Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1869-03-12

ried into The construction Of said road and
used for no other purpose whatever that
the whole subscribed capital Of said compa-
ny amounts 70 o., zoo, 900, and that neithes
Of said parties have now, or 10 my knowl-
edge ever have had greater intercst than
that hereinbefore stated, and I do further
parties named has ever had any pecuniary
interest in said company, past, present, o.
fururc, mediate, immediate, or remote, di>
rect or indirect, certain or contingent, other
than that above stated that neither Of said
persons have svcr received from said CON-
pany any money, property, promise, past,
present or future, or any other thing of val>
ue, nor ere they entitled to receive from said
company any property, promise, or other
thing Of value Of any kind or character what.
soever, except that represented By their -.
spective shares Of stock, ~ hereinbefore STA
ted and do further state on oath that !
have disbursed every dollar Of money that
has been paid out on account Of the con.
struction Of said road, and that every portion
Of the funds assessed upon the stockholders
has Been expended in said construction !;
that no part Of said funds or any other funds
Of said company has been or will Be paid 10
either Of said persons above named, OF to
yond that represented by their several shares
Of stock ~ hereinbefors stated and do
further state that the line selected for the
construction Of said railroad was entirely the
result Of the action SID Recommendation oi
the engineers Of said company, acting undes
instructions to ascertain the nearest and most
practicable route for said road, - required
By law, and Of which said parties shove 10,
med had no knowledge Of o. participation ia
and that said line was, upon due censidera-
ton. accepted BY the Goverunent without
the inisrposition o. inauenee Of he said per.
ties or either Of them and do further de-
clare that the charge that either Of said par,
ties has received Of Is in any manner 70 re-
eeive from said company or from any one
acting for it ell0.OOO, or any other SUN thar
that represented By their rsspsctivs subserip,
tons 10 the stock thereof - hereinbsforu
stated, is utterly false and void Of any truth
ful fouudslioa whAasver.
J. I. BLAIR.
Subseribsd end sworn 70 bssess me, thi1
/, !. the 73d day a Fsbssasy, 1858, =
L. y witosss ny hand end neeasial ssal.
JANIS n 8CAExHBYe
Ne1ky Ektiie.
wasAisgson Co., Dist. Of Cbis@6ia.
Mr.. Allison followed NJ. wilssn aad
said:
!" Mr.. Speaker, il will b ebssved iron In
reading OF that eorrsspoadenee q The Clesk'a
desk that the charges made apply 70 he Rep
resentAtives for the third and sixsA coaRrecs
ional districts Of Iowa, - ven - to NJ sol.
league from the 6rst district. L il my for.
tune to repssseut ~ third ccngressioual
district Of that Sssss asd, sis, I vas annoy.
Cd to find ia the columns of . joarnal Of q
much character aEd responsibility a. the
Cincinnati Cazette . charge Of Ibis kind
against me. As soon - L came to M
knowledge l caused dispatch to b sent q
the editor Of that journal rsqaesting TO b
Informed Of the name Of the suthor of this
malicious slander. hold 10 nv hand ths
answer to the telagrAn, whieA dssc.oses th>
name of this calumniator 10 bo Levis Al
Thomas, Of the city Of Duhuque, Iowa. Il
i familiar name to me. He appeared il
my district during the last canvass q . self
constituted candidate aud opposeat of min.
for Congress, and Of neasly tkolsy ave thou,
.and votes cast in all he only received on,
hundred And torty'n'ne.
/ will repeat now what ! nxe sspsatsi
often before, that % far ss this charge If
fects me it Is an infamous caluuny, kayins
its origin in the brain cf this knsvish man
whose name is Lewis A. Thomas. l hay,
eoe'',nged MN ana my otner accusers who
Daee Oeeo 10 league .''h HIM, tor there an
rev sucn mallgnant enemies IN my dis
'r'c. out' slF, up 70 this hour they have ao'
p'oaaceo : sSint'lIs Of proof 10 snPpers o
sneir personal chArkes against ne"