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<Ss SIPIX?
An Lidepende it Republican Newspaper, Published
at Auraria, Lumpkin County, Georgia, devoted io the
prjservation of the Union, and Sovereignty <-f Hie
States. The sycophant of no Party—the slanderer
ot no Individual —the friend of Jackson.
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EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS’ DUTY j
Notice to Debtorsand Creditors to be published'
six weeks. Prince’s Digest, page 157.
All intended Sales of goods and chatlies, belonging
to testators or intestates goods and chatties, shall be
I mb'ished in two or more public places in the parish,
| roroi/y] where such effects are to be sold, and in the
gazette, at least fortv days before the day of such in
tended sale.— ibid 151.
All sales to be between the hours of ten and four
o’clock, and if continued from day to day. notice to
be given thereof on the first day of sale.— ibid IG7.
Sales ol real property to be on the first Tuesday in !
the month, at the place of public sales,after sixty days '
publicat ion. ibid 171.
Application for Letters of Dismission published six '
months. — ibid IGB.
ESTRAYS.
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sizsp.irz's
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their sale.- legal, mu t appear,
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I’or June, by the second day of May.
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I >r September, by the first day of August.
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For publishing a new Weekly ncivspape.r in i
»V’i tnzrtn Coweta co. Ca to lx called
Tilt: GEORGIA CHROMCLE,|
j: v non aii r a i: ls o.v.
Ki T is customary for those who offer newspapers to I
,L1 the public, patronage to give a brief expose of the i
<> ijcct sought to he accomplished by the proposed I
publication, and <4 the political principles upon which j
it will he < omb.cted. it is oiteutiines the case, that I
nianx promises are imide, ami many pledges a <• pro!-)
t. :t <l to nilrli the public favor, which are never re-1
im-ailx red to Im fulfilled. The unde, signed, there |
I .re m otl'.ii the (lionet e Cntt' N'.ci r, totin' pd>
lie, and s ,lulling a <hare ot its p :iiro,,.ige. <li <-!im s
<ml<Ting into n 1 ngthy t xpo i; ion of hi- pol't..•• .i! pi i-
< tp!r<, atvl will only state that he liflotios to the i
Stale. Rights party ol Georgia and ot the Sou'll —
that he i; indeiiliiied with it in principle and in led- ;
i ig, a id th it 1 > the ni >i it imam e and support ed tin- ■
I ; o n'lieiit a id leading duct, ini s ot parly, his paner i
will be devoted with moderation and liberniitv. But
w mie the tone of the paper shall be firm and its prin-
< des um'oinpro ni.sing, its <■ dums shall be open t■>
a iilie.al ami rnliglhem <1 di-i nssion of the agitating
topic tlm day, admitting wall writt n esc < free
from into <•>:'. <i- ami per.-onali,ies train both pa ties.
Being 1 and in an Xgrien'tural svetio l of the stale,
it wid tn- a | '.miiv «.! <1 t make the (it nisei r.E
mli i< ting ami n - tul i<> tmit portion nt the communi
ty who it 11 liti->n ll i- ben directed to that pursuit.
1 ic< i -. <• smiiunieafmns am! siletllons will also
t oil a heart, welcome in its columns.
'fi i;m<..-.Three dollms in advance or four nt the
end -it t!u: . ar. Ah• : Itsements inserted at tm- usu
al rates.
'l'lu ii t Nr>. ofthe CitßONoet.r. will be i'.-uedabout
theth st ot May. ot oon thereatier
(.'..miir.iau-aii--iw add:r d to t!.- snbrci.bcr a
h in <. i ptev io us to t inn time will meet prompt at
t, turn . KOGF.It F NEI SON.
1'.,,,; i- wh iw i j pulili h tim nltiivc will confer a fa
vor wit.eh wiii by refit roeated.
rAi< e n ' i h ?.
