Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-02-22
To The EIifnr ofihe Clnic

Trend Informed me last evening, tina,
an article which appeared in a New York
paper charging corruption on one or more
members at Congress, was a blow aimed a,
Ine. desire therefore, 10 seize the earliest
opportunity 10 stale 10 the public the trans.
action, out OF which this charge, Or insicua,
ton, or whatever il is, must have arisen.
some tine since, person by The name
ofJones OF New Jersey applied TO me To draw
up specification aud claim for patent for
trunk lock, wi ich he was advised was
necessary 10 have ieissued, on account ofthe
oeiects existing in one he had previously
taken out. | consented 10 do il, as i, was
strictly professional matter, Tor which he
was referred 10 the by thUse whom he adj
vised with on the subject. As found il
would be work of some l5hor, aad require
some professional skill, I accepted his uIop,
osiIon TO pay me reasonable compens4.
ton. lndeed he could moi expect me to do
IL without. twas some days before got il
completed. y The next day after first saw
him he told me thai as General W all of the
senate, To whom he had letter was net here
ne wished me To 20 with him 10 The Posts
inaster-GeneTai, 10 whom he wished ,u eX-
bioit mail bag ,tn>w hlch he had applied his
lnvenion. went it'll him, add introduced
him, and subsequently, showed him those at
tenlIons and ciyilIes which | would 10 any
other citizen lie offered in the outset, to
pay lie for all the trouble he gave; but
told him should receive no COMPENSATION
except for preparing his papers for the reis-
sue oil the patent, which would be attended
with considerable labor.
Afte! Generai Wall's return he requested
ne 10 SO with him TO the Department, which
did mol do, supposing that The General
dor d ILL tI,, a a..
"a subsequent dAv he expressed a desire 10
dispose of one-tourth part of his palen, to me
/Instead OF paying otherwise for the prepara-
ton ofhis papers, and 10 enable him to derive
! a more extended benefit from il in New
England, and secure my professional aid in
supporting and sustaining his patent in case
any legal difficulty should arise as 10 his
rights under il. ! could not persenallg
make sale oil his manufacture but agreed 10
Inc arraG 5emeot IN consideration OF hav igg
connection IN Massachusetts whose oCcu-
patton would enable him 10 attend to il. |
wrote the agreement as he wished, winch he
took ia examine, and to which he expressed
ms assent There was nothing in il which
could have any wish TO conceal IL was a
common business matter
Some two or three days after this he came
IN, "pparenuy under great excitement, on
ACCOUNT Oh Inc low estimate the Postmaster
General placed on his mail bag. | endeav,
ored 10 calm him by saving that the Post
master General was probably too much oc-
cupleo TO examine fully into it's merits, and
that at period of more leisure, he would
no DOUBT give more attention 10 it,
lie said the merit Of his mail bag had
been altogether overlooked, and preference
gwen 10 another mol halt as good; and much
else that need not repeat | tried to soothe
him, and impress him with the belief that
Inc Postmaster General would appreciate
ms al lis worth when he should have tried
u on some oil The routes | said nothing A.
oout pulling the "wires, =" nor abouls'merit %
IN The sense in which such expressions are
attributed TO me nor did il ever enter NV
mind 10 receive or ask compensation for any
other service than have above mentioned
prepared his specification, with which he
appeared 10 be well pleased, and which he
signed, and annexed the usual oath.
sis never executed the assignment TO me
nos have | received cent from him for The
labor OF preparing his papers and drawing
up his specification and claim He left The
CITY without calling On me, and have not
heard OF him SINCE
his is the hole matter, so far as am
Concerned, out OF which the said newspsuer
article has arisen
Washington, FEB. l3.