The sun., 1870-03-21


ever consroins him to undertake. No charge lad
teon preferred against linn individually. hut having
q vivid recollection Of the facts. and some appre
honsion as to the Investigations OF certain Con-
mittee he asks You Tor srnce to make partial con
fcsson. lie sets cut IN this manner:
nasmuGb a: no sPsSnc char chaTfe i s Tsae qEgori E tS
of corruption neing left to conjecture as g. who
sommended he cadet FOR aProiSiment in justice to
%f n e., pnb e ne awent No W. u, iSe fr g M s"e'
lie further adds:
"I hail be content II the facts nre made public
through the zane channel that the charges were made
These sentences contain ince, nous admissions.
lie conceics that II there ia ground for the insuua-
ton, the unry would he guilty oS tc crire Of cor
run'ion;' that II ttc act was not acknoH Hledgel,
" "irlusiice" would b. done TO the character OF
" other member" :" anu T the DerpCtHtor was not
e1cgrated by lhG iac;s the isir tame Of his state
would be tarnished As Your CORE 'rondcut feels
some interest in the fiir fame Of the state that Mr.
Driggs rcptcsened, or mirrenrescntcd, as the case
" content" Il the lacts arc made public through the
sane channel that the charges weT" made N Il nro-
o I'd TO promote the "contcnt" cf tue gentleman
by eivinc supplementary addition OF the facts a,
the are. ~
IrE RECORDS snow THEN TO BR
s- the parties implicated Gdnit them to be, aud as
sn rccoa y c wny ny bc, 20 show that
Mr.. briggs nominated gs cadets 10 West Point:
Fred. swect..o SAGINAW cry Geo u. Holmes.
B-llcn Of fast Saginaw, and IL. G. sweegcs. Of
q: io N. No suspcion attaches 10 any Of these
nam,- except tl@t o, John X Ggnicy. Of tcrtase
tow Iship Of llough.on county near Copper Habor.
IL occurred 10 Us l once ihat IL this John r. Gar!~"
" I0gt NE 7, sidtnt OF that remote tv~rsnip 4
ma, all right, and Mr.. Driggs may wsil assume
his indignant attitude and write ais l'un letter.
rrsLNG ron uR. GANLEr.
Hanpcning to meet gentleman whom knew TO
he well acs"-intel L, the Upper Peninsula having
rc..-;ni.,! part of 1t in . reosut legislature the
:Si-Swing cnlloQuy occurred:
9.po ySg bn9S any one Ee,'ias thc name OF John
HnIey ID yn S"gn,pn gyT eo@ "a. a ao
AYES resided IN III. city during 10 anl iSI. ana
;!Sk q .si,smsd o. inc SIols'alf i,laor store OF
Elijah Smith Co. and q resident Of Detroit
Must be a mistake. Detroit IL u tie First Dis
trict. so intelligent and shTcwd man as Mr..
Driggs could not make such mistake as that 60
your corres spondon, proceeded to interview several
vi olesae and leading merchants In the liquor busi
pe--, located On Jonetson ana Woodward avenues.
They uni ornly stated lat they knoS John II. Gan.
ev That lis Other had been tor Il number Of years
a resident Of Detroit: that she iyes Lcre now: that
they recoccted nc "as absent from the city a short
tine
~ ORDER TO Enter WEST roINr;
that they never hcord of his having residence in
the Cptcr Peninsula that he had for several years
past been travelling salosman for liquor house,
aud had forued many acquaintance ~ Detroit. as
well ~ 10 other citic- oi the state.
Put, sad one OF item. there IL a gentleman In
the ci y, engaged In another Enc OF business, VINO
mas knoWm him rom loyt cod, and can 'cl you ail
aJo1t him" Mhen introduced TO ttis ccutl, man.
| found him TO be an old resident oi tie eity, q
nan oi wealth ara Tvspe ;ab"itJ. and Reading iu
Lafayette street This conNtfsatOn cusged:
IT CONES OFT.
9wS-S cs, '9p a, sySr aSu2ntIi win 3 yGuuf man
kn,wn hn since ~ carly ou;h. lie was Tor some tiue
~ ny sif oyne 49, -. a., ,., NJ.
