Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-22
F1om The Richmond Wing.
UNITED STATES NAVAL SCHOOL, J

Gentlemen: Through The kindness Of friend,
| | am placed in possession OF two slips from the
Richmond Wing oi The 7lh and Sh June, in
which, upon The authority OF rumor alone, II is
asserted that my deceased brother, Judge Upshur,
and the late lamen,ed Governor Gilmer, were
large landholders in Texas al the time Ct her an
nexaton 10 The United States.
In whatever terms might otherwise have been
disposed 10 comment upon The frs! OF these pub
| LEGATIONS, Chased upon such slender authority, ard
calculated 10 suly The tair fame ct Tic honorable
| dead, whose ashes have hitherto been permitted 10
repoSe in peace | am now restrained By The ex-
| PLANTATION contained in the second and by a pas
sage in the letter Of my friend. in which (a your
reqnest) he assures me that iii would give you
| pleasure 10 make any explanation deemed ncces-
| sary on a s,aiemen, OF facts" Upon The strength
OF this assurance, offer you The following state
| men, Of facts, which, Of my own knowledge, |
assert TO be strictly and literally true in every
| particular:
Isl, assert that, to the best Of my. knowledge
and belief, my deceased brother the late Judge
| Upshnr never in his life owned one foot oil land
or other property in Texas and that The report CT
| his being large pToperiy-holdcr, CT property
boiler a, all in that STATE, is no; only utterly
| false in itself, bu, altogether without the SHADOW
| ol foundation int.ush.
"a. believe ihal IL never soush, 10 own, nor
UcSlIStl 10 Own, iIOEsiiy VI hii4si III lSAaS'
| ID. As his only surviving brother, and conf
Denial friend, was well acquainted with his pri-
vaie business transactions, and have no know
ledge that he ever owned property OF any liad To-
ca,t d elsewhere than in the Stale Ct Virginia. ex-
ce2.irs only small AMI val.e.sss piece c! lard
| in one Of cur Western S,a:cs, 10 which no valid
| title was ever Obtained.
in. That he oi;cn said TO me, prior 10 my de-
par;urc Tor Asia, in The Spring OF 1913, while ne
was Secretary Of the Navy, ami several times
during The lew days was permitted 10 spend with
him after my retuGn, (whcn Secretary OF State,
and within day or two OF his dea,h,l that his
sole object in desiring and advocating the an.
nexaon Of Texas, was The promotion OF what
he believed 10 be the best interests OF lis own
country.
As some slight apology for The unlns, and in
jurcus rumor upon which the publication in The
Wing is based, il may not be amiss 10 stale the
| following facts, to wit:
That il 1887 or 1883, my brother, myself and
mutual TREND, placed sum Of money IN The
hands OF en- agent TO purchase lands for US IN
Mississippi. Some time thereafter lie agent le-
rorted, BY letter, that he had made the invest
men, as directed, bat never forwarded 10 US Title
papers or other evidence that we possessed p'o-
rerty in lha, State or elsewhere. The agent
proved false has never returned nor is his resi-
Gence known. o. con;sc The whole investment
Gl ever made) was lost 10 Us.
Many months after The death Of my brother
and Of Gov. Gmer, an idle rumor Obtained cur.
rency 10 the effect Ina, The Congress OF Texas had
voted large gran. OF lands 10 their widows, as
il The broken hearts oil these bercaved, delicate
and sens;;ire ladies could be healed by ne app!i-
cation OF dollars. The absuEdily OF this report
was So apparent rs scarcely 10 have received a
passing notice lro'n me.
Win the pu e ard gifted Gi!mer, my personal
acquaintance was, | regret 10 say, very slight
merely official; In, his wel!-known purity and
Integrity Of charGc:c- place him altogether above
suspicion, ard beyond the reach oil calumny.-
lis defence is in ADLER hands than mine. From
a sense ofduiy 10 the dead, have thus given you
n tull and frank Statement Of facts" under The
belief lha, YOU will gladly avail yourself CT il, &c
rcpair the injustice yon have done.
As tie hfo;ber Of Judge Upshur, ami The scle
executor Of his last will. j, is .ar 10 infer that
linowof what properly he died possessed; and i
is an inference eqnal!y lair, that my testimony is
entitled TO, and viii receive, as rnch credit al
least as scanla!ors ruEor, The probable off
spring Of party rancoT or personal macYoience-
though can hardly believe That either Of Tie no.
norable Senllemcn row reposing in the tomb lc
an enemy so los, 10 common deccncy, and 10 the
ordinary attributes of humanity, as wantonly to
violate lie sanc,ity Of the grave, and 10 reopen
wounds among tie living, which even time itself
can never heal.
II my brother had lived, he would scarcely have
considered il necessary 10 defend himself against
this charge; but as The only legitimate guardian
Of his unsullicd reputation, i. is proper that
should place him in his true character before Tie
public. In doiag this, DO not intend 10 permit
myself 10 be drawn into a newspaper controversy.
have neither time ncr taste Ter such contest,
and certainly have no desire 10 see my name pa
raded before the world in The columns Of public
journal.
In conclusion, | may be permitted 10 express
my surprise, together with deep and sincere re-
grer, that SO respectable journal as The Rich
mond Wing, has, in The present instance, forced
this painful alternative upon me.
am, Messfs. Editors, your obi scrs,t;
To the Editors of the Richmond Wing,
Richmond, Va. )
GOOD PRICES FOR TCBACCO.-Messrs
K. c. Gwalhmcy & Co. sold yesterday to MIR. c.
2. Word one hogshead OF fine manufacturing
Tobacco, at 20 dollars per 100 pounds.
The relief ship Macedonian hes a, last sailed
for Ireland.
The Baltimore Sun says that the Mayor oil
that city has received positive information ,ha,
the President will leave Washington on Tuesday,
Co-morrow) and spend Wednesday in Baltimore,
The City Council will make arrangements 10
receive him. Mrs. Polk will accompany him
as far as Baltimore, and from thence visi, her
homestead in Tennessee.
The same paper learns from Washington thai,
on Friday morning, Cabinet council was held,
said 10 be on important intelligence received
from Mexico-,hought 10 be OF peaceablc cha.