Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-01

lions. Does Gen. jackson yet hold out
Have the cabinet decided are asked at
morning, noon and night. We have
looked into the Telegraph, the official
nrgau. for an authorised" version of
,hs nomentous affair; but not meeting
With It. we shall supply the omission,
authorized" by the facts ia the case,
and give Duff full liberty to transfer il
TO the government journal
Three or four weeks ago, the Rev. DIR.
f. of philadelphia, being on a visit To
| the district, called on his friend AR. c..
Of Georgetown. also a Clergyman, ADD
| rbo. as well as himself, was a warm ad-
| mirer of the president. The latter IA
not ipsensibIe OF the attachment Of his
friends, and in return became a subseri
hing member of Ar C's church, aud
on many occasions expressed Ills ADM
ration vi his piety and taleDis. The two
Jyinest thus meeting after a long separ
,lion. had a free aud familiar converse
ion. in the course of which Mr.. T.. rsla
led some circumstances of a rather de-
Ecate nature, touching the character OF
,be wife Of one of the members of The
cabinet. The conversation was strictly
~uriyate; but DR.. e subsequently impair
lsdit to Gen jackson, 10 the presump-
lion that he was ignorant of the charao
ter of the lady referred to, and that,
beng thus apprised Of it, he would have
sufficient respect tor public opinion TO
d,c0ntinu ne inviting tier to bis public
parties TIE president INSTEAD Of thank
os bis friend for the communication,
and processing to conduct any future
proceedings in the matter with the de-
icacy 10 which they were entitled. with
his uaiutalimps,uosity of temper pro
louoced the story a base fabrication,
md lost no time 10 communicating it to
the husband ofths lady, who ia turn re
p,rted il 10 his wife The latter, highly
ncensed atiniing her virtue thus for
he Grst time assailsd, set off for Phila-
1lphie whittier the doctor bad return
ed to call her accuser to account. DIR.
E begged a few days DELAY, in wbicbbe
wrote to bis friend in Georgetown, who
replied. that though he never had any
expectation of being thus called on to
sustain what had been c~ontideutially re-
lated as from one friend to aaether in a
strictly private conversation, yet such
was the uotoriety Of the circumstances
alluded TO that they were susceptible Of
ha most abundant proof, and however
uucb he might regret il, he would, it
allied on. amply sustain what be had
aid. His name was accordingly given
p by DR. T. 10 a letter which ives laid
efors the president, who summoned the
arty before him and charged hin With
10 scandal The clergy man, expect
hg The interview, had fortified himself
nth the proofs, and met the reprosches
fths president with that dignity which
(elongs TO conscious innocence. While
e lisclaimed all intention to SANDER the
emals in question, and denied that his
Po~nversa,ion with bis friend snd was liza.
lie to such an imputation, 'hs justified
III be had said, and dared a public in
sstisa.ion The intervihw ended by
The presidents telling him that be should
withdraw his subscription from bis
sLuch, pretty much in tho same way that
a subscriber in a pet tells bis printer ts
stop his paper.
Matters however did not stop here
The president had taken it upon him
self to maintain the sady's purity, ant
ihs ~"conquerer Of W-ilingt-n's i%nvinci-
hiss" was not to he bearded by a paci
DO clergyman. Whether it came across
bis mind 10 ''cut of bis ears" inssanter
OF more deliberately inAict upon him thu
psnalty of the Second se%ctieD,"- o
%Nhsther he thought of ei.her,-is no
Known, but while be was deiibsratiDg
An eabines eounsellers, being sppriss'
Of bis doubts, met in-solemn ~convoeatioi
to -detarmiue what should be done
Their frst meeting ended without an.
0mg definite being agreed on, and
Sscond was beli with no batter Iesus
IN the near time. Mr. G, is celleetin
haS l%estimnny, aud should the infatua
,'on ofthe party Put him upon his proc
nc sill produce such q mass al prostltt
Ton aud infamy in The premises as be
ssTer been exhibited since the days
hAew Gwinn and Madame do MaintenoI
- Yin Rep.
3frs. ReyaR-ss this lady, who recently c
tossed the conversation Of The metropolis. h
tteh displaced by 'the honorable Mrs E''
Sho now enjoys that enviabie distinction,
vas thought she would sbasdon a place vhe
,e could not reiga without Q rival. Upon ii
ihaWeFer she has not finally resolved, as Y
ka'n from the following passages 10 a late lett
! rom her;
Il bad a thought of setting of up.