The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-09-27

faIInsss Of i,me." NJ, Tssplsy's lottery was
drawn, and SONS poor msa. whose name wa
know not, wss 20 uoIvehy (ss II turned eu') 40
10 drsw spsIxs Of ihs fsncIed vsas Of one
thousand dollars. hot Mr. Tsvpsy refused 70
.liquidaie." aud was sued. The svn was CON.
ncnced by attachment, Mr.. Tsrpley's motions
W. suppose being regarded ~ rather uncertain
Mr.. Tupley fcplovivd tho property on which
the attachment was levied, and M. Thompson,
his attorney. became security on The bond. The
cause progressed and judgment was obtained
sgains, M. Tsrpley;--bu, In Tho moan 'ime he
property had ",skcn wings unto i'ssll" and
flown sway--,o Texas. His securities. Mr.
Thompson ono of them, were thus left, to facc The
Sheriff In bis stead. Mr.. Thompson, however.
suggested to tho court that the consideration Of
the instrument on which tho action was founded
was illegal, and obtained new trial. Tho
"eambrg Aci" was plead to nex. term aud
the unlucky holder Of the lucky tickle, lost his
priz., the costs Of suit, --and the purchase mon
ey Of his ticket.
Now Mr.. Tarpley defends himself by aedg.
ing that Mr.. Thompson plead illegally OF con
sideration against his express Instructions
What il he did! Who in his situation would not
have done the same! lie was no partner wish
Mr.. Tarpey in his lottery speculation; nor did
he pocket any Of the purchase money OF the
lucky ticket. He became liable to ex'r'ca'e
from the grasp OF the attachment Mr.. TarpIey's
property, not supposing II to be OF so volatile .
nature. No man in his senses would have &C
ted d fferen,ly under the circumstances. by Mf
Tarpley's removal of his property ne mao DC
come The responsible defendant IN the case
w;,hou, the slightest beneficial interest in the
matter from which it arose.
Mr.. Tarplev m ust resort to some other evasion
to afford him shelter against the most severe an.
i'm adverson for his conduct in this matter: this
will not avail him. We are not the first 10 stir
in This affair; il was moo'ed IN the discussion
at Salem on the Alb inst. " hen man bowev-
er, becomes anapplicant to the people for Dig
nified and responsible office, that people should
institute close scrutiny into his character and
conduct through life; and fin doing so, they sti'
up anything dlscredltable, surely he should be
the las, to complain, who has rendered il fol
their investigation.
We give the above facts as they were give
toius, bymen whose words need no endorsement
and who are equal to the responsibility of utter
I ing them. The most Of these facts are on re-
J cord of the Court in Ponto,oc county; and to tn,
fact Of Mr.. Tarpley's removing his fleets Their,
are living and unimpeachabIs witnesses.
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II The Editor Of the Ripley Advertiser, here
tofore supposed TO be favorable to the claims O
McNutt for Senator, has come out in lat
number Of his paper, and declared that the ex
n Governor is no; his choice for tina, dis,ingushe
If station.
a We clip the above from the Paulding Clarior
&c 1t we have been supposed to be partisan
- Gov. McNut,, in his asprai ions Tor the U. s
" Senate, by the Clarion" it has imbibed 4
H. supposi'ons without the slightest authority.
I'd Nothing has appeared in the editorial column
ne OF the "Advertis er" to warrant such an opinion
90 on the contrary we have carefully avoided ri,
=" ing the faintest gronds for supposing as The SUI
e. porter of any Of the present aspirants TO ,h'
er flee. We repeat, however. what we sal
' some weeks since, that we prefer McNutt
Is. some others, and we add, to some Others no.
Of offering. We prefer him to en- unscrupulov
to Spectator on the unsuspectipg indian or N
en- gullable government. We prefer him to
h. vacilatng partisan now here, now there.
no whom we could place no abiding confidence
~ But there are others eminent men and sterlin
a' acknowledgement to whom the Democratic pa
Nc " Of the state are under lasting obligations,-
az whom we still prefer to him. We know ,h
~ the democratic party Of Tippah occupy this p
'' sitiou 10 common with ue.
of We perceive also that the Aberdeen Adve
lie: tiser, in commenting upon short article wbie
we appeared in our paper week or two since il
~. Inmates that we have misrepresented the peop
,n' of Tppah County by representing them
favorable TO the claims Of McNut.
We defy tina, journal 10 show anything from Il