FjVIVI’I ’h ■■ ■by ci-iti >n r.ml f>rw>-i a’’ prr
•n . i •i . •■■ xx ay wl ver, on
inv I>t ■ > lio’ Ilin I, i>a .ib. t It, hi tlie 1/ -t •’
< t the lii''vl ion, siitiate ;>tnl |\in ’in Lntn xm co n
tx tbr.iicilj Uh ■.’ukr ■) nml -r the pen dlx -■• tiie I;.W.
JXMES XI. BRAW NER
V’ i'; I•. Ti ■ ill.’-- of Notes’ on I;n‘ . ■’
LM Cli,■•;■.-. <■ , are r pt Hi ■! to prc-tit t .<• n to:
Ia: r.i t. O BA ft .XI \N,
1 >isbui> ' . X .
(">•■• A-*- X. ii •. I'.’.-t. May I
LABORERS WAMEP.
FgV.irr. sol-.-i.uixlh sto hire‘2o »r 30 able b>-
I •-■ bite or \ the latter p: fe -d
to " \in t'i • uh ■ s. I'. »i u horn iih !<1 na j -
v i ■ :;o >. \j>p'y a: >ne l‘ibi-Trap iiiitiis I.uc p- ,
■* kin v nntv.
Max • G. XV WACASFR
< iohl Aline for Sale.
r i! t '' ' i recently pun h.o •<) th*
■ ...' ■ Gref. tn ;■> <! mi • ••_ which i> n-ov ,-uc-
< ' •'■ -rat ■ ! ’ pan . \ huu with near one i a.-ii ed
l;a:if', - to -■ ,i t! t ..a,r ( e, l’u chi.«< rs will a
anv ti ■ > •> • ir>t •> r> i\ ea lul; ntui fair ir»t o
•_ | ' ■ ■■. Tht ’ i- n■ "A 1
x .'A'--!' '.n three to ine d.v.o. vl gold r■ : t.j d
n c. iu'-on
Mix 5- -f.
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a Xi'tcet !,a.id. m-. by my- it a i pava
' hinn lb Riv< tret, forth ' >tn f ae-
ty n*H«r.* G»» nO • ’he ■'lf: thv f J.’ irx .1 ■ ■
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"iv the r.vn ast’iero. Irra ianh r w hnh it wj' c i-.-
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I
' FROM THE STANDARD OF UNION.
Spring Place, Murray County, )
May 9 th, 1835. )
i \n article has appeared over the sigiia’ar- ■
of ‘‘Spencer Riley,” in tho <»« -. r in J >urna!
of the 7th of April, and bearing d it>‘ 11 h of
' March, which has since been published tn most
if riot all the Nullifying Papers in the State;
and from the importance they seem to attach
to said article, it demands some attention from '
; rn<‘. I regret that the character of ’his de- ’
praved and worthless wretch, and the tiansae- ■
! lion whose incidents he pretends to dela'l, were ;
i not generally known, for if they were I should j
be spared the necessity of any reply to his !
j outrageous falsehoodsand vile slanders.
'1 lie pure, the honorable and high minded
| Editor, Prince, introduced Mr. Riley &
; bis reputed article to (he Public with a great
flourish, and an endorsement for his standing '
and respectability. What else could be ex-'
ported from that Editor who has within tha !
last twelve mentbs evinced on so many occa- ,
sinns, a total disregard fur truth—of that Edi- ’
1 tor whose conduct has placed him too low to '
, be an object of contempt?
But that lhe public may form its own esti- J
mate of the character of this cedebrated Riley, 1
i I must lie permitted to refer to some of his '
acts in the Cherokee countrv. Some lime '
i during the month of June last, the following
advertisement appeared in the Miners Rccord
' ( r, to wit:
j
NOTICE.
“Circumstances compel me ta believe that
; Spencer Riley has come into possession of'
■ some executions against me without the knowl- I
! edge of the legal holders, which have already!
j been satisfied; two of which are Win. G. Ma- 1
,<-on, vs. J. R- Dennett, and Josiah Jordon vs.
lite same, i hereby caut.on t>ll peisons from
trading for them, and request any Officer in
whese hands any executions against me may'
iiave be: it placed l»v said Riley, that he will
inform me of the same, and that said Riley is
not the owner or legal holder of any Execu
, lions against mo. I call on him for an expla
; nation of the circumstances under wl.ii-li he 1
'came in possession of them, and without a;
1 satisfactory un-', he must rest under the charge
; us having acted unjustly or feloniously towards
, 0)0. i
(Signed) J. R. BENNET.
