Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-27
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/ pised for interruptiDg their business, and was an
! swer-d thst it was no interruption, and requested
| to take a seat, which / did. Soon after Doctor
Rose demanded of Ms. Hoffman the delivery OF a
; letter he had given hinl; and ! think, sad his
! reason 70: demanding it was, that he could sub
I ~stantiste the Information he gave Mr.. Eppes re-
! spelling the Bill sent by the Mayor aud Council
j Of Alexandra to Congress. MIR. Hoffman re-
Fused to deliver it, saying that as there we're more
] ~perso!s Implicated in the charge that Dr.. Rose
, had u.ade 10 a member of Congress, and that as
| the letter went 70 resute, or contradict said charge
: Il was common property, and he would not DELI
I yer II without their consent. HE doctor then
told Nj. Huffman, thar II he was not IL. his own
| houfe he would tell him thai his conduit was We
! nv base- on which MIR. II. rose and very cody
observed 10 the Doctor, that his house at all
! times afforded prote ton TO gentlemen that came
| into the also told D56tor Rose, that lie was
; notused TO hear such language, and that he
thought the Doctor would have treated his lady
with more respect. Doctor Rose then observed
that he was warm and ~ifFisated, and had made
| use 0 fimproper language-he also made a very
polite and gentemanlikc apology to Mrs. Hcff.
man.
he asked MIR. Hoffman on what footing they
should leave tie business, TO which Mr.. liott-
man replied, that he thought himself i3jpfed, TO-
gether with the gentlemen OF the Committee, and
tbat he should take the shortest mode Of redres.
sing the injury and make use OF the means in his
power.
JOSEPH RIDDLE.
Assx. z4th Feb. 1904.
No. ".
Tfertify that was p@reIent at the e%onverfa-
zion, to which Mr.. RiGdic refers, and that il IS
fabAantisIly correct but that Mr.. HofmsB's
letter to Doctor Rofr, ltates fomc parts OF 1t more
infinitely.
Alexandria, February "A.
To prove that ! made no other represen-
sation Of this transaction than that what ac-
tuaIlr took place, ! adduce the following
certificates.
No. VI.
Being p~feient on Friday lat, when Mr.. Hof-
man was 4Gcd, if there had not been demand
made of a paper given him by DR.. Rofe, Mr..
Hoffman, ,eplied IN the affirmative, and began
10 relate the conversation, which took place at
the interview, mfabaance as follows
After rcfuEag the paper, Deter Rotc, made
uGe of spprcbious terms, which Mr.. II. faid he
s2uld no. fuffer from any gentlsman, that bis
| houfe was however an afylum for every tentle-
mao, when Dr.. Role begged pardon. or apollo
gied and Acknowledged be was warm The nan.
ne, in which MI. Hoffman gave the sta,emen
,mpceGsd on me. that Mr.. H. was pleaied with
III reparasion the Doctor made, it may be proper
70 r.maik that Mr.. H. did not relate it in a
ayis of exultation.
GEORGE WISE.
Alexandria, Fsb usry "A.
No. VII.
On the roth Of February Mr., Hoffman, read
10 me a copy of a letter addreiitd to Dr.. Rofe,
containing as nearly as ! can. ~recolletf the con-
v~erfation which took place OF Friday the I7sh
Inst. between Mr.. Jacob Hoffman, John A..
Stewart, George Wise, ard myfeif.
PETER WISE, Jun.
No. VIII.
On Sunday the 18Th Of February, Mr.. Hofy
man read to me a Letter addraIed to Doctor Roie,
a copy of which he told me be had given him
TIE lie Ter contained Mr.. Hofman's c)nve,latian
70 Or. Wife, Nj. George Wife, and myielf as
nearly as | can recollaa.
JOHN A. STEWART.
On the afternoon Of Tuesday, the a1st,
Doctor Augustine +. Smith came into my
store, and wished to know fl were at lei
sure, Uniformed him | was and waitedonhim
into the street, where he informed me that
he had called on me, at the request Of his
friend Doctor Rose, holding a paper in his
hand, which he said contained whath e and
his friend Rose thought was proper for me