Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-29

ed at my house, and presented ne ssith tst2
following cHALLEsCE.
No. TX.
Sir,
As reports injurious TO ny 'eputstion haze
prevailed for fo,ne days pat, WHICH reports have
been traced 70 you, as the author, ard as you
have refu(td by anicable adjaAmrnr 80 give ln,e
i hereby demand Of you thss fssisattipn wkich.
the feelings OF an injured geatieman fsq1jec.
My friend DR.. Smith wis on my pasrs MAKE.
the necedary arrangements.
Your obj. iervt.
HENRY ROSE.
Alex. Feb. II.
! Mr.. Jacob Hoffman, Alexandria.
Inreply to this attestation of fashionable
valour, ! answered verbally to Dr.. Smith,
(he refusing to take it in writing, viewing
it he said as an improper answer) that be-
ing unconscious of having done any thing
that could Justify such a demand, should
decline giving,Dr. Rose any further salts
faction OF any kind, until had cause to be-
lieye Ihad done him an injury, especially
as / had taken SO much pains the evening
before, through him Dr. Smith to do his
friend every Justice which could be reason
ably demanded.
Thus have Igiven brief but faithful re-
lation of the facts on which is founded DR..
Roses accusation Of false, malicious, and
scandaloats tradatcer. Heaas indeed avoid
ed to specify any particular calumny, bit
as ne Processes to have received his infor-
nation through respectable channel, and
as thespaper FIRST presented for my conside-
ration, contains all that's said to have been
received, he is left to support his charge
from some part of that document. Has
not the substance Of that paper been fully
and satisfactorily provento be true? feel
secure In submitting the question to the
public even on this ground, although II VII
the signature of Mr.. George Wise, does
not exactly correspond with that, said 10
have contained information coming from
him, which paper or its original [ am al
thorised by MIR. Wise himself to state ne
neoer sdzu, and that the certificate ncwpah-
|flished contains the substance of the eonve-
sation he communicated, copy Of which
he had given DIR. Rose. Let the public
compare that which is now given .nder his
signature, supportedby DR.. Wise and Mr..
Stewart, with the certificates of Mr.. Rid
die and Mr.. Patton, and determine who
ther there be aught Of falsehood or appa-
rent malice In my representations. The
h<. -.
that thesesarc serious aid injurious charges,
and cannot be unmindful Of the consequent
ces Of being unable &c substanriate them IN
4 court of justice.
But am also charged with cowardioc, and
If TO have declined an acceptance of the
Doctors challenge supports that charge,
then ana convicted. Although have no
ambition to shine Ia the annals of modern
Ghivalry, yet am not wiling TO subscribe
to the Doctors accuracy, when on this head
a spectacle proportion of the community
am persuaded wiEnot give hina credit for
the correctness Of his premises. and that
the other part especially such as know ME
or ray eharacteg, will not readily admit that
he viii acquire much eeiat by this cxertion
ofhis proves. tits possible however that
the Doctor may vet add to lis laurels by
extending his dsGa,sas 20 Mrs. Hoffman,
and this superstition seems in some mea-
sure warranted, by 4 consideration of the
time, place ard manner, which he selected
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hostile intentions to-
wards me. The time WAS on a sabbath
morning, when the solemn sound Of the |
belts waa saaRoaiDg the peaceful inha;t-