Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-09-22
Communication.
For he Ere, Pr,s,.

Mr.. EDIroR.-Iam compelled. again to ask
the use Of your columns 10 meet certain char
ges ia: my opponents has seen proper to
make against me- in the last Picayune. For
personal controversy have no relish, and on
ly because fear my fr ends might suffer by
the charges. could be induced to appear at all
am charged with having Practiced fraud
upon one Geo. W Chapman and also upon the
Fund Commissioners Of Carroll county, by pre-
tending that was the entire owner of the
lands described in the mortgages I Executed to
them. Tc those charges reply that they are
false, and as believe malignal y o. As to
Geo. W. Chapman, never had aDy thing to
do with him whatever. made application to
Mr.. s. Jennings for money to make the last
payment on my land ; he promised to furnish
it but charged altrye nun. OF usunous in
terest. l objected to his terms, but finally a
greed to give it. Chapman prepared note
for five hundred dollars and the mortgage in
question both drawn to him they were present
ed to me, and signed them and received The
amount of money thatby our contract | was
to receive and at the same time both the note
and mortgage were assigned by Chapman and
Jennings / never asked Chapman for money
inmy life Jennings was the man with whom
,ontracted, and the man who furnished the
money Previous to this informed Jennings
all about my interest in the land. Tod him
that wanted the money to pay nay part Of the
purchase money on the land, and Jennings
well knew that my bro'her was in possession
of one half If the land. And | supposed that
my part Of the land. was worth from one thou
sand to twelve hundred dollars, and that it was
ample security for the money that was getting
and more too. understood afterwards, that
jennings motive in mixing Chapman up in the
transaction. was to avoid any defence that |
might make to the note on account Of the usu-
ry. At the time this mortgage was foreclosed, ,
the land had some what deprecated in value ;
still my interest was appraised to. l believe
eleven hundred and forty dollars. But Mr..
Jennings wanted all the land, at least he trie |
to obtain decree against all Of the land, but
was defeated by my brother George, who was
well aware Of all that had been done As TO
the Fund Commissioners, never saw them in
that capacity in my life to my recollection, and
of course made no representation to them whit
ever David Workman now deceased obtain
ed the money from the fund for me. and to him
| delivered the mortgage. Mr. Workman well
understood the extent of my interest in the
land. tie was the friend that advised me to
buy the land. He aided me in my negotiations
about the lanl.-an frequently talked about
one or he other of US, becoming able to buy
the others interest in the land. He took the
mortgage believing that my half of it would be
good security for both claims.
| therefore repeat that it is not true that |
ever made any repr sentatons 10 any one
that was not true. lost the land, or in other
words, a good farm passed from me, for a
bout fonr hundre dollars, and | think that it
would not be very remarkable if should chate
little under the charge of frau particularly
when it comes from the source it does. For
apprehend that certain SO U''essfM gamblers have
won from certain quarter more of Carroll
county's money than ever lost by me; my OPP
ponent will think understand The allusion -
want no personal warfare with my opponent,
and advise him to cease his slanderng me,
behind my back or shall be compelled to
speak of him, which on no account OF his high
pretention should much regret to do.
As to the charge of bribery and all that, it is
mere moon shine. still think that if the of
fee of Auditor enabled me, would pay that
debt. am not much surprised at Ramsey'S
making the charge; but the editor of The Plea
yune thinks it monstrous. Now it is not very
long since a certain candidate for Congress
made similar proposition to his cretitors, and
suppoee they v'ted for him; if they did am
almost ready to conclude they never got the
bribe. JNO. | BLACKBURN
Cep' Sib 1000.
CRuMBS COMFORT, FOR THE PIERCE PARTY,
FROM DENOcRATIC ORGANS:
1t is ide--it is more than ths---it is hypo-
crisy--aller the recen exhibition in the State
Legislature, in the Democratic State Commit
tee and now in the Young Mems Democratic
State Committee, of the presence among us of
the old Free Soil element; active and vigorous
as ever--to pretend that The "union." so coIied,
"cfhe Democratic party Of New York" is any
thing more than condition., mboSe Je-all and end
cR is "he spoiiS,"- AB. ArguS
The affairs ofthe REQ gsnised Democracy,
at their head quarters at Albany. continue to
b. anything but satisfactory. We have been
laborng as assiduously as ever Gen. Foot Ia
bored to save the Union--we have been think
ing and studying night and day, ever since the
division Of the spoil,, upon the ways and means
of keeping the New York Democracy an unit,
like the Cabinet; but this far We have hceu