Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-10-04

was told that Mc1lvaine's testimony was
not worth straw before the Postmaster
General. Read the letter:
P. o. DEPT, Sept. 18th, 1860.
Asa. G.. Dpmocl, Esq--Sr: Your letter of
the 18th inst - received Nothing is yetpaid to
Arthur Edwards and his associates for mail service
on the lakes, under the resolution which passed
Congress on the 22d of June last.
They have been notified ofthe necessity of fur.
nishng evidence rs to the exact amount OF service
pcrlormed-such evidence to be duly taken and
authenticated in the presence of an agent of the
Department.
Mr. Prentice, special agent for Ohio, has notice
to attend at such time and place as tho claimants
may designate.
Very Respectfully, &C.,
A. N. ZEvELY,
Sd Asst p. NJ. G..
Here then, is the proof that all the as
sertions of IIelmick and his paid news
papers are false. The Postmaster Gener-
al did not consider the testimony paraded
b. Helmck good for anything at ALL and
why? Because there is not single wit
ness who swears that the service was worth
a single cent more than the ten thousand
dollars which had already been paid him.
And Edwards is notified that he must
furnish evidence of the EXACT amount of
service performed, and its value.
Well, Edwards is now taking testimony
in Detroit. and has been for some time so
engaged. Who does he employ? We do
not know-but certainly it is not Nell
vaine, the late law partner of Helmick!-
He was successful before Congress-he
had done wonders before Helmick's Com
mittee, why not employ him to prepare
and present the testimony before the Post
Office Agent? Simply because Mcllvaine
is not worth cent icy"before any body
else than Helmck! -Es1T Does not this
fact prove, as clear at the MONDAY sun,
| that there was fraud in the whole thing?
And McIlvaine was employed as thecat's
paw and tool of Bill Helmick There is
not an honest voter in the District who
will not SO conclude.
Now we are really sorry to see such res
pectable editors as Caskey and Patrick
aiding to bolsterup Hemick in this fraud.
We are not surprised that the Age should
do it. The Age first said this claim of
Edwards had passed the Court of Claims
and that said Court recommended Con-
gress to pay it; but Mcllvaine is foolish
enough to contradict it, when he says:
"The decision of Judge Blackforl was given in
these words: "Our opinion is, that the claimants
u have no legal cause of action!" "eE1
The Age made this statement upon
Helmick's authority; and this falsehood
SO clearly proven, is conclusive of Hell
mick's guilt.
But, the Tuscarawas Advocate says
$50 tappears after all the blowing that not a
dollar has been paid on the Edwards claim. When
Capt. f. furnishes the proof and shows the 'exact
amount due him, then he will receive his pay, and
not till then. Dimmock wasn't smart when he pub
lished tue above. 1t proves conclusively that all
his previous gassng about the government being
swinded is mere humbuggery."
We are sorry to be compelled to de-
nounce the above as peice of downright
deception and Mr. Paterick must know it
is imposing upon his readers! "When
Capt. Edwards furnishes the proof of the
exact amount due him, he will get his
pay, and not till then" The -Advocate
seems to claim that such is the fact under
} Helmick's bill. Not SO, at all Under
Ielmick's bill, the Postmaster General
was compelled to pay Edwards $2S,G0 q
trip, Or nearly seventy thousand dollars,
withous any other proof than that prepa-
} red and presented by Mcllvane. But un-
der the resolution afterwards passed, he is
!: compelled to furnish proof that the SER
vice was worth that amount before he gets
it, If testimony which satisfied Hemick
+ which he parades i'll the Adoocate to sat
n isfy the people, is worth anything, why
. the necessity Of furnishing other testi
!, mony?
il No one can fail to see, that but for thC
}, Presidents veto, Edwards would hav,
o had no difficulty in drawing $40, 900 ou
!. of the treasury, without any further proc
= than that produced by HelmicR; but nov
n he will never get a cent over 81 l trip
u or $25 600, if he ever gets one cent. anC
v we do no believe he will get anything
: Certainly no court or jury in the Union
c would allow him more than he originally
claimed, or more than other boats woulC
G have done the same service for--and tina
It from SIS to SSll trip-whilo Helmicl
wanted to pay him, and would have pai'
d him, but for the vigilance Of the President
/ $2S, 60 trip!
: These are the facts and we defy tn
e Adoocate and Age, and all the other abo
!; lition editors and stumpers in tho dis
v trict, to convince the people that Helmlc
}, is not guilty of an attempt to perpetrat
Vt monstrous fraud upon the Treasury!
The following is the account original
g ly made out by Edwards and presente
Il to the Depavtment.