Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-21
The Boyd Case.

I 10 tie Editor ofthe Belmont Chronicle! c
Sm:-"Y," Of the firm Of Gazette 2
"Y,p "XH and 'veritas," as was apuounc
ed November 30, appeared Ia the Gazette
Of the 7th 1t seems they think they
smoked me out. did smell something be
fore come out did not know before
that il was, exactly smoke, or where it came
from. 10 ''n"l ''' q. 'r'H'faW .t ..
2h Gazette" "a'Y," "X' aud "veritas'
need not want to be smoked out by me.
,csre, not who they are, if they are, in fact
many, or who he is, if there is but one,
| with aliasis, or whether they ever muster
courage enough to come out. l care not
to know whether they are married or single.
Whether, IL any OF them are single, they
are old bachelors or young bachelors l
desire every member OF the firm of the
Gazette" "Y, *" and "Veritas" to be
assured, that, if smoke gets down there,
it Is nohe of my smoke. .ai."i
~Y" begins.by dllirg me an "old fox, "
an old liops" havingthc courage of tiger,
and ends with the epithet of second child
hool Now l do not know that can comply
with the request Of "Y" to attribute"
these random blows" with '.just discrimi.
nation" neither am l sure that can ''at-
tribute" the case of the man who ''dream-
ed that he was dry, though the Ohio River
was running through him." and lived to
tell his dream, with a just discrimination. +"
But 'Y" fails to "attribute With just
discrimination" when he says | plead
poverty of language" What "Y" says
in regard To a letter of Mrs. Boyd to Mr..
Boyd, is worthy of note, He says, after
giving some extracts off, letter of Mr..
Boyd to Mrs. Boyd, ut was response to
letter which I may assure my readers was
no angels message but missive full Of
grave charges, aboundiug in poisoned ex-
pletives. and even charging that very false
hood which she aftcrward spread upon the
record, aud abandoned because OF its utter
falsty, and which will stand through all
time as a monument of the faithlessness of
the one who placed it there"
Why did "Y" not give this in Mrs. Boyd's
own words? Is it because the Gazette will
publish nothing on the side of Mrs. Boyd ?
But "Y" has attributed this letter with
just discrimination" except as to the "reis-
oned explosives. These are not in the
letter. But there are ''grave charges in
it against Mr.. Boyd. Would the reader
not like to know how Mr.. Boyd answered
these grave charges" and of the specific
charge noticed by ~" of alienation from
her, and,as the letter of Mrs. Boyd express
es it manifestations of preference for
another" This letter of Mrs. Boyd was
not in evidence. because it was objected to
by the counsel of Mr.. Boyd. These grave
charges are made in writing by one of the
parties that knows that they are true or
that they are false and to the other party
who also knows all about them. MIR. Boyd
wrote an answer. Not. one word of any
one of these charges is denied by him.
Far be it from me to say that l am free
from all fault. But l do say.that the alien
alton and reserve of manner which you
considered unkind treatment was invariably
the consequence Of some grievous mistake
of yours. a. j. 10 5a .
This is the answer to these grave
charges" :. l will, as ''Y'' has brought this
matter forward, give some extracts from
those letters hereafter. ~ 'urc 81.
This is now longer than I intended to
make it. t.. r- B.. s. @.