Western Statesman, Volume 2, Number 39, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 9 December 1831 — Page 2

LAWHEirCEBUIlGII INDIANA. riuiAV, ii:t i:nm:itl,

TO THE HON.MVKKMYrU'KEX. Dear Sir ; Acting upen the sugges-

jdebt by the rigid course you have ; concluded to al.idge it to about one-i

'pursued in the application of thc pruning fourth the length it was last year, and

knife to all accounts offered, excrpf. your again solicited me to make a proposi

W . 1 1 . I j I i - L

ozen. licit so, i urn not desire to uon, us uKCflifC.ur. euun w.u was

strip you of any of your merited honors; : present

but I cannot resist a smile of ineffable j to come in compcttion with Mr. Culley

tion thrown out towards the close of ! contempt, for your consummate little-; I should not doit for less than one your communication to mc, that " my! ncss n intimating that I ' have nothing' dollar per square, as I would not unpaper mast bo filled with something, to nPpC for on the scale ;of liberality 1 derbid him for tie sake of getting a whether there is matter in it or not," nxe vou continue a member of the job; but if thev would cive it a place in

I Hoard." Let the public judc of your both papers I would do it ."or half that

litthncss when they are informed that amount, thereby making it as cheap in for all the services I rendered the coun-j loth papers as in one only, and giving it

! tv for twelve months mist. I presented a ! a more ccneral circulation. You re-

ibill of one dollar! and that vou attempt- i marked that vou was not

1 have this dav civcu your ima'uahli

lucubrations a passport to the public, believing that they -will be full as interesting to bourn If and some others

as an cm woman s table.' 1 lie prayings of an us is quite as interesting to some ears, as the sa)ings of a philof'j'hir. I shall not pretend to determine to which cla-s your communication properly belongs, or whether it occupies a medium ground, as this question strictly belongs to the unbiased judgement of the public. Allow ir.e Inow, dear t-ir, to review

ed to "prune it out of existence-;'' but was overruled by the discretion of your colleagues. This then is one instance in which yeu have attempted to act unfairly towards a claimant, which you so vauntingly defied mc to produce; another instance, was an account ofMr. Culley for publishing an advertisement, which was reduced from N 2 down to

COJI.TH'XICATICKX. TO TIIECDiTOIl OF THE STATESMAN.

Sir: In the ."loth No. of your paper, you

e I have cast some rcilcctions on the Hoard of

I 'ntiimissmtii'rs of H.i.: n nuiK'- mill sreill tO

I then cmarked that if I was j ,.-iirnatc mo as I'rincinal offender: and in the

37th Xo. make a direct charge on me for remissness of duty, without any apparent charity for human frailties. I have no aversion to an investigation of my public conduct, and am glad to see so much inti-rot exhibited for the welfare of community. Vou exult at tK: seeming opportunity to expose our misconduct, fancying, no doubt, you have closed every avenue, leaving no means to wipe oir the foul stain lixed on our public character. Hat sir, 1 am inclined to think, the clay with which vou have attempted to be-mt ar us in your columns is unteiupered, and will be easily

nii'irtrivnil 'washed oil bv tho application of truth. This

sidce? S3 commit ot.crs,

reprimann,

iiilro'lucing a copy

wiU support its own iirriuiv, while tne reverse by the strict letter of the law to pub- j of u .hriIiki at iu reiulgei.ee, and retires in lish it in more than one paper, and ! disgrace to its author. Vou lirt notice the .,. . , , , . , , . anpoiiitmeilt of Salt Inspector, and in the that it must be determined between us. j ()1u f ri.grot lt, C1)11 I then Said that I should print it at all i Tpjences on community. Please sir, relied, i : .- i t i i,: .- r..;,i..

events for the benefit of my readers a"u su. 11 "' K.rn,jt tu receive it in payment of any debt du. kiiowm:: as vou do, the circumstances in rela- "- '" . J .

