Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-14
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~. hon' ~ otA w 1!cHluhnQ j}'spitoh.
Enc Washington Rs,.rb!ic4p ct yes.c.l y has
ne IvlIo~lrg telegram:
lSneesl 10 the R:pu hlican
"WYTHEvILLE, Vs.. Oos. l2-Las: M,a~
| DAY a. tiacasIie j. Ugh Wi:sop u.si r:c.u
Hss:st OF the iorEerleS on Captsia Ft,sk i.
Dis!! clbcSs NJ the torgerlcs sud u Pile .tiu. :;
hisutotans Governor Walker, G1pvtrssmsu
Wise, and Jchn w. Daniel Ia tho pulcaase ct
!hoH. The people feel greatly ouusgs ID At che
lntsny ptrpetrated 90 Captain Bl.ir, anu tue
confession OF forgery Is death GLOW 10 Bour.
bo0lsm &c Virginia. The clrf.ssion il vri,ten
| snd bears Wilson's signature scd atles:ed by
| trio Witnesses"
Fer uuat.ly cur Stale Executive Courri,tss
has rec lived from Mes,rs. j ms McDowoil, j.
II. II. FIggnt, and j. Il, Goodwin. gentlemen c.
the highest Character the following ex psnaliou
OF the meaning tf the sb;va telegram Ii will
! snow the ptopIe how desperate tho Mohonotes
nave become: The attack upon, Dauiol,
Walker, and Wise s face:
FINcAsTLE, VA. Or. IL 1851.
LION. 4 NJ Kelley. Chairman Erecuire
Committee:
On Moudsy. October 10. 1851. at Eitc,sslc,
Va, H. Il. Rsddlcborger was pre:eu; to fill ca
appointments to spcAk. He had co nc inio town
sunday evoEDE. and shat n;eh. Judge"
Robert +. Mays and other resGjlsters wrro 10
CONSULTATION with hiu. Monday mo.n,g jude
Mays and Thos. j. Wilson. who had heretofore
denounced w. LsiGh Wilson as forger I'd liar,
publicly soG privately, nrprouobed said Leigh
Wilson aud a.o'ogi2ed far tht If conduct and DO.
came very thick with him. aad went arr,iu-
arm With him Oh tho slrcots. RiddIeberscr,
who it is said .efuacd 20 spcsk to Wilson f:
Wythevlllc. met him very oOrdislly on the
street. We had reasoD 10 kucw that Wilson
had no money ;her. Tho political discussion
consumed most OF the day. Immediately after
dark Ridtieberger. Mfy5. anl others assembled
at the hotel sid Went into the mos. private
room nnd wero closoted with Wilson fox seyera
hours Wilson Was Intoxicated 5000 after
oerh. While 10 the room they seDt for and CD
tanned blank draft Wilson camo out of The
room bewacn and 10 O'Clock aud stated 10 ms
that he had been approached by Judge Mage
With propositions Of comprom'ss in regard 10
tue Blair letters, and tho. they bad brcusht
the heavlst pressure to beGr upon him-espe-
cIai!y a5 be was wlluhct money aud they knew il
that judge Mays tod him DO would give him
S50O 10 cash and $500 10 sixty days by draft 90
William Malone if he would sign the statement
prepared By Captain Riddleberger-tho drsfs
not TO be presented unlil maturity; that no
went on their Invitation 70 s,s Riddlebergcr.
end tho paper vas showr him. and to read il,
and the ctfar Was renewed ard pressed:
that General Mshooe hGd written to them that
DO lWlsop) had given them away WHOM drunk,
AUD that they must compromise with bin Il:
any prIc;: that part fthe proposition was that
Wilson was to surrender the letters now on &c.
pcst in the bank st Wythaville, AID particular
~ the letters from General Malone to Wilson,
also lett st Wythevile: that Riddlebarger pro.
posed That he Wilson, should 20 to Wytheville
At once and re. the lessere, and 20 with him TO
Famplin's on Wednesday. October 18th, where
ne (hlddleberger) was 10 meet Minor Daniel in |
discussion; after which Wilson was to 90 to Col |
orsdo, and when Riddleberger became Sergeant. |
st.Aim OF the United States Senate he was 10 |
give Wilson an appointment as from Colorado. |
Wilson solemnly asserted to us collectively lh.t
he would die before he would sign the ptpers
prepared for him, aud afterwards inside stIirma-
ton to the same effect privately 10 one of ue, |
He over and over again asserted to us the Gen.
ulneness Of the Blsir letters, and ihst those man
who were after him knew they were genuine. |
and that was the reason they wsnted him to ego
osck on them he also assured us that he had !
the shdaVlts OF four men who hid seen these
letters last tall when they were receiVed-sopne
OF them, 81 lest, the same evening,
. wilson. alter lesylng IL: returned 10 Riddle.
Dergef's room, and the proof Of bsrasin lnd |
sale there is indispu!able. And it is co.frm.d
by tho fact that Wilson and Riddleberger lef;
more together this morniEg, and Wilson and h.s
COUSIN Is resCJ GsIer republican, wen. on tha
train towards Wytheville.
GU can use this as seems 10 you bsst
Very truly. &C.,
JAMES McDowEL1,
a. 81. Il. FIGGAT