June 2nd, 1331.
To this publication R.lcy never made any ;
' reply as I have understood. Bennett had !
(drawn a lot of land, and Riley had gotten the ‘
> (i. ‘as. with the view of having it sold with- I
out tiie knov.ledg of Bennett, with ihe hope of
having it purchased for a trilling considera
; non, believing no doubt the paper in which
die Sheriffs of lhe Cherokee Circuit publish
ed (heir sales, having but a limited circulation
in ihe lower part of the Stale, it was scarcely
possible lb: Bennett to know any thing until he ;
had hern swindled out his laud.
In the month of February last, Spencer Ri- |
Icy burc;iir,i (I, and actually sold to Eli Bolin,*
Esq. of (be county of Murray, a lot of land in I
ih..t county, for w Inch he was to have receiv
ed the only negro owned by Mr. Bolin. He;
represented himself to be the agent of one*
Roger McCarthy, and when asked for his
power, said it w.is in the Clerk’s office of Cass i
County for record. Mr. Bolin was admonish- I
ed of Rdey's many attempts to swindle, and
was advised before he gave up his negro, to
go to Cassville ai d ex iinm* tile Clerk’s ofir e
tor the power. lie did se, and found me
whole of Riley’s statements to be fabrications
and utterly untrue. The Clerk gave a certif
icate that no such power was there nor
ever been in his office.
When he returned, Riley finding out he was
detected, without my attempt at explanation,
proposed to pay Mr. Bolin tor his trouble and
expenses in going to Cassville, cancel the pa
pers and get out ol the difficulty.
\t the October election p is!, in Cass coun
tv, Spencer R ley bet and put in s’uke. notes
SPY IN THE WEST.
•‘LET THERE BE HARMONY IN THINGS ESSE NT I A I. —L IBERA LI T Y IN TIII NG S NIT ESSEN TI A L CIIAR 1T Y IN VL I ”
AURARI LILWKIN COUNTY, GS-bOSIGIA, JUNE 20, S 335,
t<> the amount t some two hundred dollars,*
which there is every reason to believe he be
came possessed of by some improper scheme:
he this as it may, upon the ascertainment ot
•he lo<s of the notes, he commenced action
-.gainst the holders f-r the recovery of the
notes. l ius man Spencer Rdey, the very iv
i : >t:s .Mr. Prince says, was u justice ot the
Peace of Cass county, and this is the Sime
Siit-ncer liilcy who once presid- d tn that coms
tv at a I recinct election wheic he uas himself
i candidate. At h:s precinct .m mdividu d
voted; whose name was not ent. red upon the
list of names Until Rih y brought the return to
the court house, where this piece of perfidy
was detected. Rih v -■• d be h *d forgotten <•
enter the n i t". V»'lien ‘lie name wis entered
open the P. Book, t ere wis a disagreement
1 etwecn it mJ the ta'iv sheet, be.ng use ni re
vote received titan v. is counted out. I uis
the m n who in the execution of one ot t ie
Highest c*i.*i‘ii duties, disregarded his v iicia'
duty for tl ' ’ £ own, &
Lie interest of iiis party —fur t e gentleman
w’.< <e vote b.e supj rcisc i. ’’ as ku?"n *.o be
Onn, ;J J • ‘
AND
I I could refer to m< >y c isos as e |
lasihose emnner tied, clearly exhib.ting this '
j man Spencer Riley to be one of the most de- I
; praved and tbaodoiied of the human family, j
I i truly r -gr■?* that cnco.ns inces constram me I
j > i'C th sia r_*uage in a newspiper about nv (
individual whatever. f’>ut the tn timer in .v'.ich
my character has been assailed u|* m tin .r
and unsupported statements of tuts crafty and 1
accomplished villian, has compelled me to ;
I perform a task so truly unpleasant; hut Biley 1
j is not the only personage connected with this
j-ssault upon truln. This tissue ol falsehoods,
• and defamation 1 feel warranted in saving, from I
| various cn cum-tanees, together with* the cer- i
I tificate of Mr. John K Mears, whose respec-'
{lability and veracity m>ne acquainted with him
will doubt, that Samuel Rockwell, assisted in
• oncocting said piece, that th whole was pre
paied if not fully written by him. Him I con
; sider the hidden mover of the wires, in spread
ing before the public a paper which he knew .