! slpt N.le'. BIZ he went there ior short time. out
Q.-l. Won know anything OF The circumstance Of
,r9 M y,,r la oT is & n. nS,cSL "a,
Wtut Lr had 4to MONEY. an t-krl liw what De Wa
.o'ns {? 10 lie fcplsi lnat he VA setrng ready ~
Eo 10, tst Point " Why, 10" can you act There
81 NAVE Eoronr CHANCE OF Mr.. nmCG, oF
stGINAW,
and Il mas cos' me over one thousand dollars
= Are vog 'ure he told on mat A-N,s. repeot-
coy made no conccImcnt ot n to me.
na S:" .g@eh S%G IT, Ga' ,SIrSS M SS 5Ss ,G '
',cN,u am hcpubHcau, aud "l"a'- mcan 10 tell
"a "ansy ,py ESgfs,, Am. sS.nfIlSa,
he rl.i IL, 6sios sqylns Nj a p,m, cls''
0.Gi b. hid h.d syeT hysa n ~ ug e I,.Tla would
lhsd there but had brother 'ha' 'om"unes Sent
me FACTS sNowN.
These facts as to the residence" politics. and shor,
sty of CIney az West Point are WY general,
known in tlis, city The mean- BY witch aud III.
person through whom he obtained the hppuintin. ut
Mcr" not much known til the alu.ion to the matter
IN your paper. proofs to sul sani'aic them are
abundant. II Mr. Diiggs feels any inclination Ia
e'nirol,ft them, be eau be put int immediate com
muuration iih res. On~ihr arice NlO Viii give him
an H." light IN the subject lac may de-he. These
settlements are not written random, but al.era care
rul investigation OF the case, mi e result given
" to the public through the same channel that Mr.
briggs may be the more content
THE FAcTs TEND 10 SNOW
l. That John H. Ganley wGs nominated as a cadet
To Wet oint by j. + DrgEs, heliesentatvo OF the
sixth Disulct Of Michi an.
2 That John r. Gnnlcy was not at the time Of his
appointment resident OF tue sixth District, and
never nid been.
8 That John r. Ganley was not Republican, or
m nj R.t.uf ma
That money ~as paid Us the means of obtain
ing the appointment
IN ls6i by OH .rrs Of the War Department Il John
r. Gauley was peremptnrlly dismissed, after beinJ
SIX months At West Point and that all efforts to re
instatc him proved In vain,
O. rnat stcrcdtnR tue hppointee to Portage was
q fraud up,u the Government as well AZ upon Ihe
T. That 80 late us the 18th OF FEBRUARY. 1870, the
* xmcmbtr implicated, over HE own Signature In .
letter ritrn lor publication IN paper OF wide cir
see how the air lhme o his state c'n be atectca by
Now, Mr Editor. II your corrc- c-poudcnt IS able to
form any opinion uron nrt-, thi~
CASE Is INcoNr,rNBN worsE
than eny one oi those 10 Vt i.' .'u-luu hus been
made recently IN uc lul,- Of Cuuai.-.. The cadet
in o'htr rl-cf Las usu'lly hccu r,-it,u' ol q same
l,fscl with the men hor, .tt.cncd tuih, same pi;N
a"i ""on.' .cl'non rhi As sometimes been dis
lp~,I for rllri',hr uurpo,,s.
=. -cun a- this 'as" w. uud"r't,ol by tho D,.
lniiW, ,"l The cadet 49, gwen u, alternative oflI.
lost be- pnc'; h, lost hs military utIig; De
lot hls Luuor;
M LOST Hl- NJ ~.
II" rushed tu Washington, wild vita excitement and
anxiety, 10 go 10 tlr WaL W'u-c .ugilpiy hll
brought 'Lch calamity NJ II nia could I,uvNc him:
tut even ' ilh all Lis nlts ~ diplomacy could id.
minister no rrh"L IN there - no rvi lcnco ai ne
ever PAID even the money bacG TO lie cgeduluus
} ouug man
Dii the honorable mcmOcr IN these transactions
hav" the l.ir tame OF his adopted State before MS
ewes lie may be 30 obtusc Of apprehension AZ to
link II un,nllicl, Tor he concludes h- lcliet by the
remark "sOme better ease than this must he
worked up 10 VroNe the tact Of corruption" II this
appointment WIS worth over $1OOO IL was duo 10
The distrirf that elected the gentleman To tho po.t
that enabled Iim 20 confer patronage II was due
also TO the party whose suhrages he received. IL
was nl'l due to tue person tn whom he had pre.
NiousN pledged 1t, belonging 10 the Republican
party and residing Nti In the district. was al 81
due TO his own honor and selfrosprct to MAINTAIN
Lis pledge inyioliiu and sacred.
Thel" are several noticeable rcmarGs in this noted
letter.
. In lSGi nominated \ young man 10 West. Point
nom my district, The sixth Michigan, humorous
strong i"cumnondatons from many vi The best cli1ens
# my state
Is Detloit in "my datrcti' Can he produce one
lrllcr IRON any decent man in tue district recon-.
n'hdlng John Il, 'ilnley lie says further:
The statement tha, Secretary Stanton called npon
lnc member iOl an explanation " usIiV ulI as Us are
Al "A inei uaIiA