Public Leger, Volume 3, Number 116, Richmond, Wayne County, 15 July 1826 — Page 2

To the Editors nfUtz txlic Leger.

Gentlemen Under the date of July 1st, an extract from a letter has been published in your paper, said to be written by n "respectable citizen of Union county," setting forth, (as the writer says,) "the whole facts attending the supposed robbery of Wm. MoOitt," as well as "the public opinion in the county of. Union," in regard to that circumstance. m n Whether that "respectable citizen, will rain most credit from his "anxiety to have the whole facts," in relation to the abovementioned robbery, made known to the public, or from his unrivalled eloquence at Liberty, on the 4th instant, I shall not pretend to assert; but shalj submit it to the public to determine, whether he or myself is best calculated tor make a true statement of the facts attending that unfortcnate aCiir. i The "whole facts ' are minutely these:

In the month of May, I purchased at INew

Q160; and, that my prevarication to them is thought conclusive testimony that I had .neither money or coffee." But mark the contradiction: In the next paragraph he says, the ''better ppinioo is, that 1 had 51,000, of which I was robbed by my P1 or consent." The truth is, when I first landed at Cincinnati, 1 had a conversation with Clark & Green concerning the eaU of the coffee, but made no particular contract; I however afterwards sold them 7 bags, at 19 cents per lb. which amounted to $ 1 96 50. For the remaining 75 bags (after reserving two for Leviston) I received from' Daniel Abels $2,250. I never

! stated that I had sold Clark & Urecn I 12.000 lbs. of coffee; but, on my first rc- ; turn from Cincinnati, I told my acquaint

ances that I expected they would purchase it. I am also charged with having "hesi

tated in answering Clark & Green some

Ever a cold mine, somenl.ere obssl i tbe 1 am wsrobslsicd, and annil.ij Zrn of Saiburv ; nod OJT te-on for hnd- wed fofbo, and find mt

! questions concerning the colTee,"nnd with "dunlicitv towards James Leviston."

Orleans, from the supercargo of the sliip , : n0ti, Gf the above statements arc wholly

false and groundless. I never nesitateu m answering Clark &. Green any question;

can James Leviston assert, with truth,

rirzn 12,680 lbs. of eoflVe, and also 20

firkins of mackarcl, of a merchant in that city,' which I had conveyed to Cincinnati, a part in the steam-boat Tccumseh, and a part in the Favorite; nt which last mentioned place, I disposed of seven bags to Clark & Green for 197 50; two bugs, weighing 275 or 280 lbs. I reserved 'for James Levisten; and the remainder Isold to Daniel vAbels for 2,250; or, in other TTords, he sold it for my use. The 20 hrkins of fish I sold to one Bowers for $30. ! dad,-wheal left New-Orleans, between 100 and 150 dollars, which more than defrayed my expenses and payed the freight of my cargo to Cincinnati. After paying all demands for passage, freight, hoarding, commission, &c. and liquidating some claims against me in Cincinnati, I had remaining $2,393, or about that sum: 1,390 dollars of which was in U. S. Bank notes, and tlic remainder in specie. One thousand dollar of the silver I put in linen bags, and carefully placed in my saddlebags; and the bank notes I secured in a belt, which I fastened, beneath my shirt, around mv bodv. With my cash thus secured. Tb'ft Cincinnati on the evening of the 3d of June, in company wi'h Mr. Grover, of Liberty, and arrived at the last mentioned place "on the evening of the 4th, where 1 tarried till 7 or 8 w clock next morning; whirh morning proved to me the

harbinger of trouble, affliction and distress. From Liberty 1 went directly to Mr. Cully's whose son 1 was owing a tritle, and after liquidating the demand, proceeded to Mr. John Dwiggins with whose family I had business best known to myself, and for which conduct I do not consider mytelf accountable to Mr. James Perry, or even to a "respectable citizen of Union county." About 10 or 11 o'clock 1 started from Mr.

