Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-01-16

suud tc - ,Alc tie rthrt women
~ nc l-,..e ihef n, mem, telr o.
ton. 7 susw cred DE-. Nhuteag., Mst VI
.huud lheo leave tie rii, ! could NJ, amer
vitds r.iufn ~ :, nat ~ return sh~r los
ssttrg %. wnuli place me IA wuf.~ Atua.
ga usu was ~" ~ osrnt. ihs, I slinu II not
sruw Wietr TO go from his house fpf should
fHn swsy rom fuy. ! should b- ,hamcd
t. feIutn ~ NasslchUscus Mat must de
,.t,- lhr AZ epsn'o ui hts k'nd offer. and
h,i Whatever might happen, wu,, ahiio ne
r,cn' lie did roi urge mr 10 thtnsr nv De.
'cfm'n,uon, but ahrt little more ,un,ersa.
tiun, ltlt me
expected the stack during the allowing
night. Dne gentleman, uu>Vb,urd assured
ne. that he ~ ouid make common cause. and
skc Bis ch,n,c wiiI,mc The night pissed
~ wuhout sry up'Nus rorccdinps ,blut the
house | d,d me-, ten ,ow what prevented
tie uu,bieaA. hot afterwards understood that
It wis Nv the spread Of the information that
the conductors ol The affair lad resolved on
tic 1fr1-ier measure Of removing me 10 the
So,t
On ruc.day | It'd a friend wi'h whom /
had ufien ConVrfscd 81 the assault on me
nelf the .he,G's Office; and described 10
nm. rs wei a. could. the person Of the as
'Al1ni. Iit l'lu Ut ~ b'iltNfl Nue aSSall-
an, ,n he orc 81 the sheriff officers
Abont noon, on Thursday, three
men, Me Rose the president of ono of
the Charleston Banks, Mr. Mazyck aud
Mr Maqrath the two lnsi LAWYERS in the
city, called at my lodgings. ! had not
seen either of them before They told
me their nrmcs, aud SAID they had come
to see If they could induce me TO leave
the city. ] answered them. as | had
before answered the sheriff and others,
who had made similar proposal. They
entered INTO an argument TO convince
meiha',os ihr sirc Of things then was in the
cry, ought - depart from it, ! answered
them as well ms I able, stating the lawful
n,tu Of my business, and the necessity
was under Of cnicavorng TO perform II.
After perhaps half nu hour spcn, in con.
vcfsItion, Mr. Rose said tia, number of
gentlemen would call on me about Two o.
clock and 'uhcr couIuc, me or osco,i me 10
the boat ! am uncertain which cxprcs.
sion b. Used told him was we'll aware
tha, fighting, on my plr wonld be foolish;
that isho9ln aUcmn, nothing Of that 'klnl +;
that was too old to run; and that
they would find me there, 10 be diSpo-
scd of rs they should think proper
They said that should have time To
prepare for my departure. as the boat
would not leave Charleston till about
3 o'clock. When they were about to
leave The room, | told them | had n
daughter with me. Mr. Rose answer
ed, at IS that which creates or created
our embarrassment They left me a
bout O'Clock
These men used no violent or harsh
language. Their style and dcmcanor
was gcn,lcmanly. Blu, they indicated
that their purpose was determined.
My daughter and ! then prepared
for our departure, and awaited the ar
rival Of those who were TO remove me
till two o'clobk, and till three o'clock.
but no ono came. did not then know
the reason of this but learned before
night. that an accldeut had prevented
the arrival of the bolt nt the usual hour
She did arrive and depart however,
before dark; but heard nothing more
that day, from my morning visitors.
In the evening of Thursday, the
sheriff called onmc | was sitting in
4 common paror, where there were
several others, End snpposing that he
had some special business with me, |
arose to attcudh him to some private a.
partrncnt. On observing tins, he said,
Il have no special business with YOU,
merely called to sre YOU. or some
thing f the kind. We then sat down
and couvcrScd a few minutes on some
common subject. He then said "tllc
city is now quiet. and | am going to
leave II III the morning. then rela-
ted to HIM the occurrence AT the door
OF his office. "Oh said he, "an officer
OF nine Witnessed the transaction, I'M
informed me of it, and |
went ont. lie probably might have
gone onl bat did not see him. III
1uired of the sheriff the name of the
man who made the assault. He said
II was not best to expose him. and de
rllned giving me his name. He then
left me, and lhavc not seen him since.
On Friday, about noon, DR.. Whit
redge called ON me and Informed me
that the keeper of the hotel, where
lodged, had presented to the city gov
eminent request that they would take
measures to remove me from his house
10 preserve. II from the impending dan
ger lie had never requested me toleavc
ms house, nor in any way intimatcd
such desire. That hc should n6t
wish to have ms house subjected to the
management of q mob could be easily
understood but why he should M.
ply TO the ~" government TO remove
me without mentioning the subject to
me, | do not know.