The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-10
Ex.Sccretnry Of Interior Thompson

Ex.Sccretnry Of Interior Thompson.
HE ASKS ZACH. CHANDLER TO EXPLAIN-HEAyY
SUIT INSTITUTED.
WASHINGTON, June "a few days since
Hon. L. Q. G. Lamar, OF Mississippi and
Hon. Casey Young, OF Tennessee, called
upon Secretary Chandler and presented the
following letter:
"THE EBB1TT," WASHINGTON, D. c., !
June 1, 1876.
Hon. Z. Chandler, Secretary OF Interior:
Sir,-Some person has sent to my address,
ut Memphis, Tenn, the EreRing Star. pub
lishcd at Washington, May -, 1876, with
the following paragraph marked:
"Secretary Chandler denies the published
statement that he intends, il the Senate shall
decide that it has Jurisdiction, to recommend
to the House the impeachment Of one Thomp-
son, who was Secretary Of the Interior be-
fore the war, for abstracting more than
100000 OF the public moneys. He admits
having made the remark, but only as joke.
He saws, however, that there is no doubt as
to Thompson's guilt, and that he is wealthy
enough to repay the amount to the Govern
ment, and should be made to do it,"
I have neither the right nor inclination
to act upon the assumption that the state
ment in this paragraph is authorized by
you or justified by anything you have said
Permit me therefore to call your special at
tention to the article, and respectfully to
inquire of you il it does not represent you
truly. Please give me us prompt reply as
your convenience will permit.
Your obedient servant, j. THOMPSON.
The only reply to the above letter was
the service OF a process upon Mr.. Thomp-
son this morning Of civil suit to recover
1000 900, principal and interest," OF the
bonds stolen, and the amount received by
the defendant from the Confederate States
of America, and which is alleged reverted
to and became the property OF the United
States-$1, 100000, with interest.
Mr.. Thompson says this suit is to make
him pecllniarily responsible for the dis
honest acts OF clerk. Soon after the bonds
were distracted, congressional committee
was appointed, Of which Roscoe Conkling
was member The committee eXonerated.
Mr.. Thompson OF all blame. The report
saws: sfThe committee deem it but Just to
add that they discover nothing to involve
thelate Secretary, Hon. Jacob Thompson, in
the slightest degree in the fraud. The Sec
retarv should perhaps have exercised more
watchiul guardianship over the stock ana
the movements of his subordinates."
None OF the committees agreed politically
with Mr. Thompson. Mr. Chandler claims
that the Confederate archives In possession
of the Government show that Thompson
held some uncxpended balances OF the Con-
federacy which should be paid to the United
States. Mr.. Thompson has receipt given
him by the Confederate Government on the
final settlement Of his accounts.
This suit may put DIR. Thompson to some
expense and trouble, but nothing else is APP
pretended. In the suit, the NTH count
charges that the defendant. on the Goth day
Of August, 1866, received the sum OF 81 ,0OO,-
600. being the amount received fromithe so,
called Confederate States of America, and
which said sum reverted to and became the
property OF the plaintiff, which he retained re Inc
and did not pay over to the plaintiff. The
suit is for 100000; one million with in.
terest from 1867, and the other with interest
from 1866. ........