Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-19
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IL 90 article above the signature OF yysrn n oc
III: h appeated in The "k'chmonc wing
III ""., and 10 the truth OF when mF' po''s T1
bib 80 sIb there is charge against me oil
50 "' sr Affecting as il does my p'iVa",
his ii'' al conduct, | feel constrained 10 no
o. inns. | discaim all intention OF en-
I'LL 0l-,nal controversy with MIR. Bolts -
HI rn;, continue \ course OF abuse OF me,
HE has now induced Tor = perod q two
kts nav pity his ;nai,sni;y, shall moi I'M
,le propose nothing more lha" l" give
De Inch the record shat Mr. Bolts say
nossess,on since las, Fall, Will either
,.,6,ct have not the record before me,
6,,w entirely upon 4 memory when Is "o'
psed BY Mr. Bolts is the following
TO n,yself-" When 1t shall nave o'c"
an me. bv the mos, eminent and hono'a-
NJ ,hr Bsr. and made mc:;cf 81 re-
have obtained IN trGwd Bond from an
md thu: charge Shall b. sustained by l"e
II Chaucery IN V.ssinia, and shall De
Il ~, suioIned and restrained from ever re-
., Amount Of nv bond, thus itaudu!en'iy
.ran .he estate oi a confdipg and urioiiu-
,, friend, who looked up 10 me a. ms jTtend
| ~, f4ft.r, then il Will be time enough tor
i INK trom such a controversy. Now, Dir.
made reference 10 the record IN the SUIT OF
o. T,lsr, which he gays he has had IN ms
IA since last Fall, and sYouches the ruin OF
...ging statement, by way OF making u more nor
under all the solemnities OF an oath. ne
gublless, are willing TO believe all that MT
s,nc. he has sworn 10 it, and declares also
- ne has thus so solemnly affirmed, IS sustain
. record. He has, in a few words, DECLARED
attn. that I obtained a bOnd By fraud II my
.~t confd:sg and unfnrtunate yOung TREND,
nj ~ 10 ne as a second father, and that tond
/ .qsl, tcas psrPsiaaiy eaj0ined by tic h'gh
D.. CtggcTy
.o believe, Sirs, that there is no, one word OF
| ib,s statement, to " hich this unhappy man
.,s,-mniv sworn, never WAS the guardian OF
r. @.ho - alluded TO as my ,d,ot card There
- .,r:,cul lar LINK Of friendship TO bind me to han
T. d, n,p--go, drop Of kindred blood IN our VEINS
| --,,vist,-e end ne had not the remotest cause
mon M in The light Of second taiker. There
1 an fact, been the slightest intercourse between
| .ns years anterior 10 the transaction which
,.,entlg relate. From 1913, when my father,
executor to his father, and acted as his guar
leG. 40 l. 1879, period OF six years, 10 not
-.-r 10 hayc seen hiE, and certainly held no cor
| -.i-e wi:h INN of any sort. Mr. George Bla-
brother in.ayY, his GUARDIAN, and had
., ~ q, with am or his. need not add, that no
ai as that above described By Mr. Bolts, ever
IL existence, all the rest of his statement is
,1bulous-and yet that statement ls made nnaer
b. a person no challenges the belief ot ui, ana
@llh record III his possession Tor the space oil
s,hs. which he avouches 10 su stain these allega-
/. Mil not trust myself 10 speak further IN re-
i, 10 his. | rather pity the man, who can be so
a,sd by Incorporate passion, as to interpolate
satuis IS facts into transaction, otherwise per-
accent in order 10 injure another. 1t had
,tfd bond Of an idiot lcard, who looked up 10 me
ssf5pd father by fraudulent practices, then, IN
.la!d II BE- the wretch was not bora to be.
q eve TO the public an account of the transact
abch led to the suit of Bakey rs Tyler, as near
]. rs aemory will euahle me 10 do. II tall INTO
s,,5- nv answer in the case can be readily turned
orses 10 correct the inaccuracy. That suit orr
.,-. a0-s than twenty years ago, IN the Chancery
.,,of ~ ,lams5urg. and was transferred some years
aa'3, 70 the Chancery Court OF Richmond, where
fingered ever since, until, tired of the contest, !
ou,ssd III some of the parties, and finally settled
ihafs he whole mailer IN dispute. II grew out
be following facts In few days after my return
! Nasa aston, in the year 1919, where | was then
= as member OF the House of Representatives
ne Redmond District, | was waited upon in my
.,irt of an Attorney al Law. by Philip }. Light
hen fully Of age and his father in-law, William
70 consult with me in relation TO the affairs of
..i Philip j Lghifoo, Ljghifoot had made a
Nj George Biakey, constituting him his trns.
