Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-02

| You VIII be delighted, know, to hear
ihs. stumbled, the other day, on an old
acquaintance OF yours, and some others III
IStaunton. One Prof. Hale, z. Lawrence
Hale, lecturer Oh Zoology, &c. He was
edi!ying the people Of Georgetown, II
miles from here, and with his charac,
liz impudence, he sent hote up to the pull
pit 10 minister, whom you know. re-
guessing him to notice that he, would
humbug the adirs, all by themselves, OIL
Tuesday afternoon. Yet some people
were gathered up by him there as badly as
at Staunton.
The weather has becoms hot at last,
and hat with I will. Il is also very dry,
and tie hemp crop, it is said, will be a fail.
ure. Corn looks pretty we'll yet. Har-
vest has begun, and both wheat and rye are
very good. So much Of ram bling for this
time. Yo.rs truly,
W. BIB.
ASHLAND, NEAR LE1iSoTos. Ky.
July 18Th, 1856.
WIN. ANDERSON, ESQ.
DEAR SIR IL have receiv-
ed from you this day two letters the fist
dated 10th inst, enclosing me slip from
the "Staunton Spectator, containing let
ter, puEpor.ing to be a stter from Lexing.
ton, KY, dated June 9th, and signed
Nv. b. B. the second, dated the follow
ing day, III which you tell me TINT the let
Ter was written by one w. B. Browne,
formerly Presbyterian preacher, IF staun.
ton, and now engaged Ii preaching and
teaching abou, Lexington, Ky.
| have no personal acquaintance with
GU. and am therefore put under the great
er obligation TO yoe .or having contradict
ed as false, statements calculated and de-
signed TO iniafe RE, d perfect stranger to
sou and 10 The whole community for " hich
they were published.
The published letter contains against
me two charges, the one political and the
other personal. Tie first is, that al an ol1
Hue wing meeting, held or called lust after
tie Cincinnati nomination, had assumed
lplenipatehtiafY aathotlty, and graTe in
the adhesion of The party to Buchanan and
| Breckenridge This charge is utterly aid
IunqHalifiediy false. The tacts are these:
meeting Of the old-iine wings Of Fayette
ieeuaty, was called by advertisement for
two weeks, through the know nothing and
democratic papeis Of Lexington, for the
18th June, III | / o clock, for the purpose
OF appointing delegates TO the " Zig State
Convention proposed 10 be held at Louis
vile Oh the Sd July. Al II o'clock the
bell Of the court house was rHng, and
alone Of all the wings Of my fathers old
s9aatfy. {sf, Indeed, there we're aaY atiiefs
Itemsinlag,l responded. by his presence.
10 the call. ! observed TO The custodian
Ief The eauft-hoHse, that as it appeared
res the onl9 person &c compose The meet,
ing, iHasmdeh as could not Git all the
offices necessary fef a pHbIie meethg--of
Chairman Of SECRETARY, &c. &c,
thought ii would bs hesi 10 ad,oerp t.i,,
iaeetpg sine die. This was the fete OF
he Ehig meeting III Fay county. The
name OF nc candidate whatever was mem
toned nor WAS one word OH the subject
al politics uttered. And although the re-
suit OF the attempted meeting may have
idstiiyed the Reverend correspondent Of
the staanton Spectator, in the assertion
that the political influence of the Cays, or
The esteem in which they are held is but
smaH. il certainly did not justify him in
the IS lful and malignant falsehood in which
be has INDUCED in his letter oe the 9Th
June. So much for the first charge, the
second Is Ike unto it---n.terly false.
lie states III 4 the outer gate Of ashland
Is bearer "beyond which few who have
feelings TO be wounded, pass, 10 view the
place. Few who have feelings SO vile
as tins person has displayed in his conmu-
ucatiol TO the Spectator, oegh. ever to
pass that gate, FOR every fear that the no.
Bile split oil its former possessor ,oight rise
to drive such wretehes back. The gates
oil Ashland were neetr closed TO man, wo-
man OF child, aud no one ask ing petelis-
sion of lis owner was ever retued to visit
any part Of the pirate house or private
grounds they expressed the leas. wish TO
see. Often have the feelngo OF he pres
ent proprietor OF Ashland, been wounded
BY the lhoushtess and waaton desttueliou
| .. the strawberries and plantations made BY
his father, aud by tie often II tined m
lrusions made tpon the priricy of his
family aud OF his home bat the insianc
| in Which he mas made the least complaint
have been rare and hagtant ovtfages.
The Reverend correspondent oil the
Staunton Spectator, states that a strangei
lately sent to ash Mr.. Clay 81! he knew
he had paid thousand dollars 10 Ike, p thu
place from his ialhrr's creditors" and was
still denied. There is rot one word oil
Truth IN this statement Had any person
been guilty Of the bud taste to send such
message TO ,ae, all who knew me, know
that ms reply would have been check
for the money, could he induce. me 70 be-
1ieve he had advanced il Tor mr. fdther.--
Although the names OF some who made
gifts TO ny father IN It's lfs taer, ara
anoiail. lseia the facts OF their fee!aimla!
them after his death, he III his lifetime. q
TO child OF his since his death, had or has
the ieas. knowledge Of lie na.te Of a sin.
gle iniis idnai who was in any degree n
tsuumental IN ielleving him from The PEE
IcuuIary embarrassment uu1er which II.
iabortd at the time aliuded TO. None bu
the basest Of the base, and the vilest Of til,
vie, could have made the alirsloa for TIT
purpose intended.
In eoncluson III ,hs long letter, upon q
subject which but for my contempt would
have aroused ms indignation, let me ak
you il you happen TO Know any OF ,ht
, friends of the aevefned correspondent o
The Stanton Spectator, do beg them to adj
H. 4 IN rSsata,,3s L.