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 A BASE SLANDER REFUTED. 
 
 , We print tn-day ii louj^ cnninnuiicilion 
 from \V. IVun. Clarki-, Esq , I'urmorly 
 chief clerli of tlie Interior Dep-iriuient, 
 nndt.T Secretary H-irlan, defendiDg the 
 luttur from aa attack on his character as a 
 public officer and a good citizen hy a cor I 
 respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette. No 
 ouo who reads Mr. Clarke's communication 
 can for a moment doubt that Mr. Harlan 
 has been wantonly and wickedly assailed, 
 and that the charges brought against him 
 are utterly baseless. 
 
 To the Edilor of the Chronicle: 
 
 'I be WasblDKton correspondent of the ('looio- 
 natl DaUi/ Gazette, of the I'tli Inst , refarrlnif to 
 the peoOloK ^enafrUl contest In lona, and appa- 
 rently for the purpose of (lama^lDK the prospects 
 of some of the Kentlemen wh' !;e nauies are bolo^^ 
 need In thit connection, travels out of his way to 
 a<:b'all the character of ex-*eoreiary Harlan, now 
 one cf the oMc^t and most (llstlo^ul.ihed meubors 
 of the United States .Senate. In relation to the 
 animin of the writer. It may be observed that It l? 
 nusceptlble of proof that he has adml'ted that hia 
 oblel ;;rlevaDce was a supposed sympiatby of the 
 ex-Secretary with Qenenil (J. O Howard In & 
 church controversy between that one armed vete- 
 ran of the recent war and the correspondent's 
 faih.er, an ex chiplain of the Unueot KeprcBen- 
 tatlves, and whioh resulted In dividing the Con- 
 gregational Church of this cUy. It has also non 
 iiecoaie vnbllc, as a pteoe of city gossip, that this 
 correspondent (and perbiips some otner corres- 
 pondents of the public press) has taken offense at 
 semtor Harlan and hH family, on account ol 
 fome supposed Indignity whl<?h he Imagines he 
 bad sultered, or some dljcrlmlnatlon In lavor of 
 one of the reporters for the Chronulk, at the 
 time of the marriage of the Secretary's daughter 
 to Robert T. Lincoln, son of the late President- 
 he and they not being Informed of the fact that 
 Mr. LlQOuln had requested that the wedding 
 shoul-l be as private as praotloable, on acorUBt of 
 his mother, who very naturally wished to be pree- 
 I nt, and who was still In mournlntr over the terrl- 
 Ible death of her Illustrious husband. Your re- 
 porter was at the time temporarily connected 
 
 I with one of Mr. Harlan's Senate oommlttees. anil 
 concequenily regarded as a member of bis otUclal 
 Ibousehold— a fact that w«8 probably overlooked 
 |by the O'dtf^c correspondent and others to whom 
 we have alluded, rheue seem to be, and so far a.s 
 ' Is known, are, the motives which have led to thlii 
 I malevolent a<8ault upon the character of one of 
 the moot distinguished of our Kepubllcan Sena- 
 tors, which Is more dl.'tiraceful to the author than 
 the gentleman whom he has assatlod, and which 
 cannot butesclte the condemnation of all right- 
 thinking men. 
 
 Une other motive may have contributed to this 
 attack. The tone ard temper of this Ga^f/Zc letter 
 would seem to justify the conviction that It may 
 have oeen Inspired, to some extent, by the over- 
 anxious Irlends of some aspirant tor senatorial 
 honors In Iowa, whose Interests It was Imagloed 
 might be advanced by blighting the 'air fiime o 
 those who wtre confldered obstacles In the way of 
 success, but this of Itself would hardly )>e a suf- 
 ficient motive, for we have reason to believe that 
 >enator Harlan has taken no part In the contest, 
 nor even expressed a preference In favor of any 
 one of the various aspirants. 
 
 The charges aaralnst the e.\-Secretary are not 
 only malevtlect, but contemptible in their oharao- 
 ler Nearly all of the allegations of misconduct 
 relate to trivial mitters, oot of whlon, according 
 to the writer's own ahowing, It would have 
 been Impusrlble to realize rutllclent pecuniary 
 proflt to amount to a temptation to do wrong 
 on the part of a high otflolal of the (l-ov- 
 crnment. If the head of a Department, who 
 controls the disbursement of multiplied mil. 
 lions of the public treasure were disposed to de- 
 fraud the (Jovernment. he would hardly waste his 
 time In an attempt to misapply a lew quires of 
 paper, or a few tons of coal. The charjjes, there- 
 fore, are not only Improbable In theaselves, but 
 are contradicted by the whole tenor rf .Senator 
 HarUn's public and ]irlvate life and character. 
 Upon these he might salely rely as a complete de- 
 fense against the envenomed attacks of anony- 
 mous sensational writers, and not fear the result. 
 But lu justice to Senator Harlan, and as a duty 
 we owe to the party organization of which he Is 
 one of the oldest and most useful members, we 
 ihad TTcoef d to rifvit the charges of the (•nmtt 
 
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 orrespondent, and demonstrate that they are des- 
 titute of any foundation In fact or truth. 
 
 Dr. John R. Goodwin is our first witness — the 
 very man whom the Gazelle correspondent infinu- 
 ates knows all the facts. While Mr. Harlan was 
 Secretary of the Interior, Goodwin was the dis- 
 bursing officer of the Department, as he Is at the 
 present time; and In the following afiadavit he 
 thus sums up and comradlcts many of the charges 
 of the Gazette: 
 
 Washington, D. C , Deo 23, 1869. 
 
