NORTH CAROLINA SENTINEL AND NEWBERN COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCER.
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BOAT SONG,
I Band to your oars ! for tbe clouds of the night
Are hastily mustering!! wrath; -
And the moon is withdrawing her wan dreary iiffnt,
To wrap in deep darkness our path.
Stretch on your oars ! The far rua of the sea
Comes hollow and hoarse on my ear, .
And the wild bird's lone scream, and this deep hush can be
. But the sign that tbe tempest is near.
Rise on your oars ! for the scowl of the sky
More gloomily gathers around,
And deeper and drearer the breezes sweep by,
And tbe wares start awake at the sound.
Strain oii your oars! for the wild waters fling
bur fraii bark like a weed on their spray
Tbey wantonly whirl her, as she were a thing
Y
prxsat could nana me ruae shock oi their play.
hest on yeur oars! for the peril is gone .'.
Now the storms on the ocean may roam ;
For the haven is won, and the loved ones they ran
To welcome the wanderers home.
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL IN PAJtlS.
Mr.Galliois, jr. professor'of Mathematics, aged ,20
. was accused, on Wednesday last, and brought be
fore the Court of 'Assizes, for having uttered lan
guage at public tneeting, tending to provoke an at
tempt againat the person and life of the King. The
; charge originated (out of a banquet given on the 9th
.of May, to celebrate the acquittal of the republicans
,wuu vvcru orougnif to trial on tne cnarge oi auempi
ling to overthrow the government of July.
j The President put the following among other ques
tions jto the prisoner " '
; ! Q,. j At jthe meeting, of which you formed oney did
you not yourself drawing a knife or poignard,' pro
pose, as a toast, " To Louis Philip?" A. The fol
lowing is the fact ; Having, a knife in my hand, I
rose and said," To Louis Philip, if he betrays us!!! "
arid I was answered with hisses, the last words not
being heard. I .' t I '
: Q,. No person then heardihese last words.A. No,
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unless n was uiose lmmeaiateivraround mp on ar.
count of the hisses' of tbe assembly, which came, forth
at the first part of the sentence, under the impression
that 1 meant sirrfply the health of the King. ; J -
Cfcj You therefore conceive that any toast to the
neaun oi uie rung was proscribed by the party? A.
Certainly. ,1 , J
Q,. Your intention ihen was to denounce the King
to the. poignards of tffifpeople in case he should betray
uumi ii. i tss, oir .,
U Was this an indication that your opinion was
that the King merited assassination ; or was it your
luiuiiuou excire ine ' party to such an attempt ?
urnasmy wisnioexciie sucn an attempt m
case JLoijis Philip should prove to be a traitor i. e.
cas
le snouiq act illegally m order to oppress the
, people.
cplairi ylourself more fully ? A. I mean to
say that
the measures of the government were such
d to some annrehenskms that Louis Philin
,isto lead
might soine dayprove himselfa traitor.
i Q. The proceedings of the government, in your
opinion, are sucn as to lead you to apprehend that
the King may sjmc day betray the Nation ? A. I
j; do not say positively that the King will be a traitor;
but one may be allowed to conceive so. Sufficient
'guarantees havej not yet been given to preclude such
, an apprehension. . f
Q.1 You suppose then that there is in the, mind
and intention of the King a premeditated breach of
r faith ? A. Yes; Sir.
f ; f Q,. -Doyou fully understand the question and do
you mean by your answer to accuse the King ofmed-
t itating a breachl of faith. ? A. I have badly expres
sed my meaning by simply answering yes; I mean
to say, that all tjieacts of the King, without positively
-indicating bad faith, are at least calculated to create
I doubts of his good faith; as for example, his long pre-
pared accession to the throne. ;
! This examination would have been continued, but
for phe intervention of the prisoner's Counsel, who
;put it to the Court whether it was prudent to enter in
o the curious details of facts which precededthe ac
cession of the King.
' The Advocate General thought it was not prudent,
and the examination was interrupted.
The jury acquitted the prisoner.
i The Abboi, of Cligrii was one of the richest
prelates m all Christendom. In the time of
rope Boniface the eighth, he went to Rome,
where ease nd good living soon did their
work, and he became at confirmed dyspeptic,
oij, in the wbrds of Boccaccio, spoiled his sto
in ich. The physicians recommended him to
go to Siena,- for the purpose of trying the wa
Ter which they pronouncedaninfallible.reme
dy in his case. He obtained leave from the
f operand set out with great pomp and a nume
rous train for Siena. ! .
' At this time, there dwelt in Radico faniwon
the way to Siena, one Ghino di Tacco, a chief,
wno naa rebelJed against the church of Rome
arid had made himself famous for his courage
aim ins roooenes. i ne bandit spread his nets
iuuiv iuu auuuuuu an nis tram prisoners, and
j conveyed them to his castle. Having learned
the. cause of the Abbot's iournev. hp shut
up in a room by himself, where he kept him all
: night; and the next morning brought him two
snces -u - toasiea oreaa and a pitcher of sour
weaK wine oi ine country. The Abbot was
nungry, anu aie ms nreaklast with anappetite.
