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ny their justness? Wm it one of your “ boo- ] est exertion,” u» pay your debt*, wt*e“ >'!“ denied ... Mr. Jones and Ma|. Hudspeth, that von owed one solitary dollar in < nrnu*- Ville; and after lltid.peih told you dial there ' WUMiii'y n > iiViS I'jiMi.Ui '..Uail'.-'i in lend, there i* only s.~i paid on it ? Was it one of your “ honest exertions” to pay your debts, when you told Col. Seuunes, that you ha I sett a note to Morris, on a resjioiiiiMe nrtu, for S>o. in full satisfaction of your note; when the. n »te sent was the game s■> noie above referred to ? Is it one of vour "honest exertions" to pay your debts, that von are nmv pairing lawyer's fees, to defend, the sev eral suns against you, fir ib-bt; when you dnm pretend to deny your indebtedness to the plaintifls, in the cases? If these are what you rail “ honest exertions,” you have been taught in a diller-rjt school of moral Philos-, ophy from what the most of people in this country have. I will now, before quitting this “Jail” part of the subject, fur the pur pose of showing to what a deep state of dep redation tl*i■» poor creature has stink, intro duce an extract of u letter, written bv him, to Col. Joseph Billups, of Athens.' dated \V viuiNUTON, July 3d, 1835. My deOT Couzili Joe : I receive*l yours »»f the 17th ulr. nri<! was truly £la<l to tint you li<*H a heart to rn fcjulhi; • willl rue. My •» I l.i-Mv in -law li;ik wrote to hull. and gave such n rYiarncter of me, a* never wan to a white man; this I will way more ah oof of some other lime. I»i j r let in ' tell you, wlitif <lo you think ? ran you be lieve if, my old daddy Willie, to prevent me from fttea!ia£ his girl, bought one or two am ill store accounts, in Mailorvaville, usAinsf me, follow.;d me here, on Monday, with the Hlierilf*, an i late in the evening, jnat as I wiii about to leave here, he hailed me; arid the Hlierilf*. wvh > is under W’h. command, without giving me one moment to raise the money, or give aoruritv, carried me nil to .1 iii. Yes, w'o ii'iu’s love ha« earried me to Jail. I stayed there from dark until the next morning—a friend heard of my sad state, and cam • to mv relief—l have since then been engaged in writing, and I intend to publish the whole ba**n transaction, and to sue them for d.images, &,e. There never w h stieh a ci'f in any routilr>: so soon us Willis got >lr. Shannon** letter he deteiiniu* < Ito stop at nothing. Me is very popular ier \ an ! Il ls a great iiunv low ugeuts, and ca i at'eomplish any objei t. Mis olijn t has been to place me out of his daughter's reach, n I to excite puhlie opinion »t»g;»in-%1 me with Si muon's letter. My old friend, Mr. Mer e t, -ticks to me, and has given Shannon's letter the lie.'* * 'in any tu in re a I the above extract, with out-a shod lor, lot the corruption n! thine* f.iri ms villain, when lie is itifornie I that rv <*rv wor I therein contained, (his going to .1 iii, excepted) is a faUehond, uripnrnllcd in the history ot lies, (hr enormity and tnrpi tul’. Uoul I any man believe that there w as a wretch *o degraded in human shape, ns to stump up siicli n remorseless lie? Will t!i » reader believe me, when I tell him, that Col. Willi* w as not in town on the day re ferrod to ? Will he believe tu % when I tell him, that Col, \\ illis never purchased an nee Mint no him, in his life ? Will the reader h dieve. m », when I suv.that this sane tluh three days. Tin? debts on which he was arrested, was from < 'arnesville, and not from \ f Will he t . i tell him, that ho was not arrested on any I ease from M.allorvsv illc, until me very da\ that he penned I hi* libellous letter, and that ' ho never was in Jail, at any time, for nuv j .debt from Mallorysville ? Will lie he|iev< irte, w hen I t«• 11 him, that he never was nr r< Me l. on hip one ease from M.illmvsville, and that foil. Willis had no mote interest ii t)i in tin* man i:i tin* moon ? \\ ill the in I cr believe me, when I tell him, that the ve rv next morning after he wrote this letter, lit a know* I edged to tail. Seniliies, that lie did o »t believe that * *ol. NS illis ha I any agency iri having him hailed; and that In* had m v I accused l\»f. Willis (see eertiliente) of it ? j Will he believe me, when I tell him, that the letter of Mr. Shannon, which he shy-, 1 gaw him such a 'diarat mr, as no white man j ever had, speak of him in terms as mild as j the conseieiiee of any Imne-t man would ha ' hi n, consi ba iag the eiremnstance? Ilm, that every “tie m iv judge eorrertlv lor himself, I will here insert a copy of the letter referred to, an I let it speak for itself: Atokns, Bth Jurx-, 1835. Mr. Hit S ml J. Ilillis: lit \u Sin :—Yolirs, of the Itli tuts., is be fore iiif, making euquiricv relative to Mr. S. \ Hubbard. Ho wax fur n time an inmate of my family, as a henetiriarv, mi l was, al so. a member of our church, bin was exclud ed, for a ' arift vof falsehood-. Thai was scv - cr.il years ago, since lliini, I have had no opportunity of ascertaining w hat his course has hern, I would take the liliert vof sug gesting. however, that, if he has lrpeiiled of the sin, and reformed, an 1 have estalilislieil a e’larai ter for vtrarity, the o'll nees of past tint w ought not to lie remembered to his prniudic . I I.a i-t leqii s' yon, nit to make anv moot