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me a letter, a copy of which I enclose marked A_ to which I sent Capt. C. T. Watson, my chief Quartermaster, to make the following reply:- "The first paragraph is true. I am prepared to prove it before any properly constituted Tribunal, and will waive all questions of rank or Military Authority_ I did not make the statement contained in the second paragraph, but stated that officers on duty here had to inform me_ Third, I will not submit to any arbitration proposed by you, or any inferences with you in any way or manner". He replied to Capt. Watson that he would publish me as a liar. Capt. Watson asked him if he meant to say that he would publish me as a liar in his Newspaper; to which he refused to give any direct reply, saying time would Show_ Knowing that, in the excited condition of the Community, and the hatred felt for the man Bryant alike by citizens and soldiers, the fact that hundreds of the very best citizens are willing to state under oath that Bryant is a disturber of the Peace, and dangerous to the safety of the Community - and being in possession personally of facts unknown to the citizens fully confirming, their conviction, and being apprehensive that his threatened publication