; contained egregious falsehoods—a paper'
{ which songs t to suppress all th© material truths [
(connected with a transaction which he prelen
i ded to nan ate without having the courage or
’ magnanimity io assail me himself. He has
j employed <>ne as a tool, who is as worthless as \
: he is contemptible, and one which I can assure i
j him, never will lie noticed by me after the ihe !
' close of this reply.
It will 5e remtrnbjred that this is the same '
Samuel Rockwell who went into ecstacies on i
the election of Gov. Lumpkin ever Mr. Gil
mer— he wh» was officious in having the can
' non discharged in commemoration ©f the e
i vent, and he who on the occasion, commit
i ted many other acts of equal indecorum and
; indelicacy, 'i bis is the same Samuel Rock
’ well, who imprudently and rudely attempted
' io control Gov. Lumpkin in his executive ap
pointments, an.! as soon as he f»und the Gov
t ernor was m ide <•■ materials too inflexible to
ibe bent to his purposes, became his bitter re
viier, and lie ha* permitted no occasion since, 1
to pass, without slandering an J abusing him.— j
This is the same Samuel Ro< kwe!l who was I
amongst the first to condemn Judge Hooper j
; for granting those bills of injunctio;) which j
; have acquired to much celebrity.
This is the nun who was giddy enough to |
boast of his ability lo convince the judge of his |
error. But because the Indians estimated his I
j services more highly than the whites, and >
\ gave him the largest fee, deserted *he one and
enlisted in the cause of the other. And this
(Same Samuel Rockwell was, with the advice
, tnd approbation of Judge Underwood, taken r
into the service of the Indians; he who has i
. been lhe secret and insidious cause of aliena
-1 ting their atfectiens from this their first and ;
oldest counsel. The adder who repaved with
a sting, the kindness of a benefactor. This
i is ihe man who has the audacity to say, that I
am restrained bv no principle, and b»und by '
no obligation in the accomplishment ej my
\ purposes.
I This is the man, who, when in my pres- ;
‘ ence tro ches like a Spaniel, and when b>-
bind my back, snurles and deforms me. In
tny presence my best friend, and out of tnv
[piesence, my bitterest reviler; he whose pro
! fessional knowledge has been enployed in 'rr
rassing and perplexing a large portion of the
citizens of the Cherokee country —since his
. admission into ‘he service. H iving now par
ticularly disposed of this notable pair, I will
proceed to reply to the article which has I
spread such a panic in the ranks of the Nul-i
tlilicrs, aad so completely overwhelmed them i
' with consternation and dismay.
The declaration of Ro kwell and Riley that
Joe Vann h id forfeited his right of occupancy
' under the laws of Ge >rjia, fheij both Will knew
*to be ftlse. Vann is nu Indimof to hr a tile ed
ucation and of ordinary intelligence. He w,s .
