, 1870-03-24

r,,t IN rioht uo "cula eventually com9
suhcaont time vere allowed. Ths r..s,sr
knew nothing OF Mr. Da1loyss t-.,s,es es;o,.
be 3 honest and upright in ii Id desi;o1s
:. me eonrse Eurdusd BY Nj. Bailey whSie in
enafge OF The Fourth kevenno District W.. also
aeeoud Diatrict. think tho amonnf ns 1n mans. :.
taken b Nj. B!ley VII reach e1oo, ,00oN Nshs ei.
tent Of his bonds. do not &kiuk h, h,s rn.h
asaish!o funds WITH him. He ronted tho l,nnsn
hh lived n, but oHncd thn furniture. h hna
never gamhed or spsculAted 10 my knox!adFs.
M. Bailey wanted any moaoy fhe
Cashier wss bound to give il to him. n.
stsmp account WAS Aways correct. I An vii
Ing to abide my rcaonA md f,ca vhAt.v1r
charges tnay bo prasenteI in 1egA.l to D, yaelf :
never exposed these proceedings beiorn be-.
cause supposed Mr. bailey Would csncs} Il,
~ obligations and come out right in the and !:
although he used those sums OF money, | do
not believe he intended to do wrong t,e did
not make me his confidential adviser in eysr7
particular the CAAhier who il nv nenhev
has been with III since ho took charge Of the
The following letter gives List Of Mr.. B.i-
statements Published in other papc5s rexsrde
" 10 The Editor # tie Ne,o rorl 7Tme,.
Noticing an inaccurate atatament in regard
to Collector Railey'4 bond, desire to oofrect
It by sayinE that about the middle of last jan
ua!, on recount Of the death Of Henry !
Raymond, one Of the old bonls1nen, / drew M
for Mr.. Bailey new bond. which Vas aigned
Is Mesa1s. George Opdyke. Hear C1evs
Thomas G. Du1ant, George Douglas md John
Il Dulcber, as su1cties. This last bond " as
approved By Mr. Ferepont, tho United At.tee
District Attorney, md sent to Washington
about ne 1bth Of January, 1870. and was re-
ceived and accepted BY the department.
"CnAnLEs Hams pHE1P1,
"MoNpAY, March q, 1870"
We hare received fol publication tho follow
~ r. de Etttor et he !,su yo,t 7,m.,.
"stR: On the 9Th OF March vas arrested
for detrauding the government, At the instance
Of Collector Bailey, who caused tho fact 10 be
publishsd in AL the leading papers. de-
manded N examination, which was postponed
til the Fullerton trial should l,e ended. Tbs
by Ms Bailey, stated that tho booka OF my
firm III. Webster 4 Coz showed Withdrawals
Of ~hiskey on August 4 and 10, 1858, and
proceeded as follows: 'Depo1ent further
sAys, from information and balief, that both
Of said cntrics made By said Webster L Co., ns
Aforesaid, were false and fraudulent, and that
the grounds Of Opponents information and be-
lief are certain statements raasle by certain
persons, DC This ia the subatance OF the
affidavit II viii be o1saEFed that, first, there
is no chArEc Becond. there is no evidence. To
Say that IN entry is fAlse and fraudulent, WITH
ont etAting In what respect it is either.
ia equivalent 70 charging y man With being \
criminal without Stating tho crime. To arrest
L citizen upon An affidavit Of "certAin inform
alton derived from certain persons" without
any particulars Of Whist the information is, or
from whom it il derived, is a gross abnse Of
the forms Of law. It was my counscl'a inten-
ton to move before the Commissioner for
discharge upon tho ground of tho utter in
euficicncy, indeed, frisolousness, OF the Aft
iiarit but this course has boen rendered un-
necessary by the action Of tho United States
District Attorney, who, to@lxy, upon hsv-
ing bis attention for the first tina
drawn TO tho affidavit, promptly
recommended dismissal OF The case. II vas
accordingly dismissed BY tho Commissioner.
In the civil caao brought against our firm at
i'll which our property was seized, We obtsined
all order from the court some weeks ainco that
specific charge. be fled aSSainst u.s. That order
has not yet been complied with and we remain
10 this day ignorant Of the charge. Al o1r
Bailey took great pains to publish the
fact of my arrest, and by that nv
reputation has suffered, will thank you to
give equal publicity TO the result. These arhi-
ua1y arrests are legacy left us By the late
war, when, in our anxiety for SUCCESS, wo IL
lowed the bulvatk OF liberty to he trampied
down and submitted to many Illegal hssump-
tons Of power. 1t is to bo hoped that llte
ries more carefulto see that no man il deprived
Of property OF liberty without both specific
charge and evidence to sustain it.
"SAMUEL L. STASlEf,
"'Of Il. Webster 1 Co.
NEW YoRE, March Il, 1870"