The Arkansas banner., 1845-01-08

le an a,,traoe or villainy he may have been
 np' His defence was lengthy and
 O' bpt very lame one. He did not
 .'' 'siagle charge or fact set forth in the
 aof a did he make any explanation or
 .nt nj, which would palliate, in the slight
 l,ap ,se. theunGavorable conclusions which
 2 'I61 drawn from that portion of the report |ins himself
 a,vslv, They have investigated no
 'v% ,;on or subject, and have made no
 .ats ,,r to this House rehecting upon any
 lhnaI. lS~ which have not been done in dis
 lo"f aoG'' 2 duty imposed upon them. They
 ' aIr stated facts, facts fully sustained
 op Evidence submitted with the report,
 abodied in the plainest, most simple,
 I~st @ offensive language they could com
 ,r sir. will state the circumstances
 which the gentleman was appointed to
 ,s,cy, before alluded to, the compensa- |sIowed him, the consequences resulting | Rank from his employment, and the ".r in which he acquitted himself of the
 .anGded to him, and this House can
 Jstemine for itself, whether his mea-
 dorng his absence on his mission, and t,oeeedings after his return, were we'll {Iod malicious, and just; and whether the ,,orv of which he was member, in their
 mon the whole transaction, and every l rowing out of 1t, conducted themselves s1Imt and conscientious guardians of the
 lie interest
 ,n only able, sir, to give plain narra- of the facts of the case, and if in doing
 commit an error, hope the gentleman off will correct me. in the summer of
 rumor reached here thata Mir. John | of Phillips county, indebted to the Bank
 e sun of S5,000, was about to abscond nun off his property. The board of di- IS here, hearing this, deemed il advisable
 oot some measure 10 secure this debt. Ieauentlv, on the 18th of the following snber, they appointed MT. Bertrand to Phillips with the claim against John
 as well as many others against divers
 iluals in that part of the State, and take
 sieps as he might deem expedient, and ] |h might be necessary to collect or secure
 With the exception of S1,13l 84, l ,ted in money, the most of the gentles time and attention seem to have been l led to this fb5,000 debt against Johnson.
 eve he did not, in his defence, refer to |ther important services rendered by him Bank on this occasion.
 secure this debt, he had an attachment upon number of negroes, belonging l Mr. Gilbert, one Of Johnson7s securities. E negroes were taken in custody by
 Twin, sheriff of Phillips county, and Mr |Hnd returned home. Some time after
 Ir. Johnson proposed a compromise to Bank, by which the attachment against Tt was to be dismissed, and the Bank 10 fOssession of some four or six negroes. Bertrand advised the board Che member
 to accede to this proposition stating 1t lis opinion that the attachment upon krfs negroes, levied at his instance and | his direction would be dismissed, as |would in a court of law be decided not his property. The board then, adopt e views of Mir. Bertrand, appointed Mr.. to carry the compromise into effect. F out with written instructions from Mir. End, and after incurring heavy eXpendi- retured to this place with few of the [es, which short time after were sold
 an attachment gotten out by Trapnall [ocke in favor of a third party,
 fll, sir, this attachment issued and levied
 the superintendence of Mr. Bertrand, faved in favor of compromise in ac- |nce with his advice, for reasons stated
 to secure a debt of $5,000, which, of e. could have been discharged with Ar money, cost the Bank upwards of
 D due Mir. Irwin, for which he has he'd judgment, and to satisfy which an don now rests upon the banking house l place, equal to S3,400 in Arkansas f, S55l iii specie; and $3l6 Arkansas
 bor 8, AIS Arkansas money expended Flowed Mr. Rector for his services,sand specie and t565 Arkansas money, or
 Arkansas money to defray Mir. Der ! travelling expenses, amounting in all P226 costs incurred upon an attachment fOy Mir. Bertrand, as agent for the Bank, property which he Htought would, in a
 ol law, be released. Now add this U allowed Mr. Bertrand by the board 2Sih of March, 1S43, for seuenty.four services at ten do}lars per day, and you
 the round sum of $6,336 costs expend- hlm, and under his direction and advice, Eure debt of S5,000 due the Bank, Fl assert, without fear of contradiction,
 In worse condition now than when |arted on his mission to collect or secure
 ol the allowances made the gentleman, (unl to S20 50 per day for every day he fOSent this business, which heprofesses Pnk Was not too much. From the vote he d lew days ago upon a bill providing for Fayment of the members of the present |Faaare, we have to infer that he thinks 70 oo day, in Arkansas money, all F' compensation for his own services, as as ,,. every other member of the Legisla- winch was the juster estimate of the paced upon his services by the gentle "ialseli l will not pretend to say.
 could not avoid a notice of the expla- made In the report, of the manner i'll E. Si'll0 were produced for "A days F'es at Sl0 per day. but has placed the