"""5 f-uw ui me aay, ne was madi
to fast, and the next morning his host brouffh
mm the same allowanrp nfKr0a ;j P
, r - mi' 1 11U wine as
ntorp. I his reenmon uric .nnil.j
n up vuiiuuuKU Iftrcoirc
; ,; ;. ral days, until his entertainer discovered that
me nuuui nau caieii some anea beans which
iiau uecu "ugianuieriintneroombystealth
He then asked him about the state of hi tm
ach,fc had the satisfaction to find him comnletely
' cured, and ready to return to Rome the mo
ment he could obtain his liberty, without pro-
vccuiug w mc uomsuioicua. unino di 1 aero
; wno unm men naa not revealed himself, mad
j a splended banquet to which he inivited the
i Abbot and all his train, made himself known
ji as tne physician to .whose prescriptions he
l owed the cure of his dyspepsia, and declared
1 that he left it to the generosity of his patient to
i e r.e amount oi ttie ieeto whiclrhe was
T"": fe Abbot, in his gratitude, aban
wealth t Physician the greater part of
eha, and bn1 h ' "ini 10
the Pon. Jllsi r.etum- to Rome, solicited
"hose" pSc'S 5 H ' Ghin di
and who ' had Td b?en so successful,
weaavpd i. ..i
magnanimityallegin;V" 1 m
man. wnm 1,D x"at he
so much
man, whom the mali " V lie was a worthy
e and r. .TV
enemies
had driven
u lsecutions ol his
robber.
iuuLrci. raraon was rK:- T, ana a
arid Dr. 'Ghino di Tacco Vjr bandit,
rhere he was greatly honored w K Rome'
continued to the end of his life a ? pe and
peaceful servant of the holy Church T ?l and
friend of the Abbot of Clini.-lS; ?nd aJt
Revolutionary Anecdote. In the year 17ft
tyhenthe combined forces of France and Amf
rica were contemVlating an attack on New
port, R. IGen.;Sulliran arranged his arv to"
march against theritish forces. He disposed
his, troops mto three divisions; the first divis
ion was ordered take the west road, the sec
ond to take the east road, and the third to march
in the centre, advanced uard hari
rived withm three hundred yards of the British,
commenced throwing up entrenchments. The
British then fired a few scattering shot, which
passed over the heads of the Americans with
out doing any injury. The American guards
were placed about thirty rods in advance of the
army, and within speaking distance of the
guards of the British. In full view; were five
or six hundred horses feeding, which excited
the enterprise of a young man by the name of
Mason, about twenty years old. 1 ms young
man. in oDen dav. and in the presence of
both armies, conceived the bold design of
bringing one of these horses as a prize. In
a low piece of ground between both senti
nels, were a few scattering elders, j by means
of which he contrived to pass both lines un
discovered, v and made direct lor the pasture,
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wnere ine norses whh meir saaaies on, were
feeding, and the bridles slipped "about their
neck. , Among these he selected the best
horse he could find, which he mounted, and
1 ; A " .1 n
dner jcapmg iwo or tnree tences, entered
the road which led to the American army.
As he approached the British guards, he put
spurs 10 nis norse and passed them before they
had time to recover their . surprise ; when he
received the fire of both isentinels at the same
time. But our hero had the good fortune to es
cape unhurt, arid arrived safe in the American
camp with his noble prize, wjien he halted, and
in a dignified manner, drew from his holster
both his pistols, and extending his arms, dis
charged them both in triumph.
But the alarm given by the sentinel, called
out both armies, and the panic extended even
to the British fleet in the harbor." Alarm guns
were hred tor many miles; and the whole
country was filled with the utmost consterna
tion. The British army paraded in front of the
fort, expecting immediate attack. The troops
immediately sprang for their horses when lo !
one poor redcoat was seen wandering alone,
destitute of ahorse. The cause of alarm was
soon discovered, and both armies retired.
Our hero, exhibiting ' his horse in proud
triumph for about two'hours, sold him to one of
the officers for five hundred dollars, a reward
worthy onei of the most bold, daring, and suc-
cessiul enterpnzes ol which historv can boast.
Boston Gazette.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SCOTCH PLOUGHMAN AND
AN ENGLISH) GROOM.
The following dialogue took place, in the
shooting season, between an English eroom.
and a Mcravshire uloufrhman. Trip
had lost one of his master's pointers, and see
ing the ploughman crossing the field, he gallop
ped after him, and exclaimed You did'nt see
a white dog master ? Ploughman (startled:
Fa'taul you, man, 'at I did na see a fite dog?
vjrroom : 1 say you did'nt see a white dog run
ning this way f rloughman : WellJ am'in I
sayin' hoo de ken'at I did na see a fite dog rin-
nmg mis wy or tnat wy f iiroom : Zounds !
the fellow's a fool ? Ploughman : 'Od man ! I
tninR yzre a tooly to tell; me 'at I didna see
fite dog fan I micht a' see a hunder o' fite dogs
for a' ye ken. This last response being equal-
ly unintelligible to the 1 Englishman, he out
i,e tn ht Wco. K.ij rl LrU;
witn most cordial mutuarcontempt.
The present is the " age of invention," and
the following circumstance illustrates verv
1 1 .1 ': . ,1 ; i , - J
cieany tne trutn ot tne adage. It comes from
the Catskill, (N. Y.) Messenger :
"A lew days since, "a travelling merchant,"
from the land of a steady habits, arrivedin this
place with a load of "notions," which, with the
accustomed tact of his profession, he offered
for sale in lots to suit purchasers. Among
aivers otner commodities, was some Court
piaister ol a very superior quality, which he
supceaea in selling toj a dealer in curls and
Q i
paper, handsbmely
giaeu. verny tnis is a new invention, and
the genius deserves a patent for the die o very
1 1 'IT ! .1.
iiii puis in uie oacK ground wooden nut-
megs, horn hints, bass wood pumpkin seeds
aim pia&ier cucumDers. What next?"
