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NORTH CAROLINA SENTINEL AND NEWBERN COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND LITERARY, INTELLIGENCER. il -I I- ill 1 t m atttrara atrt J(sccHatttous. ly From lAe ifcw American. SONG. ' , . pea. - 4 1 KNOW Til AT HE LOVES ME I knowithat he lores me I could not live on, Though loved by a thousand, if his love were gone, , But mj soul with the thought bounds In raptures no more, For alas ! though he lores me, 'tis not a of yore. '' iSa wonder the shadow oft steals , i When t think what be was, and see what he is now . , Thotheysayh is true as heartier was before, j I feel that he loves me-ah l not as of yore 1 Time was, when he watched every glance, every lone, ,f And made my emotions the guide of his own ; I ; Wten he look'd fond alarm if I heaved but gh, A4 his cheek lost its rose when a tear dimmed my eye J Dot' now, if I weep, he just asks, why so sad f And "says when I sorrow he cannot be glad; Ob! sojcalniiy he speaks of the gloom of my mind, jllis vokce never falters it only u kind. , i Vet I know that he ibves me L feel there is none iThat bt joves half so well, or could love, were I gone ; i iBut in solitude often niy tears will run o'er. ! To thi ak, tbo' he loves me, His not as of yore ! 1 1 i- " . r ' : Oh! whv does the rainbow so soon flpet away. And AfiVction's fresh beauty so quickly decay ! , Why must time from the spirit its summer'glow steal, i "Why, ag once we had felt, can we not ever feel ! Though lovely the fall of mild evening: may he, Oh! the light and the glory of morning forme f j 3 Twasl a vision of bliss, but its brightness is o'er, - And I ween that he loves me ah ! not as of yore? -":. ' - - . - ---' . DIASCA. j THE YOUNG WARRIORS. ; -Extract of a tetter from Michigan 4 Fori the substantial accuracy of the fbllow iug story I can truly vouch. "One of the par ties is (ntimatelv known to me.. The tragic crPnP. while it aflords a new development, of the individual sufferings and horrors incident to war. especially to border wars, discloses ! t raits of youthful courage and presence of mind r eminently worthy of pubHc record.. Towards the close ot ine late war witn Ureat Britain,! in 1813 or 1814, when the American arms had been so far victoriousas to alarm and intimidate the Indians on; these frontiers, they acceded to a proposition to meet American commissioners at Greenville, in Ohio, for: the purpose of making a treaty of peace and of ccs t sion and indemnities. The British authorities iiin dana'da, learning the intelligence of this con I femplated convention, became anxious to pre vent as jmany of the tribes disposed to attend it as possible from doing-so. For this purpose fihey detached a force of Canadian savages, com- manded by a trench ujtaaian oincer, wnose object was to intercept aj tribe of the American Indians, and overawe them from proceeding to Greenville.1 This schemj soon became known to the Jnilitary authorities of the United States on this frontier. They promptly adopted mea Hiiriqs to counteract "the project of the enemy. They selected a lad abjout sixteen years of age, tliefson of a respectaMe native Of this country, wliQ ha i enjoyed the confidence and good will of tfie Indians all is life The father having dipt!, tliev transferred tlie attachment to the 71 - V J . i . 1 spnJ, This boy armed himself with a tomahawk, scalmng-knife, musket and ammunition;. enga ged as! his companion a half-brced the ne phew of the Canadism commander tof the hos tile Indian force, somewhat older than himself, and proceeded from Detroit to visit the friendly Indians, andto induce them, "by his hereditary : influence, to proceed on their mission to Green ville, as well aso warn Ithem against the ime xlitated attempt of the ememy to intercept them. The t wo lads marched with celerity, amidst trying difficulties and dangers. They passed a Pottawatomie village, with the aboriginal in habitants of which the American lad was a great favourite. These Pottawatomies were aware of the povements of the Canadian Indians ; and after: the two lads had left their village in pur suit(bf'the business" on which they had been dispatched, they became apprehensive that their youthful favourite and his companion 'might he captured and massacred by the hos tile, force. . They, therefore, sent a number of their wjarriors after them, for the purpose of af fording them protection.; Before these gener ous' allies overtook them, the two boys had be un jto Across a river ina canoe. On the oppo site shore, they' descried a detachment of. the savage' enemy : But it was too late: They were prdereaby the Canadian ;commander of the de tachment to come on shore and surrender "themselves. Feigning submission, bur young jheroesj as they approached the enemy whose commander was advancing towards them alone, came to the determination to sell their -livps dearly and not to be taken alive, if captured at all. 1 hey formed the plan of walking up as near as possible, with safety, to the Canadian officer land of shooting him down on the spot, rery yiamr. tnmselt to the other to fire simtil- I' inn iq Ae iKaame near to him, the half- a discovered that thyt3flicer-was his uncle. 