 In a communication published iu ihe Cincinnati 
 Daily Gazette ot the 17th inst., the writer assails 
 the character of the Hon. James Harlan, by char;^- 
 Iflji : that while Secretary of the Interior, he 
 appointed his son to the office of loessenger; that 
 he used Government horses, and paid .^eo per 
 month for keepintr the pair; that he paid the 
 driver of the team from the public lunds; that he 
 discharged the driver because he reluf ed to dress 
 in livery, at his own expenfe; that he caused a bill 
 of $650 lor fancy paper, cards, knives, scissors, <fco , 
 for the use of hia household, to be paid for from 
 the comingent fund of the Department; that he 
 caused coal to be sant from theceilarsof iheDeptrt- 
 ment to his own house, for his private use ; that 
 he rented, and caused robe fitted up, rooms for 
 my private use, with puhllc lunds ; and that he 
 took carpets and other articles from the Depart- 
 ment, and converted ihem to prlvate|use 
 
 I. on oath, say that during the greater part of 
 the time that i>ir. Harlan was Secretary of the 
 Interior I was disbursing clerk and superintend- 
 ent of the buildinx. Durlne that time, 1 p*id all 
 bills that were paid lor salsries and for contin- 
 gencies, and al-o, as superlatendect. had charge of 
 the purchase of stationery, and turniture, and fuel 
 for the DepartmeDt ; and the cnntracts and blil-i 
 connected with such purchases are now In tbe 
 office of the disbursing clerk. These show that 
 the Secretary's sun was paid as a mes-^enger for 
 the period of seven tj -three (73)d'iy 8, and no more; 
 during that time he pcrlormed duty as messenger, 
 often during the day. and often at night f'he 
 rate of pay was that usually paid to messengers, 
 and allowed by law. 
 
 Every member of the Cabinet has a span of 
 horses lurnlshed and boarded for ofaoial use, and 
 also a driver. Mr. Harlan paid •'i>50 per month 'or 
 the board, and not ^GO, as alleged. This Is the 
 record, and It Is the customary price. 
 
 IVIr Harlan's driver never dressed in livery I 
 am of opinion that he never discharged a driver 
 because he would not dress in livery, e'se the suc- 
 cessor would have so dresped. 
 
 He never caused to be paid $720 eich. on the 
 rolls of the Department, to two men— one for a 
 footman, and one for a dinlDe-room servant. I 
 am intimately acqualnten with Mr. HarUn and 
 his family, and was frequen'ly at bis nouse as a 
 personal friend while he was Se<ir«taTy, and per- 
 sonally know that he had a sufficient number of 
 private servants to perform all the ordinary duties 
 connected with his household. 
 
 I have carefully examined the records of the 
 office, and find no bill of 4ifi50 as having been pall 
 for fincy stationery, &o , for the use of his house- 
 hold nor any other that can justify the charge. 
 There was no such bill paid. 
 
 He never rented any room for my private use 
 During his term of service I occupied rooms 
 rented by myself from Mr. Samuel Maa-ee, an old 
 citizen, and the Government never paid for any 
 rooms occupied by myself for private use. 
 
 Me never received from the cellars of the De- 
 partment any coal for his private use. If such 
 had been the case, I, as superintendent, would 
 have known it 
 
 He never received from the Department carpets 
 or other furniture which he did not pay for at a 
 full value, appraised by Impartial and competent 
 appraisers. .John K. Goodwin. 
 
 District of Columbia, Washington County to wit: 
 
 On this 24ch day of December, I8fc9, before me, 
 one of the justices of the peace in and for said 
 county, personally ai>peared John R. Goodwin,' 
 who, upon being aworn according to law, did de- 
 
 pose and sav that the foregoing statement Is true 
 and correct in every particular. 
 
 Su'"isoriijed and sworn to before me on this day. 
 
 [seal.] K. B. Nixon, J. P. 
 
 Thomas D. Bond, then as now, Ghief Engineer 
 of the Interior Department, and the cu3todian ot 
 the fuel of the Department, makes the following 
 statement under oath, wh'ch, in connection with 
 the affidavit of Dr. Goodwin, completely disposes 
 of the dastardly slander about the misuse of gov- 
 ernment coal : 
 
 I, Thomas D. Bond, on oath, depose and say, 
 that I am now, and was during the whole period 
 of Hon. .Tames Harlan's service as .-secretary ot' 
 the Interior, Ohlef Engineer of said Department, 
 and was then, and am now, custocian of all theluel 
 received for its use; and 1 further depose and say, 
 that i know Spersonally that no coal or other fuel 
 was ever taken from the Department to the res- 
 idence of the said Secretary. I also depose and 
 say, mat I acted as the said Secretary's ai;ent in 
 purchasing fuel for his residence and office afc 
 his house; that several times I procured it of the 
 government contractor, but tuat in every case, a. 
 separate bill was made out against the Secretary 
 lor the whole amouot, and paid for by me as his 
 agent, he handing me the money to pay for tho 
 same; and that no part of said oal or other luel 
 was ever paid fir by the Department. I also ae- 
 pose and say, that I was Intimately acquainted' 
 with said Secretary and his family, was often in 
 and through his house, and do not believe It pos- 
 sible that property of any Kind could have been, 
 taken from the Department to, and used at, his 
 residence, without my knowledge; and that he 
 was always scrupulously exact in paying for every 
 thing, even of the most trivial character, turned 
 over to his privato use or that of his family. 
 
 Thomas D. Bond. 
 District of Columbia, Washington County, to wit: 
 
 Oa this 2l8t day of Decemoer, 18C9. before me, 
 the subscriber, one of tne justices of the peace In 
 and for said county, personally appeared Ttjoma-* 
 D. Bond, and bein^j sworn according to law, did 
 depose and sav that the within statement is true 
 and correct. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day 
 of December, lh69. 
 
 [SE^L.] R. B. NlSON, J. P. 
 
 The next charge against the ex-Seorotary is, 
 that he became the purchaser of a pair of horses 
 telonglng to the Department at a nominal value. 
 This falsehood Is completely refuted by the lot. 
 lowing affidavit of 'iharles H. Sherrlil, John T. 
 Price, and Oolonel Theodore B. Samo, all three 
 well known gentlemen of this city, of unim- 
 peachable cbs-racter, and known to be excellent 
 judges of this kind of property. Oolonel Same 
 was then, and Is now. In the service of the Inte- 
 rior Department as the engineer of the aqueduct, 
 and Mr. Price is an old and large dealer In 
 horses, and well known to all dealers in stock. 
 But to the afUdavit : 
 
 Washington Oity, D O. , Dec. 24. 1869, 
 
 The underdgned, Oharlos H. SherriU, John T. 
 Price, and Theodore B. Samo, having seen an ar- 
 ticle published In tbe Olncinuatl (gazette of the 
 17ih instant, charging Hon. James iiarlan with 
 having procured a couple of horses of the Interior 
 Department at a nominal price, state on oath, 
 that on the request of the Secretary, we examined 
 and appraised said horses before their purchase, 
 and valued one of them at one hundred oollars, 
 and the other one at two hundred dollars. The 
 first one was old, and was afilicted with the dis- 
 ease known as heaves; tho other was defective, 
 being knee-sprung and afliioted with corns and 
 other defects No one of us thought the hori*e8 
 worth more thin the price named, and some 
 thought them worth loss than the amount named; 
 and no one of us then thought that they would 
 have commanded thit prise in open market. We 
 were each well acquainted with eald horses. Two 
 
of 118 bad often driven them, Rnd the other ooe of 
 us. Joh^ T Price, Is, an 1 has been for a lonn pe 
 rlod. a deiiler in hoiges; anil we CDnclt'er our- 
 eelves goud judKCsol the VHlue «r ttiai kind uf 
 
 Block. i^HA.S H. MIKaUILL. 
 
