Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-30
s~sSiguiug "a LIBEL"

Under the above caption, the Journal of yes
terlay crowds in a column more downright lies
than we thought even the habitual f~alsifer of
that print could be guilty of. "Col. d.. ,. Rose
and JoHS F. KiBBy" did meet US in the street the
morning of its publication and asked us to give
the name of the author of the letter from New
York signed &c. H." but beyond that the state
ment of the Journal is untrue. We refused to
give the name of the author until we had con-
suited with a friend of his here upon the pro
pt ETY. of our so doing without his consent. . pOn
consultation we concluded not to do it. We did
not do it. We assumed the responsibility
of the letter to Mr.. KIBBY, and he stated
that he did not desire us to do so in
a Southern sense" They (Messrs. ROSE and
KIBBY) did not call two hours after their first
visit-they did not call at five o'clock-they did
not return at the end of an hour from that time
they did not demand an unconditional retrac-
ton" of the statements of our correspondent,
and no such retraction was given. At the re
quest of Judge RAY, who did not desire his
name to appear-he did not write US a letter up n
the subjective made a correction, 50 far as his
father was concerned, to which we will hereafter
aIlude. We called upon Messrs. KIBBY and
ROSE, about five O'Clock and declined to give the
name of the author. At that interview we told
them that from certain explanations made to US by
Judge RAY we were satisfied our correspondent
erred in stating Gov. MoRToN received certain
attentions, such as winning. yachting, &c, from
the New York brokers identified with the fraud
after that rascality had come to his knowledge.
There is no retraction OF the material facts charg-
ed upon Governor MORTON by our correspondent,
i'm our correction, but on the other hand, a reiter-
alton of the same. This anybody with a Thin
BILE full of brains can see. Now. then, for the
proof. Here is what our correspondent said, wri-
ting from New York:
So, too, it is here stated, as common informa-
ton, that when Gov. Morton came on. some
months ago. when the Loan Commissioners dis
covered and notified him of the fraud, he was fu-
rious for public proceedings; but that, directly
after, he was seen with those brokers engaged in
the swindle, ~quafing wine at the Fifth Aveifue
hotel riding upon the water in yachts, and about
the streets OF the city in e~quipage as splendid as
that in which, by the gratuity of grateful ap-
pOintees and contractors, he rolls in state through
the streets of Indianapolis. and that before he
left the city he was for keeping the affair a State
secret, and actually urged oGr Loan Cammis
sioners to put the bonds they had for sale into the
hands of those very brokers, wlich they refused
to do. i had this LIST fact from a gentleman
who told me he had il from the mouth Of Hon.
James NJ. Ray, and | refer you to him for its
truth. 1t can be proved, | guess, in this city, in
any court OF justice.
Now here is what the Journal pronounces to
be an Unconditional retraction of the statements
Of our correspondent"
GOV. MoRToS-cORREclIoN.
In the letter of our correspondent, &c. H, :"
from New York city, published in yesterdays
Sentinel, he states that james NJ. Ray, Esq, in
formed a gentleman that Gov. Morton, after the
discovery by him OF the Slower swindIe, ''actu-
ally urged our Loan Commissioners to put the
bonds they bad for sale into the hands OF these
very brokers'"
We are satisfied, upon inquiry, that our cor
respondent is mistaken in giving James NJ Ray,
Esq, as authority for this statement, and we
therefore at once make the proper correction
Dir. Rays sta ement, as made 70 others is in di
rect conflict with this reported statement of his
remarks, and, upon inquiry, ue are adUised that
Gov. Morton, since the fraud came to his knowl-
edge, has had no communication or intercourse
whatever with any party implicateds and that he
has never directly or indirectly counselled or sug-
gested a postponement of the prosecution of the
guilty parties; but, on the contrary. he has, from
the moment the same came to his knowledge,
urged an immediate prosecution.
That correction was written down to the .
by Judge RAY, the balance by Mr.. KIBBY, after
a consultation with Governor MoRros. Nov