The Arkansas advocate., 1832-08-01
1'o ths Edito1 Qf fhe .4rkansas .Q agocafe.

i ~fs,>+' ll--11 GifitE dt hCGOuI1t OI the tIagfeal death, as the Editor terms II. of Gen. Morlo,'ses of Monroe, La.. which.
 he says, was politely furnished liiln by q gentlemen from the South, who had 1t 5; from gentleman present at tl.c inqnest.
 Il Is stated Tn the Gazette, that oI Sun day morning, tie Ist (ApriI1 as Gen, Morhoase (as the Editor dubs Aim1 was passing along the street in Monroe. he was stopped by Mr. Jenatllan Mornan. I wllo sald ne had paper 10 present to him tiiat Gen. Ai turned toward him 10 re. celye II, when Morgan drew pistol and shot iiin through the body. Finding liim- sell wounded, tien. M. drew a pistol from HIS pocket and fired al lis assailant, but only slightly scratched hlih across tic ab- uohleh that the report of Morgan's $ pis- .oi brought i've others 10 the spot, who il Is supposed were privy to the attack, and "ao were II the act of firing on Gen. Al. when hew was relieved hy tle timely inter- terence of 6of. Friend and Capt. Hemp kln, who prevented his lmmedl lai e nassa- j ere that Dr James N Mason, j. II. heilam, NJ. Ferrel and 5, Hughes, char ged as accompiiccs, had been arrested
 aid we're iii the custody oi the ofiiiieeI, < C. + ne publication of such statement Is entirely gratnltous, and although perver
 ted and false to the true facts, would mot be noticed If the parties designed to be affected by it were personally known 10 all the readers of the Gazette. As l ain one of the parties implicated, think
 Will be justified in disproving this maiig- nant statement of triumuiri, published without regard 10 truth, and evid entIy for the purpose of forestalling public opinion, and to affect our regulations abroad. As to the charge of five persons being in the act of firing on Morhouse, and the infer. ence ofoar being four of them, lis base caiiilnhy, conceived and propagated by an unpuneiPled scoundrei, Cue he whom 1 he may to ylndlcate party ia Ouachita
 se inquest was held over tho body of Tor house iiere, but Ii is very probable that the southern gentIeman's informant held one inArkansas, for it Is obvious lie V as not tere, and the affair happened Sunday evening. 1t it true, that three of the parties, Mason, Hughes and myself, with others, (eAcept lerreD were arrested 1 but Il riginated entirely in the malice of a single Individual. There was no proof against us, and We were discharged. know no person by the name of Tcrrel 1 here. The very persons said to have in- teriered, to wit: Capt. Hempkin and Col. Friend, both stated before ihe cem- hitting court, that they did Aofinterfcre. l.CaPt. II. stated that be was near Dr. Ma son and myself when the fight commenced l and that l got in between tho parties be- 1 tore any one else; that he saw no dispo- l s1aoh III Us Q shoot Merhouse and sey. l erai other witnesses testified to the same 1 elect. All the evidence was on the part I of the State, and not a single witness tes- | tIhed that any person, other than aIasen, shot at or ever was in the act of firing on
 Morhouse and as to Morgan's stopping Morhouse and shooting him, as stated in the Gazette, that also Is in perfect eep- tag With tue whole publication. Itis suf hclent to state, that the grand jury did, al theaast term of our court, isnoran.us a 3iil for murder against Jonathan Morgan I And the fact IS, Morhouse met Morgan
 prepared and no doubt with the intent tc
 XII llim, Tor lie sought the meeting. When
 ne saw Morgan coming tow ards Filhiols
 where he was sitting with several othei iPersons) he immed lately got up and wen, lta iiis frieaa Capt Hempkin's room, " ak ed
 ann up, and asked him to go with him Q tl eet some gentlemen who were
 oringlng an answer 10 2 leter of his
 gapt. Il. wanted him to remain in the
 room till he could go and receive it, but
 ae would not. He met Morgan, they
 walked off afew steps. some words pas.
 sed between them, and they both fired al
 nearly together as if is possible to dlstin gnlsh the report of two pistols and Nor
 .louse did not know he was hurt till afte1 6e got 10 his room, after several minute,
 had elapsed from the time he was shot. Sc leh for tie tragical death of Gen. M : SC tnsidiously conceived by the Editor ol the 4. c.
 I am not surprised that any statement different from the true, should have been made to the i.drtor of that paper but l am surprised that an Editor of another State or Territory should lend himself 10 make and publish a statement deeply af- I iecting the characters Of individuals with whom he is entirely. K and that too upon sohat q gge1tlcman from he
 Souf3s might have heard anotherg gentleman say. Dut theziist gelaleman was present at the inquest Very likely he was pre- lsent at it in Little Rock.
 recollect well the statement made in the Arkansas Gazette when Gen. Morgan was killed. The Editor ce1ymodestly sta ted that he was sh6t by ie. Y. Sterling. in rencontre, A7c- without telling any thing about the particulars. He could not tell the public that Sterling shot Morgan in the back, from behind door, without slowing himself, while Morgan, #ith a ierippied aftn and a little sword cane, was lengagcd with Morhouse. No. that was lnot tragicai enough. He could not even I term ti,at homicide. 1 regret to reeur to that affair, for several reasons. A fury Of the country i.as acquitted Sterling in I tfe face of tie above facts. But am led to do so by a comparison of the two stat e. inents made in that paper, and the false and distorted ccioring il has sought 10 give of the last affair. hope, sir, in common Justice to truth and 10 the persons V l.o ]. have been so wantonIy assailed, that yol, i viii give this a place n your paper. l