Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-10-06

got INTO. Ihe following is their letter,
rerbdtim ct iteratia.
"August TN, 1898, Liberty, Miss.
Mr.. JOHN ToTnILL:
SIR
In the Liberty Advocate, of the
l4th April last, an article was published
over the signature, "Zion HILL" giving
publicity to your connection with William
Gray. That article was written by Jar
rot Castor, on the information ofErasmus
Castor. Feeling equally concerned in
the authorship of the article, we acknow,
ledge to You that it had its existence in
high party excitement, and pihom re-
tracing any Of the statements made in that
article, we say to you that we regret hav-
ing given to it publicity, inasmuch as it
DID not concern us personally. As you
have acknowledged in your comments on
the article above alluded to, your intimacy
with MIR. Gray, there can be no cause of
difference between us. We therefore pro-
pose that the matter be amicably adjusted
ERASMUS CASTOR,
JARROT CASTOR.
N. b. The signature was changed from
"a Planter" to ''Zion HilI,n without our
knowledge or consent.
L. c.
]. CO.
The following is our answer to the above.
Messrs. Erasmus f Jarroi Castor:
GENTLEMEN
received your note by Mr..
Cheatham, and would wish you to under
stand that when men do wrong, the first
thing is sorrow, then atonement. You saw
you regret nothing but meddling with
thing that did not concern you. 1t con
cerned me, and others, and until YOU re-
tract, further communication is worse than
useless.
J. TOTHILL.
Liberty, Aug. Z, 1888.
This letter reminds us forcibIy of the
witness who deposed that that the horse
was sixteen feet high, and after finding out
his mistake, still insisted that it was fact
for consistency sake. If s'the statements
made in that articte'' were true, why re-
greet shaving given to it publicity.' Ii,
forsooth, Mr.. TothiiI "was feather Of the
same flock" with Mr.. Gray, who was a
''villain" and a notorious liar" why re-
greet giving publicity TO the fact that the
community might know what loathsome
and poisonous adder they were hugging to
their bosoms? But if the "statements
made" we're malicious falsehoods, which
the redoubtable Col, at this late period,
dares not deny, then indeed is there abun
dant cause for regret. Yes! doubtless this
par nobil fratrum felt the deepest regret
at having been the propagates Of shame
full ISLANDERS, which are now beginning to
recoil with merited vengeance upon them
selves, yet they, with characteristic ef-
frontery and audacity, declare, and that,
too, emphatically, that they did not re-
tract any Of the statements made.
Mr.. I. r. Cheatham was requested by
Messrs. E. g. ]. CASTOR, to see us on the
subject, being assured by them at the
same time, that it was their wish and in
tention to make acknowledgement andre
paration to us for the injury done. At
that time it was our opinion that they
were drove TO repentance by an article
from Mr.. Gray, and one from the people
of Zion Hill settlement; not from sense
of Justice or honor. But Mr.. Cheathams
with his characteristic, good and christian
disposition, as the friend of peace and of
the parties, communicated to us the nten*
ton of L g. ]. Castor, and insisted on tho
propriety Of receiving their apology, for
thew acknowledged they had acted wrong,
we agreed to receive an apology IN
writing, that we might publish the same,
as the calumny was newspaper affair,
and that we could communicate in no 9TH
er way. On these conditions the Col. and
kis brother spent nearly two days in a
fruitless effort to settle matter that they
could have done in five minutes, if they
had possessed one spark of honesty.
These statements, we think necessary,
as report has been circulated that an a.
pology was made, but that our implacable
disposition would not allow US to forgive