Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-06-22
To the Public.
But och, mankind are unco' weak,
And little to be trusted;
Itself the wavering balance shake

Itself the waverng balance shake,
It's rarely right adjusted.--Burns.
TN reply to the ungentlemanly, malic-
IL GUS and gFoundless charges made by
one, whom, since our first acquaintance,
i have ever viewed as a friend and gen.
tleman; in the first place, it is .gener-
ally admitted by all, that men are more
willing to make known the conduct Of
others than to have their own exposed.
One great objection to the remarks of
VIM. Firth, is, that he failed to tell the
whole story; but since the gentleman has
SO reluctantly made known to the pub
lie, the conduct of this man "with plau-
sible address," "slick tongue" &C., "who
passed himself off on him as gente-
man." | now feel it my duty to give the
public my views, in relation to the al
fair which the gentleman speaks Of. 1t
is true that ! was present when the race
was run, the stakes were placed in my
hand, several others, together with my
self, were interested in the race, it is
also true that VIM. Firth won the race
land all those who called on me recei-
we'd their money. Mr.. Firth and myself
did not settle until the close of our
racing, which continued about two weeks,
having bet, staked and run, mostly in
"cahoot," during the races, at the end
of which time, by settlement, | fell 200
and upwards, or perhaps 300 dollars in
Frith's debt; am not certain to the
exact amount.l A few days since WAS
speaking with Mr.. Bates, who was CALI
ed on to make the settlement between
us, who says that he as myself does
not exactly remember the amount, but
thinks it was about the same that have
stated. Having met with the luck that
is not uncommon to sportsmen, did not
have the amount Of money, which was
due him, by me, but told him | would
pay it over to him as soon as l could
possibly raise the money, which appear
ed 10 render him perfect satisfaction ne
also said that it made no manner OF dill
ference, he knew of my bad luck, and
that ! could pay him at some other time.
And furthermore, made arrangements
with his brother-in-law to settle 200 dol
lars of the amount, (which have papers
to show for, and Firth was perfectly
satisfied with the arrangement; also
had property to more than FIVE times the
amount that | was indebted to him, and
it has never been out of his reach since,
though called to Kentucky myself, the
property remained here, as it were, I'M
der his eye. now appeal to every gen
tleman, and the public generally, to de-
eide, whether my conduct proves to be
what the gentleman has represented, or
not such as "ungentlemanly, dishonora
BILE, dishonest" &c. In my absence to
Kentucky, he [Mr. FIRTH swore out an
attachment and had it levied on some
partnership property belonging to Mr..
Edmonson and myself, in the pretence
of befriending me. But, gentlemen, ha-
wing failed to gain his object, his friend
ship ceased with me, as is quite natural
with persons who have corrupt motives
in view. have travelled over the grea-
ter part of the United States, and have
had dealings with hundreds of men, and
have never before met with any man en-
bowed with so great wisdom as this So
lomon of the South, mean VIM. Firth,
an all-deserving mani say man, at least
he is formed att that fashion. The
gentleman is mistaken in regard to my
place Of residence, as well as many other
small mistakes set forth in his "reldetant"
epistle. will now, for the gentleman's
better information, inform him where he
can find my residence; | have lived some
eight or nine wears in the town of Temp
kinsville, Monroe county, KY, where, by
writing to most any gentleman in that
place, he can get true statement OF the
character of "this man, Falls, horse
dealer" if he wishes, from his infancy
Faquire County, Virginia, is the place Of
my birth, where resided for upwards Of
% years; Mr.. Firth can, by making APP
plication to different persons of respecta-
bility, the class of men that have, thro'
life fin general associated with, with a
few exceptions Of late date, receive his
tory of my character, which I.wsb him to
do. If Mr.. Firth is not acquainted IN the
above places, he can get the names OF re-
spectacle men, men OF high standing, by
applying to 'the long-faced hypocrite,"
"this fellow, N. J. Falls" as the wise man
Solomon terms me. The debt that MIR.
Firth blows so much about is now bonded
in the hands of the Sheriff of Amite coun
ty, to double the amount.
am compelled to start for Kentucky
in fcw days, and if Mr.. Firth is DESTROYS
of keeping up his publications, Twill again
reply on my return, provided | think such
stuff worth STOPPING to reply to. "Time
proves all things"
N. J. FALLS.