1 For a moment he faltered ; but rcinsDired bv the determined spirit and energy of the American lad, he marched learlessly up towards the com mander. Within a few steps of him. he de Inlander! an immediate surrender of themselves and their arms. 1 hey looked around them: They perceived that the hostile savage detach ment were stationed on the brow of akiH about fifty yards from them i They felt their perilous situation: but with undaunted firmness and des perate jresolution, they told the Canadian officer not to come any nearer to tnem. ii he did, they would certainly kill him. At first he lauffhed at them. He could not suppose it possible that two boys, neither of them.eigh teen years of age, would, in the face of a larp-s detachment of savage enemies, burning with resentment, and flushed with hope, dare to cxe cute their threat. Finding that they were in nowisej intimidated by the dangers which oil all ;vrMfe sjrtroundea" them, the Canadian comman der resorted to the bold expedient of moving towards his youthful adversaries throwing fTSF m,ing them 10 fire at him, f - i A' t .1 same tripmen Praising his sword to I rumuwii:ine vouni Am.:.. w t ,i 1 CTPfe" ar, of - sence of mind of tKo &"cn ws the pre- fearful circumc 4 g American in these leartul circumstances , uncertain whether the office j was certainly dead, that to render as!; surance donblesure," and to prevent ill sibiliti--of his calling out to his Sm? V PS" fire othem, he turned Uie butt end oIm ? ket, and with it broke, at one bW, thS nl" of thelenemy whom they had shot throueh thp heart At this instant, the friendlvPottfxvo.l jniea, providentially aDDeared on thn nnn,:t" j x. !-r.-f -e . . " foiie shore of tne nrer. erave a tremendous. vn , rnshf: across the stream with the rapidity of .jigniamg. . ine savage enemy, by this time apprized of the fate of their commander, and , Beemffi the rapid approach of the Pdttawato. fc inies. took to fMght; the brave lads were saved. proceeded on their journey amidst perils scarce ly f il At. - a! 1 i ? : less lmnmiem wian ine one mey naa jusvesca- ana enecieatne ODiectoi tneir trying aan- gerous nijssiun. i ne treaty oi ijrreenvine was signed and ratified; peace was restored with the Indian tribes; and the intrepid young Amer ican, left a pennyless orphan by the death of his parent and the 1 disastrous effects of the .war, lived to educate and bring up a large family of sisters, Dy nis own exertions, auu sum .v., prosperity ! and affluence, to enjoy the society of that famnv. rpsrftablv established in life, and to see the savage wilderness, where he was cradled and nurtured under tne upmieu u.nm hawk, in a state of high cultivation, and bios soming and bloomingjike the rose. i MAY YOU DIE AMONG YOUR KINDRED. BY GREENWOOD. It is a sad thing to away from our home, who is yearning after feel that we must die Tell not the invali his distant country that the atmosphere around him is soft ; that the gales are filled with balm and the flowers are springing from the green earth; he knows that the softest air to jhis heart would be the air which hangs over his native land ; that more grateful than all the gales' of the south, would breathe the low whiskers of anxious affection; that the very icicles clinging to his own eaves, and the snow beating against his own windows, would be far more pleasant to his eves, than the bloom and verdure which only more forci bly remind him5 how far he is from that one spot which is dearer to him than the world be side. He may indeed, find estimable friends, who will do all in their power to promote his comfort and assuage his pains; but they cannot supply the. place of the long known and the long loved ; they cannot read, as in a book, the mute language of his face; they have not learn ed to wait upon his habits, and anticipate his wants, and he has not learned to communicate, without hesitation, all his wishes, impressions, and thoughts, to them. He feels that he is a stranger, and a more desolate feeling than that could not visit his soul. How much is expres sed by that form or oriontal benediction, May you die among your kindred. Nativj: Silkworms. By a letter from Ja lappa, to the Board of directors of National Industry Mexico, we learn that the quantity of wild Silk produced by the immense forests of that state is . truly astonishing. The worms which produce it, are fed on the leaves of the guaybo, an evergreen with small leaves, or on those of Oak; but the finest Silk is that of worms which feed on the former. These worms are said to be those which a Chinese author describes by the name of Tiisen Kyen or Tyan Kyen, which are raised in that country, and with this Silk they make the stuffs whieh they call Kyen Cheu. It is a hand some drugget, and so much esteemed that some times it sells as high as the first tissues of China. j The natives! of this State gather the Silk in the month of March ; they take off the large bags with which the; cocoons are covered, leav ing them exposed tip the air during four days, after separating frpm the tree the branches which contain them, in order to free them from imperceptible thorns, left there by the skin of the silk worms ; and after cleaning thcni they spin the silk and