The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-02-09

whole Board WIN. S. GILLIAN.
Had been able to leave my house, would
have procured other names of Aldermen, who,
with the above gentlemen, were in the Council
when was Recorder-but these are consider
ed enough.
Here might we'll drop Mr.. Hewitt, and his
slanders-these gentlemen, who were cognizant
of the facts, and whose truthfulness will not be
called in question, having literally ''erammed the
lie down his throat" by showing that "rHERE
WAS NO POSSIBLE CHANCE" for me to have ac-
quired illegal possession of the scrip Having
thus demolished the very foundation upon which
all his pretended suspicious rest, many OF my
friends have urged me not TO stsop TO the notice
OF his various other malicious fabrications, but
having been dragged before the public by this
unprncped and profit gate man, intend reply
ing to every insinuation that has been made by
him, his private secretary, or his masters.
1t is true that scrip to considerable amount
above the four hundred dollars received as sala
ry passed through my hands, but as Mr.. He,c,n
admits that it was Legitimate" for me to buy
and sell scrip on speculation as he acknoacled-
ges he did, and as perhaps all the Marshals and
Recorders have done, ask what right any man
has to require me to show ,chol bought Of or sold
to especially since Ihauc proren that "there
,oas no possible chanee" for me to hare gotten
hold of itJy dishonest means However, be
ing more than willing that my defamers Gor
Hewitt is the mere catspaw of others) should
have all advantages. will endeavor from re-
colec tion, to account, at least, for all my scrip
transactions of large amounts, though cannot
pretend to show ,chcn, ,ohere and Of or to whom
my smaller purchases or sales were made. Be.
cause Mr.. Hewitt might with equal reason ex-
pect me TO enumerate every small bank note or
coin that passed through my hands during the
same period. Indeed even one who handled
very little scrip, but whose recollection would
serve to show of ,ehom he purchased scrip five
or six years ago for the payment Of his own ia
xes. would justly be accounted man of most
remarkable memory. But now 10 my promise.
Sometime during my term as Recorder the
Council passed an ordinance licensing Merch.
ants &c.-not grcceries-and authorized me to
levy and collect the same. In the performance
of this duty called upon every 'Merchan, and
Shopkeeper' in the city for his license money,
and as il was Legitimate" for me to supply
them with scrip did SO when requested prov
ded We could agree upon the price. This scrip
paid over to the Treasurer, taking his receipts
therefor. But now as to the amount of scrip
| h,S od hu A fip,a I houo NJ Nj
NAPLES all the scrip he had on hand after pay.
ing his license then due, amounting to from two
| to three hundred dollars-the precise amount of
which cannot now recoliect. At a subse.
| quent period bought of him a considerable
| amount probably $3.50 of scrip at a very low
| fgure-35 cts on the dollar think | also
bought of MIR. Shinn some 5000 Of scrip, and
about the same amount at another time of MIR.
with MIR. Coffee and got OF him think not less
than 1925 of it, in exchange for Township ord
ers &c. My TRANSACT tons with Mr.. A Smih
were not less than $50, besides numerous trades
with Messrs May, I.eist, Owen Smith & others
in the employ of the city, which in the aggre
gate doubtless amounted during the two years
to several hundred dollars. After | had been
appointed to clerkshp in the Surveyor Gen.
erals Office purch sed of a gentleman whose
name cannot now remember but who recol.
ect 10 have been an llshman on the eve of
starting to California, some Ave hundred
dollars in city scrip at 40 cts, for which paid
about $3.50 of county orders at 60 cts on the
dollar and the balance in cash. Mr.. VIM. A.
Jones (and probably Patrick Quigley or Alfred
l. Brown) recollects this transaction-I having
advised with him at the time upon the subject.
sing A good part of this scrip was of old is
sues-some of what was call. d "canal scrip" as
MIR. Jones recollects, having at the time poin.
ted him to what is styled "Booths cut for
which part of this Identical scrip had been is
sued. refer to this circumstance and CONVEX
sa,ion, to account for the distinct recollection of
MIR. Jones and myself touching the character
of this scrip &c.
After went into the Surveyor Genls. office
l measurably quit dealing in scrip and it may
be that between the time of my appointment to
my clerkship there and the date of the last men.
toned purchase, had no scrip for sale. have
now enumerated number of my larger pur-
chases-all that at present recollect-the ag-
gregate of which: being added TO my $500 sala.
nv, will make some $1,000. ] do not pretend to
put this down as the exact amount, but it approx
mates as near to accuracy as can be expected
to arrive from recollection, after lapse of sew.
eral years; and presume that the books of the
merchants and memories Of the other gentleman
referred to will serve to show that these trans.
actions between them and myself were honest
ones-Mr. Hewitt to the contrary notwthstand
ing. But even if should admit for argument
sake, that had handled $1,000 of scrip as al
lodged and which think by no means mprob
able, how much cash capital would have beer
necessary to have enabled me to have come hon
estly by this amount of scrip, by investing ant
reinvesting my capital over and over again, per
haos hundred times during period of ovei
two years. What sum think you Messrs ed
tors , Admitting that scrip at that time was
worth, upon average, 80 cts. on the dollar, the
whole sum of scrip would have been worth blu
$500 in cash.
At this rate it will be seen that in making my
heaviest purchase, viz: $500 Of scrip (excep
that paid for with Co., orders) only $3.50 were
required in cash-au enormous capital, to b.
sure But, according to the astute reasoning
Of Mr.. He,oih, if it can be proven or even insi
nuated, that one of our merchants sold 0,00'
OF goods during two years, then he is to re
garded as thief unless he can show that h
: was worth $4,000 !! The only matter of as
constituent is that the ,conderfnL logical geniu
} of the gentleman @ having the honor e t
act as Mr.. Hewitts private secretary, has SO Ion.
been hidden from the world, like "preciou
pearls beneath the deep sea-" Having now ex
; hi5ited The absurdty and falsity of his INsIsuA
TIoNs under this head. mark down No. 6, an
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