Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-06-29

But och, mankind are unco' weak,
And little 10 be trusted;
IfseII the wayering balance shake,

Itself the wayering balance shake,
It's rarely right adjusted.--Burns.
TN reply to the ungentIemanly, maIci-
IL Gus and groundIess charges made by
one, whom, since our first acquaintance,
have ever viewed as 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-
sbIe address," "slick tongue" &C., "who
passed himself off on him as a gentle,
man, now feel it my duty to give the
public my views, in relation to the al.
fair which the gentleman speaks of. II
is true that~I 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 oul
racing, which continued about two weeks
having bet, staked and run, mostly in
'cahoot," during the races, at the enc
Of which time, by settlement, fell 20t
and upwards, or perhaps 800 dollars II
Frith's debt; Il am not certain to the
exact amount.1 A few days since | was
speaking with Mr. Bates, who was call
ed on to make the settlement between
us, who says that he as myself, doe
not exactly remember the amount, bu
thinks it was about the same that have
stated. Having met with the luck tina
is not uncolnmon to sportsmen, did no
have the amount of money, which wa
due him, by me, but told him ! wopl'
pay it over to him as soon as coult
possibly raise the money, which appear
ed 10 render him perfect satisfaction; h
also said that it made no manner of dit
ference, he knew of my bad luck, am
that | could pay him at some other time
And furthermore, made arrangement
with his brother-in-law to settle 200 dol
lars Of the amount, (which have paper
to show for, and Firth was perfect
satisfied with the arrangement; | ais
!, had property to more than five times tn
amount that | was indebted to him, an
it has never been out of his reach since
though called to Kentucky myself, tn
property remained here, as it were, vi
der his eye. now appeal IL every ger
tleman, and the public generally, to d.
eide, whether my conduct proves to b
what the gentleman has represented, {
not; such as "ungentlemanly, dishonort
BILE, dishonest" &c. In my absence
Kentucky, he Mr.. FIRTH swore out a
attachment and had it levied on som
partnership property belonging to Nj
Edmonson and myself, in the ptetenc
of befriendng me. But, gentlemen, ha
wing failed to gain his object, his frient
ship ceased with me, as is quite natura
with persons who have corrupt motive
in view. have travelled over the grea
ter part of the United States, and hay
had dealings with hundreds Of men, an
have never before met with any man er
lowed with so great wisdom as this s.
lomon. OF the South, mean VIM. FRITZ
an all-deserving mun-l say man, at leas
he is formed after that fashion. TIL
gentleman is mistaken in regard TO m
place of residences, as well as many othe
small mistakes set forth in his ''reluctant
epistIe. ! will now, for the gentleman
i ,,,t. inf NVh
can find my residences; have lived som
eight or nine years in the town of Temp
kinsville, Monroe county, KY, where, b
writing to most any gentleman in tina
place, he can get true statement OF tn
character of ''this man, Falls, hors
dealer" if he wishes, from his infancy
Faquire County, Virginia, is the place {
my birth, where resided for upwards q
% years; Mr.. Firth can, by making aP
plcation to different persons of respecta
biity, the class of men that | have, thro
life fin general, associated with, with
few exceptions Of late date, receive a his
tory of my character, which | wish him t
do. If Mr., Firth is not acquainted in tn
above places, he can get the names Of re
spectacle men, men Of high standing, b,
applying to "the long-faced hypocrite,
"this fellow, N. J. Falhs," as the wise mai
Solomon terms me. The debt that MI
Firth blows so much about is now bonde
in the hands Of the Sheriff of Amte coun
ty, to double the amount.
| am compelled to start for Kentuck
in few days, and If Mr.. Firth is desirou
of keeping up his publications, ! will agai
reply on my return, provided think sue
stuff worth STOPPING to reply to. "Tim
proves all things"
i N. J. FALLS.