this, unfriendly to Mi. 11., unless you should feel compelled lo it, hy considera tions of duty. 1 remain yours, very respect fully. ‘ JAMK.B SHANNON. This is the letter w liieh gave him (II.) such u character, as “never was given to a white ni i i." Can any man see th ■ least tnaailVs talion of anv unfriendly reelings, in a single line or word, on the contrary ? Does not the wli i!j drift of it go to prove that Mr. Shan n m was extremely tender w ith hischaiaeter; vet it gives him such a ehararter as •• never wis given to a while man." lint the object of ill this tissue of lies, was simply this: IK thought if ho could make a surge at Mr. s i innon. in Athens, and makeitappearth.it Mr. 8. was the sole rause of his disappoint ment, and make an impress an that Mi- S. h id been pro-opted by a ' indietive spirit, that his chance to excite the sympathies of the if A .would at the sa tie time, he w ould he aide to create •t ii versa) disgust i:i the min Is of every lxi.lv, to who it Col. Billups might communicate ; v- e i 'it.mts of his letter, tig linst Col. M illis; an 1 to accomplish this great end. I will ask the re tier, if there eon Id ever have been a ; f .-h » 1 better devise 1 ? <build satan. with ii 'its ingenuity in these things, have sug- C '" I anv thing U tter ealrulateii to pn, luce a general feeling of disgust nod sympathy ' 1 8b an an is here held up a« his i alum ni at or. Col. Willis, pro opted by motives of ii* i orst kind, liol-ling Mr. Shannon's calum nies iu one hart 1 an 1 his one or two little storc a~eoutjts iu the other, pursuing him lo W ingtoa, with his “ sub-agent." the Sheridi eal'ing to him late in the evening, and having him thrust into jail, “without one moment's warning ; and 10. and behold' all for uo other tans* thau becu.i‘e h« wa« »> utiiortunat* at lo love .“Senator’s daughter.” Gracious heaven! fa i* possible that this Stephen *• Hubbard can be a human being, or is tie a demon ! Can any mar. read thi> le,,e f ° n "* to Col. Billups, whose mind i* not well bra ced against superstitious notions, w ithout Ibe - ■« — L : *hc (jjurj >, *j f ,; n - dial Lu* ' earth, in the person and character of niari llubbard? Is human ingenuity equal to the ta-k, uuassikted by the \n*wvr of the 44 bad onc/ v of devising auch an unfeasible and un founded falsehood ? I think il will be ac knowledged, that it i» not. •Now, w . ll any unprejud ced man want any additional proof ofitus man'* total depravitv, after reading this letter? I think not: But as I have set out to convict him of ot tier crimes, I will now give the reader the certificate of the citizen* of Carnesville, by which, I ex pert to prove, beyond the possibility of con tradiction, that he certainly did make his es cape from that place: At the request of Stephen A. Johnson, of W ilkes County, we, the undersigned, citizens of (. arnes\ ille, do In reby certify, and declare w hat we know and believe of Stephen V. Mribliard, and of the circum.Mtanees under which lie left this place, and what we know and believe of hi* general character, &<*. Hu?nc time in the sjiring of last year, on the Sabbath, he took stage for the Currahee Mountain, to return, a*he said, ou the 'l ues day following, but did not; but took a circuit ous route to I .iiicoliiloTi. The night to fiis leaving here, he procured the services of a negro, at the tavern where he boarded, to , convey hi» trunk, at a very late hour of the I night, to I'apt. Adam** wagon, to fake it on 1 to Lincolnton. This was done privily, anti ! without the knowledge of the family, with j whom he boarded, 'fbe evening previous to hi* running away, he was arrested uinW a Ca. Sj. ; but, in con>etjuet:cc of* sonic tlefcct in the I’a. Sn., was discharged from arrest, ami the plaintill’ in the ease, was making ar i.irmeiiieiits to have him again arrested, on Monday, an 1 it was thought that he left, as lie evidently did, to escape it, ami for fear of being harrassed, on account of other debts due the citizens of ibis pl ace; ns he ran frtvfty in debt to many if them, and to some i extent. Tlie opinion we entertain of bisgen eral character, is any thing ratio r than th i of a high-rniritled, honorable gentleman. He is most in lubiiably given to much lying, and that, outlie most trivial occasions, lie i hypoeiitical hi his pretentions to morality and religion, also, in hi-frit ridships—is vain, ostentatious, obtrusive and insinuating in his intercourse with society. Hold and brazen, h" wi.l lim e liithsell upon you, whether or lint Ins company Im.* aiceptable. There? is a peculiar baby ish littleness about him, which become* apparent, on a -light ac<piuin an:•»*. Much more mighl In? waul, in particulari/.ing many of hi- act many of bis falsehoods might he pointe«| out. were il necessary*—blit w<? think enough has been said to present a correct view of his character and conduct, lo the community in which he now re-ides; and before whom we discover he has lately made an attempt to shield himself from the contempt which his Conduct justly deserves, through the U ashiugtoii New*. Thomas Morris, A. S. Jonf.s, J. I*. Wi.ITTt N, 111 MIY rHK.I MAI, Tims. r. Stkirli!vu, ( 'iihistohiii ii Hakf.i?, 11. W. I>A\M, E. w. M ohius, \ I UIJ I M Mn <HI LL, Jon \ SiiAi Ki i. Kiim, Haml. I iki.ii, Kli lIAMU Jk >KI >s, 'I’IIOMAB 1\ I >U, AI.V IN Ml AN. The