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'iancc, and collcct •] n« oiber necouut.s. 1* O E T II Y \Vt.‘L‘klv' Aim 111:1c lor Jaiiuiirv, /> n .s I'u. - lay, V\ .-(ia ilay. 'l'bi.v.';MV, J'rul;\y, ■M.r iay, AbiUii'.l V. MN RISK 0'' ^ a (i r>7 i 5 G i 1 f) I.ast Qinrtu-, w -Moon Fus! I- ull 31)on. D. II. M. 1 A-1 I-,. 1; lU ■!() ,M. l;) ;•! M. ;.'o li 15 K. VOinvVJLLi;: r> (Voricviii' s. C.) Trnsteo> oflho V(JRK\ ILIj!'* F LMALR ^ bl';Ml\AKY, having engiio-cd ti;c f.ei vices oi ill-iructnrf; ill whom tlu-y phice entire coulidcncc, (hoir Sciiool will be opciieil on Mo^iday. t.-ic '2.2nd in Th»‘ Tru^tocs tliiiik they luwe just oatise to rc- . ..rnnion.l iliif^ institution as an eligihlo ]>lacc lor the .«.!-ration o!' cliiicin 11. 'I’iie \'illage is noted Ibr its .,'ulthfuh OSS, ;ni(i ibr ihc high nioral^nnd religions i')nc that UiTvades the coinniunity. The course ol -uiit's to bo uursuc',1 is as extensive as is taught in ’i!V suiiila!’ ton. The iliscipline v\ill he tirm, • " . ,t!. : nnil tlif? ai'o r>f tin- In- .-i, ;,.-tois to make‘lliJroug-.h and accrmipUbhed scho- nr.d to instil iuto the miiiurJ o* liie pupilt, nion pnd religions principle. TI'JiMS Ol' TllTiaS. Per Session: fa Sj>rUi,}T, Umdin^. and Writing, S Th>' mth ly>i'j[lish (.iranihiar, d>:o- ardphy. and Arifhnichc, __ _ ^ ^ 7'//* S(tii')’. vi(h duy o f the JoJloicinir A^r fund l'hiit>^'>]>hy. '('hcmii--try, As'tromr mij, (holoiry. Huiainj, Xnttinil .Ui'ifcry Ait .'ildl (Ilid Mortd Pkilofiophy, Lnvu'y. Rhrtoric, the Hi'ldencf'S of Chnsliauily. (ieomi.try n'-id the hiirhc>' Afu- rnd the l^idin and O'rcrk ' 4(tngiuiges, I'r> )ch 0)1 the. Piano^ i sc of Pi (I no. DrdU'iit" (ind Piinlinij\ Tlirrn'.m and Mczzotinto, n/.r ^\orl, Sh'U Mb/7r. (Jrnauunta! Nccdle-M ork. each, INSTPvUCTORS: 10 00 20 00 20 00 JO 00 2 00 8 00 6 00 .V., Principal. ^ A.'tsi.dcints. lirr. JAcofis, .1. Mi.s Ki.iZAHiyru j. Tii(rn\ Misx UOZASSA \V. a. TliOTT. Entrance rnonoy. One Dollar per Session. r.O A TIDING, inciuditig Fuel Li glits, and VVaTdiihg, can ho obtained in respectable ramilies at .iOin to SIO per month. WIIJ.TAM :\IOOKE, JOILX S. MOOLI H, A. S. HUTClllSOX, JOHX A. ALSTON, W. r. TIIOMASSOX. I. I). W1THER5SPOOX, THOMAS WAUREN, S. SADLEll. MINOR 8ADLER. M. G. SIMRIL. E. A. CRENSHAW. F. H. SIMiHL, H. F. ADICKES, J. 1). GOORE, W. P. McFADDEN, Ynrkville, S. G., Nov. IS, IS 11. J as...9\v T O THE Fashionable Public. t ROM THE ALEXANDRA INPEX. TITK VOICE OF OTHER DAYS. The melody of other years! Oh! sing it yet again, And still once more, nor deem my tears The messengers of pain ; For now my spirit woeps w ith joy As scenes of youth arise ; The mountains which I lov’d, a boy, Vale, str. am, and sunny skies 1 Mefhiuks the frienrls of early days The happy and the fair, Retrace with me the rockv waj’s, Hrave men would fear to dare; And !ol the Hashing waterfall, An i lol the glitl'ring lake ; And hark glad Echo's silv'ry call. To bid her sisters wake! I vo wandered from my home afar Tl’.c sea anil savage shore, Jlut first ailections constant are, And holy evermore; Thus, wh ’u thy magic music tone Gcive back my youth to me, I felt I was not all alone. And wept with ecstacy ! I thank thoe minstrel, for thy song. So eloquent and true, Tii'it bade the hours I sigh’d for, throng With sen- s mj' spring-time knew : /iiid 3Iusic, gentle spirit 1 thou Shalt be forever blest,— Thy voice can cheer the gloomy brow, And soothe the soul distress'd I St. liouis, Missouri, December, ISJl. Zona. M 1 8 C E L. L A N Y possibly have aav reference ti me. Tlie denoue- rnent^ however, soon came. 'I lie mob, wliich now numbered at least one huncl: ; u overtook me as I passed another corner, and on fellow seized in by the collar, while five or six ot.’jers approached, bea ring a rad between them. “ Come,'’ says the man wl. 1 collared me, old chap you can t walk any ftulher; we know you, and as we alwaj’s make gei! lemen in tlitse pans, you may prepaio to stn. MIe that rcAl My surprise may well ; ; imagined. “ My God!” I exclaimed, as they r.A pressed around mo, ‘‘Gentlemen, wiiat have i doi.e'/” “ 0, wo know’ you,” cxo.aimed hall a dozrn voices: “ you need’nt vull yot-r sanctimonious eyes, that gama don’t take in this o un'try'. Come, strad- I die the lail. and remembt r -he stack yard!” I j grew more and more bewildt.cd; it seemed lik a {dream; 1 could not imagine "hat possible oil'noe j 1 was to sutler for, (1 had n ^’er exhibited Joice ( lleth in North Carolina,) ai i I continued to ex claim ‘’gentlemen, what hav. i done? Don t kill me, gentlemen, but tell me w!».it I have don‘' ?” Come, make him straddk the rail; we’ll sliow him how to hang poor factory girls,” shouted some chap iVom the crowd. I 'I'he man who had me by t'lo collar then remark- I ed *• Come. Mr. Avery, it’.' no use, you see we j know you. and we’ll give y i a touch of lynch ■ law. and btart you for home'c am. My name is not Avery, ge: lomen, you are mis taken in your man, 1 exclain. 