Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-24

property unsaleable, and no opportunity of
realizing anything like the amount it repre-
sented. After some litigation in relation
TO it, the property, or its proce ds, were
taken of me by Dir. Gibson for about two
thousand dollars. Mr. Camp placed in my
possession, as collateral TO this note, GER
ti6catas Of stock representing two hundred
and forty shares of the Sandusky, Mansfield
and Newark Railroad. This certificate |
agreed to return to him in accepting the
Sandusky property, and now hold it subject
to the order.of the Attorney General.
have within my control between believe,
filteen&twenty thousand dollars OF the bonds
and stock of the Columbus, Piqua and lndi-
ana Railroad Company, which, when in my
possession, shall deliver to the Attorney
General, and make to the committee the ex-
PLANTATION due in relation 20 them.
own eight hundred acres of land in Lex
lngton county, Illinois. have unreecrded
patents of the government for the land.
will convey this land to whomsOeser the
Attorney General may direct. have no
land in liionis except this tract and no 9TH
er property in that State except what is
herein stated.
have no interest in any property OF any
kind in Minnesota, exc ept an interest OF,
believe, S400 in land company to secure
that amount of Indebtedness to me. The
evidence of this is in possession of the
Secretary of the company at st. Paul, who
be leve, is w. F. Wheele-.
purchased thirty lois, at $40 each, OF
George Armstrong. of Omaha, Nebraska. |
never owned any other property in Nebras-
ka. | never had any interest, directly or
indirectly, in any bank in that Territory.
never had any land in Kansas.
| own no real estate, directly or indirectly,
in Ohio, except my residence at Tiffin, un-
less an interest in few small tracts of wild
land decided to my wife by her father, may
be considered additional ownership.
With the exception of the interests in
real estate abo, ,e stated, / do not own a foot
of land in any State or Territory ol the
Union or in Canada.
| have been informed that it is in testi-
mcny before you, that received S75 900 OF
the notes OF the Mechanics Bank Of Mem
phis, Tennessee, from Samuel Waggoner;
and that the supposition exists that they
were for my own use. In arranging for this
currency, was complying with a request
made of me, on behalf of Mr.. Osborn, of
the Mad River Railroad Company, and 9TH
ers, who desired it for circulation. About
the time received the currency from Mr.
Waggoner, or shortly thereafter, some &C.
curreuce-ihe breaking or discredt of some
bank at Memphis, beleve-cast general
discred.t upon Tennessee currency. 1t was
found to be impossible 20 use the rotes; the
arrangement was not completed, and now
hold every dollar of the currency in the
packages as handed to me. never intend
ed myself to circulate them. The open ac-
count between Nj. Waggoner and myself,
alluded to in another part of this statement,
results from an advance made 10 him, to en-
able him to secure the currency for the par
ties who desired it, which advance was to
be reimbursed to me, but never has been.
My motive for having any connection with
this transaction, was promised cOmpensa-
tion upon the conclusion of the negotiation
1t is due to Col. Medary to say, that he is
not indebted to me, directly or Indirectly
Ny transactions with him were only such as
would natura lily arise with the State Treas
urer, and the person who was in some way
connected with the public printing, iDvolv-
ing an occasional advance to him or those
interested with him on their printing ae-
counts which advance was always repaid.
Tdese transactions could in no sense be Coz
sidered private, g. never partook of the na ure
of loans; but were such as had ala ays taken n
place between public printers and Gy pre-
decessors, as understood. | have no in.
vestments or specuutions with Col. Medary
in any place, and he is not in the remolest
degree connected with, or implicated in the
losses to the State through the Treasury
while was Treasurer, nor before, nor since,
to my knowledge.
never lost any money, through deposits
or otherwise, by the Seneca Go. Bank; and
said bank does not owe me any hing direct y
or indirectly. never was stockhoder ia
said bank, neither hal | any interest in it
represented by another. have no knowl
edge whatever as to how it occurred, be-
lieve the bank had no stocks when it organ
lied; and have been informed BY Mr. Chit.
tenden, Cashier, recently. that the bank
was embarrassed at the beginning, because
the capital had to be refunded (beipg of couse
borrowed for the occason) in very short
time.
never had any business transactions
with Bartlett g. Smith or either of them by
which loss accrued in ary manner 10 my
self or the Treasury. | kept an account
with them for some time before retiring from
office, and every dollar involved III, rein, and
| in every other transaction of every nature,
was paid to me in full. They do not owe
me dollar, directly or Indirectly; they do
not hold any assets, money or effects fer me-
or in which have any interest. was not
engaged with them i'll any banking enter,
prise, IN Indiana OF elsewhere.
In answer TO your request 20 explain the
circumstances of a loan made to Mr.. Glib
son from John Thompson, in New York, in
June, 1856, my recollection is this: was
upon a C; sual visit in New York, and while
there called upon Mr.. Coe and Mr.. Ludlow
to make loan of. believe, $50 900. They
declined to make the loan. ] Cooperate
with Mr.. G Gbson and Mr. Smith. beth ther
in New York, in negotiating the loan viii
John Thompson. A note was gven for tht
loan and collateral deplsited with Mr.
Thompson. did no. remember whose TO-.
was given, or the nature of the collatsrals
deposited. The objec, of this loan was Il
furnish money to be applied to the paymen
, of the interest of the State debt, payable