Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-20

no part Of the lei,sr dated Camp - and
signed "HoOsicr' in type that said letter vas pa,
IN type before O'Clock on the night Of the 9th
instlnt: that CASrEILL did not mark any part Of
the said letter in the copy OF The PAPER in which
the compositOrs marked then work: that he
claimed no pay for having put in type any part
of said letter and that no communication in the
hand writing Of Mr. HIBBKS was ever put in type
Cor or has appeared ia the Sentinel
Mr. HisBKS resides in RushviIle and - soon as
we can hear from him se all add his affidavit 70
the other evidence that he did write the letter
referred to. thss he lad no dge Of 1t what
ever until Il appeared in the SeHfiasl and in cor
roboraiion of the statements we have made gene
rally thereto.
Governor MoRroS, in speech at Rockville
last summer. announced that secret police had
been inaugurated in Indiana. In addition TO this
il appears there is system of espionage and sub
ornation Of perjury. IL other means fail. TO fix
odium aud Infamous SANDERS upon those who may
happen 10 be obnoxious to the powers that be
In the present instance these malicious purposes
have signaIly failed
For the present We shall rest satisfied with pro
ducing the most complete REPUTATION Of the inla-
nous charges of the Journal, which will be found
in the accompanying afhdayits, promising the
most vigorous legal prosecution of the offense il
the false charges are not promptly retracted:
SrsrE or ISDnSA. Marion county
Daniel L. Paine. being duly sworn, upon his
III 1t q 81.
ia the State Sentinel" office, and has occupied
that position for the past five months; that i'm
mediatey after dinner ON the 9th inst he found
in the copy drawer Of the Sentinel Office the let
ter published in the Sentinel on the iOth inst
dated Camp -" and signed "HOOsier" IL
written on both sides of sheet of foolscap:
that he divided il into two parts, or takes, aud
hung them on the copy hook, and the same was
put IN type that same afternoon and evening be-
fore . o'clock by c. W. b Smith and W W.
johnson, two of the cOmpositOrs of the office,
and Mr.. ID. VI. Cantrill did not put any OF it in
type, and bad nothing at all 10 do with IT,
DANIEL L. PAINE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of January, 1862 JoHS MULLANY.
Notary Public.
c. ". B. Smith and W. W johnson. being
sworn, upon their oaths say that they are com
pOsiiOrs IN the State Sentinel Office, and that they
put in type the letter referred to in the affidavit
of Daniel l.. Paine, and that the same was all
put in type OF Che afternoon Of the 9Th inst by
supper time and before . o'clock: that Mr. Cam
tril had nothing To do with il Whatever, and set
no part of said letter. q. W. b. SMITH,
". ". JOHNSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day OF January, 1859. JoHy MULLANY,
Notary Public
STATE OF INDIANA, Marion county:
John r. Elder, being duly sworn, upon his oath
says he is one of the proprietors OF the State
Sentinel; that OF the evening OF the 9Th inst. he
assisted Dir. Paine foreman of the news room, in
reading the proof of n letter which appeared in
the Sentinel on the 10Th inst. signed "HOOser, .
and dated at Camp -" that he is familiar
with the handwriting of r. c. Hibben, or, as
stated in the affidavit of d. NJ. Cantrill, +. B.
HIbbcn, and the letter in question not IN his
handwriting; that Mr.. Hibben did not hand that
letter any other to affiant on that evening nor
did affant give il 20 tho foreman nor did he see
the letter until he read il in assisting to read the
proof that af1ant measured the mark ed paper of
the compositOFs containing the letter in question,
and that Mr. Cantrills mark was ON no part of
IL, and he did not claim any pay for setting it;
and that no letter, or communication, article
of Mr.. HIbben, or in his handwriting, has APP
peared in the Sentinel to the know ledge of aft
ant. JONI K ELDER
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of January, 1862. john MULLANY,
Notary Public.