New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-11-13

70 the ydf0' II The y. y irrbuHe
SIR: On the 10Th Of Sept. last you published
ngraph mentioning the Arrest Of etpToToS Mar
sha slrachnu Of Missouri upon q charge Of emheIzns
some $4,000 OF the funds Of the Government Tie pr
asIaph embodied an extract non The CSinoy Ih)
He,ad charging Col. Sulchnn with other oh'nses
against morality OF the most scandalous nature IT. Jus
tice 70 the accused must you TO publish tho follow
ing letter from zen. Mcneil addressed 10 friend In
| this city: IL Sd
HxADeuAhTrR, A,yr OF sorrn Wr,rrns nioorm
ls THE FIELD hufrL0o 81 Ian 20,
Oct IL, 1901
DHan - Just as received ordeFs at 81 Louis
10 take the field ieceired your letter q sept H. from
New York This letter mad been ~ Springfield. and
had been Temai,d u the St. Loui- Office causing tie
dclay. r ., .,
Of sept 20 rcpub.ishcd in a Sou-bogk paper, nnd
clipped hcrefroin md ask from rcinialon Of the
STATEMENTS contained therein
When first saw this sandcrous article wrote 10
your brother stating ny hoeledre Of TIE facis con
nected with The charges mentioned N that article.
First. That under be- had received no public money
except what knew 10 have been properly accounted
for
s,con9. That Col. Farrrr Provost Marshal General
OF the Department lad told mo that 'oL STachhn had
properly accounted for oil moneys received before
took command Of the district.
Third That moneys could not have been cxtorfed
from without Tie fac! coming 10 my kroH ledge
Foarn That the man rcqr.eved irom mo Iamyfa
taiion with Col Strochon, who when he heard OF IT,
told me had let of the worst man in the lot
Although consider this article rs bander0rs toward
myself against your brother for mysei shnll not
notice IL until such time my other duties give NE
time 10 hunt up tie responsible publishers ana hold
them accountable the law for libel II there is
syllable " truth Ia the article from the trst e to the
Last shall acquit the publishers 81 hbe - utterly
false and grossly malicious, ana no ciHsh oi I"yIn
having reputation for either honor or honetty-bs no
Seoessionist Copperhoad or loya-"i gay that he de-
ncycs H. .
the earliest loyal men In the State. and Lna been con
tont scourge TO the ds.oya Open dsloyalty has been
cocloed into CoppeIbeadsm and bushwhaekinp ~ hnst
the lives Of loyal bas been changed l" buhbWhhck
INK thor regulations. TIE charges alluded To 40 That
artcle-charges which Col Srnchnn j, iehhy ana aux
ions 10 meet aud fcfuteare Of this naiure. nnd are
part of n base Comprehend conspiracy 10 ruin man
thcy could not buy II United States Senators had been
elected by Legislature last Winter. do not be.i1'e
these charges would have been made.
The nniiDus Of The QUINCY Hrdd In this matter Is be
trnyed IN this sentences I" II this follow Sfachnn)
while acting Provost Marshal at Palmyra indnced
one Col. Mcneil WHO In said Ia be no better than
Strachan himself TO issue OrGcr supprehsihg The cir
euatiOn In Missouri
that IL countermandcd for this bnshwhaclcr In
typeI hns been the cause n dslOy ay IN senti'
mcnt and open reasonable nets and Is rcsponrbie Tor
the lives Of more loyal men In Northern Missouri than
all other Influences put together.
His fnlse and garblcd statements OF the Palmyra eI
ccutiOns ast Fall were copied oil over the county
lie knew that account 10 10 Just false nv lie knows
this article ~ Do Where lie Ia known 10 cannot
sIander either of u.
You viii use this statement az You may think advlss
bic 1t s made In the Aurry aud cornson Of camp 90
cupatOn. and you think something moro formal
necessary please lot me know. aud will supply II as
boon ns losSiDe.
Ih.yc the honor 10 he yonr obedl,ft A-vnni,
Dim MOaLII. Bu.. tcLC ral fOa