whether 1 was alio

nnd five us a severe

of the record

f a-ainst us : "Allowed to .Mark M -

t'raeken for his service; as u commissioner at ,i called siion in September and at the present session, five (lays, twelve doil .rr, payalde out of the county treasury." Thi, should read six davs, instead of five days. It will he recollected that a control was entered into by tho old board of Connjiissiuuers in l8!l with the corporation of Lawrcnceburgh to fill up one half of that jart of hi-h street opposite to the public sijuare, and fill up opposite the court bouse ciunl to the height ol the first step of the door, and gravel the same, to-ether with some other improvements ; for which the commissioners issued a county order for XXi dollars and 37 cents, to Pliable the corporation to go on with the work, and took a bond from the corporation for the performance of their contract, to be completed about the la4 of December of that j ear, which was not done, nor any part of it at the January session of l'S-T). TKe board of Juatic-s on finding that the Corporation hail neglected to comply with their contract, then entered up a protest of record against the payment of that order, and notified the Collector and Trensu-

your article and 1 design to be as I ;) ,:cntst These are facts which can-

But I must not dwell

brief as possible, having neither time nor room to devcte to a proliv consideration of the subject. You set out

1... l a il. . i i f

o auvcrui-g to uu, .inpomtmut en lmvancc3 made for thp caUcd

Wed anv thing for i tiotl to thi. appointment, you being present the county. took a very actiTc part ,n prus 1 . ' i ill ,J ,, testini' acaiust the payment of this order, and rftm .Irlnb- il'.imd ! when it was made, and also knowing the alter . - - . ., . . Complete. UogVlSl- ' ' ... , thclurthcr notice ol the non-payment ot it ' - 1 result. For the satislaction of tho public, I ' , , . ; J . , vnn wis 1 1 li i n t 1 i .,, . . . . , .i . t hfterthe burning ot the records. I his order )OU was taking, I Wlj ive a lair statement ol this matter. At ,,,,.,..,,'"-.,,,.,,.,. .jn,i ;5 ..

Mr. Armstronc:, as Salt Inspector

and complain that I did not treat the subject fairly, knowing as I did the circumstances under which the appointment was made. lt was this knowledge of the circumstances that induced me to make the remarks I did. and 1 challenge the Hoard to ay that those remark; were not based upon incontrovertible truths. It m tru'' I wa present when the ap-

plication was made by Mr. Armstrong, for the office, and the only objection then made to tin; appointment, was, that it would ic the merchants of

not be denied, on such trilles.

Again, the subject of the illegal al-

scssion

in September, constitutes a prominent feature in your defence. You say that Mr. Lane was doubtful whether it w ould not be necessary to have certain papcis reinstated by the Court to perpetuate testimony, and that you were requested not to separate until that fact wa:? determined. This, every person with common penetration, must at once discover is a sheer pretext, and one which is too shallow to require

a -eriou refutation. If it was at all

necessary to their defence in the

suit, that the protest and bond refer

it, or not; and being

ed with the course

handed you a line stating that I would print it " xathout fee or reu-ard."1 Mr. Culley then handed in his proposition nt e" i incTOi

' 1 the e nw

by you; but subsequently oliered to do j came up, and the necessity of an Inspector

the September Session of the Hoard, my colleague, Air. Woods, apprised me of a reiue-t of sonic citizens of the county, to appoint an Inspector of Suit. We were both opposed to the lippoiutment, and did not appoint, and

ot the last session the subject

urged by a highly respectable citizen, (who has

since told me he was not apprised ol the ne'v arrangement at the licks.) on the ground that the principal towns on the Ohio river had In,r.; ill .lii'tn :i lid llio crilf rf'nintilllv serif

to-days paper, and according to the j tljc refuse salt to those points on tho river that terms of $1 per Square it would amount j hail no Inspectors; and the Hoard appointed , . . . , r . , I Walter Armstrong, under the law, during their to only y-l 50, instead of 8 or 10 as j I)li;;isiire) lo in,.uxt all salt th:lt mny b(; liUlI,

stated by you. Indeed, an estimate was made at the time, and Mr. Culley and I both agreed that it w ould not exceed six sijiarcs. Last year it amounted

it on the same terms that I had proposed, and it was so entered of record. I have published the Expose in

ed at any point on the Ohio river within the

limits of the County, for sale: and shortly after Messrs. Woods and Arnold, the other membcM, left the hoard, leaving me to clo-e the bn-iaes of the session, v hich O 'cupied ir.y at-