Dwiggins' to go to the house of Wm. Mar-1

lIC, WlllCll III UCCWUlll !. ttj invunuuand zig zng route,v)wilh whm I bad businp, but who was absent. It was my intention, when I left Martin's, to go to the house of James Cunningham, and pay him

some money; accordingly, 1 passed the

nor

that I have ever deceived liim in any par

ticular. It is also stated that 1 was examined by a physician of Liberty, the day succeeding the robbery, who could ''discover no cut, bruise or contusion, and that my pulse was regular." I sent for no other person than Mr. D. Kosher, who let blood, which gave me instant relief. It is true Simon Yandes called on me the day above alluded to, (unasked,) but neither his medical or surgical aid was sought: and from the sup ill-

cial examination made by him it would have been impossible for the most skilful

i practitioner to ascertain the extent of the

injury done to my person. After requesting the 'respectable citizen,' in future, when he feels disposed to traduce the character of his neighbor, (and more especially, one whose misfortunes call aloud for the sympathy of every person of feeling.) so to arrange his statements, as to make the latter part correspond with the commencement, I shall conclude by subjoining a copy of the bill of the coffee sold for mc by Daniel Abels. WM. MOFF1TT. July C,132G. "Cincinnati, June 2d, 1 82G. Sold for William IMolliit 75 bags ofcoffec for $2,250' Signed, DANIEL ADKL3.

iKorf. is. that I rr.aY insome measure

do justice, to that ancient and much injurcd Metropolis. . . . n Thus Felbw CitizensJiave I briefly given you a part of my views; I do not wish to bribe you with promises; give me but the chance to perform, and my actions will speak for themselves. . It is probable you may be entertained with stump speeches by some of my fellow candidates, but I feel a repugnance at J.e idea of owing my election to demagogical declamation. I appeal to the cool judgment, not to the passions of men. I now lake my leave of you, at this time, with the assurance that I shall resort to no dishonorable means to obtain the suffrages of any individual, and that I am dccidedlv opposed to buying votes with that inveterate foe to our individual and collective happiness Whiskey. I am with the highest expect the Public's Obedient Servant. c DAVID D. SANDERS.

TO FRtRXD CYRUS FIKCII. I have just taken a c ursory view of your address to the citizens of Wrayne County in answer to which"! shall beg leave to make my remarks not to the County , but, directly to y ourself. if I understand y ou right, in the commencement of your doru mcnt, it was y our intention to clear yourself of some charges made against you by i myself; y ou then for awhile appear to lose i the subject, and tell us that you aie attached to the citizens of Wayne County; that j y ou have received much kindness at their ! hands you then enter into a laboured i disquisition on the duties and privilege H attornies, and infoim us that it was most likely you would give your vote to Mr. 'Rariden at the ensuing August election: Ithe next thing which appears to have hit lyoor fancy was that some gentlemen, in your absence, had given certificates which ! differed from vour views, and that y ou re-

gretted it: then, that the Friends have a :

; rooted abhorrence to slavery; inai you venerate their feelings, and that y ou are

rejoiced that 1 do not belong to the society ; with a lengthy detail of irrelavent matter, of which 1 shall take no notice; but shall endeavor to come to the contested point at

Plifif nrnnl:if inn rf lm

The following arc the particula five facts, which I have been ;1 lect : !c

Onthc 15th of April, the Gr

had an engagement with

squadron.

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thn 1- 'i

The combat A

TO THE PUBLIC. As my name has been lor some time before the Citizens of Wavne Count), as a candidate for their suffrages at the approaching annual election, I deem it expo dient, (though my various avocations would not nermit me until this late period.) to

lK itwtnrndrnt electors Ol

f Wan, a concise exposition of my politico!

i views and sentiment?. 1 urn aware max u I is almost equivalent to throwing the gaunti let at my competitors and political adver

saries, thus publicly to announce the principles by which I expect to be "governed, dmull I Iw Ihp rhnn of the Deorle. But

t once, l l on

say

anntinn of James Louden Talor,and!

ti.nro dUmmmted from mv horse to attend'; a fearless and independent course being the

ihomlUrtf rjilure. Before 1 again mount- otdv proper one for a Legislator, that

.i rv hrrSf I heard the report of a gun,;! course shall be mine.

V.VI " - I ' .. .