.. bis estates, by which II was stipulated, that
5.lkry should receive per cent upon all safes,
H5ch :, was further stipulated, that Lightioot
forfeit S6D,C00-"not ~ the nature OF penalty,
4. ,ips.a'et damages" if he lnterleted IN any
-e; @ih the manageme nj or control of his property
05., ate: the execution o!,h's deed, had married
.y below hs estate, and The just expectation Of his
81, The daughter Of William Hail small merchant
county Of Charles City; aud deed had been
I'd from hm under peculiar circumstances, by
/. he conveyed all his property IN such manner as
esgned to deprive his wife of all interest IN his
a "a The event of his death, and to disinher!t any
he might have by his marriage. His estate,
tines then were, was probably worth $3.50, 900. |
nfosmed. tina. he had entered into con,-sc, fo'
,caa-e OF an estate ofihe late Jno. Colsn toT $50
,sca 10th himself and Hall were exceedingly ahx-
be- relieved rom, Upon the ground that It "as n
4at ptce. Upon enquiTng into all the facts and
instances attendant upon the execution OF these
90 t7tds and which are given somewhat in detail
r. s1s.er 10 re ca-e Of Biakey IS Tyler, came
conclusion that they IN ght be set aside; or, that
'oper course Of proceeding, L'gh;soot might be
ae>,sd Of his estates; but, that TO do so, would re
p iong course OF controversy IN the courts, md
sang at great numbers Of dispositions. J was then
, BIS L,ghifoot and Hall their JOINT bond for So,
would und rake the task anil act IN court and
'out as The Attorney aad agent OF L'gh,ioot
god 10 do 81 for the reasons set forth IN my answer
.s- san. | was the Executor o my father, who
20 he Executor of LIght!oot's father, and who
a..a,d o. l. shttnot in balance which was 5eliey
sa'ant 30 about SO 500. agreed 10 undertake
stfci, Ihey had devulvcd upou me for that SUN,
ea tlfy assented, and tor wh,ch they execute d
.aad / took measures d, once To place Lighiioot
'ses7lan Of his property, which were entirely sue
4. Bat those measures were immediately followed
70 Institution II separate suits, as | anticipated
"a recover the 800 600 az stipulated camages;-2d,
''2n Of cct'uue Tor the whole personality; aud
'snous of eIectment 10 recover the real estates,
we're many Nj Cogin also, think, abnu, the
rme 5rough, his SUIT IN Chanc-ry to enforce his
'c. Here, then, was before me- occupation tor an
ag sirt,nie, and nothing saved me from the labor
-, bGt the death OF L'yh,fno-, which occurred
'." months after, In The interim he was almost
mg hous~, asktag aUd receiving counsel and cd.
MAS c2:!-d Gpun 70 write hts last will, into
a my suEe. stor, he introduced a clause by
.H end w1s put to "a, salts referred 10, with the
foa Ct C"!gins sult, " hich, believe, was some
Is -rt~2-ds compromised. The fact ~, that the
-''lo.f men: cnured 10 The benefit al my father )
'e, 10 whose creditors he'd pad no bcons'derable
= oai Of nv wu very liiD'ted resources vas per-
'esc,, epoa the death Of Ligh;oo', 10 have adjust
aeHaoe matter with Mr.. Christian, the Executor Of
.o2n', upon lacra terms, rs may fairly be inferred
z ia. answer OF the Executor; but IN consequence
.Seaians nace 10 the bond, by those interested in
'sLi", upon what believed 10 be untenable
'tc. brought suit, with the view TO challenge en-
2 'ae Superior Conrt Of Charles City, and re
iec& verdict aad Judgment, upon which no execu-
"1' issued far yrar c@d day, and upon which
@75d.ou eas totr iatended To Dc iSsGed. An orr.
t1ancety SUIT, the nature OF bal! OF discovery,
W lgh', 10 set aside the Judgment, and for other
l'f> "htch has been pending ever since, until
=, Interested under Mr.. Blskey, and some others,
cd Upon tair compromise, The obligations ct mhich