Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-03

A. - - engaged
ouloing IN this city-had invested capital in -,
estate 10 considerable amount-and cons;dersd
yse" hh prosperous circumstances. The ernie
non IN money affairs, which about that time Over.
.iea eo many OF our most substantial citizens. en-
me. Many Of my creditors treated M.
WIN great forbearapce and generosity Others ,srs
more rigorous towards me. Justice 10 the former
,equired that should transfer my property for ,he
oe"eht OF all my creditors. divesed myself Of !,
az a.; ana was thought by my friends, that. after
20 me but prices reached yet lower point of de-.
p,n.'sion-my property went for nothng-and vas
ieit pennyless, with a growing fami,y T. xvh;.L n:
now very numerous. This community has v;,n...
~ my struggles Tor the last twenty years, under
circumstances Of bitter adversely. In thai ne,;oJ
hare meier contracted dsbt nor ACQUIRED aay ,,o
perry phaerer. have applied the small ea1n;,e.
OF my daily sbour, under tho force of n,tpr.i Oh
CATION, first, TO the supply Of the verv s;mnias,
wants OF my wife and children, and then to NV old
oeois, many OF which have discharged and NJ os
which, verify believe, might long neo have n,;J
nau been allowed, by my creditors, to devote
my untrammeled energies and indnstry 10 ,hs
requirement OF property for the purpose. Rn,
,,ney nave Kept me PROSTATE: some of Their,
ny avowed efforts TO wiring from the symn,,bv 81
my friends, in the sxtremities TO wbieb ,hss -. -
reduced me, what they knew 1 did not nosssss
nese generous friends have offered freoueotIv ,o
Ienese me, oy paying the claims which were Inn,
Ptoseeu'ed oy AL The mtans fhe lao allo,osr Bpt
YER, in the gloomy future, hone thai ,oiS 1isco-
repay them. More recently within the las, IT,.
yeafs) several persons have bought up these ola
claims against me, and pressed them in v,r;r,, "e
ways, calculated not only to embarrass me bn, -
."yu'e my employers. 10 avoid the latter evil.
was ADVISED, upon consultation with nv friends ,o
transfer the Agency Business, which I bad -, -
vlousiy conducted, tony son p. NJ. Tabb. Jr- Who
nueeo, without other remuneration than n r,.,,
ppo mas lor the last four years, transacted the
aeuNe ana laoonous part OF the business. This
Iansier was made at the commencement of ,b. 80
lSlo, and before Carter's Judgment was obtained
whleh Is Tor debt Of moro than TWENTY-FIVE y.o,s
standing, and recently purchased by him. IL was
made IN the confidence that my former employers
would not suffer by 1t, (as the business would lie
conducted under my superintendent and that INV
son would apply the proceeds of his labor wbs;s
mai and iraternal piety directed. liz will be ne,.
eeFea that transferred no properly 10 INV sonIEr
had none. The business of the wear 1890 W. q.
over. had, at the time Of my arrest at the suit of
Wn' "a. carter, not a cent in the world. The mere
gooo VIII OF my employers, for the year 1870 had
been transferred TO my son. By that transfer he
merely acquired the permission to labor in their
service by hiring out their negroes and coIlec,ins
Iheir debts-and TO suppose that any thing nasseS
py that agreement 10 which an Execution could M,
tach, Is TO suppose that the insoyent law Is NO, in
lehued ss measure of indulgence to debtor. bur
contemplaies an absurd and impossible TYRANNY
that II not not only passes all his properiv for The
use oil his creditors, but mortgages for the same pur
pose, ptospectyey, even his future right 10 labor
ana all the good will or favor which the rest Of man
kind may entertain towards HMM n word IL de-
grades him beneath the slave. The facts abo,a
stated are well known-I freely trust them To tho
luhg nent OF community, by which | hone nv
character, humble though 1t be, is appreciated as
eel gratefully assured my msfortunes are not with
out It's sympathy.