1. •' Come, come, none of yc r gamtnon, straddle the rail, Ephraim.” said the i ’.an who had me by the collar. The rail was br^ tght to such a level I aS to allow me to be '=strad(ii- ^ ' on it without difli- I culty, and I wus al.out to placed accoiding to orders, as the truth ilashed up ;n me. ‘•Gentlemen,” I e.vclaiui^ , 1 am not Avery ; [ despise the villain as much as you can; but my I name is Barnaby Diddleduni. 1 belong to the Cir- t cus which arrived here last liight, and 1 am sure )ld Turner, my partner, h-s hoaxed you with ^ thi:i ridiculous story. j If he has. we’ll Umch h in.” .said one of thf I mob. ” Well, he has. ril assur vou,” I rejdied; si' just walk to the hotel with nv and I’ll convince yon of the fact. 'I'his arrangement they v ' ictantly ass'nled to. I keeping, however, a close ho i upon me. As: we walked up main street on \ hich the new State House is situated, the mob the! received a reinforce ment of some lifty or si.ty. . nd 1 was marched like a malefactor up to the hotel. r>ld Turner stood on the i’ia/za ready to bur>t with laughter. I appealed to him for God' ■'’kr. to explain this matter and let me be nberaicd. He contmueil to laugh, but finally told them he believed there was some mistake about it; “the fact is, says he, my friend Barnaby has got a new suit of clothrs on. and it makes him look so much like a Priest, I Tlie KlectiOil Frauds of 1 838—9. I slave, as thousands can attest, in the organization of that party; and after the result of the election in 1838, I was solicited to accept office, atid declined it. I was satisfied with the business in which £ was then engaged; and subseiuent events have convinced me. that the most unfortunate era in my life was that in which I accepted office. It was concevicd tiiat I merited the office: it was conced^ that the duties were ably and faithfully discharged; yet I was removed from it before the expiration ot the term for which I had been appointed. AVas ' there not some cause wtiy I was removed 1 hat was that cause 2 If I was guilty of the frauds charged upon me, was 1 alone guiliy? were they known only to me? If innocent^ why remove me fro.ni office, and thus add the persecution oi niy own party to that of my political opponents? These are questions which I wish the public to solve. Ii those charged as participators in the election frauds were innocent, why did they not court investiga tion, nay, demand it? Their innocence, sealed by a verdict of a jury of their country, would have made for them party capital, because they’^ would have been looked upon as persecuted men. But the guilty generally reason from false prernises they shunned investigation—they created a disastrous is sue for themselves. Instead of endeavorini^ to screen me, their elTorts w’ere directed to removing all suspicion from themselvps. Had they reasoned correctly, they would liave seen, that haa 1 been 1 1 ’ f -I , of the charge the public would ha\e sod ; and while my name lias been bra.i^Jed from , ^ » 'unaulrf. have perpetrated one ex oil ol he coui.trv to the other, 1 have be™ stupendous frauds. Some saw the (lucstion iu comptlltrd ro bo hilent, and tame.y bear the whole ‘ i . . odium attached to those transactions. 1 was in the power of men t q lally guilty with myself, and both threats and promises were resorted to to obtain the •• mercy of my silence.” An indictment v. as pend- From the !Vew Vork Evening Post. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE U.'^ITED STATES. Fki.t.ow-Citizfxs: The object of my addressing y .i at this time, is not for the purpose of jt;stifying myself u»r the participation which I have had in the fratjds on the elective franchise, in the State of Nl'Vv 4"ork in the y^ears 133S .and 1839, which pro- ducfd so much excitement after their disclosure, and which weie so widely, justly, and severely com- mrnted upon in the public prints, not only in this coimiry but in En.gland. That I did participate in these transaction?, 1 admit, and can only, so far as 1 am concemod, frankly acknowledge my error.