Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-04-26
yva sUrERiNTESDESr PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
NILES J. FLETCHER. Of Putnam.

aWhx WINS IL that the Commissioners had the
deputy Clerk look over Mr. Packard's record tor
which they have will allow him So and Mr-
Corbaleys is left for him TO look over when ne se's
,s,dv Mr.. Corb,Iey being Republican is allow
ed to fx up his own aff,irs. but Mr. Packard being
q Democrat, is not permitted or trusted to LOOK
aver hs record but IL j. searched nj the expense oil
che county and proceeds pocketed by one oil their
pets, and then the Republican blows about MT
Psckard's record hlying 20 be looked over AZ the
expense Of the county while Mr. Corba'ey's Is not
looked over at all and the only satisfaction given
Is tha, he will look up the amount OF bis indebted
when he gets ready"
We copy The above from the last Democrat for /
the purpose of giving our readers an opportunity
70 see a specimen of the recklesness and cool men
aac;,y OF that prnt. !. contains statements which
,he editor knew be utterly false when he penned
them, AMI yet he has the cffrontery to charge 9TH
crs with doing what he Is guilty OF himself HIS
st,femcnt above that Mr. Corbaley's record Is LEFT
for him to look ostr'shen he gets ready, like the
one abou, the Commissioners holding ''lrivate SEES
sions" is utterly false. Mr. Corbaley's indebted
meas was hunted up immediately AFTER Mr.. Pack
srd's had been ascertained, and this the editor
knew or should have known from the way we spoke
shout it weeks ago, ~ we'll as from the conmnni-
cation OF Mr.. Corbaicy himself IL Is true Mr..
Packard paid I'D his delinq uency when notified OF
dc amount as We suited at the time He did not
.cstion is correctness ask for the privilege oil
booking over the records OF the Office to ascertain
for himself whether the amount was correct or not
Ii he did We never heard OF il, and therefore tbs
;ntiu,ai;cn contained in the above extract that b;
vas denied this privilege may be set down as anoth
er falsehood Il ia also true that Mr.. Corbaley Ia
not re, paid the amount Of his delinquency. ascer
ta;ned to DC about $40, or $50 more than Pack
srd's, but he claims to have Offsets and asks tim
N look over the books for his own satisfaction.
he fails TO attend ID it in a reasonable time, step
viii. Of course. be taken 70 enforce the collectio
of the claim Had the Democrats been continue
in osfice these amounts would have been lost
the county. in addition to the yinnedge dcfalcatol
and several large leaks in the Treasury, whic
The Republican officers have stopped, consir
ued 20 flow. we have no doubt. Perhaps the Den
ocrat would like to hear something more abo
those leaksl Well, We will be little more So
c;fc at tie proper time.
What does the Democrat mean when II asser
that s.the proceeds" OF Packari's delinquency h
been "pock-ted by one of their pets2" Does
mean to charge that the whole amount, which
she meaning Of proceeds, has been 'pocke.ed
one Of their Courj pets'" or merely the $40 viii
WAS paid Mr.. Kendall for doing wha. the law ma
il the duty OF Mr.. Packard do from time to til
while in Office, but which he totally neglected to
although .'the best Clerk Marshall County ey
hAd-l Explain, if YOU please. veraeious friend.