Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-10-13

Soinp.an Oh NY NOT Furnishing FUNDS, when you are
doctor to au amount than sufficient, Ybcfeve
to pay all present demands upon the office.
fou say l refused to accept your offer of eight
Thousand dollars, until received news of the cleo
made my acceptance dependent upon this news YOU
| arc under very erroneous impressions. This news
was received, believe, before had completed the
examination of your books, and ii mistake not on
the very morning Of my meeting you in Washington.
Such at least is my recollection. But am confident
that never thought of making the purchase tepcnd
on that election.-You say tiot, afler sgreeiug to
your terms, left Washington before the ay,c,ns
could be drawn, aud was not here so soon as OK.
pected to be-Very true, but what then, Were
you subjected to any Inconvenience, On the even
ing OF our bargain, told you that should depart
but found you too unwel for business. / did h,pe
to be here by the first of December but was deta;n
ed about fifteen days beyond il, and by what. Pre-
pairing for an emigration Which hud not been deter
mined on till l saw you in Washington, and for
which could not prepare till returned to Boston,
had ubou' twenty days in Boston for settling con-
Germs OF ong Standing and preparing to reno &c With
my family anu furniture, and found it short enouuh
You say that when came, had resolved to leave
Boston at amy rate. aud thnt if the contract were not
closed, should practice law in Washington. True.
but TINS was SAID IN reply to your refusal sign the
had not contemplated was already here with nv
family objected TO article in the contract which
required me to SHIRE i'll the expenses of furnishing
nc paper 10 tho subscribers not transferred to the
Phr'Hers'p. fon replied that you claimed tie right
0, constructing your own proposition, and refused 10
sign the contract without this stipulation. tion
replied that should remain whether it were signed
Or not;,aud afterwards consented to sion it mo-, CLOGS
ing TO he ceremonious about matters OF minor i'm.
pofal.ce, although 1t maic difference to me of
near $1,000 must therefore insist that was in,
duced by Yourself to Washington and sbould
not have come, had auticipat ed Thu Lns,v ,arn,;n
ton III the connection.
lou express some surprise that should offer you
"t Your l,teres, less than paid for mine, when as
you say, pad less than the value of NV purchase.
and the value has since increased If this no ,rnc
iow can you expect me 10 relinquish NV r;vhte s;r
grown more valuable, on receiving back what no;d
inu mat less than the value Of purchase al the
,nef foS say you contracted for my services, which
rated ut tive thousand dollars per unnum Is il nn,
TaihoT TINS: You contracted for my property which
delivered to you, and contracted for yours, which
you delivered to me- You seem under tic imnrcs
T1m .na' your rights IN the property of this estab
isiiicnt arc superior to ninc which do not mimi,
onT rights are cYuu& Bat have certainly no ohioc
aon 70 CONSIDERING it contract for NV servi,aS n,
I've thonsahd dollars per annuln; in which case ,Ir
mum p'ia you would be loan to be refunded
WIN interest, my notes waste paper and YOU would
2"c NE hVe thousand dollars besides on Ncy no.,
Cn SefA Terms, certainly should not object to sct
Ting. ~ 'e
lou also express some surprise at my Offering t.
paichaSc the subscription list, and saw l,nnc Iha
you cannot transfer it. You know that Won have
transferred to me one half ofwhatcycr pccuuarv in
tcFests you possessed in it, and can sec no l. r,
onS.aclc 10 sale Of the remaining half for sales of
newspapers are not uncommon, as lIave understood
on ask, IN reply to of my propositions in What
school have studied justice. Ifyou are d;sposed 70
remarks like this, correspondence on business mus,
J.ase, 1 should greatly regret any personal misun
dsrst andIng between and if any huppen shall no
Careful That the blame be not mine; but HAVING mi;
iorniy evlnced the courtesy due TO others, canno,
AGATE OF any due to myself In n sense ofius,ce or
a,,, 10 10 H. yield neither to yourself nor
any other man. and have yet TO learn tina, the school
III WHICH have studied it, is inferior 10 any viii,
wi.ch you have been acquainted.
hnt am dcsKous Of terminating this discussion
ABOUT dissolution; for after what has occurred q
longer continuance of our connection than one vaa,
from ITS commencement, Nov. g. would be as It,jc
desired by me as it could be By yourself But ms T
nave every disposition to bring this affair to an AMIGO
oie termination and as could not readily aoree
upon the terms of dissolution should prefer to
other mode a reference to Mcssrs. Hamilton and
iienshnw' They are both gentlemen of honor and
i.eSencc' and could easily settle affairs to oIr
'luai sals'acs'on 1t you assent TO this proposition
you can signify it, and thus terminate corresnon,
dence which J, and doubtless yourself can have mo- do
SIRE 10 pf0'Fact' Yours, Respectfully,
ro- .,.,. r. JARVIS.
mary or my answer to the second stated thot T
was aware OF what could be done by Cont of
Shahcery which was, to lock up the concern tin a
decision could be obtained to tba ri,in oftbe co,n
itself, and the great injury Of the polt;cai coso +;
winch 1t was embarked. said .sshou,d vo,, ;eso,,n
Without my consent should be driven to annly sr
al iItcLion ana then the Telegraph would be s,,s
pended till the next session of the court tbni j.;
lnDecenber, and how much longer, nobody can tell.
his s equivalent to destroying it at once" there
lore stated that would consent dissolution unon
ms repayng my advance and cancelling my notes nv
te hrs OF August, 1923, paying all the debts of the
rh'; ogether with debt Of $500 due by me alone
ana incurred for money borrowed on nv opn cred;,
lor one use N tie concern; and upon his paving me
S<ooo IN January following, ind $4,000 in Dncs1ber
thereafter and that would assist him in conann,;
the paper till the first of January followinr. bnt
Withdraw my name from it at any time befofe tbet
cay at my own option; and that. while williu 70 cot
'lc on these terms, considered them much hlo, a.
value of my rights in the concern. VIC
an ms answer to this, dated July 18TH 1929. no
aeKn'wiedges that he had applied to paying his own
eeots not only the 5000 received from me bnt
reJt more, taken from the partnership fund at diff
icrent times after the signing of the contract: bnt
assigns as an excuse, that of the $4,000 due to him
os iano Tor paying such debts, he had been able to
coec. oiy slUoo and hence thenecessity said he Of
using this 10000! He alsomade an estimate NJ tha
value OF the Telegraph, which is here gven in his
own figures. Materials, deductine charges npon.