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ACCORDING to the promise made in
the Washington News, ot'the Gih Aug.,
I tni.v assume the task of giving to the Ex-
Rev. S. V. IIDBIS \RD, a passing notice,
not, however, for the purpose of vindicating
the course I have pursued, towards tins lying
son of Belzebuh, so utuc'i as for the purpose
of letting the good people of tins County, and
elsewhere, know, wlitfit is, that iias address
ed them, upon this “ delicate subject”—who
it is, that has made this alfecting appeal to
their sympathies—and who it is, that has set
up such a hotel of persecution. To do this, it
will, of course, become my duty, to present as
correct a view of his character, as it is in my
ywpmwi'ff-ii*.''.'' i<—,
if l should even attempt to give a faint de
scription of the malignant passions which in
fest the bosom of l ilts base defamer. Indeed,
it would re pure the exercise of an imagina
tion beyond that which falls to the lot of but
few men, to conceive of, much less describe
the blackness of this degraded impostor’s
crimes. lie set out, in his address to the pub
lic, of the 30th ult. by stating that, “strict
justice to hitusulf, compels him to give a de
tail of facts, which, under other circumstan
ces, should be withheld. 15ut, as Col. Willis
has made this extremely delicate subject pub
lic, by placing in the hands of ids sub-agent,
T. L. Wootten, letters touching it in ail its
parts, who read them publicly in the town of
Washington, he hopes he may be excused, for
speaking freely on the subject, while he con
fines himself to truth.” Now, does not the
above extract shew, most ciearly, that this
nondescript calumniator was sensible—not
withstanding liis heart is full, to overflowing,
of all that malevolent, corruption, which ts
consequent, upon the disappointed hopes at
such impostors, as I sha I make this disciple
of satan appear to be—lelt that lie was doiug
that which he knew could not be justified, iu
any other way than by presenting himself to
the public, as a meek and persecuted saint,
and to hold up Col. W. and his "‘tools,” and
“sub-agents,” as his demon-like pen-ecuiers,
pursuing him with the fell purposes of a devil
incarnate, determined to devour him ; and, ibr
the purpose of giving eject to his base appeal,
it became necessary, in the outset, to found
the whole story upon a falsehood of unparal
leled turpitude; for, without it he could not
“get along with his case.”
Now, let us see how far Col W. has acted
in this matter, and to wfo ""iegree he is ol>-
obnoxious to the charges this
Mr. llluestreak has .ude against him —I will
first shew, the position which I oc
ual'-’ppy lb"-—to do
which, it may no i be aifilss, to give a short
history of events, which transpired, during the
first few months of my acquaintance with this
quondam gentleman : —\V hen he fir.-t ra tie
to our village, last winter, to take charge of
the Academy, and I ascertained that he was
the beneficiary of the Baptist Church, tit Ath
ens, who had been expelled from the Church,
for telling lies, I could not help having iny
suspicions about him; for my observation ius
taught trie that, if an individual becomer a
member of a Christian Church, and professes
to have received converting Grace, and to
have been operated on by the Holy influen
ces of the Divine Spirit, a ml to have been en
lightened by the all-inspiring powers of the
Gospel, and is then capable of committing as
grosc and palpable s:n? as lying, that there is
something "rotten iu Denmark” —that there
i» some ra heal defect in the morality of the
man-and, that disunion with the Church was
effected solely for the advancement of some
sinister purpose. These were my feelings
towards this unhappy wretch, when he first
made his appearance among us; but being
determined to judge him by his fruit; 1 give
him all the encouragement in his school that
it was in my povver to do, and, far some
months, he seemed as if he was going to do
well, but, no sooner had he formed a pretty
extensive acquaintance, (which it doe® not
take a man of his consummate impudence
long to do) it was discovered that he was at
his old tricks again—indeed, it was known to
every one who took the pains to investigate
his conduct, that he would tie on the most
trivial occasions, and I, for one, did not pte
ten ! to conceal tr.v sentiments about him,
and it was known,’ (or several w eeks before
his marriage was to fake place, by all about
me, that, instead of my concealing my 6i:it*a
menfs I expressed them openly; and, I had
sta ! "d repeatedly, that I would cot pal run.a
"Em apy longer than the expiration of the
second .quarter of his school, and my opinion
of him w-as founded entirely upon my own
knowledge of his worthless lying conduct at
Mallorysville. and not on any tiling that he
had done before he came here; nor wa- it in
consequence of Col. W’s. opinion to him—
as he has in some instances basely insinuated
fi, r , as l before stated, my opposition to
him was known and open, for some weeks
before his intended marriage, and I do not
suppose that Col. W. had any idea of his
character, or, indeed, any oppo-ition to him,
until a few days previous to that tune; and
the first one of his defalcations which were
ma le known to Col. Willis, was, that he had
-inavvay from Camesville,” which citcum
‘ ! not be :D informed of, until the
i . ,„j * was then told of it by Col.
