Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-17
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
10 the Members Of the -ifutndi assurance Soriety
gainst Fire on B.sildings ofLhe Stte Of Rira-iuin

gdtIit Fire on B!siloings If The Stdie Of Viginia
do most cordially and sincerely congratulate you
that General Meeting Of your members is M length
called, in spite of all the Vaccinations and efforts of
James Rawlings and his writer to prevent it, and as
the Interests of both branches OF your Socety will he
thoroughly discussed and acted by thSt body, |
confidently hope, that IN person or by proxy vour
members wall generally attend.
heretofore, have from considerations not ncces-
s'ry at this time TO be stated purposey declined adj
verting in special manner 10 certain delicate and
important topics which will claim and receive
your serious and particular attention but now hope
in very few weeks shall have the honor of inviting
your notice 10 few subjects of such moment YOUR
Society," as will perfectly Justify the opinion have
advanced aud yet do entertan that your welfare de-
mands, that you should have General Meeting nj an
early day Always sincere and Interchangeable friend
10 your valuable institution shall not cease to re-
joice that have been in degree instrumental
towards the attainment Of this desirable end and no
motive whatever shall any time restrain me- from
devotng on every suitable occasion, my most active
ana faithful exertions TO the advancement of vcur
prosperity.
Now that enquiry into the state of your affairs
can no longer be avoided or delayed, by the articles,
the sratagcms, the tricks of James Rawlings or his
wrter-now that an investigation must and fciH be
quichLy made, they prudcnty make % virtue OF ne
cessip and g bid nay boldly bid defiance to IN in
veslgation thorough and perfect investigation, &c.
AS we shall very soon be gratifed with full view
oil the curious g Rock" which James Rawlings
stands, had at one time thought it would become me
to decline noticing at ALL the second filthy address
NouT ootietf, under signature, published the
Enquirer of Tuesday last, and willingly would have
turned away from it with loathng and disgust but a
little reflection has satisfied me- that ought TO cor
rect some gross misrepresentation miLy aud lock
edly made In that weak but offensive production
In that address, very minute, crcumstantia and
full detail is pretended to be gwen of all the par;cu-
lars attending the alleged application made by me to
James Ra~ings in the month of JAne July, 1918,
Tor the loan of $4,000! GO The time and place and
every circumstance rery precisely noted indeed
but rather too paticnLrriy as it unfortunately
out Tor the credit of the author of this wonderful IA
bricaton. In me" FIRST place L should like TO know
what had TO do with $50 ,ODO.-Certan il is that no
period oil my life this time occurs to me- when ever
had occasion for go large of money and there
lore believe, nay kaoc that Ilercr did apply 10 any
one lor the loan 81 such but what astonshcs me
u.s. that jones Raufngs should have had the rashness
and the folly, 70 declare that applied TO him FOR the
loan OF such sum for his statement is that the APP
plication was in the first instance made to him. for the
loan OF has money land afterwards for the loan OF
noU money. Row it is impossible that any one who
knew James Rawlings while he was the clerk of Sa-
muei Greenhow, (who died in the year 1879 can be-
eNe mat ever was so stupid, whatever my neccssi-
| ties might have been, as 10 think of borrowing
S3O,OOO from james Raoiigs, n poor humble obscure
character, inst emerging from St1ie almost Of bsrea-
ry who had not very long before boughta miserable
howell with very few feet of ground attached to it
formerly owned by Dolly Capharf) in a distant and
retired part OF tile city, and was, according to his own
confession made to myself upon the subject " rery
hard rum TO pay the paltry amount OF purchase mo-
ney due for il Envoy man who knew James Raw.
ngs at the period Alluded to, will without hesitation
concur with mem saving, thai this is most barefac-
ed and impudent fabrication and is the whole
Statement; upon ts polut, for do veriy believe ina
in his whole life, james Rankings never was retired
with me for moment, either in the room be la,
designated. in any other apartment Of the dwelling
honsc which occupied in the year 1918 1t rs upfor
tunate too for the author OF this fabrication that he is
not the person who James Rawlings's for
mer address, or however plausible the garf i'm which
he intended to cxb his invention as to all that be
longs 10 time, place ad circumstance he coud not hay,
forgotten, that in the former address il was affirmed
That was mGdc TO pay tic debt Of $1,000 and inter
| est, borrowed from Samuel Grcenhow as before sta
ted, and i was moreover added that | had fact
and refused 10 liquidate and adjust that debt under
varOus preicxs and prctenccs, until the 10th Of No
sember, 3IJ, and then only on the condition of ex.
tending the time ans, months at the expiration o
which fines Your principal agent {" James Raw
lings was bCset without effect, TO cNteud the days
payment almost indefinitely lie; the date of hi
transaction, particularly be advorcd to- and can IN,
one believe, II there any truth in tho statement
that would have applied so0n after as in Jun,
or July 1918, 10 6p,cs RoiriWes the tery person uh
hat eiincssed The shutting and cr0sire c0ducl igpsis
10 me "a relation to smoH q sum- for inc loan o
$4,000, from any funds whatever happening to b
under bis controul !--Ag7io,--f my conduct in re
ference TO tiGf transaction had indeed been unwor
thy as IN the former address IS stated, does the ma
tcs possessed 0i common sense, who wil or can I've
iesc that could have bad the buldncss or tho foil,
50 soon after il the year 1915, 10 call tho ateoio
Ct james RdcfisoS tony conduct IN ti1f rerU frdpsd,
ton (5iltorly denounced by the first writer for him
for the purpose ofpro'ins NY Disposition act dogo,
cbiy m a case ~ SO mich grcger magnitude. and
ius convincing him that nc ought 10 grant the oa
stid TO he applied for? No The inconsistency liz
tween hese fro a,GcmsHis, concerning NV coRaget
one time. aud conversation another in reference
the sane transaction. IS too papah!c aud glaring
escape ibc notice fthc most ordinary observer an