make the girdles therewith, of the finest sample which last fifteen or twen ty years in daily use; the strength of these girdles is such, that one having been tied to the horns of a wild bull, resisted his efforts more than twenty lour nours, whicn was thought a sufficient trial. They make here no other use of this beauti ful Silk and no pains have yet been taken to bleach it before or after it is manufactured. This Silk! is gathered in this state by the Mex eta Indians, who come down in the month above mentioned and also cut off the honev comb from the wild bee hives, and collect in abundance the honey and wax which they pro duced, f In the vicinity of Jalappa, the trees begin to be covered I withf that valuable silk, and in the districts of Cosamalspan, Alvarado, and Acoyucan, and in short in all the finest forests of Mexico, in which are found the trees abpve mentioned, it is produced in great abundance. The worms have for their enemies, certain birds of the size of a tame pigeon, of a grey color, known by the name of Pepe, because its whistling intimates the sound of the word ; they seat themselves on the branches where the bags are hanging, peck at and pierce them, and devour the useful little insects. These worms begin their work at nine o'clock at night then they come out of their pags andbegin to feed in their passage they draw long silk! threads, which serve them as guides to return' to their cocoons; thus they mate to themselves silken cords or bridges, the threads of which are of an extraordinary strength. Hilling Corn. A p-entleman in TVfassftrhii setts ha? ascertained by experiment, that the common practice of hilling corn is rather an injury than a benefit to its vigorous growth. By comparing a field of com which was simply nucu tmcc uujcs, anu which obtained the pre mium at the meeting of the Salem Agricultural Society, he was fully satisfied that no advan tage could be gained by killing. He is of opinion that corn growing on a flat surface, when the weeds are destroyed and the ground keDt loose. is not so apt to suffer by drought, or to have its roots impeded in their search after proper nour ishment as when tie earth is heaped up round the stalk. He thinks the plan is worth a trial by our farmers as Jin the event of its practica bility, much labor would be saved. , y ! Albany Intel. Remedy for the Lockjaw. We are informed by a friend that a sure preventive against this terrible disease is, to take some strong soap, and mix it with a sufficient quantity of pulverized chalk, so -as to make it of the consistence cf buck wheat batter put at into a cloth or small bag and apply it to, the wound keep the chalk moistened with . a fresh supply of soap un til the wound begins to discharge, and; the patient receives relief. Our friend stated to ms and implicU; confidence may be placed in what e says, that he has known several cases where remedy has! been snccesfully applied. So simple and valuable a remedy, within the reach of every Derjjnn J . , . . - j iooe universally Known. Boston Transcript TO THE PUBLIC. As I intend to do no more than protect my good name aeaioet the vulgar attack of William L Fowler, and do not mean to condescena 10 enter nio a warfare t wot as witn him, a plain statement to the public shall be my reply to the publication against me in the last week's " Star," and which has also been published in the " Carolina Senti nel," while 1 reserve to myself the right of punishing him another way. l 1 In December, 1829. William L. Fowler purchased of, me a negro (nan named Sam; and though he was sold and conveyed by a bill of sale of that date, it was stipula ted in writing that I was not to deliver the negro before the 10'h January 1830. Fnwler has the writing, Rnd if he would produce it, there' will then be no doubt whether. immaterial which. The reason for which I wished the pur- . . . , ... j il . r .i I cnase Keni secrei ann aeiayea ine aeiivrry oi mr ncgn-, was stated at the time of the bargain: Sara was a black- smith, whom 1 had allowed to work in 1829. and collect the proceeds of his Jabor, and pay me only 1 20 for I he year; he had een engagea in mamng uie coueuium i. oi'i noi Know who were urnicis mm ucuiuis iv uiiwi, and if 1 sold him off before he settled 1 should be loser; and the result has shown that I counted rightly, as the attempt to seize him bh the 1st of January caused ,me f., & 1 151 whirh hp had colltctta. and was to nay me tin ihnt rlaii. Wv man Sara left mv service on the 1st of Jnmmrti. in conseauence of Hindes havtffff attempted to I ic nun ma u jiw-.j , - - , l. u . ... ; I, 9 iiciniii- anr n nnt npii n mv Her-I l . . . . : I . vice, possession or control since that day t owler deniea inai ne ever ttuuiuiuru '? . i 1 1, . n rl Minrfm in atomrtinaboinm l tharnr ineicipd I should rescind the bargain or comply with it by delivering up the negro, whom it j.iu - . - o .1 i allowed it by some of the concern tor U.ldersieeve.