The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-29
GENERAL WASHING 7 ON DISPATCHES.
wAsHISGrox, June %. 1873

WAsHISGrox, June %. 1873.
CONGRESSMAN ACKIxN's cARD-A GENERAL
AND SPECIFIC DENIAL OF THE SCANDAL
RAGE TO THE LADY
Congressman Ackien publishes in te-morrew morn
ng's Post the following card
70 WHO'S 1T NAY CoScERx:-
The Infamous attack upon my character lately pub
rshsa in several papers ! dsnounco a an unm,li.
sssa .a % .n having os On. scns. o.
truth for is foundation. II has now been
pubneiy denied by all who could have had any knowi
cdge Oh II; by General Rosser, who In ST. Paul dis.
tincty stated that he had s'mads NO mention OF The
AFFAIR." to any one and 90 me BY telegraph from
s.wnep you know that NO such accident ever trans
pred" says '.that no had made no such state.
msn,s" and referring 10 the aruco IN the National
Republican says:-.I not Responsible Tor what Il
has published" and tho SANDERS referred 10 therein
s.must surely BIO falsa" After such denials
cannot iurtIer look General Rosser the author
OF this vio attack Further deniais have been
BY ,he lady through oroshsr and breads, in pub
nsned statements and by Tho employees of me
rant In their afhdavits TO wuich attention Is
sailed l knew nothing Of TINS saoder until !
10 Wasn and, though yet unable 10 trace It's
source have and SHOWN IL 10 be vile caiumny
with out any foundation in TACT J. d. ACkl.EN.
The Post will also publish the following summary
,r the facts In tho case snbssantated by the ai-
davis above mentioned and by certificate Of Con-
gresham Gilbert c. Walker, A. G. Bsell and ). h
Trainer that said statement OF facts has, their
presence, been read and certified upon honor TO
be correct by Mr.. Acksn and by tho
lady, through her brother "a New York
city Congressman, who also In ,hsir presence de-
nouncsd As utterly ialso any statement that Mr.
Aexlin acted In an improper manner toward the lady
In question. The gentlemen subscribing ths ocrtin-
cate the responsibility OF omitting he name OF
Tho iady's brother her name, her account.
thc M N nj ined.
on tuesday evening, June IS, about ton o'clock,
Hon. J. IA. Acklcn and lady drove up 10 Welcker's
in carnage. which was dismissed, as they resided
room, which rs separated from the two adjoining
only by folding doors 10 tho first room there was
noisy party OF gentlemen. The last was occu.
pied by General Rosssr ana lady. Acken
ordered a bottle oil champagne Jropp> and
IN Ave or mnutes II was brought In. The seats
occupied were those end oi Tho table next tho
rosm In wh,ch tue gentlemen wore dining. There Is
bon. When tue waiter qail,ed the room the door
was isit parity open Aeou. ven minutes
l..sr Acslen rang VIE bell aud ordered ,d some
brought and retired. stiii leaving the door partly
open. Acklen ana the lacy remained not longer than
twcpty. ave minutes. Just before leaving Ackeh
spoke with Rosser who had come out OF his room 10
ascertain about the noise IN the other room aud about
Altercatton or any unpicasantness Whatever.
AckIsn then rang the bell Tor tho waiter, ordered
ana PAID has bill and left, accompanied by
Inc lady, with whom he walked home, they chatting
together pleasantly rs they went out There was
state BON statements sworn To and otherwise ana
the waiter, lot IL he remembered was In the
less thsn i've during tho twenty hve minutes II
Ths next day AckIen called on tho lady in qucs.
uen, and was Joined while there BY member OF Con-
gress from New York, who had also called. Ack1sn
called again The next ate aud spent time,
ana when he lett on Thursday evening tor Louisiana
the lady and friend accompanied nm 10 the depot IN
the same carriage. They are and always have boon
on the very best Of terms.
LAYING aside all other questions the story rs II was
mil had pre upat eruua
neither Time nor place Tor such an occurrence TO nave
nanspirej, and an Assault by Rosser upon Acklen
would certainly been heard Dy every man IN the
sdloining room. Tho statements OF the foregoing
summary are fully corroboraicd ~ the anidavns OF
Two walters.
The following additional stassment bY Mr. Aekien is
also pubiisned:--
In view OF The fact thai false impressions have
pecn creaisd by newspaper articles respecting
my attentions TO tho LADY incidentally affected by ,hc
late ISLANDERS 80 widely publsncd fce Ii my duty
state That my intcntens we're strictly honorabc. and
that previous TO ana alter the pretended occurrence
1 haa honor oil asking her TO be my vile, which
offer declined and that my attentions were con
tInued a. my request =. "a. AChlEN.
rxGrNrEs OFFICER DETAILED AS DISTRICT
COMMISSIONER.
IL vas decided the Cabinet meeting to-day to de-
tall Major william J. Twinipg to be the District OF
Columbia Commissioner, from tho Engineer corps OF
The army, as provided for BY the nov Permanent
Government law. Major Twining Is a native Of In.
diana and graduated at West Point on June
II. 1864. He |. at present on duty In
tns once Of tho Chief Of Engineers in this
e,ty as assistant TO General Humphreys.
he 10 Junior MAYOR Of the Engineer Corps and about
sh,rty years OF age. lie graduated among the hrst
svo OF his class wcst Point, and Is considered
q the best and most energetic engineer officers Of
Inc army he has never participated in any manner
whatevcr In politics and is very popular among his
isIov ofncsrs ami subordinases
A THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR MISTAKE DIscov-
Erred.
Another biuadss. OF less consequences, however,