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TO T HE PUBIiIC. Captain PARRISH it swing asserted a and haysEg afterwards darkly made use of pretended Certifi cates, to deceive the unwary, and injure my character, I take the liberty to sub mit the following: About the 16th May last, Capt Parrish charged me with hav ing said that he, Parrish, had voted against the Land Bill—allud ing to a bill of the laje session of the Legislature, relative to the Cherokee I denied jthq charge and demanded his authori ty, which he refused to givejhip, saying, that he had already sent in to the country for the particulars. Within a fortnight afterwards I repeated the demand, but he would give up no authority. On the 15th ult. a demaud was made in writing but he still refused to give up authoriff. In this extremity howper, he seems to have deemed it expedient to look out for materials to make an author. Accordingly, it appears tha* Lang Lewis, a suitable individual in such a case, waits on Mr, Lightfoot, and then Parrish and Lewis called on Mr. Cockrum, and instead of leaving Mr. Cockrumto the spontaneous suggestions of his own mind, they carry with them a certificate already written, “ cut and dry;” in which having artful ly suited the phraseology to their own purpose, they ingeniously incorporate the w ords of Parrish’s charge with other matter : but it will appear that Mr. Cockrum required them to t*rase certain words, especially those which Parrish had imputed to me, and be fore they could obtain his signature, they had to promise so to do ; yet instead of fulfilling this promise in good faith they so apply a pencil to these words as to leave them still legible. Since the first calls on these gentlemen were made, Captain Parrish, conscious that his certificates do not sustain him, has made another attempt to extract from Mr v Lightfoot something better adapted to his purpose. And kbelieve that Lewis, presuming pro bably upon Mr. Cockrum’s sinmtion as his ferryman, has of late paid him a second visit for a similar purpose. After ail, it is man ifest, that the Captain’s last resource was to have other things cer tified to, which when fairly stated would not be denied, and by rais ing a quibble, and thus distracting public attention, he hoped to arrive at a squabble, and escape from infamy.. But having, failed in his unblushing endeavors to procure a witness to testify to a falsehood, he only is held to be the author. PETER CLOWEIL Jfnes County , July 23, 1831. Certificates J Jane 22, BS3I. In a conversation which I had with Mr. C lower at his and £ informed me that Capt. Parrish, with six or eight persons, and“"^ e f.v„, of the Indian- Iwia hv voting *££&** of *. of Hall County to hang him regardless of the W ntol terror wiuc* I'nited States: , . trilf u ar( i substance of all that was said to me by Ido hereby certify, ? that the above sUtement nothing about lhe Cherokee bod, Mr. Clower in relation to Parrish s vote, and that during the c ° n .. that Mr. Clovver mentioned the no, about extending .he crimind law. of Georg,a over,t-Nond.d 'g' d ““ ZT&VreZ nted me a cen.fcate -lock Cherokee Land during that conversation, and when CaptFarrish afe P y K crr ,if y w j,at is contained in the h and been previously dmwn up,and which I did not foregoing statement, it being all that wa3 said to me on the occu.ion ... - JOHN COCKMttJM the balance of his certificates’ contents. I do certify, that 1 never heard Peter a. J WmliM not hear it by any per to the Cherokee land. 1 was in Clinton a few days ago, amt Pa?r.flb a. TUIwiUEJPOOT. son, say so. July 21, 1831*