The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
GomMpqicafiops.
Letter From Mr.. Blood.
LAwRENcE, Jan. II, 1851.

LAWRENCE, Jan. Ii, 1901.
MEssRs. ED1ToRs My attention
has been called to 'sletter from Mr.
Army in the last number of your
paper, (which have hesitated about''
noticing. ..But Justice to the public,
perhaps, demands" that I should ex-
pose some of its mistakes. The first
statement contained IN that letter, that
"on the 24th day of Dec. 1856, there
was in the hands of the Kansas Cen
trail Committee 5000. 20, the eamount
of horses &C., sold and unaceounted
for" w. F. II. Army very well
knew this to be a misstatement. AT
the first sale of horses, DC, a large
number were bid in for the Commit
tee, by Col. Eldridge and others
They were sold again in Dec. and Pur-
chased by Messrs. Hyatt and Army.
l informed Mr.. Army that it was
the property he refers to as unsccount-
ed for. He creates an amount from
which he deducts my account against
the National Committee. If | had
an account against the National Com
mittee, it certainly was a very sum-
mary way of settling it. for w. +. M.
Army to take the amount from the
Central Committee, without their
knowledge or consent; but not very
satisfactory to me as / have net vet
received the money. Before had de-
livered any thing on Mr.. Arny.s or.
ders he came into the store, and stated
to me that he had a large amount OF
(" funds" in his hands, not Committee
money, but that it was placed in his
ihands to be expended as he thought
best. That "ftinds had been sent to
him from Wisconsin, for the benefit
of Wis. settlers in Kansas, and that
MIR. Ross was here, and had re-
: quested him to pay the money over to
| him for distribution, but that he
should not let them have the money,
but that he would purchase goods foI
them. He then proposed to give or
dcrs on my store, and pay the money
to me. In accordance with this ar
rangement delivered goods on his or,
; ders,-in all cases sent him the bill sc
, that he could take a receipt,-and
charged to w. F. NJ. Army, in compli
ance with his orders.
Afterwards, when he drew orders OF
the store in favor of Col. Harvey 4
Co.. for over $500 worth of goods,
L demonstrated with him for appropria
L ting for the benefit of that compan.
, so large a sum of money, as / under
stood he was doing: supposing it wa
contributed at the East for the relic
/ of the settlers in Kansas. He the
stated that the money appropriated 70
fitting out that company, was contri
buted in H. for that express purpose
!, in order to carry out an agreemer
# made with them before they lei
! Chicago.
u Two or three days before Mr.. Arm,
N left here he called for his bill, sayin
d that he intended to leave on the nez
IS Monday or Tuesday. / handed hir
J. the bill made out against w. F. n
. Army. l had no suspicious then thu
he intended to leave without settlin
l. the bill. But on the next morning
l. learned that he left here, on Saturda
he night or early Sunday morning, an
=, that he was then out of the ,Territef
I will here state that Mr.. Hyatt h
ha since paid a part Of the bill again
ne Mr.. Army, and that balance of 'ov
ey 81, 800, remains unpaid, which / E.
h. pect to collect from Mr.. Army, or t
so National Committee.
1t is true that / refused to ailo
H. w. F. NJ. Army to direct the a
ne preparation of the money in n
n hands, as Treasurer of the Cent?
rn Committee. MIR. Army failed to sho
>, me any authority either from the n;
ional or Central Committee, to dire
the appropriation of the money in n
hands, and Notwithstanding that / h
some knowledge of his peculiar abili
VIC to procure vouchers, had no con
a dence in his directing the appropri
ter ton of the money to the relief of t
is. sufferers in the Territory.
n But / shall not reply to all the cha
m ges and insinuations contained in t
w letter from Mr.. Army" as the &c
ess trail Committee intend within sho
gh time. to make full report, a repo
M which would have been made befo
,rs this time, had not important pape
been extracted from the files, VIII
gle in w. F. II. Arny's hands for inspe
To- tion. Respectfully yours,