The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-31
THE ILLINOIS FREE TRADER.

acquisitions of the law, he should, without
further delay, be restored TO his liberty,
his family and his home. The duty of
an officer is found in the law of the land,
and in some cases his own sound discre-
ton; and without favor or partially his
motto should be: TIE lac, the 3ChOle lar
and nothing bat the h,c. An ovcrwec-
ming desire to please the community on
the one hand, and IN naughty oycrbearing
course Of conduct on the other, are the
Scylla and Chary bdis, upon which officers
generally Shpwreck. And after you
have examined the facts, | wish you to
say whether have discharged my
duty. Respecting the difficulties between
Mr.. Lavinia and Mr.. Farwell, | have
nothing 10 do, and leave the law 10 aIju-
dictate their grievances.
In the said Anonymous circu|ar is pre-
scented an affidavit, signed by Benz. b.
Reynolds, and sworn to before Jabez
Fitch, Lackey and GeneralisSimo to the
Walker family, and who, assisted by his
instruments, is always found ready to
rally the Walker Squadron when their
IDOL is in danger. With Mr.. Rey-
nolds, at present, am not upon terms Of
intimacy, and where he is known, | would
not turn on my heel to contradict a thous-
and of his aflidavits. lfany person wish
cs to know who, and what he is, refer
him to D. Newton, brother-in-lawI to
one of my competitors, and to every other
citizen of Ottawa who knows him.
About the LIST of March of the present
year, loaned to Geo. w. Armstrong and
Simon Crosiar two hundred and seventy
five dollars at twelve per cent interest.
save that sum, have never lent to G.. w.
Armstrong or VIM. T.. Armstrong any sum
of money, drawing interest. To both of
these gentlemen | have lent and borrowed
money, but neither of us has ever cXacted
one cent Of interest. The same accomo-
da,i.ns have received from and extended
to other ci;zcns Of this town.
In relation to Tie money mentioned by
Mr.. Reynolds, these are the (dciS:--
William $. Saycr recovered i'll the La
S>llc Circuit Court Judgment against
Charles Campbell and Sylvanus Crook,
upon which Judgment execution was
issued. Charles Champbcll, at two sund-
ry payments, seized the amount; and
here | would digross By saying, that 1t is
not the duty of a Shcrili' when he collects
money to pay it to the Clerh-ll that the
Clerk is entitled to, is his OWL fe"s-no
person is entitled to receive the money
but the plaintiff or his attorney, becaGsc
the law requires the Sheriff to have the
money ready, when demanded by the
plaintiff or his agent, and were the Sheriff
to pay money over to the Clerk and he
| prove defaultcr, the Sheriff and his Sccu-
rites must make good the deficiency
Thus much in explanation of what Jabez
Fitch, J. p. and his compeer style "the
proper officer" Some time during the
month Of February, A. ID. 1899, Messrs.
Battcrlicld IL Collins of Chicago, Attor-
MICS for the plaintiff, by letter requested
me TO send them the amount of money
collected, by the first safe opportunity,
accordingly | forwarded 10 them by VIM.
Il. Armstrong and George W. Armstrong
the amount, they being Canal Contractors
and having to 90 TO the Branch Bank AT
Chicago, to draw their estimates. When
gave them the money at the same time
took from each a RECEIPT, by which they
agreed to pay the sums stated to the said
Butterlield q Collins. VIM. T.. Arm
strong paid the amount entrusted to his
care, and upon his return gave me Mr..
Collins RECEIPT. G. w. hrsroue I4
he had arranged his bust MOI
able to find the Attornie brought we
money back and, by my'couscot, rttuel
it in his posscssb Jon until l. went after his
next estimate, at which time Mcss,s Bui-
terlield & Collins were absent he was
consequently not able 10 pay over the
money, and upon his + a,p ~ efm-
strong refunded the money i,ct his
receipt. l then wrote 10 M CNins
stating the facts. Mr.. Collins u answer
said, he would shortly be 10 Ottawa.
where we could settle q business Mr..
Collins did not come Unal December
when we made a final settlement Of the
matter, as you will see from tac. following
receipts:
LA SALE CIRCUIT COURT.
Uillidm s. Sayer, !
VS..
Charles Campbell and