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


false, malicious andscandaious traducer, ("
{epithcts which may nevertheless eyentu-
sIly rccoil on their author) but with an ho-
nest view of giving to nay fellow citizens,
Aas well as the public at large, such stateA
nient of facts as may enable them to Judge
with what force these approbrious terms
apply to me, onthc score the transaction
sn question, and how far my exertions TO
enable the Doctor to cxtricate himself from
his recent difficulties have, merited- such a.
buse.
On Saturday the 18th instant, Doctor
Rose called on me with a paper OF which
the following isa copy, purporting to be
communication from Mr.. George Wise,
and demanded whether or not, rhad stat.
ed what was therein contained.
No. ].
Mr.. George VIE Rates, that Mr.. Holman, 10
"a conveffarion with him, and aome Others, obfery
ed that Dr.. Rofr, in cornrlny with Col. Pey-
son, had called upon him Mr.. Hoffman, 70 get
the letter which he bad obtained from the Doc
Tor fome.tme before, respecting the mlfunderstand
ing aboas bill, then peading before Congrcis.
selaring 10 TIE Corporation, thatsgM Hofman)
N reply, toll the DR.. he acted snot upon his own
account alone, but 90 behalf Of the committee.
and did not give thc lettrr, shatthe Doctor then
aikcd hin, 1.-THE had .attcd c'sireiy for himieit,
whether he would have returned the letter, that
M Hoffman replied, thar he fhould do with the
lerrsr what he IN. II &inao1 thought proper {
npoa this, thar the % liot had uied apProbious
language, aad thar Mr.. Huffman. informed him.
that his hou(c was always an afylum, but thss
notwirbRanding he thoaid not sfe lmeaning the
D efor) any improper language IN his hcufc. upon
which the Doctor begged Mr.. Hofman's pardon.
After perusingthe paper, Ireplied, that
substantially had, but not IN the express
terms there nsed. He then demanded that
I should give him in writing an account OF
whit passed between US at my house At the
sine. and onthe occasion alluded to, or at
least of so much of it as had obtained any
degree of publicity. assentcd to this APP
pIication. on condition that hewould pre-
yioasly put me in possession OF the paper
presented, or copy thereof. After some
hesitation he agreed to do SO, and soon
xifer IN compliance made nina the following
communication.
No. H.
dlexandsia, isth FEB. 1904.
Doctor Henry Rose,
SrRs
IN conformity with my promise, / here send
veu ssatemenr OF WHAT passed in any house she
evening you and Colonel Peyton were there, for
the purpose of getsing back the letter you had
given the Committee, relative 70 the Tpfsnndc,
STANDING about che bill then pending before Con
xress, relating TO the Corporation'ot Alexandra,
and which is what stated 10 sulldry gentlemen
the following day. /,
That on my refusing to give up the istter on
behaifof the Committee, you became irritable,
aud made use of an appgobrious term on which
] remarkel, my house projected any gentleman
skat GANG into Is, and thatsI had not been accus
toned 20 receive such language; that was so1 I
IS Doctos Rose had no lnose respect Tor my lady Z
On whichtI stared DottorRose had made yesg
proprf apology. AS il respects my answer g.
.your apoe al TO me what ] would do with sh
lesses, if acted altogethsr ON nv own behalf, Z
heleye nv answer 90 have been " thar M
EvDcs had stated on tlis A.ps OF Congress, ths :
which thoughs Incorrect, and IN Which 4 VII
implicated, ard that Shouts take the shorscs
n0ds Of correcting che ror
JACOB HOFFMAN.
The Doctor called again on the following
DAY. and declared himself not satisfied wit
the statement had furnished, and o6serv-
cd that i had not gone so far as he wished
o,,a -xnectesi. When asked him TO par
secular ixe, he endeapoured to do SO, and as
well as could understand htTn, ne aimed
asa declaration on my part, that his apollo.
gv was inteBdsd exclusively for Mrs. Hotf-
man This Ifefused to do. as Il would
have bern incorrect, but after some consi-