The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-03-17

EDIToR JoURNAL:-- seems that no man
can, fill any public office of trust, without,
as election times arrive. being charged
4 with naalfeasance or failure to perform
the duties of his office-just discovered by
some anxious and disfnterested aspirant to
serve the public. fndI am no exception to
the rule. After serving the Township for one
year as its Trustee, to the best of my abili-.
1 ties, and after administering its funds as
impartially and honestly as knew how,
/ find myself, as elections approaches, accused
offailure to do MY dnty; ofdoing that which
had no right to do; and of positive dis
| honesty-ail, suppose, for the purpose of
helping into my place some politician who
desires to serve the dear people, and who
viii not object to making false charges over
anonymous signatures, TO accomplish his
own purposes l don't ask the people to
presume any thing in my favor; but do
ask that all the charges madsHgainst me
should not: be taken as.trues ssimply because
they are made, or believe tIey are false
simply because they arc denied /; but hear
/ what explanations have TO offer and Judge
for themselves. - 5i-1+ab - .g.s,ls--
have just presented my report, as re-
aquired bylaw, to the County Commission
ers, who have the authority to examine it,
and approve if correct, or reject If it is not.
This authority have had my report before
! them, and approved it. The only objection
made was in reference to some election ex-
penses paid by me-. This Is something the
anxious guardians of the public, or aspi-
rants, failed to discover. Some of the in-3
| spectors at the last April election, came to
mo for payment for tbeiR services. In ac-
cordance with what had always been the
custom, | paid them, and forthwith they
went to the County Commissioners and de-
mandedi of them payment for the same ser
! vices, which they received the second time
/ Upon examining my report, the Commits
sioners at first thought | had no right to-
pay, but afterwards came to the conclusion
| that was right. Now, l ask for no COM
| parison between my acts in this matter and
the acts of those inspectors, some of whom
I are loudest in abuse of me; but | do say
| that it shows that my report contained cry
small grounds for objection. s-l
Another pretext for complaint is in the
purchase Of the site for the lower School
/ Hoase. The facts are these: A School
House was needed over the Greek, and
ground had to be bought. Ipurchased $50
| feet, fronting on Wabash Avenue, and 100
ordinary lots, for S40O. This portion OF the
block is the highest and quite level; the
balance is low and broken, and not near as
! desirable property.-I took the advice of
/ some of the best real estate men in the
| country as to this pnrchase,, and they alk
advised me by all means to make it--thatd
the property was very cheap and worth
nearly double the amount After agreeing
upon the purchase of the part for the School
/ House, | made an offer for more ground in
the same block, and purchased it, but had
no intention of doing so at the time the
price was agreed upon for the School House
site. | certainly had right as a private
citizen, to buy what pleased, aud as cheap
| ly rs could. The trnth is, the ground purs
| chased for the School II ouse is worth almost
as much as all the rest of the block, and
certainly worth q great deal more than tie
part bought for myself which, any oftlose
disposed 10 find fault with my transaction in
| the matter, can buy mt very small advance.
| 1t is true, there was an unsatis6ed mort
| gage upon the whole block for SS4OO, and ]
trusted TO Mr.. Moss to haveit cancelled as to
| the Township portion. He failed to do so,
and it still remains unsatisfed. But it
must strike any man of sense, that there
can be no danger in it, as am bound to sec
the property relieved from all incumbrances. s
| | am sure, in this matter, / have made a
! good bargain for the Township ,.
Another charge is, ! gave private, due
| bills to teachers for their services, and then
charged the Township with the money
This is base untruth The teachers and
others had rendered services and there was
no money of the proper fund to pay them,
aud in acknowledgment of their services
and the amounts due them, gave them due
bills, signed by me us Trustee, so that they
might get their money from the next years
revenue. If my authority to do SO is ques-
toned, | can only say it wis the best thing
| could do under the circumstances. fAs to
charging the Township for money paid, my
report to the Commissioners shows it to be
/ false. ~
| am charged with neglecting to improve
the roads. Up to the commencement of
winter, all the roads III the Township were
| in good order, and to have spent the public
money on them would have been absurd
Since then, of course no work could be done
on the roads. There are five road districts
and five road supervisors. These superyi-
sors are chosen for the purpose of attending
| to the roads in their several districts and
bringing to the knowledge of the Trustee
whatever is needed No supervisor has
ever represented to me the need of any
/ work that have not ordered done, and paid
ifor; and | have been ready at-al times to,
| do this ~ a.i ia. s7 - sa s4 e.
These, I believe, are TIE only charges that
are made against me so f,r-and l would
suggest to those that have charges to make
or fault to find, to do so over their own
! signatures. If / have not answered all sat-
/ isfaetoriIy, / am ready, willing and anxious
to do so. "a .r..ssls ALLEN @. HALLoCK. =.
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- A NEW AND INGENIOUS METHOD oF FIRE
EScAPE.-Much amusement was fdrnished.to to
the New York multitude, recently, by an
exhibition of fire escape, of English in
lvention, on the Park. The apparatus con-
sists Of a long cloth tube, supported by ropes
at the sides, one end of which is fastened to.