Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-12

The State - being too remote. Mr. 1. VEN ao""
ana remained with Mr.. X. talking with him
Ne said, after a little time, without having
told me what to write, " now GO, 60. and write
n. v;ll." When I went down MIR. Tucker
va engaged in writing the limitation, and ne
IA he supposed that the writing oil that part oil
,he will would fall upon me and that l must
,ell Mr.. r. that the limitation could no, be sup
oorted, told Mr.. 7. that il le did make VIII
Il would be worth nothing, a' Mr.. X. was not thcn
\. /. .;,..,;,u IN make one But Mr.. T. thought
,,s,..r~;,e. and wa, Of opinion that nothing more
w,s TN. matter with his brother than that he was
extremely irritable. Nothing more WAS said 10 me
while remained about the will. Mr.. Tucker
v;sl,ed me, ON the next morning, TO remain with
Mr., r. 50 that he might get away, as he MIR. I. had
;,nportsnt business in Richmond. | wished TO get
away also; but soon found from oonvcrsine with
Mr. r. that he wished Us both away During my
v;si, early in March Mr. r. was drinking TO great
escess During this visit in the latter part OF that
snonth. do not remember whether bc was drink
ing or not.
I next saw him my way 10 the Superior
Court of Ch,rot,e, think ON the l4tl' OF April.
Mr. Henry A. Watkins was there. found Mr.. IL.
in bed with glass of brandy by ms side. lie told
me in very lirle time that hs whole house was full
Of devils lie said he had cndea,oured 10 get
JOHNNY 10 unite with him against the devils; but
he was prevented from i, by whiskcy; but he sad
his dog Nero, OF Caesar, forget the name OF the
dog, had united with him against them. Soon al
ter pol there Mr. Watkins and myself had dinner,
and imn,ediatcl, after lac amos, told Mr.. Watkins
TO 70 away Mr.. Watkins went away remained
oil night. | had but htlle conversation with him
in the evening 4. | found him with brandy b,
his bed side, | thought he might be drinking.
sskrd johnny If it was 81 he sad IT was not
that lie drank noihing but Claret and water, and
not 4 great deal of that In ,he morning after
breakfast, l rode da~n TO sec the foals OF that
spring at Middle quarter. When | returned he
told ne 6c wanted me To write his WILL ! got
pea. ink and paper, and seated myself by hi, bed.
Ne asked me what sum would give the Court Of
Appeals jurisdiction | told him the Court OF APP
peais would have jurisdiction OF hi, will but he
said, tell me what is the loves, sum of which the
Court of Appeal. has jurisdiction. told linn one
hundred dollars. lie then said, 4 give YOU
hundred dollars for writing my will: write that
lie then directed me To WRIT hal is tornd in the
paper produced hcrc in Court, marked u. ia the
latter part of which ] beli,ac ] wrote the very
words hr directed me to write While | was en-
gagged in completing 4 sentence, he told me To stop;
that he wanted me 10 wife letter or HIM, To Mr..
Holiday.
The purport of the letter 10 Mr.. II. was, that be-
wished TO buy of him two horses got by III, lNlr.
Rs. horse Janus that he Obliged 10 have them,
and horse iockes would make him pay more than
they were worth for hcml-bu from Mr., II. he eN
pecteJ different treatment, that his life appended
upon getting these horses ; that II depended upon
HE drinking ass, milk. aud altho' he kept two fine
asses aud kept them to their milk, by having
1hem MIXED daily, he WAS under a contract not TO
drink the milk until he obtained these two horses.
You will think this strange, the letter went On To
l,, L.. 1,
person than his satanic majesty himself lie fold
I'd and directed the letter and gave ii 10 to put
ssts 6,,e Pest Office. I set off to dine Al Mr. N.
NJ. WaiAinss When had got about half way, one
Of his bows overlook me. with his horse in sthcr
x sweat, aud told me his master desired me To
ArDi the better bach, as il was charmed and could
~ "a. Nhc wax NJ Mr., vs. the same boy
brought me The letter, saving that his Muster sad
abe charm VAS now OIL and IL could 90. on my
s.sasrn from the Superior Court, | called AGAIN To
acs him On first seeing him he said he was glad
Ask o~se for that my wife and little boy had been
~ STARS for some time, and he had hard work to
keep the devil from them that Essex had been
. ndcas curing to Get to them. lie said also, that
there was II man in the next room, writing dead
mans WILL with y dead man, hand and urged me
10 go imm.Jarl, and get my wife and child home
befurc dark, for the devil va, dangerous in dark
Marshali',. Ohm way 10 p. Edward Superior
Court, On the 10Th \pr'l, stopped Il, Mr. Maj
sha'rs, and Il message was brought 10 me, thai he
wished to As soon as entered the roon
I've said "go away, 20 AWAY canno, speak To
vW" As returned from y. Edward. under
stood hc was a, Mr.. Cardwclr>, and stopped
there. He va, informed ! was there, and desired
" me. When wen, in he shook me l,v the
hand, bo, he WAS in such situation tina, lac SAID
hu, little, and soon lett him. | ncN, saw linn il,
the latter part of May, At Mr.. Carlwclrs. The
first day met him, lie was calm, and appeared +,
me entirely rsi,onal-ih. next morning, while
was sitting with him. Mr.. Gilmrr of Atbcma,lr
came in to take leave OF him. He hecsn 10 t,lL
about Mr.. Jefferson. lie WIS cvilcnll, talking at
Mr. Giln,ct, and after continuing III that STRAIN ia,
a short time, he mentioned the name of a gentle.
man-how he brought il in do not know-to,
whom l,c ALWAYS appeared to entertain, and be-
iieve did rally entertain the highest respect .tnt
ve,erAton-,pahr oi the mischief which he la,
done and was doing, and SAID I've oueh To- be hanr.
ed, and sooner than that he should want an cNccu.
tioncr, he (Mr. r. would be Jack k.,ch himself
From this thought his mind not ri.ht-bu,
this WAS but momcntar,, and hc soon became ealn
and rational.
! Aw him in the summer, two or three times
perhaps ocner, and have recollection Of an,
thing particular IN his manner conduct, and there
tore, l suppose, that AT these times, he was cain
and rational. In September, the Grand jury ri
Charlotte, desired his Ovcrsccrs To he subpun,cd
to give evidence before them; and the Sheriff was
sent 10 MIR. RS plantation for them. Mr. Ran.
dOlph understood that the Ovcrscers were wantc,
IN prove that he had made hi, NEGROES null inIc,