Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-12-18

and a fraction over.
The amount disalIowed in my whole
account with the Government is $27337
To meet this account, | claim a credil
Of $50 advanced 10 7. b. johnson under
direction of The Solicitor to pay expenses
while he was endeavorlng Ia arrest Jere.
miah Smith, also. $50. the amount of nv
last quarters pay together with my fees in
several suits in Du Buque relating to the
Mineral Lands. my fees in criminal
prosecution in Jackson county, my fees
in two criminal prosecutions in Lee coun.
~ aud in IA civil suit in Muscaline, which
will more than cover any possible amount
the government can claim.
Any one who may choose to do so, by
reference TO the books in the Treasury
Department can see that what have stat.
ed Is correct, or by calling on me they
can see The Comptroller statement, which
so far as the account is concerned is all
accurate copy of those Books.
have undeIs ood the rumor TO which
| allude has originated in letters written
by Mr. Bailey the present Marshal. and
statements by him made. If he has re
ceived any thing from the Department
warrantlng these statements, | would like
to know 1t. | have no, received the first
in,Ima,ion from any officer in The rreasu-
ry Department that any thing was wrong.
or that they even wished me to close my
account. | would add in conclusion that.
feel conscious that as Marshal of The
Territory. fully, fairly and promptly.
discharged my duty, that was removed
on mere party grounds, through the in
strumenlaliiy of our gerry W0rthy and
talented Delegate" a. e. Dodge AZ.
ter having saved To the Territory in little
over two years nearly thirty thousand dol
lars that would have been a charge on the
counties. AT the date of my removal there
was no money. due in the Territory that
accrued after my appointment. except the
expense of one court in Du Buque, about
one hundred and twenty five dollars in
Muscatine and forty or fifty in Van Buren,
which would have been paid by the Isl
of August had been continued | know
so, because the government is always
promp, in forw arding funds if The Mar
shall does his duty, aud | appeal To The
Public tor proof of the fact, 10 say whelh
err | did not al all times, tell them within
a week or two, when the money would
be paid and thai they were scarcely ever
disappointed, and whether the result was
not, that the Public accounts. which be-
fore were trading at from 25 to 50 per
cent under par were restored 10 their par
value, and were nearly equal to cash
throughout the Territory.
Since writing ahe above, have received
letter from Mr. Bailey, in which he ex-
cul paes himself from any design to In uge
my feelings or reputation in any thing he
has said, but admits that he stated | was
behind in the Territory $4,000. and has
favored me with copy OF his instructions
in reference 10 arrearages which are as
follows:
II presume from the suggestion of the
accounting officer at the period up to
for the payment of the expenses of the
Courts Of Iowa that no arrearages existed
when you assumed The duties Of your of
flee. Should any claim be made as having
accrued in the time of your predecessor,
YOU will act most prudently TO decline
paving them until YOU receive instructions
10 that effect from the first Comptroller,
for in case The amount of such claim has
been allowed TO your predecessor. Won
would lose the same there being no au,
thority short Of Congress to pay any
claim a second time
Ii will be seen by these instructions
that the Secretary did not suppose that
was in arrears, but that from the large
amount had paid on, during the Spring.
there would be no arrearages due. In
this however, he was mistaken. because
a, the date of nv removal, there was
something over $1,000 due and three
Courts were held after my removal and
before Mr. Bailey was sworn in. My
last requis,lon for money reached Wash
inglon about the time The news came Of
my removal. 1t never was answered and
! could not of course pay. unless paid
the abundance of his caution seems to
think it possible that have received cred
il for moneys not paid and that Mr. Bailey
is in danger of losing. unless the claims
are forwarded and compared at the De
par,ment. This insiEua,ion answer by
an appeal to those who claim arrearages.
TO say whether ever lifted any of the
papers, and whether it was not my univer-
sal pactice not to take paper until the
money was paid, except where an indi
vdual wished his claim forwarded for
allowance. challenge the whole govern.
menl to shnw that | have credit for one
dollar that has not been paid except four
teen to James Clarke, for whi,.., he holds
nv note. ISAAC LEFFLER.
Dec. 18Th. 1915.
RESaDEvT'S ESSAGE.
FellOp citizens of the Senate and House