, 1840-10-24
P,yNEsvILLE, Mo. Oct. IA.

nv communication Of the 18th Sept, which Is, as !
believed it would be, filed with slang and sarcasm
without ever touching the point mt issue. MI. ows-
lev tells the public that he sold my pork and paid me
nv money agreeable to contracts; ] now call on ows-
lev to saw who he sold to; and If he can produce the
certificate Of any responsible man who Will say That
he bought 25 barrels mess pork of Owsley in the year
ls:9, and on the second day of July, and shipped the
same on the Militia. and that thos, barrels were BRAN
died. with red chalk in form of Y. then upon my
head be the consequence; n | maintain that my
pork was shipped on that day by Owsley en- the order
mentioned in my first concentration; he says that
he saw a memorandum addressed to Mr.. Booth for ~
barrels pork BY Mr.. Kerr; I now ask MIR Owsley to
saw whether he has that memorandum In his posses
sion or not; or, il he has not, If he ever han It, ana
how he carue by it. When the order came to Boom,
the pork wa. in the warehouse which Owsley clf Inns
10 be his, and ne, OSsey, in the East. boo'h dlu NOT
deliver the pork, because his instruction was 10 re-
ceire pay for il, and the buat wasnot prepared 10 q
vance the money On 0wsley's return home which took
Mace near 3 weeks from the time application was
made 10 Booth. ! brIued my pork "n the FIRST day oi
JUL, aud on the SAINT day requested hr owsiey 10
sell il at sl1, explaining at the same true 10 hlm INC
nature of the contract aud order given To bo"'h, 10
the reason why the pork was not delivered; saying !"
him at the same time, that | thought that contact
had failed. Ga the day following, the Malta calie''
commanded by Capt Th~roekmcrion, at Ela'k''iiie,
for the pork, with the order above mentioned. AL
expect 10 prove the pork being in the warehouse no"
under the direction of Mr.. Ow-ley, it will now seem
plain TO the public, that TO Ows!ey the apphcah''
would 20 after learning from Booth that the polk was
not 10 his possession. So tie pork was shipped on
the second day Of July as abnye mentioned, a:d on
the third Mr Owslry paid ne seventeen dollars for
each barrel, and on the fourth - on each barrel, at
ter receiving the note addressed to HIM by Mr.. hefr,
which note i. published in my first communication
Mr.. 0wsley denied having shipped the pork on the
order or sale made by Mr. Eeu. II"ving gone thus
sar, | will reply to a few remarks in Mr. Owslry'slas
communication: Did You or dad you not, Mr.. ow'iey'
say that Won paid the money over to the now In con-
,roveIsy from the impulse Of n moment. IL so, guard
that impulsIye passion OF you NAV InJure yonf purse
seriously, as the same passion that operated on you
al, that time might operate 80 again. You remarked
that the Influence some persons might have had over
this man after hi. return home might have caused hIm
to net thu. TIE intelligence Of the public will not
he thus blinded as il is plain what person you have re-
fTcucr To. Now, sr, TO admit the truth OF your
supposition, which is a HrEe shift-which would DC
the mnst honorable to mote on under the influence OF
n man whose public and private character Tor the iast
,Lirt, wears has been universally approved by all who
kew him for its couect aud unwavering course, or
as Won have done Ia act under the influence oil Belial,
and in so doing, hold on tu the hard earnings OF Your
neirbbor, ani that too, without any excn,e to oner
10 the nnblic save that which bears IN its face the
strongest marks of downright s~windIing. | will now
conclude my remarks Tor the present. by saying 10 'he
public, that - bs uels of pork Is all ] ever owned d.
rcctIy or Indirectly. up 10 the fifteenth day OF Nov.
lSag-that TIL. pork was in the warehouse above
northumberland VIM Mann made the barrels, and
that Abraham Lear packed the pork, and that l paid
Nr L. W. Pelton three dollar, ns "A remuneration To
him, for one barrel sold as mess which proved TO DC
6llcd with tail pieces.
Mr. Editor-i send yon the certificates OF E. W.
Potion, JefhTo Feuel and Abraham Lear, which !
u;,b vo, In pubEsh.- AME WELLS.
p. =. Since writing the above, | have seen Mr..
P.lton who-e certificate you have for publication; he
say. that lie has seen Mr. ThrockmOrt"u IN st. Louis,
recently, that Thruckmorton says that he presented
ia. order above mentioned TO Mr.. Cwsiey, and receiv-
ed the pork from Owsley. W
Tbi. i. to certify, that I packed % bls pork for Jas.
Wells uf PIX county, lii, in the year eighteen nun
drrd and thirty nine, in Richard ker's warehouse IN
CIafk.viIle; all of which was mess, one barrel keep
led. which barrel was filed with tail pieces. i fur
ther certify, that Mr.. Wells procured the above men
toned barrel, at the shop of WIN Mann in this town.
ABRAHAM LEER.
GAINESVILLE, Oct. 3. 1910.
Tbi. i. to certify, that the brand described in the
certificate Of T.. W. PeIton, of Prairie Du Chen. Is
the brand which was used by wm. Mann whilst COO
pering in this place. 'Eihno ""T
This is to certify. that somewhere about the hrst oil
June, one Thousand eight hu, dfed and Thirty nine, !
engaged twenty barrels of mess pork OF MIR. Richard
Kerr, at uineieen dollars per barrel. viii b belonged
10 hi. pephew, jane. Wells. and wasstnred atClark'
vile Mo-, where was 20 receive it. Mr.. Kerr gave
me an order on Mr.. Jas W. Booth for the pork,
which | cent nv ~sieamhoa Glaucus. Capt. AtchIsnn.
m. c, allied at e larksville. but for some reason which !
have not been infmmed, did not get the pork, but re
tanned the order. and the next trip q think II was)
not expecting To come to this place, he savet TO capt.
Throckmortun OF steamboat Malta who got The pork
q. | suppose on the o,dcr, and delivered It to me ut
the price agreed upon addin. freight.
The barrels were marked thus x | think with rcd
chalk. / am not certain that all were marked as l
did not observe particularly until part OF them were
disposed OF.
Cant. Thnckmorton stated on delivering the pork,
TINT the man was 10th to let il conc at the rriee oi
(sI9) as stated in the order. rs he had the day pre-
vim. nut a new bine l think he called the mans
nam. Oin.Iey that delivered it. One barrel of the
po,k xas nIl rump or tail pieces; tie rest was all mess
presume, or | should have been informed had IT been
o,hs,w;.e f. w, PELTON,
Prairie Du Chen. Sept :, 1910.
Mr.. Jas. wer..-Sir. above | give you Gil that l
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