Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-14

mn IL e. tiis ii that country, bol The Pest
,lro uf fexas bad issued Proclamation ioibiJding
such removals. lie fhen vent To England m May
1913 anl returned IN The following Autumn. oae
u art Il his going 10 solicit the insrieien'e 81
The British essrtnu,en, with the et,etoiheni oi
Texas. So thai the Ahieaus could be restored 10
FREEDOM. lie sad hat he supposed there are u
iiousaed Altieaos ia Texas eho bad been brought
from Havana aud introduced into that county b,
snuegh L.
Edwa,d. stated thai in England he saught an IN
/ noduennn T. snme mrmbr,s ol the Bmish minis
~, through tie ascusY oil General Henderson, the
1rNiau tbls>adnt. but iii, gentleman bad tfins-
ed to introduce HIM foi the reason. as Ed""fds sup
posed. lat lie nlshed obi IN hen AID IN The &c
com lisltncnt Of an acl thai VAS eonliap 10 the
E rulry al lis tuytfunent Edwards, rely ing nron
! The you'd Offices Of Henderson, had ne lrcted to
take le.ts ut 1T duttob, aud the.eote returned
- an, UaiItd : sics. lie had, however, been 10
ministerial pafli,s aud had formed some nlIn'cy
anh tic Russian nb assndot. who took ptlicu-
a. fancy Ia tnnl. AID had assured Inn ih't II lie
.null - The sppntnl rnt Il Munster hon Texas
Ia Rtssa he muu.d lie sefy iasafsby estd al
that Coaft X.
Edsatis aied hat the rrief he endured On ac~
,ount af the snirtrgs oil Hose Aiicans, Who had
he u - Ilnptaftf, deprived o1 Ih,ir hberS. ~ al
Irclcd Inn thai lie lad cane 10 the resolution To
do ala lie [. u'd fleet her liberation, aud sym
pallN II ,, ~ he held IN Louisiana had also
bfoug hi hm 10 thr determination 10 tmancipate HE
H.
most p m, icss-Stuee tie year 1892 be bad been
aft4ugne ~, nans u1 avra 10 theI tmancipa-
tron, aud tca II srsH England on behalf OF the Al
nrlu. - avrd Ia Tx $ lie said TIA on the %
NJ, b, i,i, lG,ctshlc with between Que aud Two
huudl al Of his siav ii Cincinnati. aud There e
tipaled Tie whole uunb,i, alief distributing "
n,ong lllem the proceeds 81 The "st years crop,
an,uuotfng 10 $50 each.
lie oAh4bii ca deed oil einHncfpaiionu co stdrfS,
drawn hs Virgin ~ Walker, Esqis. Il Cincinnati,
one Of fhen benny named llenf, and SID thai III
IL" DAYS e tNp' eied 10 receive by mail the deed OF
thf residue. lie tou alter received the deed re-
itrcd In, AID GN Shannon's name affixed 10
~ coB,ouurute OF tho death OF the proper fecotd-
IN object lie ,ad seseniy-lwo OF the "maneip'-
I'D slaves had returned 10 ibe,vile as they bad ic-
attoos th,tc twenty oi them had remained III tin-
elnnati. aud some had gohc 10 keiuchy, aud some
IT, llnais.
Respecting Henry the lad Who attended Edwards
II, ,oisant, lis master sad thai lie his styrn-
leftu, Val. " Is NAIVE AhI,an, having been rur-
elias q III ilo,atna AID that he Lad u ,e,y pioal
ifgnd ior The tos who had saved his lde from as
si,sin uon III ltxis, about ~" Yeas before, by
CONN nuiea ~ the conversation he had heard 81
so,ne pefson WHO mcdi.at,d the murder oI his mas'
lie ennduci OF the lad II my, made deep i'm
Iae,si on Edwards mud, aud va, r,lnc cause,
lie sad al s fesol'i0g. about ten months ago, h O.
,par all his slaves 10 Louisians and Texas. son.
tnn. l. lwAtd, stated thai llenr, had twin sister,
tHe Wv image II him, whom lac hid sent from
New t1rans Jl,eotlo England 10 be educated there,
~ tl,at On llrnty's nifyAl lie should pun lln TO
school .,lso.