 .John T Pkici;. 
 IiikokoukB. Samo. 
 
 DislricI of Columbia, Wanhington County, to icU: 
 
 «m ilil.-i 24iL day lit Ijeceiuber. 18uli, l<eiore ma, 
 one 01 the justlccM of the i.eace In and for the 8aI<1 
 oi>unty, )>or8i)Dullv ai'i""ur«d Oharles H. Slierrlll, 
 John r. Price, and Theodore K Shido, who belnir 
 eaoh and severally sworn accordlUK to law, did 
 depot^e and B^y tiiaC the within aiatement wau 
 true and correct 
 Subscribed and sworn to be'oro me vhls dav. 
 [SJtAt, ] K B Nixon, J. P. 
 
 The truth about this whole horse matter is that 
 Senator Harlan'8 family, havlnit occasionally used 
 the horces, and bee ime attached to theuj, desired 
 to retain them, and be, to gratify the family, pur- 
 chased the hordes at irore than tbelr real cash 
 valoe. No one can doubt this afte' readlni; the 
 foretcolnK atfidavlt. Wo uilxht rc!>t the relutatlon 
 of these charKBd In relation to tbe coul and hiirses 
 bpon ttte sworn stateinenis of the (centlemen above 
 named, but to leave no room for doubt, that all these 
 things Here honestly pil 1 for, we annex the fol 
 loHln^ receipts : 
 
 Received, Washlnnion. D. C , Augnft 31. 186G. o( 
 Hun .lames Hxrlin, 1^320. for one pair of horses 
 and hurneas, as per apprai.-ement.. 
 
 William .>^. Marsh, 
 L)l«)>urslL.K rk^ent, (Aiiuoouot. ) 
 
 Washinoton, 1) O., August 9. IS^d. 
 Hon Javeb H .ULAN BnUKUt ot .s. f. hkown i 
 
 >i>N, tiirtvHruli'K aijil u l[lJmi<^lon merctiaulsi, No. 
 
 4(16 Mnth street i)ntweon t and h'sireois: 
 ISoti— AuuiiBi 9 10 loijs L.. i\l. white ash tyiif 
 
 co*l at 'JiT WO $7!) OO 
 
 18Ca— August 9. 11 tons red asu fctove at ijiS 10 b9 lu 
 
 108 10 
 Received payment, 
 [Stamp ] ft. tr. Brown & Son. 
 
 Wasuikoton, January 18, 1886. 
 Hon. Jamus Uaulan 
 
 To H. Clay .Stkwaut. Hr 
 18e6— Dec. 14. To 6 toQ' gratecoalai^9 4u.. <(47 (0 
 6 tons lurnaoed )., -it 4^9 9J. 4'.i 5U 
 PuttlUki Indo , 10 tons, at 
 
 75oBnis 7 .'0 
 
 1S66— Jan. 18. TolO tons coal alijln 160 CO 
 
 Pulling In 10 tuns at 7.>c. . 7 6o 
 
 201 60 
 Received payment, 
 
 [Stamp] H « LAV STKWAUT. 
 
 Now. In relation to the cbar^e aimui lue larol- 
 tare. I( has been the cu.sio:u from ibe I irinatlon 
 ol the Leparimeut for the Oovernuioat lo furoi-h 
 a room at the Secretary's re'ldenco lir an office, 
 where bo receives vls(t..>rs, and ol'en transude 
 public business after otn^se hours. Ihli was done 
 in Secretary Harlan's o^te as >i matter of course, 
 iucludlng desk, carpel, uttli-e chairs, &o. a hlle 
 this wai belUK done, poine pU cee of AiS ciist-jfTcar- 
 peilnx, c,in."Kl«ire.i w<Tthle.«;', were procured by I 
 hU faulty <or the nee of tho doiue.^tlt's ia the 
 kitchen and basement; and. ut or abjut the time 
 of Secretary Harlan'.- retirement from the Depart- 
 ment, all of the56 articles at his request, were 
 appraised, and subseiiuently paH tor by him, as Is 
 Shown hy the followloi^ receipt: 
 
 DKPAItr.VIMNT Of THK InTKRIOE, 
 
 W.\phin<'to <, I'ccemi.er 1. 180G. 
 Hecelved of Hon. .laui^s Harlan, two hundred 
 *nd nUety Uvo djUars, (1(293) ia pay for furnliure, 
 
 I Ao , a8 per appraliement of Mr. E H Kins;, mads 
 Liecembrr 1, iMcO, and on file In the Department of 
 the luterior. .1 , K. <ti>oi>\viN, 
 
 Superinteudent. 
 We come no.\t to the rldlcalous Maiemont In 
 
 ' relation to services of Department eniployes at 
 Mr. Hirlao's residence Mr. William Syphax 
 
 ! has been, almost since the orKanlcitluii of the 
 Interior Department, the mesfen>ier of the Secre- 
 tary, and still holds that poiilitjn. It Is his <>aty 
 to take in to the Secretary tho cards of vl Itors, 
 and usher tbem into his presence. By reason of 
 this lon»; service, Le has bocome personally 
 acquainted with all the Senators and members of 
 UunKrcss, as well as other officials; and on pu'>llo 
 
 ^oooaslons, as he states In the lollowluif affidavit, 
 he frequently attended at INIr. Harlan's to attend 
 tho door anil receive tte visit irs, for which service 
 he was :il*i«ys Kenerously paid by the .Senator's 
 lady. If any of the other employe.^ rendered any 
 services at the residence of the senator. It was 
 usually on slmliar occislons, when they were not 
 
 I required to be at the Department, and for which 
 
 I they were amply compensated. The chari<e that 
 
 jtho Secretary's servants wore llvorr, and that 
 
 I the coachman was discharged for the reason that 
 he refused to purcha.'<o a cult ut llvory at his own 
 expense, is refuted by the statements of Dr. Good- 
 win given above. The affidavit ol J\Ir. Syphax 
 
 'reads as follows: 
 
 Wa.«iiixotok, D. O , neoember 14,1 8C9. 
 
