Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
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HsHtags wth Tie YieWHfsr n Me Lbite2 Sfates--
H"" ttfaH S'te'athei- S'drieR Om f,f Wooi
and Ca@s Haes Sboya
agate writes from Wellington ia the ru
clnnati GassE6
The bigg. ht fools ia tho United States have
been discovered. They are Secessouists. of
course. They live IN Nua' yllc, Tenn. and ihev
do business under the firm name of j. &. French
& Co. '''"'"
"Ihess WORTHLESS had one hundred md twenty
three United States bonds the coupons of which
worth 81 ~ oach) had Just fullen due, They
carried them to n National bank. threw th.m
down, md demanded payment The bank saiJ
'celthlny hnt there seems to be quite a ouantity
ol them please to make up schedule Of num-
beis ahd amounts. The holders refused gaib .
eieu up the coupons IN greAt wrath started
s"MRhlNHy To notary public mud hnd sppas
rate notice OF protest made out ios enoh one of
the hundred nnl twenty-throe coupons ai6 se6
to these enc hundred and twenty three notarinl
papers, as many twenty i've cent Internal r, ga
hue stamps tied up the whole Package Hhd sent
1t by NAL, placing several dollars worth or nn.t.
age st'npa on II. when il was eptitled Ia damn,
free mud m0le3tly emanlina II the rte,surrr
of the United STATES the payment o the coupo,,s
Wi'h the n1tarinl fees co 4 tf stamps postaoc
etc nmouhi iug in "u ~ oycu iuntls tie vaine
OF tha coupons iheus Ives
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three points, that the bank never relu4,d INV
meni and thtrelote iheIe could be no proie.i
that the payment by The bank would at aDy rats
have beeu matter not ut lcgal requirement hun
ui pure courtesy, and therefore there cunId Inc
no protest anu that the Coy rnmeni Cannot he
sue aud therefore protest was usele-s
"uhiled States Treasurer Spinner rephed ia
the modest request ton the pnymsnt Of ihpse
ooste IN model official letter 4; follow,
'fnRasuRv VI HE uNiTAn#sr,Trs
NAshlAGlps, Feb. 2j 7
"GeAtlsmeg-- iom cxua. rlnniy letter of tbe
10Th inst, the very eXtr43li rary panrrs ibnt
were attached to the caupou4 TIA came encloas1
with the letter. AZ well ~ the yety eAirpor,hnarv
other one hundred AMI twenty irep M, ,..,L
thot preceded the letter uTe all before me
"lou say they were protested in accordance
Win law, es we (you) Understand it, Nov. ills
very evident that you da noj unleislanl bia at
ALL You should have consulted a mood ngvor
Ii Is not necessary ,hlt IL make u a cummefeial
or other pecuniaiy ohiiF Z IA ehuull have
holce oi tho non la} inent Of hi- own paper. IL
~ only necessary lhrt ehdufscrs Of such pnppr
should BIO notified Of the non -payment al iLe
obligation II tAvii principal. IL sboulI haye
occurred TO you that thsre was 40 eodo,4er In
these cases; ile' he United States wna he
principal auI that G ivcrnmem cannot ho
sued Then why attempt to lfotc-t htnllf
"Ihen, too, yon forget that the lebi was ON
tilted to grace. iou, in yonr oagarness IN A.,
right smHt thing, jumped on the instant tb,i
the day ol payment came in sight. aud to can tba
climax u ahsuiditles, you pfoseitel tho none,s
ior payment 10 party tha, was under no ie,,al
or other obligations to make such payment.
should certainly he led 10 think nm vnn ,,.r'
Sec ssionists oi tue malignant kind. that ia
~ 1Mn at the North, aud hal done tlis thing
with view 10 hIinR the credit of the UnitrJ
Slniea into bad icpule, were lL idea moi prc
elHded hy The Fact tl't you paid heap Of post
uSe eN'u'oHSly anu unnecessarily, on the rack
ages HdIlessei to me, which, hy the law, hs
understand it, might as well have coma frea or
Io7hge' aul then, too, your NECESSARILY
liberal expenditure OF enc hundred and twcn,,
three one quarter Of dollar revenue st,nHs
proves that You are really anxious 10 mid ihn
Government in lis euleavor to crash Rchels.
"The amount Of tho cOulols you stnte cor-
recily At S2fa224 Will send you this ainonnt
with half cent allin'nul by my draft ON New
lork, or return y"n the papers. as YOU may
elect. AS TO the o'lrr ,hi lafter claim thai
you make for costs, tho lcs, .nni nb,ut ii nnJ
the sooner you charge Il 10 profit an.l loss, The
better. "Respectfly yours
~. a. - N'LR Tretsnrr L. s.
"Messrs. C. French u n lshy,lle. Tenn
''lt has since been asoerta'ne 1 that these rnr
ties are malignant Sece-sionisii, and tlnl ,bny
have been engaged in such pltasint. T.,
discredit the United States currency as mahine
discrimination of ten per e3ni brj se,p il mi
Kentucky notes, in favor of the latter. WonlJ
II he amlss to commend Messrs. j. L French n
TO- to the watchiul care of the military aub b,r-
ities at Nashville1 Meantime, they have The
pleasure OF knowing that they have spent