Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-01-28

men. We had hoped that we should neve
nave occasion to refer to this gentleman f9l.-
God save the mark-again. hut nocoss;t,
conpels Us TO deviate from our deliberately
formed purpose, in compliance with q ss,seas
ZION OF the Editor of the Richmond Vd;0. VIII,
says:
An ITEM OF cARPET-BAGGERY.
Inc Woodstock Herald, published in sbano,
uo"h county evidently has distaste for one. o.
me most illustrious of the Rcbmend carnet
paggefs. The Herald intimatcs he is s.,ot conn
- 10 ~ ~ MS own townsmen-his owR k,th an
NJ hln 81 IN massachusetts, We should think not If
ne MS THIS picture. Says the Ecrald :
AS this patriotic individual is an anpl;cant for
=; 81 olce OF very high Importance to every person
IN hichmond, the Herald might render a public
service by stating the facts to which it refers.
The mills of the, gods grind SLOW" and
time is SIRE to set all things right The day
of retribution may be in The distance. vet in
The round OF Years, it is sure TO come. Beyond
the advent into our community of this moanest
OF all the earpet-baggcrs We have yet seen, it
is not our purpose yet to speak. For the
present, we know that he came here I'm de-
F@u'oai patronage as poor, loatheae a6ieot
Dagger and f@wned and cr .oaafgIy secured the
ar,o;ntr,or, .e'.sse cleriship of this great
odnntn -sfmerly filed by high handed and
competent gentlemen. /
After torn Of most disereditable manage /
menl, he retired, non bcae 10 accep; the Chair
manship of the radical--carpet bag-execu-
live committee, for this ate, which Office SO
remunerated him that he was able 10 |'stay''
and ''hep'' in moderately furnished garnet
OF fl.ree-story building, in the suburbs of
as we have been creditably in
formed by gentleman who had The honor (?)
of paying him visit.
But to the official character Of this person
2ge VIC wish particularly to refer. OF course,
when lie entered upon the duties of the Office
he was required to take the regular oath to
well and faithfully discharge tho duties of
the same. Now ii so happened that, at the
regular levy court of this county, of which he
was clerk, we had cur claim for printing
regularly allowed and ordered to be entered in
The minutes We, ourself, handed the claim.
with the order. to this clerk for entry. A few
months after We had occasion to request of
our sheriff the amount Of our claim. He
Informed lis that the books showed no
authority 10 them to pay. as our claim was
not embraced in the general levy. We exam
med til books ourselves and found the state
nent true; but, at the next term. we called
he attention Of the court to The matter, and
he Presiding Justice having a distinct recol-
ection Of the matter, the court ordered the
claim 10 be entered which was Only done by
he present gentlemanly and efficient in
,umbent.
A few days since, il was our good fortune 10
meet one Of our county officials. Who although
be belongs to the sloil'' school, We yet regard
Is highminded gentleman, stated 10 us that
le had just returned from Richmond, and had
een this quondam official, and that he had in
ormed him that he had thrown our claim
lslde, and neglected entering it p~rposeIy, and
stated that it was ''sery5ng him as he deserCea."
After, rl4i4 '-.4'---=e IL netty villainy Of
his scamp. who avows his readS..sSs--y -a~rana
lis act Of deliberate perjury in the diaehoe-
# his Official functions, and boasts OF 1t, we
presume we need say nothing more with refer
,nce 10 his utter unitness for any station re-
1uiring honor and integrity.