The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-22

EN-CONrTROLLER HOBBS publishes
another card, in which he denies in a
much more explicit and satisfactory
manner, the Nashville Bulletins charge
shat he had sold out his office for S12,
600. He says:
Il never received 81, GOO for the Office
OF Comptroller as an inducement to re-
sign j. from any source or in any way;
nor was I brought to resign it by pecu-
MARY considerations paid or promised
lua. ! resigned the Office to the proper
authority under the Constitution and
Jaws of the State, and thus returned 1t
10 the people. I did this without hint
or intimatfOn of any character passing
one way or the other, directly or indiN
IecJIy, betw cen me and the appointing
poyFCr as to who would be my success
or ] had no hint or intImatiOn that
Col. Burch would be appointed, and did
not expect that he would be. What i
may have said at any time anOut sells
ing OUT was said in manifest Jest to
those who We're at the time rallying and
Questioning me about resiguing and the
ruuurs and COuiectures aflOat to the Ell
feet that I had sold, and telling me what
fought TO have gotten, If | didn't, (toT IL
seems The minds of men ia these days
are prone to look tor the sale and pur-
chose of offices from the many examples
given by the Bulletins party, from the
Chiet Executive of the nation down,
and ! may have said l got So coo, Sl5,-
ggI or 10000, or any other sum, but
such statements were intended in Jest,
and So understood by those to whom
made"
GOV. Brown also publishes card, de-
n lug the charge OF corruption so far as
Die YVES concerned and So far as he had
SuovleGge Of He writes in this EN-
phatic language:
at lhe tImcC Capt. HOBBS resigned, ]
Neither knew, believed, nor even sus~
sec. u3 ihtIHHy improper. unfair or cor
uIr m ANS had been used OrTesorted To,
directly on uairtrf ly, o procure II. lie
r.Qu.ulIs said 20 me HIT he had
approximations tEat his declining health
W,ulI force him so reiuquish his office,
...af t,=.- uu -ur pri~ea when, "a week or
sem days Prinr lo the vacancy, he INTO N
-G Uo hai hu would tender Gi- TesiEna~
.g,l be ii 81 OF Jup following month. !
.4it E.aL. men or subsequently,, su~poct
'i. 2 ne Was rc. uattd 10y any other mo-
tive tbau bt-i health and durability to dis
cuHFgerhr duties OTthe Office.
bad no agency In the election OF
Comptroller ht theGencrl Assembly.
r.I IS ;. huut the mention of other COuSId~
E--l0l't fl htlHittN ls ISLE llbAil
nav Official relations forbade any active
DaIticipat. yu iu such contests among pO-
If.f zeal friends. And after Capt. HOBBS
Induction tOCfGcc and until his resignaN
ton was rendered and accepted, | was
ao.aprTo Ched ou the subject OF his sue
ce=s0r, and had BOT only given no as
suraIyes to Col. BUECH. or 70 any one
else. that hg would be rendered R resig~
nation, but had nos animated To him,
ugv tGvuy one, that I would DO 50; and
VISION fic vacancy did occur / was per-
-lgtIy free in entire good faith to every
one. TO have assigned to the place any
other qualified and eligible person.
40 is impossible for me TO anticipate
til" phases I'M which mslevolert critics
,g iHimjgal parties wsy endeavor or de-
sire fn have ue connected with this
scandal. And I Therefore desire to add
that ifthCTe was such "a bargain and sale
1s IS charged tot which I have no CYL
jcuCo,) / had no knowledge, infOrma-
sion or even suspicion OF it."