Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-10-23
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LETTER .rRea cor. JOIN i: wnEELERs

StRs--Your paper OF N ednesda Hast eoaea'Hs
the following editorial a..
"a BoSu- HoLBER--We invite attention % uI ,e
ccmmuaication of a BendIloller, in to-day 5
paperss Itdoes seem.to Us that some remedy saoyla
he auplie to the evil which the writer complains.
astoS W heeler's operations here there can De no
doubt His errand and presence III this place were
talked of ali over it It was kaawn how he cane,
and what he came for. It was known that ne nsd
stuck by Lincoln,s administration, under which ne
holds an Office; and it was known that all his prop
erty was IN The City Of Washington. And yet
under these Circumstances, and when there was 50
much reason to believe that his GRAND being acSom
plished he would return to Washington, ne collected
the interest due on his bonds was permistea 70
visit and nav money 20 the Yankee prisoners IN tne
ca,pu stthc Fair GROUNDS near this City, and tlnaily
allowed to take his departure nnToested ano MAKE
report to those under whose flag he tra1elleo-
In these tronbledztimes, when the public mind is
6Iled with questions involving national existence,
Il Is to be expected that it should be sensitive and
watchf,l: nor should this be repressed or relaxed;
for ruth must eventually triumph. This hope
will always be the case in North-Carohna. Apply
has il been recorded that the greatest friend OF
truth is time her greatest enemy, party prejudice
and her constant companion is humility.
The atrocious crime Of trusting to the credit OF
Norta.Uarolina portion of the proceeds Of life
of labor and TO look to her bonded faith, as sure
support for old age and family, is one shall not
attempt to excuse.
II IS known 10 Mr. Courts, the Treasurer, that
few years agc, on leaving the country Tor foreign
land, / did bid for, at premium and secure an
amount Of her bonds, which were paid for by me
in specie The amount is not material; but the
sum supposed by your correspondent is exaggera'
ted. The Treasurer can further inform you that no
bond or coupon was ever paid to me, that was not
bona Fde my own property, and so registered IN my
own name on the books Of the Treasury Depart
ment The amount thus received was deposited
Except such amounts as were necessary Tor my
personal expenses) in your city, where 1T now
remains. 7s
These facts can be demonstrated to your satisfac-
ton in FIVE minutes, if doubted.
Then, these facts being patent | appeal to your
own sense of Justice to characterize as 1t deserves
the assertion of your correspondent who confident
" states that "collected and carried away large
amount from $4,000 to $50 000) for our enc
mies"-that brought with ME g. some Of the cou-
pons from the State bonds, which the Lincoln gov
ernment has stolen from our loyal citizens and car
red back the money from the Treasury of North
Carolina to reward their outrageous piracy that
"drew the money on the stolen bonds from our
treasury to be carried back to Washington, and re-
turned in thirty days in the form Of sabrcs and
shot for our slaughter and subjugation."
Your editorial also states that stuck by the
Lincoln Administration under which no,o hold
office and that it is well known that all my proper
~ is in the City of Washington"
Your correspondent also states this moro decided
", when he says that he was "rcliably informed
by a gentleman who left Washington on the Sd
instant, that Col Wheeler reached his home there
several days ago, where he holds office under the
Lincoln Seward PARTY" s.ss- ~ --s.... rr.
It is not true that / hold, or ever held any Office
under the administration Of Lincoln. l herewith
submit the original official acceptance of my resig
~ L N r Al. 1t
rior of the Office of Superintendent of Documents,
conferred on me by Hon. Jacob Thompson, dated
18th March. 1861, just few days after Lincoln's
Inauguration. had desired to resign it before this
date but the distribution of many valuable works
to the Southern portions of the country could no..
be earlier completed With the appreciation of our
Southern friends in Congress, remained until this
was accomplished.
As to my being in Washington, so positively
stated by your correspondent on the Sd instant, |
was on that day, and every day since left Raleigh
Except on this trip at or near my native place in
HEREFORD County in this State, enjoying the kind
ness of friends and the affection of my relations
The question so auxiouSly asked by your correspon
dent how found my way TO Washington,
whether by Cape Hatteras or by Fortress Monroe"
Is now answered to his truth-loving temper. I took
neither route; and the idea exists only in his in
ventive and distorted imagination.
Your editorial further states that twas per-
mrttedto visit and pay money to the Yankee pris-
oners il. the camp ut the Fair Grounds near this
City" Now. this charge is alike unfounded but
there is more truth in this than any other part Of
the charges. "A simple statement will show the
I.,nocence Of the whole transaction. When in
l;aleigh last, never saw prisoner or paid him
any money. General John q. Magruder, now com
,nanding diyison-of the Confederate Army in the
Peninsula of Virginia, desired me to hand some
money with open letter to the AGjutant General
Of North Carolina at Raleigh, for some prisoners of
war confined there, which letter and money were
from their friends. These handed to Gen. Martin
/ did not even desire any receipt, but he gave me
one, the original of which herewith is submitted to
you and reads as follows:
g Received, Isleigh n c., Sept 6, 1861, of Col
Wheeler the SUN Of one hundred dollars for prison.
CTS of war in this city, coming from General Magru-
der. ). 6. MARTIN, Il.
s.s. Adjutapt Gen'1 ~ c. State TroOps."
From this little grain of truth, bushels of mis-
representations have sprung up, for have heard of
this from sources detailed and distorted to
my prejudice. But have been silent content to
live and look it dewn. From the high character of
Generals Magruder and Martin, I feel secure .
THE bead and frunt of my offending
Hath this extent no more
If this be treason, as Patrick Henry exclaimed
"makc the most of it."
have thus met and considered every point made
in your editorial article You have been misled
and misinformed, and l feel that do not rely in
vain on your readiness to do me Justice.
i demand the name OF the author of the article
signed "a BoBd-hoder," that the good citizens of
NCarolina, among whom have spent the best years
of mylife in public service may know the character
that breatheS his caumnies upon the innocent
and the absent. By law in China, the houses of
slanderers are by the order of the government
painted black, that they may be marked and avoid
ed. Let this individuals house, wherever he may
live, be painted the same dark color
] might here conclude. But it is well known to
you personally, while doubtless your correspondent
as many others were doubling as to the proper
course for the South, that with the Hon. Jacob
Thompson. the accredited Commissioner from the
State of Mississippi to the State of North Carolina,
accompanied him in December 1860, to this City, to
visit the Legislature and urged the necessity Of meet
ing the, storm that we felt and knew was about to
burst upon our heads. But at the time it seemed
that entreates fell upon deaf ears and unbeiiev
ing minds ) It is well known also yyh,Ie vvaz al