The Port-Gibson correspondent., 1843-04-08


clamorosls ip eaa every inn vol
9 most gloop aspect About his tn
Nadlso received letter from fl
Siallalin, en- Of The Amefican omn,is
slopefs e hent eonsa ING informaio
that the Bfisish Ministry hid aseartais
Jed from their friends Ia A Ars erica chat fo
ahs want q funds Ills Goysranen
would be unable g commence anolhe
campaign A this awlnl junciure, III,
Financial abilities 81 Mr. Barker wer,
called into action by tie Government
9 sotiicieney q funds was soon raised
and, as ar B said ia a speech deliveres
BY him some time since mNew Orleans
while defending himself, 0the money
that sustaieed the memorable defence d
this city yau Orleaas) vas furnished
by Jacob Barker, and il is ID proof, thai
two years ofterthis he was employed by
The Government in large financial ope.
ration"
A short time after This he was elected
a Senator Of lheI Empire State, and as
such a member OF The Court OF Errers
During his senatorial career an import
ant commercial question arose but two
senators delivered their opinions on the
subiect-one by the celebrated ChaaceI
lor Kent-the other by Mr.. Barker
The opinion given BY Mr.. Barker was
sustained by majority Of the members
ofthe Court, and has become the law Of
the land, and it's. said has been respect-
ed by all the courts Of France, England,
and the . States. Mr. Barker was also
extensively in the Banking busi.
ness, long however before that business
became SO obnoxious in the eyes Of hon
est men, and al time when TO rob the
people by wholesale, would have been
frowned down, and the cuIprits punished
% the utmost extent Of the law. Mr..
Barker failed in business, notwilhsland
ng his great energy and enterprise, and
n 1884, went 10 New Orleans, it is said,
DenniIess and without friends. In this
;i:y Mr.. Barker has been engaged 10 sew
eral kinds Of business-but has been
most conspicuous as a Broker, by which |
iIe'rfas7 UeefT eIIaUTeu TO I'gy ON
, large debt which hung over him after
Ms failure in New York. He has sell
dom appeared in Court; reyer perhaps
except in his own dstence-or as the at
torney Of those who are poor and una
BILE to pay other lawyers, in which cases
MIR. B. seldom fails 10 volunteer his SER
vices. He is regarded by the first law
yers as Jy no means an insignificant op-
ponent- but one who wields strile's
battle axe with a skillful hand.
In a recent trial, in which a grave
and serious charge was preferred a.
gainst him, he appeared in his own de-
fence, aud took occasion to give some ac-
count of the principal incidents OF his
remarkable career While on trial, he
produced letter Of the opposing coun.
sci, which contained proposition "that
Mr. Barker should pay $40 900 as h"sh
nsonev, and the affair would at once ter
inmate" Mr.. B. Indignantly refused the
proposition. This is a frequent occur
renee with Mr.. Barker; he has been har-
rassed by the press for the-avowed pur-
pose Of extorting from him hush money.
We did not commence this sketch OF
Ibis truly remarkable parsonage with
any intenlion 81 writing his biography
Iii should be let for abler hands; nor
DO We wishio extenuate too much for q
man SO freely abused, but conscious that
some Few ofthe incidents of the life OF Sc
strange a man would be interestlng' VIC
lave given them as briefly as possible
and shall conclude BY giving 9 lev ex
tyacls from q speech delivered BY Elm
sell. few months since, ln his own ao
fence They viii place him 70 an enYl
able poaiion as man talents and fna.
to some xsent remove lte gsea1 pfelu
dice tl So ounlQslly pFesaais sssans
the charac of Jacob Barker
On this tiah lr. BafkeF thus SPEAK
oT himself:
nphe defendant vas also ez esastxel'
e,,ea4,5d IN fhe Banking business u t4e3