Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-08-02

amounts sl,7OO and $3.50, specified in nv let.
ter dated August 18th, 1859.
Very respectfully,
JAMES TILToN,
Sur. GenI w. r.
1t will be observed that tho above letter of
Gent 1ilton was in reply to my letter of
Sept. "a. 1859, and that the letter Of August
10Th, 1859. alluded to, was in reply to my
letter of July 18th, 1859. The only differ
ence between them, is in the No. of the
Townships, and the amounts of money due
from the Government on the work approved.
1t will be regarded MS not little strange,
that Gen'l Iilton should have written that
letter TO the Department of Sept. 3Oth, 1850,
with these facts lying before him. PRESUME
ing that he would take pleasure in withdraw
ing the imputations, addressed him the fol-
lowing note:
SURVEYOR GENERALS OFFICE,
OLYMPIA, July 2lst, 1862.
GEN'L JAMES TlLToN Sir: l would call
your attention to an article in tho Puget
Sound Herald, Of the 18th inst, and copied
into the Overland Press, of Monday last,
charging me with obtaining money in Port.
land on false pretenccs, and other acts of dis
honesty in my capacity of Deputy Surveyor,
and referring for proof to letter written by
You to the Department.
1t is true letter is OH file at Washington
written by you as Surveyor General, reflect
ing very seriously upon my honesty. Please
say in reply to this, what you subsequently
found TO be true, that you were laborinG I'M
der I'm entire misapprehension of the facts of
the case, when you wrote the letter in qurs.
ton, informing the Department "tlat you
had reason to doubt my honesty, that had
left the country, and that YOU had reason to
think used the letter in Oregon to raise money
upon. Nc, nc.
Please answer ut your earliest convenience,
rs desire TO refer to your admission Of mis-
apprehension as evidence OF the utter f,lsity
Of the charges made, so far as they relate to
my conncxion with your Office rs Deputy
Surveyor. Very Respectfully.
Your Ont srrv't.
4. G. Henry.
have waited until the present time with
out getting II word in reply.
The charge :" hat | obtained money Of w.
W. Rutledyc, of Olympia, and from G. G..
Robbins, Of Portland, pledging drafts to be
sent from the Department, and then managed
to have the drafts sent to myself, and spent
the money, leaving Rutlrdgc to obtain his
money long after from Il third party. and
leaving Robbins still to look in vain for his"
is most glaringly false, and tie man who no
doubt furnished them to the Herald, could
not bu, have known it. for he was in Court
in Olympia las: spring when obtained iulS.
mcnt against Robbins for $500, which
amount he had been orcya'd. lie also knew
that Mr.. Ru,Isdge had not only received his
81 400 with interest ut the rate of two per
cent II month, after it was due, but that he
used. without consent, 81 200 more of the
money, all of which has not yet been realized.
The letter from the Department, shows
that the mis-drcciion Of drafts was no faul,
OF mne hut I'm error of the Treasurer.
The following are my letters to Gen'l Til
ton. directing the disposition Of my drafts,
and the letter of the Commissioner, showing
that the draft was missent by mistake of
the Treasurer:
OLYMPIA. Jan. I'd. 1850.
Hon. JAMES TlLToN. Surveyor General
Dear Sir: viii you please direct the Land
Department at Washington to make the fol
lowing disposition of the proceeds of my ac-
count for work on my surveying contract:
Draft for Sl,iOO to the care of VIM. Rut-
ledge Olympia, w. H.; draft for $50 to the
care Of Gilmore Hays. Esq, Of W. H.; draft
for the balance Of my account to The care Of
\. B. Henry Lafayette, iamhill county. Or
egon, and obligc, A. q. HENRY.
Deputy Surveyor.
OLYMPIA, Jan. I'd, 1850.
Hon. JAMES TiLroN, Surveyor General:
Dear Sir: Will you please request tho Land
Department at Washington to make the fol-
lowing disposition Of the p ocecds of my nc
com, for work on my surveying contracts:
A draft for $2,40O to the care Of Duncan
Sherman & CO., New York. draft for ST..
100 to the care of Duncan Sherman & Co,
New York; draft for the balance of said ac-
count to care OF A. b. Henry, Lafayette, Yam
hill county. Oregon, and oblige,
ALECK G. SMITH,
Deputy Surveyor.
BY his Attorney,
A. G.. HENRY.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
May 2Sth, 1860. !
JAMES TLToN, ESQ, Surveyor General,