 I I. WllHiiui .■^i pba.x, on oa'h, state tbai I am 
 now, atid WHS durltJ^' the whole period of Hon. 
 .lames HarUn a ^ervlco as Secretary of the In- 
 terior, and lor a long I'eriod belore, tuesFenxer to 
 t lie .Secretary ; ibatlwas familiarly acquainted 
 wlih .-ecretary Harlan's houseii'jid, and that, on 
 extra- nilnary Ol■;ca^lon8 such as (ir.blij rec»p- 
 tlone, durioif what is cilleil Hit tastilmabla sna- 
 .<0(i, wLen there were u>ul(itudes of official (.alters 
 and vibilors, I was frequently at his house (as I 
 know personally nearlv all the Senators and mem- 
 bers and other I'lith officials.) to atteml the door 
 anil re ieive tbe guests, as was tho cu?tom before 
 he bacarae .secrnary . and itiat I rendered such 
 •ervice voluntarily, af er office nours, and was al- 
 
 , ways well paid thereior by Mrs. Harlan. 
 
 W. SrPHAX. 
 
 District of Columbia. Wa/ihinr]ton County, to wit: 
 
 On Ibis a4th day of iieoeu'ber, lt*69, belore me, 
 one of ttie justliits ol the peace In and for the said 
 county, peisiiually appeared Willi im sypUax, 
 who nelng sworn according to l-tw, did depose 
 ano siy tuai, the foregoing 8. aiement Is true and 
 
 ! correct. 
 
 ; subicrloed and sworn to be'ore me this day. 
 
 [>*ltAL ] K B. NiVON, .1. P. 
 
 The lollowing affidavit of Judgo KlUpatrlck ia 
 also to the Same put port : 
 
 Wa.-;hinotox, Docember 26, 18f9. 
 T, Ephraliii Kilipainck, slate on oath that 
 during itiBMhole iinie that Hon. James Harlan 
 was .-^ecrmar) of the In'eri r I was a clerk in the 
 Departinenl; p<rt of the lluie ajting as chief 
 clerk, an. the n luaindor of tho time as a clerk In 
 In « ne <•' the iilvbl .ns ot the office, the most of the 
 lime ttt a I'esU lu ibe n.oiu oorui'led by ttie ."^ecro 
 tar\; thatlwa* liiiiuiatelj acquainted with the 
 Socreta'y and hlfi lamily, and was often at his 
 house; his family consl^led ol himself, hU wire, 
 ar)d two cblldien; that he b'd at hi< hon^e con- 
 tinuously sever.il servant.!: — euouKb In my judu- 
 meut, to perr>rmall the orilln*ry duties connected 
 with bU bouseholii— In no way connn'^tad with the 
 Depar< ment, or borne on its rolls. He had a room 
 tilted up as an othce at his residence, as I uniier- 
 ftand has always been the custom "f the head of 
 tho Drparimetir , where he trangaoted a larite 
 amoani of ochclal busltiess, and I have observed 
 an employe — someilmes one and trmoilmes an- 
 other—at this office rcom, to atlanil at tue door 
 
and to (io messenger duty, and I haye been told 
 tDat said employe fomalimes exchaotred worK 
 wUh one of the prlv'ace servaots- un public occa- 
 sions, suoh as recepiloas. dinners, aad during 
 wbat is called the fasutonible seisou, and periods 
 of extraordinary pressure, when there vpas a mul 
 titude of otS^ial callers, messengers anit other 
 employes of the Departtuent were frequently 
 present, rendering the necesaary asslst-tncs; but, 
 as tar as I ever noticed, none ot the Department 
 messengpis or employes were ever so employer: a? 
 to laterfere with their offlolii.l duties. 1 further 
 Slate that Air. H:irlan,8o tar as I linow and be- 
 lieve, has never, either while he was Secretary, or 
 before or sltice, hafl a servant in li"ery la his em- 
 ploy, either as coachman or In any other capacity ] 
 
 i^. KlLLPATRICK. ! 
 
 District of Columbia, Washington County, to wit: 1 
 
 Uu this 26th day of UeceuQoer, li^tQ, before thej 
 
 snbscritver, one of tna i»siioe< of the peace in and 
 
 fcr I be said county, per.-'onHlly appeared V,. Klil- 
 
 pitriclc, who, betnir sworn according to law, did 
 
 depose aiifl say that the foreaoinjj statement is 
 
 true and co- re'it In every partioal«r. 
 
 Subscribed and 8 worn to before ma 
 
 [8KA.L.] K. B. Nixon, J. P. j 
 
 HavioK disposed of these trivial charges against I 
 the ex "Secretary — and which we have shown to 
 be the mere inventions of a malicious heart — we 
 proceed to notice ottiera more particularly afTect- 
 lug bis official conduct, and xvhich will be founti 
 equally unsupporteii by truth. The unblu.^hlog 
 dedarati' n that Secretary Harlan Tjuiited the 
 1 «.«? lu acoepiiog the first section of f >rty miles of 
 the Kansas branch of the Unlea Pactflo Railroad, 
 «nd the cowardly Insinuation that he did so from 
 Improper confiderai ions received from the com- 
 pany, through its President, John D Perry, is 
 driven to the wall by the voluntary staietaent ol 
 General William J Palmer, the Treasurer of the 
 coinpanj , sent to Mr. Harlan Itst winter, after 
 that Ktntleman ha'l rend a similar attack In the 
 GuscZ/f, m ide by I hts naoje corresp indent, about 
 a year since. From this statement It appears that 
 secretary Harlan was overruled by the then 
 President, Andrew JoiinsoQ, and afterwards acted 
 In this matter under the i'tesldenl's orders : 
 
 Un[<jn Pacific Railway, E. D , 
 Washington, D. C, February 28, 1869 
 lion James Harlan, U S. Senator: 
 
