The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-03-14
eoNpQqieatieqs.
Letter From azr. Army.
B,oos,scroN. III. Feb. 9th 81

"
paper of January gath, is an article
signed "James Blood, (which demands
from me notice, as it contains tn
Situations and iauendees, which, it
he will place in the form of a6fnad-
tion, Will give him an opportunity
| to prove before legal tribunal. As
he has not, however, done SO. will
content myself with briefststement.
so as to place the matter in dispute
before the people of Kansas in its true
light.
1st. The National Committee now
hold the certificate Of William Hutch.
inson .'for amonnt of Horses, &C.,
sold and unaccounted for" to the
amount of "s2,064 25." One pair
of these horses, (S240.) J bought by
Robert Morrow for James Blood: was
placed to the credit of the Committee
by Mr.. Blood, on his books. at my
instance, on the 23d day of December.
Others, / know were net paid on my
leaving Kansas and as the certificate
stated, sold and unaecounted for, /, Of
course, was not aware that the horses
were the same we bought. especially
as Mr. Blood himself afterwards ac-
counted for one pair of them. An
other pair, was placed ON the list a.
bought by Col. Eldirdge, and was
sold by him, while ! was in Law
renee, and he received the pay. for
them.
I'd. AS General Agent of the Ma
tional Committee, / paid to MIR. Blood,
on the 18th day of Dec. '56, $4,000.
for which / hold his receipt: and out
of which, of course, my orders ss
General Agent of that Committee.
were to be paid, those orders being
signed by me officially; but when the
account was presented TO me for the
81 1856 IS, l was told that ] must pay
that personally, which refused to do;
and on my return to Chicago. / paid
the amount to our Committee and re-
ceived the following receipt -
Received of w. F. NJ Army, check
on E. l. Tinkham & Co., for thirteen
hundred and eighty.two dollars and
sixty-two cents. to pay account Of j.
Blood against him, which our Com
mittee has assumed. FL. B. HURD,
"Jan. 9th, '57. See. NIX. Com"
The difference of 81 13. being ar.
|ticles / purchased for my private nse.
I am ready to pay to Mr. Blood and
will take the first opportunity to do
so. s - sts-
Sd. The members of the Central
Committee, in their article in the an.
Y. Times" say that "the supplies
furnished by the Central COMMITTEES
on the order of Mr.. Army, hiag over
three thousand dollars, and the grocer
les, de-, being probably not far from
| two thousand more /" making in all
$1,000. Now Mr.. Blood shows that
all my orders do not amount to more
than 1886 75, and for the colony
that they charge me with furnishing
I"probably not far from q, 600 in
groceries," Mr. Blood eays, t.6ssss.. 6ss
(only Furnished with over $500"
The facts are--as I hare tie faH re-
ceipts and rogckers 10 skow-the whole
amount of provisions. groceries. cloth
ing, &C., furnished that Colony, will
not exceed much over $1,000. But Is
the portion Of the Central COMMITTEES
in New York, and that in Kansas diff.
fer so widely in their statements, /
viii leave the settlement Of that ques-
ton between them, making only one
remark, that the money expended on
that colony, 4 being Walkers Free
State Militia. to retain them in
Kansas, is proper and has the appro-
batien OF the donors of the money,
and will also be approved by others
when We consider that thereby they
werc placed on ssclaims" and made
citizens Of Kansas, IN contrast with
Titus Pro-Slavery Militia = who have
left the Territory.
4th.. II Mr. Blood viii say that I
took a single paper or dosament, that
belonged 70 him or his COMMITTEES,
that the National COMMITTEES WAS not
entitled tosor ifte willsey thst ] took
any paper as he ;nsiaaates, ] will give
him an opportunity to prove It. as Il
| is not true; and no papers were given
to me by Dir. Blood except two, which
are IN the hands Of the National Com
mittec. s
exceedingly regret that circum-
stances rendered Il necessary for me
| to pen this Communications: but jus-
tice to myself demanded that ! should
not allow the article under considers
tion 10 pass without notice.