— Tho evil is done, and I sincerely regret that 1 ever, in any way, allowed myself to participate ‘with oih- crs in a transaction for which I have been compell- ‘d by circumstancrs to be the only sufferer. In ju'^uce to my country—in justice to my family—in ju.siice to my friends—in justice to myself—lam de termined now, bo the etfect on myself what it may, to present to tiie public a full, candid, true and im partial account of those frauds, in which I shali “Nothinrr extenuate, Nor set dijwn aught in malice.’’ I am well aware that duty required me to adopt this cottrse long since, but. through force of circum stances. my huiids have been tied and my lips do From the N. Y Sunday Mercury. BARNABY DIDDLEDUM. In 1337, I travelled through several of the Mid dle and Souther States with a Circus, in connection with Mr. A. Tinner, lather of N. B. and V". Tur ner, the two celebrated equestrians. He was an original genius; he was a good judge of human j iiulUie, and \\a» a luuu uf huni. Ii.Tuj niu-t-It/.i might be derived. He was withal a practical jok er. and never let an opportunity pass unimproved for having a bit of fun. He has by his untiring in- flustry, amussed a large fortune, and he is not a lit- tie proud to inform the world that he commenced j it inust be Avery. * jifb 'vithout a shilling. Frequently have 1 ^cartl j joke, some were for jerking him say, “ every man who has good li^ealth and j rolling me in the mud, while oth- common sense, is capable ot making a fortune it > that Old Turner deserved the fate intend- he only rrsolvrs to do so. ^ As a proof of it, loo^ at , majority of the people roared with Who am I.^ I don t know who 1 am, nor i Jmjo-htcr, and declared it was a good joke, and that me. where I came from. I never had father nor moth-1 j partner olT for it.— THE Sub^icrihers respect fully tender their iJianks to the citizens of Charlotte, and the public generally, for the libe ral patronage they have recei ved since they commenced the Tailoring Business ^n this place. From past ex perience, they now have no hesitation in saying that they are prepared to give general satisfaction fo all who may lavor them Avilh their patronage. All work done in their establishment will be WARRANTED, SO far as making and cutting is concerned. They iiave just received their FALL & WINTER FASHIONS L!S^(S,-Se and will continue to receive regular reports of En glish an^i French Fashions. Their Shop will be found in the south-east win" of Mr. Leroy Springs’ brick building. BETHUISE & JOHNSON. Charlotte, April 20, 1840. -y Private BoardiHsr Wauted. For particulars, APPLY AT THIS OFFICE. Charlotte. J;v,i. H, 1812. 44....tf or that 1 know of; at all events I may have started from the lowest depihs of degradation. I never lad education ; I comiricnced l:fe -^s » shoe-maker. What liule I can read, I picked up ir.ysen ^^ttcr I was 18 years of age, and as for writing. I couiu only make my mark, but being a poor devil. I had accasion to give my note so often that 1 finally earned to u^rite my name, and so 1 have got along by degrees. You see what I am now. I have be- ome so by industry, perseverance, and economy; and any man will become rich who will dctermi?ie to do so. 'I’here is not such a word as “ cannot ” in the English language. Never say you carctyxo a thing—and never cry “ broke” till you are dead.” Many a severe joke has Turner played upon me, which I have always hoped that I should be able to repay with interest, but have never been able fully to do so. A trick he played me in the Ci ty of Ra leigh, North-Carolina, I never shall for get. We arrived there late on Saturday evening, j We had been doing a very profitable business, j which made us feel pretty rich; that night I step ped into the ‘*Bl'g” Tailoring Establishment on' ayettevillo Street, and bought me a splendid suit of black clothes. We were all strangers in that City, never having been there before. On Sunday morning, feeling proud of my sable suit, 1 dressed myself and started to take a stroll about the city. I passed thro’ the bar room of the hotel; some tw'cn- ty persons wcr« ihore, amonj whom was Turner, | h.aant suppose that this cie man would who had by- that time made their acquamtaiiLC. hooking a box of percushum caps! Bat- After I had passed out, lumer pointmg m the di-1coonskins forbid! Pieter to your- rection 1 had taken, remarked to the company, I ^ feller fast *o sleep in his Log Cabin, with think it’s very singular you permit that rascal to t j i r, phildrpn br bi^ ' 1 : ^ ^ r.:. A^rr If ., 1,1 >o! 1 US imiocent wifc Bud oTphcti 1 lUrcH D} ms march your streets in open day. It woukl nt be al .. ^ .