Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-05-04
Erpm ihe Charleslun Counier.

Prom The CHGFtcstUH SUHtI'.
More OF The k'iaancieriRg 'Sckeme.-
Since our article Of Wednesday,. some cIr-
cumslances have trauspircd lv throw more
lish, on The subject of the draft for S500,
which was directed to Geo. L. Matthews.
The article which follows, from the tr-
pusta Chronicle OF Friday. gives some ol
lhe details, and We take great pleasure IN
stating tha, we have still more conclusive
evidence that Mr.. Mnrris. charged by
Read as being The person who ioid hini 10
cali for the lellcr, IS entirely innocent. IL
anp.ars that Morris IA, informed by Mr.
Wells ol the plan laid 10 detect the olien-
der. and no one would think for u mornen!
,ha, Mr.. Morris could afterwards have lci'
Read CHARGED with sach cummlss'on.-
We hope Mr., M"rris will al c"ce place tie
authorities here in possession al ev'dcncc
Of The falsi,y OF the statement, as 1t "'l' be
n copncc,iu, link in The cham o.! ',rcum-
stances Leading to convict the real offender.
"IAe Pos. Office 7hejl.-slace our ar
,icle of yesterday was Penned IN teia''"n
10 the draft for which young Read has been
imnrisnucl in Charleston, We have obtain
some additional facts which leave little
doubt as 10 who is the guilty party. The
E,iyai, procured hy hlr. Scranton was pnr.
chased aud mailed on Saturday the second
of April TO Thos. Bishop OF Athens but as
there is no Sunday mail TO Athens TIC ict-
;er could not have started before Sunday
o,.cr;,, On the same day. Saturday,
a letter containing about sixty dollars Cen
trail Back bills was dropped IN The o!hce
for n firm in this city which was never re-
ccved by them. Read, who II was snown
WINS destitute OF money, sold on The next
day iSunlay) about tia, amount Of Cen
tral money a, The office OF John q. Win
lcr. and on Monday morning the lth inst.
took his departure for Charleston. On The
9Th inst. the stolen check was RENTED 10
the Cashier OF the City Bank ol New
York, in a letter purPnrins 10 be written
bv L. Hatch, Hosmanl with reques,
tina, the ;,-uceeds be forwarded by mall
hut rs tre Cashier kncw nothing Of Mr.. u,
Iia,ch, Iliosmanl or his signature, ne de-
riined paving it and enclosed tito Z.HHtch,
[llosmanl nj Charleston. Then it was
,hn, expedient was adopted of enclosing IL
| in asieuer purprrliug TO be from w. B.
| WclIs of Athens, TO Mr.. A. Denring OF
Charleston as related by Us yesterday
| The letter could not therefore have ever
euuc 10 Athens, but must have been ab.
srracred from The Pos, Office in this city.
fur il the letter had reached Athens on the
morning s',he 4th inst. the draf: could
not have been m'.ilrd OH the day following
in Charles lou for New York.
"Rcad's statement in Charleston, that
nc had neen requested by l.. ; Morris,
10 call a, the post office aad Sct any letter
or letters for e. {. Matthews. and forward
Them IN him, is no duahr false. Morris has
resided in This CITY for several years. and
those who know him bcsI give him u good
reputation oi honesty. He was"n his way
90 New York. andii is said hy his friends
here, was detained IN Charleston. await
lug the departure of Il vessel. ny which con
veyaucc h. was compelled 10 20 for the
want nl nrans to carry him by land. But
the most conclusive proof that Reads
statement is untrue. is thar The letter for
warded 10 Geo T. Matthews from Ham,
burg, reached Charleston OH Sunday after
noon. and Morris did no, take his dcPnr-
tire in the Sutton until Monday afternoon.
I, is therefore most probable. that Morris
wo.,ld have emquircd for the letter on Mon
day hlasclf especially when he could moi
iuiru>t it i~ better hands than Reads,
/! whose habits he knew foil we'll"