Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-03


other cause, the enterprise iaiIci-aU H..
too before the tine appointed for Mr.
Englisii to receIve-n.!y communication. and
whist my family remained in Alexapdr;au
The anxiety consequently impaired 10 A.
Loves family 10y these outrages. (and ;.
this tine loo il was ranored that cnns'
qreilce very{injurous t. him nigh, loiIomI
/ determined on the Moniay E.ilowipa
place myself and family under my f. ,ber,s
root. / ha'! been there but Il lew days No
fore another enterprise was planned and
hIr. Eng fish was selected as a prup.r rb. N
rdcter to carry il ilo execution lie ~.
cordingly sci on; trom Alexandria OH Sa,nr.
day the Cd OF January, 10 execute this Eol5
aud. desperate design. az il was pubi;rlw
given out there, accompanied ly tbr.a
watchrnen the same. believe, who ii
or former occasion given such proots ~;
their gu!Ltafry in Offending agaiirs, The lave
of Virs mia. On lie way, it appears, th.;r
discretion got the letter of !ker yaIo,
AMI they concluded it was bette, 70 carr,
their oIJect by siralagem than by storm
accordingly two OF the party first apptarcd
at the house with letter from Mr. / ngiisI
for me, aid TO be delivered to 10 other rer.
son, which privilege being refused Them
they returned to the gate, not lar dIs,an;
where Mr.. English and one of these hire
lings were waiting the result. which 1eing
communicated, Mr.. English presented him.
self alone with this sane letter, wri,,cpb y
but bearing his signature
dated on the oSth December, reoue.ting,
preference being gIven 10 his claim. This
letter was b nded to me and answered i'm.
mediaieIy, after which he requested an in.
tcrview, which refused. lie then request.
I'd "ouh see him the next day If he cali
ed, which | agreed to upon certain cupdi-
tiors. He according y made MS ap, ear nee
the next day, about ten clock, when bc
was presented with paper containing the
terms upon which | would see him, and
which ne was invited to take with him to A.
lexan iria bot he declined Tor reasons bes.
known to himself
Shall | torbear exposing the conduct CT
Mr.. English on this occasion Perhaps az
he has turned author, the world may wish
to knoT something more about him. Ii ap
pears he left AL xndria. accompanied iv
three hired men, for the avowed purpose Of
taking me by force 20 alexandria. \, hat
were his declarations here! On the first
day, he said his visit was entirely pacific,
ami denied all know ledge of The men that
accOmp MED him; but meeting with item
in the road, he had barely requested them
e. deliver bis letter, as he was not certain
his appearance would be agrteable. When
be was told the consequences that he might
expect in attempting an outrage so fagran,
as rumor had charged him with, he denied
having the most distant intention, and fur
Their declared he had never heard such
thing spoken OF. Those are his first days
declarations. Now for The second: lie.
mana was made of bin as TO the names Of
the three men that accompanied bin he
day before he then acknowledged, in the
face Of his previous declarations, that he
knew tie names of two, to wit, 81 inner md
Johnston, bu: still declared his ignorance
as to the third (Wiggs) and offered to kiss
the bible, and swear TO it. He was then
asked from whence he brought them he
answered Fairfax Court House; and why
he did bring Them, and whether they were
hired He declared they came without lee
or reward, and his only reason for inviting
them to come, was in consequence OF hear.
ing from Mr.. Moss, Clerk Of Fairfax, that
the house was guarded. On that TOO he gave
way. JFhen Mr.. Moss name was men
toned, my brother told him he did not be-
iicve it. and required .him 10 give crrtii-
cate, which he could not refuse, if Il vas
true: it then appeared he could no, certify
as TO MIR. Moss, but would as TO Skinner
AT the very hour, perhaps, when Mr.. Eng
lish was making these declarations, his
friends IN Alexandria were disproyiDg Them
in the most public manner, by boaslIng of
he certainty OF his success. This enter
prize also failing, another outrage is at
tempted, with less personal risk. An ad-
vertisement in pul lie newspaper, offering
a reward of 500 dollars to any person or
persons that would apprehend me, and de-
liver me in Alexandra, to be dealt with
there according 10 law, was the next resort,
sgoed "James English, Thomas SWIM jr.
and Robert G. Violet" beg the read
er's attention to the dupIicity Of Mr. Eng.
fish. About three days before the date Of
this publication, lie left my fathers house,
promising 'that as far as be hada say, my
books and papers should be delivered to
my order, and that he would advise all my
creditors to wait, as he would himself, until
had time to make out a statement of my
affairs" As TO Thomas Swami junr. the
only notice Eshall take Of him, will be 10
publish his letter to me on the subject Of hi;
claim, (about 45o dollars which will sufl.
cienty account for the course he has pur.
sued towarcs me. shall iorbear making
any remarks as to Mr.. Violet, as have no
doubt he was persuaded to DO all he has
done. Next comes Mr.. EngIish's appeal 10
the public. single handed, containing char
ges malicious as false, as he must have
known when he was putting his hand to
paper some hireIing had prepared for lbe
purpose. In the first place, as to the amount
and circumstances attending my first fail.
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