• 1 . lowed in Massachusetts, and I suppose that is the reason the black-coated scoundrel has come down stupendou its true light—some felt the danger of tlieir situa tion ; and it was probably iu consequence thereoi, that I was ind^bted for the friendly visits and let ters of some of the members ot the grand jury, -r • .1 r 1 who were empannelled during the tevn^ that, the 01.1 mo for panic,pat,ng tli. sc frauds, and ^ ..h*, re- uii-,1 thal was removed, my personal hberty requir- tampered vvilli ? and il so, by whom, and for what purpose? Such high-banded acts would not have been perpetrated without strong motives. One thing is certain, I did not tamper with the jury, neither was il done by my request. Did those who have been accused know ot the jrauds? If so—if I alone was guilty—whnt mo tive could others have had to assist me, in the lea?t, during the judicial proceedings against me? By my acis they had been accused—if innocent, how* deeply had I wronged them ! Who retained, and so heavily feed the counsel employed to defend me, both on the cKaminatiou nnd on my trial ? Charles I O'Connor and David (graham, jr.,’Esqrs., were em- by myself. Jame? v counsel employed l»y jury did not agree, s time, my conlf'de* St, deemed it esstntial 'hat to lais uuie Fljad been silent as to their participaiicn w*ith me in the frauds for which 1 was justly sutfeving. The Grand Jury had failel to indict them: w// personal saf’tij was their guarardee for my nlencc. l lie indictment was pending, and they knew that a word against thnn would furnish evidence agair:S»: mvsdf.—They also knew that the statute r,j limi tations would soon protect them from any indict- mciit for *he part they acted in the frauds for which I was indicted. That time expired the beginningr ed mr to keep secrct that which justice demanded ; hould be known. That necessity is now removed. I am releas. i 'rom that indictment, (it having been discharged on the 2.^th nltimo,) and the truth shall no^v he laid be fore the people, and the guilty be con*pf lied to bear their just proportion of that, which her tolbre, I have shigly and alone, Ijeen forced to ..us: ;n. N.i one but myself knows what I have suffered. 1 'incc the h'rst disclosures \.'erc made, seen ; .id r friend desert me, and out of all that uu- mer.:us liost with which I was on terms of intima cy, but few remain tiiat call themselves inv friends. that tlicy \^•ould. at lea.st so far as in their power, re lieve iii I'Vom my dilficulty. I expected them to act honorably towards me; and it was not un til I discovf red, up^n several occasions, an cvi- (b nt design (notwilhtLanding repeated assurimces to the conlritry) to saci ilice and destroy me, to load me wiih ignominy, and ‘‘ whistle me down the world, a i prey to .^oitun* ,” that I understood the true position I in which I wtis placed. They appeared to consid- 1 was ex'ceedingly vexed, and when the mob had j dispersed, I askc.l Old Turner what on earth could induce him to play such an outrageous mean trick upon luC “ My dear Barnaby.'' say^ lie, ‘' it vvas all for our good; remember all we need to Insure success is notoriety ; you will see this will be noised about the City as a trick played by one of the ^ Circus j Managers upon the other, and our I’avillion will be crammed to-morrow night It turned out as he conjectured;—the joke was in every person’s month. The Legislature was in session, and we soon become acquainted with every body, and had immense audiences during our stay there. This however, did not induce me to forgive Old Turner, for I knew full well that self-interest was an after consideration in this case, the joke be ing prompted solely by a desire to see some fu»i, without the least regard at whose expense it was perpetrated. JVesiern Eloquence.—’J'lic following appears in a Western paper: ('Jentlemen of the Jury: Can you for an instant suppose, that my client here, a man what has alters sustained a high depredation in society, a man you all on you suspect and esteem for his many good quantities: j'es gentlemen, a man what never diinks more nor a quart of likker a day ; can you, I say, ’J },p f'r It n cessary to so lar rum mv reputation that i ^ ,, , , ^ r II* 1 .