New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-28


ners who sell Northern shoes in Richmond, in
the United States Territory of Virgnia-of two
men who came to Haverhill, Mass, probably
about four months ago, and swindeed the shoe
makers of that town out Of valuable property
giving therefor something like the following lying
prOmissOry note:
uAYERHLI, Mas, - -, 1860
Fer y.lue received we promise to pay to the order Of
70 - 00N''' III ''0' '-'-'' WESTON ( WILLIAMS
The notes maturing, do Messrs. Weston &
Williams pay up Yes; they coclly cancel their
liabilities by sending their unfortunate creditors
the following charming letter:
RicHxoSD, Va, Apfl 10, 1911
Ms..t,. 80. H,yssHILr, Mass: ,,,, ,,- ,.ov.s sou,t
and necessity o, aps and fshins instead OF pursuing
the resc9a ,9csOn, q s0IeIse we nave oa
be held the d'posa Of the State until the sue Is hoa
determined when we have sufficient A'aiIAoiies OF s'e
sft to meet our liabilities, Il ,hsll be done. o.,
But until this fa,rcaal closed we shall decline paying
dIiw the sword .1sns d, h. p,Oe; Of ots
your favor thl, day tchi haze funds =" bank to meet
ts,,r,A very "'' ''-'' WESTON WILLIAMS.
This chivalrous epistle strikes US as exceed.
ingly cool, considering the season and the latitude
in which it was written. We beg leave to sub.
~
/. These thieves knew when they made their
bill, that Virginia was upon the point Of seces.
sion. They knew well enough the chances to be
that, before the maturity of tho mendaciOus note
Virginia would rebel. Why did they not write
aud offer TO their too ccnfding creditors note
of this tenor: "For value received, &C., we
"promise to pay, &C., in four months from date
"-proyided Virginia does not secede from the
"Union." Such note might have been-would
have been, probably-declined, but, received or
rejected, it would have expressed all that the
creditors could get and all that the debtors meant
TO offer. But the latter being mean swindlers,
signed their names with a mental reservation.
This is the best possible case to be morally made
out for them.
H. For if they did not anticipate then the treason
Of Virginia, they now break their promise with
out the poor excuse above indicated. Their plea
for permitting their paper to be dishonored, is
then, sncaking afterthonght stimulated, not
withstanding their impudent boast of flush funds
in bank, by inability to pay up. Many ingenious
answers have been made to notares and duly record
ed; but no notary, we think, would be required by
public law TO record such long-winded and
senseles, rigmaroe as this, in comparison with
which "no funds" rises into sublimity Of re-
spouse.
III. Weston & Williams are kind enough to
announce that after the war they will pay-pro-
yided they shall have any money left. This is
about as encouraging as the popular premise Of
the hard-up to setle--in the Spring, If Weston
s. Williams mean periodically to lend their mo-
noy to the rcyoted Territory Of Virginia, care
full perusal Of the reports Of the Stock markets
and the price of Virginia securities, viii hardly
fill the Hayerhill men with undue leYity. If they
ore not to be paid until Virginia pays Weston &
Williams, " after the war;" why they will not be
paid in hurry-that's all. Aud if W. & w.
do not mean to lend any money to their beloved
Territory, which is probable, then the "good
time coming" when w. & W. settle, will
probably BIO beautifully blended with the Day of
Judgment.
". W. & w. blunder "a liars are apt to do.
They refuse payment because, being compelled TO
arm and fight, they have been obliged to devote
themselves to drill Z" fully and freely" That
would De an excuse, if W. w. did not acknowl-
edge that they had money enough, in spite of
their devotion to drill Their case, then, stands
thus:
|. We have been too much engaged in drill
to get the money together-and can't pay.
2. We have a plenty of money in bank and
will not pay.
3. We would pay you in moment you who
are our creditors, only Virginia, who is not our
creditor, insists that we must pay her
Amiable stockholders Miracles Of mercantile
integrity When the wars are over, You will
pay--if You can There is another thing which
you win do if you can, we supposei you Will
buy shoes. The men Of the Syamp-the men of
Lynn, aud especially the men of IIayerhill will
do well to remember the namo Of
CyWESroN WlLLlAMS-Si
RIcHxoSp,
Va,
aud if they have any admirers and imtator', the
sooner we ret their names on record the better
for shoe. makers.