Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-12
Oar Lor,ery Post Master in a Rage!

The article in yesterday mornings Leader on
the completely of our Lottery Post Master win
the bouus svindlers who are rObbing the igno-
rant and unwary of their hard earnIngs' mas
thrown him into tremendous rage, and there-
suit was perfect avalanche of gentle epitne''
auplied to the Leader and all who are oPPoseot 70
his aiding and abetting the bogus Lottery deal
ers BY giving up to them letters directed to nrn'
known TO be fictitious, in direct violation OF the
Instructions Of the Post Master General to have
them forwarded to the Dead Letter Ofiee,Where
they would be opened and the remittances con-
tained therein sent to the rightful owners
The article abounds with the usual arguments
of orr Lottery-POst- Master, such as " black
hearted rascals," liars " eOwardly PmPs'
afalsehoods," j." all showing that the touch on the
raw was felt to the quick.
Read this whOpper which we extract from
his amiable article:
s.From the day Mr. Gray resumed the busi-
ness control of his paper in '53 he has steadily
refused to print or publish any OF these Lo'Oely
papers or circulars although tempted by oneIs
which would have netted hin thousands OF dol
lars prJhis per year
Tbs management of the business department
of the Plain Dealer office YVES in the hand oil
Mr.. Beardsley, Mr.. Gray's late partner, tlil the
simmer of 1855. when he left, and Mr. Gray
took charge of the concern. The American
Faole was printed in the PLAIN Dealer othee fcr
wears and till the Fall of 1855, two years and
half after Mr. Gray became Postmaster, and
three months after he took charge OF his own
office THIS was notorious among printers al
the time. The firm who had the Eagle
nrinted. had their rendezvous in Gray's Post
Office building, where another lottery rrm' un-
der the title Of .Calvert Co." also held forth.
Our Lottery Postmaster further says;
aAsaPost Master his official correspondence
with the Post Office Department will show
that he was among the first and has ever since
haep one of the most vigorous to push these
svipdIers TO the utmost limits of the law
; g-aDting them no leniency or favor to which
1 they had not the most undoubted legal nght'
T This does not tally with an article Gray pub
= Gsbed in the Dealer of Nov 4th last, when h'
) bOasted that through his prudent management
he made the Eagle pay revenue of $4,000 IN
; 20 the P o. department :"
He next gets out the following with an arr o.
e innocence that would be extremely refreshing
e to behold if the weather was only warm
: The Postmaster has given this charge th'
: lie SO often that he supposed there was mol
e recklessness and impudence enough living TO re
yive it."
OF course the more he denies the charge, tt'
more it would be believed, for the reason thai
people have habit of Ofbelieving directly the re
. verse of what he says, in order to get as th'
4 truth.
Our Lottery Post Master then goes on to denl
that he ever loaned any of the P. O. Stamps
to these bogus lottery swindlers. ID
forgets that wrappers were taken 0u
Y of the rooms of the bogus dealers b!
# the police already stamped with the POst-mar1
# stamp and which were exhibited by the Prose
7 eutor at the time Gray and the Lottery swind
: lers were indicted and their cases disposed Of
d and which were seen by the greater portion o
! the audience. These facts were published
= the LEapER and HERALD at the time, and weT
0 not denied by him, but on the other hand b
S even went so far as to justify the aet, on tn
!, ground that it facilitated business in the Pos
# Office
e Has the Cleveland Postmaster received th'
a ditiOnal instructions he said he expected Ol
y Thursdays