The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-07
Card from ThOs. G. Boyd, Esu.

stature is about to assemble in extruor.
binary session, and as it is suggested that
Vaughn, Speaker Of tha Senate, should
resign his position, il view Of the charges
preferred against him, ! have thought
proper to make 4 brief statement as to his
connection with the presentation Of said
claims.
Mr.. Vaughn never had, either directly
or indirectly, any thing to do with the
making, presenting, or prosecuting the
claims Of the members OF Capt. BrysOn's
Co., and never received one cen. for the
ame and the "grave charges" about
which 50 much has been said, are based
upon the fact-that he, Vaughn, attested
the signatures Of some Of the claimants,
when requested by them to do SO. Mr..
Vaughn was selling goods near my Office
in Sweetwater, when members Of Capt.
BrySon's company we're making out
claims, and the proof in support thereof;
aud often the claimants would step in the
Store aud ask Mr., Vaughn to attest THAR
signatures to the claims or powers of at.
tornsy, &e,; the law in such cases requir.
ing all signatures to claims, papers, or
powers Of attorney, to be attested by two
persons who can write, and for these
nttestations Mr.. Vaughn, as we'll as many
other good citizens of this county have
been indicted. | am not permitted to
know what the witnesses swOre, who went
before the Grand Jury, but one thing |
know, that no conspiracy for the purpose
Of defrauding the Government was ever
entered into by my self with &c. Vaughn,
or othor person or persons, and the charge
is as false az it 10 malicious; but on the
other hand, | used every effort possible,
to prevent frauds by persons who seemed
willing and ready to do, or sware any
thing to defraud the Government, and in
many cases | refused to present papers
and claims when and where | had cause
to believe them fraudulent or unfair, and
for such refusal my life was often threat.
ened.
have heard il limited, and even aSser-
ted that Hon. II Maynard had been bought
and bribcd to pass the bill for the payment
of capt, Br?son's Go. have ever denied
,pch imputations ma fulso and wicked
Mr.. Maynard in supporting the bill, if rs
supported it, at all, did SO upon the &c t
fcato, of Mai. Gen,l A T. burnside and
Brig. Gen'I. Lewis Richmond, Also the
oatha PROPOSITIONS, petitions aud state
ms"is Of The officers and men of The
Company, mhich / guess said officers
ood mem B"r"Sids amt Richmond err
r'P'S"' "t,' Oe as r'"dy an" "'"'"% 10
,.L,Jn' ,La, IoyJ .a, m""''
paumsni bp so doiup. No sane or lust
maIn can read those statements without
concluding that tho members of this Conn.
PAM we're entitled to some nav, and so
far as | can see. no fraud, have been COM.
mitted upon the Government. Some
members of the Comrany nav have
mi,tatod their service THROUGH ignorance
of the true facts or falsely, but if 50, with
them, and them alone, rest, the r%esponsi.
biIity.
| stand ready to Yindicate myself in the
matter, and will do so when m opportu.
uity is presented. Meantime, [ ak the
public to suspend opinion, and be AZ
charitable, as the law Of our land, pre-
sumo innocence, until guilt is proven.
Very Respectfully,
THos. G. Boyp.
March 9Th, 1872.
Tho G~oIlowing corresnondonco IN ro,ord
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BRISTOL H. l., March nth, 1863
GsN. A. Il. BURNSIDE, Providence, r. |,
GENERAL: A note Of Lieut.. Payne,
formerly of Co. A, lst National Guards.
East Tennessee, addressed to Won for in.
formation as to the mastering in of that
company, having been referred to me for
any light | can throw on the matter,
have the honor to submit the following az
nv knowledge of the subject
When the army Of tho Ohio was on the
march into East Tennessee, and its Head
quarters at Chitwoods, an order WAS is
sued BY YOUR direction authorizing the
mastering OF lOTal residents Into the Uni
ted States service as u Regiment of Nat
iopal Guards. 1t was apparent that, from
their knowledge of the country, the seryi-
ces of these men would be particularly
valuable in keeping communications open,
and protecting loyal citizens and putting
down Guerillas. Under this order Can't
Brysou and his men were mustered in as
Co. A.. lat National Guards sometime in
the Fail of 1868: this was done bv the
Mastering Officer of the 23d Corps,
think, but it is possible he belonged To
the 9th: his name was CAPTAIN Bracket,
or Bluckett, or some similar name.
This officer mustered in this compauy
in mn pre,euce, and when it was done. as
Cant. Bryson was not familiar with the
r]ontin. Of obtaining his rations. 40. 7
wont with him and Jaw in person that he
rsre;vod such supnlies "a wonId ,n,hlc
him to t.ko tho faaId Uis Grvt oh;oct o.
to "a into a mart of the couptrv vbora h ,
a,sacted N ~collect r,nidlv soma fou, nr
five hppdrod recruits IN make nm his
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