it- 1 ? • >r at i time, a-ked the
" • himsmf. who, ar • hu , ales
favor of w to investigate
wh’oh he (H.) had been te.fi" 8 al C “ ’ 'V*
I did so; and I found several e.’awnents he
bad ma le to Col. W. and his famtij*. b ® “•
base and unfounded prevariacations a- e> e '
came out of the mouth of man. I deem A
unnecessary to continue this detail of tarts
orv farther, but let it suffice to say, that fri m
this time un‘il n tbofough iuves i.ation was
bad of his charade r, I- ”
communicate any and <v ' r ' vviue. eume
W> mv knowledge. n>u a i’.i vile hypo
crite, and. on the ' sv : tu tie was io have
been married, 1 tor - rnv horse and rode to
Col. W’s. for ilie express purpose of idling
him know' what kind ot airs ibis young men
was giving himsoit. Mid dicn after my re u n,
sent a hov with a nme. giving him farther n
formatiori. This I done, becau-e I though’
it to be mv' ;htty. as it is the duty of e.erv
... •>( t .zen to expo-'-e villainy, wheiher it
njgke* its arrearage' in the person or condcct
■LIBERTY AND UMO.\, NOW A N u|EO R EVE ii, ONE AND IN S E PARABLE.’’
of Stephen V. Hubbard, or any person else.
This coutse of conduct brought me directly
in contact with Hubbard and his friends, and
at that time he had not a friend about this
place, who esp. u-ed his interest with a zeal
deserving a much better cause. Indeed, iu*.
bv his hypocritical cant, had made many per
i sons believe tiiat he was a Christian. 1 that he
was persecuted, because he was poor, A. p. iNc.
ft has been the uniform prueiice of this de
based lump of degredalion, after he has com
mitted an offence, to challenge invesrigati >n,
wilt as much seeming candor, as if he w ere
innocent—prow ko, by his falsehoods, the pun
ishment consequent upon his crimes, andthen
raise such a hue and cry about perseeuiion.
and create such an excitement, as no man liv
ing, (of his importance,) but Stephen V. Hub
bard, could do. And, by what means, it may
be asked, does he accomplish all this? By
just such means as no honest man ever would
thsnk ot. In the first place, he affects to he
one of the most humble Christians—tells his
lies v.idi ns much assume , •; .....i,
could tell ilis until—an.!, by hi* peculiar way
of rend' ring s i alpable lie plausible, operates,
as it were, by magic, upon the sympathies of
tho e who are disposed to hear him, and -b
--soluteiy produces such a feeling in his favor,
that I have known some persons to become
highly enraged against those upon whom he
had opened his battery of falsehood. To j
such a degree of excitement does he work up ;
toe prejudices of his friends, that they are
prepared to resist any testimony which can
be brought against him, “though one were to
rise from the dead.”
This was his mode of operation against me,
which sti r and me up to the determination of
giving his character an investigation before
the Commissioners of the Academy, believ
ing that he could not object to a trial by his j
friends, (tor the Commissioners, «t that time, j
were marly all his decided friends,) and !
knowing that 1 should he able to f-labiish, \
before any tribunal in America, his total want l
of moral character, I wrote to Mr. Morris, of;
Caruesville, and requested him to get a cer
tificate from the citizeus of that place, to es
tablish the following facts, (to wit:) That he
li id rauaway from that place, in debt to many
of its citizens, and to convict him of many
oilier mis-statements. It may now beaked,
by somevvhonre more disposed to be squeam
ish than impartial, what his running away
from Camesville had to do with him in Mal
lorysville, ts he conducted himself w ell there,
hut that is the rub. I will tell you, by prov
ing the fact upon him, of absconding from
there, it would eiiubie t le to convict him of
perhaps fifty oilier notorious lie;, thereby de
ve plug to the Cos nui sinners his character
truly, that they might decide correctly, and
mete to him ample justice. Mr. Morris wtote
in answer, as follows, (after going on to -tate.
that there would not be time to get the certifi
cates i wrote for, between the arrival and de
parture of the mail:) "! presume it is up-,
necessary loforvvard ynii’the certificates ot the
citizens of this place, as there was one tbr
warded to Col. W illis, last week, with eigh
teen signatures toil of as respectable citizens
as this county, or any oilier county, affords;
beside?, there was eight gentlemen wrote to
Col. Willis, certifying to his charat ter. Cal!
on Col. Willis, and get the certificates ni l
letters, ami use them in defence of us (Dr.
Freeman and Mr. Morris,) against his slan
derous reports.” I accordingly culled on
Col. Willis, ami asked the use ol the nrliS
ratesand letters, a* I evidently had a right to
do, as they were forwarded to him, not for
bis satisfaction, but soley to protect the
character of Dr. Freeman and Jlr. Morris, a
gainsttbe vile aspersions attempted to be east
upon them by Hubbard. Col. Willis gave
me die u it; of thorn, and I used them in what
purpose, 100, the gentleman, I pre-umc, run
give some doleful testimony. This circum
-tauce, 1 suppose, gives him a f lue to toe in
fi ren e that Col. \\ iilis had him turned ou’
of the Academy, and that I only ailed as
his “tool.” in contradiction of which, I will
here sia’e, (and that willt the same degree of
solemnity, as if my salvation depended eu
lircly upon the truth of what I am now going
to suite,) that Col. Willis did never, during
[ die whole controversy between myself and
[ Hubbard, make a single suggestion to toe, t
, to the course I was pursuing towards tins un
fortunate demoti of discord, not fias he. m
any manner, whatever, interfered with the
i untroversy between Hubbard and myself.—
i I will here remark, ilia-, were 1 servile e
•liUah io become the “tool,” “sub-agen*,” or
anything el e, for any person, Richard J.
