Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-01

course OF the paper on such question, and |
should retain the right of eKoneraiIng myself
through the same paper, from any participation
ia such course.
then proceeded to Washington, for the pur-
pose al examining The pecuniary concerns of
the Telegraph, and agreed With DUh Green Ter
the proposed purchase. | perceived that The
subscription list was large, but did not then
learn. from lis books the exact amount OF debts
due ior II, nor could | then learn II, Tor his ex.
,rsmely I.ose aud careless habits of business,
which | discovered son after the
meut of our partnership. rendered il impossible
for me TO acquire any accurate information OF
his pecnnisry affairs. To shew how correctly
and prudenlIy his business was conducted,
would state that he frequently accepted drafts,
or paid or received money in the streets, with
out recording the Transaction, or giving any 40
tiCe of Il To his clerk whereby his acCeJitn M es
were often protested, for want oil prov ision 10
meet them. and whereby also, he was liable To
nay the same debts tw ice, or his partner was liza
bic 10 be defrauhed Of his rights. We agreed up
on the GLOWING terms. As | wished 10 avoid
all liability FIR debts then due by him, aud
entei AS a partner into a concera entirely new.
he was 10 pay such debts, and retain, as a fund
Tor paying them, all subscriptions 10 the paper
made brfote November q, 1927. All subsrrip-
tons made or renewed, on or after Nov. q, 1927,
the printing Tor the Senate. and all oher pa
irooage, pnOl,e OF private, then in possession or
expectancy, we're to become the joint property
Of the partners; and n all things pertaining 10
the partnership. with the exception before men
iinhed. our tights we're to be equal. II Is need
less 10 say that, in This contract, the patronage
of Congress was a leading indacement For
these rights, | was 10 pay 5000 on signing The
contract, $3.50 in one year ait'r, Sl6uO ~
eighteen months after, and one halfof t e ex.
pense Of preparing 10 print FOL the Senate ON
demand, which was NIL 10 exceed 50 90
During the negotiation, aud ON executing the
contract, Duff Green spoke nuch about the
probable perfnapencs of the connection during
the JOINT lives oflhe parties, and of the unl,ml-
ted confidence aud %peifect cordially thai ought
to subSist between tlriD. Not then knowing
his MANY, hi, utter destitufion Of principle
both moral and political, | believed in the sin.
cerity of these professions, aud met them in a
spirii of recihroti ty, ! did not, could not have
suspected that, while tbis cattff. like JOSEPH
Surface. WAS canling about CO.. Gience aud
good faith, he was ha,toriug the base design Of
lerminaiin our relations, so saon as The contest
in which W. were then engaged should te sue
C~essfullv terminated, and almost immed ateiy
atter my money had saved his establishment
from an execution, and his person { om a ja,l
Such is an accurate his nIy IF the FORMATION
Of my partnership with DuT Green. Hereafter
| will give an account III IT'S progress aud ter
minaiion, in the course OF which, | will prove
him, by Uocumpnts under his own hand, to be
a prof gate and =" shameless liar"
Russell JARVIS.
Sept. IS. 1929