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From the Calumut ^ TPcd' Club.DEFALCATIONS OF PUBUC OFFICERS.From tlie very moment that the doctrine that u THE SPOILS BELONG TO THE VICTORS” was openly avowed and acted on by the party in power, as a settled principle of action, it required but little foresight to predict the result. Men of tried integrity and unquestioned ability were unceremoniously thrust out of office to make room for those who were of doubtful morality, and whose only qualification was party devotion. As might be expected, almost every branch of government has suffered from the unfitness of the officers, and the public treasure has been embezzled to an alarming extent. In support of these assertions we call the attention of the people to the following table, compiled from domimcnt No. 122, of the 25th Congress, being a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives.List of the principal defaulters in the Custom House, during the administration of Jacksonand Van Buren.Collector.SAMUEL SWARTWOUT,Timothy Upham,William Pearce, Jr.Joseph Abom,A. S. Thurston,Humphrey Peake,George W. Owen,B. J. Harrison,WILLIAM W. PRICE,James W. Ripley,John P. Decatur,John Brewster,ROBERT ARNOLD,List of the principal defaultersReceivers.District.New York,Portsmouth, N. H.,Gloucester, Mass.,Teche,Key West,Alexandria,Mobile,Louisville,District Att’y., N. Y., Passamaquoddy,Portsmouth,Perth Amboy,Perth Amboy,in the Land C)ffice, during the administrationVan BurcnJ. J. McLanaha,A. W. McDaniel,L. Pope, trustee of J. Brahn, Israel T. Canby,LITTLEBURY HAWKINS, WILEY P. HARRIS,Benjamin S. Chambers,Maurice Cannon,J. W. Stepn enson,Gordon D. Boyd,Samuel W. Beall,Benjamin F. Edwards,Robert H. Sterling,Samuel W. Dickson,Uriah S. Mitchell,Augustus W. Jones,Paris Childress,John H. Owens,William I .inn,Samuel T. Scott,John L. Daniel*James T. Pollock,M. J. Allen,Robert T. Brown,Land District.New Orleans, La.,Helena, Arkansas, Columbus, Mississippi, Little Rock, Arkansas,New Orleans,Galcnia, Illinois, Columbus, Mississippi, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Edwardsvillc, Illinois, Coechuma, Mississippi, Choctaw, Mississippi, Cahaba, Alabama,Late Marshall of Missouri, Greensburg, Louisiana,8t. Stephens, Alabama, Vandalia, Illinois,Jackson, Mississippi, Opelousas, Lousiania, Crawfordsville, Indiana, Tallahassee, Florida, Springfield, Missouri,Year1830183118341835lt;clt;6lt;;1837uicU18361838lt;klt;C«UU1839uAmount.$1,225,705 69 $2,211 58 1,107 82 2,690 47 1,702 45 3,013 61 2,510 26 1,313 27 72,124 07 2,476 49 3,776 59 1,668 34 80,826,75of Jackson andAmount.$593 99 6,000 09 32,133 22 39 013 31 100,000 00 109,178 OS2.146 271,259 28 43,294 0450,937 2810,620 19 3,315 76I,0733 70II,231 90 34,626 552,095 24 12,449 76 10,611 99 55,962 06 12,550 47 7,280 63 14,881 99 26,691 51 3,600 50
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