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rr Tin: mi hi: fSB ? Mtlll MMUll. r.NNt. I TW plraasat, KOw and then, to ht ltw irt Of ihotij wt, that roller- lenliy cU the " bluet i" Mutt nit uf aim fcitjr, whan the pom Of Kartn Mpwi Aa 1 tis twett to us frUc,ttarU,Ulhoa4brwt thru.fc U vital rrfiofl, on lU wlf Of youtbful fcney i Of U lt I BgrM M ll firy baunti of apitaf AnJ baton, oluk tb t'ry choristers it keawod Ttelr )( lovsor wfci, by octui awl,' Fr-wo. lbs V.ti rtt, Miww rw Of aavgry temptsta and tba reel leM ti4. Dut tmntfJlH Lao pMt,-tix W rorr 11M piMf tt, to tender and to !' i And m bat l-otcept bf tit ; lot To fed "liyotrric paa-Mi" po"f Iaar. Then, tasa art sural welcome, Hawurf I take Ik; TWi f enfle, dutl and aomhra potentate! 1 hj rip ttb ' tltwrt. Accept this la J i for MUfbl but thre any mu can hIomiU. ' curr, rit "' L COMSIlICATION' r-i rat ini c.avuaua. PanwtHi m-tkn t mufti nJuJut mu." Ma. Whit: Id looking over your pa;r cf the 18th inst. I observed a publication tignc J 1mwoh Henderson. Curiosity me to read it, to tee what this gentleman had to lay for himtclf and l.r my aoul I could not help laugh- ifvjr, and applying the above line of Horace : " 1 he mounuir.1 arc id ia bur. and ooly bring forth a tnouie.' h it, air, truly to be regretted, that Maj. II. thould be o far led attray by a base vindictive ditptiition. contrary tn hi better iudtrneDt. For, air, with alt this man a folly and foedithnets, he ia a. man of good natural sense. Nor can I account for hit present conduct, in any oiber way than this : This man bs heretofore ruled almost wjthout a rival hit tttertiont and calculation! have been take o at a standard rule f and if, by chwer, any one discovered an rrrr in hia conduct, the most nl p p!r rre awed into iknre b thit ovrt orating man. I ill lately, tome cf tn, nut wilii-.g to tit and rrCrive the crttubt th.l tall from the table of thit rich no in, and have his d rs to Ink the airra inflicted bv iiimnrlf, have taken it into our hradt t. judge for oursclvet, and not receive hit m md trt inf f1o the hulli of the Poor. And. air, rou cannot think how thit has net tied the tU man; who, by the by, I liV miui Km tn Ki dtr.lfia &nr! in that account I view thit old creaturt a " - - - ' a w Conduct with more ihjriiv (and I hope the people will ton) than I otherwite ahould, believing hit action are the product of a fretted, tuperunnuated oU man. The first declaration worthy of no tice in ih elaborate tarcosm of Maj. II. is, that he, L. II. (for he was the author of the publication signed an roemv ta imposters") had no intention of bnrgiog any thing of a private na ture brfore the public. Is it possible any person can be deceived w'ah these bartfjted ai-rtions? Was it for the pubPc god, to" cU me an 41 imposter V Was it for the public gpnd to ty, " this doctor, if I may be permitted to call him 99 fw It it not a trll-rvident fart, Mr. Editor, that L. H. made ule of Haf. nera taie t a veil to cover his malig nant design on me? Yrt thit mn ha imDur! nce eno ;f;h to sav, that this a intc.drd all f r the good of the tubic. If I.. M s. design as to Vf ,rn men artiut the b-jutful reCta of Qiick-.'r, a practised ia Mufner ca", why did he ml con fine himself to that etc alone.' Bui, sir, urdrr this cover he aimed to e.ie me with his venomous fanes ; and under the name of admti'istennc an antidote to the' puM'n . Rivrs to me a deadly poison. 