The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-12-02

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Austin, Texas, Nov. : lN5i
/ James ~. Raymond, Esq. Treasurer. nc.
| SIR: Your communication OF the tsh
inst. has Just been handed to me, and lest
some passage in 1t may induce the impress
ion tha, my position and opinions IN regud
I to whose duty it was to accept or reiee,
the deposit within the SiNtv duys. have been
different at different times. thereby embM.
RAISING your ac,i"ns, feel called on nov
to state explicitly what that position and
those opinions have been.
have neither sovght nor avoided the
responsibility of deciding whether the de-
post offered WAS a good one or not.
Ia August last, alter the contrac, W.
awarded, and before It was signed, Messs
Walker aud King exhibited to me the cer.
tiicates Of stock. and of deposit rs stated
/ in my letter to you of the 30,h OF Octobef
and told me they proposed offering them
IS the deposit. NiereNtminiag these GET
thcales, with the evidence phttvd IN rcgtm
20 lh-u, | returned tae pnpris O. tnem,
told them they were mot lhe dy,crlt t,'p a
stock. the Law au,Aprilrd t. hc Deposited.
and Informed them wh,i d.cfpH 90 OF
stocks would bc acceptable Ia me. N'+b.
iur further came before ne IA tras,L "
this deposit until the 2lst OF oct'per 90
which day Won handed tne three hundred
thousand dollars al the preferred s~'ck Of
the Sussex Iron Company ri Nv Jrs'r',
with a copy of it, charter sui anenl'nea',.
stating. at the same time, that The csuirac.
TOYS proposed to deposit that stock. l.a
also said tina, evidences ot its value "oad
be lNn,hed before the eSpi,auon al la-
SIXTY DAYS. and that you intended waea
those evidences arrived 10 uansmlt then
to me.
Ga the ,.Gih October, Won banded ms
the certificate lor two hundred and nne,'
elgLt thousand dollars of u Mechanic
Bank stock OF Memphis, viii -tn'emes
OF It's condition, signed 10y toe President
aud what purported To b~ a copy OF 10
charter. All these papers examined ~ia
care. aud retufned them to YOU. ON sni
before the 9Th OF October, aud stated IN,
~ my opinion these stocks ~efe n.nilieisn' |
Is answer the purpose Tor whics YOU slated
they proposed 20 dePaslt them; but thai
would chrrrlully examine the evidences "a
regard to the value at the Sussex lrs
company s'''h' "noh 'D'> "'."'' '"
give You nav "p'u'"hS " u''n' "No'
Ga the 9~lh ol October. which was sS'
urdav. you handed mo the two ihousapa
d'l, 'fs '' New OK S'''e s''es' "',' Wv
evidences ~ regard to u'e Na'"1 81 A.
sussex iron I '"'r'"N S''eN' ava ou y"
evening at mat oaY rs,Hf"'' '''"
N"u, ana ''l1 Y"u That WI" NV eN'Sf'
Oh Tue New ORR s'",s s'eeH' ''''' Ia.
were Insufficient Tor ohe post ~ t w.
sNme TIME toni Sp ! ""a "o''', ,''' $685.
ae'srs " "'1.' ""' Ming, u '''''' , '','Y ~.
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