The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-10

deceased run, but did not see him fall, she
having tnrned about to 60 to the house.
MAI. Journal.
u Devaughn has heen apprehpnded
land fully COMMITTED for trial.
HIGH-HANDED SWINDLiNG.
The following is a lively, and. we doubt
not, just account, of the New York Mar
Idie Company, recently crumbIrd to drsl
|and of its President, who pocke,,.d TIN.
|receipts -: for it appears there was no ORR
ginal capital, and decdmprd, as they say
in France. Ii is 10 be hoped that all con.
|cerned in passing this base marble upon the
public. will be dealt with as all %coiners
and cIrculators Of base coin ought 10 BE-.
lThe following article is copied from the
charleston Courier. in which il appears
Ias a letter from a correspondent in New
York. dated May 5. (Balt. Pat.
Before this time yon must have heard
|of the Marble Manufacturing Company.
(which recently made IA blow up within the
|purlleus + Wall street. The history of
this association is perhaps as singular 4
piece of fraud as ever happened in the
iirs Of Depreciation. A short time since,
|thr Grand jury found Il bill of indictment.
lag inst several officers of the company
for a conspiracy 10 drfraud, and yester-
day the case WAS sci down for trial at an
|earIy day. To the plain business habits
|of he mnneyed mrn in your part of tbr
.|cOuNiry, the manner and co duct of the
great movers in this fraudulent scheme,
will present a very strange picture.
The Marble t"mpany l. II child vi the
York Lobby, a mother too well
nthe annals at corruption 10 need
any specific description. The principal
individual concerned was a Canadian
.Frrnchnan,by the name oS Malnpar, who
by his lntrlgucs and management, conlsiv-,
ed 10 Pvt the company into operation, aud
appoint his " creatures to the Offices
iflhe institution. lie has been indicted
with the rest, but has BOW fcd from the
hands of Justice.
About two or three years ago, this peri
son kept an oyster cellar in Reed street,
he got u living by selling to stray
c%u,lonielsa hail dozen Of oysters, and nj
glass of brandy 10 Nash them down. Nal
nre, il seems, cot him out for IA money!
intrigusr. and the force Of circumstances|
gave hun AZ opportunity 10 put his %taientsI
o n good account. AT that time, he failed
ioi Il few hundred dollars, and if r.portI
speaks correctly, took The benefit Of theI
at. Som after this blow up in miniature,
he was employed by seine Spectators to
go up TO Albany, in pursuit of several
and would sou believe it p suc1I
. ded to get a charter or two through the
of those days. AT that time d
CHARTER was worth ten Thousand dollars II
they have diminished in value since.
On his return to New York, he brcame]
concerned IN a manufacturing company al
: stakeholder and director, but was soonI
from hat situation During last
or summer, he sal 10 motion another
Ut his charters, obtained for the manufac.I
ture OF marble, appointed his own Presi-
dent, directors, clerks, ~teIier3, and under l.
strappers. to IA long train. Bonds andl
alics were issued at long dates, and ALI
ng'nes were set TO work to palm them
ipon the community. Their object wasI
to obtain property of every kind for thesey
notes or honds, and then Ia sell the prof.
ceeds for what it would bring. A yeryk
considerable amount of this marble paper
circulated in Canada. At first this|
circulation was small, bat it was merely
az a bait to catch them better. Thes
first bills issued in Canada for produce, i
we're sent to New York for redemption. /
This being promptly done, their rtputa.
tlon beca,ne sufficiently established Ia ell
lect an issue OF an amount approaching toL
$500, 600.
In the meantime, .nnldpar was living inb
New York, and experimenting hise
various concerns. Like a man of i'm
lnense resources, he bought Castle Carl
ten, aud made an effort to purchase Chat
Thratre. He drove a pair of fine
horses N Broadway, had his season licked
The Opera. beaded at the National uo.H
lei, al $50 a week, gave splendid dinoers1
plenty ut wine to those in the s@ecrei.N
IF the Marble Company. O~ccasionaIly.6
ne would be seen in every public placed
win his hat and his hands full of bank =
'ills-tor It appears he made as great al
now Tor il while, as ever any man could.
ne had Castle Garden fitted up in a spIrn
I'D style, gave a ball to his friends. andN
invited the Corporation to look upon ,he
ofihe place, and drink his heal,hH
prosperity ina glass of Chamrsgpe.
ms, however. could not deceive IN.
'nrewd, substantial men Of our ,ity. The
Marble bills and bonds had no reputation
n tins neighhorhood and whenever anvil
'efson WAS forced to take them, they RAN
o the "fkce in William street, TO hay.H
hem redeemed asfast as possible. Fr,n4
nus circumstance, the scene If his opera.3
'"ns was principally confined to d,s,antS
''aces, and to 'aher persons than the poori
= ofuefs o. society. In the city, then
.raoc'pa' sufferers are the brokers and az
lottery vendors, who bought up thea