Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-09

legation, that Mr.. Jackson was warned by
several gentlemen not 10 leave the Hotel
as Barber was waiting outside to attack
him. 1t is wholly immaterial if every
manin Marietta had given him such ad
vice; he had a perfectsright tosleays the
house, and his doing SO was no justiticaIS
ton of Barber. Butno such advice was
volunteered by any of the citizens. with
the exception Of one who spoke. in gem
eral terms. about the improperly of his
leaving the hotel that night. The gen.
tleman, who testified upon the trial that
he had "attempted to persuade him not
to go out" we are authorized to say,
did no such thing. On the contrary, it
is very generally believed in this quarter.
that he was sent to the hotel for the
express purpose Of decoying him out
and thus placing him at the mercy Of
his enemies. If the gentleman above
referred to was cognizant of Barbcr's
intentions to attack Mr.. Jackson, as he
affirms in his testimony, what was his
duty as law>abiding citizen? It was
to have Barber arrested and bound over
to keep the peace, and thus prevent a
collision which he seemed so much to
apprehend. live have not been misin
formed, his joyous exclamation. thai "a
Virginian had been thrashed, !" furnishes,
to our mind. the most conclusive proof.
that the valiant feat of knocking man
down with slung shot elected his warm.
est admiration
We have but little to say with regard
to the tissue of Misrepresentation con-
tanned in the Marietta Intelligencer.-
Sheriff Harwood, in his affidavit, testifes
to state of facts which clearly shows
tina. Mr.. Jackson scrupulously endeavored
to avoid personal collision with Barber
during their alteration in Virginia. He
submitted to the abusive epithets of Bar
Der with the utmost GOODNESS and for
bearance, and was only induced to use
his cane. when the latter approached him
in threatening manner. The charge of
the Intelligencer, that Mr.. Jackson came
over to Marietta full OF btags and threats,
is both libellous and ridiculous. His
whole life fatty contradicts it; and those,
who have known him from his boyhood.
will be surprised to learn that James
NJ. Jackson could. under any circum-
stances. play the part of braggadocio.
We kindly attribute this mistake of the
Intelligencer. rather TO the workings of
perverted imagination, than to desire
to misrepresent. With it's iaundiced Wis
ion, it could not reasonably be expected
that its perceptions would be very accu>
rate, or that Virginia and Virginians
would receive full measure ofjustice at
its hands.
1t is gratifying to know that this cows
ardly assault upon Mr.. Jackson is en-
phatically condemned by the most re-
spectacle portion Of the citizens of Ma
rietta.
In addition to the above. and in order
that the affair may be more perfectly
understood. we will state more fully than
we did in our last paper, that Mr.. j., as
agent. had rented to certain Henry
Kelly the island in the Ohio river, near
Marietta, Ohio. This island is in Yir-
ginia. Kelly's lease expired on the LIST
day Of April. 1858. at which time the
last payment for rent. nearly 5000. be-
came due. About the 18th of March,
Kelly, it seems. determined to abscond;
he accordingly left the island with nearly
one thousand bushels Of corn, all his
farming utensils and plumber, ina boat.
and fed to the Ohio shore. The State
of Virginia claims jurisdiction to the Ohio
shore, or wherever the Ohio water
reaches along her border. The Sheriff
of Wood county, Virginia. seized the
boat. and took it to the Virginia side by
virtue of an attachment for rent against
Kelly. the absconding debtor and tenant.
Levi Barber, who commenced the ARRAY
upon the boat after it was landed, is the
brother,in law Of Kelly the tenant. and
claimed the corn and boat under sale
from Kelly. This claim is looked upon
as mere sham, and pretence to cover up
rascally swindling operation, intended
to defraud Mr.. J. out of the rent of the
island. Thus much by way of explanation.
1t seems that the Mayor of Marietta, after
the brutal and cowardly assault upon Mr..
j., by Barber and his confederates, held
Barber to bail and discharged the others.
Now, what were the facts detailed Why
that Barber, Henry Kelly, Jos. Kelly and
one or two others. repaired to the Ma
tional House after night. and there Iurked
in the darkness in hopes that Mr.. jackson
would appear at the door. so that they
could attack him in the dark, and with
out warning. Henry DilIey was taken
along as hired assassin. There can be
no doubt that the conspiracy was regu>