Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-02-27

JOHN mitchell AND TME CINCINNATIANs-
PISTOLS AND COFFEE.
- Mitshs&hsyi9>1 stirsd sfpto1h sosz1r font
flW years (se q ishe sse it
Hkaps sd rid rel ers 20 LITTLE 10
g. Ga he h.s been dino nat md here rs
cd, - inss1sa The Oily Oyun1l TO snftals 81
the hospitality and freedom Of tho Tar famed City
Of Pork. John Mitchell though Q radical, il not
particularly well-liked by the Know Nothings, and
the idea Of inviting foreigner to partake Of the
.haspitalitiaa IS Raakdon Wasstoo sash loe thsa.
They accordingly came down on the members OF
the Council who voted for tho resolutions-b
them 70 confedBioh- made some rccant, and burnt
the balance in efhgy. But this is mere introduce
.tiona Of tho play. They oommeaeed~ onapoora
Michers and burnt him in eAigy. The papers Of
couree fell in, and the editor OF the Gazette, Col.
VIM. Shoulder, called him everything but q gentle
man, and attacked him for having broke his pa
role of honor, in taking French leave of his Ma
jesty's dominions in Botany Bay. John could not
stand this, and notwithstanding his s'sore eyes,"
he sent the Col. the following bombastic epistle
.a'osaar CENTRAL HorEL, III 4
.,.o ,~.,f GAINESVILLE, Jan. IL, 1855
To Col william Schoer Editor Of the Cncnan Gezefte.
SIR--In the Cincinnati Gazette of yesterday
morning and in the leading article of it. lind these
words: SJohn Mitchell, by violating his parole of
honor, escaped" .s
. When 1 saw this sentence caused inquiry to be
made at the GAZETTE Office whether you were at
home or where to be found: and learned that on
the same morning of that publication, you had
left the city for GAINESVILLE. ne
The purpose of the present publication is of
COURSE to require you to retract the falsehood and
calumny quoted above, in writing, and in such a
form as shall satisfy my friend Capt. Wm.F. Lyons,
OF Cincinnati, who is to hand you this note.
'''a Your obedient servant,
..,U. ono o. arG rs JoHx michel.
ssPistols and Coffee" however, wouldnot make
Colonel shake, and instead Of retracting the
charge, he goes on and publishes the whole cor
respondence, and undertakes to prove what he
had formerly written,
. After quoting that part Of the ssJail Joutnal''
which describes his escape, with the particulars
of which our readers are already fully acquaint-
ed, the Col. closes with the following: aos
1t may be very nice question for casuists to
solve, but we think that is very simple case.
We have often heard Of the trick Of Yankee ped
dlers ut county muster or cattle show, by which
they swap wooden combs and jacknives, and each
gain an advantage. 1t may be in accordance
with Mr.. Mitcheps idea Of his parole to plan an
escape, subsidize constables, charter vessels,
have relays Of horses, supply himself With "a
ponderous riding-whip, and have pistols in his
breast and then accompanied with friend APP
pear at the Magistrates Office to give himself up
and withdraw his parole withdraw it when it
was no longer of any value /; and then the con-
versation. -.4fr -.. eirc.f
His friend all the while playing with handle Of
| a revolver in his coat. Does any body suppose
| that Mr.. Mitchell intended to be taken prisoner
When he told the magistrate that came here to
be taken into custody, pursuant to that note, did
he intend ,chat he said? If the magistrate had
attempted to lay hold Of him, and place him in
custody, was it not his intention either to use the
sponderous riding whip which he held in his
hand, or one of the pistols which he had in his
breast pocket, to knock down or shoot the officer
or was Mr.. Davis, his friend, to do that business
with the revolver, the handle of ,chich he ,oas
playing with in his coai?' 'The Jail Journal is
silent in regard to these ntcrrogatories. Weleave
each of our readers to answer them for himself.
Whether there will be I" meeting or not, we
cannot say but we are inclined to think, that
JOIN would have been better employed in the
Citizen, than in going about the country, making
afoolof himself, and bringing his countrymen into
disrepute, by writing such foolish epistles as the
above. This is sinking lower than his promise to
" sink into obscurity. "e-' 'i' -. o