The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-06-06

1 also nereWltn SnOfnlL CHe I0IlOWluB
from a letter addressed to me at Wash
ington City. dated at Pittsburgh, Pa,
Abr |, 1873. aud written BY Hon.
Samuel A. Purviance:
! lfyon should need any certificates
of yonr standing before You left Butler,
you can have them, as y0tir course was
universally justified by every one.
Yours truly. SAMUEL A. PURvIANCE.
Owing solely to domestic troubles,
seeking at that time only obscnrity,
and hoping that | might be forever
separated from some of the memories
Of the past. but having committed no
wrong act to be concealed, neither
contemplating the commission Of any,
| IN my then perturbed state of mind
decided to be known and called there
after hv my mothers maiden name
Mitchell-whicll was nv middle name
by baptism. This | frankly concede
was an indiscreet. ill.mvised and in
judicions act; a great hnnder, a foolish
mistake. offer for Il no excuse save
my inexperience in the world. and a
great desire to separate myself. as far
as possible, from past TIA. was, and
is, inexpressibly painful. It was a
violation of the conventionalities Of life
for which would gladly atone by
liie's labor. 1t Is not. however, In
eontravention ofany public law. The
act at once became irretrievable.
leave it to Others to judge whether,
thus yielding to the misdirection of o
perturbed mind In days of detection
and sorrow, is sin that years of hon
orable effort in the walks of daily life
cannot atone.
Herewith | print dispatch from
Winfield $. Purviance. Esq, a mem
her Of the Pittsburgh Bar at present,
formerly resident Of Butler, Pa, a
gentleman whose integrity cannot be
questioned. lie has Known me from
boyhood, and Ia familiar with my his
tory and present reputation In Penn
sylyania.
PTTsBURG, Pa, May ~, 1873.
To Hon. Jain II. M'cteR. Portland.
Oegoa: Your character before you left
Pennsylvania was unexcpptionable,
and Enever yet heard it doubted, but
that you were perfectly justified in
leaving as you did. The allegation of
abScOnding with money is and was
false. W. S. PURvIANCE.
also herewith present a dispatch
sent me by Hon. Simon Cameron,
United States Senator from Penn
Sylvania, who has full knowledge Of
my standing there now:
HARRISBURG, Pa, May 27, 1873. n
To Hon. John II. Mitchell. u. s.
Senator, Portland. Oregon: When you
left Pennsylvania your reputation was
as good as any public mans In your
county. All who knew yon speak
now in high terms Of your integrity
aud purity Of character, and feel hon.
orpd by yOur election to the Senate-in
all Of which join.
SIMON CAMERON.
was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania. June p, 1885; | was
educated at Witherspoon Institute, Pa;
studied law with the law firm of Pur-
viance& Thompson. composed of Hon.
Samuel A. Purviance and Colonel
John NJ. Thompson, whose testimo-
mails are herewith submitted.
In conclusion, | submit upon con-
siderations, not of sympathy, but Of
simple justice, whether In the light Of
the statement and evidence here pre-
sented, and of my department among
you for the past thirteen years, | am
entitled to your future confidence and
respect, or deserve your condemnation.
stand to-day strong in the full con-
sciousness that in reference to the
matters alleged | have been actIlated
by no evil intentions; and feeling and
knowing that have presented these
matters in all truthfulness, with your
Judgment shall remain content.
JOHN II. MITCHELL.
PORTLAND, Oregon, May 81, 1873
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