• . Jv »J 1 r of ISoveniber, I^il. J nree attempts were maue aught I could say in relation to them would be of! , _i , no avail. Th('y acted as if they considered their this way.” ‘•Why, who is he?” ejaculated half a dozen a^ once. “ Don't you know ? Why, that Is the Rev. E- K. Avery, the murderer of Aliss Cornell!” answer ed Turner. ‘ Is it possible!” they exclaimed, all starting for the door eager to get a look at me, and several swear ing vengeance against the hypocritical priest. Turner had set the ball in motion, so he quietly took a seat, wdiile every person in the bar-room started in pursuit of me. 1 had turned a corner of the street and was very innocently, though rather pompously, strutting down the side walk, when I was overtaken by some twenty persons, whose num ber increased every moment. I observed, as they passed me, each person looked back and stared at me with apparent wonder. I believe I must have been uncommonly proud of that new suit of clothes, for'I was vain enough to believe that my new suit was what attracted such special attention. I was, however, soon awoke from the happy illusion. The mob passed me some five or ten rods, and waited till I came up to them. As I passed, I heard sev eral observations like the following: ‘‘The lecher ous old hypocrite the sanctified murderer “ the black coated villian”—“let’s tar and feather him”—lynch the scoundrel,” &c. &c. 1 passed along totally unconscious that these remarks could eicie, all natur hushed in deep repose, and nought to !)c heard but the muttering of the silent thunder and the hollering of bull frogs; then imagine to your selves a feller sneaking up to the door like a de.spi- cable hyena,‘softly entering the dwelling ot th( peaceful and happy family, in the most mendn cious and dastardly manner, hooking a whole box of percushum! Gentlemen, I 'vill not, 1 cannot dwell upon the montrosity ol such a scene! My feelings turn from such a picture of moral turpen tine, like a big woodchuck would turn from my dog Rose? I cannot for an instant harbor the idea that any man in these diggins, much less this ere man, could be guilty of committing an act ot such rantankerous and unexampled discretion. And now, gentlemen, after this ere brief view of the case, let me retreat of you to make up your minds candidly and impartially, and give us such a verdict as we might reasonably suspect from such an enlightened and intollerant body of our feller ci tizens, remembering, that in the language of Nim rod, who fell in the battle of Bunker Hill, it is bet ter that ten men should escape, rather than that one guilty should suffer. Judge, give us a chaw of to bacco. The hardest labor in the world is the labor of do ing nothing.—Bos. Trans. Some of our acquaintances must be considered very hard working men. according to the 1 ran- foript. safety dependent upon their success in aflixing infa my and odium upon my character. How far they have suci!oedt d depends upon a verdict of the peo ple. They will pass upon it after they tihall have perused the statement and the evidences I shall lay before them. Sensible of having committed a great moral wrong, I can only now appeal to a forgiving and generous jieople; and if they can find any ex- i tenuation, in consequence of my ardent temperament, which, in the enthusiasm of party excitement, and party strategy, led me into excesses, my object so fi\r as regards myself, will be accomplished. With politics I have done—I have no hopes or expec - lions from party. The disclosures I shall make will be made free from any bias, and Oii mature de liberation, after having carefully collected the facts and memoranda upon which to base it. I know that fearful odds are against me—I am almost friend less and alone. Opposed to me, 1 have wealth, character, influence, public and private station and trust. Fearful odds! But, believing in the max im, that “truth is mighty, and will prevail,” I enter the lists, considering that it is never too late to re dress a wrong, or do a good and justifiable action. Independent of any evidence, let us apply the or dinary i ulfS of logic to the transactions in relation to these frauds, and see whtrther th»*y are f>r or against the truth of my statement. If the statement wdiich I made to Mr. J D. Stevenson in relation to these frauds was not true, (and it has always been denied by the leaders of the whig party.) why was I i{ moved from cfTice? It v.as admittetl that I had f.iithfullv iuid ii ’ly perlbrrned the duties of the sta tion I heid, :tnd il the charges against me were false, then I was a persicuied man; and as they admitted 1 w'os compctl'nt, and had ren Jered es ntial service to the