The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-23

Prnm tha Hard.tn.nn Nenlnc.

Prom The Bardstosa lKentoely) Herald.
| have ben frequently requested by mo
friends 90 Rlyc a statement 81 the treatment [
ietr,yed iron, General Jackson, during The una
Of ms mltda law ~ Ne" Dfieans. Although /
have gwen TIC sialrmcut Ia snhstaur, hrio,,
pond,ug the fasf P,cbld,ninl LII cilur, gel | fni
nat but f." have scrn -. Believing iDst the
conduct oi the General on thai occasion, sshib-
nd nan IN his lae cha aetef, / yteld To- I 9 So
lielthton oi my ifiepd TO give int facts asa,n.
IL the year 1871, I - one oi the Dun vi lIayS
den ~ At"eil, in,ae a c~oHttaet viii Wand l..
johnson OF Kentucky, cooirhciors lbr tHe army.
10 deliver trem OF tlru nFani ~ Nr,t Orleans.
5ou barrels otPoik, on Tue |tstiias of Mach fo~
lb"iug. We, Hayden " An ei had bfen ira
ders on the Rive many years, aud pRriifnlafIv
u. he article 81 Pork Ne stit ped u iafge
qnaniiiy Of Polk Ia the Orleans market IN De-
conber and Japna y. AID nftcd ~ New Or
leans ourselves apont the 2Jtif ~ 2Jii Of Jann-
afy. 1910 w found the ely nudor mar ri
law. A Nj Rrtnl, n2ent iot Ward q Johnson.
hearing that W. Nurr ihotu nth Polk. talna
and requested thai We would lPi ban nave laa
Polk W. lad ihfp on hand, III uischaige at
III contract, which Is NJ not then flte ~ u
or ~ days This we T. elebtfd against as
Polk was then worth BIO per baufoi, aud W.,
atie only 10 receive SO peI bHfrel iaa Pork
10 he delivered ~ ic III OF March, asanfi4.
I'M our contract should be coupled Win uIst.
due. tie agent ih,u prel,osrl Ia psiehps.
patt 81 out P1tl, 7ayIng thu IN. wanted bout
200 ps. mat very day, winch sc agrped Ia let
htp, have Al the metkc' price, Sis pes barrel.
OF @5 pei hundred H. agreed 10 take IL, and
Il "as weighed 10 him bnt u beng lac, there
vas not time 10 90 ~ MS otlien ati settle for
u | wen, the neAt morning. lie expressed
an mnwiiiinRness IL pas iof the Pork delivered.
aud aga}0 insisted IL hould 30 On the coairact.
lhs | again ptofesied against, stating the fon-
tact price Mas onls $40, vaeress be had po-
m.'ed $lo iot wat ne bad received.
Aher consider able cross words. he conntea
cut md gayt M the money. He thea angtilv
spid he Wonld nave or Pork We then had tltete
Oh the contract, and added TIM lie W uId 20
aud ge, n guard ana take u. said to hiin I,a
must bring IA strong guard then to winch he
j ,epltcd ne could easily do that. Apprehendipg
int he would 60 10 Gen Jackson and n,lsre.
preseut the fscls "i The ease. representing illat
he Pork was dn on 0in contract, l bought l
Would 90 TO the ucuet u first mud shaw hun tha
contract, a duplicate OF Is men mad wnl, me.
NJ. Gdi, our Commission Me- chant, approved
OF my plan, vent with, and lhfrndut I'd me To
General Jackson | told }ti,p M business. and
showed him the duplicate, which be nppearea
10 read lie asked ne IT, Rad the PJtk ilfie.
| f"plied TINT we had Pork there, but nnl To
meet maj cotlffati, Ton u WIS mol due fof n con-
siderable fimf vet. The Cfeinnal then broke
ont on me IN u mos vulgar aud p~roiane man r,
IN nearly an ~ The inllnH Ing words &" By
G--d, sir, il is the first time | ever saw u mait
! ready 10 comply WIN n contract and would not
do IT, BY Gil, Sir, you are a traitor To your
con irg--ih have 20" s"nng up between ting
Heavens and the earth. BY Cd. ~, III have
you shoi-IH put ynu ~ lrois." He ron on so
with hls vacfiefations that | could nor get 10
sny p word aud turning from him in disgust, 4
started 10 my boat. Upon my turning of, he
said, Go. Sir, 10 your boat, ard III know o,
your setting one pound Of ynnr Pork before he
contract becomes due, hr sw,ue icy his Maker
he would punish me, repeating his threats TO
hang me, &c.
| iretnned to our boat and consulted my part.
ner, Atw~li. what we should do. We finally con-
| cinIed. ina owing 20 the restrictions tie Gene.
! raj had iaidus under aud his ;yrr,ricai char