Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-03-21

! sy, winch Is assuming greater proper
tions than we had anticipated, and ap.
proximating to blood heat, as person
alities generally do.
GEN. ROSS TO DR.. RoTHRocK.
For the Gazette
MCVgYTowy. March l3, 1865
I DR A. RorHRoCK-Sir: In your last com n11niaatic,
signed Justice you have admitted one error" viz:
that George Kline charged but S65 while Henry
Sackpols was charged SIGO year for crossing, The
10 the utterance Of one truth This shows vou not ut
tery devoid of l. when the fear Of Just!ce suggest
{ Ell IS motive TO speak IT, In your communication
over your own signature. you charge the DuIls and
Rosses with having themSe!yes elected Bridge Dirac-
tors year after year "a regular SUcces>on This l.
false the original statement which Won have cor
rected above. and the following will show il. on lie
3lth o: last December election was held and
| Charles BTatton elected President hy nnanl-
nous vote. nearly all the stock having been voted
The next thing you charge us with Is making unjust
discrimination ia favor OF Democrats and against R.
pubhcanS, and you instance the case of Isaac II ais
who IS by the yav a Ks,,s5ytr4q and LItrer IN TanIv
10 this would say that Is standing rule with the
company 10 give the bridge Iaborers by the month
when they apply. oar cornpany has \ St5ii5i li"
! that any person obtain the bridge by the year
ProEmed they apply within the first six months after
the tolls are assessed Mr.. Stack pole well many
Democrats, did within this rule; for ca
| D. v Ahi Of Cumberland county, Glemocrat) who
hauled several hundred tons OF over the bridge,
the bridge 10y the year long before Mr. Stackpoe did
and was refused, which item you did not see fit 10
| bring 10 the notice OF the public.
At the commencement of this difficulty the under
signed called on Henry Stlckpoe ami stated 10 him
that there was only Two months till a as
I Se7S"iEht o t"h- Woud ne made, and appealed TO
HIM to 60 on and pay ms toll for that time and not
raise any disturbance in the bridge board. for we had
ai"tyH o0eI mar i2aiol>; th@t II ne ud 50 we would
give bin drawback the nextassesSment Of tolls
or II ne Stackpoiej would buy the omnibus Of Kline,
"iIio" te horses or harness. at valuation liked by
three dlslnteTe~ted men. that ne should take Kiues
/ place al hifne rate OF toll! The board never took
! any acton on Mr. Stackpoie's case until the two
/ months had expired. We expected him 10 Dav the
toll ike others, which he refused TO do and We sere
compel!ed 70 the unpleasant duty OF bringing
You by your misrep epTese entatons and your Ueddling
! at home, urged on this excitement, and endeavored
10 create the impression that the government could
ami would take charge oftAe bridge and your course
| created all the difficulty.
! In your charges Of discrimination against Charles
Sanbarger, and in favor Casper DAN. we will give
you the facts Casper Du was charged SIS per year,
while tenants his different farms paid separately
Tor themselves and their respective farms Charles
Sanbarger was charged the first year So his Mill
for the second year $50 and for the present year S0
This includes the travel Of Ssnbarger and family and
/ Capt. Neace and family. You charge with diScrlm
nation against Stanbarger and in favor of Duh in the
ratio Of ten one, which will show YOU is moor
! rect. From statement of the agent of the Penna.
R. r.. at McVeytown who has kept an accurate a"-
count Of the tonnage OF both Dali and Staubarger,
Duls tonnage is shown to be 296 tons and IS lbs stan
harger's 52s and 7SS lbs. This will show vour
! times. You assert that John McCord was removed
| from the position of mail messenger by the Demo
! false Mr.. McCord removed on accouu: of ueG-
lgence. he having several times left the mail bag H.
lowed him, to what had become of the mail, he
| exclaimed | must have forgotten 1t tthe railroad.
We nope you Viii n9t regard yourself Of SO much
importance 10 consider these explanations Of y0u!
fabrication made for your benefit but rather to cor.
rect false Impressions among others who have seen
| them, and do not know you as well as do.
Yours, respectfully.
I'VE have omitted one paragraph in
the above communication rejecting on
Dr. Rs official position as Examining
Surgeon, as irrelevant to the matter at
issue. The result could be of no ben
eft to either party, no more than if
the Gen. would call the DR.. a parallel
logram, II hypothenuse, or an elIipsis,
and the DR.. in turn designate the Gen.
as right-angled triangle, a polygon,
or heXagOn.-EDs. GAZETTE
DR.. RoTHRoCK's REPLY.
GEN. Ross-Sir: In your letter to the
Democrat of last week, you complain that
tel! lies on you, You also complain that my
arithmetic is as badly mixed as my pills are.
| Well, General, | will now tell the truth as
nearly as | can, and will also mix my arith
uetic as little as possible.
You say il Is false that the Dulls and Rosses
have themselves elected bridge directors year
after year in succession, and offer to prove
this position by saying that Charles Bratton
was on Both of last December unanimously
elected President of the company. FOrcble
reasoning this The DuIls and the Rosses
own, or did own last year, according to the
bridge book, I6 shares out of 1873, the whole
amount and although the votes diminish as
| the shares increase In the hands Of any one
man, you with your friends who stand by
| you In the company, have the controlling
power in all bridge measures. You voted
yourselves in again. and ] repeat, you have
been e'elected year after year in succession,
and every one here knows this fact. Who
ever heard of any of you refusing place of
| power or profit? Wherever You are known,
such an assertion would be considered an
absurdity.
| also charge you with making unjust dis
elimination in your assessments in favor of
democrats and against republicans. re
peat the charge and prove it by your own
figures You say Mr.. DulPs railroad tonnage
was 900 tons and IS lbs, Stanb8rger's 52S
tons and 78S lbs. You say also that last
year Mr.. Dulls toll was $500, (the book
says SO 20) and Stanbarger's $1,000. If,
then, by the application of the single rule of
three, Stanbarger's 52H tons and 1888 pounds
freight is worth $50 90, DulPs 296 tons and
45 pounds is worth S280l toll, whereas You
say Mr.. Dull pays $780, but if the bridge
book is correct Mr.. Dull pays in reality only
$l3 90, which is less than half of what he
should pay, in proportion to Stanbarger's as
sessment on railroad tonnage alone. Well,
General, we have got along thus far without
mixing. Here we must mix little. The
tonnage is only one item in the unjust dis
elimination between Dull and Stanbarger.
Dull has farm adjoining the borough, in
cluding the island, on which his barn stands,
while his dwelling, and his tenant houses are
| in the borough: ! said before that it was