 ^iR : iUy attention havlog been called to a pub- 
 lication In the (Jinclnnati Gazette of the 23d ult. , 
 charging you with dereliction of duty as Secre- 
 tary, lu connection with the acceptance of the 
 first section of forty miles of the Union Pacific 
 railway, eastern division, and partlcalariy 
 noting an appa'ent conflict between your recom- 
 mendation ol IVlay 29. 1»65, advising the President 
 ihBt said section should not be accepted, and your 
 .letter of i otober 28, 1895, loUowing, in which, 
 after reel Ing that the company had entered Into 
 an agreement to malie certain required Improve- 
 roen's, you advised that the hteretary of tLe 
 Treasury and the Secrptary of tue Interior be 
 directed to carry into effect the provisions of law 
 In regard to said completed spctioti, 1 deem it due 
 to you, ai d to trutb, to say that I was at the time 
 personally present at lutervlews between your, 
 self and officers oi said corapmy, and bet^veen 
 said ilflctrs and the Preslder t o' tho United 
 St.'ites; tbat a difference of opinion arose betwee" 
 you and tbe company in regard to the degree of 
 perfect inn required by the law under the phrase, 
 •■first-class railroad;" that yon uniformly and 
 persistently Insisted on a higher standard being 
 adopted than that set up by the company ano the 
 commissioners first appointed to examine said 
 oad; that you ftaniily tolo the officers of the co«- 
 pany tUtt. so lar as it depended on your cfifiuiai 
 action neither the bom's nor the Ihhos pertaining 
 to said section would be issued and patented 
 nnttl Raid section was made to conform to a stand 
 ard higher than that Mhloh ihe company thought 
 
 the law required, or that was practicable under 
 the llmiteri aid granted by tho Government in 
 that new country. 
 
 L>eetning it to be the province of the Presidsnt 
 of the United states, and no that of the >eiretary 
 of the Interior, to decide whether tbo si'.d sejtiou 
 had or had not been const: ucted according to law, 
 the officers of the company rtqu6i?ted him to 
 examine the subject ptrsontlly, wiioti be pro. 
 ''eeded to do ; whereupon a full and free confer- 
 ence was had at the Kxecutlve iManslon, netween 
 the Presidert, the Secretary of the Interior, tho 
 secretary ot the Treasury, the officers of the <^im- 
 pany, and several of the prlnciiiai stockholders of 
 the road, where every thing pertaining to said 
 section of load was luily explaioed, and all ob- 
 jectlons to Us acceptance were fully canvassed. 
 This interview resulted as we expected, in an 
 executive order for the issuance ot the subsidy la 
 bonds and lands, pertaining to faid section, the 
 company first agreeing to malve certain Improve, 
 ments of grades, curves, bridges iVo , which their 
 own and the pu'ilic interest deminded, and which 
 they contemplated making had no such agree- 
 ment been entered Into. 
 
 It is perhaps proper that I should also s'ate 
 that 1 was at that time, ant have beoa ever since, 
 Treasurer of said company, and nave l)een the 
 custodian of its books and papers, and tuat I per- 
 sotially Unow that you have never had at any ilaae 
 the slightest pecuniary interest in this cjmpany, 
 its property, or (rancbises. 
 
 Very respectfully, j our obedient se'-vant, 
 
 Wm. J. Palmkr. 
 
 The malicious character of this attack on Senator 
 Harlan is further evidenced by the reproduction by 
 this correspondent of his old charge In relation to 
 the sale ot the Cnerokee neutral lands, and needa 
 no other notice than tba s'atementthat this s'an- 
 der was completely exposed and reiut»d by :VIr. 
 Harlan on the fioor of tho Setate last winter, and 
 that tbe public records show that tbe sale made 
 oy him was at as high a rate as the land wonid at 
 that time bring In the market; and that alter ample 
 advertising, and delaying the saie for more than a 
 year, his successor, Hon. O. H Brownirg, was 
 unable to efleot a sale at a higher rate. Thej-o 
 tacts are established by House Ex. Doc. So. 85, 2 1 
 session Fortieth Congress, ovtr Mr, BrownIn>^':j 
 own signature, from which we extract the follow- 
 ing 
 
 In respect to the Fale of the Cherokee neutral 
 lands I deem it proper to remarkthat by the terLUr; 
 of the treaty it is optional with the Secretary of 
 the Interior to sell them in separate tracts at not 
 less than an average ot $1 25 per acre, or in a 
 body at not less than $1 per acre. 
 
 The provision of the treaty lor tho sale in .sepa- 
 rate iracjts is, th^t after the lands shall have bee^i 
 surveyed, they shall be appraised at an aver>«t:e 
 of not less than tl 25 per acre, e.xcinsive of Im- 
 provements, and after advettlsinu lor sealed b ds, 
 .••hail be sold to the highest bidder, for oasb, in 
 (larcels not, exceeding oue bund'ed and sixty acres, 
 and at not less than the appraised vj.lue. 
 
 Anotber pro-'lslon of the iretty authorizes the 
 Secretary of the Interior to sell the whole of said 
 lands not occupied by actual settlers, in a body, to 
 any responsible party, for cash, tor a sum not less 
 tha.n $1 per acre. 
 
 Tbe S"le ij separate parcels, on sealed bids. Is 
 subject to the disadvan a«es of roquiriug years of 
 time and of leaving nil the reluse lands in the 
 hands of the Indians unsold I iitd not doubt th -t 
 an imnaediite sale, in a body, aiijil per acre, woui.l 
 bo greatly more to the interest ol the Indians than 
 a tardy sale of the cbolce lands in separate tracts 
 at the appraised value, with the 1- feri ir lands left 
 undisposed of for years, and have, consaquentlv. 
 been desirous to find a purchaser wno would take 
 ihein all, good and bad logetuer, at •jil per acre. 
 
 Wlih thi-i view 1 suggested anduigtd »t the 
 last session of I'ongrpss that the United States 
 should become the purchaser, at one dollar per 
 acre, and issus bonds in pa\ ment thereof. Such a 
 
proposition \ras, I bellOTO. submitted to OoDKress, 
 but. u>>t acjepied. 
 
