Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-15

COMMITTEES Of the Know Nothing councils
OF washington, in visiting the northern
cities to obtain information, and descant
on the qualities Of the various mud ma.
chimes In operation in those places, and
in making offers to build better ones
But who, having failed in that, and hav.
ing been elected a mem Der of their board
OF managers, was prevail ed upon to try
his hand at building monuments, not for
the sake of the salary, but out of pure
patriotism.
l hey next assert that large sums have
been received and paid out by me at the
monument, of which no account appears
on any book at the Office. This is wiiful
and deliberate falsehood, and they know
it, il they know anything about the Of
fce. The vouchers for every dollar ex.
pended up to January 1st, 1855, are in
their possession in the office, and under
their sole CONTROL And in regard to the
monies received by me, they were the
collections from visitors, and the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the refuse marble
slabs, hire of crane, &c. On the second
day of every month, the monies so re.
celved were sent by me to the office by
Hilton, who paid them to Eckloff and
brought me his receipt, and if there
Is no return made, they must look to this
model clerk whom they still retain in
their service, and who, let him be guilty
of what he pleases, they dare not dismiss,
knowing well, if they did, that the old
saying, "When rogues fall out, honest
people will get their dues, would be yer.
fled.
They also state that I have carried
away the books from the monument, and
still retain them. This l acknowledge,
and what is more, | intend to retain
them, until this matter is settled, and
then they will be placed in the hands of
those lawfully entitled to receive them.
They ere the only check have on those
who would not stop at anything to do me
an injury. so long as | retain those
books, | can point to every dollar have
disbursed But let me part with them.
what guarantee have [ that my vouchers,
now In their possession, NAV not be de-
stoyed / do not know who has access
TO the office, and as the minions of the
party have not only circulated the vilsst
lies about me, but, as | have the best rea-
son to believe, even went so far, the Sun
day after the election in June, 1854, as to
poison my horse and three others belong
ing to the monument, l do not think they
would hesitate to do anything to crush
me. One thing | do know, that the pa
pers in that Office are accessible to one
who not only took from the post Office
my private letters and broke them open,
but received from the treasurer Oh the
order Of the board of managers; the mo-
ney to pay the stationery bill of Mr.. R.
Farnham, twelve months since, and after
receiving it, forgot to pay it to him, and
it remains unpaid to this day. This fact
is known to some of those who have their
names appended to the address of this
bogus board of managers, and, if thew
doubt 1t, and want the name, they know
where to find me. The pub ic can Judge
whether am light or wrong in retaining
these books
The next charge is, that wood was
bought at Captain Carbery's farm, and
brought to the monument at a cost of
So IS per cord. So far as Captain Car.
berry is concerned, he is abundantly able
to take care of his own reputation, and I
am surprised that any one having any pre-.
tensions to truth or justice, could stoop
so low as to lend himself to such a
perversion of the facts, in order to draw
odIum on one who is so far superior 10
any or either of them in all that consti.
tutes an honest and honorat lie man. TIE
purchase and hauling of the wood wa@
my act, and so far from its costing S8 rs
per cord, the truth is that it cost but
81 rs. The following is true statement:
At the time the work was commenced on
the monument, contract was made for
the hauling of the stone, and continued
during the fall of lS4S and until Decem.
Der, lS49, during which time the sum of
$3,678 So was paid for it. During he
summer of 40 two horses had to be Dur.
chased for working the derricks used in
raising the stone. | saw that the haul.
ing was expensive, and recommended to
the board of managers the purchase of a
wagon, that the horses might be kent
instead of being sold, as there was no
work for them at the derricks. The en-.
gine being then completed, being
satisfied that q great saving could be
effected in the cost of hauling, nav re-.
commentator was adopted, and since
then the hauling has been done by the
team belonging to the monument at
probably less than halt the cost of those
two years.
In the winter season no masonry could
be done, or blue rock delivered. This com.
prised the greater part of the work for
the teams. We were either Obliged to
sell the horses every fall, and purchase
others in the spring, and have the mar
bic hauled during winter by contract, or
keep them to haul the marble and stand
in the stable when not so employed. To
avoid this, instead of letting them re-
main idle every day during the winter
that there was no marble to haul, sent
them for wood, and by the time the sea
son for commencing the masonry had