Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-21

hand in this city, the Devil Swartwouted from Wal
street Immediately after the grand finish to the Man
haitian Bank disclosures. He had every possible in
ducement held out to him to stay; cashiers and tel
ers and directors by DOZENS had promised to tread
in the footsteps of their illustrous predecessors,
but somehow or other he packed up his tail in hi
trunk, and disappeared before day-brcak, one fine
spring morning We had cut out great deal of worl
for him to do had already given him liens upon the
souls of some ofthe Wall street editors (the mort
cages to be foreclosed at the day Of udgment,) ha,
promised him all that was left after death and damna
ton of many of the Wall street brokers, cashiers
tellers directors, &c, had secured to him the car
case of Bob Whites big deg, body to be surrender
ed ON demand, and given him post obit on Webb
But all this instead of securing the services of the
ungrateful scoundrel, Satan, only tempted him tc
Swartwout much sooner than he otherwise would
have done; for the instant he got possession of the
documents, he ran off South and the first intima-
tion we had of his further movements was, that he
was at Richmond, playing the devil with the Bank
ofVirginia the particulars Of which have already
laid before readers
His Satanic Majesty seems TO be making out a
pretty good case in the south. Already the deiaca-
tions have swelled to about $500 900, and before he
has got through, We suppose they will amount TO
more than million. As matters stand at present,
there appears 10 be disposition to punish Mr..
Green, if possible, accessory TO the rogueries
Of Dabney, the runaway teller In the place of some
of the stolen notes, the officers of the bank say they
found Green's checks; they have arrested Green,
discharged him, arrested, discharged and arrested
him again, and at last have committed him to Jail
for trial They charge him with all sorts of things
rs being accessory to the stealing of 100000 of the
Virginia Bank notes by Dabney and also with steal
ing 100000 on his hook. At the last &C counts
Satan had under examination, DR.. Brockenbrough,
the president Of the bankhe had lost his usaal calm
look, and there was gloom hanging Richmond
in the shape Of big black cloud, occasioncd, as
some thought by the banks ard as others believed,
by the devil
In order dspe this, and assist Satan in his in
terestng researches, the friends and blood relations
of Dabney, with Satan and his horns and tall drew
up and published the following letter.
From the Richmond whigl
To gm D. Da5ney lac Ttler ofthe Bank Of Virginia
Your wsrmest friends and nearest relations, unite
tue You viii return and abide the decision Of
tribunal upon the which have caused you
aeisr Of the best rsparaon You ean@aEs
Believe oa must as I h SsG yGs
d--a-4 70 hopeless sreesedasss % long attempt
and It's penalties yountsry assumed WILL IL ali p5,saSiiiy
%I sp G b r is oa s.s
hope for any thing Ike pres; nj ,t
lance your pasuers. Corae back, then ariysa
eaceat all events be renewed from the agony OF the
You viii hereby extent heal wounds that must
bleed long your 81 posed guilt is for or
guilt srea; it Is supposed to be- and possibly
yo S Ray Sia % o Extent your lost character
Richnond, April lSih isio.
The senior editor Of the WING, who like so many
others. cherished a warm esteem for VIM. u Dab
new is requested say, and says II with emphasis,
(hoping this paper may be seen by HIM. that the
appeal TO him to return emanates from his blood re-
lations and best friends; men whose judgment he
knows to be experienced, and whose sincerity TO be
beyond suspicion.
Editors generally are requested TO insert this APP
peal and this editorial note in their journals
This is capital move; cmanating as il does from
heightened chvalry of Virginia, dictated by the devil,
and directed by his tail; have doubt il
will have the desired effect. The appeal to the alb
sconding teller must have great moral influence |
upon the runaway rogues all over creation; and to
man Of Mr.. Dabney's acute moral feelings there |
must be no qualification in riding or sailing round
the world, with S20O, 900 in hi. pocket, when com
pared with the pleasure Of prison residence for
two or three years after a righteous trial, convic
ton and sentence. There can be doubt, there
FORE that he viii back directly, give up all the
money, go to Jail, out his time, come out, be
received into fashionable society by his 'warmest
friends including the "senior editor Of the Rich
mond Wing" and end las days as President Of
Bank.
Since this is the case, and also, like the
"senisr editor OF the Wing" cherish ga warm
TEEN" for several runaway rascals, such as Lewis,
Newcomb, Price, Swartwout, and others. we have
written to them the following letters What we
say in them we say "wth emphasis" not merely
'hoping this paper will be seen by them" because
we are sure that they will see il, aud therefore we
don't ask any editors to "copy this appeal
To I'm Price, late ". s. District dfioynep for
N,,c York. and Robert Stcart,cont, late Collector
of the Customs for the port Of Nets York, greet
ing:
Most respected and respectable robbers and run.
Always
Your warmest friends, and earcst relations unite
IN expressing their earnest wishes, the result Of the
most mature reflection, that you will return to New
York Immediately, be committed TO the Egyptian
Tomb. pro. tenn. take your trial before the proper
rudc al tribunal, and II convicted, 60 to Jail and
serve out your time in the splendid marble palace
AT Sing Sing. for those occurrences which have
caused you 20 runaway from our community. What
ever may be the real character Of your acts, whe-
Their you each of you ndi vidually collectively,
stole a ,OO0,0O0 S2OOO.00 more or less, whe-
Their you only borrowed that amount from the public
treasury; whether you, Bob Swartwout ha. the lar
gest amount, or you Ball Price pocketcd the whole;
whether you ever meant to pay IL back or not I;
whether you spent the greater part for wine and
oysters asd champagne parties, dinners to entertain
Mr.. Van Buren,, or speculatons, or rides, or other
frolicking matters not the greater part Of the
money is doubtless gone, asd the bsst reparatIon
you can make - to retsrn to New York without de-
lay, and restore II you have dollar leff, that which
don belong Ia you
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