Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-02

aud one paragraphs that nigh, be SCI
alost by the newspapers, and satu
to nm, Under these circumstances,
will not gSe those letters up, and ~
order tha, lie might not be mistaken
as to the ground OF my action, and l
called Atkins from the l.wer room,
for | wanted TO tell him the ground
on which ! stood. ! said l will moi
return these letters because yo,'
threaten to make u use oil them which
is illegiimate, which is unfair, which
is entirely unjust, and have no idea
that any man shall take my private
correspondence aud hold i, MS IA men
ace over my head, 10 be used at his
beck or option for his own purposes,
or under somebody's direction.
He went down stairs, aud he threat
ened, and affirmed his statement with
very egrea. emphasis, and said very
good, | will retain the letters.
When | went home | sent for two
friends, one a member OF the house Of
representatives and the other a law
yer of this city, aud | laid every fone
Of those letters before them These
letters, which would disgrace me for
life, aud send my children sorfowirg
to the grave, and all that. sat down
and read every one OF them, just in
the order in which they were marked
and numbered by Mulligan himself,
and then said 10 these gentlemen,
after consultation, ..l am going to
submit these TO two Of the wiEest and
hest counsel that | can find in the
city to morrow, that is to-day, and !
will he guided bv them in the action
| shall take before the Judiciary com
mittce. II they intimate to me that
there is anything in he letters which
bears even remotely or otherwise on
the subject of these intery views, those
letters shall be deliveredy
Blaine said that there was nothing
in the letters COR which fhe needed TO
blush, he did not wish the old trans.
actions revealeaE-l,hefc was another
reason which made il peculiarly ex
That is, in The monlh Of
September, 1872, Fisher aud I, after
very long and pleasant business rcla
,ions, extending back to period
when l was very young man, had
u final settlement in which we ex-
changed receipts III full II was said
that all letters, papers, and scraps Of
papers, should be exchanged, and |
supposed they were given up.
EBrlsrArEMEST.
WAsnISeroE, June 1.-The debt
statement shows decrease during
May of four million six hundred and
seven thousand five hundred and fl
teen dollars,
Coin balance, sixty-six millions, six
hundred and four thousand, seven
hundred a I'D sixtysix dollars.
z Currency balance, nine million two
hundred and eighty-6ve Thousand,
seven hundred and eight dollars.
Special deposits hold for redemp-
tion Of certificate of deposit, thirty
four million. three hundred and eighty
FIVE housand dollars.
OATH OF OFFICE.
Dpn Cameron took the oath of
office this morning as secretary Of
war and Judge Taft qualified As al.
torhey general.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The senate has confirmed Alexan-
der Sutton collector Of the port OF
PhiIadelphia; Edward f. Bcale, en-
,voy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary 70 Austria; Geo. A. G.
Wooley, register of the land Office at
Springfield, Missouri, and Joseph r.
Winchell, postmaster. at Hannibal,
Missouri.
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