Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-04
FHn JACKSON srANpAnp ron MAIL

facts regarding the many mail failures
that have recently occurred at this and
other places on the route between hers
and ChiIlicothe. The following is the
document" that paper heralded forth
the previous week, which the editor
calls a "clincher" on us:
The undersigned citizens of Jackson,
and Richmond Dale, in Ross county
Ohio, having seen in the "Gallipolis
Journal" an attack made on the Mai
Contractor between Chillicothe via Jack.
son C. H., to Gsllipolis, of an unmer-
tied character, deem it our duty to in
terpose our objections to the wholesale,
unmerited imputation on Mr.. A. French,
the present contractor.
That there have been some failures
this season, is true, but we know that in
each and every case, the failure was
the unavoidable condition OF the road,
rendered impossible by reason of high
water-stresms to be passed, which the
high floods rendered impossible, par
ticularly Walnut Greek, which has no
Bridge.
We deem this simple statement sufi-
cient, and also our duty to make it, to
shield a faithful agent from unmerited
censure.
James Tomlinson, ]. W. Vanmeter, w.
H. Elliott, Post Master, L. G. Steele,
Post Master, J. Dyer, Levi DUNCAN, j.
NJ. Martin. G. Isham, John Dyer, Mar
tin Owens, J. W. Laird, John Stephen
son, R. C. Hoffman.
The above will have no bearing here
as truthful document" but on the
contrary will have tendency to lower
the individuals who have thus lent their
names. 1t is useless for the Standard
to expect, by publishing this certificate
over the names of few personal friends
of French, the mail contractor, to ex-
cuIpate him from merited censure.-
That he has been derelict of duty in car
rying the mails during the past winter,
is fact too well known to the public to
admit of controversy. And the Stan
dard, in its attempt at bolstering up
this contractor in his deficiency, by Sc
curing and publishing puny certificate,
signed by few individual favorites, is
evidence of dishonesty, insbeeility, or a
lad cause.
Our citizens suffered too much last
winter by the numerous mail failures on
the part of this contractor, backed by
Tom Mathesrs of the Standard-two
good subjects for the pillory-to view
lightly this matter. They have sue
ceeded in obtaining thirteen whole names
to this document" but as regards the
facts of the case, these names will have
no more influence than if they did not
appear. One of these very signers
q. w. Laird few years ago, whilst
himself proprietor of the Standard, was
very hostile to French, the contractor,
and made some very grave charges
against him concerning the delivery of
that paper to subscribers. We presume
they have kissed and made friends, and
Laird's name to the document" is the
smoothing part.
When the editor of the Standard first
sided with French in his impositions,
his statements were at variance with
truth to such degree that we named
him Tom Pepper, after an individual
who was kicked to h-ll for lying, IT,
tie he still merits. He is restrained by
no sense of propriety or honor from
using the most unmitigated falsehood to
carry his point, and appears never SO
happy as when wallowing in the low
mire of falsehood. He has the hardi-
hood to assert that we have not a sha-
dow of cause for complaint in regard to
those repeated mail failures.
There has been less high water this
winter than for several years back, and
were it necessary, we could produce as
many hundred signatures to a 'docu-
ment," of good men and true, who
know whereof they affirm, sustaining
our charges, and branding this contrac-
tor with willful negligence.
tits aperfect waste of space to handy
words with such men as the editor of
the Standard. "Facts are said to be
stubborn things" and the public being
in possession of the facts regarding the
numerous mail failures the past winter,
will, as umpire, decide between us and
the Standard. despite its low-fung,
false and abusive epithets.
INCREASE OF SILvER.-J. D. Cosmenil,
ESQ.,, of the Treasury Department, de-
livered a few days since at the Mint in
Philadelphia, fifty-two tons of ingots Of
silver, the value of which is one and
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