- . , l i j it:j J. - L .,n,t o I. urilh ... - . . I ram wn mnc irai,it tiihtr of them. To this, Fowler I II e UIIICI III II Kiw linuniji uiui "vn -w has heretofore replied that he had nothing to ao wim - e o . , ... Hindes, and never authorized him to act as he did. Some time after this, Fowler sued me to Craven Supe rinr r!nm t for !h rpfoverv of the nrice he had paid ine for the negro, lhis suit is. evidence enough to prove - - --- ------- . i l hat he oid not consider nnnseit at mat time owner oi mc . ... .i ... . . : . . i neero: for it can hardly be believed that hp thought, or was advised bv his lawyer that he might recover back the money and keep the regro likewise. '- The suit itself, . - ; ...... tiiereiore, proves, i was ntin m my nrsi buieiuciii. uu i it does not rest here : He gave me up. the Bill of Sale to k ,.iu anri i Aici rnrpi ii in his nreun-e and with his consent. True, his certificate friend GxldersletreA I - I thouarli he does not venture positively to say so, leaves u to be inferred that Fowler only tent me this Bill of Sale to get the negro in tor him. 1 his l deny uauy ,ana no reasonable man win oeueve it. r pwier now 8a8 uii u discovered on tne nrsi oi jnnuary mov, umi i u.uCU him to did no intena , ,o anre P "fgro iw u ll nnnpii inai wim insc suspicions u m " " " " " - j willing to trust me with my own- deed that had never been proved and recorded ? and this too without any disrino agreement on my part to return it. The thing" is too pfain. The Bill of Sale was cancelled, and given up to me, and I never could guess the "full design of it, until I came to consult with professional men about the suit he was prosecuting on the bond, and the suit I was carrying on for running off my negro. Then I found out that it might be very useful to Fowler, who had sun off the ne- gro I had already given him title for, and yet as suing me for the money back again, to deprive me of the power to show this, except bv mv own cancelled deed: and.the production of. it in that state would leave the juiy to infer that the bargain had been rescinded. He vas better ad vised before hand than I was, and so I agreed to it. Af ter this, I considered the negro mine; and I know I was liable to pay Fowler" back bis money; but I thought 1 ought to have out! of it the 1 13 which I liad been da maged. The truth is, that Fowler wanted to cet clear of his .bargain, and preferred the money; nnd, on 6;h Fe bruary, 1831, he wrote me a letter from which the follow ing 13 a true extract: "lam willing loltake negroes, good notes or cash. J can't take Sam " Now, this looks very much like contradicting his friend Gildersleeve. But here follows another extract from tlve same letter: ' We had better settle it nrivatelv ; previous to this, I was trying1 to settle to please Gildersleeve." And I think this looks very little like confirmation to tlie tale that Gilder' sleeve was made a witness of the deed being given up to me: For, ranrk you; now these worthy traders design to create the impression thai wanted this Bill of Snle given up without a witness. But no ; this Mr Fowler is too cunning for that He takes care to have a witness ; and, by Ins own letter, who is it he selects? The very man fofc whom he acted, and whom he was then bound to please. Who has credulity enough to believe a man who affirms that be surrendered up the evidence of his riglit for property to one who he suspected meant to cheat, him, and therefore lie, took care to call a witness; and though : . . i . i r. u. L i he selected as a witness the very person who was nte - . , . J .1 rested? John Gitdersleeve had more 'sense WilBara Fowler to. All these thins-i ar. an after thoueht. which I can explain, I think. o ' o ' Again, in July, 183U, tins same Mr. jotin unaersieeve wrote me a letter, from which I make the following ex- tract, ana wnicn, wnen reaa, must create a regret in tne minds ot some people that uod nni not bless every man with a strong memory:, ir. i owier wisnes notnine from you but what is right asto the fellow, (meaning only looks to you for the payment of the borM you gave him, and did hold back the writ in hopes that you would nav it without a lawsuit." And he concludes. "1 shall come to Raleigh myself in tlie course of 4 or 5 weeks; I will settle the thing with you. j Let me bear from you." f 1 i 1 1 1 ll iv i iio i c k i a y-' jvvi ifi -"iimvi oi, tv j omit iurui and it will be no great effort to rid myself of any effect that is to follow Hindes'. As .to what the! bond states, it would have been more satisfactory to publish it. I rely more" on its correctness than any man's memory. In what manner I avoided a compliance witi the bargain, heioes not condescend to state. His impertinent inter ference with my property alone prevented1 my delivering the negro according to contract. I have 6iued hra for tt, and this mav account for his readiness to certify, find Fowler admitted heretofore, as fully as he now does, that this act was authorised by him, I should; have honored him ra bo camo fimP in tt CimiluP wtkmr Knt inonoot kio lawyer had advised him it would not do while At suit on the bond insisted; but now that he finds if his interest to claim the negro and not the money, the thing has changed. Imprudent liabilities which I had incurred for others, as a surety, involved me in debt; and though I iave long Strug gled to recover from the embarrassment which it iias crea ted iu my pecuniary affairs, I have nol succeeded as yet in relieving