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Show 2111. illgftEY REPLIKS. Editors Salt Lake Herald: ' , The attack of captain Shaw upon me, in your istue of Sunday morning, reuders it proper for me to make a Bhort statement. My letter, which is the causo of offence, of-fence, was not written for publication, and Mr. Bennett had no authority from me to use it as he did. Not thai I could have written differently. The letter is a mere statement of facts, and could not be changed; but 1 had nu intention of becoming a newspaper correspondent. 1 tiiivo made do charge against captain Shaw that justifies his attack, nor does any portion of my letter indi- uaie iiiai i uiBimaay snare in me giory of either discovering in advance the great value of the Camp Fioyd mines or placing thetn successful. y on the London market. iu reply to captain Shaw's denial that Mr. Sewell was the originator of the schema, or that he was acting under un-der Mr. Sewcll's instructions in bonding bond-ing the property, I submit the following follow-ing facta : ! On August 8th, 1871, Mr. Sewcll, who had returned to Austin, Nevada, received the following telegram: "Everything is working well; will have all fixed in two or three days. Signed, fcl. H- Shaw." On August 9th, Shaw writes Mr. Sewell reporting progress I quote from his letter: "Since you left I havo been to Camp Floyd twieo. I have secured the Marion aod have all the papers on record. Captain Miller Mil-ler and Mr. Hearst say that the stock of the Sparrow Hawk will be put up and eveythiog ready in two or three days." Why report progress to Mr. Sewell if he was not acting for him? On August 12th, captain Shaw telegraphed tele-graphed Mr.Sowell '"Everything fixed; waiting for you; come immediately." i unii ku i k.,.: ness engagements at Austin for some days, and on August 24' b, Sbaw telegraphed tele-graphed again "Am waiting for you; everything all right." When Mr. Sewell arrived, August 26th, the contract con-tract betweeo Sbaw, Sewell and myself my-self was executed, and he left on the following morning ibr London. This contract, the original of which is before be-fore me, after opening with the usual preamble, "witnesseth, W hereas the said Ebenezer H. Sbaw is about to proceed to London, Kngland, to sell the Sparrow Hawk, Last Chance, and Marion mines situ ate in Camp Floyd mining district, county of Tooele, Territory of Utah ; aod Whereas the said Henry Sewell has 0 ice- h i time and attention in securing for the i id tihawthe right tosel said mines, and agr ea to give further time and attention to assist in consummating consummat-ing the sale of same ; and Whereas, the said Warren Hussoy has subscribed and paid certain turns," etc.. eta. The oontract then goes on to specify details, and is signed by all of us. Captain Stiaw and Mr. Sewell went to the notary together aod gave instructions instruc-tions as to drawing the contract, and had it read to him before signing. Who appears by thii document to be "the principal from the beginning of the negotiations ? ' In reference to my connection with, the matter, Captain Shaw says that I was not " one of the original parties to the transaction," and " never posi lively became a party until the very day the document was executed." The "documents," as before stated, wero executed August 26 the day before he left for Eogland. Referring to his lotter to Air. Sewell, dated August 9th, I quote : "I have secured the Marion mine and havo all the papers ou record. Mr. Hussey has advanced $2 285 75 and $2 000 to Blenny, and $265 70 to McMasters." The letter is inaccurate as to the $2,000 stated to havo been advanced by me. The advances were made as shown by ; my books July 27th aod August 3d over three weeks prior to tho day the documents wero exeonted, and yet I was not ' one of the original parties " aod not then a party to the transaction at all ! Captain Shaw gives me credit for a loose way of doing business whioh I should be torry to possess. In the same letter be says, " there must be an engagement made with Mr. Hussey to put up money to cover expenses to Europe. 1 If he was the principal in the transaction, why didn't ho come to me tu make the arrangement himself? It might occur to some that a "principal" in such a large negotiation ought to have had . tvjficicnt capiiai of his own to have 1 gone to Europe on ! Capt. Shaw has made a sweepiog assertion that many of my statements are false. Without condescending to bandy obarges of this nature, a reference refer-ence to his dispatches, letters, aod the oontract, will show which of ue iB mistaken. mis-taken. 1'ho certificate of Messrs. Hearst &, Chambers does not disprove my state-tements. state-tements. I staled that the property was bonded in Capt. Shaw's name, and if he was the "only party to whom tbey would have bonded the property" in that respect at least we selected the proper man. As to Messrs. Hearst & Chambers not knowing of Mr. Sewcll's or my connection with the property, they were only two of several owners of the Sparrow Hawk, and Mr. Sewell states that the conversation referred to in my letter took place between him, Mr. Jeremiah Miller and Mr. Leut, also owner, and that tho understanding understand-ing with them was as I slated it. 1 shall not attempt to answer Capt. Shaw's slurs ou Mr. Sewcll's reputation. reputa-tion. That gentleman is amply competent com-petent to delend himself if he deems I it necessary. As far as this controversy is concerned con-cerned I have neither time Dor dispos- leave the matter with the public oo the foregoing statement of fact?. ; Very respectfully, Warren Hiisstv. j Salt Like City, August 13, 1S72. |
