The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-05-16
WITHIN TWO CENTS OF ITii

castigalion to our village contemporary
last week, and we find that it works
charmingly. We were gratified with tho
spontaneous approval, rendered us by
prominent republicans, of the course we
had taken and the truths then uttered;
but more than all, we are in amazement
at the result, as furnished us by the Clar-
iou of this week, of its effect upon tho
Head and front of this offending"
The positions taken in the assaults up
Oh tho Postmaster were broad, wide and
deep--embezzlement, swindling, theft,
perjury. They were first made public
forty miles from here, in the Valley CITY
AdOertiSer; re-asserted and endorsed by
the Clarion in this village, with addi-
tons and variations. Last weeks Car
ion furnished us with modified state
ment under the sanctity of an oath, and
this weeks issue has reduced that state
ment materially 1--WE quote from yester-
days paper, over the signature of GEO.
w. WooDwARD).
"The only difference between the amounts of
overcharges claimed by mo and that sworn to
| by Mr.. Barns, is two cents. My original reck-
oning, based on memory, the book having been
withdrawn from my box, made the overcharges
above legal rates ninety three cents, and the
amount made clear by the affidavit of the Post
master was nInety-one CENTS"
A difference of "two cents" "made
clear"by the Postmasters Acknowledgements
a wholesale charge from memory
Don't try again. You'll bring your
self in debt, next time, to tho Grand Ha-
ven post-ofice!l!
Our statement of the Dave Smith
Circulars" will be verified, under oath, at
the mouth of three credible witnesses, at
any Time (say this week., by Mr.. WooD-
WARDS signifyihg his readiness to have
it "0'ade clear" to L. w. BARNS, the
Postmaster at Grand Haven, Ottawa
County Michigan.
The last we hear is this sage conclu-
sion, and we only wish, for his sake, that
he could have reached it by some other
channel than tho dirty road he has trav.
eled.
+" VIII regard to legal prosecution, Mr.
Barns knows reH that Il piH not pay for ciiiEe,
to prosecute a Postmaster IN a Y. S. Court, for a
SMALL AMOUNT"
Two cents IS small amount---we CO
incidc there--and we venture also that
his whole investment in this controversy
does not pay as well MS tho office of Jailor
Goodbye, Mr.. WOODWARD Take Crock
etts advice next time: "Be sure you arc
right before you goa-head."
What shall we say to Mr.. CLUB? W.
had hoped that the legal investigation o
this matter must come next, from thu
charges made and the challenge givenl
Where is tho money, mailed to you
that you should have received through
this office, but for The dishonesty of The
T Postmaster Where the papers, directed
to you, stolen and not deliveredl Mus
all these be endured, because you hav,
discovered "Mat there are proper officer
to Investigate all such cases" Had yol
made this discovery before, it would hav'
saved us the pain of holding up for you
contemplation a retrospective view of you
journeyings-and must all the bluste
about the Postmaster come to that anc
nothing more9
Elder KNAPP, tho noted Baptist cler
gyman used 10 say of his controversies
with Universalists, that he had learned
that they were always eager to follow anc
hiss after him, and he had been obliged, n
times, TO stop and reason with them; bu
they always lodged the issue. WheI
followed up, he had stripped one of ever.
feather, wing, tail, pin-feather, and all