The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-05

From the Palestine Advocate Al
though the following letters wss marked
private we have taken the liberty Of
putting it in print for the purpose OF
setting at rest foul rumor which has
been ahoat here and in other parts OF
the stale. 4s we have before stated.
we attach no importance to this rnrnor
because we knew the source from which
1t enanated, but some of our readers
may not have heard of the scurriIous
sheet Hence the publication of the
following letter.
AUSTIN. Texas, December Is, 1871.
Colonel Jim Ewing. Palestine:
M DEAR SIR-You have. doubtless
seen the published yindication of nv
self from vile publication in the In.
dependent, which is, az everybody
knows. q miserable matchmaking sheet
issued weekly in Galveston. accusing
me Of yenaiity in connection with Bur
rett Il Fitzpatrick, Temporary lessees of
the penitentiary, and asserting that |
had darwin note or draft on them, the
consideration being the lease, etc. But
for mere reference to it by the States
man ofthis city. I would not have no.
tieed the base sheet. On the publiea.
ton of that referance. however. / did
promptly ask Col Henry B. Andrews
Ball, Hntchins d Co. and Messrs. Bur,
nett d Fitzpatrick toexplainit, They have
done so--both in print and by letters to
me All these parties stamp the
charges as a lie.
The firm of j II. Burnett 4 Co, as
you know, is a cotton commission house
in Galveston. For over six years they
have been my commission merchants
there. ! have farm in Smith county,
with nearly 700 acres in cultivation.
raising on it mostly cotton, and have
done so ever since the death of NV
father, in 1865. During nearly all this
time ! have shipped cotton to j. II.
Burnett * Co, and when gave Burnett
& Fitzpatrick the temporary lease of the
penitentiary, back by $4,000 bond
lit was worth that l did so, partly
because. for so many years. had had
business relations with the firm
of j. H. Burnett 4 Co. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
never has been, nor is he now, a mem
Der OF this firm. B. 4 K and j. Ii. B.
Co. are two distinct firms.
Needing some money, Col. Andrews
advanced some means to me (as he says)
and drew on J. III. B. g. Co, at 90
days, openly, because it was in baukl
Endorsed by Andrews, against cotton
TO be shipped, and to be charged to that
account" etc. !. II. B. Il Co. asked for
thirty days extension, at maturity, and
it was granted; but the bank, (BalI.
Hutchins x Coz did not get the tele-
gram from Col. Andrews, and hence the
draft was protested for few days. This
is the whole story in nnt-shell-s
purely personal, private, commercial
transaction; aud it would never have
been noticed by the infamous scavanger
(the Independently had it not so hap.
pened that j. Fl. Burnett, one of the
members Of the cotton house, was also
one of the firm of Burnett Il Fitzpatrick,
lessees of the penitentiary.
Surely, If the governor had any in.
terest in the lease he would have con
tlnued it until 1879, which he refused
to do, though earnestly prayed for by
B. d K. and their friends. Not ONLY
SO. but hearing that inaiicious parties
had intimated that was interested, l
demanded an explanation from Messrs.
b. d h, and obtained from them a
sworn denial of the statement.
The Attorney General, the Peniten-
tiary Commissioners (Messrs. Sheppard,
White and Gaines) and Hon. a. j.
Peeier attorney for the State in the
matter of releasing the penitentiary) J,
all know that ] gave written preremp.
tory orders to Messrs B. d K that they
must obey the regulations, and particu,
larry that they must furnish the necess
Htaf xtrtnf
conviets as required, on pain of irnme-
date deprival of the lease Further
than this ! have, by this letting of a
new lease just made, saved to the State
thousands of dollars, obtaining under
said new lease over $50, 600 per annum,
e. over quarter of q million dollars
1 icf the Eve years that the lease has to
ran, And ms ssf'ioe shows that | have
already saved % She State by my ten
pozsry lease, tbiTsF thonSGHd dollar.
as,Yfet riafe5 IS she Legislature iar ths
purpose q resuDsr1s azi,--which ] nlieat
hsFe .ssd - beside the sweaty.nine
! thtsnsau1 pa.d by Massss, 3 g. K she
| satssr paying al the eSpanses o. Sssuss
Officers at the penitegtisg9 sseiTst
twenty thousand dcllers only. psl6 ny
| Ward. Dewey & CO. Thus Il viii b
seen thai the State 81 least does GOT
T, suffer il do by these deIanahls calum,
/ Uies OF designing enemies
am at asking srycue to b. my
chsI- sion. an aes Oh sba aefsasive.
nor do propose ~ is Ny 3sa!.yieai
and personal friends have .igt: 10
know jnst how it is. AMI then ] have
performed my duty. and will then defy
rs ! have heretofore cheese enemies.
You have seen, presume, the prompt
and indignant card OF Col. Henry B.
Andrews, OF San Antonio, pronoupcine
the whole statement OF the Indepen
dent malicious falsehood. He is the
friend who favored me and was my in
dorser, and knew all about this trans.
action. Very truly your friend.
! Il. b. HUBBARD.
Deferred Correspondents.