w.s S2O0 oof sI3 JnIS-s;,
w,s SIlf Oo0 Oo0 . ,sdnc,;on of na.,,.
,-o-,b;,ds -, ,,a.,Iv 5000 400 noS ,os 80
num This does no, Iook liz p,,;onaI
bsntruntcv and naralvs;s % '"A'
Contrast this with the las. ;mbec;Ie
sloyenlv and yenal .dminis,rat;on Of lanes
Buchanan Dur,no b;s fonr ya.rs in
time of profound 5eace the revsnnss f.II
short of The ordinary eInand;,nrss s-S.
2I7.Il9. which sum y a. made nm bv io.n.
and added to the burden nth .b;ch % the
Republican n.rtv received the oovernmsn,
in 1851. To enable the govern ment 70
LIVE FROM DAY TO BAY
during the last of these four years, the 6
per cent. bonds of the United States we're
havked about the markets of the world
and dispoeed of with dificultv at a discount
of ~ per cent. II vas during this admin.
istration. which was relieved from the
charge of idiocy ouly by being convicted of
treason. that Hendricks was cou,missioner
of public lands. Floyd and Thorn mpsop were
in the cabinst. the trust funds were stolen
In broad daylight, and the national arm,
publiclv convened to the South. where thew
vere seized bv traitors without opposition.
+, ~.rvoi If bpm,r .pd.c;,x fo, .,v
"
one connected with the ADMIN lstfatlOn oil