following named citizens are residents of the \ iciuity: I iio*i. I\ NN iiitr., (i'koium: Kinu, \. S. Uai.wi i.i,, Woodson Hi.vnkknsiiip. ! I do hereby certify, that I was Constable ! ol the C.n nesville di-tiiel, in 1831, and some time in the spring of that year, I arrested .8. \ Hubbard, by v itlue of a I'a. Ba., iu favor “I I hotiia- I . Hi i tilling, and there be ring a de feet in the C.i. Ba., said Hubbard was dis charged or released. This was late on H.it lirilav evening, before Mr. Iltibbnrd left on Buiidav, and there was arrungi incuts mn king lo have him arrested again, as soon as another t a. S.i. could be olMtiined on Mon i day morning; bad lie not have lilt on Hun -I iv. 1 l aiiuol say, trout personnl knowledge, 'hat Mr. Hubbard was not a man of truth, but, ; ttom m\ kit iw ledge of his general character. I can say, that lie was not so cou-idered, b\ the citizens of C.-iinesville. Hiven under inv hand, this dih of \ugu •, 1835. JOHN BI.ANKIiNHIIIp. Vt the request of Col. Stephen \. Johnson. I do hereby certify, that S. V. Hubbard to the si a .e for Ciirtahee Mountain, on the Sab bath dav in February or March, 1831, and stopped at the house ofThomas 11. Williams. INip, and requested me lo liastnu on Tues day with the stage, outlie following Tues day. as lie wanted lo let urn loCnrnesv ille. 1 hove the stage, at that time, from Athens to Clarksville. Hiibhard, when I came hark, was gone, an 1 lie has never paid >o me his -’age fair, or any one else. I farther certify, that lie runaway in this manner, from Carncs v ille, in debt to many ot it> citizen-, a*. 1 has e been informed, and that he is a habitual liar. T ere can be no doubt this vice sccminelv he tig constitutional with hint. I! Ml Via Y MIX. Canusrillr, August t!/A, 1835, C vnM svu t r, August oth, 1835. Having been informed that Stephen V. Ilubhaitl, formerly of this place, has been ex hihitinga ceilitionio. signed by Mat. Billups, and Archibald Cameron, stating that tie \ wete present at a conversation that took place ! el ween Stephen \ - Hubbard and mvself, in t ’tirnesv ille. mi Sunday, the llttli iilt. and t! a’ said Hubbard asked me il I had ever written to-Col. Willis, respecting Mid Hub bard. in answer to a letter Col. Willis w rote tome, I answered “ tin," and that said Huh hard then asked me it I had ever known anv thing dishonorable of him, during his resi dence in Camesville. to which 1 answered "no.” Now, for the purpose of explaining this m uter, so as to prevent anv possible mis < OIIS'IU tin I, I do hereby make the f >llow ing rent: Mr. Hubbard s second in erog tttorv. was mider-tisvl bv me, to relate solely to my personal knowledge ~f his partieidar nets ol impropriety, while he remained lo re, and I answered it. m corditigk . During hi residence here, no particular net if his of an improper character came immediately- under my observation, though 1 repeatedly bean I various statements made, that I had no rea s>n to doubt, which were derogatory to his charae'er; and farther. Ido consider the man iter of his leaving tins place, a- derogating very much from his diameter as a man ol honor. 1 farther state, that I have been in form.si, that he has said that he had sent me an «te oa Henman, iu full payment of a note j ol 8-V). which 1 hold on said Hubbard, and j nsn proof its his statement, has been exhibit- ! ini) a note, written by my bto.m r. Thomas j Morris, arkuow Icdgrin - the receipt of Den •raja 3ircrjcjeauat S'JT» mm.', note, without saying aoy thing abooC tbe amuuut. It he has done m, _ _ with an evident intention ot deceiving, f tbc noie -cut me on Denman, J ,,r °°‘> ** ’ and that was not to be considered in payment o! any part o' tnv debt, at the time 1 received ii, mini I had collected u. Ihu 1,11 ,tie [ Now, wA’Jd not every, man, wornao, ur*! child, in the county*, ujmju rea testi- ■ luony, come to the Couclt*>*)o at oi.ee, that ' Hubbard had from Caruetville? Would any body, U* r Hubbard, deny u } . The testimony is both /ositjve and circuifistaritiai, and here it may asked, can thi* nun Hub hard expect to ward ofTiU eflecu ? C’au be expect to do positive testimony, with | any thing else but positive testimony ? Yes, j be has latdy had the audacity lo go to < 'arnchvillr, and get up a certificate, of a neg- j alive chaiar ter, and hu« attempted to palm it ! i off on the community, as rebutting testimony , nf a w righty nature, though i? is u>thing more thau the hascst horse thief in the enuufy or Slat", could get certified to; for the i*ertifi ers certify to nothing more than, srj ur as th« ir pcrv.nal knowledge is concerned, %m\ a hor-e thief may steal horses all the day* of his life, and, perhaps, there is not one of Jus j neighbors in 20 miles, that will ever ksow | that he stole a horse, only from hearsay, and can know nothing of his character, only as it is understood to be, from common repo*; j •o it wu»witl» all the persons f saw at < *ar;i(^| Vlllr, anil it* v'nj'iuUy, wlm wrlitivtl tur hurl; ih»y all knew from report, that he would tell lies, anil hail runaway, but of their personal knowledge, they knew nothing a gainsl, him & a good many very respectable men signed his eertilieate, not knowing liisob jecl, and thinking about what kind of an ell’ecl illis negative certificate was likely to have, so far from home; and, as a proof