Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-09-22

+ GEN. CASs AND His LAND sPECuLA-
TluNS
Some weeks s.o we published statement
81 f.-spl t1 Genera. ta~s' land speru.auons
4 while he u4s S.tr-t.r, of War under dent
jackson. We .tt ihlt he was member ut
an association got up .uf specializing Ia Wes-
ttu 4aJ.. that iJa a~sDCiiuon consisted OF
hm-H. .ae Hon. Henry Hubbard, the Hon.
d. % j. Smith ond ihr lion. Mf Msr.0t;
thsl Gen. q U.s. had he selection OF thr agent
OF tbc association. and bound himself to be
responsible ipr his acts; that the M mbefs oil
tAa association, after consds rable time, mlde
a Ruthless effort to obtain settlement win
Cas-. tiat Alr. Hubbard wrote to him. de-
noancing him as a william, aud that Cas- was
silent under the charge, Dor statement was
made on he authority OF the Hon. +. Q. }.
Smith Que oi the members OF the ossociation.
bat we must say, iH Justice to him. that he
dill not give il ia writing. He made IL YER
belly 10 one o. his friends. at the same time
asking that friend 20 repeat it to Us. and r.
quest us to publish il, aud the lfisad in ques-
ton wrote 10 ont for our use. We make THIS
tNpiauas ION 20 relieve Mr.. Smith from impu-
tdiiHus on account OF any ight error that
may have grown out oi his irlenj's mlsandeF-
stnliuE or misreco.iection.
! Alr. kcrcbeyai, the agent OF the association
selected by Gen. C3ss sent Us a letter which
ouf readers no doubt remember. That letter,
as 0e stated OF the time oil It's publication,
and as we can prove. came to us IN the hand
writing oi GeG. Cass himself. Gen. Cdss. in
/ the sid letter, writing ia the usme OF Mir.
herCheval, denied every portion OF the state
meut published Dy Us, except indeed the main
auJ Important feet. that, while a member Of
The Executive cabinet he got up powerful
association iorspeculalion in The public lands.
Gen. Cess, 10 tnat letter. written as we before
said 10 Mr.. hercheva.'s name denied all
knowledge 81 Mr.. Hubbard having addressed
an abusive letter to him on the subject Of
tie business Of the association. II thea Hub
Gard did address such d letter to Cass. aud if
he hereheval letter, as we can aud will prlye,
is in Cas- hand writing, Clss is unqaestiona-
/ bis guilty OF a downright la.sehood false
hoot recorded il black and white.
\ ew days ago we addressed letter to Mr..
Smith upon the subject of the slalenentp pub
il,lled ~ rs, and Gen Cass' denial OF it, MIR.
Smill has answered, and we sub1iu his an.
sver He fully vetifss all The material p0r-
tlou. OF the statement, giving narrative of
the facts which reads as ii II might be relied
on implicitly. We know that he quotes the
contract OF the association correctly, for we
hove foil clpy OF that contract before us,
signed by ali the parties, Gen Cass included.
According to Mr. Smiths exposition, Gen.
Cass has refused to this day to comply with
ihe solemn obligation into which he. entered
IN the contract ne has refused to be RESPONSE
bic Ter the laitbtulness OF his agent, he has re-
ia. ed TO reimburse bis associates FOR their loss
Is sustained through The agents violation OF
the auicles OF association. aud he has thus. as
very many If not all candid men will think.
exposed himself TO the charge of dishonesty
all gsd to have been made against him in the
letter or letters OF Mr. Hubbard. TO what
Mr.. Smith says of these letters, we parlicu-
iarjy invite public attention. MIR. s. saws
that the purport OF the Letters was stated TO
him by Mr.. Hubbard, and that their character
was described TO him by Gen. Cass himself,
who sid they We're 81 dsuuncatory and abu-
sre hat he would take no notice OF them.-
Gen. Cdss, on the contrary. writing TO us ia
hetcheyal's name, protests that he has no
knowledge of any such letters from Mr. Hub
bard. l. thus becomes important. in order to
I Tx the hlschooI where it belongs. 10 verify
+ the TACT that the harcheval letter is in Cass'
handwriting With that view we have Tor
warded it 10 Detroit.
To Tie Editors Of the louisville Journah
toREsf HoME, near Portland Maine,
September |, ISIS.
DEAR SIEs: ! am Ia receipt OF your esteem
ed favor OF the tn ult. which was iora ard
ded from Boston hilhsr. in my absence from
b ia places. Ia respect TO the articles pub
llshed IN yoar paper, Calculating Gen C4sss
land operations with Mr.. Hubbard, myself
and Others have seen onl, an extract from
single article and am unable 10 say what ex-
tent oil error may have crept into the reports