Such Ms substantially the statement a5e b,
Gol. Monroe l. wards, taken duwn from ms lips, but
! have never been AT Tie nuuble 10 see Whether II
r-,s viii uscii, 81 ia facts la nut 1T be as
eeilaued. Thee scye,a lhlnss III tie narrative
tath,f strange aud unaccountab e. Therefore IN
mrduiei, addr' ssed #aci TO Dr. Bailey. EDITOR OF
IA PAflanthropI.l, 1T Cincnnatl. 10 luqonc into aud
re- ont 10 ut the mcls. HIS reply MAS dated Jnue
27ih, lsin Ia sf"ry ii Edwards WAS gensr lily belle
yrd IA Clnrinp All hui tie attorneys the case knew
al o0ly t"o slases lhat had been IN lhat Guy, the
DE- IT, OF "hose emancipation were recorded III the
eent and irrr papers procure iar them. u. Bal
i, b hrytd ihai 10 tnuts 81 hls slaves had been al
tnCnnaIl, although general deed oi emanepa-
tiun bad brcu nade oGl, huthcntIca by the iov-
tlnor, but uoi I colJed. aud lureaidcd 10 Edwards
~ New 13tk, At. As Edwards had positively as
sntrd ne that lac to"h all the slaves 10 Cincinnati,
! naturally, on the receipt If tins iuiorna;iun, sup
posed INN 10 be an imposior.
Edwards Sum nj ler applied TO me- b, letter, 10 t.
let loan Ion hun, to The amount E, hive thousand
doiIatsI detray his expenses Eng land for which,
he sdtu lie could give good st,uny, on zeal proper
~, IN Mobile. lie sand lac had das on the depart
meuts at Washns,ou, Ne, 10 the amour, Il OCH
tten Thousand del but adv &c had not arrived ot
apuopna luus bad not beeu made, Ne, aud lac could
not wait, as he DESTROYS OF moceedn. 10 Ia
gland WITHOUT delay. lie thought The l,lcI DIS oi the
euslayed IN this ~ NIGH, he willing 10 advance The
nancy nnll hls return. Feeling uuwhng 10 give
Inn dtclded aus"e, unul trpl, 10 my letter
should be received from Dr. Bailey, and having re-
cevcd inmallon from Mr.. Robinson, thai the
lcttrr oi introduction, mailed IL him by Col. Ed.
"alds Vas rather guardedly expressed, suggested
IL Edwards, thai perhaps sune oi ms ltnds III the
cu, would he wiling to advance pant Il the money
lie said he had ir,ends he,e aud would ASK Que OF
more OF them. To my inquiry why was neces
sary 10 take sa lage sum to Eugllnd, merely iot
exp, uses lac replied that Twas necessary that lie
sioua make good Appearance there. keep n
carnage aud servants, &c. IN 1rdei 10 make nshI
Impression.
Co RECEIVING reply from Dr. Bailey, called up
on Edwards NJ his lodgings aud informed hun OF
the contents, N patI. lie soon after stnt me note
III rather an abusive style, to winch replied, aud
he lhtn requested The return oi his previous notes,
which though, proper to dechuc.
Here my acq ,alnlance with Nj. Edwards ceased
M recognition took place wien we met. | saw hn
about town lUt one or p.oro weeks, aud at length
saw ii announced thai he had taken passage in the
Blush STEAMER iIom Boston. | had prrylousI,
wtItteuto trends IL England 10 be on their quad
should he II ake his a pearauce there, The very
day. | thuk. OF her departure, etson called OF
me, whom had knowa some twenty years IN Bos
lou, and made some quirles about tins MoniOt
Edwards lie sand he knew Edwards ~ Texas
that the pretended boy lleury, gnl-iha
Edwards himself bad puit hastdt tmancpddoS II
IL "aua aud Introduced them IN lexas-that h,
had been indicted iheie ioI loge,y, having by
chemical process, taken out the contents OF wft
ten paper with Tie exception of tie signature, aux
nn1e ar Ia Al q ma m