of what is here slated, I will here annex a certificate from eight of his certifiers, who are all that live in the im mediate vicinity ofCarneaville, except M. 11. I'ayite, and his two soils; aud as a proof of Mr. I’ayne's views, in regard to Hubbard, I will introduce J. E. Whitten's aud l)r. Freeman's certificates. Mr. Payne acknowledged the same, in substance, in the presence of two Kev. gentlemen, who were raised in this neighborhood, and whose ve r.ici y c till), in nowise be ipiestiotied. I did nut call on the young Mr. Payne, because they w ere both mere youths; one of them not more than sixteen, perhaps. The certificates are as follows : We tin hereby certify, that we F. V# Hubbard, during his residence in Carnesville, ad we have no personal knowledge of any particular impropriety of his, (as we have fce f'nre certified fbrMr. II.) But, we know that his general character for veracity is not good; and. that we have always understood, ftotri tl ec ny.etis of the village, that, when lie left lu re, he rauawav. Jas. I). Hoatwriuut, CaiAin Watson, Jacob Wkkms, lit. ha tin Mahsuali. W illiam Marshall, Jacob Wkems, I.'arnks Blankknsiiip. August lilt, 1d35. Now, It t us see what Mr. Thomas F. Stan ford .-uni l-'rcdctick Freeman, Esq. says, also, John 11. Harrison, Esq.; Mr. Freeman, aud Titos. F. Stanford, were on his general cer tificate, aud Mr. Harrison gave him a sepa 'ftpjpfwoHeHiYti iii ling it hack, as well its Tames Moiris' statement, as certified to by I 'atneron and Col. Billups, and the certificate of Mr. Davis, referred to in his certificate, herein I pulili: bed. However, I will first insert Mt. Wfjillcn's and Dr. Freeman’s certificates, as lo the savings of Mr. Payne: August 6th, 1835. I do herehv certify, that I was present at a Conversation between Stephen A. Johnson and Max field 11. Pay tic, of .'his vicinity, which took place yesterday morning, in relation to a certificate'said Payin' had signed for Ste phen V. Hubbard, which certificate «as pub lished in the Washington News, anti heard -aid Payne say, that he did not believe that the words “strict veracity," was embraced in the certificate, when lie signed it; that, though Hubbard bail been guilty of no im propih tv, so far as his persona! knowledge was co’.c -rued, hut, from his general charm— l ter, he ilid not believe him to be a mail of ve racity. J. E. W IIITTHN. At the request of Stephen \. Johnson, Ido | hereby certiiy, that I was in company with I hint on last evening, when he called on M. 11. Bayne, Esq., in reference to a certificate he half signed tor 8. \ . Hubbard, when Mr. Pay tie-aid, the ecrlilieati had undergone al ; terntiotis, since he signed it—that the wools " strict veracity,” wire not in the original, anl consequently, must have been added ■ incc he signed it ; and, also, that his name had 1 ei n transferred from itsoriginal position: that the testimony he gave to Hubbard's character, amounted to nothing, no way; it being entirely of a negative character. HENRY FREE.M VN. Can* sviltr, August sth, 1835. Mr. Payne said, at first, that he would sign the ex j 1 History certificate, and his son would I Jo the smne; but, upon reflection, he ilrelin "l. not liking to appear in the new and sonic might think that he had contradict ed himself. "I hn ing been so unthoughtful as to sign 'wo papers, niiieernir.g 8. V. Hubbard's charac ter, I find it in cessarv to point out mv mo tives, w hich arc as follow s : The first,*a |a pc-, dr aw n up by Col. H> nry Frecniat, and swit of llie most respectable’ citizens, giving *'i history ot Ins eharaeler. and statements con eerti'ttg I is elopement fiont this place, which tre strictly true; mid being deceived hy, and 1. wise, hxiser. I signed ihe paper, to caution o Iters. 8..-! clime after this, on Sunday mor n ng, Mr. Hubbard came rushing in* like a baboon, bow ing and scraping to all he met, stating, that l e intended to stop with ns two or three days, lor the purpose of getting a certificate, staring that he had always been apparently, steady and attentive to business, win C li> Ug in I'amcsville—this was. also, mte. Though I have seen Mr. Hubbard drink w iris' very copiously. I dont know that I ever have seen him much, if any, itiioxiea od. Thinking that lie would try to rettieve his charactet, in some way, bv squaring up the little dues he owed about town, I signed i- pant, which I am heartily sotry foi. But, Mi. Hubbard made his excape that same Hundav night. T. I’. STANFORD. August 3d, 1835. The reader now has a specimen of the manner in w hich, and the means resorted to by Hubbard, to get signatures to hi- certifi •l ••• •• went m Mr. Stanford, who is „:<e re p i-rablc. told him lie was getting a certifi. caie s gn and, testily mg to his soberness, steadi ne-s. anti application to business, w hich M >r 1 e.-nld Mihscrilte to; for. mewit'w ‘ standing llubbj'fvl did runaway from tiier and Mi. 8t: dot.! had signed a certificate i„ ,br edict. he bad not kn >w*! of hr» gruir- dAnk. “though he bad seen him druik wine e<iously”—he had not known him to indulge irjny dis-ipated habits, hence, he could say ill-’ he was “ steady” —lie had not known •;ii> to neglect his business, consequently, he ctfd testify to that much for him, with pro ir;v, notwithstanding, he believed him not |» a mau >t veracity* and trial he had fliu t 1 | ousvilie; aud when Mr. 80111- "igrtc-jAro paper, be thought it contained nuibißg more than what fa above stated, or he would not hive signed it. Indeed, he could g-.