Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1843-12-14

~ = - - sselAa e14lcaaed {! narrative
andesen hpw Inenterfain seriaus 1nisgisin es Il
70 is truth i1aa,ntich n i cann.ss beIievs that
either cfn1y friends ever had the hard lhoof a.
travel The bams read twice. i certainly was
with them the frst lime they jourheysd 10.
waIds Sara Fe. ! know that they llcn saw
enough andsnfersd enough 10 make them ex-
trcmely WY cftravolIing the load a second
time. even Tough the daring Monsieur Violet
was rerdy q accompany lhcm
But TO be Aerious, Ia this -Narratiye' ciil,er
Monsieur Vislet OF Capt Masryatt has stolen .li.-
orally and body stolen portions OF my sketches
published IN IS42, lacking now and then, fake.
hood Of unparalleled and mest strcrs ndous atf, :
city to SONS of the incidents. !. / pass over
MarTyatrs account Of the shooting of Waco
children by our men. ard also the maryalleus
tale that six of Vie Texans, attached 10 the SAM
"a re Pioneers,were torn TO pieces BY New Mex
Jean shepherds dogs. and six others were dread.
folly lacraied-I pass over other faIsehoocs of
nearly equal mag nitadc. as they are SO outra-
geons that they carry their own condemnation
With ther-ms main object is 20 p acc TIE death
OF GaIpin, one of the Texan Sants Fe ,xison-
ers. in its proper light.
After approprIating several incidedts finn
my original rough sketches, without Tic sligo
test allusion to the source whence they were
derived Capt. Marryatt next copies, with creeit.
an account written by rue of the base murder Of
Gaipin. and then goes on 10 give his or Violet's
description of that Transaction.
For cool, open. bare>faced tfsrcntery. this lat.
ter false hood is without parallel; Some one
hundred and eighty witnesses, many of whom
are still living. saw The barbarous Murder o.
Galpin, and will testify to the truth of my des-
ciiption Of that atfair--wiIl say that he was a
door sickly. inof snsi,e man. whose oniyfault
or crime was tlathe had become by inhuulani-
ties and privaticbs unexamped, loo weak forth.
er 10 continue the dreadful march through New
Mexico. Even within hearing Of Captain Mui-
Fyatt is nos living an English gentleman who
As present at The murder, aud who v Ill cert;-
fy 70 the fidelity Of my statement yet in the
face ofalffhis poor Gaipin il stigmatized as n
base murderer, and while prisoner. made to
pay the penalty oftaking the life of 4 Mexican
woman with his own A mao unable TO walk.
is made.to beat out the brains Of an unfortunate
female with bar Of iron!
Why. for what purpose, Capt. Marryatt has
lent his aid in giving circulation to such tissue
Of literary iarccnics as his.narratiye' continue
and then crowned all by a falschopd so black
hearted and so reflective lot only upon AN 1n-
8orsu4.ass man bot his GENERATES. I am at a loss
TO conjecture. Even iftiIs stock of brain orig
inaly vouchsafedhim has been friite-cd away
in TIC productions Potter Simples, Japhets.and
what moi, there certainly has been no necessity
for the creatipn d story utterly destitute of
tTu,h-one which can easily be nailed 70 the
counter as a coinage of the basest die. knew
that Little coll1 be expected from him save pei
ulent thingsand Iihelious abuse while speaking
of our county and IFS instilulicns.but certain>
ly did not think his brain 50 bankrupt. his intel.
Get sosirictsn by poverty, as u drive him in
The first paoe,io the commission oflstsfary lar
ceny on so grand scale, and then To attack. by
faisehood, ere who never assaulted him.
Totake up and notice the hundred and one
falsehoeds, siagiarisms, Inconsistencies, abuses
of the United States and Texas. and monstrosi
ties ofthe book in question. would be imposing
TOO heavy a AK upon your space and my own
ttsne. viii ther retire close withs4he hope that
you may fad room. in your infiucntial and
widely circulated journal. for this exposure of n
bareiaced literary fraud, and by 50 doing much
oblIge. Respectfully yours,
GEO. WILKINS KENDALL. =