my estate from a large debt whicbj I honestly owe, and for which my friends are bound as mv endorsers. For their indemnity, a deed of trust has been executed by me, which conveys the greater part of what I own. If was this which changed the views of Mr). Fowler. So long as he saw an immediate prospect of recovering the lo yu w"hout tale it is my wish to settle the thing wiih money which was due upon the rescinding iol pur bargain, out a ,aw sutet, I have no ther negrows that I wish to he pressed for it, concealed his agency iii running off Parf w',n ar present, and I am as usual hard run for mo the negTo as well as he could, and actually gave, up the ney having mlarged my mail and stage Contracts for th Bill of Sale, and consented it should be cancelled, and it next fu" years. I whoDe to be able to naw von hofr. ; was caoceiled in his presence; but no sooner was he ap- prised of mv embarrassments, than he set up a claim to 7, rnvi iicioicu uii nib ng44i w mm unaer a Din oi oale ; o.v, anrfSt ,n ni9 puuucation, that he has discontinued his suit on he bond, (which I did not know before I aw it published, ano. oW have only his word for it.) I did not i u- t , V Ine ,oss 1 Hd sustained by his beuig ruu off: and, so far a. i am . WAIll.i t a If a him n . .1 r nl.n ... , . . r..T.....,p. w.. Mi, snouia go to Him. Drov ded h will ikrs now consent to it, with the understand that he'tak s him as he runs ; and, upon his paying me is, damaee I have sustained bv thin imnrnnpr intrroP.. e Pying me IK damatrs. j i i .....vitin.c vviiti mv property, 1 will now seal and deliver a new Bill of SaiW for Sam, and so I bave heretofore offered to do, I did not mean to act unfairly; but I do not intend quietly to submit to imposition. When I saw an advertisement of Fowler's in the papers, by which he offered a reward for Sam, and I knew too he had offered to sell him. and vet ray fair claims to compensation for the damage I had sot tained in having him run off were replied to in most in sulting terms, I felt it was a duty, at least a privilege to let the public know how the title of the negro really was. As to the charge of my having harboured the oegro Sam, it is a base libel, and but the spiteful scandal of un principled malice. And the charge that 1 have fraudu lently conveyed away arty part of my property, is equally base and false.. Were these charges made by one who was worthy of such notice, I would afford i him the oppor tunity to prove them ; and contemptible a he is, I may yet determine to furnish this chance to the gentleman who publishes such, libels. This Mr. Fowier may resi assured: that there is .nothing but his insignificance to protect hira aod if he ever gets in my way, I will very probably con vmce him how faithful I will be in the keeping of my last promise to him. 1 hope the public will excuse me ..for the trouble I im pose on them, by noticing a controversy with a base and .4- " .- . . ... iu..u. : :u iu Mru 7r l unprincipled iweiter. i umujm h iHijunre unp i k r-?k. eQ.;afart.nn or Site who a., not know me, and are ignorant of my as.il- injc " " ? iL. ant fnr tear his Rpnearancr orwre mem iu iuc im n ?he;of another man's Uozus.. might pas. off hi. pro- fr mnrP tho it merits t .w will doubt tn correctness of my eitract, as referred to in the notice. If any one shall dare to queftion them, the letters stall be deposited with the Editors of the " Star." whoU certify of their trnth MERITT BILLIARD. Septembers, 1831; ; TO THE PUBLIC. -ivr trnntinrr m vaclf before you a few weeks ago, M t aa it hAnap. 1 had been first wronged, and -- "' -rr . .. rru r... then assailed in a public nevvpapr. n-V.Ir.V. ware thpn R1inmittea.x I nODefl ' m a puDUC nBwFc.. which were then submitted; fi nopea aim uc ..v , , , r . i . i would have been quue eiiougu w t v AM.,h nnt on pnn to Tnici i obtrudincr myself upon your notice Mr. Dmmrd, matter, and Have preciuaea an 1U , appears, however, not yet. sausMu. tc . o ied 'omv statement ina long piece of something, I know not by what name to can 11, 111 uie rvaicigii Star of the 8th instant, to a lew 01 trie aueSauvn contained in which a very brief notice win, pernaps which a very brie notice w iu ?.peru . He denies entirely that the negro been delivered before -the 10th January, 3 insert the bond itself. wn, that I, MERITT DlLLlARD, of the be necessary was to have been nnr T I -v-' - - - - . -i i rs. l iii'tm Be it known, that 1, MERITT UILLIAKU, ui mo i i,ouniv Ol VVaKti, illiu oiaiic vu j.uihj vt .nir- .. l rt si ixi e r it arnnnn il H VP I iu - ku nr n.v.ai- l QOQ Kofjrainpd nnn sold I WILLIAM L. FoWLER, one certain Negro Man I nits ijLii mv ji uctcuiuti. uu.i t;'"" named am, commonly canea isam joss,d uwm . .a 11 1 fN T Innlr I ;.u I . i ,-l rt Savon H II Till mil Mill " " "i lu v. u rrP I weilLV-r-lVc JJUllfcllb vvillVii Bum i i .1 V.n.nr I n nlmnnr arl rra o nrl (hp CSk It I II P.. m - ol am to deliver to him, the saidf owier, on or Deiore - --- . i i r r , ' , i ii xi :j the lUtn January next; ana snouiu me baiu licgm Sam fe or runaway, betore 1 deliver him to to saia Fowler, it shall be my loss, and I Will pay him bacK thp full amniinf. of nnrehase with interest. As Wlt- r : . . . -r negg mv hand and seal, this Ottl UecemDer, lOy MERITT DILLIARD, (Seal.) Test. Wm. R. Hinton. Rv this it will beseen that the negro was to have been delivered on, or before, the 10th. " 1 his, with -- - . , i the positive understanding which was made in the nresence ol the bhentt ol Wake, was quite enouen, L . . . . 