Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-05

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the denial Of the Republican renders
IL necessary to sustain our charge
We will not rely upon scraps Of let
ters-or the opinions Of fribed editors
but upon transcripts from the records
or the Chancery Court for lampden
County, Mass.
a petition was presented TO the
master in ehancery, alleging the IN
solyency Of the Warren firm, and
praying for a warrant to take posses
sion Of their estate The allegations
were sustained, and the warrant issu-
ed. John NJ. Warren appeared, and
rendered a partial schedule of assets,
which schedule was contested by o
large number Of dependent operative
creditors. Mr.. Ashman, member Of
Congress, and Mr.. Hammond, con-
Quoted the examination for the cred
itors. 1t was made to appear during
the investigation, that Fitz Henry
Warren, this voritable free soil 2nd.
assistant Post Master General Of Gen
Taylor, had decamped to parts UNI
known. The creditors were not sat
isfed with the schedule, and entered
the following protest:
Springfield, Jan. II, 1914.
We the undersigned, creditors Of
Philemon Warren, John NJ. Warren,
and Fitz Henry Warren, all Of Brim-
field, insolvent debtors, having each
proved a claim against such debtors
to the amount offlty dollars, or more,
hereby signify to Erasmus D. Beach,
Esq. master in chancery our dissent
and objection to the granting of any
certificate Of discharg to either Of said
debtors, IN the belief and conviction
that there MUST BE PROPERTY TO A
LARGE AMOUNT, belonging 10 the said
debtors, which has not been disclos-
ed and passed to the benefit of their
creditors. We are confirmed in this
belief from the following facts, viz"
&c. &c.
The above protest was signed by
twentythree creditors.
The master in chancery, notwith.
Standing this protest, re leased John
NJ. Warren, believing that the villany
was not perpetrated by him, but by
Fitz Henry his brother; Fitz Henry
was consequently not discharged,
& The claims are still standing agai-
INST him in Massachusetts.
We subjoin the followingstatement
made by E, d. Beach, the master in
ehancery before whom the whole af-
fair was investigated.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April Z 1919.
have examined the record and the
papers on file in the insolvency pro-
ceedings against P Warren & Sons,
and have caused copies of such pof-
tions as supposed would throw most
light on the subject to be made, and
they are herewith enclosed.
discharged John NJ. Warren, not
withstanding the protest Of some Of
the creditors. refused a discharge
to the Second Assistant Postmaster
General. The neighbors of John NJ,
believed that he knew all about what
Fitz Henry had done with the proper
ty, and the belief was very general,
ifnOt universal, that Fitz Henry had
conveyed and concealed the property
Of the estate for bis own, and his
brothers. benefit.
They believed the copartnershps
in Petersburg, Va, as mere covers to
convey away and conceal what hon
estly belonged to the creditors.
| know nothing of the affair further
than the proceedings disclosed.
Yours, f. ID. BEACH.
From this twill be seen that our
charge is not false but sustained by
facts & sustained by the records Of the
Court. The Republican involves
himself in many ridiculous absurdi>
ties in attempting to defend the Reg
cncy and its contemplate mmions.
ltacts upon tho principle of denying
facts that may have a preiudicial ten