-t nobody in Carnesville to sign any sort of a paper, which savored the least of any thing g rog to establish a good name for him, if the perfiort of his c»rtilicate had be* a rightiy un derstood. AnJ, to show how he tried to op er.-.te on others, besides Mr. Stanford, I w ill a w give the certificate of John B. Harrison, E*f r.: PuxKu.tCorNTV, Auguststh, 1835. At the request of Stephen A. Johnson, I do htrebv certify, that, on Sunday, the llhh of Ji.lv, ult.. S.* V. lluhbard called on me, at C imesville, to certify for his character, more than I knew ; that is, dial he was a moral, upright man, and a man of strict veracity-—» This 1 refused to do, and told him that I did n<,t wish to certify any thing about him, for, my acquaintance was limited with him, and, of my own knowledge. 1 knew nothing of his character, lie then wrote a-few liues ou a slip of paper, amounting lo nothing for nor a geinst him; the testimony I bore to his c’nar- being entirely of a negative character, |Ht even mis was gtvenafter ie|>ca»vxt iiiipor personal knowledge, I knew nothing to the contrary of his being a steady, moral, upright man. I will farther state, that, when Hub bard called on me, I told him that, though I knew nothing against him. of tnyscll, "yet, I had heard, from respectable individuals, many things derogatory to his character, as a moral, -upright man. Whereupon, lie remarked, that hearsay was no testimony, and still iu sfated dial 1 should sign his innocent certifi cate. JOHN B. HARRISON. Hubbard's effort to get Frederick Freeman to sign his certificate, was still more disgrace ful and humiliating. When Mr. Freeman was looking over, perhaps weighing the mat ter, and reflecting as to whether fie should put hfa name to it, he tells him, (as will ap pear from his certificate) in order to inspire confidence, and beguile hitn into w hat his better pidgmeiit might afterwards disapprove, voluntarily, that his brother (Dr. Freeman,) would have signed it, hut the Dr. and Col. —hTtvil hud given him <i recommendation, which made it unnecessary for him to do so; when, on the contrary, lie would not have shown himself to Dr. Freeman, even in his debilitated situation, for the use of every man’s name in Carnesville, notwithstanding his bravado since his return from that place, that lie could not get a peep at Dr. Freeman.— But, the fact fa, it fa etifirely unnecessary to discuss the question of hfa veracity, for he will not tell tlie truth, on any- occasion. His lie, too, which he tool to Maj. Hudspeth ami others; that is, that Frederick Freeman re gretted, very much, the course which his brother (Dr. F.) had pursued towards him, was still more barefaced, as it will be seen, bv Mr. Freeman’s certificate, which says, that he did not know, at the time, that the Dr. had written, or even said, one word ahout Hubbard: h- «•'»—- c- «... a 7,u. mis At 1 fie request of Stephen A. Johnson, of Wilkes county, I do hereby certify, that, on Monday morning, the SOth'of Julv, tilt., S. V. Hubbard, with another gentleman, drove up before my house in a gig, from which Mr. Hubbard alighted, (the other individual re maining in the gig,) and carne into my house, and presented me with a certificate of his character, which w as signed by several indi viduals lor my signature. After some hes itation in my mind, I dosn; but Hubbard had not probably gone five miles, before I regret ted the act, h iving signed the certificate pre cipitately, and without due reflection. Hub hard being in a great hurry, as he said, to get on, as Map Billups (the gentleman in the gig before tnv house,) was anxious to anive at .Athens, at a given hour of that day—and. fmtn IIV iVt of not being sufficiently, or, in deed, at aii (before Hubbard informed me,) a- pinintod wiii; the c-reurnstances which gave tisc to the eerl!i;e" lc —I now state, that I had hut a passing acquaintance with Hub ! bard, during his residence in i.'.aroesville, and l know, of my own knowledge, personally, no thing particularly for or against him; at. 1 fhis j wars my understanding of the purport of the certificate, it being, a- I thought, at the time I signed it, entirely of a negative and harm less character. In looking over the signa tores to this certificate, not seeing my broth er’s. (Hr. 1 reemati.) I was about asking him (H.) the reason, when he remarked, volun tarily and unasked, that the reason mv broth er's name w as not to his certificate, w as, that he and Col. Terrell had previously given him a letter of recommendation, as to his morality and ability, as a teacher. lam in formed that Hubbard haseihibited mv name, boastingly and triumphantly, as testimony a i gainst any thing my brother may have w ritten or said, derogatory to his character; w hen, in deed. 1 did not know, at the time 1 signed the ■C'-rtificaie, that toy brother had written or said any thing of him. And, at the time I signed his certificate, not seeing my brother's name to it, 1 had at first supposed it grew out of the fact, of his afflictions not allowing hint to leave his house, as Bum!av, the I!hh tilt., w as, particularly in the evening, a rainy and blustering day. I learn that Hubbard has headed his certificate, “Carncsvillc. July , a Ist. 1835; thereby, he evidently intended to convey the idea, that the signers tothe certifi cate, were all citizens of that village. Mv residence is eight miles from Carncsv ille,and I signed it in my own house, as before stated, on Monday morning, the 20th. Were it to Ido again. 