OTRAN GE MODE OF CHOOSING A KlNG. A
horse race was decreed, in which the crown was
n -k v
to oe tne prize of victory. One of the
u- u i T l" arunce : ine course,
which lay alone: a vast nlain on thpfianbc r
Pradnik, he planted with sharp iron points and
vV,U;u,eIU wun sana, in the centre, how
ever, he left a space over which hp miVl, r,oo.
without danger; but lest he should accidentally
diverge from it, he caused his hnr tn
with iron plates, against which the noints wmild
be harmless. Evfrv thZ l!!!!
success tn hi yrt4r.iiK fn
success io nis roguish ingenuity, when the se-
Ciet was discovered by two young men, as thev
were one day amusing themselves ion the des-
lined course. OnpnftUm ,cc;i.t i.
fear thp U thJOUgh
r- i j r tnrough Cunning. On the ap-
rw,-. Qy llIC canamates arrived, the race
was opened, and the innumerable spectators
resuu with intense anx etv. Th
inventor of the stratagem left all the 'rest far
7 mnl excePt the youth last mentioned,
wno kept close to his horse's r nnA mkn
just as the victor was about to Maim u '
pvnncorl hn ... . . . '
kv uxivvuruiy incK to the multitude.
i ne lormer was immediately sacrificed to the
lurv: and thp lattpr f0 i . .
ir
7 j ' , io mC rewarn nt nic nm.
ageous conduct, not withstand in th
oi nis birth, was invested with the ensigns of
. --i. iiiaiiiir
our vnitnir . msi . i aii i ii n f-f c i . u. x .rt.-i
H t'r " ' wc'"& e History of Poland,
in 1 Vol.
vunous Structure of the eye of the Horse.-
j
singular provision lsmade nr kom ntu
i w i r - i
eye of the horse clean by an evelid called thp
, . --.-v I
haw. It is moistened by a pulpy substance,
or mucilage, to take hold of the dust on thp
eye-ball, and wipe it clear off, so that the eve is
naraiy ever seen wiin any tmngon it, though
i ji. .1 ... . '
greatly exposed Irom its size and posture. The
swift motion of the haw is given to it by a grist
oall and the socket, and striking obhquelyr so
as tO drive OUt the haw with great velocity
overtheeye,andthenlet it come back as quick-
Ignorant
flarnT. Fm wnea ims . naw
1 il ? 1
is in-
which it co1 - and swelled 80 as to appea r,
mistakp itn?Vr does in a healthy state, often
"hooks in ZZ MHngitthe
ignorance an,! and cut itoffl so near do
e norance and crue ty produce the! same efiect.
: roulson s American Advertiser.
coiogne at a lair price tor a good article. UDon tract and whch,
subsequent xxaminatiori, however, it proved to m!nL 8 some
De nothing else than black
TO THE PUBLIC
As I intend to do no more than protect my good name
against the rulgar attack of William L Fowler, and do not
mean to conaescena 10 enter into a warfare of wot dg with
him, a plain statement to the public shall be my repiy to
the publication against me in the last week's " Star," and
wuicu um tusu wen puoiisned in the "Carolina Senti
nel," while 1 reserve to myself the right of punishing him
aiiuufcr way.
... ucicmuer, lozy, wuuam L. t owler purchased ot
roe a negro man named Sam: and thouerh he was sold
and conveyed by a bill of sale of that date, it was stinula
ted in writing that I was not to deliver the negro before
tne loin January, 1830. Fowler ha the writing, and if
ue wouia produce it, there will then be no doubt whether
it was tbe 1st or 10t, though to my. present purpose 'tis
imaiaterial which. The reason for which I wished the Dur-
chase kept secret and delayed the delivery of the negro,
was stated at the time of the bargain: Sam was a black
smith, whom I bad allowed to work in 1829, and collect
the proceeds of his labor, and pay me only 120 for the
year; he had been engaged in making the collections; I
did not know who were dealers and debtors for bis work,
and if I sold him off before he settied I should be loser;
and the result has shown that I counted rightly, as Ihe
attempt to seize him on the 1st of January caused me
to lo?e $113, which he had collected, and was to pay me
on that day My man Sam left my service on the 1st of
January, in consequence ot Hindes having attempted to
take him in his custody ; and he has not been in ray ser
rice, possession or control since that day. Fowler denied
lhat he ever authorised Hindes to attempt to take him.
and therefore insisted I should rescind the bargain or
comply with it by delivering up the negro, whom it
now seems he had contrived to frighten off 1 contended
hat 1 had been damaged 100, and must be paid it, or
nllowed it by some of the concern for Gildersleeve.
