American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-07-10

contract and To effect lis Joiect, instituted the
mast sorrowfuI course Of persecution of its Kind,
ever witnessed. He struck at my credit as man
Of business. and cnleayored to destroy it. tiav.
ing supreme command on the canal. and all the
money for work done could be had only on his Ger
tifca,es. it was not difficult for him TO effect a
great deal. In August he went to the bank at
Ekton, where | had remaining 70 my credit on
tlcpusitc Sl615. aud threatened the Cashier. that,
unless lie refused to pay check which had drawn
for $1,000. and given to the Farmers Bank IN this
place, for the purpose OF getting small notes OF
the denomination of one and two dollars tor the
convenience Of paving laborers on the canal, the
EIkton Bank issuing none OF denomination less
than h,e doilars,) he would not certify at the
coming estimate 10 meet check OF Clement.
t,lackstock aud vansl,ke for $4,000, which the
Cashier at that time held. The threat induced
tie Cashier to hishonor my check, aud il was
returned When the time Of the next estimate
arrived, he certified to the canal company that
ten thousand dollars we're due and pa, able to Cle
ment, Blackstock aud Nanslyke, and went at
the same ;unctnrc TO Philadelphia, and (f Wright's
word is to be takenN w,ih the aid or knowledge Of
John h. Kane. Esq. member of the board, had
the ten thousand dollars thus certified 10 be due to
Clement, Blackstock and Van 81 Ike deposited in
the Philadelphia Bank, to the credit OF l'anei Van
Sl,ke, for the purpose. as I've ayo~ed. OF having the
CHECK Ot SOUJU dDuNe UdHltt. uieHuii"itu dHi pto-
tested, in order to ruin my credit; aliedgiBg that
he ~culJ 50 manage it that i should operate to in
lure Inc aune, and should not affect ilackstock
aud vansl,ke. All this happened, the check was
presented and protested. while ten thousand dol
lars belonging 10 the drawers OF the check we're
LAYING in the bank. deposited, Thy the Engineer
Of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company,
,ilh the knowledge at least OF one member oi the
loard to the credit OF one Of the members OF the firm.
Believing that longer forbearance with the mali
cious petulalce of this Young Engineer was crlmi-
aal / drew up statement III detail, 0ccupyin.
many quarto pages, OF the above facts, and otbcis.
Il not exactly similar, at least OF nature as abom
lna5e, and read the whole before the President,
and Boarii of Directors of the Chesapeake aud De
aware CANA Company A committee conSi,tiu-
Neabold, r. was appointed t. investisa the cha Z
&c, The facts and Charges were all -ubstansite0
before the committees b, aiidasis. Mi. Nawuoi1
who very readily entel cd up"ii tue examination,
tie prospect Of ai,ir. Iii, iren,fH right, found it i'm
possible 10 d. 50 IN any other wa,, tran BY teco
mcndlng an amicablc adjustment. and the withdraw
Il u the CHAR es and complaint luis at first
fused TODD: but subsequently beng informed 'ha
Wright was very soon 10 leave the Ches. aad Deia.
ware Canal. and 20 to the canal IN Georgia ;--and
upon the more respectable recommendation III
Robert Wharton and John Henph,ll dbl after
the proof vas made, withdraw tae charges (leas.
ing hoWepcf the written statement win the COM
mittee) under the expectation. that, man thus
proved guilty If such s,nlent and shameful cor.
duct, was very soon 10 depart and woud no long
er be employed by SO respectable board OF direc-
tors. In ths however was mistaken, and expe-
reneed. astetward, TIE effects Of his vengeance in
the Abandonment OF the contract which bl the re-
ports made to the board, by the Engineers then.
Il r
we'll conducted, rapidly progressing, with large,
force employed upon il. than Oh ans other contract
on the canal, even at the moment it was declared
to be abandoned, and larger than has been upon
since.
have mentioned that from the first of March.
1926, no money could be obtained but by a check
on the Philadelphia bank, signed BY tmo cf the
partners. | could not therefore have got any mo-
ney without the consent Of At least one of them,
and as IT is unlikely that they would complain of
a thing they had consented TO, the charge that
large sums Of money had been withdrawn by their
partner is j" false and if ever made, was known TO
the Board at the same time to be false But further
Tor some length Of time previous to the abandon.
ment, Henry Wright. by an arrangement made in
the presence of J. K. Kane, and with the knowledge
81 the Board. was empowered to countersgn all our
checks, without which they would not be paid -
therefore must have hal the consent of Henry
Wright also to have drawn large sums of mo.
ney.' But aver that the board knew. because
il was proved to them. that | had never drawn any
sum Of money without the order Of Benjamin
Wright Of Henry Wright, and the consent Of my
partners; because they told II. board that this was
the t;-and besides it will be seen, from the
nature Of the arrangements that it WIS impossible
70 90 u without such consent Hears VI right
knew how all the money was dsrnsed Of; he Iii
rected its appropriation, examined our books con
stanty, made entries IN them himself and 10 fact
had the entire command Of our funds The mo-
ney that did receive BY his order vas an OIL, sett
against the bills of tie sub contractors at my store
upon which account there is at this moment an
amount due nc, which il could obtain, would re-