'This i the man who wishit Jo do all for the public good. From such, O ! from tut:h. let mo turn away. Hut aea'm t L. H. tav my bill was loudly c twplaine d of. But, tir, who was it that complained? Was it Williams? No ! no, tir, it was no other than this gentleman, L. H. and a few ( his ay- coDhants. And why ? because they thiuk the bill too high ? O ! no j that's not their object j their deaign is my destruction, if it should be at the ex pense of their reputation. This ia the man who wishes you to believe. he is Hoino- all For the nublic crood. From hu judgment, I appeal to my brethren lflprrreTnorTfini Whether my Dili is too nign or not, "Hie niger est ; hunc tii" America " caTeto." But Mj. H. htates, that his state ment about William's case it true. I deny it j I confest the "friend to truth VtaJe a atattment which is true, aaal which can be proven so, by half a i!o:f witnenei. Rut IT. .i.,. tin It ia not more than tea ntiiet I that the road It not meaiurcd, and the ditiiK It conjectural. Ia it pottiue thit man can make suth barefaced, fal wteuWo! Does he tot know the ten-mila tot ttandi la Duck s lane, and that w. lived cne mile below, on tht Durkt roadf H certainly doci know It. Uut, air, he baa' roaae a false statement ia hia first publication, and Mill pertitts in it, Hominis en errare, iotipuDtei ire ro penev erare." . Hut. ale . Ma M l. II. aaVS h had -intention of tulocitioj I)r. S, or t drawing a comparison wciwero and Ur, U. Ai L. II. has given us hit empty declaration, he has alto iv ea ui toane if hia actico, and eibibi. ted sotne of hit conduct to the public, . . - . a of which cannt be deceived as to nis in tro'ioa. But here he astern the " friend to truth" hat made an unpro voked attack upon Dr, S. and that he,' Dr. S. it the- gtoiUman j nd,!ba)t he. Ur. S. hat advert'ued the friend to truth" at an infvnoui liar and iccun dreli Now, air, let ua examine the conduct of thit gentleman Physician, with a half dozen diplomas stuck to hia back. Wherein hat the 4 friend ta truth" published a Re about Dr. S f It it relative to Hafner's cate I If it it, apply to David Zimmerman tid Jacob Ramtour, for thty can aubttaa tilts the charge raade by the. " friend to truth. Ur ts it when tne " iriewa to truth, states Dr, S. chsrgfd. one dollar ar.d twenty-five cents for a few drops of laudanum. Ah ! M r. editor, thit is the lie. Well, sir, what it the true statement. Caleb Miller tayt Dr. S. charged for one drop of Luda. num, hienly-five tentt ; fur prrcrip. lion for one drop of laudanum one dol lar i and that he, Dr. S. wartt people to know that thit is the way he char ges f frr a done of medidne tweMv-five certs, for direction or pretctipiion to take that dote of medionr, one d'Alnr. Now, tir, who is the liar, S. or ihe "friend to tiuthr" But, tir, let ua examine the conducf of this man a little further. This gentleman Dr. S. called -on Capt, and taid 4 he night to, or, if it wat him, he would" publish, that the rate alluded to by the "friend to truth," under the head of a retpectable woman, which by the by, net t flae state ment, with which re quest Capt. rtfuted to comply, and that very justly too j for the ase as stated by the " friend to truth" is substantially true, and can be proven by le?erilttneatetuauy aampcx. table as thit gentleman Dr. or bit friend L. H. Again, Mr. editor, L. H. tart the " friend to truth'a" attack J w . a upon Dr. S. waa unprovoked. Let ut examine thia statemeat, and tee how far it ia true. Dr. S. thortlv after he tettled in thit place, applied to L. Moman, Ltq. lor a copyjal.my om araintt Williams, (at the bill waa left in Moman't hands.) Dr. S. could not be provoked by m- to do to, as we had scarcely beea introduced to each otner at this time. Therefore, he did it without provocation n my part. This gentleman Dr. got thit bill and cair'ud it in his pocket, wherever he went, and made stun insidious rematkt on it ms he thought best calculated to injure mv practice. Is this not pryv king ? But, sir, 'Squire Moman tavt Dr. S. is the only man that ever did get tne bill from him. Now, tir, I would ask where did L. H. get a copy of my bill ? It it not most probable, from Dr. S. Now, tir, where is this bare-faced as. sretion cf Dr. S. and L. H. that the " friend to troth" made aw unprovo ked attack on Dr. S. ? Now, sir, who is the liar and scoundrel ? Let it recoil on their own heads. Again, Mr. editor, L. H. says he it no Phyticiani and he will not pre sume to judge of- the extent of -the qualifications of Dr. B. J do pity this man: that he did not think of this be lore, ii wouiu nave savcu mm rrslliuT7aWmershe-tf eubtd . . - . I fore. It would have saved him many of writing to prove his assertions fHe, 1 . 