Fowler and Hindes were so much concerned each with
Ihe other in ngro trading, that I knew in justice my
claim was good against either of them. To this, Fowler
has heretofore replied that he had nothin&r tx do with
Hindes, and never authorized him to act as hedid
Some time after this, Fowler sued me to Craven Supe
rior Court for the recovery of the, price he had paid me
for the negro. This suit is evidence enough to prove
l hat he did not consider himself at that lime owner of the
negro; for it can hardly be believed that he thought, or
was aavised uy nis lawyer that lie might recover back the
money and keep the negro likewise. The suit itself;
therefore, proves, I was right in my first statement. But
it does not rest here : He gave me up the Bill of Sale to
be cancelled, and I did cancel it in his presence, and with
his consent. True, his certificate friend Gildersleeve,
though he does not venture positively to say so, leaves it
to be interred lhat towler only lent me this Bill of Sale
to get the negro in for him. This I deny flatly, and no
reasonaDie man win oeiieve it. t owler now says lhat he
discovered on the first of Jnnuarv. 1830. that I avoided
him && did not intend to eive up the negro Now. how does
it happen that with these suspicions on his mind, he is yet
willing to trust me with my own deed that had never been
proved and recorded? and this too without any distinct
agreement on my part to return it. The thing is too
plain. 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 run off tne ne
gro I had already given him title for, and yet was suing
me for the money back again, to deprive me of the Dower
to show this, except by my own cancelled deed; and the
production of it in that state would leave the iurv to infpr
that the bargain had been rescinded. He was better ad
vised before hand than 1 was, and so 1 agreed to it. Af
ter this, I considered the negro mine ; and I know I was
liable to pay Fowler bark his money; but I thought 1
ought to have out of it the $113 which I had been da
maged. The truth is, that Fowler wanted to get clear of
his bargain, and preferred the money ; and, on 6th Fe
bruary, 1831, he wrote me a letter from which the follow
ing is a true extract: ''Ism willing lo take negroes,
good notes or-cash. I can't take Sam " Now. this looks
very much .like contradicting his friend Gildersleeve.
But here follows another extract from th
" We had belter settle it privately ; previous to this, I was
ry"g to se,"Zc, toVUtut Gildersleeve." And I think this
l?oks vey ,,tt,e l,k confirmation to the tale that Gilder-
sleeve was made a witness of the deed bei nor frivAn ii n trt
- - ) O I
me: tor, mark you, now these worthy traders design
to create the impression that I wanted this Bill of Sale
g'ven up without a witness. But no; this Mr. Fowler is
too cunning for that. He takes care to have a witness ;
and, by his own letler, who is it he selects? The very
man for whom he actd, and whom he was then bound to
please. Who has credulity enough to believe a man who
affirms that he surrendered up the evidence of his right
for property to one who he suspected meant to cheat him,
and therefore he took care to call a witness; and though
if occurred in a own where many witnesses could be had,
he selected as a witness the very person who was inte
rested? John Gildersleeve had more sense William
Fowler too. All these things are an after thought, which
I can explain, I think.
Again, in July, 1830, this same Mr. John Gildersleeve
",u" iciici. wuiu which i mane tn in nwinv
when read, must create a reerret in the
people that God did not bless every mijn
? uw5 mciiivry . mr. r owier wisnes nothn.tr
from you but what is' right as to the fellow. (meJuS
aara;) he don't pretend to have any claim on him : he
only looks to you for the payment of the bond you gave
him, and did hold back the writ in hopes that you would
pay it without a law suit." LAnd he concludes, "1
shall come to Raleigh myself in the course of 4 or 5
Wpnllf f u!ll celllo ho fk:.. ... :.u .. r -a. '
, , ..... o.iuv lus ijimjj wiiii yvu. M-iKi me ilea
from you."
I think I have disposed of Mr. Gildersleeve's statement
and it .will be no great effort to rid mvself of anv effect
mat is to touow nmdes'. As to what the bond states, i
wouia nave been more satisfactory to publish it. I rely
muif on ms correctness man anv man's memorv. !
wnat manner 1 avoided a compliance with the harcrain
. -, r -
he does not condescend to state. His impertinent inter
ference with my property alone prevented my delivering
me urc i anuiuiuK iu cuniraci. i nave suea mm for it
9rrt t K i o mt.mr a rrr n V.w U. n I . n ..
" ujot "vvwuui iui ms icauinns io ceriiiv. Man
Fowler admitted heretofore, as fully as he now does, that
t : ii i i - . . . .
ms aci was aumorisea oy nim, I should have honored
,him at ihe. sa!"f time in 3 8lmi,ar war ; but suspect his
fe? him il " ! hu suit on
.ne ouua exisiea; out now that he finds it his interest to
c,aira the negro and not the money, the thing has changed
,mP, udet liabilities which I had incurred for others, as
f1'. r me,Lnrtt,D;ndihoughIhavelongstrug
fi'""" "m me emoarrassrnent which it has crea-
te?. m.my Pecuniary affairs, 1 have not succeeded as yet in
relieving my estate from a large debt which I honestly owe
and forwhich my friends are bound as my endorsers
r wr oeir inaemnity , a deed of trust has been executed bv
-i.n,ii wuurcs me freaier part ox what 1 own.
wincn cnanged the Tiews of Mr. Fowler. So
long as ne saw an immediate nrosnect of remvrn tha
money which was due upon the rescinding of our bargain.
rcrU ior n, concealed his agency in running off
r ii r e I couia, and actually gave up the
... -ale, na consented it should be cancelled, and it
was cancelled in bis presence; but no sooner was he ap
prised of my embarrassments, than he set up a claim to
ottffj, una insisted on his rient to Aim under Rill r ci-
w - w Am w m vs Uarj
And hkP mnttm n l ..l.l!: l . t .
