The Van Buren press., 1868-05-29
60 Penny wise and Pound foolish.

:" Penny wise and Pound foolish. "
We find in late Little Rock Gazette, bank
rlpJ notice, copied from the Washington
felepoph, as follows
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES or BANKRUPTCY.-A
friend has handed Us the following, which is
supposed to be a list of the creditors of n ccr-
tain individual who has taken advantage of
the bankrupt law. IL is printed on a bankrupt
notice and sent to a gentleman who is one of
the creditors. We give it rerbdtim ct Hteraiim
ct dpunctaatiD,, and advise our readers to notice
it closely and see if they can be at Fort Smith
on the 18th day of May. Some mathematician
can pass away few leisure hours very pleas
antly calculating the mans liabilities. II is
the hardest riddle to solve ever we tried The
office that got that up deserves government
patronage:
state of Arkansas Dols Get 800 B |. Bitten
New york 21236 John Neal sebastian Ark loo
90 James Penny ded III yeney admin pariclif-
Ia ark 1900 90 n f lIopson ded 1851 Thomas
Stewart washington ark l2oo o Jn-Jackson h
{ prid paraclifta ark 1900 mildred Reevcr
Wife of ) smith parolitta Ark 471l2 II c
Gillian dcd paraclifta r 5000 WalkereCheat-
ham Columbus ark lOO'ooo' pc nrv penny.
Adm Jos penny paraclifta Ark $500 90 sam /:
Stevenson; Littld RocL Ar 800 90 wen w ar
ren pasis Texas 500 oS L G. L Steel paraclifta
Ar ;23oo 90 + ID llopson 200 90 B Ii Hensorthv :
Brown stowar 200 90 Crockett Walker dcd
Coumlustar 200 90 John Neal Walden ar
l3226oa II Edward yam parlifta ar 1900 90
DWARF Ly paraclfta AR
We have a similar notice equally as ludi-
crOus as the above. 1t is evident that no print
ing office IN the State did this work, but it was
probably performed by some jack-lcg whom
the United States Marshal has employed in
order to save money to himself and cheat the
printer. These notices are sent out of the
state to every part of the Union doubtless.
and they are calculated to bring disrepute up-
on the printers of the State and our people.
We protest againstthe circulation ofany more
such documents, and we trust our confreres at
Van Buren and Fort Smith will read this nig-
ar,lly economist lesson. Is this the radical
manner of encouraging home enterprise and
inviting immigration p Gazette.
.is this thing eminates from the United
States MarshafS office in our city, il is due to
Us. a. mechanic as well as to all printers. to
state the facts. l.. c. WHITE, the United States
Marshal of the Western District of Arkansas.
in order TO draw all the fees and perquisites
of the office in his own pocket, has procured
small press and type to print the blanks nee
e,sarv and connected with his office. Some
times one deputy and sometimes another do
the work. The idea of sane man sending out
legal document like that in such condi-
ton. 1t is a buresque on the intelligence OF
the people of the State and disgrace to any
Court who may have such papers before them,
20 enter DEGREES upon. A child ten years old
with any sort of information, would not have
made such hungling work. Il is In keeping
with all the official acts of this office; the most
ignorant and illterate are selected for pol-
tions that require the most intelligent faith.
ful and honest.
But the Marshal when he signed these doc
nlncnts and sent them forth to the world made
them his own work and is responsible for II
Ibis l. not the first or only case Many of the
notices of bankrupts, sent from his Office are
ina similar condition. No one supposes for
moment that they are legal notices or will an
swer the requirements of the law. The oues-
ton Is asked from all parts of the country
what Kind of printers do you have in Ar
kaisas:"
We wish 1t distinctly understood that most
OF the printing emenating from the United
states Marshal's Office for the Western Dis
trict Of Arkansas, is done by the Marshal him
selfin a"doctor's shop" printing oiiice--and
asa sample of the mutton-heads" employed
by him We refer to the work Of the notice
above.