. \V iilis is one of the last men, ou tbiseartb, to
| whom I should oiler my services. I should
expect to be treated, by him, with that con
-1 "'nipt which my servility would deserve.
Thomas L. Woo ten was one of the Cotnir.is
; inner?of the Academy, and, in whose bands
i.ri tbc fiCth of June lan, 1 placed my charges,
in wiving, together with the cenificaie and
letter* from Carnesville, and referred Wool
len, verbally, to the testimony, by w hich !
expected <n establish all iho sac’s which were
n t established by the written testimony.
Mv charges were 8» follows:
To *ht Cbinm'rs of the Afollorysville Academy:
The follow ing charge, against S. V. Hub
hard, Rector, five., are respectfully submitted
to yonr consideration : Ist, It is alleged that
he is incompetent to teach the latiu language,
as lie has professed io he, so as to prepare his
pupils to enter college. 2d, It is farther al
leged, that the late developements made, in
regard to his character, are such, as to destroy
his influence as a teacher, and ’o set aside any
claim he rnav have had to the character of a
man of correct, morals, such, for iuvtance, a?
absconding from Carnesville, on account of
his pecuniary embarrassments, which feet is
proven, beyond doubt, by the 'crtificate of
the citizens "f that place, snd then denying
it in’he so’emn manner that be l.a», chews
that he ha- forfeited all claim to character for
-gi,-h. I > also en'er., and has done so re
i r-ai-dlv. owing any ifene in Ctirnesvilie,
" hVli ' c \ rt'al is c nfrented »■ h the Mate
meats from ti * 1 r” 3rv • h, ' rewi,h PY--rntcri ;
’•( si l ' ? he ho? beet; "Thy < f mak ng various
mis-ata'etnents, in this vicipily, of n trivial
character, '<> he sure, hut ten i.ng.at 'he same
time, to belittle and degrade him, <nd which
should be fencath t e and tntv of a torrh
e- of vouth : <ucb. for install'e. c- 'ay iris 1°
Mr. h-P.-v, that he had t. i,< n and c lest di . ar
out of h » pocket, ?<■ pay for me oh.w’ ’it.
in feci, •ok i not ; id r > vet. an ! tha*
’ e cej ■ e(i ’ •&< • . > ’in h' • for
him aLa 1 1 t'on; y, an • that they, thro*,
mistake, had bought an English ope for him.
W\»ai.\KTO.\', (lifUkea (ouk“?f- aS-jVIiESDAV, SfcPTE.ffBER 1. IMJIS.
These statements are alleged to lie positively
1 fal ,a* be himself acknowledged that the ar
ticle purchased, was the one ordered bv him.
II has also ma le contradictory statement),
, m regard to the character of IK Freeman, of
’tan ville, which may be seen bv thecertitl
c sos he llev. James Mathews and the
i.e .J.N. Da s. In his address to the pul|-
ii of the 1 tit ti insl., (June,) wherein he savs,
h only ileemsit necessary to “stare facts,"
he un i, u uedly labors to make an impression
that he let' t arte sviiie in the stage, directly
for Line Inn n. and that it as, within the
knowledge of the Trustees, a: least, tlmt be
n ■ so ; he docs not say so in so many w ords,
’ ut what other inference could be drawn from
h s language, than that, after he had wound
up his matters in Camesville, that he left
there openly, for Lincolnton, in the Lincoln
stage, ami, at the appointed time, he arrived
at his destination ; all of which is proven Ut
be false, as lie left in the stage, for Currahi e
Mountain, lie lias denied neing exciud"' 1
r’o.o ill-.- .\ ,’T’os, tor
v a.icatiou. All thecircumstauces are broiickk
before you, f>ryour considcratina; and i thin"
they can be established. If they
however, Mr. Hubbard will escajie iinwalh
ed; bn', if they are fastened upon him by
proof, why, then, upon your daciaion, de
(tends the prosperity of the Institution, whioty
has been placed under your guardianship and
protection.
STEPHEN A. JOHNSON.
Mallorysville. “fish June, 1835.
Now, it will he remembered, that he alleg
ed, “ that all the particular friends of Col.
Willis, immediately after his engagement
was nullified, withdrew their children from
school;” and lie really makes this statement,
with as much seriousness, as if it was really
true; but, out of his own month will I coni
demn him, bv putting the following interrog
atories: Did not Thomas 1,. Moouen, this
some “tool” of Col. W’s., continue his cbil- 1
dren, until a few days before you were dis
tui-seil ? Di I not Mrs. ?,’a\well continue to
-end hers? Did not Mttj. Hudspeth coaMStSes
hi?? Did not Mr. Andrews continue to send
his, until you sent for him, and tutted him
in your own school house ? Did any person
withdraw from the school, except
(and, as before stated, 1 did not intend scud
iug to you any longer than the expiration o!
the quarter) and Mr. Mathews? “t Ml shuttle,
where is thy blush!” “The next tiling u
meeting of the Comaussiutiersuf the Acade
my wrs called, and Col. W. placed these
same letters before them, to have me turned
(mi of the Academy, as if my loving hi;
daughter disqualified me to teach. Ex-Col.
