The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-12


nate Of til. .fftsnfh III Deuembef, n pursa-
anee nj requrst &c Mrs. Albums. on the
si4ietnth. .esidcrily .false -lnd iiis ilier
fthat h.. drew II at Mrs. alouitnn's feqlesi
- dispfo..,, by The rsiderrc 81 tliit lady
MON oofh. So much for tn mannet ~
uhirh Mr. ADKINS was Induced 10 .rndnrse
I The neie for slB71, and tie frfaelty OF Mr..
Kerr.
Ii has been said. among other things, by
Mr.. krrr and his coadlutor Mr. Van Mss,
thai Mr.. Adams refused Iopay more than
hull ia. noir Tins ~ said To he fnise.--
=, We are authorised (s9ss the editor of The
National Journal lto declare ahHt Mr.. Ad-
ans said no such thing. lie said TIM he
would pay pdti uf the note, meaning that
pari for which he originally promsed 10
he responsible. lie never said Il word a
bout one halE" In the statement which
contains this false assertion, we are told Il
third story about the celebrated note which
was, with 81 much forecast, drawn on the
18th Derember, noncompliance with Mrs.
Adams's request of the 10th II Is here
Esaid that after Mrs. A'sletteI la Mr. Kerr, Of
the 10th, NJ. Ks "proceedlngs against Mrs.
MoaltuD wete farther suspended that
ftie dags dllefnards She called on him, and
/ requested hiai To- draw noie NJ 80 days,
for the amount specified, 10 be- signed b,
! lnr aud endorsed by Mr. Adams which
hc accordingly did, aud handed it TO her
| that he knew nothing of what passed, or
what MAS the state ot things between Airs.
Monlton and Mr. aud Mrs. Adams, nor
heard any thing about IL, uHid .nrs. IT.
duy o. fteo qJfcrudyd5 returned The NOTE,
siga.d BY herScH and endorsed by .ur. ID
ans Thus, according To Mr. kerr's hrte
statements, the note was, first, written on
The 9Th December, at the request of Mrs
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, IN pursuance of Mrs.
Adans's request of the i6th--and Hirdtg
a'few days after the 10th, on Mrs. Aloul.
tons sppIicaiionl! Aud this Mr.. Kerr,
self con, eted of mtering barefaeed false
hoods, is the witness relied on Ia impraeh
Mr. Adans's seraciy, and has tlie 'f'ron-
terry to prafe about breaches of morality.
ltis indeed the De,ilrrprn'ing sin
When Mr.. Adams was called on by Gen.
Van Ness, ON the 2Cth of March, 1.-THE &c
deral appearing t@act rs the mutual FREUD
OF the Iarlies) after Mr.. \. told him that
he would Piold no further communication
With Ar. Kerr that lac considered that
great unlhlrnrss If not absolute fraud had
been committed by him in altering the
nnic-and then reading 10 Inn IA letter Ia
his ladyfirom Mrs. Moulton, in which il is
a,crred that three quarters rent had not III.
fact become due on the 18th December,
thu general promised to cndes,sor To brlUg
about AN amicailc settlement Of the matter.
accordingly, on the LIST of April, he again
called IN Mr.. Adams, and offered, rs Il
proposition on the part of Mr. Kerr Ia
assign IL Mr.. a. his clalm mol only Tor thu
three quarters rent, but also for the fourth
quarter, which had then become due, il
he would p. yithe whole note. Percei, ing
something of unexpected generosity, and
an apparent wish, 10 conciliatr, in this pro.
position, Mr.. Adams, without farther hest
talioo, agreed Ia pay it at the same Time
| refusing TO take an order fer The fourth
! qlasfftyfs rent alleging that he never had
any interest in The Transaction from the
beginning, aud would not have al,y 10 the
end" He accordingly gave General Van
Ness cheek for si87 30, and requested
H'i, 10 take W me note Inc money was
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There is circumstance Connected With
The oder of Kerr To give Mr.. Adams an
order for the fourth quarters rent, II hr
would pay the whole note, which shdwa
lis motive 10 have been most despcable.
lie was requested hy Mr.. Adams, as mn act
Of charity, to give Mrs. Moaltpn Il receipt
for It. But this he refused In do, attic II
WAS substantially the same thing he had
{ agreed III before. What WAS his object in
making the offer to Mr.. Adams What
could it have hccn? lie hoped that Mr.,
Adams would accept It: aud II would then
have been rung throughout tie union that
he had been bribod To do that which he
ought 10 have done without any such III
ducemcnt If he was disposed 10 give ny
the fourth quarters rent why not give 1t IL
Mrs, Monllon, who needed it, rather than