New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-24
EY.MlRSHlL MNRRIY.

EY.MiRSHL MURRAY
A. Oakley Hall and his man Murray both
came at us on Friday, we chose to deal first
with the master, then with the man. Having
disposed of Oakley, we now take hold OF his
seryitor Murray, who writes us as follows:
"NEw-YoRK, Oct. 20.
To Hon HORACE GREELEr:
"Your letter defending Gen Woodford 80 drags my
repntiop in question that ought 80 answer some Of It,
AT the extra session OF Congress- in 1861 two consca
,or cts were nassed Immediately after the passage Of
those act the President OF the United States issued his
proclamation directing the Marshas to seize all Rebel
found their districts and report the same to
the District Attorneys OF the United Statesfor condemns
ton SPECIAL instructions came from the secretary of
War In reference to the same subject
On the l2tbof September 1861 seized alarge amount
~ nroncrty I'm the Southern District of NewYork, sup
nos,d 10 belong 10 Rebels See ThE TRIBUNE of the 18th
september 1901 detailed account OF that seizureJ
On the nth and 18th OF september, 1861 the District
Attorney filed his lbels against this property tsee TY
TRIBUNE If the nth and 18th Of September 1861 for de-
tailed account OF tho property amount value &eJ
ION the 22d Of September 1861 an ordereame from Sec
rotary Chase directing tho District Attorneys to daeon
t,nue the suits against the property thus seized AMI that
the same lie restored to the claimants see TRIBUNE OF
a.d eeptember for order Of Secretary
From foregoing facts clearly Mr. Secretary Chase
and not Mr. woodford prevented mo from enrching my
seizures on the 10th Of September made detailed
port TO the Secretary Of War rs was required to do by
his instructions the concluding paragraph u which Is
follows;
al therefore respectfully Suggest that this property Ia
released the claimants furnishing proof Of their 10y
glance and giving bond, in d"uble the value OF the
property eed 10, S Ss 70 ,sn s se re
ton OF this property under seizure viii Work peculiar
hardshps to loyal people who nniortnnaiey IN many
iuGta "A
seized.
"Now Mr. Greeley desire 10 say that neycfhad any
interest direct indirect immediate or contingent. in
any property condemned in either the District or Circuit
Courts of the United states during the eight years that
was Marshal that received dollar, directly or
indirectly from any person connected with the building
or outside of the building of the proceeds of any prop
ery thus condemned, and give every person license
to come out and state that he she has ever had any
Transaction transactions with for mo with any
other person whatever"
Comments By The Tribune.
So far. ex-Marshal Murray. who makes
show of denying, but does not deny, point
in our alragnment. We stated that he had
devised q scheme for enrching himself by
legal inquisitiOn as to the money or other
assets of SOutherners held by our banks. trust
companies, &C., with view to their cOnfisca-
ton as the property of Rebels, wherefrom he
hoped to realize at least One Million Dollars
from his half "a infOrmer-that Mr. WOOdfOrd
united with others in making such representa-
tions to Washington of the necessary effect OF
this raid in alternating our bankers and other
CAPITALISTS on whom the Government was then
depending for heavy loans, that Murray was
ordered to call off his dOgs-that he held
Woodford responsible for this and thereupon
threatened him with implacable hostility,
which threat he has since made good.
Murray confirms at least half of our statement.
and denies no part of the rest. He does not
deny the malice against Woodford, but man
ages to say that he was stopped by an order,
not from Woodford, but from the Secretary of
the Treasury! Who doubted thatf But that
order was melted by representations from this
City. for which Murray saw fit to hold Wood
ford responsible: hence his undying malignity.
Murray says he had no interest in any prop
erty condemned by the T. S. Courts. Certainly not:
it was the property that was Mt condemned that
he had 80 large an interest in. And that g just
why he has ever since pursued WoOdford 30
venomously.
The ex- Marshal proceeds to rchearsc with
variations, his ISLANDERS on WOodfOrd; but we
cannot again notice them. They are entirely
too stale. Before we knew the dnimus of his
| crusade, he came to us with his story; we
licked it into shape, published it. and called
on the Government to investigate it. Secre-
tary c. B. Smith promptly ordered the inves-
tigation, requesting u. S. District Judge
Shpman to conduct it. Judge Shipman
came here, called Murray and all his crowd
before him, one by one, took their tes-
| timony, and then called in Woodford
and his witnesses No one could know what
another swore, and the Judge was trained by
his calling to sift testimony and weigh evil
dence. Having heard all, he reported that
there was nothing in the case-that Woodford
had done no wrong That ended all there
was of the matter but Murray's imIdacable
malignity To suppose that it can be revived
now, after nine-years' sleep, upon the er
parte assertions of political antagonists and a
personal enemy. is to insult the good sense of
the community.
FERRIS or THE DEEP.