well acquainted with the act w hose provisions
ihe had knowingly and wilfully violated, ns he
retained hts over-es-r until his death, which
was some time in the Spring. He also rc
, tamed his m iler until after o <r tl.nch co >rt in
1831, and still intend'd to do so, but from th*
cn« uni'i inces of the drawer taking po session
<d the same. .Many other persons were e;n
ployed bv him to my knowledge, 'being a near
neighbor) durin.' the year, a- a"is'an’s it; \g
riculture, which was well known to others.—
But bv the certificates of some of our oldest
and tno-t respectable citizens accompanying
this replv, that matter is fully put at res'. —
and further, had nr nit known himseh to be
.-xcli’d'd bv mu law s, w xuld not he have en
tered an appeal trom he ri hon which I made
against him? Most certain'* he 'vouid, as
manv had been enter- d :n some oft'.p- mmi i-s
before and -nice. I'he declaration by it >• k
'wed that B dh>ck’< s i’ ‘l. had the preference,
he G-Sf> full trell t>be j ilse. It is true, :t
wis tile fi st filed in ( lomker Su >■ r or court,
but not having ticen transfem d a itmn the time
preecrslx d tiy law, i had not !-• ■ r refer-
ence, and S i the .1 h id deter-uuit-d to m*
understanding; oid I doubt nat iv ii so igmi
determine. Wt a his important fact, Ihi.- ■-
wed was well acquaint* d while '.C sedul-ri-' v
conrr led it. It is further true that Bullock's
s i. fa. h is been kept in court by some ? j ro
under .lamlnd manigement wbi;h can and w.H
’_e?x"used if accessary.
| But it is now well known and admitted by
I lhe candid, so tar as I have been abl<> to learn.
( that Hargrave’s sci. fa. now has and had at the
I same time possession was taken, a preference,
I 3' wlti h he cannot tn my opinion be lewdly
! J prived. i udmi' that Thomas Turley drew 1
|lbe lot i -feri e.i >. and i> is notorious to eve-’
!ry person aequ i d - aHe .■?. e. that the’
jdr;wis in d- -.f d one II cin- ed ins name j
jto be returned as eno ied to a dr) v under a
misapprehension of ihe rights which he sun-i
posed the law had given to him, and he has t > i
' many, publicly, frankly, and honestly, com
municated tho whole circumstances; and in- i
i dee.d it was understood, that he had abandon- i
ed any hope of the case, and expressed his de-!
termination io make no further efforts to retain
lhe land With a full and prefect knowledge
of al! these (acts, I considered it my duty to
give the possession to Hargrove n-ion the pro- .'
ducliou of the Grant. lam well aware that ’
! the case does not fall within the strict letter:
; of the law, yei 1 felt myself justified and sns-J
I tained by the whole of its reasoning, spirit & 1
[intention- Hargrove had a second >rv right,!
[ wiin-h f>r all ibe raiional p irpo<es of the act, I
!I do not considered equivalent to a title 1)
I do noi conceive it necessary to enter into a
detailed defence of the law under which I am
; acting, or the object for which it was enacted,
1 and were I to do so, th ii I should expose m\ -
self to another volley of virtuperation for it,
both in and out of the Legislature, is open and i
undisguised,'and his is one imongst a numb r j
of circumstances to be added, of their having!
espoused the cause of the Indians in oppesi-!
tion to the interest, the policy and lhe rights ot j
the Slate. On ihe 23d of February I had !
placed Mr. Holder, who was the authorized !
Agent of II trgrove, and who produced to me j
the grant, into possession of the house occu
p’ed by V inn, and who was from home at the
i time. It wis not the design of Mr: Holder
iio iinn< cessarily disturb or incommode his
I family m his absence, -tnd he only took pos
session of one ol' the rooms, and told Mis.
Vann that she could occupy the residue
of the house until the return of Vann, or for
six d.iys longer at any rate. With this she
' appeared entirely satisfied. We were n-akiny
' preparations for departing, when Riley came
! to tho entry door, seemingly almost frantic with
rage, declared with an oath, that he would kill
me or anv other person who should persist in
any endeavor to keep possession of the house, j
and instantly armed himself with a Rifle.
