Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-09-02


Ee had as understand about fry miles OF the western
end of the stage route between this place and Albany
entirely hiuse aud it certainly was Tue pest pau :"
the whole linehaving better horses anu "a.
Ter attendance and exhibiting greater desire 70 accom-
moda, the publc His range OF stah!es coach h'uses
and workshops were all substantial anu convenient
buildnps and well appointed. Such also were ms stores
md w,Ie houses-well built and well ted fle must
huo hon a remarkable man, have been able TO con
nct and control business various anu OF such iaS'
tude His orgecs were upon the same EXTENDED scale.
am cretiby Informed, that II is now asceTtancd ny an
examination Of his papers, that from The commencement
o his torcries to the present tme they amount To about
81 900 OUO No crime, Of the magnitude. s, be-
iieve on record. Fauncroy n England. although ek
cceding oil European experience did not more ''d'
equal one.lenh part of that amount But 1t excIies my
wonder how such OF conduct could oe cot"u
ed for two three years. TO so great an extent ~
giving rise to some suspicion. Yet none setn'a
been excited or if excited, 10 have been hid LL
Ii is true, that there many W''o suPP'S' La
ruu,cy would be the end of him; but none seem " ,.
anticipated the truth, in it's whole extent M J,J
for the last four months he has n'eu !" InoJ
| o.! an cxplosun-haS felt as II ne 'au :'o"N ~ ,
cd cannon with lis match slowly burning. J." PoSo.
~. or,,e;on la has been obliged 10 commune anu e''-
large his evil practices, until Their eA'eh' s'S nun
| uao ,ul elevation above all Utirr cr'hii'd's .,
Nowiths,a ndinu his crn!cS there ~ ihuc" Sy"P"'"y
far him here 4, was always honorable ana generous
| in his deanrs Ie has gwen employment " S''a'
many labaess He has done more 'aii any oe U
man 10 build up and adnn TINS CITY anu HIS WINS WA
, nerraIna Also the memory IF his offences. And IN
his tuuse he has taken to provide or all his ceo'
ors lerc; 80 that none here VIII su1leF III Pceuc
from his operations o"l many nave zee"
Inv them The lass will fall principally upon banks alld
brokers abrood and il is therefore surprising mat
feeling of con.niser alton for him should exist here
! have not heard any one make the remark which
follow very justly from tnls case ana 'at
is that under no other circumstances than the general
spirit of speculation which pevades every portion Of the
community, and this par. particularly could an eX-
tended fraud have continued SO long Undecided In
ordinary times the magnitude OF his operations wouu
have excited attention and suspicion, and would nave
led TO al earlier disclosure.
He has involved his BROTHER and his nephew (Ratlbnn
Allen) in the same ruin with himself. The latter, who
was clerk was at large for several days, evidence be-
ing found to mpicae him in The TO: geries. AT length,
among the filed letters ftom :n were found very
strangely preserved) which understand explain fully
their mode Of nper 'tions
But enough al this subject. have dwelt some time
upun il, brcUpsc tic effect Of Rathbuns operations and
his fate upon the growing prosperity OF Buffalo, is
matter Of much speculation 1t is true, that no one here
Wi. lose by hun and he has been instrumental in bring.
ing u abroad, and spending it in the erection
Of substantial buildings Ia this respect he has benefit
ted the place But, the other hand, he has entirely
monopoZed the business OF buildings and lmpedcd tie
settlement and success Of mechanics, whose location
here and prosperity would have been permanently USE
full ana he has Of course, temporarily affected the gene
raj credit Of the place Whether the good or the bad
will prcdonlnae, II is hard 10 tell.
You nave seen an of Clark, who robbed the
President of western bank Of Sl3,O 600 That fellow too.
is villain In eaicaso. Genllenany in his MANNERS and
educated lawyer, he passes well in the world; yet
he has lived for years by sria depredations The Tas.
cal understands his trade tr says he has pracsed his
calling in all parts of the u. Sales, and was reserved
for the sagaciy Of the people OF Buffalo to arrest his ca
rcer The of his arrest rather singular Some
years ago. he met citizen Of this place in Georgia, and
they travelled together. One day upon taking some
loose bank bills of his pocket, he exclaimed that he
had been robbed. The Bualo gentleman told him it
was not woHdesu if he carried his money so careless.
" for his part lie always carried his carefully rolled
up III his fob That precisely tie information the
scamp wanted, and that gh. he emped the fob OF all
except the paper which enclosed the money. Clark was
present afterwards when tile gentleman discovered his
loss. and exclaimed that he l10O miles from home,
and without dollar. The rogue was impudent enough
to Offer the loan Of $50 to get him home he was not
suspected until after they parted company. His victim
met him by accident, in This city, the day before the
robbery Of the bank President. Arrangements were
made TO arrest hiEa. and closely lie watched
Of his former theft that he easily caug l at.
ter his last effort.
One here with many citizens from the norherly
part of Ohio. ! have and talked with sevclal.-
Their uniform declaration TO has been, that OHIO
would give its electoral TO Van Eurcn They sup
pose that in the south part Of the State, where Harrison
lives, Mir V. b. vote may not be great us was Cen
Jacksoas S; but in the north part where they 1--we, they
have not the least doubt that his vote will be greater,
enough, and than enough, TO compensate Tor any
falling eff at the south
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