 Alter tiie ailj )urnineat ol Congreas I aatborlzed 
 an unuttlv-'lal sttteiaaul (o be uiaile la iiju nev/n 
 
 {laporn ihiit tue propi'ata lor the puruhise oi tiald 
 audsla a tiody would \i3 received -it ttio Depurt- 
 ueut until the Ist uf (Jetober. 
 
 Kariy la Octubor »lr. .lauiog F. Joy, of De'rol', 
 Mlcu., prop ised to take ibu lab<U iu a buiy al cue 
 dollar per .icro, iiu.l piy tiio i!asu lor ihviu. 
 
 No Diuor oiler was uiiide; I auccpteil Ur. Joy'n. 
 and ooiicluiio'l a ojhtaiJI wiiii buu, Iroin which 
 all landj oci-uplfld l>y ao'iial bol'lerd.ic tlietla.e 
 ol lUe r<illioailoQ of the iro.ily wera txclmled. A 
 ootiy or tUo CDOtraot. Is bere*l'ti rural:'tie'l. 
 
 Tlo luouey would have lieen palil liy Mr. Toy, 
 and ihe Utds convoye<l iit ibe iliiio oT the con- 
 trace, hid the Duuibur of iicro.s suld U;en koown. 
 tSui as all tlio larui.i oo^iuplfld byaoiuil Detlera 
 were exoluded Iro u the sale, 1'. was necossury to 
 nscerlalii Ite iiuanllty ibua occupli'd in detoruilne 
 haw loaQy ucroM reiuilned tu b-s u«t<i Ijt iiy .vlr. 
 Joy. iJouiiulsslonf rn are now onn,ai<B(i lu eatl- 
 mating and <ip|iralsini{ tbo Improved tracio. As 
 fiQOO a.-i li.ey sunlluavu 0'>iuploio,l 'heir laiior'< and 
 re|)i)r'iMl, iLe oonira'U will oeonosuuiuiateil by ac- 
 copilnk; ibe uurcU-ife money and oau.siui( tUe laud 
 to iio iiatenttd 'o the puri^La'^er. 
 
 Very retpecil'ully, your "bedient nervant, 
 
 <) II Bkowninu. -t cretary. 
 
 Hon. ^ chuylrr Uolfax, ^^peakerof lae tlou-e 
 01 Kepreceuiailves 
 
 That tbU suiisequeDt su'o by Mr BriwnloK 
 was not considered by the (DdiaoH the I)t'p<trt- 
 ment, and the Sena'e. uioro for tiie interest of the 
 t herokee trlie. than tho sale i)revlou<ly niado 
 by ."\Ir ll;u'l:in, Is lully proved » y the lict tti'it a 
 k ui'Scii' e.it reat y whs made between '. he i'httroUees 
 atid the Uoveroiueut, which w.ia ratilied by the 
 Senate, autborlzlni< tho caocellatl)Q ol tne Bn\e 
 inada by Secretary Browuio^, and carrijinij into 
 ijfecl that previou^hj made by Secretary Harlan It 
 Luay D It be Improper to add, la ihU cnuecllon, 
 (•8 showloK the c >d(1 lenoe in .Senator Harlau'rt 
 luteKrlty ontcrlalticd Uy his brother ."Senators, th»t 
 la the Uce ot this .-.lander, and while ll luut have 
 been tre'h la the memory ol nioh, ih? Sniine 
 pi <csd Ihit ^ealleulaa at tue Lead of the <><.iuiul'u- 
 tee ol Indian Atrilr.'<, where he Btiil rem:;l'i», thus 
 evldeniMuK their appreciailou ol hi.-i kuowled^^e of 
 the ^ul'jeJts (ortiilnlnK to that coiuuiUtee, arid 
 their uhdlulDlshud lei-peci for hlin as au uprli^ht 
 u an. 
 
 Ihe ItBt alleuailon oonlalned la thU oorrespind- 
 eut's letter, r.tfeoilni; Mr. H>irlaci'!i character, 
 chirKeslhut ho ••nd Oornuilsrloner U oley, o( 'he 
 Indian l-Jurnau, 'worked ulxhi and d*y :o perfect 
 a Bale ol the Duliware liidlin laniln, on fraud- 
 ulent papers ol s) tran.^pareni a oharaoter that a 
 clerk, who was dlrejtad by ijo' ley to fill them up, 
 tLru?t the u irnou la dls lace, trlllax aim plainly 
 that the whole iblnir was a swindle, which would 
 leturn one dny lo dauui all PonneHtd with It 
 l!ut the matter was fitlven throj^h hy the active 
 atid Ooiu'>l(ieil ett^rts ol Hariaa aod (Jooley, and 
 luoUnossold lo the r^llroait, at nearly ijiii.y.oo ■ 
 les.s than well-known and respoosihle parties bbl 
 In writinx under the teims i.l the iro-ity. • • • 
 I'he whide thlnx was a bara-ftioed cwlndle; tlrsc, 
 o^ion tho tribe, which knew njthInK ol the treaty 
 which h-id been obtalaed from a few by fraao ; 
 and secondly, up>n the Unite.l States, which lost 
 lully I-IOlIjOOO by tUe 8ub$e(iuoDt »aie " 
 
 This Is a revl»*l of nn old, srale char<« made 
 about a year since by this 8*rao correspondent la 
 the paine I aper. which eeeius to be tho reopptacle 
 ot all ol this writer's faorlcitlons, and wLloh was 
 deejieJ Ly the friends of the pirtles ro'erred to to 
 
