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EolToRs os FhsE pREss-GESrLEMEN Know
ing we'll your spiri. Of fairness, request the IN
sertion Of the following in your valuable paper
The author Of " Harper's Ferry Happenings OF
the yth instant, ignores the command !" Thou smart
not bear false witness against { J neishoor, ana
seeks by false statements TO cast reflection on me
for trying 10 clear the community OF the vileft
creatures that have infested II since the igtanee
Committee was organized in 1876 20 rid the towH
Of thieves, mrrcerers, monte men, &C. nave no
objection 20 the writer's association with sueh
people or 20 their becoming his especial protoges,
but shall take good care TO see that thew keep clear
Of the public property 90 long as tho Government
instructs me to try 10 save a.
Mrs. Ana Foreman, the head OF these interest
ing martyrs, was incarcerated in the Cumberland
City Jail, in Maryland, fer Keeping - Bagn'o-
She was released from jail on the promise thatshe
would gather her Interesting family together
heF husband James being wanted IN tas Cham
gang and leave she town under escort OF po-
lceDan for place more eongenial with their cal
ling See enclosed letter from the Hon. Mayor
o. Cumberland They found, it seems, place
OF refuge near Harper's Ferry, about two months
since, and driving a man from the Squatter
house be had paid, or partially paid Tor on the
/ L. :. lands, took session, ana c0mmenceu
their operations by setting fire TO, and burning up
about 400 acres OF U. :. timber-it Is believed TO
/ getdrv winter wood. Farmers and their families
b along the survey, with fences aud buildings, were
/ 10 danger Of being burned; men we're on the
/ mountain ighting the fire day and night TO save
/ life and property, but the FOrenans were getting
powder and shot ready 10 shoot any one who tried
70 disturb them and especially me, IL came South
+ oft the Shenandoah river on the u. ). lands.
/ The Government paid Ferdinand Fairfax ei al
s20. SG062 for this property land the house oeeu-
pied by Foremans sits on, and the balance OF III G
1885 acres August sofa, 1873. so must be par
( doned for carving out my instructions IN trying
90 save the public property.
! LIS strongly limited that these elegant poop. c
came here 20 find their banker. who lately follow
ID mules on the Canal for a living. and their in
yentur, 70 get a machine that would protect
them while stealing, and selling or using other
peoples property. Certain il Is, money was fur
uished them, and their legal friend advised :hem
20 stay. Migrants and beggars from birth, too
lazy 10 work, always ready 70 steal and commit
worse crimes, The F0reman's have become o
sccurce wherever they have stopped. They are
wanted ia Old Virginia for crimes committed not
long since And the fact that my tastes do dot run
. 10 the direction OF the writer OF q" Happenings
20 protect and shield such creatures in crime
ard 4 desire % save enough Of the Mountain Tim
Der that was not sacrificed bT their mule driving
friend some time since, TO ma ke respectable
showing at the L. :. sale Of lands this Fall and a
/ love for deceney and viltuc must be my apology
for nv action.
There ril be q speedy investigation ard in
IA 90 not envy the position OF the friends OF va
| grants thieves and worse criminals, who seek "a
. make very Sodom ont of all the most romantic,
historical aud poetica towns in America, for the
Aug. IA. is7s~lt. G. ". GRAHAM.