Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-02-04

had deprived the Office of clerk Also,
in travelling to New York, the heat and
dust had produced an indisposition which
lasted for several days; and ] was appre-
hensive of being unable TO return when l
should wish to, unless | did so at the time.
These are the facts in connection with
the first charge of the Governor against
the Attorney General
1f Tod was still in the h,lshyof his 'inau!1T
cnce and corruption; he could not parry the
conviction that he and his servant had de-
liberately reported filschood to the Gen
eral Assembly of the State '.lh tITf.
The second charge is based upon the writ
ten statement Of Wright and Dorsey, two
of the Board of Military Claims, and is as
follows: t.,sL ,T.LEI Wr
"At one of the carly meetings of the
Board, on the investigation of the Claim of
Stevens, for damages TO the Cincinnati 1
| Trotting Park, the Attorney General was
present and gave some verbal counsel, and
afterwards, after much delay, and at the
written request of the Board he gave a
written opinion on this case but never
again met with the Board, nor gave coun-
sci on any of the other cases examined,
amounting to more than eighty thousand
dollars and, although frequently urged to
attend, and sent for BY the Board, he de-
clined to attend at any other meetings y
A brief statement of the doings of the
Board may be satisfactory in answering this
charge. This might be expected to be
shown from a journal record of their meet
F ings; but as none was kept except private
aud somewhat imperfect one of the Clerk
of the Board, | give the following state
ments from the best information from rec
ollection, and from the record Of the claims
, disposed of;
On the 22nd of April, 1868, the Board
met and adopted rule that their meetings
should be held on Tuesday and Friday even
| ings of each week.
i On the 9th the Board met but no bust
ness was transacted. Wright being absent
e On the 2Sth, which was the first regular
? meeting, no business was transacted
r On May lst, the business was commenced,
although Dorsey was absent, and certain
# claimants were heard, some four or five in
] number. .-..-r-.r.
: : On May 18th and 18th, Wright was abb
: sent.
+ On May lSth Cole was absent.
/ On May Goth, Cole and Wright were
,f absent.
& On June 2nd, Wright was absent.
/ On June 5th, Wright and Cole were
e absent.
t. On June 23rd, Cole was absent.
Ii On June Goth; and on July the 10th,
V 18th, and 22nd, Cole was absent
ID VII llle 1flh VI august; Doisey was ap-
y sent .....' ..
4 On May 10Th, on June 9th, 18th, 10th,
ID and Both, on august llth, IA, 18th, 2lst,
az 25th and 28th, during the whole of the
ID month Of September, including nine regu-
lar meetings in October, four i'll November,
n and seven in December, all the Members of
A. tile Bolrd were absent
W In April, two irregular meetings were
heidi two in May: one in July, two in Octo-
is Der, and three in November.
or Out OF seyenty-one meetings, appointed
er by the rule, only thirty were held-one in
<e April, seven in May, four in June, six in
he July, three in August, three in October,
four in November, and two in December;
Mt and ten irregular meetings, making i'll all
I'd forty meetings, out of eighty-onc and be-
70 sides the absences which are enumerated, it
nd is not specified who were present at some of
ce the meetings; none specified at the irregular
he meetings, and none at any of the meetings
", after October. OF the whole number of
he meetings, Wright was absent from forty
nine Of them; Dorsey from forty-three, and
IL Cole from forty eight Wright was absent
to from eight Of the meetings which passed
ice upon claims, Dorsey at two, and Cole at
in seven. Only eighteen regular meetings were
MS held at which any business was disposed of,
ey and six irregular ones, In addition to the
he gross neglect Of duty Of the whole Board,
f.t lsn Nf.A.lA RI
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os- VI sun VI ,noii I'VE 'eT ., Wnem Ito 40
lot ,;I;,r,p t "aU ,,l9oIio I,a os ",
lei ~ al" ~ hn ,iossoJ 49,, o,
ld ~ ,,;Ttnr " tr uU roor,,t
no o ing, use Of camps. etc: and were certified to
an nc in a military wav ali of which We're more
10 particularly within the range of WRIGHT
ho .ho ability than of Coles. or Dorsev's. who
JIG seemed to snsnnnd their indomint in every
j, matter of tLat kind TO the sunerior tact oi
the W,irht
as Tf. n, 80, WI =;
us, he Uoise! anu rlshC naihed IN the
ate iDoles9ihS sta'elhenc ga pl the ooings OF 'the
noaru are Ille same VINO cIlarge' IN the quo,
md .a'iHn aGoye, 'hG m, A''orney uehefal wltf
lew nteicct ui o!.ly. ne e claims claims 10 DC passeo
my uSoL Weie Teiiis ~ VI account supported ?,
ght nnua'its H.. to open open .e accounts see the
est. lcll'E anu "a tey Mele 1WoIii ~, Win ehe
airy exception Vi some Wnlen ! sna15 herealtel
ned nitlitioh, was 'l,e outy Oh the BOARD; ant
the Whch 'ity saw lnoy were correct ana woulc
res say so, tpe accounts were alspose9 Of; ane
sis Mhy Lin .le Doard I COMPOSED 9l three MEMBER
nto or,a snoula nave peen tngagea period OF eigh