 be 00 transparently fal°e, and whtsh was so flatly 
 contradicted by the public records, as to neoJ no 
 lormal rofu'atlon. The treaty referred to pro- 
 vided that the I'NIIsfouri River Kallroad Company, 
 whose roads were looiteil through these lands, 
 where many (d those lni!t\t s lived, mlxht, within 
 a Klven period ^fter the publication of the treaty, 
 purchase theii at not less thin two dollars and 
 tifty oonts p .T aore, adding tho appraised value of 
 Imprc'vemenis; and If nut so purchased by said 
 company, then, under certain rostrlctlans, to bo 
 sold to the hUhuji bidder. The company Kavo 
 notice of acceptance, died bond as provided by 
 the treaty, and -lemandod that the contract should 
 be closed ln>l3tlnK that It was entitled, within tbo 
 period fixed by tho treaty, to the exclunivc rlxht to 
 purchase at the sMpulited prloe. ."secretary 
 Harlan, however, held thiit the tretty was sus- 
 ceptible of a dilferent construction, and kept the 
 initter open for o'hT bids utitll near tho cloi=o of 
 tho ptrloil named In tui tre.ity. N> other bid 
 beinkt received, be notified the company that I's 
 bill Lad been accepte''. But on the same day, and 
 before the contract had been executed and de- 
 livered, Oeuera; 'humiS £wlnt(, Jr., the law 
 partner of i he Inoomlnij Secretarj, ( \Tr. Brown- 
 log.) called at the Deparimont, and filed a bll, 
 as he Ptated, In tbo Interests of certain clients of 
 bis, prop J.-ilnK to purchase tho.se lands at the rate 
 of three ilollars and one cent per acre. The 
 Seoretnry, ooubrlni? wheth«rthl< bid hud bien re- 
 ceived In time, Inlor'ne I the pirtles tint umler 
 the existing St ite of fiots he thought It would be 
 ; advisable to le'. the whole matter ko over, to le 
 adjusiel by Secretary Brownlox, who would have 
 po!-se8.'lon of the otlloe Inafevdays. On the fol- 
 lowing (lav, however, (reneral Lwlnu; prp.sented 
 to iHr Harlan tho foUowlnt^ letter, wl.hdrawloK 
 hlabld: 
 
 1 Washington. Auiru.si 30, ISCtJ. 
 
 Hon. James Harlan. Sccrilary of the Interior: 
 
 I -la: When 1 made iny (da yesieriiay lor the 
 Del 'I wa re laioU In Km as as, I hid no' seen or beird 
 of the bond tiled bv tho >ll3flourl Klver Kallroid 
 (}ompiny on the 2Ttb Inst., and their letter In- 
 cIosIdh It. ; nor of y our havInK stated oraily ihit 
 the iio!id was sitlf f ict'try, and their propospion to 
 
 Ipurcba.e was anep'ed; nor of jour loiter of yes- 
 terday, add'ess'Ml t) the cjm|)iny, then already 
 slffimi] an. I recorded I had not , either, car-iiilly 
 o nsiuered tho "th article of the I>rla«are treaty 
 since then, however, these several matteis have 
 ■•een considered by in?, iind I am led to bn'lavo that 
 even II I'lO con'rac, should be awarded t > me, 1 
 shiil be compelled to tojt la the courts tho claims 
 of tbo joiupaoy to tho rl^ht of purchase of the 
 lands. 
 
 I do not consider theliods a good purchase at 
 my oir«r, «|ih a cl oudo.l or embarrassed title, and 
 therefore iisii le*vo to wi'hdraw my bll, and re- 
 ceive oack the certlQoate of deposit aooompany* 
 log It. Very truly yours, 
 
 I'HOMA.'* EwiNO, Ju. 
 
 The withdraws! by Oeneral Ewlour of hl« bid 
 raised iho q<iostl')o ol his rl^Ut to do so. Ua oon- 
 sul'atlon with VVilMam P. Otto, the As'l^tant Sec- 
 retary, to whom >lr HirUn u-u illy referro.l ItJual 
 questions, and tho writer hereof, then tbo tUilef 
 (!l«rk of the Department, as well is others leirned 
 In the law, the secretary was advised Ihat Qeaeral 
 KwloK was entitled to withdraw his bid at any 
 lime bnf re lis acceptance, tbo oorrec'ne.'S of which, 
 we presume, no lawyer will doubt. This bid beinx 
 withdrawn then, and there being no other otler, 
 the contract wis closod wlih the abjve-naxeJ 
 
company. An examination of the treaty will show 
 that it Is at least cloubMul whether the company 
 had not been made preferred purchasers within th-j 
 peilod; In otber words, whether the company did 
 not possess exclusive right to purchase at the stipu- 
 lated rate per acre during the period fixed in th^ 
 treaty ; an 1 If the company was thus pre'erred, as 
 its officers insisted, then Mr. Harlan committed a 
 le^al error in holding the tale open for other bids. 
 after receiving notice of the oompan^'.s accept- 
 arce — an error wtiich delated. Instead o' btnefited, 
 the railroad company. In tois whole transaction 
 it is clear from the testimoov that Mr. Harlan 
 acted with scrupulous care, aod soujjhtto make 
 the most he could out of the lands lor the oeneflt 
 of the Indians. 
 
 That the treaty was fairly negotiated, and was 
 fully understood by the Jjelaware Iijdian8,ls lully 
 apparent from the following letter from Superin- 
 tendent Murphy, aadressed to the Secretaiy soon 
 after this slander appeared In its first form, ab]ut 
 a year ago. 
 
 Washington, D. C, February 23, 1869. 
 Hon. James Harlan, United Stales Senate: 
 
 Sia: My attention havlog been Ctilled to a letter 
 published in the Clnclcnati Gazette, from a cjr- 
 respjndent in this city, relative to the treaty 
 negotiated with the Delaware Indians in 1866, In 
 whi^h, alter stating that •'•villiam H. Watton a 
 clerk in the Indian Department, was appointed a 
 commissioner to visit Kansas and conclude i* 
 treaty « 1th the Delaware Indians," It, goes on to 
 state that "iVIr. Watson went, imtnedlateij to 
 Kansas nnd called upon fhouias Murphy, super- 
 intendent of Indian affairs for tnat sst,ite, aud 
 stiowed him the treaty and letter ol Instructions 
 Mr. Murphy was blck in bed, and not being able 
 to attend to the matter, directed liis clerk to act 
 for him. vv atson acd this clerk then got together 
 three chiefs and four otLer Indians as counselors, 
 anil havlnti manipulated thuu properly, obtained 
 their signatures to the treaty, 4c " 
 
 As one d vhe couioiisstuners whose name Is 
 attached to tha Delaware treaty ol 1866. I deem In 
 due to myi-elt to state ihe facts relative to the 
 making of this treaty, and as you were my 
 superior officer at tnat time, I Ceem it proper to 
 make the stateoaent to vou 
 
 Mr. Watson. Agent Pratt, and myself, were 
 appointed commissioners to negotiate ihe treaty 
 referred to. On Mr. vvatsnn's arrival at Leaven- 
 worth, Kansas, I met him there, and we proijeeded 
 direct to the Delaware agency ; runners were sent 
 out to inform the Indians, an I ttie dav foil iwing 
 we counseled wltti them relative to the business 
 that had brought us there. As is customary with 
 Indian tribes, the Innlans xfler consultation 
 among themselves, directed their chiefs and heart 
 men to make the irea'y. Ttiey performed thi=> 
 service I he treaty was written our, by ttie com- 
 mlsslnners . and after being futly explaineo, was 
 sinned by them and all the cblefs aiid head men of 
 the Delaware Nation I was not; sick at tbar time; 
 was present during the negotiating of the treaty. 
 If there was any manipulating of the chiefs, 1 
 knew notbing about it. 1 do know that the treaty 
 wa? satisfactory to the Itelawire Indians at that 
 time, and 1 have never beard onn of tuem complain 
 about any ot its provisions since. 
 
