Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-23
Prem ths Barists-un Herald.

have been frequently requested by
ry friends to give a statement of the
IEeatment received from General Jack
pn, during the time OF his martial Law at
jSew Orleans. Although | have given
he statement in substance before, pen.
hoe the last Presidential election. yet
4 Ind that but few have seen il. Beliey.
/ Ok that the conduct of the General on
bat occasion, exhibited him in bis true
baraeter, l yield to the solicitation of
/ py friends to give the facts again.
10 the year 1914, |, as one Of the firm
Il Hayd s. Atwell, made a contract
With Ward x johnson of Kentucky, con.
FACTORS for the Army, to deliver them
their agent at New Orleans, 500 bar
sIs OF Pork. on the lst day of March
blowing. We, Hayden & Atwell, bad
been traders on the river many years,
md particularly in the article Of Pork.
We shipped large quantity of Pork for
hs Orleans market in December AID
January, and arrived at New Orleans
ourselves about the goth or 25,h of Jan.
|usry, 1916, We found the city under
martial law. A Mr.. Brent, agent for
Ward & johnson, hearing that we were
there with Pork, cane and requested
thatwe would let him have the Pork we
hsdthen on hand, iI discharge of our
contract, which was not then due by 81
u;9 days. This we protested against,
nPork was then worth SIC per barrel,
And we were only to receive $40 per
barrel for Pork TO be delivered on the
Is. OF March, assuring him our cen.
tract should be complied with when due
The agent then proposed to purchase
part OF our Pork, saying that he wanted
about 1000 lbs. that very day, which we
agreed to let him have at the market
price, ZIG per barrel, or So per hundred.
lie agreed to take it, and it was weigh
ed to him; but it being late, there was
nottlme to go to his office and settle for
it went the next morning He ex-
pressed an unwillingness to pay for the
Pork delivered, and again insisted it
should go on the contract. This I again
protested against, stating the contract
pnce was only $40, whereas he had pro.
missed SIC for what be had received.
After considerable cross words, be
counted out and gave me the money.
he then angrily said be would have our
pork, we then had there on the contract;
and added that he would 90 and get
guard and take it. said to him he mast
bring strong guard then: to which he
replied he could easily do that. Appre.
bending that he would 60 to Gen. Jack.
Son and misrepre.ent the facts of the
case, representing that the pork was due
on our contract, l thought would go 30
me General FIRST, ard show him the con-
tract, duplicate of which had with
ne. Mr.. Gilly, our commission msr-
chant, approved of my plan, went with,
md introduced me to Gen. Jackson. l
'old him my business, and showed him
The duplicate, which he appeared to
read. lie asked me If / had the pork
mere. Ireplied that we had pork there,
but aot to meet that contract, for it was
hot due for a considerable time yet. The
General then broke out on me in q most
vulgar and profane manner, in nearly a.
o0ut the following words: "By Cd,
Slf, 1t IS the first time | ever saw a man
ready to comply with a contract, and
would not do it BY Cd. sir, you are
traitor to your country-I'll have you
lung up between the heavens and the
Earth La BY Cd, sir, Pll have you shot;
II put you in irons" He run on so
win his vociferstions, that could net
gel to say word: and turning from him
"a disgust, l started to my boat. Upon
my turning of, he said: "Cs, sir. to
your boat; and if know of your selling
'ne pound OF your pork before the con-
!, ract becomes due"-he swore by his
maker he would punish me, repeating
us threats to hang me, Sc.
returned to our boat and consulted
NY partner, Atwell, what we should do.
We hnaliy concluded, that, owing TO the
LIeNrlctlons the General had laid us un.
va and his tyrsnnical character and
y" at Orleans. we had better give
Up pork to the amount Of the contract,
aua with it all hopes Of alising any thing
"a u, Tor it had cost US high. We had
=, = take Sl0 per barrel for 500 barrels, in
for pork, then and there worth
no one month before the contract was
ssue' aud thereby suffered loss of three
aousond doHo,s.