.Infineon, who, it is well known, is the tool of
(.'ol. \V., assisted him, by charging mexif be
ing incompetent to teach lutiu, when this said
Johnson cannot translate “ menliri c.v/ turpe.' 1
Now, never was there upon th:* earth, ;
more unblushing liar. Ist, lie says, “alii! •
m,i tic* I*r friends of (Jol- W. wifi'.i!rr-.v ill A
elifldren ffOT.l srnnot. nave I
most clearly, that it is a lie ? fid, “ A meet
ing of the (Jomtrtissionera was held. Col. \V r .
placed these same letters before them, to have
him turned out.” Now, doc» any man in
this county, or any where else, believe, for a
moment, that Col. W. would resort to such t
course—that he would do any thing beliim!
the curtain, against this poor, deluded wretch 1
Does any tnun, who knows W., doubt, fur
one moment, that, if he owed an individual D
grudge, he would not avow it openly. That
Col. W. was indignant ai this puny scoun
drel, for attempting to impose himself ou hit
family, as a respectable man, I do not doubtj;
and so would every man have been, and tp
ought every man to be. Now, who tins an)
regard for ihe welfare of society, and that, if.
not only the particular friends of Col. V< iliri,
but every mart who sent to the school at ; j,
friend fir foe, had have taken tlieir cliildr: u
from school, would it hu\ e been
when it was proven, to the satisfaction of eve
ry man (one or two excepted,} in the neigh-
borhood, that he was an impostor? lie has
told hut nae truth in his whole production of
the 30th; that it, that 1 cannot translate
“ menliri ext tiirpe,” so, I mu ' jive him cred
itfor onetruih, nor could l. at ihattime, trgns
iate nny other latin word; nor do 1 nndrr
mnd l ltighsh well enough t » speak or write
it correctly; hut, I think ii w ill be aoknnwl
. ti ed, b\ the lime ! am done with this veriia
ulc gen’icniiit), that ihisiitiie piece of sarcasm
of hi’, has made me an adept in th.e srt of
tranelatirig “mentiri c. i ttir( e,” in the devrl
openien’s 1 sliall make, iu regard lo his char
acter. lie evidently mak> gan effort to cre
ate the impression that I had (barged him
w ith nothing but incoiopetency to teach latin,
c.od if I had not, that of itself should have
been quite .-officii lit for his expulsion from
the Academy; for he had professed to he able
to prepare students for college; and 1 act
erediblv informed, (hat he cannot rt ad. f’a-.'tfrr'
This is only au instance 0 f jjj* attempt* at
deception. But, upon examination of the
charges, as embraced iri hi- publication, it
will be perb'ive l. that I charged him wiih le
ing guilty of grim im torality— 1 charged bun
with falsehood —< charged him with having
absconded from Carnesville, and then telling
a tn'nt of lie. about it; and thir waj on the
jjfith June; yet, he s«y« no body iias had the
impudence to contradict bis statements ol the
10th of June V. hen the Commissioner*
met upon the subject, a delegation was ap
pointed, to inform him of the meeting, and of
the nature of ihe charges, and ihe weight of
testimony which w as laid in against him, but
he threw himself upon bis sovereignty, posted
himself upon bis reserved rights, and refused
to come before (he Commissioners; stating, nt
ihe same time, that he should seek Ids terne
dv at law; hut 10, arid behold ! no other rem
edy has hern reported to, vei, except hi* old
weapons, falsehood and detraction. Now, I
would s - k any candid man, if he bad been
slandered as be has alleged, was not the '"Cv
hr-t opportunity offered him, to vindicate life
character, that ever could have presented it-
Felf, to anv man whose character had been j
assailed? Hr re be was arraigned before the
Commissioners of the A' j adernv, consisting!
of-ix respectable men, the iwi-t of whom !
