The North-Carolina standard., 1842-12-21
From the Philadelphia Times.
THE GREAT BIDDLE SALE AT ANDA-
LUSIA-FULL PARTICULARS

We mentioned yesterday the sale, by the She
riff of Bucks county, OF Nicholas Biddle's magni-
ficcnt country seat at Andalusia, and the singular
appearances which attended it. We are in
formed Of the whole transaction; we have been let
into all the secrets of the mortgages-the little ar
engagements with the Sherif-the whole machine
ry by which the creditors of Mr.. B. would have
been dexterously deprived of all legal recourse,
and splendid and valuable property transferred,
free OF all membranes, to the family OF this
NAPOLEON of Finance The facts are these, and
they may be depended upon as true to the very
letter.
Andalusa is, perhaps, one of the loveliest spots
in nature and thousands upon thousands of dollars
have been lavished upon it, in order to increase its
attractions, its productivenesS and its value. Its
estimated worth is about two hundred thousand
dollars. There are three mortgages upon It
The first is mortgage dated goth April, 1914,
for seventeen thousand dollars, to Mr. Miller, ex-
ecutor of John Craig, Esq, the father-n-law of
Nicholas Biddle. The second is n mortgage to
John Gibbs, for ten thousand dollars of about the
same date The third is 4 mortgage dated 29th
July 1941, in favor of the son of Nicholas Bddle.
for one hundred and three thousand one hundred
and thirty-three dollars thirty-three cents
Upon the first mortgage of Sl7 200, which is
now held in trust for Mrs. Biddle, no interest had
been paid from its date up to the time of suing out
the writ Of sea. ia. The writ was duly served on
Mr.. B. He did not appear, and of course judg-
ment was entered by default for forty thousand and
three dollars twenty-five cents being the amount
of the mortgage with interest costs, &c. The ex-
ecution was issued. The sale took place few
days ago. There only few persons pres
ent most of whom were relatives Of the family
All the necessary private arrangements had been
made with the Sheriff: Mr. Fox-late Judge
Fox-was there as the attorney for the trustees Of
Mrs. Bddle, and he bid in the whole estate for
Mrs. Biddle, the lady of Nicholas Bddle, for
eight thousand dollars.
At this stage of the proceedings, new actor
appeared in the scene One of Mr.. BiddleS pri-
vate creditors Mr.. James H. Deas, of this city,
who had supplied Mr.. B. will! tin ware, kitchen
range, &c, for his elegant mansion in Spruce st
between Seventh and Eighth, had placed his bill,
amounting to $157, in the hands of William R.
Dickerson, Esq, an active shrewd, and talented
young attorney of the Philadel phia BAR who for
lnerly resided in Bucks, and still continues to
practice in that county Mr. Dickerson presented
himself before the Court of Bucks county, as the
representative of Mr. Deas and his claim, and pc
titioned the Court to grant rule upon the pur-
chaser of the Andalusia estate, to show cause why
the sale made by the Sheriff Of Bucks should not
be set aside He assigned the following reasons:
1st. That the property sold for $4,000, being
less than one-eighth of its value
I'd. That the sale was illegal and fraudulent as
to creditors there being no bidders thereat.
Sd. That the mortgage, judgment, and execu-
ton were fraudulent and void as to creditors, &c
The application was resisted by John Fox, ESQ.,
who purchased the property attorney for the
trustees of MIR. Biddle. He seemed to evince a
great deal of feeling, and in rather unbecoming
terms declared that the contents Of the petition
were false and fabricated. He made some strong
appeals to the Court to sustain him, but in vain
The manner of Mr.. Fox called forth severe re-
buke from MIR. Dickefson, which he gave in
style not only credable to himself but to the pro-
fesslon Mr.. Dickerson, in powerful speech Of
few minutes, aroused the indignation of the ar-
dience towards the acts Of MIR. Biddle and the
Bank of the United States. He read lesson to
the Court of Bucks county, such as we hope he
will read in the city of Philadelphia, for the bene
fit of the widows and orphans, as we'll as those
combined togc....es in ms affair lie e1nipitcd to
the Court the mortgage in favor of the son of Mr.
Biddle for S1O3, 1873 33, of July, 1871, and the
other in favor of his wife for 1908, 25, upon
which the property had been sold.
When Mr.. Dickerson concluded, the Court
granted the rule, and postponed the acknowledge
ment of the deed of sale until next February term
The next day Mr.. Dickerson's claim of $l57 for
his client, Mr. J. H. Deas, was promptly paid in
order to get rid of his petition. Ofcourse it was
withdrawn; but hearing of Mr.. DIS success an
other creditor put into his hands claim against
Mr. Biddle for upwards of four thousand dollars,
Perhaps it will be paid, when other creditors may
have chance to step in and thus secure them
selves.
These are plain facts of the case, and we leave
the reader to draw his own inferences.-We say
nothing. We take the liberty, however, of re
marking that this is opportunity for the credit
ors of Mr.. B. which cannot occur every day, and
that those who neglect it deserve to lose their mo-
ney for their incidence good nature or stupidity.