1 -i- I' I thought, to justily me in endeavouring tOtaKe mm. i tnink so still. The next matter which it is necessary to notice, is an alegetj extract from a letter whlCh he says 1 wrote t him Qn the 6th February, in which he makes me , u T .i,0 , - thJc T havP. tn re - . Qf date was written by Mr. . r .-i i f j . . . . j 4.u Granberry, of this place, from my dictation, and that I entirely disbelieve that such an expression is m the letter, if however, there really be such words, they were not written according to my instruction, or the meaning whieh I wished to convey by them was, that I founft .imnossihleto o-e.t nossession of him. not that I did f h f have him. On this rxrint I ffive the cer- ;floQ. T . , 4. ... V . . n , . . , , , . "e7 "Tr V A rt-iv A the Raleigh Star of the 8th inst. by Mentt Dilliard from Mr.. Fowler to him, was written by me at hu3 dictation. That I entirely disbelieve that such a re mark was in the letter, and that if it be so written, it was not, either what I understood from Mr. Fowler, or what I intended to write. JOHN G. GRANBERRY. In relation to his extract from Mr. Gildersleeve's letter, that gentleman says that "the extract given is a jumbled one, " that Dilliard should publish the whole of his letter.1 Will he do this? In reply to his denial of having harboured Sam, I have only to say to him, " sue", and I will prove the assertion. As to the manner! in which the Bill of Sale was Obtained, and for what purposes, Vlr. Gildersleeve's certificate, already published is conclusive ; the repu tation of Dilliard bejhg notoriously villanous, while that of Mr. Gildersleeve is, and has always been spot less ana above suspicion. The last accusation is almost too puerile to deserve notice. He accuses me of appearing before the pub- ne in "tne nne leathers ot another man's language." As a specimen of the purity of his own diction, cor rect spelling, uncommon fineness of feelings, and, above all, of his honest intentions, I have inserted two of his letters below. After ha viricr had S 725 of "W - j 1 . .wwo mv mrTlpr in hann nnroarna c nmoman mnnthc. tt,lW51 1 . ,1UC wiuuuieu uie negro, mat was lawiuiiy mine alter having with the deli It . f t s i ' Derate intention ol delrauding me got possession of me Din oi oaie, ana alter navinp conveyed away his property, to write me that because I attempted to get the negro, "he would lollow me within a inch of hell:" that I should never have him unless T stolp. hi, him. and that itiwasin his power to make " me lose the nc thJ money, as his concerns were in such a ay that was as he pleased whether I got any tmn, or not ; 1 a,ler al1 thls baseness, can there be found a man, so meek and even tempered, that he would hesitate to expose his villany, and attempt to rescue his own reputation from the malevolent assault ot ,uch a .wretch? Forced into this controversy against my inclination, I am resolved not to abandon it, should lurther occasion arise to vindicate my cha racter. i WM. L. FOWLER. I (No. i.) : 1 Raleigh feb 13th 1831 Mr, William L Fowler, Dear, sir, after my respects to you, I hear inform you that I received your letter a fewe days ago and have duley observed what you state in your to vo,' or i,df rs,aTe' tho y te that Gildersleave has ciIMTCHii5-ine negrow or tne money which I owe noimnK ao wiin it that you hve the hole Cantroll of ... yuu T(. Ine noie anlro Cf bisness, respecting the Sale of my man Sam to you ih I am gld to hear that you have the Controll of it I IHR whic you siaic himi yr,u win do any way to have the bisnegs settled, reather then go to law about it, I ashore you teat I will do any (hing that ties in myower to settle it with out a law sine, and I have allways been willing to deTrver you the negro provided I could have done so, but you well know that you ware the hole Caus of putin? it out of my power lo deliver this negro which I am veary f or reythat it so f hoppened, if you had not set this fellow Hines on the negryou woul. have had him long sense, he is still in the woles, I have been and am still in hopes that I shall get holt of him and if I do I will Hlir him is eary long. Eather by the delivery of the negro or with the money", I shall be in newbern as soon as I return from I aa,,,l,&Ion yt I r-xpect Washington, and when I Cum down 1 will do myself the pleasher to Cajll ajid see you, I tharefore pray you not to. to start in nrpvn Hivd f- Irss me guie against me, provided it is on the docket, nor to sue me I ashore you again that I wish to settle the thing with out any more Kxnence bare in mind that it ; a hard Case on me, I havr lost one years work of this Wow, or the Intrust of the purches qence of his bein run off. bv vour ajrnt M;nA. j pernaps I mayr loos him intirley , for J have not herd of him in a long time, beleave m- when I tell you that I WU Eather pay you as soon as I posible Can or if I Can get holt 0f this fellow, I will deliver him