Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-04-24
E. NJ. RYLAND.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.

A PAINFUL AFFAIR Rarely indeed have we
been SO greatly surprised in the course Of nnr pro
iesson, as we were this morning, by the perusa
OF the subjoined articles in the morning papers.
We have known Mr.. Mitchell as member of
Congress, and have considered him as an amiabe
man, not Of great force, but Of good character
and address. On Tuesday Of this week, the date
of his letter to the Courier and Enquirer we saw
him among his political friends at the Astor
House, and saw nothing unusual in his deport
ment. But the worm must even then been gnaw
ing at his heat.
STRANGE FoEGERTEs.-The Hon. Chas. F.
Mitchell, of Lockport, and Representative Of
the Niagara district in the late Congress, has been
staying at the Astor Aouse for some days, but left
on Wednesday morning for Philadelphia On
Tuesday he was in Wall street, and having pro.
cured himself to be introduced to several brokers,
passed upon them sundry checks, purporng to
be drawn by the Bank Of Orleans at Albion on
The State Bank at Albany. They were all made
payable to "the Hon. Chas. F. Mitchell, or or.
der" and by him endorsed. The amount was,
as far as has been asrertained, S14O0 The
back yesterday as forgeries. At the same time
there came on from PhiIadelp hia sundry checks
Of the Bank Of Orleans on the Mechanics Bank
Of this city, endorsed by Mitchell, which, on be.
ing presented to the Bank, were declared to be
forgerics. The amount presented, so far, is $500
dolars. The checks seem to have been sold to
various brokers' on Wednesday. The whole az
fair seems 10 be the result Of thoroughly diges
ted plan, and TO have been carried out without
The least suspicion on the part OF any Of the in.
diviiuals defrauded. Indeed VIC DO not see how
confidence is to be placed in men at all, if such
negotiations are to excite suspicion, The checks
on the Mechanics Bank had piece of unneces
sary labor expended upon them, which increased
the hazards of the operation. They were en-.
dorsod as "good and the endorsement signed with
the name OF the cashier, Mr.. Edmonds, who i:
however now in Eur pc Sundry letters and pa
pers were found in the Honorable Gentleman
chamber, in condition indicating tha;his departure
was hurried. The police are OF course, in ho
pursuit. Of Com.
The following letter, at least down TO the word:
81 write this calmly" is about as cool comics
sion of vilIainy upon calculation as we have met
with. The considerations in the paragraph as
above noted, should have occurred to Mr. Mitch
ell before he took the fatal slep-laa 10 his fam
lily, to his own peace of mind, and to his charac
ter every where:
New loRK, March 80, 1841
To J. Watson Webb, Editor Of the Courier 4
Enquirer
SIR:-As the circumstances connected with
my name together with the public station have
held, will give rise to good deal Of comment
deem it not improper to make brief statement
Of facts; leaving each one to form such an opin.
ion respecting them as he shall choose.
1t always has been the case, so ii will be again,
as soon as public reproach attaches to the name
of an individual who had been deemed respec-
table before, instances are sought and fabulously
pointed out in his previous history, to show that
he has always been an unworthy member Of soci.
ey. ! cannot hope to be an exception to this