The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-16

MEMPHIS, July I6.-Ih he following dp-
pears in the Ayalanee this morning.
OXFORD, Miss, July s, 1873.
To james NJ Williamson, ESQ:
My DEAR SIR-I our letter of yesterday
was received by me this evening. I thank
you for the extract clipped from the Ava
lanche headed, "A Large Deficit The
facts in this case are few, and have been
so often paraded before the public in ali
the distorted forms that mallgnity and
prejudice could give them, that | recur to
them with reluctance | have always had
faith in the power of truth and its ultimate
triumph over falsehood, but after twelve
years the second auditor takes up the ac-
count and presents the matter to the pub
lie as though something new had been dis
covered The whole ease is this The
Department of the Interior is made the
custodian Of bonds held in trust for the va
rious Indian tribes. The interest on these
bonds is regularly collected and paid over
to these tribes 4 clerk in the depart
ment is charged with their custody, and if
the coupons are regularly brought forward
for collection the head of the department
presumes as matter Of course that the
bonds are in hand. In this case, during
my administration Of the department,
Mr. Bailey, clerk of high standing and
unquestioned talent, was charged with this
duty Early in the year 1861, after all the
January coupons had been brought for
ward and regularly collected, and he had
been called on to make a full statement of
his accounts for the Auditor, which in it
self was full and satisfactory, it became
known that | would in few days resign
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templated withdrawal OF Mississippi from
the Union Then it was that Mr.. Bailey
sent me his confession that he had, with
out my knowledge or consent in any way,
delivered over TO Messrs. Russell Il Co,
large government contractors, bonds to the
amount of $S2l,00O. and taken in their
stead the acceptances nt the Secretary of
War for the same amount He estated that
he had taken the responsibility of doing
this to save the credit Of the War Depart
ment, and had not advised me of what he
had done because he knew that | would
c0ndemnit and would not allow him to touch
a single bond As soon as the confession
was received the keys of his safe were tax
en- from him and the contents carefully
counted. and the state OF things showed
! his confession to he true in every particu-
( lar The clerk was dismissed for his inf
deity II his trust, and Congress then in
session was informed, by a communication
from me. of what had been done, and this
concluded with the request that a commit
/ tee, consisting exclusively Of political aloppo-
neuts. should be appointed to examine in
TO and report upon allthe facts. The com
mittee was appointed and most thorough
search was made into all the circumstances
and facts in the case. The committee
were unanimous in eXonerating the Secre-
/ tary from all blame whatever in the matter
and their report was received by Congress
/ without a dissenting voice. This was at a
time when party spirit run high, but still
at a time when members Of Congress
scorned to endeavor TO affix to the name Of
a public servant any stigma unjustly and
| falsely. After more than twelve years, the
| Auditor reaches the account, and by re
iecting the acceptances of the War De
partment, in which | think he acted cor
rectly he gives this deficit as something
new. The Second Auditor of 1861, claims
the honor Of making this discovery, when.
in truth, | was the first to make all the
facts known. For fidelity. efficiency and
promptitude in the administration Of the
Interior Department from 1858 to 1861,
am willing to be compared with any al
ministratiOn of it, either before or since
that time. Certain it is that no business
was twelve years behind time | have
written this much to you for your own III
formation. | would not have you ignorant
of the facts; but | have SO often explained
this matter, and know so well that all hon
orable men are fully satisfied with the pro
: I0fy Of ba+ |
maligners and the eyll-disposed to thinl
and say what they please.
You can do what you please IN saying
anything to the editors. do not suppose
that they meant to do me any injustice il
publishing the dispatch. If they haC
thought minute they would have remem
bered publishing my explanation, address
ed to the Cincinnati Enquirer, which they
pronounced "a demonstration.
Yours truly. }. THOMPSON.
! New YORK July l5.-Great interest i
still manifested in the case of Lizzie Lloyd
King alias Kate Stoddard, charged with
killing Charles Goodrich. Crowds flock t,
see her, but she will say nothing on tht
subject of the murder 1t is said she i
writing statement Of her case and histor,
Of her life. She is pretending to be verl
religious. The police are still on the look
out for Roscoe Kate Stoddard declare
she does not know and has never seen him
while the woman Armstrong is positive
that she saw them together
Full reliance is not placed in the story o
Lizzie King that she had no accompIee
and didn't know Roscoe, and don't believ,
there is any such man. She explain
the fact that four chambers of the pisto
found by Goodrich body being diseharg
ed, the three shots in Goodrich's S hea,
were from her pistol, by saying that afte
g. he was dead she took his pistol and dis
charged four shots down the cellar.
= Miss Palm, the bethrothed Of Goodrich
, remained with Lizzie King until late las
evening. Her object was not ascertained
Ex-senator E. s Mills, President of tn
Brooklyn Trust Company, was browne
while bathingsat Coney Island this morn
ing
Boston, July l5.--Nice President WI
son was in the city to-day, and was cor
graduated by many friends on his impro,
ed health
BALTIMORE, July ia strange ma
: was murdered at Jennerville, Pa, and
believed to be one Goss who was said t
have beed burned to death In his shop
e this city last winter, and whose wife oil
tanned verdict of $1,000 from a Mutu'
: Company Claims had been made again'
the Continental, Knickerbocker, and Tra7
elers' Companies for the recovery of pol
= cies to the additional amount of $4,000
BURLINGTON, Iowa, July l5,-Wn
s Champion, aged is, was drowned here ye
terday by the sinking of skif His bod
II was recovered day.
Charles Ripley, u years of age, son
Isaac Ripley, of this city, was browne
- while bathing few miles below the cit
His body was not recovered at latest a
counts.
I COUNCIL BLUFFS, July Is. A b.
named Richard Strayer, aged Is year
while carelessly handling a pistol, di
h. charged its contents into the brain of Ric
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