, VuuiitiiiioD mat ne nas discontinued
ton w.i .ne uona, twnicn 1 did not knnn hfn I
it published, and now have onlv hia,nnJ A-.- i a-.j
ll Hnurlilinm Un. C I . .J '
u...i.iuK ...at kjiLirk mioiiio trn in. nim : j . .
would take him and make rood the loCS I k.j
Wo k:- k-; j. . "a. Z 'w'" "au auiaineu
j w.. MC,..e ,u.i on; ana, so tar as l am concerned I w
now consent to it. with ihe nn.lr,.j:n. V V
, . , . .....ui...- inai ne muea
h.7.7a 'Sr I
nim tt a n a. v. .mm. 1 . .. . "
nrori. i -.:n' . v . .: fc"f-w - "ua mv
v v iiuui uurp irisorioronnM ... . t
4 J 1 VI VT bfTctl
B ri.t Holiva. DM! -an .
for San,, and so I bar, heretofore offer J .o 7"
not mean to act unfairlvi but I An nnt.:n.A
Fnlra .k ".I " v ' yeisement of
Sam, and I knew'too he bad offered ".In k: IOr
my fair claims to compensation for th. H4ma.. t' u. a :et
tamed in havin? him run off were reni.o J i .
.-ijihg . , f. i, . duty ; p,iX ,
let the rtuHlio L-nn. .L ' e 10
ii ,' 7ul Z . ""e o1 ,ne negro really was
.m..,! a base libel, and but the spiteful scandal of un
P"?,C,p,ed malice- And the charge that I have fraudu"
ba7eV.nTfaT,r fc:7lh.5
ereinese cnars msrio h nn i
was worthy of such notice. I would flTrtrH K;mt,-
iP"? l?ero.; "nd ceniptible as be is, I may
yet determine to furnish this chance to the gentleman who
publishes sach libels. This Mr. Fowier maVrest MTed
that there is nothioe but his innR .Y."Jr. ufed
and if be ever gels in my way, I will very probably con
Jince him how faithful f will b i .h I.?!?'. j COn
roaetohim. my
1 nope the public will excuse ms for the trouble I
n.. I - - I IUI-
v. uCui; uy noticing a controversy wrth a base and
. . .
I thought it might be proper
me to give the
siaicuicui i uaic lur iiic 8llisiai.itvii
i ! . -
those who do not know me, and are ignorant of my assail
ant, for fear his appearance before them in the fine fea
thers of another man's language, might pass off his pro
iflr i :
duction for more than it merits.
No one who knows me will doubt the! correctness of
my extracts, as referred to in the notice. If any one
shall dare to question them, the lettets shall be deposited
with the Editors of the " Star," who will certify of their
truth. MERITT MILLIARD
September 5, 1831. j
TO THE PUBLIC.
TTi
N presenting myself before you a
evv weeks ago,
wronged,, and
Ji. I did it because I had been first
. .
then assailed in. a public newspaper.
The facts
which were then submitted, I hoped, and believed,
would have been quite enough to put an end to this
matter, and have precluded all necessity for again.
obtruding mysell upon your notices-Mr. Lhliiard,
appears, however, not vet satisfied rle has re-
plied to my statement in a long piece of something,-
I know not by what name to call it, in the Raleigh
Star of the 8th instant, to a few of the allegations
contained in which a very brief notice will, perhaps,
be necessary. He denies entirely, that the negro
was to have been delivered belore the 10th January,
lodU. 1 here insert the bond itself.
Be it known, that I, Meritt Djlliard, of the
Oounty ot Wake, and State of North Carolina, have
this 5th day of December, 1829, bargained and sold
to William L. Fowler, one certain Negro Man
named &am, commonly called Sam 'Jones, a black
smith by trade, for the sum of Seven Hundred and
1 wenty-liv e Dollars which sum he has paid me
the receipt whereof I acknowledge; and the said ne
gro I am to deliver to him, the said Fowler, on or before
the 10th January next : and should the said nesrro
oara cue, or runaway, belore 1 deliver him to to said
Fowler, it shall be my loss, and I will pay him back
the full amount of purchase with interest. As wit
ness my hand and seal, this 5th December, 1829.
MEK11T D1LL1ARD, (Seal.)
Test. Wm. R. Hinton. !
By this it will be seen that the nesrro was to have
Deen aenverea on, or before, the lUth. This, with
the positive understanding which was made in the
presence ol the Sheriff of Wake, was quite .enough,
i inougnt, to justify me in endeavouring to take him
tnink so still. I
The next matter which it is necessarv to notice, is
an alleged extract from a letter which he savs T wrotp
to him on the 6th February, in which he makes me
say that " can H take Sam?'1 To this, I have to re
ply, that the letter of that date was written by Mr.
Granberry, of this place, from my dictation, and that
I entirely disbelieve that such an exnmssinn is in thp.
letter, if however, there reallv be such words, thev
wcie nui written according to my instruction, or the
meaning which I wished to convevhv thpm ivas. that T
found it impossible to get possession ofhim, not that I did
IlOl Wisn tO nave him. (Jn this nmnt 1 omvp thp pop.
uiicate oi ivir. uran berry.
I hereby certify that the extract of a letter
in the Raleigh Star of the 8th inst. by Meritt Dilliard
from Mr. Fowler to him, was written bv me at his
dictation. That I entirely disbelieve that such a re
mam wets m me iener, ana mat n it be so written, it
was not, either what I understood from Mr. Fnwlpr
or what I intended to write. I
JOHN G. GRANBERRY.
in relation to his extract from Mr. Gildersl PPVPS
etter, that gentleman says that " the extract criven
a lumbledone, " that Djlliard should nuhlish thp
whole of his letter. Will he do th in? - -
In reply to his denial of having harboured Sam
have only to say to him, " sue", and I will vrove thp.
assertion.
m M - .