1 should be very clear of signing any thing in favor of Hubbard's character, as 1 am now induced to believe, after hearing the fact- ot the case, any thing the citizens of Carnesville have certified about him, to wit: Thai he ranaway from Carnesville, in debt to many of its citizens, and is much addicted to the vice of lying. I also learn, that said Htthhard has staled to some of the citizens of -AViil.es. that I expressed to him considerable regret, at the course my brother (Dr. F.) had pursued towards him—if he has done so. he has stated a positive falsehood ; fiir. mv broth er's name was not mentioned, only as before stated. FREDERICK FREEMAN. I have now got through with the certificates from Carnesville; and all 1 n-k of those who are disposed to believe that Hubbard has been slandered and persecuted, is. an attentiv c pe rusal : and. after giving thistestimonv a tiio- i rough investigation, if they arc not convinced • that he diil runaway fror> Carnesville that his claim to chnracter. for veracirv. is not completely unset—why. then, would be use less to oftcr any t-s "funny against hitu. It would prove indeed, that thev w, e and. ;er mined pet to be ennv inced. Hneffi-tt 'c im pose tbc negative certificate, which he has published, on the community, eshas ought of itself, lo convince every impartial man, ot the deccptivene=s of his character. First, heading it with “Carnesville,” without giv ing any explanation of the matter, shews, most clearly, that he designed to make the impression, that they were citizens of that place; and it was done for the express purpose of making au offset to the affirmative certifi cate previously given, by the citizens of that place—But when the matter fa examined into, only a few of hfa signers are citizens of the place, and they are all young men. one of them not more than 17, upon whose creduli ty he was, by h:s base arts, enabled to ope rate, and cfie”at them into an act which they never intended to perform, by telling them that he only wished them lo testify, that he was “sober, steady, and attentive to tmsiness.” (See Stanford's cettificate.) And then, after getting all he could in the village, a meagre number, to be sure, he then makes his appear ance among the country people, who know but little, and care less, about him, to gel signers to hfa certificate; and take notice, he warned no “hearsay” testimony, and that for the best reason in the w orld, because he knew if they give their “hearsay" evidence, that it would all be against him; for, I pre sume. there is not a man, nowhere in that vicinity, but what knows, from common re port, (“hearsay,”) that heranawav, and that he is a liar. But, the signers must confine their testimony solely to their personal knowl edge and what, I would ask, can a man know, personally, of an individual's particu lar acts of impropriety, who has only a pass ; ing acquaintance with, ami sees only about j once a fortnight, or, pet haps, not ofteuer than | once a month. In fact, one may see Hub hard every day of his life, and he (11.) may tell him ten lies every time he sees him, and he is so plausible, that, unless lie investigates his statements, he will not know that he has told a single falsehood; and, if he should happen to catch him in a few, aud attacks him about it—why, it is all a “ mistake,” “vou misunderstood me.” But, to return from this digression: Hubbard, let it suffice it to say, presented his certificate to every body that had ever seeu hitn, young aud old, boys and all. some of whom did not live, as I am informed, within li! miles of Carnesville; and this is the w av he has attempted to prove that he is a man of veracity. This is the wav that he has attempted to make an im pression that he did not runaway from Carnes ville; the positive testimony of almost every citizen of the place to the contrary, notwith standing; as well as the testimony of some persons, who reside in the neighborhood. 1 will now ask Mr. Hubbard, if he did not in- ! lend to runaway, why it was. that he confri- ! ved to have his Trunk put on board of Mr. Adams’ wagon, at a late hour of the niglu, secretly, anti without the knowledge of the family, with whom he hoarded? If you did not runaway, sir, why did you tell Mr. Davis that you should return on Tuesday; while yon interrogate Dr. Dean, in your letter, of the 28th of July, as to whether or not you did not w rite him a note, the morning you left in the stage, saying to him, that you should go to Lincoln ? If you intended going j to Lincoln, how- did it happen that you told Dr. Dean you were going, and told Mr. Davis amt Mr. Hix that you were not going, but should return to Carnesville on Tuesday? If you did not intend running away, why did >**« u’iMr 111* toliosUta buck on Tu*«lav, ;«.xit you wished to return as#*arly as possible; and then, before Mr. Hix had got fairly out of 'ight, petition Mr. Williams to send you to Capt. Ilacket’s ? If yon did not intend run ning away, w hy did you not return