The daily gazette., 1875-01-29
Correspondence Of the Gdsette.
A Correction.

MIR. EpIToR-Dedr Sir,-In the Gasette
of January 2lst appeared n letter from
Willow Grove. by J. c. Gooden, in an.
swer to O report Of fire which occurred
some time ago near that village. The
gentleman entirely mistakes the object
Of my letter, and as he knew me he
could have conferred with me about IL
and it would have saved him the use OF
such language as appeared over his sig-
nature. %.
The facts given by me to your paper
concerning the fire are just as they were
given to me, with a few exceptions, which
l will state, by parties whom had every
reason to believe was not misrepresent-
ing them, for there is not living man
to-day whom l would sooner believe
than him. / cannot conceive any mo-
tive whatever in the party eXlggeratips
the facts concerning the fire, but, on the
other hand, sincerely believe tnat he
gave them to me to the bast " his
knowledge. And sniee the gathering o.
the facts concerning the fir. have J, ~
heard word in contradiction 10 there q {
stated in my letter, or else would nave
made thn c0rrecU;on bofngs. But ~ Di {.
!. Z. Goodur a ulan "a. unQusstlonabis
veracity, al4 as he was on the apot just
after the tire broke out, have every
reason to believe his statement OF the
facts in the case to be true to the letter.
AS for "slandering" the community Of
Willow Grove, l had no such design, for
that would have been cutting Of my
own nose to spite my face." To SLAM
| der" the family mentioned would be en-
tirely foreign to me-, and in as much rs
the friendship existing between us would
make it one Of the very last families
from whom would pluck single laurel.
The writer suggests that l might have
done it Sin the interest OF certain SO
ciety which is marshalling its forces TO
besiege the legislature against the repeal
or modification OF q certain law" / sup
pose he refers to the Good Templafs.
am not q member OF that society. neither
do think it a sin to drink cider. nor q
disgrace for Tennessee Sorden oibe, "a
he was represented to be, n lover OF ci.
der, or to have the reputation OF keep
ing good cider.
Writing "William" instead OF Thomas
was a mistake OF my own, for which
beg the pardon OF the gentleman.
The type-setter or reader OF the man
uscript is responsible for the representa-
tion Of myself as one OF the guests in the
passage, "the father Of mine host" II
reads in the manuscript. Hthe father oi
the host"
The party informed me that Tennes
see Gooden had moved into his grand
mothers house, and, thinking that ht
referred TO his grandmother on tn,
Marvel side, stated that he moved
"in the house where David Marve
llived and died"
The statement with reference TO In,
"bedstead" is just as II was given Il
me, and as for "insinuating that mas
much as the building was insured,
was immaterial whether 1t was dc
stroyed or not, was certainly not m.
design. /.
For not being more diligent In th
search for information concerning tn
fire, for the errors appearing In m
letter, l humbly beg the pardon Q
the family and of all the parties cor
Q cerned.
AS for Mr.. John C Gooden, Icanne
believe that he had the right man !
!. mind when he said the writer {
: "Chiristmas in the Country, )" is know
to US. Whether this be true or not,
freely forgive him for what he sal
with reference to me in his lette
knowing that there is higher autho
ity who is the Judge of men and the
|. motives, In the light Of whose count,
nance trust am justified. x MA