TO TILE PUBLIC.
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WE, the trustees Of st. Peters Church in the
Borough OF Wilmington, State OF Delaware, see
ng an appeal to the public by william Larkin,
wherein he charges us, Peter Pierce, Bernard
M'Cann, Bernard MGuigen, and John Durnin,
with unlusty assailing, and most wantonIy SLAM
dering, the said Vim. Larkin's character. He
then proceeds to say he feels it duty he owes
to himself and his friends to rcpel the unauthor-
ICED, base and untonuded charges made by those
calumniators, and expose them to that contempt
they merit. He then comes forward, honest
man like, to exhibit to public view a statement of
the facts connected with the lottery case alluded
to: he requests the public to recolect the pc
riod the Legislature granted the lottery, in 1922,
for raising the sum Of 5000 dollars for the use of
st Peters Church and payment Of debts, over all
expenses; he then states the managers of the
lottery then agreed that one Of them should sign
the tickets, and receive the money, and pay
the pri2es-this was the most Substantial part of
the business, although poor Billy says il was un-
ortunate for him, or, the self-created trustees
would have it, it was unfortunate for the Church
the trustees are a set OF impndent fellows, for
not plying poor Billy's severe loss, and not the
losses of the church; poor Billy goes on to in
form the public he sold the lottery to Thomas
Hope, who commenced to sell the Tickets; and
after the sale of the first and second classes, hon
est Biy tells the public, with the most bare





and note, and payment oidcbts, the full amount
and upwards, say 1905 dollars Ashe treats the
pubIc opinion with the same nsoIence as he has
treated the congregation of St Peters Church,
we now challenge you to come before any three
or more respectable men of the Borough, and we
arc ready to meet any hour you appoint, face to
face, and if YOU can produce one solitary docu-
ment of receipt or settlement for any sum o.
money, even for one dollar, since the commence
ment of the drawing of the lottery until thi
day, we shall acknowledge your assertion to be
true, and ifyeM cannot produce any receipt o
settlement from the trustees of ST. Peter
Church you must be the most abandoned crea
ture upon carth--we challenge you to produce i
in forty-eight hours, or you stand convicted, a
YOU are; so that we shall prevent you from
imposing any longer on the public. Our for
bearance for so long time with you, was from
motives of charity, not wishing to iniure you
character, as we would do, for any man in busi
ness; but you are the same obdurat'
and perverted wretch STILL after all our indul
pence to you. We point out an infamous false
hood on the face of the document you have Sc
before the public, where you say you sold 81.
classes of the lottery to Thomas Hope for 50
dollars each, to be paid by Hope as each clas
was Sold You state that after the lst and Cd class
es were sold, you paid the church the sum Q
1906 dollars in cash and note. You could not pa
uns Of ope thousand dollars, which you state yo