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


to whom the drafts should be mailed. / was
unacquainted with the business, except that
in the field, doing the work, DR.. A. G. Hen
ry getting the means and keeping up the sup
plies, &c. lie had made arrangements with
various individuals to pay them out of the
proceeds of my work or his own, as best he
could. I gave him blank power Of attor-
ney, enabling the holder Of the power to con-
credit, he obtained means to carry on the sur
vcys. Some work was sent Oft in the spring,
and the drafts had been ordered to different
individuals, and by some means, four
teen hundred dollars were sent to A. b. Hen
ry, that should have gone to VIM. Rutledge,
of all Of which facts became acquainted with
in June. l knew that we were indebted to Mr..
Rutledge and that n draft had been ordered
to him for fourteen hundred dollars, that that
draft had gone through mistake to A. Il. Hen
ry. The work was ready to be sent off and
only needed me to suggest to whom the drafts
should be forwarded. came to the office
with Mr. Carlton, and he could find no order
there, left by DR.. Henry, to whom the money
should be sent.
inspected the books and found that mon
cy had been sent TO Hays, Henry and Dun
can Sherman & Co. There was no other
way in which could act, than to order the
whole amount to Mr.. Rutledge, with orders
to use fourteen hundred dollars, and hold the
rest for the benefit Of my creditors.
That draft has come, and eleven hundred
dollars is now in the hands of Mr.. Rutcdge,
subject to my order, which / shall send in
blank to DR.. Henry, SO that he can apply the
money to the payment of the debts, as he
kept the accounts and done the business.
am not aware at any time but what YOU
done your whole duty. you certainly did to
my satisfaction, and am sorry in any way to
have heen the means of placing you in all
embarassins.position. Res. Yours,
(Signed) ALECK G. SMITH,
The letter of Gcn'i Tilon explains the cause
Of the delay in the following words: That
on a re-craminatiOa If tie mark, errors wcrc
discorcrcd IN The mcanders, which regxiycd a
return to tie .fe'd fir correction" II Gen'l
Til,on had said this to our creditors in Port
land when referred them to him in the
spriag of 1850, for the cause Of the failure to
certificates, in order 10 save me from the Sis.
! picion of fraud, my reputation for honesty
would not have suffered as it did temporarily.
In place of doing this, he wrote letter to Mr.
&. {. Robbins rejecting most seriously upon
my character for honesty. 1t may become
necessary, hereafter, to give Mat letter to the
public. by way of showing more fully that
Gent 1'ilton has been the Innocent dupe of
arful designing knavcs, or a conserving party
! to the vile ISLANDERS.
The charge that gave the editor of the
STANDARD sincc~re clcrk-ship in my Office
is as false as the other charges. Mr.. Muir
ply has clerkship in my Office for the pres.
cnt. and he renders Il full and ample compen-
saion for all he receives and is a most com
petcnt clerk, being one of the best pcrsmen in
the Territory. This charge is like that pre-.
fcrred by our Councilman elect, Hon. O. b.
McFadden, in his speech on the Saturday be.
fore the election, that had sent out from my
Office two clerks, the one to Lewis, and the
other to Chelalis, TO clcctioncer against him
for Councilman. when the records of the Of
flee show that Mr.. Evans had retired from the
Office the first of July, and Mr. johnson on
the first of June. Judge McFadden very
properly Withdrew the charge when he found
that he had been misiniormed.
The next charge in order is rs follows:
" He is now quarterly taking vouchers for
double the amount of rent actually paid for
the office of Surveyor General. thereby de.
trauding the Government in this one item out
of $500 per annum, nearly the pay of two pa
trio,s now fighting for the maintenance of the
nation"
The following letters from Mcssrs. Gid
dings and Barnes, give the liz to this charge
and l dismiss it without further notice:
SURVEYOR GENERALS OFFICE,
OLYMPIA, w. H., July 90, 1862.
ANsoN q. HENRY, Esq. Surveyor Gener-
al W. Il. Sir: In answer to your inquiries
Of the 9Th inst, respecting the amount of
rent agreed upon between Geo. A. Barnes
and myself that should be paid for the build
ing now occupied by the Surveyor General,
as an Office, and also the agreements made re-
speeding the same, have the honor to sub
init the following, viz:
On or about the 10th of September last, in
pursuance of verbal Instructions from you, l
had a conversation with said Barnes in refer.
to the renting of said building, and it was dis.
tinctly understood and agreed upon that in
consideration of his erecting brick chimney
and four iire-places in said building according
to directions given by yourself, h. should b.
paid rent for the first quarter one hundred
and eighty dollars. the same as had been paid
to BENZ. Harmed by your predecessor, hereto. |
fore and for the second and third quarters,
at the rate Of a hundred and fifty dollars per
quarter; and thereafter. at the rate of one
hundred and twenty dollars per quarter. it BE-.
ing ut the rate of two hundred and forty dol
lars less per year than paid by your predeces-
sor. Respectfully Yours. Sc.
Il