Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-02-10

he la1e MaRsAal.
II n the stsAsasassia ~ follswile eesna-
aieatiea Be- tlne, great ipjnties has csrtainly
been Ssae - ne HE Mfrshal. The article Of
which he complains wss dictated By no dssirs to
iIhfe him or any one else, but was predicated |
apua the assertions uf tAcsc WIN had the bestl
opportunities for ksowiSg'i the fsets, and - w,
supposed did know thsu 10 partictSlariss, xa
were positively assured that Il one Of the courtJ
in waskiastea eopsty, The jurors, without rsesis
iag thar pay, raesipteds the abstracts, and left
then with the Clerk, to - delivered up when the
money was paid. he Marshal, without paying
the money, succeeded ID getting possession Of
these abstracti; and when, aftsr be was rsnoved,
he WIS requested 10 deliver them up, h declined.
The Manhil, il will b seen, denies III this, but
We had Il from such source = to preclude The
sntsrtaiamsnt Of doubt Of 10 truth Il the time.
We are willing, however, 10 lst Mr.. J. have Tie
full advantage This denial.
II ~ Editor Of tAe 1sr1osSl Gaxetae:
DxAa sla.-yhs article which appeared h
your paper Of the 2oth inst, headed ssIntsrsstnk
to unpaid Jurors, /" contains reflections upon ny
sell, founded o. false appsshsnsion Of Facts. II
l. ~et the fact, - 10 insinuated in that article
that I, while in the discharge Of the duties o.
Marshal, represented, that i was necessary for
the Department At Wellington 10 pass upon The
vouchers before they could Be- paid here. n 10
not the fact that have ever forwarded vouchers
for sisgls dollar q jsgors' pay, which wss not
paid BY me, before the voachsis len The Terrific.
y. ! cay jsrsvs' psy, M. Editor, because in
oas OF two instances have forwarded vouchers
Tor services By clerks and others, before pay
msnt, but these were with The ne eonseat a
those officers, and III Of them have long since
been paid By me. Irspeat, that have paid
every dollar for which have ever taksa or for.
warded vouchers to washingtea. II h true, thai
I did not pay the expenses 9th Spring tern oI
the court in your dis,rict Tor the laat year, bu,
Il 10 equally true that have never taken or Cor.
warisd say Of the vcachen for The expenses o.
; theee courts. They remain legitimate charg,
aeaiast the eoveraneat. when was removed
from otRcs, Ireesisd b Ne sane mail which
brought iNtelligsaes Of that removal, = drafs o.
s. Louis for four thousand dollars. Having, a.
k~sss, j~ss claims against the government 10
more than that amount, which had been dial
lowed BY 10 dgNtss, and being Instructed B,
eeAnsel here that those claims must AND wcult
b rsccgaised in court Of justice, I dstsrminet
70 hold on to my own, that being the oaly mod,
BY which could ever hope 10 obtain il. l h,
hoped, ere this, to have he'd an opportunity .
vindicating my character and conduct before
issy d ny ecaatrynsa, but The neglect, o. a.
lay, Of the powers u wasAingtca, Ia forward
ing ny voucher, compelled ne, mseh agains
NY will. to continuance Of The cut now pend
Ing to The next tes~ q ~ court G. tAis eos~sy
/ Ase the manner u which ~ present Mar
sAal discharges HE dstiss, under ordinary cir
eamstanees Il would not become ae 70 speak
But - eSatrsst between HE course and M
own, injurious to ne, 10 sought to b institute,
. in the srsteh above alluded 70, shah b pardon
ed, trust, for The statement Of . fact, ia regar
to the payment Of Jurors in this county, (Mas
sAtiAs.) fes the cs~rt which has Just Terminated
x~- ~ -eAAs ;rAAn 5000 go sev~.sNs~s ov>
six hundred dollSs> The voucher were Il
signed uader pronise BY ne Masshal that Ia
money should Be paid At once. After they wen
signed, he said that his money would not hol,
out, and thai he could not pay more than one hal
down, that they might take this md give ID II,
voucher for the whole, otherwise he would no
pay any. Tue juron offered 70 receive half. an,
deposit the vouchers with the Post Master unit
the balance was paid. This was refused BY Ii,
Marshai he would either have the vouchers 70,
aalfthe money in hand or would not pay any
thing, giving as reason, the identical one whicl
Is said to have been given ~ myself while in Of
hce-tha 10, that W getting the voucAefs then
he would Be- able TO get more money, and in
shorter time, iron Washington. for the trutl
Of this ssatement refer 10 the jurors, most o
whom are citizens Of Bloomington. Az 10 m,
own course, 1deH the Territory 10 produce
single instance whers ever took the voucher
from the possession Of The clerk, without At IN,
same time depositing the cash for their settle
ment, 10 accordance with the jurors instructions
And it 10 fact well known here, that 90 scrupu
lous was On this point, that It times whe,
! drafts have been delayed in arriving from Wash
ington, have borrowed from the merchants ans
Others, hundreds of dollars 10 meet these paw
ments. but - I have said before, it is not 70
me to find fsult with the doings Of my successor
in ofhees bu a an attempt has been made to .eu
losise hin u nv expense, have tliosght my
self justi6ed in showing that he il doing precise
" that which have falsely been charged will
having done. In conclusion, hay Be permit
ted to add, that for proof that faithfully dis
charged the duties Of the Office while possessed
It, refer with confidence, 10 the testimony o
the cit'sens at large Of the Territory; and frou
the judgment Of slandering officials appeal to Ii,
laws Of my coantry, and the better judgment q
. jury Of my countrymsn.
trust, Mr.. Editor, that y you have been II.
hrst to give circulation to these statements. YOU
will DO me the jsstiee to publish this reply, and
have likewise to request al who have published
them to do the same BY this.
Very Respectfully, Yoafs,
4. B. JOHNSON.
Bloomington, Jan. 18th, 1874.