toCarnes ville, from Capt. Market's, to take the stage from that place, instead of Bowersville ? W as not Carnesville as near to Capt. Hacket’s as Bovve..a,lie? It you did not intend running away, why did you hav e your Trunk sent | off, secretly, by a w agon, instead of leaving j directions, at Carnesville, to put it on the i stage, on its return ? If you did net ri navv ay, j lor what purpose did you write to A. E. Wbft ; ten and Thomas Morris, soon after you arri j ved at Lincolnton. to know what the feelings | of the citizens of Carnesville were, towards j you, in consequence of your singular exit ? j Once fur all—ll you did not intend running away, w hy did you not settle your board bill, | by liquidating the account, or otherwise—and why did you not see your creditors, and have a general talk with them, upon the subject, | that you might have left in "open day.” for Lincolnton, it,stead of Citrrnhec, and have saved your 25 cents, which, I presume, you 1 must have paid the boy, for conveying your 11311 kon to the wagon? And, if you did r.ot nitif wa y, how- does it happen, that every man in Caru PSV hle, should lie soegregiomly mistaken, as lo yC u r intent, when they know all the circumstances iT'ler which you left there? Ah! but savs iYi,. Hubbard, “I wrote to Mr. Davis, ou Tuetday, ,’hPt 1 should not return, but should go to I.incolnloi.’; and if I intended running aw ay, why shouin I have done this?” \\ hy, for the best reason in the world, inasmuch, as lie had got cut of reach of pursuit, before Mr. Davis got his let ter ; (the people of Carnesv ille, of course, did not know that he was at Capt. Huckei's,) and, alter he had got beyond danger of being pursued, of course, it was the best policy in the world, to escape interruption, to write hack, in order to appease the excited fears of his creditors, and to keep them oil' him, lor a while, at least. (Hence his letter to Mor ris, to send his account to Lincolnton, and that he would settle it; hut, when he did so, he took the a Ivantageoi Morris’ absence, ind gave his note, due last Christmas.) And, if you w rote to Dr. Dean, that you were then on the eve of starting lo Lincoln, why the neces sity of w riting to Mr. Davis, on Tuesday, in relation to the same fact ? 1 think that Mr. Hubbard may tax his in genuity. and bring to his aid, all his tact at falsehood, and he will still never be able to make any person believe that it was anv thing but a runaway. I will ask you one other question, Mr. Hubbard: If you did uot intend running away, why did vou ob- ject to Mr. Davis’ certifying to all tl’e facts. ! in relation your elopement, when von were i in Carnesville last, and. for the purpo'e ol inducing him to give one, containing onlv a i l l of the details, by telling him a lie. to w it: That it had been stated, that you left there in ; the night, and your object alone,' was, to ,hs provi thisstatetnrnt. (S« e Dav is' certificate.) The first lie whxhllubbatd stumped, to do away the effect of Dr. Freeman’s letter to i V’ l I- Willis, w as. that Freeman was inimical to him, in consequence of a correspondence, which he (11.) held with Rev. Mr. Mercer, to which Freeman replies, that he never knew that he held any such correspondence. The next < tlbrt was, to create a prejudice against Freeman, on account of a letter of reconi mendation, which, he savs. Dr. Freeman gave him, when he left Carnesville, by ap pealing to the people, in this wanner. “That .ll - were considered this \ character, hi u ■i ..aj pened. that Dr. Freeman gave him this flattering recommendation Which mav he answered, as follows: That though Dr. Ftee man knew that he was not a man of veracity; vet, he, as a teacher, may have done very well; and I)r. Freeman gave him such a re commendation, as related solely to his con duct, as a teacher. But Hubbard had no sooner got his letter, than he took stage, as has been stated, and “cut grit.” But, we •will suppose, that Freeman has acted incon sistentlx, (which I do not admit, by any means,) does that inconsistency do away- the force and cfleci of the balance of the testimo nv ? Take aw ay Dr. Freeman’s name from the certificate, and there is still something like twenty respectable men, who certify to the same thing ahout him, and yet, Hubbard ex pects to set aside all this proof, without intro ducing one little of testimony, which goes, in the least, to contradict, or, in anywfae, ope rate against any statement that has been cer tified to, against him. lie has been making some efforts, too, to create suspicion, in regard to Thomas Morris’ evidence, because Thom as Morris has written him letters, couched in friendly terms. Now, what does Mr. Morris say, in his first letter to Col. Willis: “The above is a plain statement of facts; myself and Mr. Hubbard arc. sf 1 have always been, perfectly friendly. I have no disposition 16 injure Mr. Hubbard, hut as you wished a candid answer, 1 have given such a one." Now, does not the above extract show, to the satisfaction of every one, that tho’ he knew .Mr. Hubbard had done wrong, yet, as he had done him no particular injury, he had been : perfectly friendly w ith him, and was not dis- I post-dTo ThjureTmb, anil."c7iiise!ps7J?rty^p!