I tuition until late in the ni;ht. On tho follow

ed to should be reinstated. Mr. Lane

Lawrcncebur-h an opportunity of mo-. is not thc nKin to neglect so important

nopol..ing tn? article. 1 ins obstacle was oercome by Mr. Aimstrong, he suestim; that h would appoint diputif in the other towns in the county, where the article might be offered for sale (a tiling, by the bv, which the law doei not authori.e.) lie was thereupon appointed without any in-

i Mig .tion as to th'? In: i i rl li. r t!i'i-i t -I .loi-ii-.'.l

v"4'", ...... ..r ,V lcCi'ssary i liut it it wa mi impor-

plicant Imiuell. .Mr. Mel. racken sas j t mt lhat tilc ioar(1 shoulJ not sepathat neither hinv. lf r.or the applicant j rat( wjlV tlij Mr. McCracken aband,n was " appnse.l t the ,K j tho ' -mt'vrCft9 0f tt.e countv, ami u vxn-J at the Licks" or he would not ; ,lnmc ,cav,n Mr. Arnold nW, wlicn have applied, nor would the npplicr.-!lie Inust have known that he couUl do

tion have been :ratited. It stems bv

a matter until thc case should be called up by the Court, when it would in all probability be too late; and if thc necessity of reinstating the papers was only problematical, why not have it done at once, as it would not have cost thc county one third of the amount allowed to the Hoard for v.aitinir to

or the fts, certain whether such a stepjwas real-

irom tae an- k. , -,r, ? ! in ...

.hf !ln'.ii!c; ef t!ie hoiioral.Ii president, that the subject was brought up at t!i; ir September sc-sion, and that l;ro of tliem were opposed to it. Two nio;,tlis . ;pi d and tho subject i again Vrotigb.t before tb.em. and the appointni' iit m ele.?fc n y -erur Jlr.Jnn-

sroii- .). th, m it rr.-jy mn

ii"i morning ;:ie " n,

Kri'i -J in nii.Mt 1. .1 . 1 I .1 . 1 1

. . u, wi. niiu i.i ,i i.wuti 1.1 wiini ou make ine loiiowing l.i liuht, and they then discover that ! sounding profession of attachment

tliev have

Am. ix tsii: wuoNt;. When men undertake to write about things of which they are totally ignorant, it is not to be

-'in.

The

tV'thing of himself? If it is said that our was all-sufficient to attend to the dntie renuirrd. thru whv diil llicv run

., ' r- i I wondered at, that they shoubl run into

v ' l'" -' ,J "l error. Upon this principle we account two dollars a piece per day? The for tlie many gross, blunders and errors truth is manifest, that their attendance,! firl found m the following short par-

t dav, was altogether

It At 1 "

aaer ine htm uay, was aiiogetiier un

ii. cess.'.rv, and of course the allowance m ade for tlie same was contrary to law.

arr'tn'r, Die,

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You seem to have forgotten yourself f I when vou make th; followino- l-.irrl,

to

v have made a wrony; move, and t b.. nf (hnVrint. 't I -

Mr. A. is requested not to ;ucept.' vou tint I shall not neglect the intcr-

And what, pray, was tins n, : tin;inr-; est of my constituents by suffering the '

nr. a knowledge ot which so sud-Countv to be defeated in this suit bv

revolutionized the sentiment , any neglect of mine;" for, by your ow n honorable Mirk? Simidv. that ! showinrr. it annoars lb:.t vnn.

i i i ii - - - .-. company were r-hct the interest of your ronstilunts by

to squares, and I was allowed only ! i; morning I learned by the laws of Virginia,