As to the manner in which the Bin nf
obtained, and for what purposes, Mr. Gildersleeve's
certificate, already published is conclusive; the repu
tation of Dilliard being notoriously villanous. while
ui ivi. uuei sieeve is, ana nas always been spot-
1 he last accusation is almost too! puerile to dpsprvp
notice. He accuses me of appearing before the pub
lic in the fine feathers of another 'man's language "
As a specimen of the purity of his1 own diction cor
rect spelling, uncommon fineness; of feelings ' and
above all, ol his honest intentions I have Jn'serted
two of his letters below. After having had $725 of
ray money in hand upwards of nineteen months
after having as I can prove, harboured the neoro
that was lawfully mine after having with the deli'
berate intention of defrauding me got possession of
?he Bill ol Sale, and after having conveyed away his
property, to write me that because I attempted to o-et
-"vvfiiw, nt tTuumiuuuwme witnm a inch of hell "
that: I should never have him unless I stole him "
and - that it was in his power to make "me lose the
vYiiuic u! uie money, as ns concerns were in such a
"ay tiia.1
it was as he rieased whPfU, t
thing or not-I say, after all this baseness, can tCZ
oe tound a man, so meek and evpn tPmn0, .u CZ
WOU d hPRltntP tn Pvnnoo W, ...1! , : ' "w
- . .a vniaiiy, una attemnt to
rescue his own reputation fom the malevolent aLnit
, ! L auit
u uuuii 11. w i ri i i i - ni i av invyk, .
against ray inclination, 1 am resolved not to abandon
io aoandon
11, snouia mnner occasion inee to vindicatP mv
racter.
WM. L. FOWLER.
n vv
. "AtEiGH feb 13'h
Mr. W am T, fAinlor n... A w "
1831
: " ' ot, aiier my respects to
j ....... .l.tV.I,J
irceiven your letter a fewe
6 TC uuitrjr uuserved what you slate
etter respect.ns; the negrow r the money which
Jh- , ,v,"uers,a.ve-tfto youstate thHiG.ldersleave has
nothin? to du w th it i iai . . L ,,as
. ; J"" "ve me noie Uontroll of
. ...KCw.iu5 oac oi my man Sam to vou
which I am ghd to hear that y,u have th ,, J?"
you state that you will do ant wav to hvP Thl T- '
settled, reather then go to law'tbTuM? I alh b,S"e8S
I Will nw . : ' : out n 1 ashore you that
' " :. .75; vci " ay iow- enie it with.
7 Vu ' . . ,a,lwavs been willing to deliver
you the ne9ro provided I couU have done fo but vou
well know that you ware the lue Cans of Put'n It out
Of mv rtntvor In rln . I, : .... '"o 11 "UI
r.v7haV s ; Kr""!ir ; "T? Whch 1 a veary .or
: ::rr:zzu z " .ct na not"t thisfeiw
-r w via v. tJCK.1
vou woulri TuTl , V""
he is still in the wies. I have J?? !ense'
lhat I shall get holt of him andff I dc 7 1 " del ZriZ
.'ru ,8 ray tose tie the thine whh
-
...... ...... ..FKni, nu i am ai usual hard run for mo
' r.;"r ' T . L 7 "'a' an 5taSe Contracts for the
: Jca,A' . wnPe IO e aMe to pay you before ii
nor to sue me I ashore you again! hat I wish to ett iX
v any iuoic liinenci hira in tU-A ?.
1 w . iuiuu mal IL is
""rust 01 ine DUrOiea mnnov r
q.ence of his being runoff, by jour agent Hines and
perhaps I may loos him iniirlej.fof I have no heV3 ot
mm in a loner time hp awa ..t ' .
;n r,u- " r: r""" 1 you that I
!,raOTS W-if ISS
" - I
11 IK. m I
these
and see me, further respecting of th- bisn
dCall
ess. l am vnu.
iry respecttully
MEilTT. DILLIARD.
S.r, IReceved o thi. m"tH'u,T 18 l8Sl
from vou. rn, 5 Jn,f asefull let!
raskelf to'wrieM uT t"m! must be
rht c.k . I . j ,u" w a
dare to say to my face, it is a fan L raorVhn yoa
you areaerand Scoundpi nA .ir--v"u near,toat
hear,
1 only
B - UU 11111 VrSB IBhkA
say that you are onwoWL,, .7" ..um
this
IS a fact well knnurn i "Jr 01 J notice, I
POSd to Enter in - .'
. , - -..w.c iiui UI9-I
hear now Exsnreslev Ttit tV" J ' ae
sinded, when I was a, newbr1
ropperty wheather I Ever ZYZ
you or any other man to intercede 'wik lV' r C I
complied with the Contract Sat I rTai -,f JU
would have had the hero IJ . XiKt .W.y
unprincipled libeller.
is veary lone. Ealher hv thP Hp1;.. ""rf ' . V
- Y , .. . . J j yi me uegro or with I "
the money, I shall be. o newbern soon as I retun. from Dillian
W-Vh: . " V Bfarijin afewe days for looked
- j uui uuvn i win do mvself th I sn
pleasher to Call and see you, I therefore pray y7u not to S
press the sate 9ltm. o.tij 10 Irc
T "S " 7I VT 1ICU ,11 IM nil IMA rfAAlrol I
I
.c,ncr aenver you tfte negro then b nav vn
and I still live in hopes to get holt tf -'him some of
J " M " VM.U UIJ .1111 Ml L.
snure an
... .... .
