St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-23
Is COT. 5ALDRlca A DzFAulrER,
~t,plsin and simple sta'ensent Of tacts.-Let the
people reud gid judge for themselves.

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~kpis;n and simple sta'ement Of tacts-Let the
people read gid judge for themselves.
Col. AIArieh was tteceiverof the Land
: 'iScs at dixon. Illinois. dari.r tue al.
,i,inissrstiaax af Presidents: Taykr aud
.'iln,ore, FROM 1919 ia 1858. Within ten
lays AFTER his removal he paid t' the Cow
"r"uent Depo-ito,y at h'eago, rrecy dull
:ur aud ecery crnt in his hands Of Public
'."nty rec.i ii for the sale, u fruu the
ale vi ublic Lands.
Ii sixty days from the time he went
CAT Of "E;..e, his accounts as Receiver
wt1e adjusted and 'br'lonrep IN The hooks
t. the treasury department ar is shown
by the '"l.'wi"g letter irvm the Coup
,rIler uf the Treasury
TREAsuRI DEPARTMENT,
Comp,roller's Office.
May 2Dh. 1853.
Sir.-Your account a. Receiver OF Publ!
Money under your bunis OF the 18th OF Uc-
| tSber. 1850, fur tue 6rst quarter OF 1853, have
been adjusted II The Treasury aud as!4need, as
stated hy you.
l4~ respectfully. yours. &c..
E. =. SEA..AN,
Acting Comp>. ol!er.
C1Rus AlpRicH, Esq.
Lite Receive, Of luh;ic Moneys, Dixon,
Illinois.
In March, 1861 Congress passed law
Making Land Warrants assignab!e and
foe @he- parl~'ses" pn,vi'ling that Aud
| .,t6cers >huNki r,eeire certain tt.s fur 10
Gazing l-aud Warrants, to be paid by the
parties Ucsfi"g thcm Under til law
the Land Officers in Illinois, Iowa aud
Wisconsin, claimed that Ill the fees re:ei.-
el trm individuals for locating Larl
Warrants. be loneed to them, whiIr the
l apartment claimed that hey belonged
to The Government. The Land Officers,
anx ".:s to ascertain their legal rights and
liabilities, determined to have the ques-
tiou judici"l'y settled. They therefore
employed Abraham Line u (n"w Prcsi>
it"t) aud his partner. Mr.. Logan, of
5, -r,n.6rld, ,liiuui<, who were then, ~
now, regarded as the hest among the many
able lawyers Ut that State.
Both .Mr. Linc-'In and NJ Lean, eave
it as their clear and decided "pini"n, that
the Land Officers were It'll i 10 the fees
j" dispute, aud that the government was
not e'.t.t:e'l to them. aud a'tv,,ed the Land
officers not to LAY them over un,ii the
{ se hal keen juIio;ally de iiel.
H.. Covcr"mcnt, ti,.ref re, brought
slit asai"~t Mr. Ciapp, 'pe .tf ia otiio.rs
Vt i:anvlllc. Ill t. test the qu,: ion, hut
t: 0 '.h eight ears how have Ella; Sc since
It was cs'.u,uenc,d. It has never been br"t
t. trial. the Government stem ~ TO have
abandon u the case. ..-
The Land Officers interested in tho
case always have, rs they do uow hvld
themselves ready t lay over tl:e fces n'sn-
t. ned Whenever II shalt have been dscid~
ed that such u.rneys are the pr.p.rt, Of
the government All nt them are III Just
she sa's.e situation as Col. nj irivh 10 this
matter, but thou. n some Ut ten :r> 90.
cuEyi"s hi yh otici,l n<itions in the State
vi lliiu"i~. where the facts are all vel
~""w", a'.d "tters filing important CON-
'na"ds l" the army, no one has .>,r
Teamed OF chargin; them with being de-
fau!ters. i..-.'~~
It. Was only when Col Ah4ich's name
VAS meutl,.'ed as > caudlda.e tor u s.
e'at"r, hat his personal and political ELL
mies seized hold of the facts above Sc,
'"rth. and are endeavoring to injurr and
acken "'s public aud private {. aracter
" order that he may MT "e III the way Of
'r''.i' political ssl traits for the. L. 5.
e.a o'>l.ip.
Az the tt"che~ter CRY P3a has seen fit
"g'vr e'rc"latio" to e." ru,n"r THAI cot,
Atd ! IL Is de utter. We respectfully 70.
l''es' Mr ba b cditps ", that ia.
cr' ".p" lis ';e alMe statement #
acts IN r'..a',"n to mat subject
- S'-Wt s"'ulJ. perhaps, kawve sta.
~, iu sonn.c,r.a with the ak.ve. that tho
5>h"k: mount "t fees rc.~ised BY Col. A.
b aud the Register It the Dixon office
"a> about S:OvV, of y which C"l Allr,ch
csive:' "''v' ,h"r $l4oo. -.Stdte Atlas>
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