Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-01-27
For the Standard.
A CORRECTION

peared an anonymous article signed "Clay," which
is calculated to do great injustice to the undersigu.
ed ask the privilege Of correcting the falsehoods
With which the piece abounds and, if upon reading
this article, "Clay" refuses in public manner to
take back bis offensive and scurrlous remarks about
the undersigned, then shall demand "Clay's" real
name in order to seek from him such ia stce as the
laws and customs of the land will sfford me-
1t is charged that on one occasion in November
last the mail carrier for Clay county called on me,
am postmaster at FEanklin,) for the Clay county
mail and that sent part of the said mail and kept
back a part. And that said the reason the mail
was not Carried through to Murphy and that then
kept back part of the Clay mail was that the people
Of that county were SO dsloyal that the mail would
not be sent to them.
answer that the mail carrier, one johnson, who
rides the mail from Aquone to some place beyond
Fort Hembree called on me one night for the mail
along his route That hunted out the nail for his
people chieh came last and told him that there was
another large bag full of old mail, which would
not look over, wagon would take it over to them
in . few days. Whoever charges that ! then or
since, gave the reason alleged for not sending the
mail on tells wlful, malicious and corrupt false
hood Now to the testimony:
: FRANKLIN, N. g., JAM IA, 1864
certify that went with the mail boy, johnson,
on the occasion referred to, to the post office in
r t1hhikI 8uu Oclct0 WIS present all Lee time ne
was. That he called for the mail on his route aud
produced an order for it from some postmaster,
when Mr.. S;ler told him he should have it without
an order. That Mr. Siler proceeded at once to as.
sort the mail in the box which was the mail of the
latest date, but told him that the mail in large
bag of older date and would go on in few DAYS
and be preferred to not overlook it that night And
do further certify that mr. Siler did not sag that
the peepiein Clay were tories and should not have
their mails ns any thing like it
A,,...o Nv. r. RoANE:
Astsste; A j. PATrpa'
In addition to this, Mr. q. Barnes, who is acting
Postmaster at Aquone, N. G., was present all the
while getting his mail and will certify substantial
~ tho same thing. / furthermore declare that I
said nothing about the people of Clay being toriess
On the conrrry, this Mr.. johnson spoke of the
matter, and if lam not mistaken, gave the people
of Clay . bad nape- and yet rides over to his own
county, soanops out a Great big lie, and charges
me with such expressions.
Moreover, this anonymous scribbler,. land Of all
characters in the worid, they are the most con,
te,nptble,) charges that am Flying sycophant"
sceases me of speriary" and sdisloyalty," and
thinks 4 ought to be punished or put into tic ar.
my. The two things with this polishsd vriter and
accomplished gentleman are synony mous-that is,
be seems 10 think that It would be no worse to be
whipped at the post ana nave ones earn cut on,
than to Eight in the Southern army. Is he ieyal2
Would he do to trust in the defence of our homes,
and alive hold dear on eartha l know not.
But this individual, who would not use his.ovn
name but chose that of the immortal Chg, has 1T.
tempted to cast repreaek on his neighbor, on mere
rimor indeed if anybody bslsvss him, has black
. ensd nay good name, and would bring my faulty
into disgrace ana infamy. And must bs Vowed
to say thSta short editorial in the same patsr sane
lions the article Of Clay" will give the parties
sufficient time to make reparation for the injury
will be imoso than grstiied, for am insgnanimous
enough to forgive an error. If these very Offensive
remarks sre not retracted aspublicIy as they we're
made, there is but one course left me.
Very respectfully, L. F. SThER,
. - Postmaster, Franklin, N. o.