, 1877-09-14

MI ttlr partfEs interested In regard 10 the irr-
ile Court, nnh haze c.frrt', "A fnr rs ra,l1h, to
ascertain tlic surroundings VI the different gen
tletncn. Several of tl,c,. arc unkru,wn u me.
!as sy' snsen vii; Il % aSr " .ss II G5
What I learn in rrenr,f to them must lie
learned almost exclusively IN court, have
aSa Inquire n = rsxs: @ T. to III !h!+, 'sss tss,
would pfosms,ly be very unsattsfastory. And IN
2 case where lase no personal knowledge of
| Tie Individuals, nuat rely III great part upon
| what !car At The time when the tr'ot'nn. IL
under discussion. Mr.. Tits | KNOW personally,
% well ns his brother. While T.. ID of tho ut-
,ntst Importance that 1,nn Of Integrity, eo; on;
tc ac'ectcd In this case, It IS also .ietraie thai.
- lar A. possIhfc, The w!sles q lie rarttc. In
interest should be Regarded. They hare suffer
ton.islcrcd by Tile Court a. far rs I Ia rosstbte
Tyr The Court to const,tcr them. have felt this
all through. ! iave expressed II on FORMER
0Te..on Iasse ea h n. Wins. mere i u s,. e.
dclos!tore than that which eat, be obtalntsi
| through shcir Committee Whatever ynu mar
| 10y of Tie gentlemen composing thst Commit
them At least arc perfectly feariest; that they
don't caro- lor mat, Ut devil, think mny say
JlanGhtcrl, and ART dls|osc,1 TO do what tllcy
believe Is for the interest Of thc drrositura. At
last Saturday, the rcpurts Ut which have taken
occasion tu read, tho action Of TINT C0snnifttee
| scctns to hare t'ccn anuroyed largely By the
eftS present.. ae ~ 's1s Gr"nt teS s"ss e9e
wcre sumc 2.HN. II was certainly ~ large
meeting OF creditors as 70 are probably eTcr
likely, 70 get, and don't think
When they arc expressed through tllcir Con-
tnittcc, who ea,, act deliberately anil carefully
IN the matter, and I'll whom they seetu IL hare
Implicit confidence, ought 10 he ttssrecnr'lcd.
That Committee, or rntI,er that meeting. Eava
fnll tndorsc,nent 10 Mr. Taylor and u the Cum.
| intttce had a1ko nominated MI. Taylor that
action Ut the meeting and te sci,on nj the
With me: MOT only dll the meeting iudorrc
Mr. Taylor, but aoiac of the melnt,crs Of ula
Cotntnittcc spoke Of him In tllu tnort 1nlnali-
fed tarfns, and II Is very greatly to Mr. raylor's
| while he teok this assignment With esrfy
rKElubfCH or rItH rEfU5IroKs
arafnst him, with tho feeling thnt ho WAS linked
IN with the olficers of the bank, agatnst Wbotn
seems to hnve ovcrcone that prclu,l'rc, AMI to
have ilal ills cntlluct ratified md approved by
the majority of the persuus who vera present
s9tto ID to hat, III. 'S name ~ u tal pf Dssn pfc.ete
| here. anil tile Committee had fudprscd him
upon this occasion. It would have had very great
weight with inc. hut know, n a H,atter ot
fact, that Mr. Taylor. as Assignee, did not dc
bend ti,at he has had trouble enough about ih!s
matter, md, having n.a'le most honora9'e
record, .locs not care particularly To get tho
bond and have the an',oyanse be IL likely to
haye ia this ease. conclude that partly fruut
ss1 psf ~ ss &c 's s dsse'{
suoke of other persons than Nr. Taslor, think
Inenlatiou. ,lon't know tho gentleman who
Is recommended as their first cllace. have
never seen him., hive never spokon with him
banker here, nnd that he closed up nntl E,ail
oil Ills dcbte,-wi,tct certainly Is very
good record for him; nothing aeainst him, and
very much in Ills fayor: pcrlIasm llc found that
bnnkng wns mt profitable, ulul Invested hIs
money III other sources. It Is a!so stalled. AMI
not denied, tint lie Is inan of ycrr constlcla-
nnr3euce at tho East. aul suay fsussibly l,ayo
facilities thcre-In Tic State of CONNECTICUT
fot raIsing money whtct, would not bc enjoyed
by tho minority of prrsou*. 30 TINT pcrt,aps he
caul,t raise money for these dcpos!tors, and
makes .....~'
= hoan HAnLr Distribution
than could otherwise bc 1na,lr. that, Of course,
would Lp entirely in tie discretion Of tho H.
cclvcr.
While hive yery higl. rcypcct for Judge
Qtts, and believe HIN TO be 4 man Of strung
integrity, competency, and large mems, Ii &
to me i matter Of very great uatncnt that tte
| Committee, who, understand, have Ind jlja
| nang brfpre them, haye chusen 10 put forward
| there llae uut been atl upkinU word said OF Mr,
Strong that remember. Eyeryuxly laa a1pkeu
OF him reawgtfuly; no puc ha$ any particular
objection 10 hiui. alI. Aeay knows lin,
| and has male no objection 10 him,
| In view Of all lilcsa fnets, and
| In view Of the facts st1tcd and
not denied that he " man Ut tncorrurtihle
| integrity anti larEn business experience, fcci
as II the appointment ought to be- given to linn.
/ fIlrrc Judge Wliams read from letters, ouu 10
/ behalf Of two Of tho members of tho Commit
tee tnlufstnis Sfr, Slrurs in the highest terms;
| twt IRON private gentlemen In favor Of Mr.
| StronR: anil upu from another gentleman. f.,-
lursfug Judge Otls.j think, In view OF iii tic
facts, that there Ia the least objection and tnuro
ia Receiver tl,an aliy Que elso, and mako tic