The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-14

"TABB."- Some fellow has been writing a
series of squibs to the onion, signed ''Tabb,"
and making statements about the editor of
this paper while he was purser in the navy,
some of which are very far from being true.
1t is true that we were so unfortunate as to
get bad clerk, by the name of Tabb, who
had been several years at sea. in the capacity
of a purser's clerk, and who commenced
keeping our accounts by charging a small
commission on purchases mado on shore, &c.,
&c. In reply TO question from US, as to
why he charged these commissions, he said
it was customary, and that he had done ii for
other pursers in the service. Being satisfied
that II was wrong We voluntarily reported
the facts to Commodore COnover, as soon as
we reached his flag ship, and asked permits
sion to correct our accounts, not cent hay
ing been received from the government on
account of these errors, as no settl ement had
been made. This was the first the comma
dore knew of the matter, and 1t was voluntar-
lily communicated to him by us. The form
of a court martial was gone through with,
but not a single witness was called, the
whole matter being determined by our own
statement. What the finding of the court
was we were never informed, nor were we
ever deprived of our liberty in any way or
treated in any but the most kind and courte-
GUS manner by all the officers of the ship
Nor did we ever receive one cent for any err
ror, improperly or irregularity committed
in our department while we held the office, -
nor did the government of the United States
ever lose one cent by any such errors or ir-
Irregularities. Every error was corrected be-
| fore our accounts were presented to the audi
tor for settlement, and balance of several
| hundred dollars found to be our due, which
was paid to us by the United States. The
! finding of the court martial, whatever 1t may
have been, was set aside by the president
and our honorable resignation was after
wards accepted, when presented to the secre-
tary of the navy, for all of which we have
the official docu nents to show.
Nor is the previous statement of the sland-
erer who signs himself ''Tabb." in regard to
any intercession by Senator Douglas on our
behalf. true. We never exchanged one word
with Senator Douglas in regard to the case,
nor did any friend of ours for us. Senator
Douglas was not upon speaking terms with
the administration, and even if we had need
ed any intercessor, which we did not, he
would have been the last person to whom to
!, apply.
The facts are simply these We were not
dishonorably dismissed or even dismissed al
all; we never improperly received and ap-
propriated to our use one cent belonging te
the United States, or any other person, while
we were in the service the United States
never lost one cent by any act of ours, or Of
our clerk, or any one else in our employ mol
were wo ever restrained of our liberty, bu
continued to live in the ward room and mes'
with the officers. just the same when VI
3 sailed from New York, until we left the shil
!. at Madeira to come homo in a passenger yes
. sci.
q Let the slanderers go on-they Can do u
Is no harm.
FoR bargins in dry goods go to L. Kiesow
Y Septl SdWlt,