New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23
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. rurqkR FROM HORACE GREELEY

AsIam closing brief visit to this State, q friend
has put into my hsrds copy Of TIE State Gazette OF
recent cate, in which find a renewed attack upon me
in come oon with the De, Moires River Improvement
Company. The writer is careful to abstao from direct
chages but ne quoes part Of the evidence OF person
unknown to me, who purpoIts to be q clerk OF SAD
COMPANY in such manner AID with euch suppreseions
ard cookl up az to convey the impression that was
employ ed by said Company lobby agent before
Congress last Summer and received 81 600 therefor
This witness ciLnot locate; never had any deaings
with him whatever and his testimony Is withheld rom
the public except far as his ignorsice or his blind
euesses car be made to give color to the charge which
its auii OTIS well know to be utterly false and cauun
Gus. The zeal authors Of this Islander are, presume
certain Democratic members Of the late Investigating
Committee raised By the Senate Of Iowa to inquire into
the mans gement Of this Des Moines Company; and
these gentlemen 20 surely know that the charge
against me- which they nursing and abetting, is
base libel. AS never did them any harm, l can only
conclude that this is their mode of warfare against the
influence of the journal with which l am connected.
We ekal see in the event how much party capital they
make by the operation. Meantime, in utter ignorance
Of what they may have stored away in their magazine
of imprinted testimony, wish to give, through your
columns full ana clear statement Of the transaction
on which this calumny is founded.
went to Washington at the openog Of the long ses
sion of the present Congress Dec 1885, and remained
there with brief intervals of sbseGce until about the
middle of Ap'ilast Durirg all thii time cannotremem
berhat once heard ofths Des Moines Company; andI
am very sure that neither Thu any railroad other
company or claimant employed me to do any service,
or paid me one fortbing any account whatever In
single instance Only did an old and esteemed friend
aok me to aid him in securing for his claim the favor
able attention of Congress which thought deserved
but he, on my explaining to hin my position and the
annoyance and embarrassment to which any connection
with measures involving pecuniary interests would in
eyitably subject Inc, dropped the subject, and never
renewed it.
About the 9th Of June returned to Washington for
week or co. to watch the proceedings in the House
the question of admitting Kansas Free State, under
the Topeka Constitution and remained until the day
after that admission was defeated by vote olO7 to LOG;
but neither a. this visit formerly did say word
to any member on behalf of the Dcs Mones, nor any
other land grant railroad company, nor in favor
of any measure Of private or pecunary character nor
was ever employed paid to do anything Of the sort
AsI was leaving Washington for the last time up to
this present, on about the let of July as friend
handed me draft for thousand dollars, drawn on
the Treasurer, in New-York, Of the Des Mooes Con-
pany which he atked me to take with me and use to
pay draft which he said would probably be drawn on
me by AZ agent employed by said Company l took
this draft, accordingly, home with me, and held 1t,
until apprifed arly four weeks thereafter that
draft on me- answering to this one, was coming on
from Washington. / immediately and for the first
time in my life, visited the office Of the Des MONIES
Company aud found therein old and valued friend,
Mr. Alvah Hunt formerly Treasurer Of our State, and
Low Treasurer Of this Des MONIES Company. / said
TO hiu " Mr. HUT, do you know Of a draA for one
thousand dollars your Company, payable to my
order p He answered, "les, i understand it,. 1
reoined, Do you know that have interest in sad
draft 2" He said, eyes, know al about it."
"Then," ssid l, "shall l accept and pay the draft
against it ?" He said " Certainly" and presented
the draft in my hands, which he paid and with the
proceeds paid the one thousand dol ans draft drawn
from Washington on me. That draft is now in my
possession.
These are the facts in the case, to which, imme-
diately on the story beirg started that had been
employed by this Company, made affidavit in due
form of law and transmitted the came to the lnvesl
eating Committee Of the Iowa Senate corroborated
by the statement of Alvah Hunt aforesaid, that
never was interested in nor employed by sad Des
Moines Company, and never was paid nor pIomisea oy
il one fsrthing for any service whatever. DeheVe
other leading members Of the Company familiar win
the facts addressed similar statements to members oil
the Iowa Senate at ell events, my affidavit aud the
statement of Treasurer Hunt were forwarded to the
Hon. j. b. Grinner Of that Senate, and by him
handed TO the Committee Of Investigation. And Jet,
in full view of these facts the secret archives 81 that
Committee are drawn upon at pleasure for garbled ev
dence to bolster up charge which Its resrohsoe au
tbors know to be a wanton calumny
Whether there would have been any cupabuty In
nv acting as agent for said Company, had done 30,
il il not necessary to consider, since IS certain that
never cid was nearly FIVE months in daily attend
an &c upon the doing, Of the present Congress, and
during that time never paid nor promised one
mill for anything cid or tried to do In ashngton 10
advance any interest whatever.
can only stop the deliberate, intentional deraction
of which have been made the subject by asking the
verdict OF an Iowa jury upon it. All the favor have
to solicit is that in sdudgipg the case politics shal be
utterly forgotten, and justice between man and man
| only regarded. Yours, HORACE GRELLEf'
Iora CITY, Feb 4, 1857.
Mr. Greeley not having yet reached home, or
bad ar opportunity to reply to the statements of
Mr.. John Shyker before the investigating Com
mittee at Washington, we hasten to lsy before our
| readers the above account of the transaction in
question, published by him in Journal Of Iowa
City, 1t will be seen that this account varies in no
essential point from that we gave on Friday,
though il states some particulars Of which were
| not awae.
| The steamer Asia arrived yesterday morning
| bringing weeks intelligence from Europe. II i