Washington telegraph., 1843-07-19
NO.l.

an indifferent tract of land for The section
Of counr. 10 which he proposed 10 com
meHce his laburs, and al a very high price
on a credii-he knew nothing of planning,
nor did he take The requisite pains 10 inform
| himself nor did he seem disposed 10 give
the least personal care or attention 10 The
matter, being seldom on the plantation him
self, and employing oserseers not for their
\ fidelity emo ability, but for their cheapness;
but there was one Thing he did understand,
I however, and which be lost no time in iu-
/ duiging in, and that was splurging; he wore
the best rlutlss, rude the finest horses and
" often travelled with servant; his appear
ance in TIE lille villages in The country
was suie to produce great sensation, from
the superiority Of his equipments over COM
mon travellers.
lie spent large portion of each wear
| IN ille United States, aud at last, for the
| purposes Of amusement, greater expansion
Of mind, and more complete improvement
in the grand ART Of fnanciering, be resolved
10 Cross the Atlantic, aud had fhe taste 10
select lie occasion Of The crnYnng of Brit
aiD's youthful Queen, Meantime Dart
who was living ia tho United States, priu-
| ciPsiiy at Rodney, Mississippi, could ge;
no account of how things were going ON
10 Texas, and was in The deepest ignorance,
OF the condition OF his partnership affairs
IN that country. lie knew but one Thing
with ceriainiy,and that was that he had never
received one dollar Of profits wbaicver.--
Under these circumstances, Edwards being
not yet returned frern Europe he determined
(lS3S) 10 visit Texas and personally inres-
| tgnfc The state Of his business aud properly
IN that country. lie did so and found ev-
cry hing in so derdnged and embarrassed
CONDITION that he employed lawyer and
segucsiGred The whole properly as last
means 10th pf obtaining his share of the
same and at The same time securing knight
u Co., Tor whom he very honorably entered
upon record q confession of judgment for
the SS35, 900 which had been borrowed for
The concern in Hlvanna.
Soon afterwards Edwards returned. aud
hearing nPon bis arrival in The United States
Of Darts energetic proceedings in Texas,
not at all abashed. he in due time makes
Lis appearance in Texas, armed with two
forged deeds--ihc one rs!alinr 10 the land
and negroes, and The other 10 rhe inferior
zpa-..v- -, > s-,,.e~-.. E,a...,-s.,-s
1 i appeared That Edwards vas The owner ~
N everything The furgeries LAD been made
: by taking two letters of Darts written 70
Edwards from iodney, Miss, and ex;ract;ng
1 every thing but Darts signature by meas
OF some chemical agent, and in the proces.
lie texture OF the paper had been DESTROY
= ed, the deeds were written by means of The
:. principai nf the manifold letter writer. in
\ winch no luId Is employed. Dlr. boIdIv
! proclaimed The forgery. Lni as Edwards had
greatly the advantage of him in coolness
and dignity of manner, the general imnres-
sion was greatly in Edsards' favor, par;ic-
, uIafly as Dart vas thought 10 be weak
> man IN business matters. and Edwards was
known TO be extremely keen. In the mean
X time Edwards had The deeds recorded in ,ba
\ counties Of Harris and Brazoria, and pro-
: clamed Dart as laboriay under a monnm..
ma upon the subject Of his Texas estates.
and wondered why his friends did nnt take
care ni him. and offered 10 subscribe liber-
> ally towards bis support in some fit rcce3-
Iacla ii;r luGaiics,
PIT The s7gacity and perseverance or
! prts lagyers al last established The forrery
, ana Edvatds for the uttering in Brlzo.ia CO.
was Incafceraied 10 await his trial. al the
regular term Of The court, for the crime Of
I torgery, punishable BY the laws Of Texas
: With death. He was taken from The iaiI
ia Braz "a by Iia5eas Corpus and removed
70 Tcxana, where the question of bail yas.
by Circuit Judge Of Texas, determined II
his i1vor,--amount len thousand dollars.
, Texas money, Immediately after this, a
| neg caI'las arrived 10 arrest him fur ,he
same offence, 70 wit. uirering The forged
deeds by recording, in tho county Of H,r
, ris, but he narrowly escaped aud reached
4 The United States. kidnapping as he left
three or four Of bis own negroes, vino were
, under Judicial segnesrraiion, whom he
brought To The United States and sold. wi,b
, mo exception Of one negro girl, Tie same
whose name frequently occurs in his trial in
New York His subsequent history IS well
kno~ni how lie went 10 England, with for
ged letters Of Introduction from Mr.. Wei
sier 70 Lord STRAIGHTFORWARD 500 of
, Lord D aud dined With the gentry aud no.
! bilhy Of the country for several months.
,, and al last getting out Of funds returned 10
The United States in 1911, and committed
the great fdrgery for which he Is nov IN ,he
|, peoiientiary Ut The Staio of New York.