Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-26

9ailg Tirgiuiail.


Our readers will remember the spicy letter Of
"Norwester" TO the Boston Post, referring 10
Burling, tho New York collector. which went tho
rounds of the papersa fcw weeks ago. The iol-
lowing account Of his modas opc,undi seems to
corroborate Nor'wester's statements:
Ten years ago ] was seated ut my Office at No.
II Wall street. busily driving the quill when |
heard quiet stop behind, and then mild voice
inquring if had the transcript Of II certain judy
mont against one j, @. O.-tho protector IT the
great Pegg he-wah-wnh Company for selling In
dian medicines. looked up, and saw man
whose twisted foot and palsed arms were quite
familiar to me, but OF whose name or calling |
knew nothing
"YcA." replied, II have tho transcript"
'Well, | wnnt It, )" he said; "Im going to col
lect it for the creditor"
"Going to collect IT," | exclaimed, "why, tho
Judgement is perfectly worthless. Executions
and proceedings after Judgment, md all ordinary
means of grace have long ago been exhausted
uponO lilo is helplessly insolvcnt and is besides
the most adroit scamp Oft swindler ever en-
countered.
whats that to me ?" broke out the visitor, in
cruif strong voice quito different from his first
tones. -."Perhnps you don't know who am
Pm Burling, tho man about town. You law
yer, and not know me, Sheritls ARE good for moth
ng constullcs nrc good for nothing. Give mo
the Transcript here's the order for it'll make
tho money oct of him.
| swiyelcd around my chair and stared Mt the
man. And will you be NO good Mr.. Burlng"
| asked. ms to tell me whit is your rntent plan
for supcrseling officers and wrts, and Tor squec-
zing blood ont OF turn ps and cash nut tho Presi-
dent of the Peg ghc-wah-wuh Company p
How do ii, YOU mean. Why dun EN- Mt
h"ir houses dun 'em in tho street, dun EN- ut
tho theatre, 'ISn 'em in church, catch en- ear
" in the morning and stick to 'cm oil day fol
low 'em up whenever thew 90; 60 to meals and
cat with cm; 70 to bed aud sleep with em; give
EN- no peace night or ,av, Sunday nor week day:
stick to 'en like death tu dead ngger man
owes debt lie woh'nt pay it, follow him
al tho week he emit 90 to sec his sweetheart,
nor walk in Broadway, nor eat with any appetite
nor slcea without dreaming. I'm after him. with
tho dcvl to help run him down. All this won't
de-! Very we'll. When he goes to church sun
day he finds me in his pew. Your shcriiis can't
work Sundays do my best business thcn.)
Tho con aregaton rise, and he rises, takes out his
hook opens ut the place, md there he finds the
bill I've stuck there, and gets ~ mud he cunt say
amen
"SherifTs and constahies p continued he, get
ting loud mud fierce will sheriff go If Sun
day morning tn n pars pn's house and follow him
To church, and walk up the broad aisle with him
lief ,re all the congregation. and 20 m the pulpit
stars close to his heels and slip into the pulpit
after him before he can shut the door, and take n
seat ~ his side and get up when he gets up, and
wien nc opens tDt Vlfna coliii ''ht y 'iii
full length and lay it down over the chapter and
verse and tell him There's that JU IF horse
hire-pay Il be,ore yon prcach But that whit
| dd-and got my money, ton.'
"And what commission did you charge"
FIFTY per cent
Rather strong" suggested, "but still your
mode ofprocclurc was srr"ng. d. Won often set
a. much ~ fifty PER cent ?"
'When earn it get it, DR.. c., "fRroadway,
| sent me to dun II fellow who lived lhck in yard
nnd kept two bull d,s- that he let ,ose when any
| irn,v came Ia collect hln>~t debts. 1wcnt to him
with horse pat,l in ,a'h hand and D.. e. bill
| in my teeth and made him pay up. What did
Dr. Z. offer me FIR getting His sixty dollars? lie
oifcrcd me ono dollar. | won't take it, says l.
| I'll pay no mrr", Gays he Pay mo thirty dollars
GAYS l. Get out Of my Office. or IN kick you ont
says he md he kicked me out Of his door aud
down the steps into Broadway. goes across to
the hotel and hires great arm chair out
of the bar-rnom and takes it ACROSS the street and
plants in On the curbsonc right opposite DR.. C's
Office door. and lays the bill I'd made out on
full sheet of fp1lscap across my knees, hanging
down, So everybody that wentby could read in
large. black, snnded letters:
"DuCToR &