were his deeldf and friends, and all dispos'-d. at ;
l.a't. to do him justice, wit !i the charges be- j
fore him. in writing, and the testimiony, too, ■
presen’ed in such a form a* to piv»» h to cv> ry
O'-j.orturiity that any manS'ould ask, t- <m- \
; vt it. Th< Con:mi.-:-ioner'. too. pro; oedto ]
sc‘ l < nd tl e school, for any rea oritibl- set gth j
viftit: e, to g: c him cn o'pq otttinity to ' • .'Ct :
hi#' butting testimony—nt "of them yopo
*ed to lead ftim n hotwe to nd*-—g centlcmsn t
iu the neighborhood proposed to go with him, I
and required nothing for h’« serv ices, but the '
pay’tneui of his ex|)enses; jet, with ult these
advantagts, he shrunk from tie investigation,
and skulked behind bis "independence.”—
The Cotnnissiouers were er.v.igid in the
matter tie greater part of the ifty, and sent, :
ns I am informed, three different delegations
to him, w.io urged him to make ai effort to
free himself from the charges that were mode
against Win, bill all would not do; he could
not male a sacrifice tis his “independence,”
so far U to appear before them, ns if be was
not siuject to their supervision. I!tt, the
fact vas, notwiihinstaiiding the seeming
stratisiness of his conduct, that he aetel cun
ning)/ in the matter, for hr wn- well appris
ed tint every single charge, which had been
triads against him, was true, and that every
oneof them could be proven, and the mo.-.t
of:ham were (noven, by the (irtioftlien l>e
fi je the Commissioners, and lie knew then,
js he knows now, tiiat he did “ runaway from
r yVqyi-- : —;;.*t 1:. is * tmtnhiai liar —
' “i, if lie is not th-une, he lie haves more like
koine body that was, than auv m.tn wtio luc
iigiired iu this community before. But his
object is not now, nor never has been, to meet
these charges—liis whole and solr object, has
been, from the commencement of ihematier,
after finding that he wys defeated in his matri
monial engagement, to procure negative tca
(iiuiuty, to impose upon the weak and credu
lous, with it; and create a feeling of sympa
thy iu his favor,and apatatnount prejudice a,
gainst those he calls his persecutors; &. know
ing thul he cannot do this, unless he can
make Col. Willis figure in the matter, ami
myself and Thomas 1 .. Wootten his sub-a
gents. But, 1 think, by the time t lei hint
down, he will wish he was hack ai Ourrahee
Mountain, encircled in the arms of his dear
delcinea ; which, it is said, he left there a ye: r
or two ago, and where, it is raid, there is some
of the fruit of his first love—a living me
mento of his gallant and courteous attentions
to stuns of the fair sex, his preteuti ns
and morality to Ihe contrary not
withstanding.
The boldest effort in all his piece, is the
one he has made to impress it upon the
minds of the people that Col. Wfi, through
me, has had him bailed and jailed, nn every
cent he could find against him ; but 1 will
allow, iu the sequel, that this lie is one of mi
nor consideration, compared with some lie
can tell. In order now, to see whether my
self or Col, W. had any agency in having
him bailed, on Col. Terrell’s debt. I will
merely refer the reader to the following cer
tificate, cl'Maj. 1. N- Davie, who is tiie at
torney iu the case, which is ns follows:
Elrkrtok, August 14th, 1835.
Crl. S. A. Johnson:
By vour boy 1 have just received your let
ter, requesting rue to utaie. whether yon bad
itny agency, so far as came to my knowledge,
■I-fiiLii'isniiiiil'iaX mu' I *b. si®tc,
tiiat you nail no agency, euTler Direct ty <u
indirectly, in procuring the bail ngiiinst Mr.
S. V. Hubbard, in ihe case of Col. Terrell,vs.
said Hubbard. Ho far as 1 know, the at count
of Col. Terrell was put into my hands, for
collection, accompanied with u bail affidavit,
sometime last winter, say just before Mr.
Hubbard left l.iucoluton, and I should have
proceeded against him, but for the fact of my
hearing that lie had been oppointed Rector of
the Academy at Mallorysville, w hich, indii
eed me to delay; ands suite further, that nt
(lie tima I sent the account to Chandler and
Irvin, I had not heard that any difficulty had
token place with Mr. Hubbard and any per
son in Wilkes. You request me, also to state
what Mr. Hubbard staled to me at W ilkes
court, or on toy way from that court rel
ative to the conversation be bad wiib Mrs.
Terrell, some few days before that : I sta
nd to Mr. Hubbard ibnt I had received
irfforma’inn that he had stated to Mrs. Terrell,
ihiji he (Hubbard) had paid the money due
on the aeerinnt of Col. Terrell; list replied
that lie lied made no such statement to Mrs.
Terrell; but remarked that he had made this
statement to Mrs. Torrell, (to wit;) “ i .hat
he had but three alternniives —give bail, go
to Jail, or pay the money, and t lint Col. Bil
-1 u(i2, would testify to the same, a* he was
present; and that he supposed Mts. Terrell
had run into a uiuutke, by the above re
mark.” The above it about the substance of
tbe eonvetsation between u*. upon that ob
ject. Yours, !. N. DAVIS.
To shew that I neither had any agency in
the bail referred to in the above, ns the “ tool”
of Col. W illis, as w ell as on my ow n account,
1 insert the following, front the sum'- gentle
man, together v.ith one from Henry W ■ Da
vis, who is the agent of Col. Terrell, and the
only person who has had the management of
the ease, since it W'hs ordered lobe Mod on.
/fake particular notice. Mr. Hluestn ok, tlo
certificate, too, is from Col. W iilis, and will
not only b* “read in Washington,” but will
be “ read" all over Georgia :
Being colled on. by Col. W iilis, I here
by state, that be (Cos!. W.) had no Keen
ey, either directly or indirectly, in procu
ring the bail ease of Col. J. C. 3 etrell v*.
