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+//Havana (NY) Journal//, circa November 5, 1862
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+CAMP HATHAWAY,\\
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+At Laurel Station, Md, Oct. 28, 1862.
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+J. B. LOOK, Esq, EDITOR JOURNAL.\\
+SIR:—On looking over the Journal of October 25th, my attention was rivited to an article addressed to you, but signed by one "T. L. Milnier" in which my name was dragged, and myself abused without stint or hindrence.
+It seems strange, indeed; and yet this "T. L. Minier" must be the very man, (I know no other.) who, in times past, as the world goes, I have called my friend. Certain it is, that until about the 10th of September last I considered him such, and felt friendly toward him. What then occurred to mar the usual friendly relation? Why, that he, T. L. Minier," urged upon known friends of mine, that I could "sell my Commission for six hundred dollars!" Sir, I could not sell my Commission, SELL IT! It shocked me beyond mention; bat knowing something of his intrigues to secure a Commission for a friend of his. I set him down as unworthy of my confidence or regard, and since then we have traveled divergent paths.
+Now, sir, as to the article: The paragraph alluded to, by him, and all his own, above the third, I know nothing about. His following lines are all truth, as far as and including the sentence, "The Company was raised." "He neglected to answer my letter, declined to furnish me with a list of the names; and in personal interviews Clanharty desired me to pay him the fifty dollars, which I declined to do."
+The letter above alluded to I think I never received, and certainly there was no occasion, for him to write one; for in, the interviews, spoken of by him, I told him, on two several occasions, that I could not give his the names correctly then, because I had not the Enrollment papers with me, to copy from, but that I would, when convenient, send him the names and only asked him for the money that I might pay it to them, thinking, in my unsophisticated way, that it was proper for the money to pass through my hands. But it appears he, "Minier," did not think so, which was all very well. I never declined to furnish him the names, but always promised him I would. The only letter I ever received from him on the subject was at the hands of Sheriff Weaver, in which he alludes to a former letter, and intimates what he is about to do, and finishes with asseverations which I did not, at the time, understand." On receipt of that letter I think I told Sheriff Weaver that I would give "Minier" the names when I could, and that he would now be likely to pay the money to the wrong men. He has so paid it, in part, to the wrong men. He should have waited until he got a list from me.
+The paragraph about my father, and family, is all Greek to me. They are perfectly competent to attend to any little misunderstanding with "T. L. Minier," and need not, in all decency, have been dragged into any controversy that might occur between "T. L. Minier" and myself.
+"And I further submit, that it would have been grossly dishonorable for me to have kept the money from the Volunteers and given it to an officer with large pay," &c. Now, then,
+"T. L. MINIER," SIR:—I am as cool as the breeze of an autumn eve, and may understanding and my recollection are as clear as the air or the starlight of this frosty morn. Now listen, while I remove the snarl from the net-work of the web of your damning subtileties. Were I there personally, you should retract every word of these most attrocious falsehoods. But listen: When you say I asked you for the money, you say truly; I did so ask, at two different times; but when you say I asked you to pay it to me to be applied to my own private uses, you utter a falsehood unpardonable and become a calumniator of the darkest dye. I never asked you for the money to be so applied. No, nor never refused to give you the names, when I could; but, on the contrary, always told you I would do so; and you help in your hand, when your article was published, a letter from me, apologizing for not having sent you the names, pleading the strange fatality that attends these papers, but that the names would come.
+Your offer of the fifty dollars was haled by me with pleasure. I published it, with the conditions, on 300 bills, scattered broadcast throughout all Schuyler county, and they were probably read by every member of my Company, and the citizens of Schuyler county can see, that, having the brains of a hen, (saying nothing of character or honesty,) I could not hope to divert the money, if in my power, without disgrace. I believe, sir, my acquaintances will, at least, give me credit for more sagacity than than.
+If in all of the above, you have gone out of your way to provoke a collision with me in order that you may give greater publicity to the fact that you gave me $50, in aid of volunteering, I pity you; and being so far way from you I can well afford to be cool, for I think no fleeting, unpredjudices minded man, will believe your unreasonable tale. Though you may think you have done much in aid of the war, and strike a ballance in your cash book, add units and fractions, all told, it still becomes a mere bagatelle in comparison with others, for I can show you poor men that have given, in cash, more than twelve times the amount, and their personal service beside.\\
+I subscribe myself, quietly,\\
+C. W. CLAUHARTY,\\
+Capt. Commanding Co. A,\\
+st Regt. N. Y. V.
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Howard County, MD in the Civil War

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