7; thc year before it was consider- j ' was ius..,ete.l at the li. k, and the .. . . -T r, .. .. . j (pi.ilily marked on tlie barrel. I went iiume-

uiy less, aim iui. v-uney w as auow en i i (liatl , to ?llr. Arin,trong and reipicted him,

that he should not taLo his appointment, and he willingly a ;recd to my proposition. And this arrangement was made known to Mr. (ireirg and others; and it is well known that Mr. Arm-trong has never attempted to act in that capacity. Mr. ;revr'''s fabricated apo'o-

i.v for thc conduct of his merchants, may an-j swer for bis purpose, but not mine, as 1 wa? eye witness to the management when the price of salt was rai-ed. 'Ibis f.irce was well

played oil". I have been oil'ered salt repeatedj lv at the old price, l." cent" per bushel, ;ind i bought it. Although I did not vote to hare ( ' an inspector appointed, yet I claim na exemp- ! tion from censure on that ground, as it is well known repeated complaints of thc badness of I this article sold in this county, and the public ! print; have been reported to as a medium by

our citiUis to complain on the monopolist ol thc imposition practi-ed in that respect. Mr. liregg, you .-ay your merchants have raited the price of salt " ."i cents on the bu-hel, or from to 3."i cents pi r barrel." Nowr look at the consistency of raising the price from . '10 to .'i." , cents par barrel when the cost of inspection is but cents per barrel. You next, in the ."iilh No. attack the board, and particularly mc, in these words: " lt is ' wi ll known to the people of this c itv that 4 the 'resident of the present Hoard of Com4 uiisMoiiers was long a prominent member of 4 the hoard ofCouuty Supervisors, and thatone 4 of the pri sent members was alfo associated

with liiia on the former Hoard. It is also 4 well known to all who had claims against tho 4 county, for services rendered, (except those 4 whose fees were established by law,) that the 4 pruning knife was invariably applied to their 4 accounts before they were allowed, whether 4 the accounts were reasonable or otherwise. The Hon. Ma.k MVracken, who generally 4 stood foremost in this business, declared that 4 he consulted alone thc interests of the county ; 4 and that the low state of our finances required

4 that the pruning knife should be liberally ap

plied whenever the law w

5" 10. I w ill here close my remarks on this point by saying, and that fearlessly, that 0U have wilfully misrepresented the truth, in reference to the coun

ty expose; and that I defy you to controvert successfully a single point I have made. There is one instance of a violation of law charged upon the Board, heretofore, which you have failed to explain; that is, the appointment of Major Dunn as Trustee of the Seminary

fund, tu-chr months before the expiration of Mr. ConweU's term, of service

for which he was regularly appointed. You would accommodate the public by throwing some light on this subject. With thee remarks I dismiss you, until after 1 shall have gone through the Congressional and Legislative proceeding s of tlie present session. Editou.

has fell into the .Madison Hank, and 6uit is now brought on it, and the board summoned to at tend to the suit. A called session of the board in September was necessary to appoint an Attorney in fact to attend to this suit, and as tin records of the protest and the bond referred t. w as burnt in tlie court house, and had not ei been reinstated by tho court to perpetuate testimony, and it was d(ubtfiil with Mr. I.ane, our Attorney, if the reinstating of the record, and bond was not necessary to our defence i'. the suit, and requested we should not separate until it was determined if the perpetuating was necessary, together with other prepara tion for the defence. A majority of the boar i continued two days my business compelled mc to leave them, and Mf. Arnold staid unti' the demurrer was filed ami the suit continued If we arc not justifiable iu endeavoring to make a successful dt fence in this important suitjthen ami mistaken in tho interest of the County, and I assure you that I shall not neglect the interest of my constituents by suiiVring the County to bo defeated iu thi suit by any neglect of mine. For these two days, and three days of the regular s-;--io in November tin; allowance was made as showed in the above copy of the n eon!. When it w as found that it would be impossible to complete the busines during the legal time of the si?ioti, owing to the mass ol business that came iu on the lat day of the term, and to clo-e it would require 1 a called ses-ioti, it was concluded that thc business that would require the attendance of a majority of the board should be attended to, and the balance h it for me to attend to, and an allowance for one day, extra was made and ordered to be entered in the above, which

would make it read six days, 12 dollars. I. ate in the afternoon the other members dispersed, and the Clerk and myself continued iu session until near midnight, at whiih time the busine-s was so tar advanced that the Clerk could proceed with the making up the records and making out the county orders ready for my signature, and the next morning I went home ; four (layi niter 1 returned, examined and compared the proceedings, signed the county orders, left tho expose in a situation to be transcribed.

