Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-17

DAYS. This We protested sgsins', FORK "as
then worth BIG per barrel, and we were only 70
receive Slo per barrel for Pork % be delivered
on tn Is, Of March, assuring HIM our contract
should be- complied with when due. ne asen''
then proposed to purchase part oil our fork'
sayrg that he wanted about 1000 IDS. ina.
very Gay. which we agreed to let him have az
the MARKET price, BIG per barrel, or DO per
hundred. He agreed TO AXE 1t, and II was
weighed To him; but ii being iaie,- there was
no, time 10 go to his Office aud settiesior II.
went The next morning. lie expressed an wv,
willingness 10 paw for the Pork delivered, and
again insisted il should go on the con'rac'-
rhi, again prnles ed against, stating the con-
tract price uas only $40, whereas he had pros
misrd SIG 10, wha, he had rec ived
After considerable cross words, he counted
out and gave mr. he money. lie then angriiy
said he would hav. our pork we then had there
ON the contract, ard adGtd that he would 8"
and gel guard and take II. said TO hin' he
mus bring a strong guard then: 10 which he
replied he could easily do that. Apprrhend;nS
that he would 20 10 Grn. Jackson and misre'
present the facts o! the case, representing that
| The pork was due on our contract, thought
would go 10 The General first and show him the
contract, duplicate Of mnich had WITH me.
Mr. Gill,. our commission merchant, approved
! Of my plan, went with, and introduced mr TO
! G.n Jackson. / told him my business, ant
showed him The duplicate, which he appeared
to read. He asked me- if had the pork there
| | replied that we had pork there, bu! not 10
meet that contract, for /, was not due Tor con-
siderable ,imr yet The General then broke
out on me in most vulgar and pro'ane man
n,r, in nearly abnu' tue following words by
Cd, sir, i, Is he FIRST time ever saw man
ready 10 comply with contract, and won ''t
do it BY Cd, sir, you are traitor 10 your
country-I'll wave you swung up between Inc
heavens and he earth. BY Cd, sir, III! have
YOU shot-I'l put you il irons." He run on
50 with his voc lcrralion> that | could not get
to say word; and turning from him in disgust,
started 20 my boat. Upon my turning Oft he
said $50. sir, to your bca', and if know Of
your selling one pound OF your polk before the
contract brcomrs due" he swo'e by his Maker
h. would punish me; REPEATING his thrests tn
hang mr, SC.
| returned 10 our boat and consulted my
partner, Atwrll, What We should DO. We n
naily concIuded that owing 10 the restrictions
the General had laid US under, and his iyran.
meal character and conduc. al Orleans, we had
better give up Pork TO the amonni oil the con-
tract, and with il all hopes Of realizing any ting
on it, for it had eos rs high. We had TO take
BIO per barrel for 500 barrels in January, tor
Pork ,hen and there wnrlh BIG, one mon'h be-
fore the contract was du., anc thereby suffered
loss cf three thousand doHtrs.
} EDWARD HAYDON.
Bardstown, September, 1929
Mr.. Hayden is q resprc able citizen OF Ken
tuckv. The Bard,town Herald says Of him
"b- has re sided ,rn nr twelve years in Built Sc
veral wear, IN Davies, and twelve or fourteen
j.; N.i------...-. MS character
man Of tyu,h will drfy the s'irctcs, scrutiny."