I, in very mild terms, informed him, I had
! already placed Mr. Holder in the possession
of the house, but that Vann had premised
through his wife, to remain until some time in
the first of March, at which time I had under
stood from Mr. Holder, he wished complete
possession, and moreover, if V inn or any oth-
I er person was injured bv my official acts, it j
they had legal rights, the law would afford
them an ample remedy- Riley then stated he
had claims «n that property: I replied to bun,
I was unapprised -f ilia' I n t, ami <• ,q ire i o’
whom he dertved those r ghts? He said, from
Maj. Bullock. I then requested him to ex
hibit his title, and if 1 considered it a legal one,
I would then desist from any further action,
and w ent further to appease linn, and convince i
him <>f my entire disposition to respect any
legal title, to say I would respect the written}
authority of any person who was a white mm,
; author zing him to bold said piemises. He 1
still peisistud in swearing that he would kill;
me if I came to the house at the appoint d
time. I again demanded of him Ins authority
for an interference which I could but considet
as gratuitous and unauth .1 .z ••!, and desired
him to produce his claim or title if h>- - i i ■
! With an air «>f defiance lie propar d o 'its-'
charge ins rifle at rne, arid said be had no • v
: ideuce of his cl um, nor did ne want any otn ■
er than be had. A nffenmee to the ccrtili
cate of Messrs. Rogers and Lumpkin wp|,
tn we fully show what took place m tint lime
—The veracity of these gentkmea ire n«»t
I), d • bted by anv I remarked to mn ma
h s hr» a’s coni I not alar n m - from |he
disi hirg* °f what I constd r n:v d’i ’ , nd if
lie interfered f.jith’T wi h mo, that he . odd
hive nene but himself lu blam lor the conse
then left the place. '>i the
d iv appointed, I went to the linage <>t Vano,
at the request of Mr. Holder. Bv th: .m •
it was notorious throigtiout th<* village aid
neighborho-id, that Riley had converted one
l ot lie upper looms into a sort of arscnrtl
f r/, having two rifles, a large doubl*- barn led
shot’gun three pistols—a dirk and a toma
haw k. Th- fi-inib- r and q 'alii* of his aims,
his situation and his thr - s. w ere told •-> ma
ny, and his arm- shown by hirnsell. no doubt
for the purpose <>f d tai ring me Imm he dis
c.h irgc of my d-ity.
My ft tends knowing of those f rmidable
o--epar.itrins for altle, g-ftierousZy run!, vobtti
tihily slipped firward nd pr >;>o—d toner m
puny me. Not knowing whit exigency ruigi'i
arise, several of them armed themselves, but
nothing like lodftli? number repre-ented
bv Rockwell and Riley—ti- '. vi’l tn ling a
report was put in circulati'-n tha a large n-c;.
' Iv-r ot armed men were wt;h h"» ’« !| ■ 1
bVhen -ve -rived at t‘"
I Vann of my business, who without anv resit
[ ance or murmur, surrendered to Mr. Holder
the entire possession of lhe premises. I then
enquired if ho had any armed force in tho
( house for the purpose of resistance? He stated
> not, and then informed us that (his fellow Ri
! ley was up stairs, that he was armed, that ho
i had his r.iJ and that he had endeavored to
get it form him, and observed he had demand-
I ed t before witnesses, and he would not give
jit up, and that he did not wish me to blame
j turn, for he did not approve of Riley’s con
duct. About this I time heard Riley walking
towards the head ofihe stairs and we started
'Up the stairs. Mr. Winters, one of my friends,
j planted himself by my side. We had ascended
but four or five steps, when Riley discharged
both the barrels ofa shot gun at us. Mr.
Winters fell, and for the moment, thought was
dead; but very soon recovered his feet and dis
charged his gun at Riley; and nearly at lhe
: same instunt I fired my pistol at him, but ow-
I ing to the perfect security of his position,
w i hmil effect, as we then and stili believe.—•
- Mr. Winters was considerably wounded in tho
head mvselfslightly in the arms, and mouth.
!' This is a free and unvarnished statement of
Hu» manner in which Riley commenced the
assault. Nevertheless ibis braven fronted
seonndi '-l lias the impudence and effrontery to
charge Mr. Winters and myself with having
fried first . \lmost immediately after Riley
[ discharged Itis double bairellcd gun, ho pre.
