Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-04-12

THE FREDERICK ROBBERY.
Mr.. Edward B. M'Pherson, the pt

Frederick, has issued the following adj
dress to the public.
1t is my misfortune to have been re-
cognized to appear and answer to
such charges as may be legally prefer
red against me, at the next County
Court. know, that like other men, |
have my enemies, open and secret, but
| had hoped that none were so bitter
as to withhold from me that humane
and just principle of the law which
presumes every man innocent until his
guilt is proved. And | had the more
confidently hoped this, in a case where
the imputation is Of so grave a charac-
ter, that it ~mayinvolve in its consequent
ces, not only my own destruction, but
also the destruction Of the peace and
happiness of the little family that sur
rounds me. had hoped that no eff
forts would be made to prejudice the
public mind against me at home and
abroad, by false reports, by newspaper
publications, and by that most insldious
Of all modes OF attack, shrugs and
whispers-and thus to haveime condem.
ned before | can be heard. In these
reasonable hopes | fear that | have too
much ground to find myself mistaken.
Certain individuals, and some from
whom ! had expected better things,
have made it, as it would seem, their
especial business to fabricate and cir.
culate ali manner Of falsehoods calcu.
lated to poison and prejudice the pub.
lie mind against me, and thus, if per.
sisted in, to drive me from my county
to seek and secure an impartial hear
ing amongst strangers. Such a course
every candid man, every good citizen
must admit is ungenerous, unjust, and
cruel in the extreme. And it is this
course that has compelled me to do
justice to myself, my family, and my
friends, to make this appeal to the pub
lie.
1t is true that ! have been recognized
TO appear, but it is equally true that
not one word OF testimony was heard
an my behaU, though ready to be offer
ed, because the Justice was of opinion
that the charge being made, he was
bound to commit or recognize. That
however groundless | might prove it,
unless | could prove If was maliciously
made, | could not be relieved from the
necessity of entering into the recogni.
zance. And this necessity which, un.
der peculiar and accidental circumstan.
ces, might be imposed OF. the best citi-
zens ofthis or any other community, is
now made the prolific theme for all
manner Of false and uncharitable sur
misses by those who roll SANDER as a
sweet morsel under their tongues. All
that | now ask, and as a citizen | feel
that it is my right to ask it Of the pub
lie here and elsewhere, and | hope that
1t will be awarded to me is, the suspen.
sion of their opinion until the matter
has been fully investigated and | have
been heard, when | feel confident hat
no guilt will or can be affixed to my
name in the Judgment of any fair or
impartial mind. Extend to me the
same just and generous feelings that
you would expect from others, if placed
under like circumstances. What is my
case to day, may be yours to morrow.
No man is so perfectly safe that some
shaft of malice may not reach and
wound him. And remember also, that
however innocent, a grievous and ire
parable injury has already been inhic.
ted on me.
EDWARD B. MCPHERSON.
The following article (says the Fred.
erick Herald) has been handed TO us
for insertion:
We are requested to state that the
Citizen is mistaken that persons are
suspected OF the late felony. The Edi-
tor will understand, if he will enquire,
that but one person is suspected, and
that person has been called upon to an.
swer. As to the course pursued by
other presses in speaking on the mat
ter, 1t has been rendered absolutely ne.
cessary to correct the errors and mis-.
statements of the Citizen itself. We
think the least said on this subject, the
better, but at the same time we think
justice should be done to all.
DUEL IN New ORLEANs.-The New
Orleans correspondent of the Courier
and Enquirer gives the following BAR.
t;culors of n unfortunate duoI wb;cb
took place in that city on the 18th inst.
A most unfortunate ~rencontre took
place yesterday at the City Hotel,
Qong known as Bishops Hotel) be.
tween a Mr.. Naylor, of Donaldsonville,
in this State, and n Mr.. Brounaugh, of
this city. 1t seems that the former
gave the latter several days since, a
note of 50 900 to negotiate for him.
The latter. B~rounauph. IL seams kent