1 II ilia oDiiciue nints i snau rasa over, as only worthy of a soul (as black as de- spairj use nis. jjui, air, iic wings forward a case of splenitis, to prove I do not know the difference between adenitis aod droosv. This. I suppose, is to establish my skill, as this man, L. H. has set himself up for 'a judge of the complaints that my tmtieo' ts are labor'iriff '"undeir'iflfriPJOW''noi''upcin" wTicis' iucttmeht hrTeliesrfor tt fan- not be on Dr. Harris', as I shi.ll short- " a' ... lv prov. I suppose .tnis" is ;trie case nf j; C. As he and his harpers have been harping' on it for some time, 1 Rhall endeavor to give it true, and not h faNe autement. as he is in the habit of doing. C. applied to me, with an enhrgrmctit of the abJomm, Oa tri-l a), I discovered a obicure fluctuation of fluid ia the abdomen, with a hard nets low down in the left tide, extend inr scrota to fur near) the riaht tide From the examination and symptoms, I did not hesitate ro say his complaiat was the br ginning of drs'piy, csuted by a dittaacd ttJte of the spleen or probably it might be caused by chronic Inflamation tithe reriton'mm, C. took medicinf a few weeki, and not mend ing as fast as he thought ht ought, he concluded 'A consult Dr, Harris. I wrote to Drv ll.t and without enter- Intf Int any Parhnlogktl wtatement-of la a " a a a L i. complaint, stated 1 oeuevea ne bad the droptyt thit time the swell tog was considerably lest, and fluctua r not easily discovered ) and then went oi ttateto the Dr. the plan of treatment 1 had lunued with C. and aa I have Dr. Il. letter before me. I shall tike the libV'y of making a few eitracttrom it. V I nis is cste mat has so ofieTbalTt-dlhrrtlirBf the most learned PhytVUni, that it way well be Dut So that croup of diseases emphatically called approbnum medi cine vel medicarum," Further, he aayst " After a ihrs examina'ion, I have formed an opinin that dropsy it n t formed in the abdomen, nor yet conceivtd j but I am tatisfird that there doet exist powerful causation fr gen era ting a drop'y ascites." He then pr crrdi to state hit pini'm, that th cnnpliiM was a vitiated enlargement of the splem (not splenitis aa s ated by L. H.) ftrr giving bis Pathol, gic-l view f tht rase, be proceeds: 14 With your letter before nv', I have to men tion, that I do ti' crrtly and heartiU ipprove if your conduct and manage ment of Jvjr. C. in the present casr," Ur. Now, Mr. editor, where is the unsk'.Mulnwi in thia cae, and where does Maj.'HY astertiont ttand ? But, tir, C. is n-w liboring under the drop syhis bily hat been gradually in creasing evrr since ; and should it con tinue to rnlirRr, be thortly mutt bae the water drawn eff by an operation. But thif uthe c-t Maj. U. brings forward to pr ve my igorancr. O .' " thun fultt $limJerer u" rate t fJ : But, iir, Maj. H. brings another case forw ard, with abo.it a much truth as the former, to "wit : a "simple case of strangulated hernia" (as he is pleased to call it.) This was a case, Isupp-st, of a traveller at Mj. Harry'. Thi man was aMackrd violently, and from the obstintcv of the case, I apprehen ded an operation w ould hate to br performed oi consequence of which, some of the neighbors sent for Dr. ll.rri while I was awav visitinc a