to you I would reather dekvert you the negro then to pay you the moev, Tt U I i" MrV ,0 et no,tof him of these days, if you should Cum op this way be shore and Call and see me, further respecting of the bine, aro y6Dr veary respectfully MERITT DILLIARD (No. II.) e f S ALEIGH July 18th 1831 Sir, I Receved on this morning a most abuaefull letter from you, Concerning the negro Sam, you T.t be a raske II to wngbt such a letter to me, it is more ,hen dare to say to my face, it i, a fact well known hear 2 yu are a grand Scoundel and that you Dt r hear, I only say tt you are onw0rZey of l lot'ce this is a fact wrll knowo hear, I am tharefore a. ' posed to Fnt,r in to any Conntion Jj? you TstV hear 0w Exspresley that the Contract for Samwa. re smded, when I was at newbern, and that lnTu 1.1 P iilm lo 'nl'redel with him, if you bad vZPd h WihIht Co1 that! made with yL, Tu would hare baj the negro long since, and I should have got the years hier out of him which he owed me wfeen I wai about to sell him to vou. but air vnn i; . .. - j " mean thi and other things, that first, vou war . Taq Pon that we had traded, ,t waB to be k.P0 o, and vou did not Cotnnlv with thio rrt e .L ,c,Te, j ... 7 ; '"" me Uarvat, you Set th.s mau times on the negro 1o (ake u lht.l?ffore wai 10 dr1,v.er h,m to ou did nft?n","d tellHines tnat you nad purchesed Sam nt onL. K. n ' others which I am prepared to prove, and I inj told vnn for tlif Hsmaopa I hnvi lltllin4 r I ---t, - v iu jnspnn- vour runnms inv negro tnor tyausin? it tn i i uncf of a !)al 1 JA aI al rlamAtVAa ina a. l W - " ' " . o - - c unn 02 I lliintr I am inlitlafl tn atArt aavoak-m f ...111 i w ivicru ll v nut puvii uiut a vui ui I II IK tftll ti - vvr rtjn. ground on which you stand before I am donf itj, ' til? iir t t nag iinvmg iiiucnicu jOU Of) entle mony, I have not been able id refu mone w lucli you let me nave, owing to triy b a yet, I 1 resended th. 7;:? 0n' vaij v. j tvt.ii sv rr j 1 uavc tiUUC all Uoillrl A tha , was willil tolet you have Sara nr.:v. raCt ntrac . .r . . t , . ... i von t ........6 j n.c get nou oi mm, tut tnat would be a after baran f Coul,. ,nen nienaea 10 nave my years nier out of Hine. in' 1 Sam, dinie haveing Cansled the bargan, but, sir V.Cf ..,,..u ""-s "j irsjieciauie genilem. - both who was present, and who you have acknoleWj ! ,, scre pub tac as soon as ou please, if you think propper I Rm u to be found amonge those who has known n.o ea? Cradl , am rea, to meet - IZT.V fjare;f youle,ters ndl will sno? you 1 .? r nol ! Hm raskel that you aHf Br wheather or not, I hnve been in the habbet of liarbe negrows as you say you Can pronve I put you to th V" - . n uarie negrows as you say you tan pronve I put you to the mil n n rit trnirv iviiu Minnrmr ... .... j' vun ucieen now khA - tober. and then I see wheather or not vn 1. v - . . j j iiiaKP oer, ana men 1 see wneuiner or not, words true, as to whipping me or shooting me as vn' inTPIPII II Villi lillin HUd mAUO antr DMa .. - inreten, n you um ana make ny attemnt it wo.,U 7 weii for you to do it afectualy. I shall not Consend t0 termedel with you my self, hut do not he mnri,..i ',"1 make my negrows hold you until I give you a Cowhide so that you have two Choicess to take, on .IT' lenth against me in any way you think propper aniM will be found to be ready to m?et you. or if Vou n'rp a- posed to do what is right, and honebrell am preoarpH meet you, in that way, so I wish you hear Exsnreslpv understand ra- that I aske you no odds-, in no way what Ever, 1 forwarn you and ail other persons in voor nm- ot lafermedehrig wnh my negro man Sam, in anVWav whotever, without it is to bring him to me, he is my pr0a perty and, you shall never have him without y.,u gte him ajid tlien 1 would follow you within a inch of hell but I would have him I am deturmed not to be drivin jnlo me-ishers, 1 -will loos ray life first, 1 have understood tW you should say tSet I wag broke and that without vnn Could hold on to the negro you would loos your m0nW aoa i nave no uouot out that has prompt vou to havpth- inshorence to Claim my negro which you well know that he is not your propperty nor never was. without "'"vereu nim to you, which you puttout of mv power Hn. nav me thp hunHi-arl ami iiir. .. i.- to , -j-- mem; uui.ai a, W men Dave k.hi in consequence oi your being 1 he Caus of running him off and which money he owed me for his years hier previous to our bargan, and dismiss the stite.'von h. again me, nnd pay all Cost, say nothing about the imr,.;. on the money I will I009 the Inst tim n.l Hum;., .l sute hear which I have against him for running off Sam and he or you pay all Costs on that, so that 1 shou'd be placed on the same looting that I should have been in o i the 10th of January at which time I was to deliver th ' negro, and shoud have got my $110 for his years hier,' ' I will then giveyou a good title to him, and you may do the best you Can with him or get your money when you Can it is in my power lo make you loose the hole of the money my Concorns is in such a way that it is as I please wheather you get any thing or not, but I am onwill ng to do this with out I am dri vent to it, if I am . shall be bound to do the best I Can, I havR had