Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-08

whole time that had Mr.. r. will in MY possess
SION, he never told me its provisions. lie IRE
qnenils told me-, that ina short time would be
executing hs will and he often, with great ear
nestncss. pressed inc to execute II fully. lie used
sometimes to say that the Courts of this State
IN the habit of setting aside wills, and he expected
they would sci aside his and he urged me 10 Us.
all the means IN my power to prevent IT. lie ne
Yer. however, told me how hc had disposed of his
property. But from the manner in which he spoke
about his slaves, and from what hc sometimes said
10 me about slavery, did not doubt that hc had
emancipatcd his slaves BY his viii aud after
the making of the codci in 1928, ! knew
he had given me his middle quarter ;--provi-
Gus TO that time. believed that hc had g,v-
en- mo part of his property but did NOT
know what, except that he often minated
10 me tina, he had given me his library. After Mr.
Randolph delivered me the viii OF 1872, he com
tnaed 10 tell me, rs he had done for years. that |
would in short time he executing his VIII; but
do not remember that he ever madc distinct rc=
ference 10 ii.
Mr.. r., as he told me, reached home on the ipht
'oi the Tuesday after the lst Monday IN November,
lsSl. 20, 10 his house on Wcdncsda, about l.
O'Clock. As soon as | saw him, was alarmed. In
ms appearance and manner there was somcihmp
eNtfaord nry he was constantly on his feet, srarrl-
ing and prynp into every hole and corner of his
honse, and whenever he saw amy ot his servants,
with the exception of John, hc was constantly ours
ing and abusing them. | did not think that lls
eorduei proceeded from drinking There was
nothing in his appearance thar indicated he had
been drinking. ,ol me his health was such thai
he could no, dunk. aud did not see him drinl
during the day. or indeed during my visit to linn.
even rlass Of vine. Essen appcmrdto be ingreat
alarm. Bc''re he had an opportunity of knowing
H..
planned Of ,hci, management and said tia, uasa
good mamie wished Ms was halt rs eood--bnl
knew not how to manage ovrrNc"rS and negroes,
and lhal ] had spoiled his negroes by indulgence,
When he left home for Russia, he dire tod me 10
buy tract of land for him, and when he was on
his passage, he wrote to me from London, hy MI
means not Ia fail To buy the land. ] bought IL at
rather a higher price than thought ii wa, worth.
lie complained OF TIN, pure base, and told him
thought II Was purchased AT too high price, aud
thai had made IT only IN consequence Of his di
reetions 10 make II. IN the spring, "A negro named
Billy, had stolen some lcccos of wool. lie was
informed Of this before | saw hun. lie was in
great wrath AT this, not only with Billy but appa-
renty with all his slaves. His oNcrsccr, Grad
doch, had recovered the wool by promising Billy
not 10 whip him if he would restore it. Mr.. Il.
was very angr, at this, and said tina, thu oversee,
Quarter where Billy lived, and went to Bil,s
house. Mr.. II. examined the house closely, turned
Billy out Of it, took from him pair of tongs and
hog which he had reared, and quarrclcd with him
IN such manner satisfied me he was not in his
right mind During our ride, We met some other
slaves whenever he met thcm he spoke 10 them
III the harshcst and mos, abusive manner In the
latter part of the Summer, ! received letter from
MIR. L., directing M to sell III, boodcd horses with
he exception OF Janus and the 3unburv Stock,
and not TO bogplc At the prices. ] was gong ON
my circuit, and got Mr.. Marshall to make the sales
lor me informed Mr.. r. Of these sales, and he
seemed not dissatisfied With them Mr.. Marshall
had sold some horses 10 Mr. Long, who came 10
KS house while riding. A. soon ~ Mr.
II. saw him, he few into violent, passion, he W.
furious, much 50 that was afraid he would treat
Nh. Long badly. In a very lutte time Mr.. Long
began to talk with him about his purchase of hof,.
&, and mentioned the prices at which he had pnr-
chased Some colts. Mr.. X. said they were too low
Mr.. l.. then mentioned the prices of some other OF
the horses, and said these were TOO hirh As soon
rs he said r,ls Mr.. II. seized upon it, insisted that
Long was dissatisfied with his purchase, and COM
PEELED Long, plainly against his WILL to give mp his
whole purchase. The next day, during ,l,r whole
day, MI. r. manner was Just as il Rad been the
day before. He was equally harsh and abusive 10
his servants, although they apparently did every
thing in their power to please him he scarcely
saw one, with the exception of John, that he did
mol find some cause for abusing and threatening
him. In the dar, Nj. Marshall came. Late in
the evening, We rode to the Ferry plantation.
There Nj. u. met with the Ovcrsrcr and III, Ian
rnaee 10 him, harsh and violent in the cx'rcmc
lie met with some OF his slaves too and with one
OF them, he 90, into a violent passion and cursed
and abused him. Mr. NJ remained all niolIt In
the morning, Mr. X. sent for him to his room
While he was there, ] heard Mr.. r. swearing vio-
lenily. When Mr.. NJ returned, asked him what
was the matter. lie told me that Mr. r. had dis
covered that two blank leaves had been cut out Of
the book IN which he kept lis, of bis horses and
thai he was abusing Essex for il, had cut ont
these leaves IN his absence, and determined so to
inform MI r. and | considered a little. wheIher
would not 20 Immediately and tell him, but
thought II would create a quarrel bctwcon us, and
did not wish Mr.. NJ. and Mr. &. to be Witnesses
TO IT, As soon as | went home, | wrote to him.
and IN my letter, informed him, that had cut out
these leaves and the occasion that ii was done in
his behalf, and in matter deeply Interesting 10
lIln. When went to his house again, which was
the " cdnesdav after the third Monday ia Novcn,-
her, he asked me- concerning something about which
| had written 10 INN IN my letter. ! asked him il
he had not read INV letter, and he said he had not
he had not mad time to read it, pointing to il ,n-
opened on the mantle piece. desired him to
read II, lie took the letter. and when he read what
| had written about these leaves, he took me by
the hand, and very frelngly said, he was sorry