The Arkansas banner., 1844-10-30
Flr fe fhaN TO THE PUBLIC.


 sste, charges, inpugnine my character,
 made in the Gazette. The papet, con-
 Inn these charges, first reached me on my
 ,a to this city, at the election. The ne-
 r of setting of, again, immediately, to
 soooialments winch had been made for
 bg my friends, during my absence, has
 soted my response until now.
 to the imputations sought to be cast
 me. in regard to my transactions with
 he Capt COLLINS, slated, in my cir
 address '.1'o the People of Arkansas D
 must 24th, that-ssOa one occasion only
 sun of any magnitude pass between us;
 ben received of him S5,000 in gold,
 Ike up draft, drawn upon him by the
 Col REcToR, for the sum of S8,000,
 sbIe i'll the Siate Bank, at Little Rock,
 which l duly paid at that Bank.p It
 l seem that statement, SD positive and
 as this, signed and avouched by my
 coatroefied al all, should have heen
 by aels, proving It's falsiiy, and not by siiaeat questions, which any one, with
 ie lelsl just ground, might proponnd.
 iqi limit of time or number. This lat Eluse, howevef, tine correspondent ol the rie has chosen to pursue. l can only Iaie lie statement, declare it to be tru-, subsaaee and laet,n and again challenge aausers 10 piodueea a single fact, or cfedi-
 Fcua tance. to dispfove, or in the slight
 Pgree iayalila Il.
 regard to my transfer of Bank stock to
 Callins. lhe facts are these Cap C9l- had reeeled d igansie ol one Runt!re, 6 of Bank stock, by al enlorseme Hp- Eap BackHetS certificate, Ina such nam shares was the psopesty ol Galllns.- Pf the belief that Collins was thus made |eahol lef, he was elected President of the E. lt va, afterwards. doubted whether transfer, lhu5 nlade, by endorsement upon Ener's certlIicaie. properly constituted ] HIS slockholdef. To .bviale all further |ulty, he applied % me for the purchase I Y stock and l sold ;o him the land Faged (2,554 acres and the stock. In Elleralion oi, and payment for, which. he |ged lo lake up my sock debt of 5 1850. undertaking to to 70 wa Iasersed in the
 now ol record in Jefferson county requisite transfer was made and passed Flelpcal Board; but it+ validity was ques- El by the Central B arA. And, while the |aon was pending, Capt. Collins caused edto he executed, re-conveylng the land stock to me; and had the same delivered escrolc, to be delivered Oil certain cou- Eacies. Those contingencies have never fened. Consequently that deed has nev len delivered 1; and was, and IS, wholly |eative. Subsequently, the Real Estate
 loFeclosed the mortgage on the land, became the purchaser thereof, for the full |ant of the stock debt. And. thus, it Is |ent that, as Capt. Collins never paid a dol- |or this land and stock, and was, by the Rase Of the Bank to the. full amount of |debt, relieved from all liability, neither Government of the United States, nor the |e ot Collins have ever been affected, in |fenoiest degree, by the transaction.- -- The Real Estate Bank now |s all the land (2,554 acres), for the origi- Stock debt, of Sl4,950, and the property imply sufficient to indemnify her for the punt she has paid for 1t.
 a regard to my land transactions, l stated, ny former publication. that Il never en- 'a any mans improvement, in my life, ex- tn two instances, by mistake and, in se two instances, the lands were immedi- Y and voluntarily conveyed to the owners e'e Improvements, at Government price. "~llhslandlng the noise and bravado of my uSefs, they have been able to make only Sp,eHcafioa, in alleged support of then 'e'ai charge; and that turns ou, to be a 'u''aless fabrication, and malicious false 'u' It IS that l entered the improvement NY. Davidson. This has been lisproveC We positive declaration of Mr. Davidson 'se''' who. during my absence and withou {, AnoWledge, comes forward voluntarily :" plam statement of the whole transac .' sHo lpllv sustaIas the truth ol my st ae "s' ' and the fairness oi. my conduct. Th' s"'snl of Alr. Davidson is in the Banner 0 { s.e i.l. Finding their only V disproyed, and turned agains as a' oy Witness of their own invoking, my ,.'''s now resort to the broad and indeh 'a' assertion that had entered the improve Io Sr ol Various persons, in Saline, Jefferson r e''leot counties. ll reply to this, cal ,r psonounce e it to be willully and mallei 7 z 'alse; and ] challenge any and all wh' a. < mate or circulated it, to specify tn ,ts ,S oi the persons whom have injured ,a saey alleged, together with the times I'i ;e ana an circumstances. I pledge mysel ? on sney Will do this, l will prove eacl ,a1 ssefy one ofthe charges obe as unfound .Au 'alse as that in regard to MT. David wholly false.
 'epea'' as have long since said. that o.,ly to vlndieaie myself. and not crimi , o''lefs have carefully endeavoed ts ,t nus! successfully, to keep within tn Ii ii H,' f'ias indicated and hope to be spared ina fl aucure tt tune, the unpleasant duty of de ''lg rom them
 ba o'iai controversy, however certain lsss o' my own success, is at all time
 'a'' 'o Ee, even when my adversar,