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claiming that he was innocent of charges made against him, and that he had offered to me all the money which he had received.  This he knows to be false. -- He, and many persons in this community know that after the charges were made, and after his dismissal from office, and after a peremptory demand from me, for all public monies in his hands, he through counsel, paid me $74, this in excess of any amounts offered to me previously.  I can  also prove that he (Dawson) attempted to collect a larger amount, and his  eagerness alone, excited the suspicion of the gentleman, that it was not proper to pay it to him.  Dawson  made  the  remark before he left, that he had  satisfied Mr. Smith of his innocence.  Is it not strange!  How  difficult  it  must have been,for him  to have convinced Smith of his  innoncence.  I have seen prisoners before Smith, for violation  of the revenue laws, with the direct positive evidence  of  undoubted  witnesses fastening the crime on them.  I have seen these  prisoners,  admit  that  they had committed the actsalledged against them, and I have heard Smith  the pious, praying  Radical  Assessor say  he could not find them  guilty, and could not punish them by forfeiture of  property.
I have know of Smith saying (in my presence) that  he  believed  a  certain prisoner guilty, and  that  he  deserved severe punishment after an hours conversation with said prisoner, Smith becomes security for his release and  said prisoner,  has  since  that  time  been a hard  Radical.  Said  prisoner  would steal before the war.  Do  you  doubt, that Dawson satisfied Smith of his innocence.  If Dawson  will  call on  me I will give him a certificate,  signed  by two thirds of the voters of Montgomery county, that I believe  him fully qualified  for a boot black for Smith  or  Ben Butler.  More some day.
M. J. GOODRICH.
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[[illegible]] & A. L. Hd. Quarters, Asst. Sub Asst. Com'r
[[illegible]]visions, 8th Sub District, Virgina,
[[illegible]]sburg  Montgomery County, Va.,
September 8th 1868.

General: I have the honor 
[[illegible]] herewith a copy of an anonymous
[[illegible]]tion No. 2, received through the
[[illegible]] Montgomery Co. Mail on this date -
[[illegible]]se a copy of No. 1, recently forwarded.
[[illegible]]Quarters. The object appears to be,
[[illegible]] freighten me from my Post of duty;
[[illegible]] feel fully pursuaded, that, there
[[illegible]]throughly organized in this county.
[[illegible]]in a cowardly manner, put those
[[illegible]]xecution.
[[illegible]]ne of, the parties referred to, as being
obnoxious to this community, was on a visit
to Christiansburg (to settle some of his private
business) last Monday, court day ----
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Part of Newspaper clipping already transcribed on previous page. ** I tried to put the spacing in as seen in the newspaper article. Some has one space, other places two spaces, some words run together, etc... ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-28 16:35:01