; seated another, and then stated he would kill
; any person who came to him—after being re
[ peatedlv told the arresting officer wis (hero
i with a wan ant, he swor repeatedly he would
j kill the first person attempting to come to Inin
j he being concealed from our view, and keep
ing his Rifle presented immediately in the di
rection we had to pass in making an effort tu>
get.'o him. The barrel <>( his Rifle while thus
presented, was fired at, and as was txpected,
the hall glanced up the barrel and wouned
him in the forhead. At that, he fled to his
room re-load<'d, and again attempted lo (in- ir»
ihe crowd below, and he was agam met by a
fire fro n one of my r e-ids, wh'”» > e ma ie a
precipitate retreat to his fori, and bawled out
ii« gave up. He was thus arrested by the
Sheriff Humphreys—upon the warrant for for
cible entry and detainer, wh > after ho had ar
rested him, from " r ■ :e <'thcr
j cause, turned him lo >s ■ -o lake
| further charge of him. 'I was • nun arrested
av Mr. S nith md te -d f up- > < . . rmt taken
out bv Writers for assault with mtent to mur
der.
There is scarcely out solitary word of truth
in all the statements made by Rockwell and
Riley, as will appear from the certificates ap
petied to this article in relation to the whole
transaction. The allegution about his money
iis one of tho most malignant fidshoods which
was ever uttered bv man. I was not in the
room at tho time the sccdulo of the property
; levied on was i d<<>, t> u winch shown f-otn
't ' sum- ~v of my respectable persons who
hive nothing to lose by a comparison of char
acter with nnv citizens in the State, much
less with Rockwell and Rilev, as he repeat
edly stated he had no money but the two dol
lars and twenty-two cents spoken of in the
cerufii a’c on that subject, ns he had sent what
Ism ill a notin' of money he had to Walker
i Sales, wilt, Mr. Knoahng, to urchase a tract
of land th-ii day, and I have not the most dis
tant conception ihai >e lost any, neither has
any candid person in this community. After
Riley fiad been arrested, he was guarded by
humane arid kind men, until tne next day—
i owns then taken before a magistral in tho
<• istnmiry m»d •, which magistrate he stated
' wis un ter inv c ontole, but which is flase, as
to tn i imrate is too honorable and bigtninded
110 be ind -r ihe controls of any person, and
is fully capable of meting out justice to all. —
I give -i certified copy of th • testimony taken
before him, to repel the foul slander circula
ted agous* him by Rockwell and Riley. Af
i ertiietrit, t .l<\ had every opportunity of giv
ing bnl if ue had been able to do so, but could
r«i •••an w,
no', cms q-v-p Iv h wis co nmifed to Gass
J nl. t ere b- u g mi Jid in our t.ountv. What
o *>
>< curn-d on the road I know not, bu' those
a > nid him tn custody, are | incapable ot
mistreating a prisoner—as ihey arc highrnind
<-d honora -I - men. He charges me with d» sig
naling b- p ticular houses a which they wore
io slop I did advice them to stop with my
triend Mr Kirk im a' .New Echota, and dr.
Anderson at Cnsvill ; they both being very re
spectable, and keening very e.xcellet House;
and wna l h I'tn could there possibly h tve bo'Ui
in a tvism 7 the n w here to stop? I hey gave
the o-.ost nq • dfv d contradiction io his de
i.l ira i n aoout ti 3 treatment wide going l ®
Cassville.
He was twice ofieied the liberty to warm
iiimseif, which he obstinately refused, G»< no
oiher reason that c-m be im igmed »/uin bec
. mse h<* knew believed th■>’ t,,n T owners ot
the house were of the Loipn party.
I I most un< qmvoc illy d dare that at the lime
J, v r , xa.jsieJ to u iin-ises-Hon, that it was
- at ill cnntemplated f>rrny brother tn oc
enpy mo nouse, h.ivi z -n entirely <! (Terent
-‘[..p >— t f-r 'nsr s-iOunto arl
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