Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-09-20

A copy was furnished, and On the next day the
following Instructions were received fro
Major Judy:
81 wish you to Grace the following number
ed words to-wit No 7, 8 AMI 9, and incert tn e
word $50" Also the worcs No IL, 10, Is. a.
10, 20, 81, %, % and "a, and incert the fol.
lowing words: What you acknowledged had
reference TO your allusisns in the press
When thus altered and arranged will read as
follows. did not hear yousay so.--But some
thing like this--that what you acknowledge d
had reference to your illusions in the press
Messrs. Smith and West are well entitled to
all the benefit they can derive from this altera
ton. We care not whether Major Judy says
g. did not hear you sag any svch thing'-or
81 did not hear you say so. Either is posi-
tive contradiction of that, which he had cert-
fed to be true, and is conclusive evidence to
US, and we believe it will be to all unprej JUDGED
minds, that he was led astray when he signed
his statement. .
We will now state, briefly, some Of the lead
ing incidents Which occurred at the time men
toned, to the truth of which, we are wiling
to be qualified in the most solemn manner.
After reading our second note to him, Mr..
Smith, while walking across the floor lad
dressing no person particularly observed, that
"if he had done any thing to injdre the charac-
ter of Mr.. Warren, he would make ample apo.
logy," or words to that effect Upon hearing
which, we observed to Mr.. West, that if Mr..
S. would insert in notf, what he had lust
spoken, We would then give him written an.
swer, that we had no personal knowledge,
that u.s. we had never been eye -witness) to anv
thing derogatory to his character as an indi-
vidual. No reply was male. We took back
the note for the purpose of making few in
terlineations; and while doing this, we sup
pose was the time that Mr.. S. went to our pis-
toll and threw out the primng-the fact o.
of doing which is acknowledged, though it
does not appear among the documents.
Most of the conversation which took place
between Mr. West and ourselves from this
'hhS uhtii eiIS COMMENCEMENT vi lHe
was upon the precedence ia making the pro.
posed mutualconcessio andwhenhe deliver
ed to Mr. S. our last note, with the uphole of the
" verbal message" instead ofthe latter making
the very eloquent speech quoted by Mr. w.
he made no reply whatever, but proceeded
to read the note. When he had finished, he
observed, merely, "well then, you wont re-
can't"
Instead Of "both the gentlemen" rising, as
stated by Mr.. West, they had both been upon
their feet for some time. When Mr.. S. came
toward Us, Mr.. W. seeing we had our pis-
"A in hand, sprang between, and we had
short scufie with him before we could
present it. When MIR. S. drew his dirk,
both Mr.. West and Major judy laid hold OF
him, and compel He'd him to surrender it.
Finally, we have no evidence that Mr.. Smith
us " With the heavy end of his whip"
Or any other part Of it, except braise upon
one OF our finger nails. We made no verbal
acknowledgement further than before stated
and this, we were determined, should not be
reduced to writing, until we had seen the con-
ccssion of Mr.. Smith, which had called it forth,
in the same shape.