The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-03

full forgery.
The next day the Argus contained the
following on the same subject:
THE "ROORBACK"ALIAS "ROAR-
BACK" FORGERY.
The following paragraph-we know
not what else to call it-irom the Eve
ming Journal of Saturday, explains it
self
"The Albany Argus of this morning
charges the Evening Journal with Jdbr'-
eating from the whole cloth the extract,
published in this paper on Monday last,
from 'Roorback S tour through the South
ern and Western States in 1886" This
charge is utterly and unqualifedly false.
The extract in question was taken, pre-
cisely as it appeared in the Journal, from
AN EXCHANGE PAPER, and was
published by us mithom a doubt gifts gen
unenesS. If it prove to be, as the Ar
gus AYERS, a garbled extract from Fcath-
erstonhaugh's tour in thirty-four, with the
paragraph in relation to James X. Folks
slaves, added TO the passage, we shall
not hesitate to denounce the fraud. But
the charge that the Journal fabricated
the paragraph is, We repeat grossly and
gratuitously false"
This vii! not do, Mcssrs. "Roorback, ="
or according to the latest emendations,
"R0Qrback," You must "roar" again,
gentlemen. Let us see how the matter
stands.
You stated on Monday, on your own
responsibility as conductors of public
press, ond without reference to any Sex
change paper" that the extract in ques-
ton mas an extract from "Roorback'
tour through the Southern and Western
States in 1856" "The following is an
extract was the positive and direct as
scrtion- and then fol owed the pretend
ed extract, and then the bitter and malig-
nant animadversions upon Gov, Polk and
his supporters, based on the assumption
of the genuineness of the extract.
Not having seen that extract any
where elsc-(and we have somewhat
extensive list OF exchanges, wing and
democratic, having good reason from
some things that have transpired, to take
the Eve. Journals assertions with many
grains of alowance--lhe name of "Roor-
back" being new also to our ears, and
the extract itself having suspicious look
we ventured to hint our doubts about
it, and on Friday called upon the Eve.
Journal for the loan of its copy OF
"Roorback The ominous silence Of
the L. J. confirmed our doubts, and we
set about an investigation, which resulted
in the astounding discovery which we laid
before our readers on Saturday. We
showed, Jeyond III manner Of question,
that the pretended extract from Roor-
bocEs iom in thirty sir was IN port a gar
blcd extract from ItoilerStonhaugh's tour
in thirty tour, and in part an Out-md-out
manufacture! We placed the pretended
"Roorback" extract alongside the real
thing from Featherstonhaugh-a the
fraud was made SO manifest and glaring
that he who ran might read. There was
no escape from the conviction that here
was riic mhig forgery, deliberately ana
adfoHy got up 10 SIRE party purpose
and emincntly calculated, if true, to eff
feet its object, Wings even in this cit,
leading wings astounded and cha
srincd at the disclosure, confessed thai
., unless the f. journal could produce it;
authority-Mr "Roorback" himsel,-anC
show that Fcatherstonhaugh in Ihirt,
four had stolen from and garblcd "Roor.
/ back in thirty-Sir, that the Evening
Journal was pinned to the wall, Th,
Rochester Democrat, wing paper, hav.
ing been betryed into a republication O.
the "Roorback" extract, by "an Abon,
popcr,' for these partizans are careful
= not to expose each other when they fine
themselves detccted) admits as much, ir
the following paragraph ...
"FAR PLAY.-Wc have same dOubt o
the authenticity of the extract, which We
copied into the Democrat yesterday frsn
, an albany paper, relative to the forty.
4 three slaves with the Polk Brand, which
? Mr. Roorback is said to have seen South
= We find nearly the same extract il
'cathcrstonhaugh's recent work, mith tn
y branding scnt'nec !eji cut As Mr. f. j!
notorious literary thief, he may hare sto
, Ten fran RoOrJock, as he has from man,
others. Or, it may be IN The original morl
as gipen by the albany paper. We shall
f know in day or two, as We have sen
for copy of Roorback S Travels, i ui'
10 be had. "-Rochester Dem., Friday.
But what says the Eve. Journal, under
this exposure: Does it pretend to pro-
duce "Roorback," and show that Feath
erstonhangh, who made his tour in "a
5 had in writing out, actually stolen from
end garbled tourist eff a subsequent
date; Not at all. 1t does not pretend
now to have quoted from "Roorback s.
book, but from an exchange paper! Ohio
are you there, Truepenny: Taken troa
an crchange paper! What exchange pa
per: Why this concealment' VIII
r not out wiM the name Of the pdp'r'
Messrs. "Roorback" of the Eve. Jour
nal, the public sec through all this equiv
ocaton and subterfuge-this delicacy a
bout exposing the author of an outrageou.
fraud-these IFS and ands about the au
thenticity of the extract. The fraud