ui i uu v" iig, inai nrst VOU war n
'i I il.. i i .: ' 17 11
- person that we had traded, it wag to be kept to
- and you did not Comply with this part of thU.rSeJ
io tell
any
ve
. i wA Kt .An li . t - ware
barpan
J - "c ueero lo lab.
lhat before 1 was to deliver him to von v..V:j m
001- nrl.
ten iiiiio iudi vou nau mircnesp"
n u: .u. i.Lj - . . ' ' "u
Sam Kt.. . vu,ey
others which 1 am prepared to prove ami I
V"1 y toid
you for the damages I have sustaned in rnns.J Su
your running my neero off. or Causi,. 1MVe"Ce of
vided I do not get such damages out of this fellow u0'
as think I am infitled to, and again I will-show v
ground on which, you stand before I am done w hi the
disdaine any Uyng like having intreated vou on i ya 1
or on gentlrraony, I have not been able to rrnTtly
money whichyou letme have, owing to mv be. -he
barest, which you vellknow, I have done all'l C n S
as yet, 1 tolde you at tHe time we resended the r" 0
that I was willing to let you have Sam provided l8'1
get holt of him, bu that would be a after barla SUlJ
then intended to have my years bier out of Ui' 0r 1
aam, dime havetne Canaled the hrran ,"'"u or
prepared to prove that fact bv rpen.rMU. ' '. 1 am
j . - . , . &"
but.
both who wag
presentand who
jvu uave ackno
avours, on that (rn
you have acknoledsed ';
s nn ihM -ji geQ 't
to I tharefore aske you no favours, on that
me
as soon as vou nlease. if vou ihinir
we- pubelish
to be
found amonge those who has know .
v.j ' ''i. : "? H,ul'Ier i amh,a.
Cradle, 1 am ready to meet you. a..d. ;r i .i'rniy
-- .. ,rot
good Care of your letters and I will show vou uK .
or not 1 am this raskel that you say I am o "ea,er
wheather or noi, 1 have been in the habbet of ha'T'
negrows as you say you Can proove l n.it .... . ar,0e,ls:
with a rit from Wake Snnri,.r r. i.'. ' c l"e(esi.
tober, and then Is e wheather or
fmmr I E
belet-n now
"Htl oc-
words true, as
Ihreten, if you
to whipping me or shooting me as
Cum and make any attempt it Wt)uli?U
io it afectualy. 1 shall IIOt Conse'n.lld:be
make
for vnu tn lit
termedel with vou mv self, but do k .
rou my sell, but do n.t
make my negrows hold you until 1 give you a i C,. Jvi
so that you h.tve t;wo Choicess to take, one to lot,
"PPnsea i r
en,
.'enth a?dinit. me in anv wa .k:i'. -b jour
will be tound to be ready to mJ-.-... - ,HCI' ani 1
av vnu mink nrnrm.. . .
-j -"- . Juu ui II
poseu io ao wnat is right, and honebrel, 1 a
?ou aredis-
nprepured to
inai
perty and, vou shall .,rhL h; .:'., " "-,jr FroP-
h.m and hien 1 would follow you within a inch of hS
buc i would havehm. I am delinked nouo be drivu S
members, will loos ,y lite first, I have and,,,.. " V.l
you should say Ihet I was broke and that .v, .... 'a'
Could hold on to the ntero vou w,,..hl ... ym
and I have no doubt but that has prompt you to have
inshorence to Cla-.n my neg.o u hich you well k0W ,ha
he ,3 not your propperty or never was, without i had
dihvered him to you, which vu nut n.,t of . ... ! a
lo pay me the hundred and twenty d-dla.s hid, . LZ
h ' ff T q T ' yOUr bei"e lhe Chi,s f running
him off and which a.oney he owed me f, Hi. L
previous to cur oarean. and dismis th ' o.." J " B."'er
gH.n me, and pa, airCoSt. say nothing abom thVl
o:. t.jfe mouev I will Lwiih. u.. 'u,,u
hhear wh,ch 1 hav &ai"St him for running off"
and he or you pay all Costs on that, so that 1 should h '
? aCfn 5bf -me looting that ! should hT 5
the 10th
nf luniijr.. ... i. ' i- . i
was to delivpr lh
negro, ana should have
? got rr.y 5120 for his years hrer
good t.tle to .him, and you mav dn
I will then p'ivp vnu a
the best vou Car wi.h T,;. . " "", ' "HU "V
vvmu c iiifu 1 1 1 1 r iii m n ,
it -r 6C J""" money when vou
it is in my power to make vou loose ili hu JT.
money my. Concorns i, i such a way lhat it isas l ple
wneainf-r yOJ eel anv Ihinir
do ,lis ifh out I am drivfiii i "'' "T" '?
nas allways been williilr to do ll 1 ru j.-..
ti.e negro, or to replaced m., ey, itTs you7 self and no
other person that has be.n the .'us of "ts bTsnes t
ueinff settled betoreow, it is a lie If any man savs I a
l said that 1 had settled the hi
wav Hen C.sleig ,he bargaa, ' ei, ,T
hartran iv hs mm n . ..i . . ' ! iub
.c,,u, ana tiial you offered to
iHKeoiner necroes from me
have Come up and to have Z.. I'T ,wast0
Whirh I hurl Mo c lu . "rfi'U3 I80 0RH
wnicn I Had solde to Smith and whirl, i k,j .u.
t . , . . ...., uu me oner oi
to let you have h,m, but you never Came up and UC.uld
no, be Expected for me to bring my negro to newbem
SmVV n' tl,e'!? Whicbl auttogetof
omun, i snail not sav anv (hi
have sa.d mutch mo e thn l "'t "T.cl 1
I et down to vrht i " " u ""cu lu "ave saia wf)en
ro- - - vTc .ne ining to you to pursue
ie Cose you may think nropoer. I Khali L nhuL 1.