Secondly--As 10 Mr. Goodies own Swings and
doinss IN this matter, showing forth his own Gle.
mercy ana my undeservng--he details n CONVERSE
uoh between us, IN substance as follows. Tho, t,J
hoped he would not compel me to 20 to iaiI.n ~
Nhich ne replied, certainly Motive hope how
'S' you can make some arrangement TO satisfy this
Judgments" that ] said, mo, | have no means or
paying IT. and shall be compelled TO a Ike the oa,b
that he then remarked TO me, sit was xunnosed
would be IN receipt of large amount of commits.
sons Tor this year uSi0) and that if took the oath
.ney snould expect me TO give up these commissions
10 me amount OF the Judgment" that remarked
had anticipated this thing" and had transferred
me business 10 my SOM" that he then said 10 me
III hau made any transfer of commissions or inte
rests oil any sort since the Judgment and execntor
IN lh's case, II would he question Of law between
the assignee and the judgment creditor and suo.
gested, that # would give ND a memor, ndrn, %
negroes hired out by me, they would waive notice
IN the case and remove all obstacles TO nv t,kine
the oath at once" He says, farther. chat did No,
OBJECT TO this arrangement, but said had no meme
iehourn about me- that ! would have to make GU,
one, and II would take me so long, that the Com,
would be adjourned and feared would have IN 90
70 laIi that he expressed his regrets shut insisted
IL was his duty, as Couse 10 demand the surrender
OF the memorandum
VOW The only drawback to this picture Of solicit
N''oh Vu my part, and mingled irmness and clemen-
cy on his is the little circumstance thar ,her /; No,
a particle OF truth IN the statement. The imnrss'
sh sought 10 De conveyed is, that had admitted 10
MN that the transfer had been made 10 m SON afisr
y 40 acquired some interest in the commissions for
lSio, and alter Carter's judgment had been obtain.
Gu snIhst me- anu with view TO defeat Il, This is
utterly untrue Mr. Goode did insist in the beqin-
ning upon my surenderng the memorandum. Ss n
cohoi'ion OF MS waving notice. ! explained 10 Mr.
Voue me Tact oil tins transfer, and moreover
10 MN, that even the business had not been trans
Tue commissions for hiring negroes, supern-
tendence oil them, and collection, were rot earned
es were ecimal!u rsne.vAd-Sn:l ne -;
had not been received, and were not then dine ~
course his execution could not reach them. This
was III reply 10 his insisting upon my delivering the
memorandum. After some farther conversation he.
tween US, IN which he said that part of the com
missions had been earned and shc;., ne on,,or,;o
" " 'ne Execution, Ito which obiected1 il was
10 oe.weeh us that he would waive the notice,
ana that would submit the question Of commissions
10 me Judge. never did acknowledge anv in,e
rest IN The commissions, but performed nv ENGAGE
hent oy carrying my sons list TO the Court Ho1se
'or me purpose OF submitting the question.
Mr. Soode states in substance, that alterI got IN
'he Gourt House, l made 1t known by my counsel
mat desired TO take the onth-that nv schedule
was handed 10 hlm, and nothing was surrendered
that ne asked me for the memorandum, and snid
would give 1t up II the Court said should do 60
ms Is True IL IS introduced here by him 10 show
mat mad forfeited the promise to surrender the lis,
Whlch ne falsely imputes to me; but | affirm il is
IN strict accordance with what had been preyionsv
agreed on. The Court, at the suggestion of nv
counsel, decided that It's Office was purely ministe-
.'a'-lha' u hau no power TO decide questions of
property, or TO enforce inteTrogatories (which Mr.
Goode proposed to put to me;l and thus the nnos.
Voh was not submitted. Then succeeds the state
inent, that he objected TO the Court that unless
the memorandum was given up, he could not con.
sent TO waive notice, but that after e momanrs re-
hecllon, lie did consent to waive notice and | was
permitted TO take the oath" The IMPRESSION con-
Veyed here, that my taking the oath depended nm.
on nus walVng OF the notice, is Willingly false, and
It's idlsehood Is established by the annexed cerlih-
cate oil Mr. Robert A. Mayo, and can DO proved Inv
the testimony OF several OTHER persons who were
present. Tie gentleman expressly objected The
want OF notice. The Court decided 10 administer
me oath without the notice, entering on the record
his presence as counsel for the plaintiff He farther
objected, that he not there upon this business
but had been sent for by the Court upon other mat
ters' The Court persisted ia lie decision. | had
rec'led the OATH the Clerk was in the act of admin
lslering i'-lhen, and not ti then, did the gentle
man express HE assent 10 the waiver Of notice and
then the Court directed the Clerk TO make the EN-.
try accordingly
Mr. Goode states that he remarked to me in Court
~ INC moment, THAT as counsel for the plaintiff he
ielt himself bound to notify, through the public ma.
pprs, all persons Tor whom had hired out negroo,
Tor lhe year 1870, not to pay the commissions for