Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-03-18
WHOLE NO. a1I1.

as the books show, and am not conscious
that am liable; I therefore ask for such
legislative action as will relieve me-
M'Ewen gave bond 20 the state, as
clerk, for two thousand dollars-that
bond is available to the state but not 10
me.
On the ninth page Of the report is this
paragraph:
1.-The new Directors Of the Peniten-
liary. settled with Mr.. Burtles at the time
he went out Of Office. His Individual {
accounts were all honorably settled, as
appears from the entries made at the, time.
The same were balanced. After this,
on his account, and on the debtor side.
there is this entry, viz: June 18th. 1856.
10 agreed abatement in price Of house
S25, ,On This sum still stands against
Mr.. Buttles. Why it is not hquidated
we are not able TO say
This could have been satisfactorily
explained, had / have been present al
the examination Of that account. The
parts are these. / sold the Directors
horse, not house, for e195.oO. Just a.
1 was about leaving. one Of the Direc-
tors told me that he thought / ought to.
make discount of s95, in the price Of
the horse assented tothe proposition, and
told him l would settle the matter on my
return. The entry was made on the
books after left, and did not know OF
its existance until saw mention oft
in the report. Why tie entry still stands
against me, cannot say. The present
Warden collected much larger sum Tor
=, me, soon after left, and had 1t in bis
: hand to apply on any claim that might be
against me. Had | been present when
the books were examined, l could have
explained this. and probably many other
matters, to the satisfaction Of the Com
: miltee, was present in this city in Sep.
tember last, VIXEN the testimony was
e taken. and after it was closed. desired
: of the Committee, that if explanation
relative to the books or any thing else,
: was wanted, that | might then have a.
y opportunity 10 do so, as 1 was going to
j remove out of the state and it would De
difficult for me to attend at another hne
4 They went with me to the Penitentiary
9 and spent . very short time in the exam
inalion Of the books. when they lsh.
Mention is made in the report that in
my account in the kitchenboOk. there are
? several charges Of "Sundries" instead
q of "speci6c" items. This is true. butis
was the fault Of The person who posted
e the books. When discovered the man
: ner Of posting. directed it TO be proper
: done. The "day book" viii show the
r particular item in each case.
The report refers TO certain diserepen-
cies between my annual report and that
: of the Auditor. It would extend this
: memorial to an unreasonable length to
: 90 into that matter in detail, but l will
e merely state that the books were kept
$ by the clerk, who was recommended to
. me as an excellent "boOk keeper" He
had the confidence Of myself and the Dir
Z rectOrs. we relied upon tine books as cor.
rect and 1 still think my report and that
of the Auditor will not materially differ.
1 will close by simply referring to the
y corn contract with W. Dixson, which the
report says "should not have been made"
The law required notice to be givsH
for proposals for supplies and that the
!. contract be let to the lowest responsible
t bidder. provided the bid is not above the
: usual market price. Notice was gives
and Dixson's bid was the lowest bid Of
any kind, either responsible or irrespou-
n sible, being 39l cents per bushel. This
e was two or three cents per bushel higher
, than the market price at that time. bus
not higher than the "usual market price"
/ delayed l closing the contract with Dix
. son for abouttwo weeks, and in the mean
f time, tried to contract for corn for less
> price, but could only buy small quanti-
: ties, even those who had enough to ill
the contract, would not sell, or contract
f for but small amounts, as the article was
r steadily advancing. Coron advanced to
forty cents, which can be shown by 9TH
er testimony than that called. if neces-
q sary, when I notified Dixson that his
;, bid at 394 cents was accepted, and he en-
: tered into a contract. The bid for 1000
e bushels Of old corn, or corn fit for ins-
( mediate use, was not accepted, neither Was
4 any coin furnished by him at fifty cents.
It 1 had been paying during the summer
n and fall SIS cents and upwards per bushel
: for corn, and many were ofopinioa that ID
would be fifty cents or more. hut Il only
went to 42l or 45 cents and duriD. the
winter, fell to less than The eontrast
, price. = ~
y Those are the facts and ara substaa-
o tally supported by the testimony Of Dir
|. sou and Crist, the witness called by the
!. COMMITTEES, who stand unimpeached, and
!. are unimpeachsble. as l believe.
e Respectfully Yours.
A J.B. BUTTLES.
,t The best way to discipline ones heart
o against scandal. is 10 believe sn stories
d 10 be false, which ought not TO be true