 So much In regard to tbat portion of the letter 
 in the Gazette which r fars to myeli In ronneotion 
 with ttis matter ; and, I have no hesitation in say- 
 ing In reuard to the otber statements in said 
 letter impugning vonr motives ana those of the 
 then Goaimlssioner of Indian Affal's, that as far a.s 
 I have any kriowledge, they are wholly without 
 loundattoD In fact 
 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 Thomas ivIukpht, 
 Superintendent ol Indian Aftalrs. 
 
 If we admit that, by more skillful njanagement 
 these lands miaht have been sold for tbe price 
 named in the bid put in, and afterwards with- 
 
 drawn by General Ewing, still the Gazette cor 
 respondent's reckless disregard of truth, or his 
 total Ignorance of the subject, is perlectly patent. 
 Iq hid haste to gratify his hostility to benator 
 Harlan, and at the same time create a sensation, 
 he did not stop to add up the ngures. Secretary 
 Browning reports, in the document to which we 
 have referred, that there were 92 508 93-100 acres 
 of these lands, the difference between the total 
 value of which, at ^2 60 and .$3 01 per acre, would 
 be less rban ;i!48,Oi 0, Instaad ot $luo,O00, as alleged 
 by the writer. Tnat the rlolcalous story about 
 the supposed righteous indignation of a clerk in 
 tue Indian Bureau is false, is clear from a peru. 
 sal of the treaty, from which it will be seen that 
 the tJommlssioner of Indian Affairs had nothing 
 whatever to do with the sale. As a matter of laoo 
 that officer never Intermeddled with the subject. 
 The treaty made It the duty of the Secretary to 
 make the sale, and he did make It. without the 
 aid of tbe ('onamlssioner. The succeeding alle- 
 gation that the United ^^tates lost $!tO. OOU in this 
 sale of t'je lands, is equally destitute of truth, and 
 jtbat it is S3 needs no other proof than a knowl- 
 edge of the fact that these lands were the exclu- 
 sive property of the Delaware Indians, and were 
 sold for their benefit. 
 
 We have thus, a', the risk of being tedious, care- 
 fully and minutely traversed every alleifailon of 
 the Goct'^/ccorrespon lent, presenting the affidavits 
 of responsible parties personally conversant with 
 tbe facts to which they testify, with receipted bills, 
 in denial of the charges made against the ex Sec- 
 retary, afte- having per.sona'lj examined tbe 
 public rec'irds, laws, and treaties, and files of the 
 Interior Department. From tbis statement tbe 
 public, Fo lar as it may feel any interest In the 
 sutject, may know the precise facts and the whole 
 truih, and we ooub'. not that the judgment of our 
 I readers will coincide with our own when we state 
 that this narration establishes that the cbarges 
 made against Senator Harlan are utterly ground- 
 less, and that no reliance should be placed here- 
 after in the productions of this correspondent, 
 whenever, at least, they are deslgaed to aff-jct the 
 Conduct or character of individuals It Is now said 
 that he has announced on the streets, to bis. "cronies 
 and sympathizers," his purpose to ''write down 
 Senator Harlan," as pure a public man as lives, and 
 ruin him in the public estimation. Wnat this 
 high-toned gentleman and patriotic correspondent 
 may be able to make up Irom discharged servant.s 
 and dismissed department employes, who are not 
 always free from vlndlotivo feelings, and a <'ispo- 
 sit ion to avenge injuries, real or imaginary., or 
 what the fruitful imagination of a sensational, 
 reckless correspondent may Invent, no one can 
 divine or anticipate; but after this expose of his 
 malicious and unwarranted assault upon senattir 
 Harlan, to say notbing of his other attacks upon 
 prominent Bepuhlican statesmen, by wbloh his 
 true character is made known to his employers, we 
 shall bo surprised if the columns of the Cincin- 
 nati Gazette are prostituted hereafter to the dis- 
 semination of hi) slanders. 
 
 To give a sort of color to his vile charges, the 
 Gazette correspondent absurdly demands to be put 
 to the proof of his allegations in a court of law— 
 a demand, in Itself, an insult to common sense. 
 
He is believed to be totally Irresponsible, and Id 
 eager pursuit of botorle'y, doubtleas boldlog that 
 a notoriety for Infamy Is preferable to total ob- 
 scurity. There are just such depraved minds In 
 all professions, and unfortunately for the jjress, It 
 Is not exempt from the oommon lot. But If this 
 were not so la this case— If this deliberate slan- 
 derer were able to respond In damaKes — what com- : 
 pensatlon would such a judgment be to a pure and 
 upright statesman of honorable time for the in.[ 
 juries InflliMed on his good name; theonly legacy, 
 perhaps, which he will be able to bequeath to his 
 children? 
 
 Having Itnown Setiator Harlan 1 jag and well 
 and believing that he Is pure la his public as In 
 his private life, we have prepared this viodloatloQ 
 
 of his character from the assaults of the Gazette 
 correspondent, urged thereto by that sense of 
 common justice which should animate every 
 heart, and which will, sooner or later, prove every 
 just man's sure vindication. To us It has been no 
 pleasant task, (or attacks of this character, when 
 shown, as In this case, to be malicious and un- 
 founded, bring discredit upon the press, and lessen 
 the dignity of Its members. And In vindicating 
 the gentleman assailed, we vindicate the press 
 Itself. It would be terrible, Indeed, If defamation 
 of this character could not be exposed and refuted 
 by the same method by which It Is disseminated; 
 and hoBce, duty, as well as justice, demanded 
 tLl5 vindication at our hinds. 
 
 W. Pknn. Clarkk. 
 
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