, 1861-06-13

Mr.. Garficlde is yainly etdeavorng to get out
Of the scrape into which the present incumbent
OF his late office brought him, by exposing his
Gartellc'S) deEalcatons. In his speeches, here
and elsewhere, he asserts that he has cheated
10 man, While he wthholdS from the hard.work
ing and honest settlers sums or money, from two
, hundred 10 four hundred dollars in each case,
placed in his hands as Receiver, viii he has no
right to retain or deprive them Of It was not
enough that he should subject our people to
every annoyance and Inconvenience, while Re
ceivcr, by criminal neglect Of the duties Of his
office, but he must also retain the custody of
their hard earnings, and then deride them as he
docs through Receiver Smith, for the confidence
they repoSed in him. I" If people are willing to
entrust their money to me, aud do not sec fit to
trust you" he says, in reply to his successor,
it is no fault Of mine" This is his iustifica-
ton for shameless violation Of public confidence
and trust.
In his reply to Register Smiths charges,
which he does not refntc, in any particular, Mr..
Garfield utt,rs the following:
expect to receive instructions from the De.
partmcnt within month in regard to the bal.
ancc Of deposits in my hands. n am directed
to pay the amount into the treasury, shall do
so; il ! am instructed to return it to tho depos.
itors, shall at once comply and If get no
dnsirer Tithin sir wcekS, IshdH take the respOa.
s'6ihty Of retuTnng The money at Onee to the de-
POsitors.
His answer, from which the above paragraph
is an extract, is published in the Pioneer and
democrat Of Feb. sth, 1861, upwards of four
mouths since. As yet he has not refunded
dollar of the 81, 600 he wrongly holds, but which
he promised to restore to the depositors in six
weeks from the above date y
The Washington Standard Of the sth inst, in
the matter Of these frauds, fastens the lie upon
him in the following manner
Having understood that Mr.. Garficlde, in a
public address on the 81 inst, assured his audi.
ence that Mr.. I. NJ. Reed, of Olympia, had in
possession funds Of his, to pay to those who for
merly deposited with him, as Receiver, money
in full payments for their land claims, a gentle
man Of Olympia, on Wednesday last, presented
to Mr.. i. NJ. Reed one Of these receipts, given
by Mr. Gartielde in favor Of William Murphy,
for two hundred dollars. Mr.. Reed told the
applicant that he had no money in his possess
sion belonging TO Mr. Garfielde, and could not
pay it Upon second application to Mr.. Reed,
on Friday morning, after the arrival Of the
down Sound steamer, the answer was the same,
" no money has come to pay il"
This brings forcbly to mind an incident that
occurred in an election canvass in Ohio, not
long since, which is thus related by Western
Journal
An Ohio stumper, while making speech,
paused in the midst Of it, and exclaimed:
Now, gentlemen, what do you think2"
Instantly man rose in tho assembly, and,
with one eve partially closed, modcstiy, with
strong Scotch brogue, replied:
think, sir, do indeed, sr-I think IL you
and ! were to stump the country together, we
would tell more lies than any other two men in
the country, sir; and I'd not say word myself
during the whole time, sir I"