Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-25

Not until Mr.. L J. Dupre had defame
me almost daily FOR three months in th
little organ he edils did / turn upon hin
and rend him. 10 showing up the mo
tives and the character OF his persisten
war unOn me, / went not a hair
breadth beyond the record. called n,
vile names, nor uttered a word unbecom
ing q gentleman to speak; but the fact
were go damning that they disgrace,
Dupre beyond redemption.
/ suppose sOme Of bis hackers bavt
told him that he cannot live in Memphis
unless be Tesents and relieves himself o
the degradation 1 have put upon him
And 30 he comes back at me in his hand
bill this morning, with his favoritC
weapons-printer's ink and willful false
hoods. Among other charges, now, be
makes the following:
l. That 1 have neglected the family Of
an old friend, Henry d. Small.
2. That L was an army follower, fol
gain, in the war.
8. That 1 did him no kindness in the
matter Of his bankruptcy.
4. That 1 cheated General Chalmers
and Robertson Topp cut Of a charter at
Nashville.
With regard to this lsst accusation I
have simply TO say, if I have Wronged
General Chalmers and Robertson Topp,
they are gentlemen to whom / am will
ingly amenable.
With regard to Dupre's other charges,
I will simply let my friends reply.
l. A generOus-hearted Southern lady
answers DUprs's fret and second specifi-
cations IS follows:
MRS. SMALL'S CARD.
Messrs. II. Cary and P. Skipwith
Sirs: My deceased husband, Henry
D. Small, and Mr.. A. s. Mitchell were
raised from bOyhOOd together, aud 1
know my husband was Mr.. Mitcheil's
devoted friend to the day OF his death.
After my husbands death, in the latter
years Of the war, | and my children we're
helpless and homeless, and Mr.. Mitchell
procured us q home to live 10, and mon
ey to live on, which all other friends had
failed to get for US. know further, that
Mr.. Mitchell secured relief for another
Southern widow lady and her daughter,
who was living with me, to the amount
OF three hundred dollars, and prevented
them from being turned into the street.
l know further, that he got another
friend OF mine, q wounded Confederate
soldier from the State of Mississippi, re-
leased ron the irving Block, when every
JULIET OukOH MAA III II DAllbs SuDDOs6U
to have influence, had failed TO help MIN.
And l know that Mr.. Mitchell always
refused to be paid a cent for relieving the
distresses of the Southern people. Fur
thermore, Mr.. Mitchell is now giving TO
my son, Henry Small, the best place he
is competent to fill 10 the engineering
party Of his railroad. And further. as to
Mr.. Mitchell being In early life q fed
By my husbands family, or .hOsa con-
nected with him, ] know that the only
aid save fFiendshipl ever furnished Mr..
Mitchell by my husband on his c0nnec-
tiOns, was a sum of money furnished by
Mr.. Robert ". Sanford, my husbands
brother-in-law, to Mr.. Mitchell to defray
his college e. Expenses, which, as L have
often heard Mr. Sanford gay, was paid
back to him, dollar for dollar, with in
terest. MARY JANE SMALL.
Editor Ledger TIE undersigned now
publicly state and publish that Mira.
Mary J. Small, widow OF Henry D
Small, who is our aunt, voluntarily gave
US the above statement, and We assert
the facts to be, within our personal
knowledge, true in every particular.
?. SHIPWTTH.
s.. Du9re's third assertion that | did
him no Kindness in bankruptcy / repel
by his own admission, as follows:
A CARD OF ME-. HEATING.
About the time of flisg his petition In
bankruptcy, Mr.. / J. Dupre, distinctly
remember, e1pT6ased himsalf 30 me SIS
under obligations TO Nj. Mitchell and
other officers Of the United States Court,
for the !esssning OF his fees in bank
rup 1ey. J. NJ. HEATING.
Finally, Dupre say 8 he hss not taken
any different notice of my reply to his
sbuse, because I was no gentleman.
That cOwardly subteTfuge is answered by
Col. DuBoge, 90 follows:
CARD OF J.. j. DgBOsE.
1t is only proper for me to say that in
the Ledger of December 23d, Mr.. L.. J.
Dupre published a communication de-
that Mr.. Mitchell was " a gentle
whose moral character was unques-
toned" J. J. DUBOsE.
Need 1 add another word in vindica-
ton of my character and honor from the
of this wretch?
Respectfully, A. 5. MITCHELL.