The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-10-01

MR.. -EnIToR.- me to notice and
correct a statement in the last Democrat.
ic Union, in regard to my official duty
as well as the emoluments have received
as Prosecuting Attorney.
The announcement in that paper is as
follows:
"There is something rotten in Den.
mark" Where is our Black Republican
Committee? Our Court appointed Messrs
Sears, Kirby, and Crawford, committee
to examine the inancialreport of our coun'
" Commissioners. Mr.. Crawford informs
us that he has been anxious to make the
investigation, but that he cannot as ye'
get Kirby and Sears to cooperate with
him. No wonder Col. Kirby is for defer
ng. the matter, for we perceive, from that
report, he, as Prosecuting Attorney was
paid, dnring the past year, the sum o
s489, ,oe, whilst his salary was fixed al
$500.
Nor is this all, for it appears that an
additional sum Of Sl23 was paid other
attorneys for assisting the Prosecuting At
.torneys. making S6L2,o8 paid Prosecu'
ting Att, rn, and assis' ant.
The basis of this avcrment seems tc
have been derived from information com
municated TO Tie Democratic Editor by
my worthy opponent Mr.. Crawford. i
regret an over anxiety for my defeat should
have induced such perversion Of truth.
There is an error in stating that have
neglected to CO operate with Mr.. Craw-
ford in the investigation of the Commis-
sioners Report. 1t is fact. have al
ways, at all times, and now am ready to
lay aside every other business and pro-
'ceed to the investigation whenever Mr..
Crawford's anxiety will impel him to CO.
operate with me.
There is an error in the statement that i
have been paid for my service the past
year s489.o8, My accuser has perhaps
innocently fallen into this mistake, mas
much as the June Exhibit shows that
amount to have been paid me, yet not as
my annual salary. The explanation is
.his: For the year 1856 my annual allow
auce was $3.50, one third payable each
term of the Court, of course at the April
Term Of 1856 I drew an order for one third
of my salary for that year and had it been
paid would have constituted an item
of the expenditures of that year. For
want OF funds it was not paid until after
the June session of '5S. Consequently
my whole salary for the year OF SO and
one third of my salary for the year 81,
appeared in the last June Exhibit.
Nor has solitary cent been paid any
attorney to assist in prosecutions during
my present official term.
Some one desirous to indicate MY imbe-
cility has-induced the Democratic Editor
to say that S123, has been paid other at
to assist me. This sum was paid
to assist my predecessor Mr..
Dennison and is now sought to be charg-
ed to my account The records account
for this expenditure Of sl23 as follows.
The Court allowed Dennison $63. in ad-
dition to his annual salary, and after the
expiration of his term of office, for attend
ing the case Of Commissioners against
George Harper. Also to Josiah Plants
&60ior assisting Dennison in the case OF
the State against John Sell, and Henry
Zimmerman, which makes up this idenli-
cal sum OF 1928, sought to be accredited
10 my imbeeiitty.
Were il wrong for prosecutors 10 Lave
facts wou disclose that in ad
dilion to the above sum paid for assistants
$50, was paid Josiah Scot 10 assist Den
nison in the John Downe case. the pro-
priety of which | am not disposed to call
IN question. My purpose being only to
iisabuse myself by the correction of pal
pable mis- statement. which my democrat
c friends cannot but themselves perceive,
rest my pretension for office to the can
did judgment of the people.
- ~ M. H. KIRBY.