Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-23

0AA nIAAI ~ Soy
that common justice has been, so far
denied me, that | am compelled to ask
you to publish the following, which
the Avalanche refused to do after
permitting the self-appointed commit
tee of the Towards to print their one.
sided report, and General Smith al
lowed to utter sentiments destitute Of
both decency aud truth. My reply to
committee and general, which the
Avalanche shut out, is as follows;
THE TOWARDS VS.. LARKIN.
EDITOR AYALANoHE-The immac-
ulate Towards appear yesterday with
what they call an Investigation,
which amounted to an interview with
me in the street, and a reference to
their own books. Then they came out
with a cock-a-doodle-do screech of
utterly false" 1t is easily seer that
the Investigation was not only a
farce, but smacked greatly of the
whitewashing order. If the public is
so simple as to believe that a commit
tee of their own body is an impartial
tribunal, then l may be condemned
for speaking falsely. l demanded an
open investigation, with sworn wit
nesses. That has not been given, and
the generous donors to the Towards
can judge how far trust may be placed
in them. There is but one of my
statements noticed, the rest passed
over. And even in that one they
stultify themselves by admitting that
there were THREE nurses to ONE pa
tent, a Mr.. Godsey. A reference to
their books was unnecessary, because
there is not a neighbor around but can
swear to the fact. That provisions in
unusually large quantities-one Of the
points they are silent upon-came to
the samehousei is also a fact patent to the
neighborhood. And my authority for
the ladies of that house being in the
nursing business is Mr.. Godsey him
self, supported by a certificate of the
Howards shown by him when he was
complaining bitterly of the scanty pay
they were receiving, By their own
showing, the cook-now e-dol-
lar help-remained there until the 8th,
long after the patient was up, and while
the ladies were out nursing, and would
probably been there yet had the
favored patient not stepped down town
and had her arrested for stealing their
jewelry and, on the trial for that
o%ffense, it was sworn that the ladies
were out nursing. Now, how foolish
to fancy people will believe the cry of
I" utterly false" After the handing
of my private note to General Smith,
that committee, appointed by them
selves and of themselves, occupied a
portion of their time in hunting up
my character. Suppose the tables
we're turned, and that | searched the
records Of the bankruptcy court, and
published the information to be found
there in the cities where their presi-
dent is begging, would not a few of
the Towards be a little smirched ?
All they found against me was that
my wife had a nurse from them in
their sickness. 1t would appear that
General Smith looks upon nurses, and
all else of that body as his own, to be
dispensed at hissupremepleasure when
he takes so much credit to himself for
permitting a Howard nurse to come to
my house in a case of yellow fever.
He goes farther, and asserts she
received all the attention that could
be shown to any one" Wherever the
general received his information, it is,
in their own language, " utterly false"
The visitor, Mr.. Holt, removed the
nurse before my wife was able to be
up, and it required a certificate from
DR.. Tyner stating that she was not in
a condition to do without nursing,
on the strength of which Colonel
Edmondson directed the nurse to
remain until discharged by the doctor.
A DAY or two after the same visitor
discharged her again. If this is the
great attention, so loudly Wanted,
then she had it. But the general gets
impertinent, and says that | was a
continual applicant for rations both
last year and this" There is not a
particle Of truth in that assertion.
Neither last year, this year, or at any
other time, did ! apply for " rations, -
| have, so far, supported my family
without such aid, and as long as work
is to be had, and | am able to do it,
shall continue on that line.
DANIEL LARKIN.