The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-12-03

For The Pioneer.
Etcheatcds Lands of John Merriman--
Fees ofBAuditer Mscutcheon in the
Cnse, ~. M
CoL. WiLsoS:--I wasin attendance at
the last term OF the Court Of Common
Pleas for Wyandot County, and upon the
Docket being called on The. s6rst day Of
the term. heard The case styled the State
vs.. Jos. M'Cutehen, named amongst .
variety Of others. II being something
new to me. my curiosity led me to make
some einquisy il Iesasd w iths SuAstss.
when / discovered that the whole thing
,was the result Of an .sGost. on the- Rss..oi
the present County, oisciahi to make the
people believe that, Me-. N'Catchen's' ''ess
for settling up, The estate Of John Mtfri'
man, deceased, we're too fhigh. .a''A ~"
Now, 10 the absence u any law regula-
ting the fees in such eases, We are told
that the late Auditor simply charged tie
percentages that is allowed to Adminis'ra.
tors in all cases for settling the affairs
Of an estate; and 1t was very natural for,
him to suppose that no County Officer;
Court Of Juslice. o. private individun.ss
would object to that mode Of charging.
But 1t seems he was mistaken for the
purpose Of harassing and prosecuting
the old gentleman, this suit has been inst
tuled, alter lie has paid every cent over
to the State Agricultural Society,
as well as the 5000 to the Agricul.
tural society Of this county to which it was
entitled According to law. reserving only
the fees Of an Administrator for his ser.
vices. And all this is simply for the par.
pose Of creating q little political capital
and to crafty spirit Of petty persecu'
lion. .., aAI i, sa.' ftse l.
All must admit that this is a small bus
mess not only ,h~t. but it looks like the
basesi kind Of ingrali'udr when wsseeci
that The late Auditor has spent his,iis in
laboring for the intere SITS OF this county.
while ,lbe men who Telbps prosecuting
him neysr did argthing for rapybodybn'
themselves. liz it, wasiwho introduced
The scheme and wns most, ,instrumtnt~li ID
proenripgllie donation from tie Grnerdl
government for The erection Of .bstpublic
buildings Of this county. which wass eon-
item TO county as thinly pop
ulatrd as this WAS st tina. time. lie has
always been amongst the foremost in syri
cry enterprise for the improvement Ct lhs
counly-if .here,was a new road TO abr
prnel, "a bridge 10 b. built. or any other
publiclin provemsn.. MI u,chsa was 81.
ways on hand with hi. money anu lilo la'-
Dor 10 assist slti4qqa s's sij4t 3+''
These are his thanks. Young upstairs
who were in their swaddl,ng clothes
while the old man was brs.owing his en-
-rgies. his hundreds and listhousandso of
dollars, upon the improvement Of this
having been vested with a little
brief authority. like angratsful dogs are
barking At the heels Of the old veteran,
and ming their official position to perss-
cute him. They can have NO other mo-
live from the fact that the proceeds =.
risipg from the sale Of these lands 10 to
The State Agricultural society. anda as the
old man made good sale ,l,sre has bsea
no objections raised 10 the amount Of his
lees. except by these usryi disin,srss,ed
county officials, who no doubt would have
been governed BY, the very same rule in
taxing their fees if they had performed
the labor. Oh. how honest, how consis
tent. how disinterest-d, these young pa
triot. are in their prosecutions Of an old
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