Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-07

The equity OEredempioh in ard upon the sin
mortgage Does NJ ia, kspn take the rlc..
Of Anderson! And was Anderson tie nj,
toyney of Prior? mos, assurcdiy. Then !,tmc
hear no more of this plea, aud besides. G.,
Jackson made frequent declarations, when CON.
yersing abou. the title, that lie had conduct.
ed and managed the foreclosure Of he eoui,v
Of redemption himself,' and therefore knew j.
the title to be good. See documents in Mo-
Gut there Is another excuse brought ioru aid
,o-wn: that Jackson was Judge or the S,,'
preme Court of Femme ssee, and therefore Avn
drrson ,oaId not have Expected him 10 &C, ,s
ntforneu The Bill for the force !osure Of ,,e
equity of redemption in favour of Prior, was
flied ia she Federal Court, and every School Dov
knows that Judges Of State Courts, are not bro.
hibi,t from practising in that Court.
Before closing this address, the alleged gsns,.
osiiy of The General on the application o: Mrs,
Erwin, claims some notice Aud here will
premise that like the rest O! their represents.
.ions, the offence depends upon assertions Wits
out evidence 1t is tue, that Grn Jackson ard
Mrs. Erwin con,ersed together al The Stone
ror., bu, IL is untrue thai MIS-. Erwin went TO
the for, with an expectation Of meeting III.
General there II IS also untrue that she sought
! an interview with him.
Il, is wickedy aud maiciou.ly false as Sta,
ted that he sub ecl o! the land suit was intro.
duced by Mrs. Erwin.
| Lastly, it is positively untrue, that Mrs. Er.
win condcce nded 10 entteat him in the name
of their FORMER fritnhship," she having never
seen him before that time. Nor did sh, make
any degr aiding appeals in behalf Of her family
but she did Ieciproca,e lis proftssei desire Er
peace.
After the passage Of the Champrr;y Law,
when the General di,co,ed, tina, he could not
get the Sent6t Of his partners testimony, q
wish the reader 10 bear in mind that THIS part
n,r's Evidence is entirely relied upnn IN the de.
fence TO prove hat Col Erwin had Knowledge
Of the invaIidiiy Of The lille, and which ltstiml
ny was set aside by an act VI our LeSi le,urel
AMI as The time was al hand when the Gensiai
had an eye on the Pre- MISUNDERSTANDING as he
did The The irflexibie character Of Judge lIay.
W. od--i is true that he made several at
tempts to effect compromise. Now,
although The suits had been in court for ninc
years, and although depasilons had beeen ak.
en- at various and repeated times and places
We, Gen. Jackson during oil tina, ptricdJ had
never at,s nd: d in person on these oco a,uns,
| (excrp, in Ndshvi'le,) but VS. uniformly
represented by his partners, Whi!e,ides and
Darby, or some OF III. other lawyers, until
thi, last lime. Is il reasonable then, thai Col
or Mrs. Erwin could h We expected him there,
q distance Of TO or 80 miles from his residence
In the defence it is stated, that al length
Gen. Jackson was notified by Col. Erwin 70
attend on specif day, at place called he
Stone Fort, near The Colon.Ps residence 10
Bedford county, where The depo tions Of c,r-
tain Witnesses were 10 be takcn." Par, Of II
rx,rac, is true in the letter but all is fahe in
the spirit Of it. 1t CONVEYS the impr sslou 10
the mind OF the reader, that this was The only
place named III the notice, in order u assist ~
the inference, tnat the notice was designed for
the purpose Of meeting between Gen. J.ck.
son and Mrs. Erwin; now The truth is, there
was string OF or 8 places pointed out TO
take de positions al in he notice, commencing
IN Warren county, then in Franklin county,
and then in Bedford county. The Stone For,
i, in franklin county, distance Of fifteen miles
ON Col E,win's residence; the next pl4oc
was TO have been within TWO or three miles Of
his house in Bedford couny, end if any design
was intended, this would have been The mos.
natural place.
In Warren county, the General and Col. Er,
win met, and after laking deposI Ioa, III. next
day rode together to the Stone Font. What
took place after arriving there, will b. under
stood by reading the following state :ncnts, IN
answer tn letters from me. requesting inForms.
lion on the subj CT from Co. Erwin, Mai. MIR
ray and Mr.. VIM II. MurraY.
'BEpFoRD COUNTY, 5ih June, 1923
DR. jas. l.. Armstrong,
Dear SIr-four note Of the Sd inst. is be
fore me. The statement in the Republican,
alluded to is untrue. The facts these.
In The fall of The year 1928, Gen. Jackson and
his partner and agent, Mr. p. Il. Darby, were
notified by me, Con behalf Of myself and the
other defendants the, should ou certain days
specified, proceed to AXE dispositions at vai!'
Gus places to be read in our fence, cOmmenc'
ing in Warren county, then in Franklin county,
and lastly in Bedford county, in all, FIVE OF SIX
places The FIRST place named IN The notice
was at The house of Elisha Reynolds in War:
rem. | had NOT the most dis ant idea or expec- =,
lation of seeing or meeting Gen. Jackson al
the taking Of these depositions, he having ne
yer before attended in person himself, except
when the place was Nashville. TO any oil IL;
notices, although The suits bad been on h&'h
nine years and alihouD a various other iliJt-