The Arkansas banner., 1846-03-11
HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, 10th Feb. 1946. )

HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
 Washington, 10th Feb lS46. HoN. GAVE JOHNSON,
 SIR: 1 herewith enclose you the cer- tfed evidence of the dedication ot Mr. l.. Woodruff, to the State of Arkansas. ou have recently appointed him P M. at "Llttle Rock" vice B. Williams, removed; who hap pened to be few dollars defaulter to the 1 General Government. [ now demand the same principle apply in his case. As his ap- continent was made solely q believe upon the recommendation of one of the honorable Senators of Arkansas, desire, that he be frs informed of this application, that he may have an opportunity to explain It, Il he can Rpt with the proof now before you, take this occasion to enter my solemn protest to his continuing in office; and to protest in the name of the sovereign people of Arkansas for the continuance of any man Tn office, by the General Government who would be excluded from office by our constitution.
 I have not asked Col Sevier to join me in this remonsuance, from the relation he oc- cupies to the late Postmaster at Little Rock but. desire. that he shall be made to testify as to the facts here set forth.
 All desire Mr. P NJ. General IS, that you give to the people of Arkansas-a man free from the causes that placed him Tn office and one who is honest and faithful, and that will be acceptable to the people.
 have the honor to be your ob't. serv't,
 (Sioned) A. YELL 1 *It is rather curious circumstance, that Gov. Yell sh0lld have left out part of my name, as It was familiar to him in ''by gone hmes," when he needed my assistance to make gfeGt man ot him. The "cer,ifed evidence of the dedication ofMr F. Woodruff, to the State of Arkansas" referred to in the above letter, consists of a CODY of letter from I'm. E. Woodruff, as late Treasurer, dated l October, 1S3S, to E. N. Conway, Auditor of the State, in reply to one of the same date from the latter officer; and also a statement of the account of the former as late Treasurer, as it appears on the Audit or's books-and both certified by the Audit or, on l4 Jan lS46 The said Woodruff says, in this letter, ''l have not paid into the Principal Back of the State, the sum of S2l0O 43-being amount retained by me as my com mission at 10 per cent. on the amount paid in the Treasury, for redemption of lands, from 18th Sept, 1886, to 3lst Oct. 1887, and to which l consider myself entitled by law;n and sNeither have paid over to the Bank the sum of S294 75, the sum retained by me out of the Surplus Revenue. That sum was retained by me as a part of the ex- penses incurred in collecting the portion of the Surplus Reyenne due this State, and consider it necessary part of those expen- sesn
 The accoun. stated by the Auditor, charges Wm. F. Woodruff, as late Treasurer, with amount collected by him for lst, End, and 3rd instalments of the Surplus
 Revenue S2S6,75l 49 And credits him ''by amt neces-
 sarily exp pended in bringing
 money from Nachez, and not
 required of him to be paid over by a resolution of the General
 Assembly, approved 2Sth Feb.
 lS3S," $500 25
 And, also. ehy amount deposited f:-
 by w. F. Woodruff, Treasurer
 in Bank 2S6,l56 49 296,456 "A Showing balance due by said
 Woodruff. (according 10 inc
 statement of the Auditor and
 he decision ofthe Legislature,
 against which he protests, in
 the letter above referred to,) of S294 7j The above contains fair synopsis of the pa- pers certified by the Auditor, and will enable the reader to understand the matter quite as we'll as he would by the perusal of inc origi- nals, which would take up more room than might suit the convenience of the printer.
 Fro which letter and certified evidence" Col r ASHLEY returned the following response, giving his views on the subject, andrequesting suspension o the final action of the P Nj General. in the mat. ter, until he could hear from AIkansas,1
 SENATE CHAMBER,
 Feb l4, lSi6 HoN GAVE JOHNSON,
 Postmaster General: |. SRI have the honor to acknowledg, the receipt of copy of letter from thu