party, was il not th*_-ir duty to sustain me? I had ihcir u'rUun acknou'ledgement oj my services, not in measure d but in terms of unqualified approbation. Let us look also at the other side of the question. If the cliaiges were true, and known to Governor Sev.ard and the prominent leaders oi' the whig party, (which I solemnly aver they did know.) were they not bound to sustain me, instead of attempting to degra lo me, and leaving me to con tend against the other part}/ unaided (except secret ly) and alone? It is well known that the whig lead-ers would neither openly carry me through my ditilcullies, nor permit the whig party to ^^hy around me. If 1 tilone was guilty—if they had no participation in the frauds—if they were ignorant of the transactions—if I accused and charged upon 3 gross violation of the laws of the lane -—then I deeply injured them. I merited their se verest censure. Why, then, did they secretly aid and assist me, but publicly calumniate me^ Such was the course they pursued, until they supposec their slanders had so far blasted my reputation that their victim might be sacrificed without danger to themselves Unless 1 was guilty of the charges against rne there was no reason why I should not have receiv ed the contidencc and support of the whig party Louring 3 pei>''id of nine years, 1 labored ike i by my counsel, James M. Smith, jr., esq., for my discharge, urging at each time, either a trial or a discharge from tho indictment; but it was deferred by the court from term to term, until the siaiut>> ot limitations u'ould q>*otect the persons impticaicd-^ and then my discharge was granted ! ? ! For some time after the trial, my confederates ceased to hold any communication with me in rela tion to the election frauds. But a circumstance oc curred which again brought them to ask of uie a favor, humbled as I wa.s. Trampled upon as I lad been, I had still, as they knew, the pow’er to larm. 1 had certain papers in my possession which were dangerous to them. I was in possession of .me facts^and they feared that information might possibly leak out that would defeat the confirmation of certain nominations under the general govern ment. Again, therefore, negociations W'ere set on .bot, and I confess op^enly lo ihe public, that, con vinced as I had been* by their acts, of their utter turpitude and treachery towards me, I professedly acceded to their oilers, and availed myself, by stra tagem, of addiiional evidence to fortify myself against my powerful adversaries. Their foot was on my neck, thousands to one against me; and while thus prostrated, straiagy v/as my only hope of deliverance. How’ well my’ plan succeeded, the )ublic hereafter shall know. In the expose which 1 feel it my duty to make, many w'ill be mentioned whose feelings I would noi willingly wound; but it is not my fault if others, less immediately connected and inculpated in these trans actions. are pointed out. T he act was their own , and as my statement must be a faithful one, I cannot pass them by. The whole transactions shall now' be o-iven to the public, with such evidence as 1 have to substantiate the charges. All I ask is a candid perusal; and 1 appeal to ail who shall read these written, and now complete documents and narrativei*'. to mark the connected, unbroken and lucid chain ot evidence they present, of locality, names, dates, per sons, incidents, conversations, &c. &c., to say, wheth er you believe it to be within the compass of possi bility, that any human being, however gifted in in tellect, base in moral depravity, or madened by des pair, could, with the most fertile and ingenious in ventive powers, have fabricated such a story, ok forged such papers as are presented Almost all the original letters and memoranda have come into my possession within a few days: and those who deserve the censure cannot now, by any subterfuge, escape the just and merited le- proach which a people, jealous of their lights, wilt visit upon those who attempt, by fraud, to wre?r them from them. It will be seen, in the sequel, that the reproach and the ignomony which they strove to fix on me alone, should be shared by others who hold higher stations, and have more friends, more wealth, and more influence to sustain them, than myself ; and though I am aware that their panic^pation will not scre^ me from the reproach I merit for the part I have performed, it will, at least, teach them that neither wealth, place, influence, or prjury, axe safe Tuarantjees ngaiust tiie exposure of