pttient. Dr. H. could not come, but) wrote a fe lines to Dr-. - to go?j During this time, the Mricture or stran gulation, began to give way, which was followed by a relaxation of the parts. Onj Saturday morning, I visi ted the youpg man, discovered a con siderable reaXation, but not sufficient- I ... .1 ..ku o It . irtlaarm f rv s. a- him an anojynr, and t Id him I would be back at twelve ocuhi, wnicnj ' a til . the I exported to be able to replace thf intestirft. But about this time, Dr. cjfmc j he found my patient as I had predicted, and replattd the intestine without giving mt any notice, which was easily done. Every medi cal man knows, when the intestine be comes strangulated properly, that it is impossible t reduce by what is called the Ijxxi, in that state ; but when the parts are relaxed, it is quite an easy matter and often goes up of itself. But, sir, Mj. H joes on to state to yu, I cannot witihold my Harpy bill from the defamation ol female vir- tue. I suppose,. Mr. editor, tne young woman is gone Jrom this place, to whom. I. suppose V has an allusion. But, sir, did she" e7rdfnytKe charges' I made against her? I presume she did P.. aa i - - , XT .c. . u roehnvaw, sUus-a lilt L 1 1 - A aU- tansK uq hn rail nnr , and it she fiad. i was aoie to nv bill tost.te the truth when called on, (which this young w oman did) then, Mr. editor, I plead guilty. out is it a Harpy bill to say L. H. turned his wife out of doors when she was ex pecting to be,1 jfnd actually was, broughf to bed in a few days after? Is this a Harpy bill or Billingsgate language ? If so, the actions must be murh more so. Now, sir, let the Harpy bill slan der and BiiJiogsgter fall oa' hison fcftrw . .,i,:., , ... But, Mr. editor, well might "trie 14 friend to truth" exclaim, O ! 0 ! tell it not in Gaih, publish .it not on the plains cf Lincclnton ! But, sir, Maj. H. expresses a desire to examine the case of his half bushel candidly. Has he done so, is cow the question? Andi the Mij. hat brought forward t tihcate to prove lilt nan oun t larire. lottead of beintr. unJrr a .1 it a pity to accuse a rnn fur if' .. y measures too largcj wiun i anv remarks on thit paper, I ' ceed to state what is said t ! - a t - statement. Maj. II, sent sou c v, U i c about 28 bushels of wheat to Cacctl- lor's mill f after screaniog it, I think the miller aays it meatured 23 1-J or am . s. I LI. t . . !!! Vmj. Xii 24 l-2hutheli, Jat. llain, Etq. who a attended tha miU, and docs yet, ? M.T ILword thJtbt. wheat Wi then ,o much. Maj. II.-mi latUEca to 3lsriliwl4'lrrotbltt bushel., wnt tV ie71I.T.Tprobably scot thought he would find a Vickeri, but ht was mistaken) to know the reason ftf .neb . Io... Ilowerer. after iome conversation, llain atked H. how ma- nyquJ. his half bushel held, he told . f . him 16 quartt, cry mcature, upwn which II.7o replied, his was sealed and held 20 quarts. However, llain and GanceUorwent on the neit day, with iheir half bushel, to the standard kee- pre, and had their half bu.hel tried by the aundard, with which it perfectly screed i they then meatured it with a quart, and fouod it held 20 quarts.- . . , aw a Some time after thu, iicnaenou hrmivhf nvrr hia half bushel, and had it tried by the standard alto, and lounu hit half buthel was about a quart lett ... . a a . a a a than the standard. He then contenueu the atandard wat a quart too large, and got a certificate from the standard kee per stating the atandard wat 04 or 6J ipchea too Urge. In cootequence of which, the county court appointed a committee to cut down th ttaudard to the proper tite. They have done so, and now the quettion is, have thit committee cut down the atandard 65 inches, or not? The way I shall un dertake to pruve this, i by Hain'a half bushel. At toon at the standard wat reduced to it proper