It would be needless to say that I am a

a short distance from me, in a S. E. dire

tion; soon after which a boy (said to be the son of Mr. Tay lor) came to the place where I was, from whom the story, probablv .originated that I had discharged a putoh After riding a distance of one or two miles it commenced raining, which induced me to alter mv intention, and proceed

to Mr. MabbittV. While rising a hill,; mar a half mile from Mr. MabbittV, I was) attacked by three men, who were dUguis ! cd by being blacked, and stood concealed!

behind different trees. One ol the ruffians caught the rein of my horse, while the othfr two demanded m) money. I snapped a pistol atone ol the assailants, which

I genuine republican, as no one at this day ! would befool hardy enough to solicit your j support and confidence, who did not at ! least profess so to be. I profess nvyelf a

friend to internal improvements, domestic manufactures, and to all the leading features of our present national policy; but I h-ill rnnsider mself peculiarly tho

guardian and supporter of what 1 conceive I

to be the vital interests ci tnis v.ouniy ;j some of which 1 shall enumerate. Among the agricultural citizens of this county, (and they comprise the majority of our population,) complaints have been nu

merous, the last seaon,ni me uepreoauons

that you arc morally cer

tain that y ou never made use of the expres- j jsinn, that 4RKridcn had damm'd himself in j

Wayne County," &c. I now say it, nd that most unequivocally, that y ou did make that statement., and many others similar to it, and I dare you to confront mc, and the evidence which I am able to produce, in a public manner, before those citizens at

whose hands you have rcccivcu so mueu kindness we will let them decide whether vr-u ever mauc those statements, or not which if y ou decline, 1 want it to be distinctly understood, that you arc afraid' to meet me on that grouud. It was not my wish to enter into any altercation with you on the subject, and was in hopes from our knowledge of the subject, and what I could actually prove, that you would have taken a different course;

but it is not lor mc to dictate. Ana now, fiiend Cyrus, I think y ou understand me, that although I am one of your double faced fellows I am determined, as it rcpects y ourself, thai y ou shall have no cause of complaint for the future on that ground. July 12th, 182G. D. HOOVER. The editor of the Western Emporium will please to give this an insertion next week.

th( Ornrtr fi:id thf nr!t':in(i..

not so decisive as to enable them .li to drive away the Turk and U i visions into Mis?omng!)"r. iMi;iU! fore, waited for fresh divisions t' j the combat. Ibrahim, wearied outO many fruitless attacks, in which p sustained such severe losses, directed his attention to prevent the arrival i plies sent in small vessels from Zat. "On. the 10th, nil the conimuVj were cut off by means of raft?, a,J bottomed hoat3,armed with heavvan From that time the provisions whj 1 at Petala and Porto Sore could .AJ the beseiged, who maintained tbJ only by means of a few supplies whid daily received, began to be in the plorable situation. On tle 17th and I several women, children and oM mPn of hunger. On the 19th the evil inc ! ed. Notwithstanding the horrors of situation, nobody thought of surrender all still placed their hopes on ifo.; but every one prepared to sacrifice hi; j Several parts of the town were select 5 receive the women, the children, r.t,: aged, and every preparation tvas rni'fj blow up the place. On the 21?t;i:,j;J no prayers were performed. Several of the town were underminded,ai.J ,J tiabitants determined that all those should not be able to make a sally, as the wounded, the women anU rlii-l should bury themselves by spriiigii j j mines. Oji the 2 1st and 22nd, Miaulis a-ainj tacked the Turkish fleet, but whaticd' number of little vessels do -gaii st C J

unfortunately missed tire; upon which all of the Annv worm, the Grubworm and the

pistol was discharged at me, which did me;

no essential injury . i ne rnnncrs men drew me from my horse, beat me with club, and left me senseless on the cround.

When I firl came to my recollection, I ,j The Ague and Fever is another evil, to found myself near the farm of Mr. Mab-j which all our citizens are liable, and which

hilt. I .'" helt containing .Sfl,3'JU ws too often presents its ghastly visage in v.i

Weevil. These. I humhlv conceive, re-

cjuire Legislative interference, and I shall use mv bct exertions to have them kept

without our borders.

gone, and when the tadnlfhaga were found, next day , the silver was taken from thm aho. I h ue been thus minUtc in detailing the p.iitit ul rs of my v.iyagt from New Orle.i; to Ciia i nati, a:,d my joti'i ey from thiMirr to the fatal pot wheie I ."as robbf I, fr the purpose of showing the puNit

tt. i' ilie letter written hv a respectahle

rious parts of our County. This I propose j

removing to the Alleghany mountains, where the air is pure, the water .not so subject to stagnation, and where its pernicious effects would not be so sensibly felt as in this Cotintrv.

I have aUo thought, for the promotion ol comfort and convenience in the warm sea

son, to place the Dog days in January ;

wii dlv fale and gruui dh .