and entered of record, directed thc Clerk to put my name to the manuscript expose as from the record, when he had made the copy, an J forward it to the editors, and went home airaia satislied that all was right. It it ems however that the expos,; wai not forwarded as expected; (and the reason as-igued mo by the Clerk wa- that I had made come remarks in

Is:

thaut send

the

to the press

lie

denly of t!u

the agents of stun (ed to r

i. -en published m the papers lor steral months-, and which was well knovn to Mr. A. and ev. rv member of the Hoard. The truth is they found that the public were indignant at the course taken, and concluded it would be the wiser part to recede;

h a fact which had j abandoning the suit and going about j

your own business before any legal steps wt ie had thereon, and that too, contrary to the advice of your attorney. What must our constituents think of a public servant who will thus abandon them in the hour of danger ? Thev will assuredly write upon his forehead,

the ire crrmigi mm I that : in character's loo legible to be mistaIhem so suddenly. lbitlken "mini. mrur. i.'.l i,,.i,i.-, :.. "

In reference to thc printing of thc County Iipoe you have given a version entirely at variance with the truth. Vou say I attended the Hoard and

sought to get the printing, and that upon being requested to hand in a pro

posal in writing 1 n fused, stating that

igraph,copied from the last palladium

44 From an article in the last week's Statesman, thc reader would infer that the publishers of that paper and the Palladium originally made the same proposals for printing the County Expose. It was not so. The terms of each were requested, and the editor of this paper gave in six dollars , the same as was paid to the editor of the Statesman the year preceding. The latter proposed .loins it for nt!t-

oiy. The editor of the Palladium then remarked that he would copy it from the Statesman on the same conditions. lie never oliered to print it from thu manuscript copy 'without fee or reward." The pro lem. editor is not aware, per-

haps, that in the foregoing, he has prefer-

ed a serious charge against the Clerk

without in? signature to it at that time.) II. i t

I aulicipatt d any reluctance in the Clerk to place my name to the expose I should havu staid a week but it should have been done, although 1 do not consider it necesary, for it is truely a copy ol" the record, an 1 it was signed before your last paper was published. I have here answered you iu that part of your remarks iu tlie 37th No., relative to the expo-?. Now, sir, judge if I have fhowed a disposition to make unnecessary expense on thc countv. Suppose I, had staid and looked at the Clerk completing the records ;'. or -1 days, would you sav I must do it for nothing; I did so at tht

mill instil v 1 1 :i in a .

4 cation. Thus were their accounts freoiicntlr 'lll-''1" r session, and might charge tor it, an,

reduced oil per cent, and then dischar -ed in -,linl.v tooi lmt 1 not. T! era might hav

neen a called session at ea -li time, ami cost tn

and tliii was burst upon

this is not all. It seems that Mr. A. W IS appointed, ..,,,,, ,;;,, with .special insiruetiop.s to inspect Salt .m- ; in the towns on the river, when the law rxpre-ly sajs that he shall inspect :l! suit in hornhth.it laau he

Thus it

i oi purine M.i-tmv terms were one dollar ner smiare

i . .i i . . i

un mi ir uiiiv acron - A. v n

j iwu. iivv yuu know as wen as you i. . - . i.i, . i

, nave an, ,..,.- . a.t UI.-(know that y

, .iiig utterly ignorant of

appear that a lioar.

