Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-06-13
WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.
For The Dcmocrat aud Se,afine

sent me a copy of the ss Alleghanian" OF the 3d
of May, containing "a communication from y Al
bright, ESD, dated !" Paacnee, April 9Th, 1900,
in which he has made some unklnd, ana hus'
add ungentlemanly remarks, regarding the s'a'e ae
,aents in NV letter of the I'd of january 1900.
The greater part Of his remarks are too childisn
a,,d trifng to merit reply, but when ne asserts
that nistate facts in saying, in my letter OF the
I'd of january 1855, :. that Council city was no
where on the face of creation, am reluctantly
compelled to make plain statement oil facts,
and leave our own old friends and acquaintances,
to pronounce Judgement, and form their own con
clusiens regarding our yeracity, and Will cheer
fully abide the result. Nor indeed would | now
obtrude myself on the public, were it not that tins
is the second time, he has in :. the Alleghanian"
accused me of falsifying, and mistating facts
Your readers, (some of them at least are aware
of this fact, that some time previous to our eav-
ing for Kanzas, I went to Pittsburg to ascertain
how cheap we could get ny rail road from Pitts
burg to ST. Louis, freight included, and reported
when l came home to Mr.. Albright and others,
shat the agents told me the price was $3.50 for
first class cars. and $3.50 second class cars was
the very best they could do for In short
time Mr.. Albright and several others left, and III
a few days, a letter appeared in g the Alegha-
nian'' over the signature of C. Albright, in which
he says. :. HAVE SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING PAS
SAGE WITH GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS FROM PITTs
BURG TO kAxzAs CITY FOR $4,000.
This paper was handed to me BY two of my
warm frien,ls in 5ssensburg, pointing this letter
out 20 me; when read it declared it false, and
TO K
sS,s. would prove to their satisfaction that did
not lie about the passage by rail road. When
arrived il, kinzas | made the enquiry with regard
10 it, from Il. Evans, " Lloyd, G.. W. Brown
Esq and others, all of whom told me, they paid
SI5.50 in second class cars, from Iittsburg TO ST.
Louis together with their expenses, and 5000
from there to Kansas city, making III the aggre-
gate s2a co or 5000. In Wcstport talked to
Mr.. Albright on this s,i6,eet, and told him took
it as unkind he replied that it did appear so. but
deemed that he SO intended t. We then agreed
to bury the hatchet and parted good friends,
/, promising to write to him if found good 10
cation for lawyer, and he. promising to write to
me ii he SAW a location would suit me. This
much have said with regard to my statement of
the passage to st. Louis.
Now as to my statement aheut Council city,
which said was where on tie face of the
earth.7 Now the first t,siimeny l viii give IN
this subject Is this whesl arrived at Kansas city
I them received a letter from Ebensburg stating
tha. letter had been receivel there from NJ. Al
bright saying they lnsd arrived in the territory
and located the city and csiie it Gresd. l talk
cd to Mr.. Albright about the city, and remarked
TO him that they certainly were subject to an in
slictment for swindIing. when tl.ey put forth cir
ciilars that Council city was already ioeite md
that party hal airealy gone ca To make pfepar-
atiors for the reception Of others Mr.. Albright
rcplica saying he knca they were, tia linn also
IL he would mot rcfuR'l to nae the money had re-
cefpted for to Prosser, PerslaDg and others, and
pfid to him, would certainly iii(hct him. He re-
piled he had not the money, he had sent it to New
York ne exhibited receipt to me of s75e from
she secretary of the company, and saying at the
karne time, that he humbugee1 hnaself and
that he wopl / write to New York, and get them
TO refund the money, and if rot, he would pay to
all those from whom he had received money if
<hey woull give lial time, agreeing fully with me
at that time, that so far as Council city was con-
oerrled, it was complete suck, and at that date
WIS no NllcIt Ol bLc itlst Vi tiic i EttGlN-
e,l letter from him subsequently, in which he
states, he made claim near Fort Reilly and was
alb ,iit to move there in Il week he also states, in
regard to Council city, any shareholder wisIlag
his money, can have it by writing to Thaddeous
Hyott, 1l0 Broadway. New York, as they had
moved the city site one mile further up lie also
wrote to shareholder than this Mr. Hyott would
purchase shares to the amount Of thousand dol.
iirs also received letter from one of the share
holders, stating that he had written letter to H
oft, and that in reply Hyott told him he would
purchase shares to the amount of one hunslrel,
but thought the shareholders were lucky ones. but
if they would sell to that amount he would give
his note at six months.
have digressed from mere defence of myself
for the reason that feel it my duty to the.e for
whom am acting as agent, to give them all the
information can, and at tie same time to inform
them that the principals themselves do not under
stand eachiother nas have they confidence in Conn
CID city or Ureka orghatever else it may be called
M. Albright wrote there were 40 Pennsvlyanians
on the spot. Now the information | received
from r. Evans. W. Hand, and w. Briggs who all
give me the painful history of their trip out there.
was that there were only two men there, that the
balance had all left, except these and their fami-
hes. When Evan d. Evaas and myself were
talking to Mr.. Albright, Evans remarked that if
1t would be a cold winter they would perish with
cold ana hunger; Albright remarked, that he had
hauiea ont provisions for them. and that coal was
but short distance o---not pretendine that there
was any ptentiness Of wood there or that t,ere
was more than twofamilies there. Mr.. Alhr;obt,s
Statements appear to me sonething Ike the STATE.