Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-04

On which the notice was given to, and !,
only withheld the same, but in letter :
1.-THE same daywritten, which covered i
4 notice aforesaid, he advised me not
submitthe adjustment of the saerif's ~
counts TO such men as those two comm,
sioners, for that they were full OF preiud,
!, towards me, and that he had withheld 4
r.ctlce purposely-for w!:at this cordp.
was calculated, 1 can but one way SOW
viz he Geo. Summers wished frs, N
have made soms kind OF settlement. All
Obtain some discharge before the accom-,
! were settled, and thereby get exonera,.i
from any furthee liability, &c. on the 2ss
of June, 1880, Ne did make panI
settlement, bat leaving still open for a
justment sundry transactions nor H.,
clearly ascer,ained, as by The certi6ca,, tbs
that day passed, will prove, and to b. ,.
ferrtd to; subsequent 10 said 29th of Inn,
1890, the commissioners again appoin,.J
to meet on the business aforesaid, wh,a
they were met by me and the Aforesaid
collectors at which time the disappo;D,.
ment aforementioned was spoken Of b.
the commissioners to NE, gave for N.
swer the above circumstance of not ~.
ceiving the notice, and further stated Geo
! Summers's declarations OF their s,rsDp
preiudices, &c. He then had the hard.
ness, and most positively did say h. never
had made such a charge, but having then
Gas / now have the possession OF his letter
aforesaid, produced it, which proved my
assertion--af,er some pauses, he then dd|
assert, and since hath sworn, that he had
no knowledge what caused him to wrie mel
as aforesaid, unless l had persuaded him,
or made him believe so, "a sweep the a:.
counts were adjusted aud reported, al
appeared to three of the commissioner
ascertained by the different COLLECTOR
books. Some short time previous to said
adjustment, had plainly discovered that
l had not received even as much of hs|
-collections of 81, from Geo. Summers, q
had actually paid and accounted for, AL
spoke of it to him and others, he then b.
gan to find he was likely to be de,ecsa
but to try to prevent my investigating suei|
ameasure, and knowing how averse | was
to law, he instituted suit in chancery al
gainst me, for then set up claim, for a
large part of the Profits, which had a.
rose tor services by me, and at my sole ex.
pence performed for criminal prosseu-
l4sione IN ss and sc. On the Orb day OF No
I.vember, 1895, I,old Geo. Summers tit
| he had committed an error, that such suit
| was ill>founded and yexatieus. thar it h|
did not dismiss it, and pay costs, wouA|
instantly institute au action in chancery and
thereby prove | never had received any|
concealed money, (neaning knowingly u
but that he knew such step would be dls|
agreeable TO me, bat certainly would be
done. il he refused to dismiss. He retu'
ed to do so, the consequence was, the ID
stitution of suit by me, and immediate
ly answered his bill, but could get no ar|
swer from him to my bill, until attached
shcrefor-.-in my bill | prayed fer fair adj
iustment of ell our accounts, including al
his public transactions, and that whS
should appear to have been received VI
Geo. Summers from conceals CATER paying
what by law was bound TO pay, and ha'
paid) he should be decreed to pay to 1&|
county and public, as | did not ask Oh
farth;ag more than my own. The first sui
be brought was dismissed, he brought 4
second, we proceeded to take dePoslt01s
and were nearly ready for trial, when
dismissed his second suit, and gave n|
notice he should bring it again in the hlg
conrt Of chancery, and that on ceFai,
day in said notice mentioned, he '1pua
apply to the chancellor at his Office 10 A'sa, WV,
mond, for certiorari to remove my 'O"|
against him; all to try TO harrass and Ps.'|
plex me, and prevent if possible, the as|
iustmer, Of our accounts and pubhsa''p'
Of his conduct; but being at that time oy|
,termined to pursue him to conyictlonn'
Immediately wrote to general Marshan
take my causes If thew should be carrlepI