American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-30

tation was Immediately had, when il wss det.,,.;,
ed tha, the boat should anchor off" Mount Vernon s.
and that committee Of three Of the members Is
Congress should go on shore and ask permssion -
Judge Washington to visit the "Tomb.r-
committee landed, and walked up TO the house. and
after waiting few minutes upon The payem.n,
and having knocked at the door, Judge Wasbino'
ton came out, and advanced to where they s,ooa
They we're introduced to the Judge by their name,
and stations in public life. The Judge Appeared
much exaspera'ed. One OF the committee nh.
served =" About thirty members of Congress are
. on board OF the steam boat at your landing and
having understood that you had prohibited passeo.
gers landing from steam boats, on your shore.
they have deputized US to wait upon you, and to
I" respectfuly ask you to permit them to land, to
+" pay their respects to the memory of your deceas
.ed relative, at his tomb" Judge Washington
replied .-"I will not have forbidden persons
to come here in steam boats, and if they land I
W sue them will at all events sue the captain
Of the steam boat for bringing them" The Com.
mittee answered -" We are sorry to have occa.
stoned your displeasure-wc came with the best Of
feelings, and regret your refusal. We assure you,
upon our honors, that TO injury shall be done 10
your property; and if you will perm, our compa.
ny to land, they will go directly TO the tomb"
and return Immediately As to sueing The Captain,
he is not answerabe; he has no. landed; the Com.
and respectful visit can be considered as such and
they ready to make any atonemrDt, if an injury
be done by them or the captain Of the steam boa,
TO your property Judge Washington then re.
marked-" want no atonement from you you have
so far done me no injury but will sue the Cap.
tain, As to permitting your company TO land
will mott would not permit the President oil the
United States and his Secretaries to come here in
dontrasention OF my positive orders and publications
made" The Committee then stated" we do not
wish you to sue the Captain he is not 10 fault If
any has been committed our company must be
made answerable--they will not let him suffer.
We never your publicaton-we highly disap.
prove of the improper conduct Of many who come
here, ought parties OF pleasure to be permitted
10 visit these scenes. Such is not our party-we
come with very different feelings, and we do
think that our characters and our standing in the
country ought 10 shield us from such importation.
We wish you good morning, sir. We have discharg.
ed our duty, and have given you our names We
must now return TO our friends TO communicate
this unexpected refusal" During the whole Of
this time, The gentlemen who composed the COM
mttee stood upon The pavement in front of the
house, where they were at FIRST received by Judge
Washing ton, and were never asked TO go into the
house, or to take seat. The manner of The Judge
was violent, and very different from that which We
consider The gentlemen were entitled to expect.
refusal in calm feelings and polite manner,
with gentlemen like those who composed the COM
mttee. representing the rt spectacle company they
did. ought to have been made. The commute
then returned 10 The boat, and informed the gentle.
men OF what had been said. Before their return,
few gentlemen han gone to the water'sedge ina
boat to be ready 10 land, and whose feelings were 10
tied at the refusal that they went direct TO the
tomb. and gave their names to MIR. Herbert, IA
gentleman who was at Mount Vernon,) to be used
as Judge Washington should think proper. We
are authorized e say " that in the interview be-
tween Judge Washington and the committee" the
word "Sunday" was not named The objection
was to landing from on board 4" steam boats"