The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-08

II TO THF PUBLIC
4 must apologize for ius.mstins NV readiness bfore
this % receive The crosho and bucksho; aae snes ~
John RiFes She editor and proprietor o. the Ashne
tor 6i0te~ The ~ my business Keeps
sanfy rom home ard leaves but htrs time for ths
peruAal u newspapers ~ karP up promptly neS spa
per controversy.
The reply St Mr. Rres . ny statement q f9s read
day before Yesterday and think who has taken
the palms wade through ms bnndering yBibales has
failed thai has written himself down and there
remains bat rte ior - do SHAH not undertake v
handy eileis with Mr. fxes seek "a drive hiE from
has rigita0s purposes BY eorarag ttreofs shall
myself with simply submitting factz and fras i
undying principle am content place myself
behind ranFAr. and da the tongue the pen u ths
1lAnderrf Mr.. Elves dlsingenn0Asiy setks make
impression thai have ndrcniey thrust myself forward
In dssence ~ Seden iberS Co, III is sell known thai
Mr. RiFes bas persisted 10 Publishing roarse and viD-
perative articles against ceden ihers rrya and
a. member 81 the same and although In the ta-gaat
fhraseooy II Ar Rpes -tbe tail end 0g the corserua
could 40 nothing else in justice myself 10 expose
the ~ lbs Halgniiy, show that has
false and wIful and that his EHfiends towards
tts unfortunate house has been the q parties
holding claims against the submitting 70 ruinouI
sacrifices wholly unnecessary To accomplish his pnT-
poses 20 eater 10 bis feelings uf resenge lie willing
rely upon Msdan RHnsaT, and from day dRy publish
hbel0us columns what she said sees
And because vsnrured q disHoye these statements be
mpndenrly represents me- unnamed and uutr0vokrdr
Al stepping forward the quarrel of the hands 81 The
Broapis partners 81 rbe this too In the face uf
what stated In nv card Of the nd nli which SAYS 10
this sc nr nyself 1sdridsay leaving The other mem
hers q the firm q pursue such course in the premises
they may think IT.
1 find upon careful reading Of Mr. Rivrss article
but little worthy of reply Tie correspondence be has
published and which the business transactions
trnspired between Br Rives and Seiden withers
CO. and which l assigned being the e Mr.
R,es unfriendy pursuit ~ the same clearly slstnns
all that stateayiz that Mr. X objected settle
ment 81 the drafts be bad accepted for Barlow Co. upon
the grounds hsi Aair Rses had received ronsdrra-
ton for the same ikai 5 W. Go. had purchased them
for less than their nominal amount thereby iniimg his
purpose ayai himself Of the plea Of usrrya Am right
II law 10 he hsfa IN
letter the house dated December rs ls5l All
cepiances of Blair Riyes which discounted the
legal of interest intend pay cash they be-
come due nser what il may DO So and al
THAT have been Shanso intend postpone TIL Congress
shall pass the civil and diplomatic appropriation b
HHa can gsf The cash for mortgage arows church
Barlow 10 be very anxious that should pay All
the acceptsnces $50 e001 and will do SO
he win net the rich church in New York rthe Trinity
church. the head Of Wal streer take his church OF
my hands. viii thank you make inquiry If Bishop
Hughes viii take III Now, what does the reader
think OF all this The Of the aceepinnces which
n chooses 10 treat having been shageds depend upon
eontingencies-hrs upon the passage the
civil and diplomatic appropriation bill or secondly that
the rich church in Ae@ ork that Bishop Hughes buy
Bartlows chnreh This Is said too, by who in
order give You idea Of his sal illustrates his
peeuniAry ahty by The rich mines Of the young State
Of California As the papers presented, is il
not plainly shown 10 have been Mr.. Evess intention if
legal had been resoried BIZ Seden Withers
Go their debt have resisted its payment
either upon the plea of nsnrg Of consideration p
II this Mr. Rvess intention, why seek make
difference between those who purchased mis- acoeptances
Il per per and those purchased at per
per The circumstances that ranspred time
well remember impressed The members Of The house that
such MIR RS Intention Mr. Rives mo check
given by by Blair & Rives protested Can
Mr.. Bayne one2" ] cannot But Blair & Rivess
rcfaces SoeBty protested for non-ya yfnenf and
laid upon the counter Of the Exchange Bank of S. W.
Co. for R0Rths And argue that the who VIII
permit has acctances be protested viii for the
permit his checks be protested and therefore
WORTHY Of commercial credit The accsptauc-s were re-
xe1 ont 90
nine and months after the maturity OF the date for
which they first given Query hat is The difference
morally btween Blair REes yronrising pay and Sell
den, Nithers Co pronisg to pay? Il is true the
has reference % the past whilst the other has dc with
the Iressntths obtained extension whilst the other
= sszag tor an extension but imagine the time is moi
far distant when Blair Rives and Srden Wisiers Co.
far the principle involved in the point under
deratons VIII stand before me public alike with this
cepon that = W. & Co lnssnoicd their intention
10 resist 70 TO be postponed the payment Of
any obligation they may have pu upon the plea Of
usary want Of consideration Bat again Mr.. Rives
SAYS, Il asked delay Of 81 W, Co. because they had
enough public money which belonged in their hands
to discharge the sceepances they held against me- This
Is ccovery cool How could THE money which the bank
held depose from the general government and subject
70 the drafts Of the at any hour, belonging the
pable Mr.. Rives be Als and the pscs the
tune The fact Is Rives has been living Of
the public crib long that he has the coucn-
sion thai the 'yEttic and the ARves are ~
nonrmousego, whatever belongs 70 the pnbe belongs
70 Riwrs. Bur must hasten To undertake follow
Mr. Ryes through his Eve columns and half would he
unreasonable task Nor can conceive ii to be necessary
after the just and candid shall have read what shall here
sitter stafe.
Il Win BE remembered that Mr. Rives in his paper stated
that SeJdega WIfasrs a O. compromising with their
creditors at egtytree in the dollar This notice
copied from the Washington Globe nto the Aiexan-
dra Gazette Selden Withers Co. in that pa
per dated February 2sth denied the statement pro-
nounced il TO be malicious alsehood" The Globe in
reply stated follows We VIII briefly In the
order in which the denias made One Of the men
with whom understood they compromised for eghy-
three in the dollar is B. b. French Commissions u
Pubic Buildingsr
And again with malice aforerhonght in his paper now
before he reiteraes the charge in SUI stronger
language: learned Says r. from Mr.. French in hiF
ne Cep1sl thu d4 published the tact that Mr.
Wys paid him eighty -fhree cents in the dollar &c
The following letter from H. q French esqihe sponia-
neoas act Of candid and generous mindnnst make ii
apparent 70 every unpreudicea that only
statements Of John Rves altogether unworthy Of credit
but that ne has placed himself by his course beyond The
pale ofhnRoruslc controversy
WASHINGTON, March p 1853
DEAR SIN: have just read your publication Ia the
Union Of this morning In which find my name mentioned
Eiao had compounded with Messrs Sesden With
H-S Co. according 10 the statement Of Nr Rires al
eiEhfy-thr-e cents in The dollar
Nh. Rives called personally prior the p1bea-
ton uf his mentioning nv name and made
known 70 him the facts concerning my claim
lows;
He asked me Il had made compromise with Selden
WitberR a Gu
Told him had not but that had ernhang.d nv
clau against them fer hand the upper part Of The
CITY with Andrew wyiis ESQ., that considered the land
worth the foh smounf q M claim aud perhaps more
thai selden ifhers Co entirely unknow 10 me
IN the Transaction have mentioned The same fact In the