The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-07-19

Iby Mr.. Hustled. received BY him from
*. M. Ednry. sf so extraordinary a
character. asking him 10 stop farther
proceedings against wooddn, that I
deem il proper 10 bring il TO your no
tice. IL is due TO Mr.. Hustled TO say
that he did not deign to notice or reply
to this communication. The follow
ing is copy Of the letter;
-washingson, August 5fh, 1859
"MY DEAR SIR; Upon conyersing
with Nc. clingman. we have thought
| il advisable that 1 should write you
to the effect that you will not take
ANY steps in relation to the charges
against John b. woodfn, Of Yancey,
at least fnr the present. The Commis>
sioner Of Pensions has, at Mr.. Cling
mans suggestion. placed the whole Of
his cases in my hands for inspection.
and if any thing criminal should be
discovered on the part Of Woodin, in
connection with said cases, meriting
prosecution. you will be timely noti-
fed. Tillman Blayieck, the only &C.
cuser Of Wood6n, Is not at all relia-
Die man. He, you know, was dishono.
rabiy discharged from his Captaiacy in
Mexico, and saaf home. The whole
community Of worthy sentIemen have
certified to Woodlin's good and irre-
proachable character to Mr.. Clingman,
and he has recently fled said crrtif>
Gates. The letter Of Mr.. Niles Of the
Pension Department, was wholly gra-
tuitous, and NOT a,tthsrised by fhe Com
missioner.
81 write you again upon this subject,
should it become necessary. or Mr..
Clingman iciH. who understands all the
facts. He, as we'll as myself, is quite
well acquainted with all the parties,
and, as at present advised, think there
is no very good ground for the suspi-
cion set forth in Blaylock's letters.
81 have the pleasure Of being, very
respectfully, your obedient and hum
BILE servant. lSigned.)
"B. M. EDNEY."
postscript. it's right that should
state Mr.. Woodfn has written Mr..
llipgman and myself letter which
has jpst come to haud, disclaiming all
further ceDpexion with said business
until a full examination is had into his
conduct, aud seeks to have il made
thoroughly by the Government. which
l am doing every day. and shall con-
tinue, in connexion with Mr.. Cling
man, until completed.
Respectfully. B.M.E..
The original letter has been surrcn.
dered to me by Mr.. Hssted, aud is
herewith submitted.
On inquiry at the Pension Office, I
learn that this extraordinary interie-
renee with the criminal justice OF the
country. on the part of Gen. b. M. Ed
ney, as had readily supposed, was
wholly unauthorized. "1'he letter Of
MIR. Niles. of the Pension DEPART
ment," which is pronounced by Gen.
Edney to have been "gratuitous and
not authorised by the Commissioner"
was in fact a letter from the Commits,
sioncr himself. prepared by Mr.. Niles,
as the accompanying communications
from that office marked A. will show.
The disclosure here made, however,
| am panied to say, is but the prelude
to another of yet deeper and more dam
ming import. Subjoined is letter ad.
dressed to me by II. w. Hustled, u.
5. Dist. Attorney, dated Raleigh. N.
c., Oct. %, 1859, intended to explain
| the letter from III. ID. K. Cobaniss.
Esq. county Solicitor, dated Shelby,
| N. G., 9th May, 1859, and the letter
Of ]. f. Hoke, Esq, dated Lincolnton,
June IL. 1852, which follow: The ori.
ginals have been placed in my hands
by Mr.. Hustled, and they are herewith
submitted.
Raleigh, N. G., Oci. 25, 1864.
GA prosecution was pending against
Joseph Carroll for procuring pension
from the United States by fraud, and
John +. Hoke had been acting for me
in behalf of the United States. The
charge was believed and so stated to
me, to be true, and | had asked Mr..
Hoke to have Carroll before a magis-
trate ON preliminary examination, and,
if the proof would warrant it, to have
him bound to answer the charge in the
Dist. Court Of N. c., upon Indictment.
| "The conclusion Of that preliminary
examination will appear by the letters
of Mr.. Cabaniss of 9th May ult., and
Of Capt. John T. Hoke, of l2th June
last. In both these l have full conf
dence. They are from gentlemen Of
acknowledged worth and honor.
/ (Signed. H. w. Hustled.
). Dist. Att'ny for N. c.,
" Shelby, N. c., May ~, 1851.
"DEAR SIR:-I write to make some
developments which | think every good
. citizen is bound to do in justice to him,
/ self, and to the State and community