Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-10-17
ASSUMPTION.

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ASSUMPTION.
We clip the following reply Of
Judge G. ". WArrrrsros i
Samuel Mathews card, from ,ls
New Orleans Courier, Of the 18Th
inst:
A CARD.
ny attention has been called h, 81
Gently published by Mr.. Samuel N.tbsr.
OF ioersifie, who oaT.des his prey;anc..
faiseaoess before the pubic and ! -. y
daeed to reply to it, more on accom-, !, !.
eaSunany which it ~recitcs. than Il. sa,a:.
"ntcn i describes.
j., nal re IS a sianderer, the statement, If
the person whom he mas referred 70 =. ~
author Of the infamous charge, he ha, utt.,ss
viii clearly demonstrate
"fafsls IL ano, faisa, in ~on,ibr.n
~ VINO falsely assaiis the reputation !, .
fHo!ic omcer, will not hesitate to bioi.rer >,
has o'en by a tissue Of lies.
IRIS man has wiiifulIy, deliber,;elv ,na
malic.ons!y slandeIed a pera3n who h,d nav
CT inln,ed him. and he now SEEKS Ia m,s.
false impression upon the public erednlitv i
regard to the personal difficulty which gr,Y
ous Of his msndae,ty.
In his account of the collision. which ~.
Cured at his house, this paper tiger renrs.
Eehss himself as a formidable antagonist
he certainly defended himself, but / can Dtr.
ceive no traces of his ya!or on nv n@r.o,
and he IS indebted to my own deIlber.t,on
foT MS lie as much as to his own diaretion.
lis true. also, that he desired to know from
me whether | Intended to renew mr. attsek
on him which had no idea Of doing. hsy.
ing already resented his aHront by repeated
blows Of which he will long bear the marks.
| But his stupidity or his discretion caused him
TO rntsaPoly the proposition | made 10 him
the next day. ! told rim that our difficulty
| required no further disturbance, but thai il
could be terminated by such weapons as he
choose to resort to | did not suggest 4 ehs,-
ieFge; but intimsSed that | was ready for Ii,
attack then and there, and at all times and
places, and did not care about the description
of his arms He states that he declined be.
cause he could not recognise me as a gentle.
man, tch:is! he cunta.ned TO co4nten0nre q fql,s.
hood.
The public will not readily recognise the
authority Of this important character to fix
the standing OF = gentleman. MY re equation
is ab Y the Jurisdiction Of Oh a.lud.e-a
ytndtctsve and dastssdly slanderer.
| regret very much the occurrence Of this
affair. | acknowledge the error OF hav ing
called on Mr.. Mathews. as | did, ior an sr-
planation. It is my duty to restrain my emo
tions for the sake of that great party which
| represent in this District, and which | hope
to lead to victory but if fighting can heal
the wounds or crafty the resentment Of tbs
Mr.. Matthew'S he knows vel! that he can
have from me as much Of that sort Of e1er-
else as ne may desire.
octs 1857. G. ". WATTERsrON.
THE PREssr MusDER.-Ths Point-a
Ia-Hsch" (pafish ofPiaquemmes) Sa'Iof-
;.i-a strong Democratic paper in IT'D
ISSUE Of the 10th inst, contains 4 long
and circususlan''ai account Of The sssss-
marion Of The curats of PIaqueminss-
Father >~avalii-from which we extract
he following paragraph:
Tins foul act Of inhunani'y has no
p"EicaI affinity or cause. |. Was the pri-
sale deed Of one, Two and probably three
members Of The same family, who thought
,h-nnselv agg.ived BY the priests on
duct, and ed away BY their passion con-
,niis-d thu crme after mature sielIbefa-
ton. NJ one aiding t',em previously or
sf'pr the preparation Of the bloody
csIut e.
A. The National is published naH Tue
spot WHERE the awful deed WAS commit.
I'D, il ia fsis t., infer that the editor u
fully postei regarding ti,s circumstances
..al .!a, his statements should be taken
IN preference to the statements OF pafues
4 II distance.
We have been thus particular 10 our
narrative snd specifications becs'lse Ve
have understood that reports were 'saus
,rton-'r ei;,u atrtl, for Sinister purpose,
s1s,ibuting lie mur'4; Of Fslher sasellf
IL any ether tia. the true canse--fu
other " rls t'saf it was br,1sh, about
by the ':alicp If political ene 'es.--
N"thls,g could he further tr'm t'a '4e,'
i til. foregoing -ytrnet from the Nas'eh
demonstrates. Trese ~.
Had not the perpetrators OF this
murder been arrested anu
the cause oft a~scertained, as sure 81
the sun shines, it would have been
charged upon the American pa'1!'
That terrible nightmare Catholic
prescription would have been ha'-
ed at us-until the election vas
,ver-for political purposes.
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