The Litchfield County post., 1828-08-21


ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTED.
Copy of a letter from DIR. JAMES l.. ARM
STRONG. author of the "Tennesseeam,'
| dated Davies Mills, Bedford Co. Ten.
18th July, 1898.
| In the Sd number Of The Tennessean,
have SAID, that was afraid Of the dag
gers and pistols of Gen. Jackson's assassins.'
This has been varfed. On yesterday about
| 10 o'clock four men rode up to my shop, got
down, and went IN. | was sitting in the front
| piazza Of my dwelling house, and saw them.
Surprising to be men who might have bust
ness with me, left the house, unarmed and
alone, and proceeded to my shop, almost $50
yards distant. The assassins had seated them
selves in the back room of my shop, with
! their backs towards me, two being on each
side of the door. AS soon as | had entered
and discovered who they were, was con
WINGED some outrage was intended. The as
sassins were by name MALCOM GILCH-
| RIST. from Alabama; JESSE TAYLOR,
from the western District of Tenn. WILL
lam G!LCHRlST, and ARCHIBALD
| YELL, from ShelhySiIle, Tenn. On casting
my eyes around, discovered that they We're
armed with large clubs; and also in the breasts
of several could see the handles of dirks &
pistols, esI tally the assassin Yell. This is
the same Yell who is member of our Leg
islature, and figured as the Jackson bully at
| the last session. He is the same Yell, who
certified for Parrish, that was author of the
Tennesseean," and procured certificates a
gainst the character of John Woods. These
fellows very soon produced a paper, which
they said must sign. Percei,ing it was
their object to force me to sign something
disgracrful. told them | was unarmed and
alone, and that ii was very unfair to be thus
set upon IN nny OWn honse At this time |
was standing near the back door of my shop.
and had time to reflect, that there was a
neighbour who lived about three hundred
yards distant, across the creek, where there
was probably some company, and also where
might procure arms to defend myself.
determined to risk being shot rather than
Sign the paper, which did not see no" do |
know its contents. Seeing me dsinclined to
look at the paper, one of the m swOre | should
sign it, or he would-At this moment.
believing from the movements of the party,
that they certainI, designed to murder ne.
sprung out of the house, and retreated as
| fast could toward Davies store: the assas
| sins followed me rapidly. One of them Nal
COIN Gilchrist,) who lives in Alabama, had
been selected to perform the deed.-Ths frl
low pursued me in front of the others, and in
endeavoring to draw his pistol from his breast
he dropped and lost it. The pistol has since
been found, and was heavily loaded-and it
is now in my possession. On the return OF
the assassins to their horses, IA crippled youth
who was near nv shop, saw them looking
for it, and heard the fellow say how he had
lost it.
Twas pursued across the river, and in at
al. kl,>> 4 Il
the two Gilchrists overlook me and knocked
me down niih their clubs, and would surely
have killed me if Mr.. Davies and number
of other men had not come to my relief. |
am old, and have grand children.-the assas
sins were all comparatively young men. |
am bruised and n,angIed all over, and my
head is cut to the skull, land am Just able to
hold my pen, and cannot do this subject us
tice, as feel considerable weight and con,
cusson of the brain.
On last Monday morning was in Shelby
vile procuring documents to write No. on
Gen. Jackson's intimacy with Burr. This no
doubt these fellows had heard, an0 it was de-
termined to put me out of the way, or dis
grace me. Thank God they have not as yet
done either. But really consider my life IN
danger, and therefore suppose shall be com
PEELED to deslst from giving information to
the people, relative to Gen. Jackson. As d
parting word. | ask my countymen to pause,
and think before it is too late, what kind ot
man they desire to make President.
JAMES l.. ARMSTRONG.
E1tract of a letter from gentleman in Tennessee.
p s. have Just seen gentleman from
Bedford county, who says that the physician
called in to the aid of DR.. Armstrong, repre-
sents his injuries as very serious. This is
JacksOnism in its true colors-such as the
Hero in early times has often acted himself
We give below another specimen Of the
manner in which the integrity of Gen. Jack
sons character as a patriot, good citizen, s.
fitting candidate for the Presidency, is main
tanned by his followers.
Judge Williams n,obbed-The following ar
ticle which we copy from the Knoxville Ten.
Enquirer, it appears that the Jacksonists in
the neighborhood of Judge Williams urged
on by Mr.. ISducS, u Tennessee member Of Con-
greSS, paraded MOB in front of his house
on the fourth Of July, armed with hickory
clubs, tauutng him in the lowest style of
Opprobrium, vulgarity, and blackguardism."
THIS Infamous proceeding reminds one of the
first dawnings Of the French Revolution. and
should force conviction upon the minds of the
sober and rejecting, 1t would be a dangerous