The Ottawa free trader., 1850-07-27
Post Office k.;ye,,is,ng

Ihc iullOWlny note was received pN Us ivN
days since II is from highly respectable e!u
zen Of DAYTON, whose name We are al liberty tc
publish at any time we may deem it necessary:
pAYrov. July 9, 1880.
Editors Of tie Free Tfdder-Tbcre i some touI
play on foot Mr.. Gedney OF the Cous,ltutoruIlsl
was all around in this rreighborhoof on the TN inst
getting subscnhers to hs paper. Tie offered Il bon
months for nothing and the regular puce Il they
wished to continue .aktug 1t arcr The tour months
were IN B,rt ireral az this offer was, he met with
miserable succcS-. lkno~ OF nuInrrr who refused
to take his paper on any teILns-decnrng that they
would not pay ine postage tcr it,
Respectfully your ubcd.Sn. servant |.
1 In Ottawa every boly Knows what this foul
play" was and We propose to explain it also to
our frieni- in the country.
The pos, office law requires that the Post Mas
ter shall sivs the publication Of ,hels, otlctters
to the paper having the largest croulaton within
the limits o; the delivery q hi, office and in case
OF doubt as to which ha- The largest number, he
shall on the lst day OF uly,Iequre such evidence
as will enable lin to decide the question
We believing that oorpnper had larger cir,
culaton than that ofthc Cons,,utional';, notified
the Post Master Of this place Of our intention to
contest the night OF tia, paper to the publication
Of said list
The Post Master, thercupon, on the morning Of
the 81 day Of Ja'y demanded Of Mr. Ge.sncy and
ourselves list OF the names at all our subscribers
within the limits OF the delivery Of the post Office
at this place We accordingly tool; our books to
the post oaie and in the prc.ence Of the pcst
master and Mr.. Gedney the names were counted.
Mr. Gedney also produced his liz, which WAS also
counted The resul: proved ati"
But ,horc were = number oi NAMES on Mr. Gcj.
ueys list, ofper-ons wlo were either dead, gone
to California, or, for the pas; year non.rc,idents
Of this county, besides a gumhcr Of others who
we knew had long since stopped taking the Con,
sutuiionalst; md in less than one hour We pro.
ducei pine names oi the above description to the
Postmaster We also advised Mr. Gedney to lool;
over our list, AMI scratch oil such names "a he
might discover not to lie subscribers TO the Free
Trader but he hiss not yet scratched any of tina,
We know Of
The post master not being yet fully satisfied,
dc,npnded that we should ,ranscrbe from Our
books all the names claimed, make oath 10 the
same and deliver them over to him
The following is the form Vi the oath prescribed
by him:
You DO osoicmnly swear, that the following list
OF names embraces those persons who are sub
t AHTI a Il.HV- . Il. / 81 sl..,
taken from the printing Office or rent without be-
, lns mailed, and uhoss subscriptions commenced
precious to the 2ddayc J~g 1856"
| We immediately copied of our list, and aocom
panied with the above oath delivered it over to
the postmasterby 81 o'cloe!; P ", of the Sd flu
ly, and on the same day the postmaster desired il,
But did Mr.. GeJDey do the samei No. He ask
cd permission to defer bringing his in until even
ing of the same day. Bat evening came and he
had not yet made it out, he asked further time
and 10 o'clock next day, July lih was set; st;ll
he was not ready The postmaster informed Us o:
this delinquency Of Dr.. c. and asked II We would
object to Ms granting him further time We as.
sured him that we should not, ths, we did not be.
lieve that Mr. Gedney was so utterly lost TO every
sense Of moral right az to perjure himself for the
sake OF few dollars The postmaster then SET
10 o'clock osthe 5th Of July as positively the last
moment. The appointed hour came on-passed
by; and it was after l2 o'clock before Mr. Gei
ncy rna,le his appearance with bis list, acconpani
ed BY the dbope cath He ouTSuMBrsD ouu
LIsr FOUR NAMES He took the list ofcters
| Now, then, we refer our readers to the above
note from Dayton, and ask whether we had pla.
ced proper estimate upon Alr, Gciney's chaiac-
ter for honesty l-lnstead OF biz making out fair
list he ransaCked this town Offering bis paper for
three months for nothing. bu, unable to find per.
sons enough who would conscn. to take i,
under any circumstances, in order TO get the
requisite number (for he knew our number) he
had TO 60 to Dayton and for aught we know
still farther into the country, and offer lie paper on
still moro reduced terms
Had lie done this before the 2i ofJuly, there
would have been some excuse for the oath lie
took but as 1t is there is none for his list contains
over 20 names, which We can prove were not ob.
tanned until after l2 o'clock OF the Sd inst, But
,his is notall. There are still number Of names
of persons on his list who are dead, and who have
no families here and who could not possibly have
taken his paper for the last year, while there are
others who have left the county for several years
but TO cap the climax, ho has several names down
tricc On lis list--too short.sghed to suppose
that We would detect such fraud
For the proof Of most Of the above statements.
il any one doubts them, We refer 10 the lists at
the post office, which speak for themselves and
the balance We stand ready to prove whenever
called upon We have deferred making this ex
position until We had procured all the necessary
facts; and now We defy Mr. Gedney to contradict
a single thing we have said
Assistant Marshal
Mr. w. A. BaLpwIy. Of Chicago, has wisely con.
sind ei 70 ,L,, ,ko ;.f, r,