Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-04-01

the honor of calling Oh you, tomorrow, Sun
day about 2 o'clock.
-(Signed) ROB. FULTON"
Whether Church agreed to this proposal
Of his friend Barlow's, or how they settled the
honorable business, We do not know, nor is it
of consequence 10 ascertain. The award was
made i'll London for the sum of fourteen thou
sand, eight hundred and .Jorty-three bounds,
fcaer shAlmg$ and seven Fence sterling. This
claim had been purchased by Barlow of Church
for sic thousand thus putting into his pock-
ct eight thousand, eight hundred and forty
three pounds, .tour and screen fence STIRLING.
A very handsome sum Of money to make by
driving a bargain with a man who had no
manner of right to make it, and buying of him
claim which he had no right to sell, and
which merely appeared in his name, for the
fraudulent purpose of covering French pro-
perry under the American flag; all Of which
honest Joel was perfectly acquainted with from
the beginning to the end.
Let us now attend little to Church. Mr..
CargiIl, having made discovery in 1905, two
years afterwards, OF this lniqultous business,
called upon Church, by process Of law 10
account to him for the money. In his de-
fence, which was reduced to writing, he be-
gan bv saving " That such had been his de-
votedness to France !; such the services that
he had rendered her, that he found himself
compelled to quit his native country, which
Was then ruled by a British faction, and seek
an asylum in France; that from that time,
France was his country, and thither he had
transported his property and family - that
" this attachment to France having been made
known in England, and caused him to be sus-
pected by the Commissioners in London, from
whom, under such circumstances, he could
hardly hope for Justice, it became necessary to
look out for some man, whose political prln-
Cipics might make him more acceptable lii
their eyes; md that, therefore. Mr.. Peters,
acting for the concerned, had selected his
friend, Mr.. Joel Barlow, as this person. that
to Mr.. Barlow lie made no difficulty in imme-
dately surrendcring ali his powers, in order
70 uilabIt him to prosecute the claim. AS to
this Mr.. Barlow, he went on to say, really he
hid bat very Slight personal acquaintance
with him; no intimacy whatever and indeed,
that all he knew of him was. that after being
invested with the above powers, he had writ
ten him note, promising TO settle with him
for his commissions, and advances on account
of the Hannah, and appointing day to meet
him fer such purpose; but that on this very
6ev Barlow absconded from France to London,
and he had never heard from him since: and
that as to the pretended award by the Comms-
sioners, he had never received one tArthlng
from it, nor did be know any thing about it !:
Barlow was the man who got it, and they must
look to Barlow for it.
The printed report does rot inform us whe-
ther the money Was ever obtained of Church,
but it is presumed that nothing was obtained
from Barlow, for no one knew what had be-
come of him: Mr.. La Grange, the celebrated
French advocate, who appeared against
Church, expressed great regret at the close OF
his reply, that Barlow had so eEectualiy es-
capped, that he could not be included with
Church in the same Judgment Of condemna-
ton; since the plaintiFhad been able to prove,
incontestibly, as much against Joel Barlow as
| against Edward Church.
Here We lay down the pen once more as
| what world follow would make this numbcl,
already long enough, too lorg. But instead q
extending the original article further, we beg
| leave to introduce to our readers, the follow
ing ex."s ct OF lctte:, which has reached Us,
thoug.. t Should haze co,l.c long since, had it
not met with some unfortunate delay on the
way. We shall simply observe that our next