Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-09-14

We fad in the Columbus (OhIol Statesman the
following letter from James faylor. Jr ESQ. of
@aHesVile, ONO. enc 81 the mos, reputable ner-
chants n that place aud whose Yereciiy no One
VIII c.sp1ie, 70 relation lo large made a few DAYS
since, that the above named s-0.ty VS. = receive
farm tor is ggeGl AMI aiRfHfic. services at fall
IN the Wing cause sir. Itton. from .,hs,s Ne
obtained the facts, IS iUy4. Wig. aasess 81. fb,
great OHIO stage company. THIS Bear. who was
puOlcy drdfnmcd out of his native town an Dho Tor
s frequent misdemeanora, was the mi innate assoc,
ate 'lsi fall ct the Wing part" and hes sfpea reeex
ed the appointment OF Indian Agent. Ihiscrea,ur.
stated nj hotel ca hs ay home from his ass,c.les
IN Washington, that /" he had rcce.red an aregcU
and nicnded - siemiie ice IL Indians ont az
'eou'y eao'yh 10 fcep h,rl re tafraee erhis he
ana yet he Is retained "a oice by tie ri,fuons AID
mora' Wing party.
IANrs,uLr. June 20. 1911
Mr. GLrssNrR.-l send you the Information YOU
request. which Is embraced ia the following state
ment made IN the presence Of 4. Wilkins. ESQ.
and myself by Mr.. OHIO Hinton, on the :3Ist of
May, I'll, and which was reduced 10 writing nj the
time.
Mr.. Hinton said that John w Bear was TO be re-
wardcd-lhat he was u have money 10 buy him n
lrm, and that Gales and Scaion were TO raise said
funds, bat they had proved to be so much in dcbt
that they were not able To do So lie said he beard
IN W ashington that they were inoriraged To the
old Bank Tor large amount, but that he did not be.
iie'e II ana vent aud examined the record aud found
l"at ficb I'M bdils, ana every thing,
gagcI - l. Tor sixty k0asaEd dollars. But IN order
To get ed OF Bear themselves they had han appoint
ed Ind. an ager, through their influence which no
Hinton did not approYe.-ile also stated that Bear
mad called upon hun ID y ashngton 20 use his infu-
ence 10 get something Cor him. urging his claim. as
4 matter al right, on tie Government. Bot he could
not do any thing Tor Bear bot told m hat the stapo
company had carried bar "a, leas, 10000 niles free
81 charge, ana that Was DONG good deal anl that
lac then put his hand INTO hls poctei ard eayc Bear
FIVE dollars IN gold, aud eld that hat vas his part
and That il they would all d. rs vel r. him 20
would get enough 10 pay him. lie thought he had
got rid OF Bear on good terms. lie also said that
the company had spent ioGr thousand dollars last
summer, besides carrying all their stump orators
md others 10 Their cOnycntons aud that they wcre
rewarded for 1t by having 81 900 taken oil their
contracts-by taking oil the seventh Tor sunday
trip-and further that Sienman of Lancaster had
got up recommendation for Postmaster ut I7ncas-
ter, signed by some hundreds, but vas refused BIZ
Mr.. Ewing, Tor tie that tie fStennaan) Lied
IN the stage comrany's house, and that they would
have too much influence over him. Mr. II. exnress-
ed great dissatisfaction n The appointment of Bear,
and SAID they ought = A-ye -ascI he raencv by
subscription or otherwise, and let hlm go-that has
appointment disgrace to The county lie was
also d.ssatisfcd At Ewing's course
! TANrnp l.