Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-14
nsw York stock Last.
BY the Peoples Telegraph Lines,
Onices-Sii Ninth street and corner Pennaylv anil
avenua and sixth atreet.


A CARD.-bKNEDICT MnBURr VS.. JAMES N.
instant nnd siatsmsnt Of the above case dsing
violence to the historical facts thereof and at the
same time doing great justice TO the undersigoed
momory As wei ss conscience, respectfully ask
perm ssion TO give tho other side, "one story is
worth nothing until another 10 told"
When Samuel A. Peugh came TO me and offered
TO buy the two houses on H street, Iasked him II
was to pay any commission In the matter. He said
certainly mott he wa. buying far friend, and was
tainly no agent Of mine.
Inc AErssmeut wa. $1,000 for, the property,
tSiss and four years % sissr @ ss.s tMsrsh l. s and
two sections Of land In North Carolina, with a
deed Of general warranty frsm Henry Bell, Of Bal
sioo 900, fully explsiains to HIN the amount OF
ineumbranee on the three houses standing on the
10, In square tet IIoOtinE on II street, the part
and he said that made no difference. The amount
o. fineumbranee on the whole thee houses at that
prinoipsi and tribe Of iatsfsst, say staco IN ali,
and the property sod for sibooo In lea and 1859.
There was no Judgment against me at the time
made, Peugh tried to put on me nom Henry Bell
deed OF special warranty for this North Carolina
land, Witch declined TO take. Peugh Afterwards
from Belt but on the i2th March, 1850, when we
INST In his once 70 prepare for tho delivery OF
deeds, he tsld me thai he had then learned that
ranty, aud, seeming to be very anxious to have
the property, he asked me II something else ould
ssn b doSs You hsS: the s 70 the
note for souoe In lieu OF the land that notes for
sias written obligation TO give up the o. 900 note
and take deed OF special warranty for the North
Carolina land whenever the title TO "a land shall
,siain iAi,iy day from do date, tiaich "a, issS)
and not Ctherpiss.n
Peugh agreed to this, aIlsf up the deed of trust
n NJ atas nd faa IA hax tat ~ lam NJ
Calian,who th.t day. for the hrst me. learned
TO be the "friend and purchaser. Peugh then
READ my 3, with hin n, to lanes c,sa
and all the notes and delivered the together with
$500 10 gold, and check on Lewis Johnson for
.sor Ss Josu Gsn pssS y 10 ms
the onsuumAtion oi the trade, delivering to him
deed OF general warranty for the two houses and
the S on iH he sns shsren
OF March, 1853, when immediately deposited the
and 1t was that hour corded. The talk about the
"sseroti Ii all untruej and never heard Of any
such thing until It was aseert ned that this part
nership could not hold the property without the
payment OF Ihe notes ~ the sane became due
after the advertisement under the trust.
The exhibit OF title TO the North Carolina land
he paper shown by him, aud claimed by him to be
from the clerk Of some county in North csrolins,
the tite to the iands bslosgin TO two certain in
dividuAls to be good. There was no seal on the
letter, and had no means OF knowing whether It
was even from any clerk or any other person In
Our agreement was, that the title to two certain
sections was to be shown TO be "Ps.Jeef," saying
promised, I should undoubtedly have taken the
landj but never could consider this an examine
tion OF title, when the land In question was not
tion TO the fact that had no means OF knowing by
whom the letter was written. Besides, even this
days after the transaction alluded TO.
Perjury was committed somewhere during the
trial, and the land records stly contradict Jas
| offender) as TO the ineumbrAnse on the property
when sold to him, and John !. Callan 40 to tho
custody and "escro " Of the deed OF trust, which
he distinctly swore was In his possession, when
the record showed It to be 10 the clerks ON ue;
and ~ It was also In evidence that the deed from
70 iS sas ss Sn D
property, as agent for James N. Callan, many
month. after the time when falsely claimed TO
pigeon bolej and as the agreement written by my
self and left with Peugh and James N. Callsn, as
well a. the letter written by some one In North
and jury, can We afford to leave its locality to
Dc deter mined BY those who know me.
From the deelsTstions made to me BY James y.
CAllAn And John y. Callan, after the 50 to the
former, that the understanding was that James n
Callan was TO have one OF these house and Peugh
the trsn..otion Sa5cC, and That PssSh wss tC
tAte up this q, 900 note, as well as the "a that
long ter the sale, John y, CallAn desired me ia
80 and see lot Of land on New Jersey avenue, be-
tween X and L streets NORTH, with view to have
Peugh give this lot for the $1,000 (which exam.
ined found not to be hiB) note am fully salts
/ he'd that I. A. Peugh and John n. CallAn had en-.
tered into partnership for the urpOse OF trading
me out Of my property, they, on account Of theiI
peculiar condition 10 this sommppity a. the time,
simply using the name OF James N. CallAn.
| ! unde ptAni that the judgment was 4 ven fol
| defsndAnt on tho admitted fact that received
1000 At the sale, and Af IwArds bongh the prop
orty at the trust sale for o7625 thus hAvioE 06G
and the no 1sss agaia. Although had mu h en-
IN psnse my enJlts 70 roteot M self against thil
wiley party, and believe thiu 90 have been
wac pad .tIiet attention TO The evidences IhSye nc
Respectfully, D. MILnuAA.
pEeralBR II, 1884