' think pro
is, provide
re wav, mi
nZiA n " thre,S' P' U'ave time but "tf 1
piesid in Ibis onfare wav. mv no i, L. 1 am
saying that he is yours &c, ieav.ng me with
to help me to get along, you shall loos yOU!
mf w.w nv mw m will II W VIIIIT
out 1ms labour
viaea you
ontinue to net an ofn i-. .L, ,
jou ii you think propper, if I do Wi.h.n r.
v? ,cl lue ,iear iron
ecutemy present ijitentions tnwW. , i .
sponsible lor what vou have s.i , C" ''rZUU
me not, for I fear you not, '
MKRITT DILLIARD.
IN, JHE tegh Star of the 8th inst., I perceive
an imputation cast on rh u .r '
whxch I some time ago gave to Mr. William L. Foir-
TVS. a transaction; between him. ahdjMr.
rr,r 1 YV'.'.W which I was a wit
rePei iVir- milliard's unlair insinuations nj
Sf Pf1"? r at far as ' am concerned, I
UIlc"y me circumstances of thp. r.aP 'n?
UUUUIItJU.
Milliard, for whom he paid him ft n,;n f oo.
iV" o-lT V UCn re not satislactorily explained in
: U1U u nusunaerstandine arose between him
I U11U 1T1I. r IW Hr T"tC3 rkk m A I 11- . I
i 17 "fc, "-- uuu-ucuvciy ui i
Slavp. a rrporHi. - niAni.. t. i. J .
...v.j .vcjiwimg me non-uenverv oi uie
i. j s wwiiLiaci. mine mean time the ne-
n auWay: Some tirae allerward Mr. Dilliard
f?vf nd believing that I was concerned
in tne business, he entered i
On the SUDieCt. and fimnnr 1 l
nivh-A u 4 , -"-"s wLnci uuservaiions ne re
marked, that if he had thp ran r cji .u:u u koi
given to Mr. Fowler, to show tn ho a.;. f no-
ISm that he would retrn hme5 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 h Rnphik'L u
at..-. V T3-I1 f i .gj.xLrwu.! liljuu as VVCI1 v IV"
out the Bill of Sale as with it. He persisted, however,
T? 1 at Te would not be believed unleBs he
could show it. I renlied thpn ,
ol the case I supposed Mr. Fowler would let him have
S , J? me s3- day, in my presence.
"1 " ZZV: .,MU",,,C1 uieiimoi ale to Mr. DiiJiara,
"Ul "ea, as he says, but solelv for the avowed
5S 5fC1Dthe negr?, that he might be
.A I m. .( 1 r I ,1 Jll I 1 I I I IF a M A. -A
There was nothinor said, as tar T rftn about
vAiXAi- iAJ UUI I M M PT
returmng the Bill of Sale; for it could scarcely be
presumed that a nprsnn toh j ;a r
lulhl his contract could have any sinister motive in-
aAtu uesiues, jvir. bowler held a bond of Mr
1 s lor the fulfilment of the barxmin which he
upon as ample isecuriiv: and pvpt. if he had
spected that Mr. Dilliard's motives were different
m his professions, it is verv nmhoku u .nM
S , tTafeS hT th the Bil1 of Sale, believing
that this hnn.I nftar'aA ,.,n: . '. . , n
ri lii' 3 j V Buuiciem maemmhcationrsnou
Mr. Diliiard decline a compliance with his agreement.. '
1 he tenor of all Mr tkikj !4.u. t. :
iusions to me, in his controversy with Mr. Fowler, t
evmces a disposition to impress the public mind with
a oehel that I am interpstH in nf the
a oeuei tnat 1 am intprPRt f thft
"ft S W1ES3S.
AJl "UlllUIif.
. es
tie appears extremely anxious w
all p.l
exemDt me trom
unity , nau sucn insinuations come from a dilieren'
source. I might have thought it necessarv to take
Jriuc "ce oi tnem ; but as it is, I am perlectly K
ling to let them pass' with impunity. The name cl
their author is more than sufficient to neutralize the
eaects -which he intends to produce. ,
n1.. a. I a r . i . ' i ' , if.
xji uie snusjucuon oi uiose wno tifive read iW
Uwiaxd'a accusation, I will state, that I have no in
terest whatever ui the negro in question. Mr. Fowie:
nas irequently acted as my agent, hut generally witn-
Am. . ' . 1
ont npr-ifiA instrnr.f inna ppiinl, Jf,-i J-hifih
he should make, or the persons with whom he should
Hp chnnlH moL-a rr fhanan. :.L 1 1. - rt
jdeaL He is held responsible for all moneys that 1
! receives from me j and until he returns them, or what
I may be willing to receive as their value, he stands
indebted to me for the full amount T Hp transaction
between him and Mr. Dilliard was no exception to
this course. Sept. 14th 1831. ;
for was about to sell him to vou. but ir ... .v. a 1 .
uirci vuu. in inai wav crt w i
understand rn? tual I ase .you no odds, in no way WV
Ever, 1 forwarnyou and all, other persons in vo.Tr , '
of in.errdeJeling wi.h my nVgro man Sam "J. 'T
whotever. without it tn hrmr u;m . , ' . ' M8)'
got the Jears hier cut of al