tize, llain bro t hit half bushel to be teali d over again i and at the half buthel it a square one, and it ttill in eiittence, it can be eati lv measured, which has been done. The present standard keeper when he reduced it according to the standard now, put a piece ot plank to the bot tom of it, and rednred it to the stan dard in mat way. This piece of plank is 5-tths ol a quarter of an inch thick , and 10 inches square j which would make .0 ichet and 5-tiihs of an inch j this would be a little, over three gilU. Now, -sir, if rhis br correct, which I believe is, thtn the present standard was reduced. I sav 30 inthe, to be wi.hiw hi tin ds.iif this be correct, it uniiM lnvi Mai. H's. half bushel smaller than the faw directs that i if the present standard is right, which the committee say is. (A quart coi.. tains 57 75.100 solid inches, accord ing to Nichol. Lncvtlo.) This, sir, is the truth of the half bushel, as far as I know. And if I know myself, I have cn disposition to state any thing else, for, I think the truth is enough, and is what all men are entitled to. From the facts here stated, I leave the public tojudcje for themsclve. . a. to th- charire acainst Virkers. I doubt the truth of what the Maj. has said for the owner of the mill, P. (iancellor, has said that he believed Vickrrs an honest man, and that be rud to turn him r(T to satisfy L. H. Therefore, it is doubtful with tne whe ther this man does not possess more honor and honesty than Alaj. II. As to Mai. IPs. charpiriff me with erasing my name from a subscription paper, bclore any contracts were made on said subscription, nnd alter the Le on saiu suuscri pi'uii, unu iincr me s.c- .j ... . . ... cislature had provided a way to build b . . . . Y . . r . a a i1 1 rinnrnv I rrf I mraf It n-rff fit nniu a t vuuvui j j at a v . a iiij wv xav.iv justifiable. As to the mistake in W's; bill, it is what we are all liable to ; and I feel I have done what w as rieht. vv nenever i was tuiormeo ot it,-1 toiu . .u.i- mi- J. a pentteman that I was wmmg to rec- . j . l - tify any mistake made in it, whenever .'. . W'hene ver I was informed of it, I told called on by Carpenter, and that I L. J ' should not take any advantage on the snouia not lane any advantage on tne . . J .. luugment. 1 am still wining to pay '. b-. .. . b y. ' the dollar to carpenter, wncne ver ne .... ' ra a tnr it. Msi. H. baa often insinuated and J " " . said 1 am not a man of a liberal edu-1 mtinn m.fl that I am nnt a rrnrct:ible -. f - ,- PK oi.-inn At In mv rilnrulinn. Mr. editor it is true I was a poor orphsn boy. VV'hat education I have, I ob- tain f A hv ttwe a Tin f rnvhrn."" I ' 1 u. . . - ... j .. ..... was born to no lordly fortune, and coni i"T-rtinn for mv snnnort. At tO tnV .r.A.ali1I,p aa o PKt'airlin Qnrl a tsri .!.i..l f ; l . .V. ..ui:l vaic uiuiviuu-i i appeal iu mc puuiiv answerable, by the public I stand or fall. Again, Mr. eiltor, tV.it tnilrrr.n ! js uadcrukco to critic ia amJ f :v translation of the Latin, uej Ly ths f av4t a vp ta wui Hut. nr. I, k. :n (he achulariQ doing to f 1 prt ne r r, 7 he ioe ruad ute cl Ly utne - ' a. M , ,nJ U tstf. u r the " iiuna to truth," It taken fa ilorttf , end ouit to have betn, " I0 vedusaUtriua ptacrescit rebus oplmit' not tnarcescit, ai lays L. Hfc Again, tir, the "frlcoi io Uuth" oevtr d. !nr1 Ia mi tk n.J r-n'nt..m t... tigoed touts the word trotatui, - "cretalus." The translaitwa .ib'tt t""? ' H U-U. ,atvi ftia outung m, head againitthe wall, of aa academy, ha. notion, h.n muoodothcirui. t ant.auono. trow wr. nblc icrpent n ruttUsnake. but, Mr. editor, if 1 thould cou.mit an tr. r.r, I hope the puUic wiiiiiavt , charily towards a man "can't .n-ll in tvnrd out of fivf. A a lha -r" . ' , ' ,7 .paction of the above hoes, be- have the "friend to truth filed the in their proper place, and implied then to the proper prion. It ay be thought that I am too se. vera on this man, and that I should have been more moderate. If telling he truth is seventy, ! am guilty , Ut ik I knaia s.I1 antf lkinflsUt lha it?. ilk s... a ..