The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-10-23

on, cua rantying the sufficlency oil the Sc
s..-!,;as and violating The rule which he
sad established. | explained to Mr..
H H. as was bound 10 do, and told
him 70 Law the blame Of disappointing Mr..
T;nnin on me. In proof of these facts
refer to jacob L. Mitchell, Esq, II. A. II.
Lawson, Esq. and Mr.. S. V. Mitchell,
ALI OF Canton. Mr.. Tinnin and his secu-
rites, Mr.. Hamblen says, never offered
such a form Of bond, as his Attor-
new, Mr.. Lawson, told him the law re-
ouired, and always refused to sign such
one.
Mr.. Tinnin refers to the Bill in Chan
cery, which filed in aid of the suit in
the Circuit Court, and uses the following
language 10 regard to il: "(and, among
the many untruths therein set forth, to
give color to his violent proceedings. he
says, had ran off all my team, except
mules, to gin the cotton, when he had at
tached head himself, and left me in
possession of six othersD." | have CO.
py of the Bill nov before me and can
find in it no such sentence or part of
sentence as he pretends to quote. do
not recollect that | have ever used such
English as had ran," since | studied
Murray's Grammar. | attached only
four mules not secen as he says. If he
was left in possession of sir other mules
the Sheriff could not find them. How Gc-
curate he is in his facts and quotations!
A few days, think, after the Circuit
Court allowed Mr.. Tinnin to give special
bail, which mode of recognizance was
abolished by the act of our Legislature
IN 1910, and the obligation of securities
20 surrender the body of their principal
in such cases made void, he and his sure
ties went before the Chancellor and quail
flied, viz: proved by their oaths, sup
pose, their suficiency to 60 on the bond.
And presume the security from Madison
was as successful before the Chancellor
as he had been before Judge Nicholson.
They thus got letter from the Chan
cellor, who was not responsible for the
sufficiency of the securities, to the Sheriff
TO take these /" same" securities. 1t was
given to the Sheriff while he was very
busy in Court. Mr. Hickerson, who had
the negroes in charge was attenI ling
Court as a witness 10 important suits
hourly expected to be tried. Mr.. Ham
blen started him after the negroes, which
were Sir or screen miles from town, not
three or four as Mr.. Tinnin says, as soon
as Mr.. Hickerson could leave. When
about to start Mr.. Ii. was importuned by
meddler in other mems matters, and
Mr.. Hickerson directed al him the oaths
which seem to be addressed 10 the Chan
ceilor, As to the q staggering" which
means /" bOasting noisily," Mr.. Tinnin is
widely mistaken. II was no time for Mr.
H. to boast when he was about to lose, ac-
cording to Mr.. Tinnin's account, I" some
S1400 or $500 for keeping the proper
ty." The law compeiS the Sheriff to fur
nish food and clothing TO negroes and
food for horses or mules when in his Gus
tody, and allows him 40 cents per day
for each negro. Mr.. II. had fed them
and clothed them through the winter and
spring, and had right to complain lit
tie when about to be disappointed in get.
ting his pay. He took the negroes out
of Jail 1.-THE request of Mr. Tinnin, and be-
cause he thought they were unsafe in it
and because they would all be likely tC
die in such a Jail. Believing that the sui
would not be terminated until towards
the end Of the year, and having some ne
groes of his own at work and plenty o
; open land, Mr.. Hickerson thought hi
; would put Mr.. Tinnin's negroes to work
This was done, not with a view to Mr.
Hickerson's or Mr.. Hamblen's profit { Mr.
> Hamblen had nothing to do with their la
: Dor nor had any person other than Mr.
: H. but with the sole view of making thu
) negroes pay their own expenses, and thu
: save to Mr.. Tinnin the heavy charges
: allowed by law for keeping them. Mr.
!, Tinnin will be entitled to the proceeds o
: their labor. Another reason for maxim!
: them work was, that it would be impoS
d sible to govern them without keepin.
: them employed-they would run off o
be enticed away. They would, more
t over, be more healthy when employees
G than when idle. These conside Grafton
, satisfied him Of the propriety of tn
y course; and Mr.. Tinnin is the last ma
l. who ought to complain, as it was to saw
| him an enormous expense and be bette
e for the property itself.
= When the bond in Chancery wa
J. brought to the Sheriff he was told tina
e the Chancellor himself had prepared i
e The Sheriff believed it and took the bono
> | examinedit and believed it to be defect
% i've; that the Chancellor had not drawn
it have learned since that he did not dra,
" lt,) and SO told the Sheriff. Late in tn
it evening, after Mr.. Hickerson had gon
d after the negroes, Judge Mayes looked a
i the bend, said it was defective and ad
: vised Mr.. Tamblen not to deliver up tn
i negroes until he could go down and Sc
n the ChanoaIIor holievad Mr. Ham