ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 139 - 143
BRIBERY & CORRUPTION
frauds were comm i tted upon those Ind ians during Mr. E' s agency, we sti 11
. believe. According to Mr. E. himself, 'it was no part of his business
to have anything to do with the payment of money to the Indians or the
distribution of goods among them.' But it seems by his own statement
too, that he did 'consent to superintend the distribution,' that he did
have something to do with these things which were 'no part of his business.'
We may be wrong, but the letter of Mr. Edmonds is not to our
mind, wholly satisfactory."
Mr. Edmonds, in his letter, says: When the suspension took place in
May, 1837, the government was deprived of the means of paying the whole
of the Indian annuities in specie. It was either postpone the payment
until the resumption of the banks, or pay in some other way. Bank notes
would have subjected them to the grossest impositions. Winter was near
and to avoid suffering among them, the government gave them a part of
their pay in the goods they were in the habit of buying. It was left
optional with the Indians as to whether they accepted the goods. 'If
they took them the traders lost. They did take the goods and the result
was there were 100 barrels of whiskey in camp, the money the Indians had
was all gone in 48 hours, and in a few days they were begging taeir way
back to their villages. (15)
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
139 - H&G Feb. 21; ed: 2/3 - The number of buildings erected in the city
of New York in 1835 was 1,259; in 1836, 1,826; and in 1837, 840.
"By the falling off in building the past year, more than 15,000
workingmen have been thrown out of employ." (1)
140 - H&G Mar. 28:2/2 - Nothing seems to repress the enterprise of our
builders, arid already the click of trowels and echo of hammers break
cheerily the monotony of winter suspended operations. A new block is
going up on the ruins of the late fire at the corner of Superior street.
The front of one of the buildings has been replaced with an additional
story, and the walls of the two other stores will soon be completed.
On the wharf, two large warehouses have been erected this spring and will
be finished in time for spring business. In various parts of the city,
new dwellings are being erected, and everything indicates the continued
and increasing prosperity of Cleveland. (2)
BUILDING MATERIALS
141 -' H&G Jan. I; adv: 1/6 - 300 BrIs. Water Lime - just received and for
sale by Bronson & Hewitt, on the wharf of the lower ferry. (1)
142 . H&G Jan. 1; adv: 1/6 • 575 Bbls. Ground Plaster For sale by Bronson
& Hewi tt on the wharf at the lower ferry. (1)
143 . H&G Mar. 23; adv:2/5 . Dissolution - The firm of Bronson & Hewitt
is dissolved by mutual consent. D. Bronson, J. L. Hewitt. (1)
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