S. V. Hubbard lately served in \\ ilkes eoun
tv. Col. Terrell's agent left the an ount with
me, for colleetion, w ith a hail affidavit, last
winter, before Hubbard left Lincolnton, and
1 farther stt.te, that the case w ould have been
commenced at Lincoln court, bad I not under
stood that Mr. Hubbard bad been elected :it
Rectorof the Academy st Mallorysville; this
information induced me ’o suspend the pro
ceedings, ». I hoped to collect the money,
without suit; I therefore, some short time af
ter Mr. Hubbard removed to Mallorysville.
wrote to him, informing hirn that the ru t ount
ua* in my hand*, for collection, and that he
could have the opportunity o! settling it, w ith
oiit co-i—he replied to rny letter, that he 1 ad
i'Min Col. Terrell’s hands, nrconn's, &'.c.,
sufficient to pay off this demand—l then de
terminer! to delay until 1 could hear from, or
see, Col. Terrell, arid done, srt, and the result
was, that. I was directed to in' fftuie suit, as
flic account was not paid by H i bhard. I then
sent on the account and bail affidavit to
Mr srs. Chandler and Irvin, with direct ion*
to sue immediately. 1 deem it but justice
farther to state, that, at the time the account,
&c., were sent to Mr-srs. t handler and Irvin,
that I had never heard that Mr. Hubbard
had visited tbe family of Col. Willis, from
the above statement of facts, I came to tbe
conclusion, that Coi. Willis nci'bcr knew of,
or procured the suit.
August sth, 1835. ISAAC N. DAVIS. *
Now comes the crtificate of Mr. Henry VV.
Davis. If illtiestreak bad any sliatne, ifiere
is something iu this that would make him
b'ush, lut pshaw: lew-ill not mind it, for I
have sgen hi in proven a liar to bis face, and
he manifested as much indifference as ever
be did over one of Col. Mitchell's bottles ol
wine, which he has not paid (or yet. The
certificate is us follows :
Carnesville, August Ith, 1835.
I do hereby certify, that 1 am the acting
agent of Col. Terrel], in tho col lection of a
debt Col. Terrell has against S. \ . Hubbard,
and, upon which said Hubbard lias been held
to bail, in Wilkes .Superior Court, and that
Col. \\ iliisnor Stephen A. Johnson, has had
auv agency, in any way, whatever, in hav
ing said Hubbard bailed, or Jailed, as he calls
it. Ido farther certify, that I was present at
an iuteniew between Mrs. Catharine Ter
rell and H. V. llnbhatd, when he was in
Camesville, a few days since, and heard said
llnhlufi.i mil Mrs. Terrell, that tic had been
arreso and oil a luftl process tor the debt of Cot.
Terrell, and there was hut three alternatives
in such cases, (to wit:) pay the money, goto
Jail, nr give security, and that be bad paid
I lie money, and then requested Mrs. Terrell
to refund him $lO, which Dr. Freeman of
I this place, had paid to Col. Terrell, for him,
[ (Hubbard,) and for w hich be bad been allow
j td no c redit in the settlement of ihe account,
which he did not do, uppichcndiug, I sup
pose, that he had stated falsely, in regard to
the payment of the money. Ido farther cer
tify, that, while said Hubbard was in Carues
ville, he requested me to give him a certifi
cate, as to the time and maimer of leaving
this place, in the spring of IH3-1. 1 told him
1 would do so, w hen lie, (Hubbard) drew n p
oue, loth snuiotn t, as ml as I recidh cl—that
lie had left here iu the day time, after break
fast, in the stage, and desired me to sign it.
1 hesitated fin' some lime, mid mid him if I
gave him a certificate, i wished Instate all
i the facts, in regard to the circumstances
which gave rise to it; but he objected, and
staled that he had got into a difficulty—that
he bud been slandered—that it had been sla
ted that he had left here in the night—and
that his sole object was to disprove that state
ment. He appealed to my sympathies; and
under these circumstances, knowing the state
ments made in the certificate to lie true, us
far as llipy went, I signed it. The ciretmi
stances under which lie left this place were
these—he had been arrested lateon (Saturday
evening, by virtue of uCn. Ba. which, being
and fcieiil, he was released, and, on the next
morning, (Sunday) told me that hr had some
business ut Currahee Mountain, took the
stage for that place, saying, that he should re
tain on Tuesday following. On-Tuesday,
however, be did not return, but wrote me
that lie should go to f .incoliiton. When, up
! on enquiry into the inalici.il was ascertained
j dial be had got one ofTcrrell’s itegroeo to
J tukr his trunk out of Ids loom the niglii pro
** laws * . ’• b Mw
Adams’ wagon, ol u late hour. 1 hesdMtrc
the facts, solar as they came to my know I
edge, and it lias always been understood, by
the citizens who were acquainted with bis
siltiution, and all the circunclances under
! wliii li lie left here, that he, iu the usual tie
! repletion oltlie term, ranaway.
11. W.DAVIS.
While upon this branch of the subject, I
will insert the certificate of Wader D. Beall,
who was present, and heard llnbbaid tell
‘ Mrs. Terrell that lie had paid the debt of Gol.
