Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-16

" The following communication, in de.
fence Of Mr.. Biggs, The seller who so
vaIorousIy aiacked q deCenseess woman
and few little children we publish will.
pleasure. We desire that, in all cases, both
sides Of question should be fairly heard.
Yet admitting the truth of all that is said in
The communication, Mr.. Biggs needs some.
Thing more 10 justify his conduct. in selling
Rum, and in striking woman. The latter
is The meanest &C. of which we can conceive,
except the former.
We have no desire, nor have we ever had
any desire to slander any one. This fact
has been frequently manifested in our will.
lingness to contradict any erroneous impress
sions we may have made. But, al the same
time, We shall not cease TO speak out against
vice and crime in such manner as we
think beSl calculated 10 deter those who 9th
eiwise nigh. be guilty Of frequent ourages.
The story Of this fight, as we first heard
il, was worse than the version published,
and il was generally circulated and be-
lieved. We think, therefore, that we have
benefited an injured man (iC the statement
given below is true instead Of slandering
an innocent one.
Mr.. EDlroR,-ln gluncing over The Meigs
County Telegraph Of the Cd, saw with
regret an editorial headed Infamous y
which is calculated, were it true, 10 detracl
from the well established and moral charac.
Ter Of our friend and cilizen, Mr.. Edward
Biggs. The very bitter and ungenliemanly
manner in which he brings Mr.. Biggs to
The notice of a merciless public, shows in
itself more real intamy than the whole
transaction upon which his article is writ.
len--wilh one liule cxcep,ion-and should
merit The indignation Of every citizen OIL
our town. What is more infamous than 9
sIandcrouS article, lraducng the character
of one of our fellow beings? Think the cru.
die Editor YVES led into error either from
, whimsical desire TO deal dealh.bl to al
) RumsellerS, or from misslalemeni Of The
facts in The case--lhe ruth of which | car
r give, having been an eyewitness to III,
whole affair
A miner by tho name Of Williams camt
10 our town, from the State Of Ohio, be
| Iieve, moved into house belonging TO tn,
W. e. M. Il M. Co., and went to work il
'he coal mines Of said Company, at the sam
time keeping soll Of boarding house 70
miners and like other miners here, 20, il
debt TO Mr.. Blggs for provisions, grocerie
and colhng-by- -lhe.by, Mrs. Williams d
most Of The trading herself Ii was, howev
er, soon found out that Williams was drunk
, en- dog; SO the merchants suspended is
> sues " for q few days, which caused hlr
to abdcale these dggings, and plant him
=, self where the $500 exemption law woul
: screen him from his induIgent creditors, a:
sisted by the +" kind hearted ferryman
who had previously run off from this pIac
= in The same savage.Iike way, When il wa
known THAI Williams was removing his G
Iecls out Of this Commonwealth, Mr.. Bigg.
in accordance with the laws, swore oul
attachment 10 deIain the goods and chaue
4 VI Sdlu " llllalnS, WIN orders 10 nave IN
4 same levied anywhere beiween here an
. high water mark on The other side of III
- Ohio riUer, accordingly Biggs took an of
Ger with him and overlook this vagrant
;, The waters edge. where he met with such
: warm shower Of rocks from Mrs. Williams
:, The kind hearted Gerryman," and children
that Biggs deemed it necessary 10 delen
: himself from such an unwarramube auacl
- and am sorry to Say, he did strike The We
i man slight blow across the inferior an
: posterior part of her trunk - not har
enough, however, 10 break her collar bon,
had il been in that locality. lie also knockc
. down the vaorous lerryman several ,imeI
so that he was glad 10 obtain sufficient rc
y spite 10 60 off about his business. Bigg
. then seeing that the properly was not worI
), making levy on, came back peaceably
!, this side Of the river
h Now, if Ihe polite Editor has any law o
i his side of the river To prevent such pre-
r ceedingS he had better hunt il up and CT
:" force ii. lIadn't he?
e Yours, Respectfully,
y S. W. SoMMERvILLE.
n Please give Ibis an nserIson in your pi
: per in justice TO Mr. Biggs, and obige
:, S. w. s.