The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-15


authority to Dray fer $4,000 on Blair q Rirss.
WASHINGTON, March H. ls45.
General Andrew Jackson is hereby authorized to draw
upon one days sight for any between and
one hundred thousand dollars and bis draft shall be
honored He may be shall think proper to do So draw
payable at Baltimore Philadelphia New York, Gc &c
BLAIR 4 RlYES.
With this loan added to the memoranda left by my
father stated in my second address that at his de-
cease the estate was encumbsred with debt OF near
$4,000 To exticate myself from this heavy debt sold
my Mississippi place in s4s for $25000 payable in five
years 10 wealthy gentleman Of this place of undoubted
eredit and Immediately rendered the notes. &C. to Blair
Rives in payment Of my debt This they declined re-
ceiving, the following extract from their letter viii
show:
WASHINGTON, Jan, 5, l649.
SIR: Your letter TO r. p Blair relative the money
which you owe to Blair Ryss has been received We
manage property in this city much less could
manage property in Nashville six or eight hundred miles
from us therefore must decline taking 1t at any price
the house and lot which you bargaining for in Nash
yille do want any notes but your when you
get the money for the notes you speak OF can send
Your friends, BLAIR & RIvEs
ANDREW JACKSON Esq, Nashville, Tenn.
And yet Mr. Blair attempts to produce the impression
that rendered payment nor anything of the kind after
the sale of the Mississippi place and their REIMBURSEMENT
of mortgages it had promised. And yet it would
appear by reading his remarks that the sale of said place
900 loans obtained the time, and that they
did not half exnguish my debts when the first loan
made in 1912 and the other in e45 some three years diff
erence) and the funds applied have before stated
Having brought up my Mississippi hands TO the Hermit
age and finding the number too great to be advantageous
y employed here and having still the notes and property
rendered to Messrs. Blair aud Rves on hand was in
duced to embark in very heavy iron business with the
sole view of paying this debt Suffice it say bought
andsbuilt expensive furnace-hired hands and
agerswent TO work inexperienced and the fur
in successful operation, either by accident or
otherwise, was burned down thereby involving me in
very great loss Immediately rebuilt for the express pur-
pose Of sale which did and could effect until
much damaged and involved in debt; and as Mr.
Blair has said truly must confess being obging in my
disposition induced endorse for friends very
large amount all of which has fallen upon and have
had pay These and other debts before mentioned
communicated by in letter Mr. Blair which caused
the sale of the Hermitage.
Some years before the deoease of my father he said to
that might become necessary hereafter for sell
the Hermitage Of the many visiters annoy
anoes expenses &c and he desired present his
tomb to his State of Tennessee. have mentioned
this repeatedly friends and desiring that it should
fail into the hands of SPECTATORS wrote to Mr. Blair
the subject after offering it to the legislature which he
replied as follows:
SILVER SPRINGS March 30 1855.
SIR Your letter dated 23d February received to-
day where it soourned past my conjecture glad
that your wishes concur with my in reference to this
matter-one of interest think to all the friends of the
venerated patriot whose relics and fame consecrate the
home which, while he lived, looked TO with much
expectation by the nation If should learn from you
my presence be of service in accomplishing your
jecs you will have notified receiving this letter
The Hermitage like Mount Vernon, is ruined residence
| BY its renown. Yours truly
ANDREW JACKSON, Esq,
replied to the above letter that his presence was not
necessary but would do injury of his changed
position to the democracy.
About the time of the sale of the Hermitage TO the State
of Tennessee wrote Mr. Blair kind and aectionae
letter on the subject expressing my gratitude him for
his kindness in pressing and suing me- and asking
him to receive present the principal SsOOO and give
me time to work the interest IN reply this request
received letter from Mr. Blair dated
SILVER SPRINGS, February 4, 1856.
Ny DEAR SIR On the 18th of October last sold TO Mr.
Rves all my interest in Globe The debts due
to it and from il are bis-he provide for the other
both are large Mr. Rves is liberal man. and will do 10
regard you whatever his circumstances will justify etc
Yours truly,
F. P. BLAIR
To this letter made no reply finding Mr. Blair was no
logger partner in the debts of my father and myself but
that it was altogether in the hands Of Mr. Rves
After the sale Of the Hermitage wrote to Mr. Rves to
know II should forward him State bonds otherwise,
for the principal Of his debt SsOOo He replied through
his lawyer in Nashville that he would receive State bonds
at par and credit the with SIS 900 paid which
leaves of interest due against me ll0s0 for the payment
Of which have advertised the remaining portion Of the
Hermitage Of 500 acres; and hope under the smiles Of
Providence be able provide for my family notwith
standing the difficulties and endorsements with which
have been surrounded, and the attempts Of Profesed
friends put obstacles in my way by endeavoring to de-
stroy the Of my present and future eHerons
viii only say in conclusion that the writer in tie Pa
rot and Mr. Blair by their mi ed attack upon me- have
rendered II necessary In sefdeenoe for thus
particularly into the minute Of my private business trsns
actions Of the last 20 or II years
Whether my being thus assaulted is just will leave my
readers to j1dge Mr. Blair himself we'll other ind
viduals whose names could mention have by endorse
ments or msorunes both been deprived Of their prop
erty and many Of them TO large amount and have
been subjected 10 either ridcue Why then
this vile attempt to prove criminal and idotc7
But AN now done and leave my case with my friends
and n Just and liberal people ANDREW JACKSON
r s-AIl the letters and documents from which have
quoted or taken leave In the hands Of the editors
Of the Union and American where they may be seen and
examined IL desired. A. J.
PROTECTED EMIGRATION INTO PENNSYLVANIA.
We are Credbly informed that Capt. Rynders has made
arrangements to take fifteen hundred TO Philadelphia
about the I4h inst the day previons szcuraOa
What they will do when they get there cannot precisely
say but promise that they will do what s e1
pected Of them We hope II they behave themselves when
they get there they may have good time and all return
TO their homes in safety which is much more than We
would like guaranty them II they do behave them
selves--N y Epsniag Post
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