, 1861-09-28

Capt Lelb Of this city, IT. s. Quastermaster
1t Clarksburg, Va, charged With spe cuIat-
ing with the Government funds, publishes
defence Ct himself, the material portion Of
which Ii ~ follows:
fairly Represented. That paid some Of the en-
r1oyets at this post in Wheeling money is true,
Many ct thin were In absolute want. and when
1he5e was not dollar Of money hers
thousand dollars, 20 - to be able to pay them :
but It il ultr1e that EpecuIated in that or any
other kind Of money, and would ecorn to do 20
only yetteT5day Gov. F. B: Pelrpo,nt te1egraghe9
me that Col. Ford's ohte Regiment had arrived
poHer a9nisG he a M Tt and
hy reply, YES tbat bad no Govss9meat 19s funds,
moucy borrowed and paid to him. The Quarter
maeter informed me that neither the Quarte1mas-
ter General nor Capt. Dlckerson could furnish the
noney. Under similar circumstances, I would do
again, because the interests of the public ser
rice require it.
So far IS my official conduct il concerned, I In
vite the most thorough investigation. 1 viii net
again defend myself from SO unjust and malignant
On attack.
To which the Wheeling L,teuigeaeer says:
Let rs faEe him upon his own' admissions.
Maty OF the men WEo received this money
PstG eight Fer cent 10 get it exchanged for
gold. 1t is well known that this is about the
aytrege discount on Wheeling paper; 50 ne
will eay that the discount on this SO, 600 WAS
$500 that instead Of being worth $4,000 It
WAS 1crth but $4,000. Adopting the state
ment that there vas no government money In
CaIt. Leib's bands, and th2t he borrowed and
Fzld cut the money for the government on his
OWE responsibility, we conclude that he will
be Reimbursed, OF has been, in the borrowed
srm t10,G Goo. He will receive gold or Treas
ury notes for paper money worth per
cent, less than the face value. Therefore
he Will receive $1O,000 for 5000 paid out.
One thing is certain. There are $500 made
and Lost somewhere in the transaction. For,
according to immutable principles, wherever
1hsre is q 1oes there is also gain, appearances
| a1e tpecious Argument to the contrary not
| withsta1ding. We know who lose this $500
row the question is, who make it !? There
are but three parties to the transaction. The
| first Of these, tie Government, doesn't make
it, that we know. The second, Captain Leib
dc SO mean thing" Il must be, then, that
! the third party, from whom the money was
/ procured, makes it. To suppose that Captain
| Lcib was thus outgenera]led by his banker, Is
| the moat charitable view that can be taken oi
| hiE ease.
This view Of the case gives Mr. Leib the
| beutft Of all t1at he claims in his card We
might take another view. By scanning that
| card critically, it will be observed that Capt
| Lieb says "u4tre zoaa not1' dollar Of Govern
! ment money in his possession. He does no!
esy it could not have been procured. he I.
| tontaIt with Say irg 1t wasn't there. At The
TINS he was making these temporary arrange
| meHts, and generously borrowing money On
his "own responsibility" he held draft, Ht
ere credlbly informed, on New York thai
would hare brought gold whenever presented
There vas also quarter or half q million O.
| government gold in the Custom House hert
| in Wheeling, sent te1e, We have been told, e2
I f{1p
erous Captain ueed the same exertions in thil
direction thst he did in borrowing On BIZ
Town responsibility" he might have negoti
I ate6 the use Of a few thousand Of this golt
until he could draw cn his New York draft.
| Cspt. Leib invites Investigation. We lear,
tlat he will be gratlfied in that respect shortly
Captain Leib, it Will be remembered, Wa'
rejected by the Senate, and afterwards re ap
/ pointed.