Terrel!— tit lids certificate closes the lestinio
- ny upon tiiat subject:
(’ai. M tivt t.i.i., August oili, 18.35.
| Ido hereby ecriilv, that, on Holiday, the
19th nil. i henid Stephen V. IliiM rud ti ll
Mrs. Terrell, that lie had paid the debt be
lowed Col. Terrell, on account of which he
bad been arrested, under a bail process; and
then requested Mrs. Terrell to refund him
I $lO, which fiad been paid by Dr. Freeman
to Col. Terrell, and for which lie bad been
allowed no credit on the account of Col. Ter
rell.
Given tinder my hand, the day and date
above written. W. I). 81.A1.L.
I think now, that I have shown, beyond
doubt, or cavil, that neither Col. W illi : by
himself, or by his “tool,” the Mx-Col. had
any agency in procuring the hail of Col.
Terrell. And I w ill now proceed to give a
if tail of facts, in rt 1 u ion lollie hail of James
Morris. F.-q: When Mr. Callaway cairn
from Carnesv ille, to which place lie had been
sent I)v Col. Willis, as die bearer of Idlers lo
Dr. In email and Mr. Morris, » few days be
fore die intended marriage of lliihhard, lit
brought me a letter from Thomas Moiris, en
< losing a note of SSO on ibis redoubtable Mr.
Hnlihard, wilb a request that I should set
Hubbard, and collect it if I could, and if I
ituiltl not, io get Hubbard lo make it safe: if
he could not, apprehending that Hubbard
would di-pale its payment, but, in the event
that I! ahhard should not he able, or willing,
lo secure the debt, 1 was to deliver the tleo-
Isradon, bv wl icb the note was atcotrij.alli
ed, in the hands of the < led., have it nerved
immediately, and have lii-s employers garni
sliced, I a'Cordiligly called nri Hubbard,
showed him diu note, which he acknowledg
ed was h . but claimed a credit of $35, and
made a calculation of interest, found there
was #2 di e on that account, which would
make tbe not* worth $ >2, then, after taking
Hubbard's alleged credit of tbiity-live dollars
off. sl7 would be the remainder, which he
offered to | sv, piovicicd 1 would give him up
tiis note, which, of course, I would not do.
I proposed, however, to redeem the .*l7 nnd
give him credit for it, nnd write to Mr. .Mor
ris in relation to it; nnd told him I find no
doubt but Morris would do him justice, but he
refused to pay any, miles? ( «on Id give him
up) liis note. Asa coufii malioti of w hat he
•aid respecting hi* thirty-five dollar credit,
lie showed me n letter from Thomas Mortis,
'bind sometime in April Inst, wherein lit; nc
knowledge*! <h*' receipt of a letter, written by
Hubbard, to his brother, James Morris, “en
closing Denman’s note,” but did not state for
w-liat i* was received, nor the amount. When
I told him that I had no doubt Mr. Morris
woo'd do him justice in the matter, I could
not help, alter a survey of the young mart, j
thinking of what the criminal said, w hen he
was about to he tried for life, when he was
informed that he would have ample justice
done him. “Be Jasus Christ, and that is ,
la-f thing that I want.” was the reply, so
I thought bv Hubbard. Immediately on my
jetnrn ftom the orhool house, where llubhard
and myself had the conversation, I wrote to
Thomas Morris upon the subject, and gave n
full detail of facts, and stated to him that 1
did not think it. would be advisable to garni
shee his employers! as Hubbard owed the
most of them, and die amounts were so small/
that it would all be Consumed in cost, but
that if lie felt disposed to proceed in a com
pulsory manner with Hubbard, that. I thought
it bail would he preferable to a garnishment
—that Hubbard hud that day conleSssd that
be had money, and I thought a bail Would
bring ii out of him. I make this stnietiicn’
candidly, because 1 have set out with a de
termination to ay nothing in this eomfiitmi
cufiou, which will not stand scrutinizing* 1
gave ibis advice, because I thought it would
be the best mode tlmt could be adopted ;S
the premises, toget bold of the money fbrftiy
friend, who bail sent his debt to toe for col
lection. li was the very course I should have,
and did finally, pursue, with !ny own debt.
