Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-21


thstthe.e Is the name O single solvent man
10 tho hand, though there may be some are
aes,l, aud their eslaics are Involved Others
are n ,a,toasly ard desperaiaiv insoiyem y
AMI thar the pr-tence thai lbrte has seen u
5oa,meat Toe him. dnchaiging him. a
,.alt,, a ,,hble L. other words u Is made
,nao,,est. that wa ! Barry " - nd for ma.
nv years has beea detaulief to the Govern.
me-, snd % tue ssfy department sveF winch
be boa preside, tor Ten Thousand D1lats.
n. the records @ the fedefai Gnur "a tbs
1wn vii show
Add there ssR m ,ffes connected viii his
delinquency which, unless we arr M Ieh ms
informed won Il make common m'a stare.
THIS giinslo1 W promised 60 explain In toe
ioreea NJ - .asiiion IL has been deemed neccs
,ary. IN consequences Of ne pO.,iyc deeial, TO
"a into dsta,,s aaa copy naprfs. 1hich have
given 70 ihis article tedious ensfh. Fo' The
re-, -. shall aadeaf = be NOR concise.
Earl. m ypsr 1922. VI. Barry had DIS.
royeraa iAa he ~ oi Fowler ha involved
him in a serious i iIicnliy by casting upon hun.
Al tts g snteIf-s debt of several thunsnn !
dot,rs Astttaiiy an kious to escape thr ddu-
GER ofbsirr accounted defauiter, as well as
sarh,of. h. hmehiai ely set his WIS 10 work
,o extticaie himself fion a 81 uatioD So up a.
ssnt-
The fri step WAS TO procure ihe disms sal
ofFowler. AND prevent maners fto 6eenn-
inc worse Iha was easily accomplished
Foslers delinquency nd rendered his re-
moval indispensable and whom 'utety re-
onired H. 1t could b. no longer delayed
The ne.i step mas 10 prowie for the pa
,ne,t of the nrrsarsges olhrtwlse than IRON
his own proper resources. ihal Was Mt 50
easily dons.
The practice ofseIing Offices, particularly
eje,hshins II co1ris. though positively ega,nst
law had nfevailed ~ kenlu1ky, ~ q ssoiri
.y,sive ,nanaer, 10 a considerable ekt"ui.
The sales however, were by tue inc1mbe NJ.
not by the appointing power. Rulnoar--an
authority not always 10 be relied npou--nad
whispered about, tia,a very g0od Trend OF
Mi Barry a little while brfofe mad pnIrhas-
ell a cleikshlp In ms county, for SIX thousand
dollars The pos. ollite III Lesing ~ must
have been nearly n productive as this cletk'
shin. Aud Il seems TO have occurred 10 the
saeacipo,. ingctious Nj Barry. ihat 4 h.
could GET the disposal al TINT Office, he 'uld
esfricaie himself om ihe difficulty with ahlrh
he WINS pefrcxr and avoid the demqanncyi
tuii aud judgment wt'a when hr was threaten
ed
Incredible Ns il may appear, he succeeded IN
earryins lh, conception and PROJECT intp exc
hold upbn such subjects nov whatever may
he his fluh ,od his praeli IN his present sI'u
alton; then, IL seem, he ingked upon an alice
IN Ter the general government rs a mrtehaota-
BILE commodity Yes ihe present Post MASTER
I.enersl -pu3' u Ia baud IT dlsnter"sted nat.
riois CONF sing ,hc ra1inei at Washington,
VINO aflcrt In shadhcr aud iurn pale NJ the BARE
repetition % the stu,Ies OF bafgNn, Intrigue
aud management y ricn their chief has himself
invented by his own Influence, nldrd b, his
friend Cpl johnson, e. pure a h. angsh,')
aetun " obtnined from the llien PoI Master
General (Mries) a c0mmi sIon Tor Post M's'
ter ia l,rxiagton. blank a tnthe nanr ~ the
person 10 5e dppainedi and having thus the
d rposal of h, o(lire lul II uP. aud sold II t.
the highest bidder, who hap al ~ be the
EDITOR 81 an'"spapcr IN Lexington struck Il
oil. az fanr Thousand dollars
TuiS ~ the substance ut The transaction.
without liz ere Of spe"ch. c,aeeeralio - 60.
lnfing, it was thn Mag. Barry. ~ jus salrd,
WAS "a rtstrd with blank comni-sipn to' 4
NV Pos Master at l. Iington, 70 snpfreedc
Capt Fowler lltvme II mus IN his power 10
dispose OF The Office, al his 'Nn disctrtpD. and
IN rs otn henrhi, il hr though 1t 80 T. use
il, he fund y gcnlsHa dos flckim. Esq }
" 40 neIetd = accept the comm s4nn, and al
Ter dulaYing lhe eTprns o. IT, III, 70, Il APP
ny the hclt proceeds TO The eXllag ishm nj q
Fowlcr's dedication, antd hi SUIT les. B>ry
q. Co. shonl be Iii enthralloa About tour
thousand dollars, the parties calculated, would
effect Loaf object The delalcaiihn was known
~ be more t,an double that sum aud how
they expected n reduce ilso mneh-whather
by an appl cation Of all the payments. nahr by
Fowler alter the date OF The above bond 10 the
quarterly balances accrued subsequent II tina
cate and leave certain oldsr quarterly baln.
ens 10 fall upon previous hruA, o. lSl4 j
~ whether lbcy surpassed nat Fowler. b. set
I'll. and p1smrn's iul bc Jble n reduce he
defslca ion 70 , la0), 1--WE d. not precisely
know.
Nothing has ever been pm Il (Nc ar snlisfcd)
10 the General Post Uliae. Whether thn pres.
sni Post Master, the purchaser, has paid the
money OF any part OF i, 10 Barry, the sendcr,
- more than We know Bnt ms the fair pre-.
sumption Is, that every man complies vi
his contracts, until the contrary appears, so
the far prs, naiion j., that M, Flck lin has
paid the 81 90 Mr.. Barry, who has it
snug in his brooches pocket ready 10 hand
over to the Treasury when----bat we cant
say exactly when.
These are the matters TO which we alluded
a calculated to make common mpn stare Ar.
they not OF that character I'VE have set them
down here as facts OF which, upon due enqni-
~. we are satisfied. We gave no pledge 10
produce any evidence upon this point we
foresaw that there might he difficulty in pro.
curing certicl'es lnr publication, rom tho,r
who had personal knowledge Of the facts,
and did not intend 10 ak for any. We were
not, however, altogether unptovided in this re-
sprct But we do MOI anticipate that this state.
meat will he denied by any Of the parties, and
pres tina proof would be suprrlucns The
knowledge Of the transaction Vas not ronfu ii
a. the ii,ne, TO nne. two or three persons and
IL some nigh, feel urltnad 10 risqae a da,.ial.
others will not. Should proof b. req iired by
any one having right to require il, lei rs be
placed IN position where We IAN cumpel wit
nesses to GENE forward and testify, aud there
shall be no 4 feet Of evidence
We have done. The preparation Of this ar
iic'e has afforded us no pleasure Every day
We become more aud more reluc,ant TO utter
and publish things which may d urb the re.
pose of individuals, however situated. Bat
the idra, thai the charge complained of by Ng