The Arkansas advocate., 1834-09-12
RATsn ys. WOODRUFF.

loud in his complaints against the "rats' in the Post-office-meanlng thereby, cor lraut and swindling Postmasters. lie charg- ed III a public Ii advertisement. end .h sss editorial column, that he had been robbed of divers sums of money-S50 enclosed to him from Cane Hill. by hls agent, Mir. Woody, and $4s Tn scrip, (nine pieces), re- lnitted by la,iaiself to Mr. TollisoT, at ite- iIena-on the eastern and western mail routes. The Postmaster at this place, Mir. Field, feeling somewhat restive at the cry set up of "rats, rats, in the Post-offce," immediately wrote 10 MT. Tollison asking him for the letter which # was snid had contained the scrip, charged to have been extracted by some rascally Postmaster The letter was promptly ftrnisled-and It gives the lie direct to all Woodruffss asser- tions about the stolen scrip. The letter shows that it never did contain the scrip, nor, indeed, an enclosure of any kind. it is post-marked tlpelcs and half cents, the postage on a single letter from this place to Helena, and the seal, Mir. Tollison states, I showed no marks of violence upon 1t. in- deed, the letter was handed 10 Woodruff, with request that he would exercise his ingenuity and make 1t contain if possible, nine pieces of scrip-but the fold of the let ter was too small to hold it-and he was forced to admit that the scrip had never been enclosed in 1t, and that his ss ,'dt" pulp l locations were false and untounded. We should like to know at lohose risk this scrip | was to have been remitted-if at RIr Tol- lison's, the public should know it; for the tale IS then told.
 The publications of Woodruff, charging this mail robbery, were calculated to cast suspicion, not only on the character of Maj Field. but upon the character and honesty of every Postmaster on the route between this place and Helena. Yet, this islander, 1 deliberately-not to say Uandacticety in vented, stands unretracted. No acknow- ledgment--no #recantaon-has yet been made--although two numbers of the Gag 
 ette have been issued, since the fact has been ascertalned and admitted, that the letter in question never contained single dollar Is Ii not clear, from all these circumstances, that an under-handed and indirect stob was intended at some Postmaster-and that that Postmaster is Maj. Field If not, why has not recantation of the islander been made? IL was due to Maj. Eeld--it was due to the public. man who would be guilty of so cowardly and despicable an artifce to injure private character, de- serves the scorn and contempt of every honest and good citizen. But he has been caught detected in his villainy--and we hope will be dealt with as he deserves by the public.
 In our last paper, we puNished some ac- count of the prevalence of the Cholera at Randolph, Tenn. We are now happy to state that 1t has entirely subsided. The Recorder of that place, of 22d ut. says :-- "We are happy to say that this disease has disappeared in our village. Ne cheerfully congratulate our citizens with regard to the general health of our town, and consciea- tsouSly invite the return of absentees"
 Tennessee. Convention of this State, which has been in session for some months at Nashville, have lately decided by vote, that the General Assembly under the new Constitution, shall permanently lo- cate the Seat of Government at it's next re- gular session. This body, according to the Banner, adjourned on the 3oth ut.
 
 The following letter is from the Secre- tary of the Treasury to the Receiver oi Public Moneys at this place. The ar- engagement which it proposes is good one, and our public officers will, doubtless, be glad to avail themselves of 1t.
 
 Treasury Dept, Aug. 6, 1884. Sir-For the mutual accommodation oi the public officers and creditors in youl nelghborhood, and of yourself, and the 'rahs sury lano rfpaapf | ,>no,coe L.... q