eer-, sworn to

ing to law ili r a law,

its prou-ions; as an evidence of which, the President stated in this ofhfc, not two weeks ago, that h had not examined it! With raiding the price of salt had nothing to do.

relv

county orders at least 'XI below par. To all 4 this the people submitted without a murmur, 4 hoping that the time would foon arrive when 4 tin? same pretext could not be made, to deprive them of a reasonable compensation for 4 sen ices rendered. The expose of the pre-. 4 sent year shows a balance in favor of the 4 county of near r 1,111!!, and tho people have

county perhaps vill or .'10 dollars, but in lieu e that it has cost two dollars. 1 say fearlessly that every exertion has been made by th board to save expense. Vou say "the consummate littleness of the board forced upon tho necessity of printing the expose witho i. fee or reward." This is like wmr nthor lmt1.

j

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ill I in I Alinlt- till rt )i,'l nirr i 1, . t t ' I - v. v , , .. j

" . V VV "'I- " 4 a right to expect that a more liberal snirit 1 aueu.iea me hoard; son-lit to set ir-

;, as to tlie proposition ol Air. Culley. 4 would characterize the administration of ' rri"tinS : and when you wa told the form ..

4 their affairs. What are the facts of the case ? i v c expose would be printed, and re 4 Instead of a spirit of liberality and justice, a.. Il,105tcu' to hand in a proposal in writing for the 4 more unjust and intolerant system Seomcto' l,r,Mli,,.!? J011 rrllls,'d to do it, and said your 4 have been adopted. We felt iO) nppliention "ljr U'""3 was onp per square, whie'e. ' to ourself, and we witnessed its nn!,l-ii;n would have cost the countv S or 111 dollars. A

In one instance, in particular we lolleUl '" ,vas prevailed on to make a prope

on I ii it not lie well lor thc Lad to " tarry in Jericho till his beard be

grow n

fou sat on that Hoard, that I

never intimated a wish to get the printing until you requested me to put in a proposition; that I w rote a proposition and gave it to yon, Mating that I would print the Kxpose for the present year for ,S J provided it w as no

than it was last year, and

pro-

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ni'i iii iciy M.i!ei utr I. n. i loi-un i longer

with causes which led to it, as

matter ol news to mv readers. ,,,. r, :in.i :,HW Atr Cullv il.

Nou nent expatiate very 1 irgrly on ! same. (The same proposition was thc subject of retrenchment, and serm! made lat year, but not acceded to.) t arrogate to yourself the honor Such was the proposition I gave to yon cf h.iTing brought thc county nut of ! iu writing. Thc Hoard afterwards

PKonnaors. The pro tun. editor of the Palladium, seems to have entered upon his -jew avocation with spirit, and that we may not be left in doubt as to the dimensions of his calibre, he has in the very outset pounced upon Mr. Clay and his Hiographer, tooth and toe-nail, clearly indicating thereby that he does not intend to shoot at small game. He it so, tec shall not complain at being let offwith impunity; but we must be permitted toadnionishMr. I'renticeto he upon his guard, as he little knows the eminent danger to w hich hi and thc subject of Kiss Hiography stand exposed from this .piarter. From w hat w e have already seen we may expect to see the w hole lliographieul concern completely ramsrpmddleil ami chcrid tip, so that burnt brandy could'nt save "em. The following is the concluding paragraph of the sityi-ient article referred to:

44 In what Huht slimihl a man he viewed, who, Ij.t vin i nivlition.illy ,jM11., of a mi;e amount ofim ii handise, an, I limjjnji it in ilanner of roTcrliu to linn, to wtlle the ilillii ully and ineiensc the I'hiini-i'S of sale l'.,r .l,,il.n .. :.i,l'

. . 1,1 ",,, l, II llll 1 1 lilt I ICIII. llllll., PlM'.llll , . I J--,- III ldeil also that tiny Would have it in u i t a lUt ..! uitli it. e. t it ensmed. and sink ir.

ami Pun fiaii lnli'iitly take from IhP liudrrn tilers what he .leiairi- l of ohtaiiiins by an lionorahle ?nle.'

rtiem rmU; . iiilrrmedinte ;rade of pnhlic opin

ion iiollin; short nf ullet oudemnalioii. Surha Him ire Aimic. Qutre. Did thc Fditorever sec his face in a looking glass?