the money and am and has ailways been willing to do all 1 Could do to deliver tne negro, or to replace the moiiey, it is your self and ot) other person that has be. n the Caus of this hisnegg not being settled before now, it is a lie if any man says that 1 said that I had settled the bisness with you any other way then Cansleing the bargan. I aain.repeit that the bargan was completely recanted, and that you offered to take other negroes from me for l he money, and was to have Come up and to have seen my negros, and aluo on? which I had solde to Smith and which I had the ofler o:-, to let you have him, but you never Came up and it Could not be Exspected for me to bring1 my negros lo newbern for you to see. and the one which I was about to gel of; . Smith, I shall not say any thing more on this subject I have said mutch more then I intended to have said when I set down to wright, I leave the "thing to you to purgue the Cose you may think propper, I shall be able to pnv you and all others, provided I have time but If I nm. presid in this onfare way, my negro kept out by your saying that he is yours &c, leaving me without his labour to help me to get along, you shall loos your money, pro vided you Continue to act so onfare, let me hear from you if you think propper, if I do not Ihall go on lo Ex ecute my present intentions towards you I hold you re sponsible for what you have said and writen to me, fear me not, for I fear you not, MERITT DILM4RD. CARD. IN THE Raleigh Star of the 8th insst., I perceive an imputation cast on the truth of a certificate which I some time ago gave to Mr. William L. Fow ler, respecting a transaction between him and Mr. Mentt Dilliard of Raleigh, of which I was a witness. ' To repel Mr. Dilliard's unfair insinuations, and to set the matter at rest, as far as I am concerned, I shall briefly state the circumstances of the case as thev- occurred. Mr. Fowler had purchased a negro-slave from Mr.5 Dilliard, for whom he paid him $ 725. Owing to oc- A?rr?JCe-S which are not satisfactorily explained by Mr. Dilliard, a misunderstanding arose between hgn and Mr. Fowler, respecting the non-delivery of the slave, according to contract. In the mean time the ne gro had run away. Some time afterward Mr. Dilliard came to Newbern, and believing that I was concerned m the business, he entered into conversation with me on the subject, and among other observations he re marked, that if he had the Bill of Sale which he had given to Mr. Fowler, to show to the friends of the ne- , gro, he had no doubt that he would return home, and he (Mr. D.) would be thereby enabled to deliver him to the purchaser. I observed in reply, that he could , create such a belief in his neighbourhood as well with out the Bill of Sale as with it. He persisted, however, in saying that he would not be believed unless he could show it. I replied then, that under this view ol the case I supposed Mr. Fowler would let him have wards on the same day, in my presence, Mr. Fowler did deliver the Bill of Sale to Mr. Dilliard: not cancelled, as he says, but solely for the avowed purpose of decoying the negro, so that he might be delivered according to contract. I here was nothing said, as far as I recollect, about returning the Bill of Sale; for it could scarcely be presumed that a, person who appeared so anxious to luinl-nis contract could have any sinister motive in view $ and besides, Mr. Fowler held a bond of Mr. Dilliard's for,, the fulfilment of the bargain, whicS .-he looked upon as ample security ; and even if he had suspected that Mr. Dilliard's motives were different - Irorn his professions, it is very probable that he would still have trusted him with th4 Bill of Sale, believing that this bond offered sufficient indemnification, should Mr. Dilliard decline a compliance with his agreement. The tenor of all Mr. Dilliard's unwarrantable al lusions to me, in his controversy with Mr? Fowler, riSi181011 to press the public mind with a belief that I am interested in the purchase of the shave and that all I say on the subject should therefore SSvfSj" rng He aTB extremely anxiouB to exempt me from all claims to honour and respecta bility. Had such insinuations come from a different source, I might have thought it necessary to take some notice of them ; but as it is, I am perfectly wih ling to let them pass with impunity. The name pt their author is more than sufficient to neutralize the eflects which he intends to produce. For the satisfaction, of those who have read Mr Dilliard's accusation, I will state, that I have no in terest whatever in the negro in question. Mr. Fowler has frequently acted as my agent, but generally with out specific instructions regarding the purchases which he should make, or the persons with whom he should deal. He is held responsible for all moneys that be receives from me ; and until he returns them, or what I may be willing to receive as their, value, he stands indebted to me lor the full amount. The transaction between him and Mr. Dilliard was no exception V this course. Sept. Uth 1831. Hi"! i;:" . . , -'A r", " : i ' ;v.-' '- iOJagfGILDEflSLEEVfc !
Newbern Sentinel (New Bern, N.C.)
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