The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-12

;, arsorol service OF notice. but In cases anato-
~ ,his fas we'll as In wider range oil
c,.cs, preslImes notice 10 parties whose VIZ
,emes are unknown, after publication Oh
four weeks: while 10 the case under cor s,u-
nro,ion creditors had twelve months notlce
to Gle their claims, published By the trustees
before the institution of the suit. and soue
three months notice afterwards BY order o'
the Federal court.
5.h. The charge is that General Johnson
procured the distribution OF oiViaenos
amongst ring of initiated and favored ere,
ditors. of whom be was ringmaster, anu
with whom he shared the spolis. Inc Joct
| IL that creditors resident in Richmond, ma
turally enough, received notice, ana tnat
most of these, being brokers, bad eitner
bought I'D the notes Of the banks themselves
or REPRESENTED creditors resident else" nefe,
for whom they filed claims, ana Win WON
they shared dividends. The lettef 10 qaee.
ton makes such a suggestion win resaiu ~
one house, and another, in tne very neA'
issue of the daily press, makes IKE state- :
ment with regard to its participation 10 'he
matter. c,, 1oh,son
defrauded creditors and sucked up tne !unu
hu foes for himself rs counsel, so eXor Dltant
~ S ~ amount TO gross persopal and profess
sional peculation, and by procuring the o.
lowance Of fees and costs to clerks, marshals,
Sc utterly unprecedented and corrupt.
The foct is that General Johnson's fees, even
os thay appear in the letter, amount 10 eN.
octly five per cent. five per cent? OF the fund
reaiizad from all sources, and these, as ne
s,atcs in his card, he divided with counsel
resident elsewhere and the clerks ices ID
3os cases amount to trific over $40 10 each
case Il will be remembered, too, as Gene
raj johnson states, that the Chief justice
himself fixed the attorneys fee and court
costs 10 these cases.
9TH. We call attention to what the letter ID
question does not advert to-ylz., IGat IL
these enormous and transparent lllegai,tieS,
errors. frauds, and pecuations had been
committed by or in favor Of any one, coun-
sol or client in the cause, the Chief justice
and the Supreme Court were ready and open
for superyision or revision, and the peco'
lators we're on the spot, and not only solvent,
We would only add that, representing as
we did, some oil us, debtors of The banks,
every opportunity and courtesy was extend.
ed us by General johnson and the other
counsel conducting the bank causes, Tor
making legal defences; that where such de-
fences were maze no Judgments went aSalDst
our clients; and that when we or they
deemed it to their interest 10 make settle
ments, these were effected on liberal and sat-
i,factory terms. Some Of US were and are
also of opinion that the jurisdiction and pro-
cess invented proved unusually efficient,
equitable, and economical for the collection
aud distribution Of the assets.
10 conclusion we beg leave to say that We
haye written thus calmly and deliberately,
not because we have no feeling In the prem
ises, but because the Issues Involved are too
grave 10 admit OF excitement in their discus
sion, and because we are confident that the
names of respectable members of our profes-
sion appended 10 q calm analysis OF the paper
urder discussion, especially wien following
the full and clear recitalS Of General John
sons card, will, in the estimation OF this
intelligent, just, and manly commut ity,
outweigh and crush out the ingenious iGsln'
uatious and perversions Of anonymous letter
writer's, ROBERT STILES,
LEIGH r. PAGE,
ROBERT OULD,
GEO. l.. CHRISTIAN.