^(P his testimony reluctantly, but honestly and now this same Hubbard is trying to’ injure Mr. Morris, merely because’ he had been friendly to him, when he (11.) did not deserve his friendship, and is straining every nerve to i make an impression that Mr. Moiris has testi fied to these things, against him, through the j operation of some “malign” influence. Knowing them not to be true ; hence he has I been exhibiting the certificate of Maj. Joseph Billups and Archibald Cameron, certifying to what Janies Morris acknowledged in t’heit presence, for an explanation of which, I refer the reader to James Morris’ certificate, given ! in this communication. He has had another i small “hook,” upon which he has hung some ; small “ hopes,” to w it: Col. W ales’ letter, which he exhibited to the Trustees of this A | catlemy, as evidence of his qualification, &c. ' Now, to shew w hat a complete impostor he is,- ; even in small things, I will here give the public an explanatory letter from Coi. Wales, of the Cth inst.: “The letter which Mr. Hubbard has shewn, from me, was written him, tinder ! these circumstances: We were* without ! a teacher in Clatkesville, and a gentle man, who had known Mr. Hubbard, had spoken to him, ahout coming here, to fake charge of the Academy; it was in answer to a letter from Hubbatd, on this subject, to the gentlemen referred to, ami at the gentleman's request, that my letter to Mr. Hubbatd was written. I barely knew Mr. Hubbard at the time; and, from what I have heart! and seen of him since, I should consider him a very improper person, as a teacher to the mind* and morals of our children. Yours, &e. S. A. WALES. Now, docs it not appear evidrtir, frotn ev-* ery movement which Hubbard makes, that he never thinks of any\thing but fraud and deception. When he i arueto IWaJlorysville/ to get the school, last kridrfion to iflf recommendation from Lincoln, he deposited this letter of Col. Wales, written in 1632 or 1833, to him, inviting him to Clnrkesvilie, to take charge of the Academy, and staring, (CONTINUED ON THE 4th E.V6E.) From the Mobile Begisttr, August 17. The result of the election in this State fa llow pretty well ascertained. Clement C. Cloy, the Van Buren candidate, has been chosen Governor by a considerable majority,- over his opponent Gen. Parsons, who can vassed under the « kite flag. This election if it may not be considered as a positive indi cation of the numerical strength of Judge W bite in this State, is. without dispute, the nearest approach to it that has been made, anti furnishes ample ground for encourage ment and exultation to the Republican par •y- Already the Khite presses and the Pi hiti politicians arc endeavoring to cover rheir de feat by tbe poor consolation that Clav, ver fonally preferted Judge White to Mr. Van Buren. Before the election they printed circulars—wrote hitter partizaTi philipiess— moved every scheme to prove him s Van Buren man,—a fact which his public address es very unequivocaly admitted him tobe.cow that Judge White occupies a position of bosili ity and danger to the Democratic party. It w assaid that il Judge Clav should succeed. White’s prospects would “’be BLASTED in .-vlabama,” and accordingly they fought with might and main. Letters were written a broad, and published in opposition papers, claiming a triumphant election for General Parson?, and denouncing a W aterloo defeat against Judge Clay. Well.— the election fa over,—Judge C i.ay is elected, over the W hits candidate, and now, forsooth, because he caidt that his personal feelings were far Judge White, while at the same time his seas* of_ duty to the party, to prevent ns disruption, would lead him 'o support Mr. Van Burr n,~ a declaration on wt'cb their special hostil.ty to him was founded, — lo! every thing is lo» be taken back ! and we sha.'J uot be sarpriseii to find Judge Clay’s election claimed yes, a» an evidence of Judge W bite's uni.!-ailed pop ularity in Alabama. It would not be mors absurd and preposterous than the daily alle gations ol the oppositir n j rcss, in regard to public opinion in this State. But, w hatever may be said on this subject for political effect, the friends of Mr. Van Buren are sathfirtl with the tesult. Wherever the contest was warm between Van Buren and White, tie latter got but little more than the old opposi tion and nullification vole. The vote for General Parsons numbers very nearly, if not quite ihe whole unqvalif.td "While strength ™ lliC s ' ,a,e - Os *hc votes-for Judge Clay, thete will be bnt very few,—hardly a enrj o*r nlsguardin a county, now when the distinct objects of the White party are so clearlv evi dent. that w ill not he found on the side of the Union and Van Evren. In connexion w ith this latter remark, we cive the following significant confession of the purposes and objects of the W bite Nulli fiers, w hich we find in the Charleston Mercu ry, lately an opponent, now a zealous advo cate of M bite, and always the chief organ of the elit of S. Carolina* Nullifiers, who me looked to every w here else as the oracles of s t*e true faith. I.et Inion men read and re member. The writerisspeakingofthe Union ists in their relations to Mr. Ya*n Boren: “ But whether they agree with him in all points or not, they know that he has promis ed to entry on the work (the great work of consolidation and begun by Geu. Jackson;” an,'?”" "V are, there fore, determined, as far as tbev ars ioT*-