Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-04-25

the purchasc Of books Tor township
libraries, because there Is no positive
evidence that he did. and The Profcp.
ser positively denies Il, We did pub.
llsh some uhdeniablc facts, in relation
to his suddenly becoming wealthy du.
ring bls term Of Office, after having
struggled with poverty all hla days.
I'LL hls election. itia undenIable that
he came TO Ihis Stale poor, aud In
debt-<that he was even arrested In
Boston. on hh way here. ina manner
that was so Notifying to his friends
there that he was released only by
their ald--ihai he held bis own during
the Ia years Of bis connection with
the unIsersiIy--,hat allhis little real
estate was under mortgage for lie full
value when elected that his salary
vas only $500 year and yes that
he built $4,000 house. and bought
and improved and stocked large tracts
Of land, and yet had money enough to
buy the State Sentinel. yet we have
never charged tho Professor with OBJ
tanning this wealth isaudulently. We
do not know that It is any lbody's bus.
mess how be obtained Il, lie may
have received Il from some rich rela.
tive. No doubt he can satisfy the
public on this point whenever he choo-
ses TO do so.
The sudden wealth of the PROBES
sor has attracted the attention OF even
our neighbors in Ohio. Tho Cincin-
natl Commercial alluded TO II some
time ago. by publishing the following
from the Lafayette Courier:
1--WE believe the truth to be about
this. and we have it from the most re.
liable men in Cincinnati: Larrabee re-
ceiyed the books through the Derbyl
at Cincinnati. They were billed te
them at seventeen per cent less than
they were billed 10 the State. LARA
bee received them az Harper's prices
hence he received in the TRANSACTION
something near SEQ. 900. That h,
received near this amount. we thinl
cannot be denied" tsts<4
We knew this to be mistake whei
we first saw it, and intended TO correc
IL Immediately. but Mr.. Derby him
self promptly corrected tin the yer,
next issue Of the Commercial by tn
following card; ~ -
| No. f45 NAN ST., CNciNxAri,l
April ] 8. sc.
MEssns. NJ, D. porrEn & Co'--GES
rLrMES:--The statement copied int
your journal Of this morning, from Oh
Wabash Courier, so far as i relates b
me, is unqualiiiably false. Profosso
Larrabee did NOT receive the Indian
Library books from the Harpers tbrc
me, directly or indirectly, nor had
any thing whatever TO do with hi
transactions. either ms negotiator. sell
or, shipper, or agent. save that l sol
him copies Of one Of my own publicg
tons. The Courier's most reliabl
: mon of Cinuiuati, draw = long p0v
and discredit It's other statements.
| Yours truly,
.44 II. w. DERBY.
Remarking upon this correction IN
Local Of the State Sentinel says:
"What subterfuge will the base
belIerso Of the Commercial and Courii
new seek 2 Can they find any,
screen them from the just contempt I
all honorable men ? How soon wi
the newspaperspress be rid of sue
: positive curses-of such men as los
to riot in SANDER and defamation ?
We could say many things Of bot
these men which would show them
0 the public as objects only 6i for col
y tempt and loathing. But. FOR II
present, we dismiss them with "slal
derer" branded upon their forehead
so deep ana Diack as 70 DC read oy
"s" so & s.
These "iloellers' should not "sla'
DER Brother Larrabee. The follo'
ing are all the facts that have come
. hgn'' IN reference TO this TRANSACTION
!, and these facts we can prove by
W. Derby It need be. The books {
Tor the Indiana Library cost the Sta
!. OF Indians IL per cent more than 4
same KIND and quality OF books co
the State OF Ohio that same year, al
some 10 per cent more than the pu
= chases for this year are costing (boo
= having advanced IN the two years. J
? The purchases amounted TO abo
. si2o.ooo.'ii7 per cent on which
$50, 400.