- v.-..7 .... -u., I am fully satisfied I have not. But I am open to conviction, and willing at any time to correct any error I may have fallen into, when convinced of it. I could go on to charge Maj. If. with a trreat many acta which would to devclope hit character, at to ut it beyond all doubt: such signing into a grand jury, and examining witnetses tu find a bill in favor of himttlfi such at refuting tn tign a deed fur a lo of land, in conformity to an act ol the As sembly, w hen he Wat auihorlied by Lw to do to. Yet thit man ht t' e impu. deuce to lay, all he doet it for the pub lic g-M.d. Yea, tir, thit old man, wh.ie head has grwn hoary in sin wbote face it furrow'd o'er in vcars of wickedness, would now sacrifice me oa the altar of hit vengince! I hit it tne man who would glory in the de struction ol mv family, by drtiroirir my reputation, the ir only support. 1 his is the man whose eyes would soarkle with iv to tee my children ia tatters, and me reduced to the neces sity of brgg.ng the crumbs thit I u from his ublr, to feed them. O ! Vir gil, could vou look from the land of spirits, would you not apply the ful km iiig line to thit man : ' Fleeter ti necjueosupcroa, Achcronta movebo.' Now, sir, 1 bid adieu to thia gen tleman forever. As to any fatare publication! I sTialtdrrni them unwot--thv of an answer. 1 now h ive to nk pardon of those gei tlemen whose names I have been compelled to intro duce in this publication, and hope my thus acting may not be construed into any thit. g unfriendly to the in. With respect, Mr. editor, I remain yours, JAMES BtVIXOS. Mft 2S. 1824. frith parties in this unfortunate eontrovcr.7 having now dismissed the subject "forever," a msy be permitted to say tluit, henceforward, a lull be cautious of laying ourselves uuJcr nr ( Miration to publish such acrimonioiu private quamla. They arc painful and mutcliievout enough, hcn confined to the neiglibourliood where they oriiinalft but whcS they aaia fcl- mission into the columns of t newspaper, they are unprofitable to the printer, and disgusting to the public. Km Ii party having had the priv ilege of rebutting his antagoiiinl's charge thro' oiir columns, we are now compelled, from res pert for, and duty to, the public, to refuse tha publication of any thing further on the subject, ia the shape of a communication. We are re quested to aay, that the letter H. in Major Hen . .... . , . dersoii's publieatuin, wu intended u tlie initial ... ., , ;, , fIk of Dr. II vinsrs last name andS.fortbatofDr. Simpson's. AN EXTRACT. Let every one be convinced of the - - o"" , reasonableness of early piety t it " i r . j iv o respect unnatural or hard, we , , . e . f , knnu; that vnnth an in.nl rnetrtlll- , - . .u.. ,j; Inrs . anri tt'r knnur lifcHWi Inst rrll- . L- TT . '. ,. , j 11 no tormv to this, since it tie 0 r .l 1 . : ....l nrivet no one of anv thmo that ts truly ... , , i f, I npsir.ihIpaSnt tinlv rantmiia and iCr ' V . . . pius inc practice 01 mai wnicu ia iirl;-Ul ..A k..-tf..1 1 uuivi.i muu imi nu.. ... ' As tn life, a virtuous man will nrr.K..KIv tiw Innirrr tKan one who is u.uij II. V ----- I A n '.nnnrant rtivrrslon IS - v ivivugw.im Mv 111.1vv.v11. - forbidden by, religion. Superstinon, indeed, quarrels with every thing ' vn-4"Sv ahmwKh wViatPVCr she J teaches men, Religion it a friend i I .V.,. In .,rnnr nnA mnltration. 1 . . - 7Vii.. r , n. China. i rccnirm ram) yyr mr' v...r I equal parts of glue, vvhue of egg, d I white lead.
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