I must beg leave to state here, that Col. 4\ ji
bs bad no i.jrtn trtrtrtil, n,;fitvr^
than did Julius (>-ar, nor did I, ns his
•* tool,” have any thing (y do with it, but act
ed iu the case solely on mv own “ hook,” and
without any view to Htibliard’s discomfiture,
any thriller than was necessary to make him
pay bis honest debts. As regards the debt of
Cain iN: l ’(>., upon which be w ns held to bail,
ami in which I atn iuleiestcd. it will be suffi
cient io soy, that be was held to bail oil this
case, lor in> other purpose than to secure its fi
nal payment, il it could be (lon*. It was well
known, from bis own declarations, that he
never intended to pay this debt, if lie could
avoid ii—knowing, too, that be had “cut grit”
from Carnesville, under bitter circumstan
ces. of course, wr could have no confidence
in his honesty. But there is such a prone
ucss iu him to lie, lie could not help indulg
ing liis most prominent faculty in misstating
the time at which those debts were due. He
says, “these debts had been flue only a lew
■ iiuniliH, and Johnson's account will riot be
due until next Christmas.” Now, sir, how
did it happen, that Morris’debt Was due onlv
a lew mouths, can you tel I ? If you cannot,
I will. After Hubbard bad ranaway from
Cnttii.sville, lie wrote lo Mr. Morris’, that if
he would send liis ncfount to Limolnlriti, be
woylil settle it; Morris did so; bill iuslettd of
ret eiving tho money, ns be bod a light, front
Hubbard's letter, in aiitiiTpale, Hubbard scut
him a time, for SSO only, w hen the account
was lot $.,4 or 55, and that note not due un
lil last Christmas, when the account was
due flic Christmas preceding, ami when in
( arm svillc Inst, lie basely alleged, as a rea
son why lie had not sent a nolo for the full
nmmmi, that there wfls an ill in inthe account
which was too high, iliougli lit' had given an
order lor the best ailiele of the kind in the
hmc c, and stated to Ml*. Moiris, tiiat though
be had made bis nolo payable last Christmas,
yci, he intended paying him the interest.
Now, if Morris’ account was due at the time
110 pay hw (fcbt.% \v!:y the* note wfin nor nis /so
! payable firroiriingly. TJie fact wms ho
by fliis mnufctivre, flint lie would
pm if out of’the power of Morris to trouble
him until ('liiihtmus, onti if he was riot pre
pmetl to pay then, flint he would hove nn
opportunity of running nwuy oguin, before
Moiris eould loke miy step# to prevent if.
'I liis was his object, in writing to Mort is to
m ikJ liis m count to I,iru olnton, mid to in
duce Morris to mend it irninedinfrly, tlwil he
have mi opportunity ol playing ofl’ his
tii* K upon him—lie made the intptcsi»ion up
on the mind ol IMonis, that lie was going to
pay the money. Wretched impostor! As ic
< :uds the debt oft ’ol. Terrell, it will lippem,
by an cxaiiiinnlmu nflhe account, that it baa
been due ever since liiihkurd lutifivny In m
< ville; and as respects “JuhtiKoiffi,**
Hubbard knows that sl7 cf that debt was
due last r liiisirna:—that fjflil ol it has been
due hinrc the middle ol January, and du l»a!
nitre, in the usual way of doing business,
would riot be due until Christmas; but \vc al
ways have it understood, iliat our necuunls
ure due nl any time, when we think one of
onr jebtora is going to runaway; ami this
was precisely what wo thought of Hubbard;
mul the £lll ilue in January, was for goods
bought in Augusta, lor vhii h the i ash was
I’niil, v- iih a view, that it was to bo refunded
immediately ; but lilo all the reel of his prom
ises, it tiiineil out to be n fail me. Jle says,
"fol. Willis will, no doubt, deny having
any tigeney in my being Jailed.” Very nat
ural conclusion-—that Col. V\ illts should de
ny that of whieh ho was not guilty, is riot at
all strange. lie rays, ho was “furred into
Jail, Duder rircuntslanoes the most base and
unfair, without tin bout's warning, to meet
the demands.” Y\ lien, in fart, he had been
in the emtndy of the Sheriff'three days, and
running nr large nil the wlple, and then not
full in Jail until he had positively refused in
give security. Hot,in his usnal hypocritical
tone, he says, “he was put in Jail lor $175,
but if he had been owing Ji.'OO, and was ma
l.ing “ Itonrsi exertions” to pay, would an v
body hate hail him cast into prison for it?”
I admit that very few men, if any, would ever
put a man in Jail for debt, if he were making
“honest exertions” to pay his debts—but, m
the e,- me tin e, f would thank the gentleman
to let the good people know when it w as that
he ever made mi “honest exertion” to pay
any debt be otved. \\ as it whet) he made
his escape from Carnesville? YVas it when
be w ent to Jail, with die money In his j ork
rt—sooner than pay tltO'e very debts he had
left unpaid at Carnesville, when he rana-
[way? Was it when be sent Mr. Morris his
| note for SSO, when he owed him $55? Was
I it when he made that note payable one vent
I offer the demand was due? Was it when he
| carried Air. Wyley’s watch lo Lincolnton
i with him, and then after getting there (in hie
i usual practice of lying) slated, rhor the watch
[ was his, and refused to give it up, until tho
owner threatened him with exposure, and r»
suit in the bargain ? Was it when he was at
Camesville last,—where he made an effort
io swindle Mr*. Terrell out ofthe pitiful sum
of sl9, by telling her that he bnd paid the
full amount of Col. Terrell's debt in Wilkes,
and requesting her to refund to him the a
tnount which Dr. Freeman had paid for him.
Are these the “honest exertions” yon make
to ]iay your debts, *ir—lf they are, God save
the people from many such honest debtors.
But fi t me interrogate yon n little farther, up
on the subject. When these debts were sent
fiotn Carnesville, against you, for colleetion,
was it one of your “ honest exertions,” to tfo.
•So. 52.