4 to others.

saw an account, which was just and eouita- Sal t1"' lvaJ I,0't-'.1 out, and iu the eousa.i:

which was entirely reasonable in all it ".guess oi jour honorable sell proposed t,

Id

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p. ii is, iiuii which could have been recovered momm no or reward. ,lr. I iilley pav - 4 by legal process against thc county reduced '"s rrol,osal which was for 3 dollars. Net!.

nul 'eaii in order. .Mr. I ill ev then iwnnose .

copy from your pape

princinle of moral ini- 1 rins w.tn your royal elf. ill.

tice." I avknowleik'o ttmt I l,.. 'i:.,a u" J"r ooastiinr about it had vnn ilmm n v.v:

c - - ., , v, , . iin,-n - J

4 one hundred and fifty per cent, without any wcro n'a" ,n or(''r- Ir, 4 shadow of cause, without any local ri,-i,t i t,irit ,,p " onld publish a 4 and contrary to every principle of inoral his- !'. lhe 6i"" tlr,ns wiUl J

' tice." I avkiiowlediro that I b.ivo nnnliml "r "oastinir about i

the prunine knife (as you"are pleased te call I a6rci' t would have been quite as interent.e it,) to hundreds of accounts, and would have ' 1,1 )our r,'a,lirs s an old woman's fable, a

pruned mine of them more than they were, if I'lja-r must bo hlleil with somethini: any argument that I was master of had con- " "ctu, r tllci"e is matter in it or not. Vou caiiTineed a majority of my colleagues to do so, - 11 ot ro"1l'1;,in, as you have done mostly all th' while other claims, like some of yours, would l,""t,l,o f"r the county ever since tho eiistetic, have been pruned out of existence. This oro- ! )0,lr I'1'!"'1" 5 11,1(1 ' t m tell vou I am nol

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cess was necessary; 0I) ti, rolltr;iryt jn place ' lnphtoned at your notice to me that yon ofbei now out of debt, I have no doubt, j W'U Sfl,'rt our ow" tiin" to publish the epos. would have been $ 5,111)11 m debt. I have ne-! ,loiuS J'" will hut confirm your prer. very. t regretted a sinsle act of mine iu that ' US assrt'""S that unless yon wa, paid you repect. And for jour gratification, I expect ' m,u,d 1104 publish it until next spring or turnto apply the pruiiin8 knife whenever necessary, ! r"ur' as ou lM nt fix anytime whrit you so that you have nothing to hope for on th I ,vo"i(1 ll , in your proposals. 1 ,,ow ,.uve scale of liberality, so loilfr as 1 nm n mem. ! yon for lll, present ; lmt in v dear sir, pleaso do, her ofthe County Hoard. So (ar as is in my pow- I UCSU i 1 ihv Kr'""l work' you have begua it, I will give every person, that has a leKal ! XyoT us 4T'tn l'"r complaints ; but I now u-

claim against the county, a tust compensation I 3 ur "n"rahb self that the eouqty will

ami no more. ;u claims nijainst the county on-lit to be adjusted in fairly a claims between individuals; m the county (or the people) is one party nnd the claimant thc other. I as one of the arbiters appointed to do justice between thein, this I have ever tried to do.

Ami I now put you or any other person nt de

not pay you one dollar per square for printing your calumny. is . , MA UK Mct'H ACKV.N. 'eeemher 1st,

(KrWehope that the public will pardon us for having this WCek trespassed

fiance to show the instance that it has not been ! i f patience W ith the Unprotlta-

done, o far as it was in my liowor to do. fite controversy between ourself and the the cases and let the world know tho ground illustrious A uirht 0f the pruning knife. on which they stand. In future !,' i e . J, 1 1 luiut e they may look for matter ot, ou next advert to allowancei made to our-' more importance Messages, vVc.