Among the many contradictions and absurdities contained in the letter above ah'idi d to, I hall only mention a A w of the ir'A pn tnii nt. He states that Clark &

Hivcn inioin.td a gentleman of Liberty,1

.. m m . II K..t.K, .4a..tll.. 1 1 . .1 . t w t m t nrl 'tilt

ciijz n ol Union county. s a unci, and,! The. "u,u" u,t U,,,,K ' ,v,t

that iUv statemei b therein conht incd arc poisonv. reptiles, said to be more vene-

mous in tho"- udjs. Another ohlt ft, which appears to be the

desideratum of all chides of the rommui i ? ty,i money. None d;6 can get enough! rtfii ..ii.fl l lu h. vr (it i.th ni n, that tbel

man who would devise a plan fur the sup "

.11

SPAINContinucs m the most wretcneiij condition. In Andalusia many persons had j perished for the want of food. The government is a dark and gloomy despotism. The Indecateur of of Bordeaux gives the j

following intelligence from Spain: k'buch is the wretchedness of the peninsula, that a rector ol the environs of the Bergantina lias placed himself at the head of his par-

ishioncrs who arc able to beararms.and nas gone out to seek his fortune on the highway." Gref.ce. A vessel arrived at Trieste in T.G days from Alexandria, in Egypt, reports

that a division of the Greek fleet of Hydra, had made in the month of March a land-! ing at Bierout, in Sy ria, and carried off 3.000.000 piasters. The Greeks intend, ed a similar attack on Cyprus, but were hindered by contrary winds. The terror sprrnd by this enterprise had extended to Egypt. Accounts from Corfu, dated April 1 1,

I mentioning that the national assembly of

Greece would shortly be convoked at Kpidaurus. The deputies of eastern Greece are said to incline to a monarchy, and desire to ask the grat powers ofchnstendom

k.

which had the advantage of ti c vj All their efforts were useless; it was possible to get a vessel laden with pr ions into the town, and the Greek lk ij vain lost its best vessels, exposed to fire of the large Turkish men of C The unfortunate beseiged, seein; t last hopes vanish thought only of cx ting their heroic project. Every t was prepared lor the sacrilirc; tie H men and children were placed cur ; mines. Some of themost intrepi Ii!b promised to set fire to the mines the ment the signal should be given, men who were still able to carry arms' solved to make a sally, to force their , through Ibrahim's army to jein tlicirhj rcn, and to revcnge,if possible, the wj and children whom they abaruiort.j death. About 2.000 attempted to j cute this design, 130 or 140 men re ri in the town, and retired into a house, ?

! they converted into a fortress.

tfn.TUac 23d, in the evening, hu:.r: pafturc took place, and at the sarre mcnt the frightful volcano blew up I

population, which was, reduced to ' ';

souls, lhc I urks, who knew trie p: of t!ic unhappy beseiged, made a great resistance to the sally of the Ci A dreadful carnage took place, ar

least half of the sacred baltillion pc:

It is hoped, however, that about " ? 800 may have gained the mountain j the following day , the heroic town a j inhabitants no longer existed. The l

on entering the f own found only ru r dead bodies: however.the 1 30 men . fortified themselves in the house, ti tt themselves the whole day, makinii ai rnmncrn of the EirVDtiailS. At 1( I L:1

e . . r . I

hausted by fatigue and want ol looa, blew themselves up at the moment v the Turks were going to take them, j "Almost every week, and since the of April every day, English vessels, Missolonghi." Sir F. Adam, before parture for London, had iatcrposj tween the town and Ibrahim, anJ

(111 I i 1 3 tllUll.", 1' - . . . rp

bring about a capitulation

r i

The

tants of Missolonghi had consenteJ to :j i o.-.tf. n.; l:iTiTag

me lowii niui mv .- and with drums beating. Ibrahw n''Un nromised that pronci tv shi'i"'1 l;

petted, and their lives spared, . I

sifted that the whole garrison j I prisoners of war. Our heroes u -; i U. rf.Knd. and declared thev

th. m?(dves up. The English, '' j iViissolonghi was not . tenable. ai J ' was impossible for the Greeks0 ' supplies, made the greatest cll1lt A.tt Misdonghi to surrender; but all J

lor a

leg.

vain.

It is stated that the gallant C'j

ishedoll Missolonhi m the

1 he comm-nudcd.