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Y the last namh@r % The "Consiiluton al,a. "
- ';ried az tbs place, and a Gard, sgned
'Riehaid PassS,kp in vhseh 40, most EanionIy
aSsatled. for ss&D.~feySd 10 eommantcAle in a
letter 70 a fiiep4ein Ohio, ~ folIoving we'd
known Fac,s~Srhat this place (tfhysr-Fenyo
IS IN worse condition nov, than Il has 6ee~ "a
TOT Soyears paSt-thst the public works were
allmost siopPed-Ghat The hands had not rreeiv.
ed pay Tor heir labour for SIX months past
mat me rate Of heir iabour had been reduced
~niic The salaries CT the OGicer> had been N
eTeased-Ihal mra had been discharged on ae-
eo0as OF Their political epinio=S--and that theGo-
Sernment drafts on specie paying banks. Sere
sold al premium OF ~ 20 - per cent. aud the
men pad OF with deprecated paper and shin
plas'ers-all Of which. Is pronounced by the gsA-
iieHnaa, IN language worthy OF BllingSgatr or
oroihel, uiih being n wIlfnl aud deliberate lie (:
and known To be such by the writer at the tune
It was Penned. The Involvement Of Mr.. Parker
70 lar To forge; has prophecy aud Ssf-reSpeet, aS
10 utter such reckless and wholesale SANDER,
am al loss TO conceive. unless i, originated
IN hts burning ambiiiSn To play the bully in a
quarter where he rtsh,ly conleciured he might do
SO With tmpunIty. for he was perfectly aware OF
my eonnexion With Church whose teneis forbid
resort 10 Arms for the settlement OF questions
OF honour thence his conduct must appear the
more dasiardy, IN the eyes Of hononrable u.cn.
For the truth OF the statements made IN my
letter appeal to the citizens Of Harpers Ferry
where havefeSideI the greater part 81 my life
who know the 90 be incapable OF intentional
misrepresentation, and To the certificates attach
ell 10 this commune Observation-Disclosures, IN all
material pcints, the statements contained n my
letter IL IS proper 10 add, that as the letter
complained Of was not written for publication
81 may have containsd an incauiiouS or ambisu-
Gus expression ;--but OF this. am not cer:ain
as ] did NOT retain copy II Appears howe
yer, from the published one. that used the fol-
lowing IN reference To the sale of Treasnr-
.dralis-ihat ''he Che Pay-masier) made the nett
prof, to himself Sf six eight hundred dollars
The expression would have been more correct,
peThaps. had l Said--For himself or the Govern
ment But. u will be borne IN mind. that the
gentleman had not, at that lime, condesesnded
10 inform the public. what disposition had been
made of the premium, ADD they have vet to learn
that the Government either authorized or ap-
proves a practice, which places u IA the od,ons
light OF sAaring is slrn Paper. II - also we'll
known 10 those vho have resided al tins place
since the spring OF 1857, that the predecessor OF
Mr. Parker iIhe late DR.. Bedinger) vas alsu IN
the habit OF selling The Treasury drafts and that
he paid As yTsaians 90 e5i1insd 10 fAe trorkpssn.
The himsy excuse rcSoricd TO IN one Of his Mr.
Pa:ker'S) certificates. that This money was re-
tanned to prevent discharge Of hands al that
time, will neither Justify a departure from so
equitable practice, or convince The public that
1t has effected that object, when il Is known
that the hands have been ~orkiHs Upon sr,df
erer sHesi ought also TO observe iha; rs an
evidence that had no desire 20 exagcerate or
miSrepreSent, the amount stated in my letter rs
made by the Transaction spoken OF, was less
than one half OF what was actually made.
WILLIAM KIRBY.
HarPers-Ferrs, Va, July 3, 1910.