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Tin* f ntlrr balance due by buss u» Che Treasury is $h5 CtMJ. The irport adds that lie refuted to a|»pemrbefore ihe ComruUMon, paul no aiai.liun to subraenafi, and was finally waited upon, at the Uwa of Elyria, b\ the ( oniitn**h m in pu*«n —afn r the manner of Jmaiiomu glt; mg lo II •* trio int.i:i), win n the moun-i.niinfMSid to i oine to Mahokit Hit even then, M r. H Li j-h m fn -1 ti id prodmc piper* u turmor.mdd. Tin n i ort cit -i n r m \t ri iv w.lfi this grntlcm 111.11. The CJiisr of Jwi.n G. Hum i* w.it next examinedThe condition of ihe Treasury management Wasmuch Ihe Mint1 under this glt; nlb'nun'* administrationThe report says of IIixsiih's previous character, tha11 had fallen Ui the lot of few young men in liie State to attain Ihe prominent and Influential position occupied L turn previous it) his eiec lion a» Treasurer of biate. lit hfttl bn n Speaker til the l!«ni«e of Repre-st main is upon his fu«a election to it . and no man, however ambitious, could have desired a brighter future than thal opening before him.The report lays of RaJUfJ.Vd operations Mr. BxxftLm, at the time of lih settlement vulili Mr. Blihs, received from him a certificate of deposit of W. E. (’iiittimh.**, banker, JSew Vor«t. for $4H,464 76, as money, which was in violation of law and of every just rule of oflit 111 conduct, and either by hlsowa ro-inifbncss, or by the advice of Mr. Bliss, Ihe larger portion of it was lost lo the State, fu our opinion, inis sum was not In fact available to Mr. Bliss ai money when he sought to transfer ii to Bresiin.and hence his solicitation thui it should be ner.nltled to remain unrilMuibtd In Mr. CuiTTiaDiJi’a hands until the July following. Inducements to withhold a demand, were undoubh dly held out to Mr. Brislin. not disclosed in the testimony, for, unfortunate iv (ur the repntallon of ili« sc rr.tn, as well a* for the interests of the tfiate, they are unwilling witnesses.li«, *jde* the Kr°Sfl ' ioiAiion ofoffitl.il duty on the pari of Mr. Bijesu*. on his ugrcnrrni to conceal ihe dcfah aih n of Mr. Buss, he fetill further aggravated It b pi'riniitlr k ihr sureties to glvlt; their checks for $65,-OUU, payable in two years, without Interest.The report dcJails the financial operations of l)us-uh . Ins connecUon with the Akrou Branch Railroad loan, the City Bank of Cincinnati, ihe Central Bank of Indianapolis, the firm of VV. V\ Coins Co., and numerous **out6iile operations” by nearly all of which the State' was a loser, UaasLia having employed the Stale finances for his financial schemes. The Commissioners also state that the propoaiUens were mode to them, on behalf of Budjs, having In view his return to Ohio, and appearance before the Commission, to give hit testimony In telation lo the defalcation. Upon consultation with the Attorney-General, K was deemed advisable to make the effort to procure Mr. Br»uh’s attsndanre, anJ one of the Commission went to Canada, whliher BawLi* had fled, m the eipeciation that he would immediately return lo Ohio , but on the presentation of the p*jers •n him he ncremntoritv declined to return.
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Sat, Mar 12, 1859
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