The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-27

W.rsHsosD, LouDos COUNTY, VA.
Sellembsr 2isi, loa4

a. asfod myself, and the party 10 which have the
honor Of bsiag united, against the false ana foul
h,sss made by little obscure paper, hch hais tom
Rocfs,lIs, under the name OF the Maryland Jour
", ND xh,ch by the merss, acciden, fell into my
hsnd. dated on the ath of September, which charges
ara headed with A Loeefeeo mode u biting" Mo-"
sr do not pretend TO say BY whom lhs faisehooo
was written, or by what authority II was pubhshsd, %
ON whom the responsibility hes, but DO pronounce
the CHARGES therein made against me, to be oasey
false and only worthy of him who propsgaied them
sbase subteriaae shield himself from the ceh'ute
hs so Justly meriled for failing 10 meet MS engage
nsat af,sr putting me to the trouble OF meeting nun
At tho place appointed, and finding, hen no ate,ha
tive but to close The arangeme'" or sc' '"e
he chose to take the latter, and throw inc cna'gs
onm me. And to carry oat the system OF Dragging anu
h,ssting pursued by the coon and ms party ne Rot
down ia corner of his den among ms k"n any .in
in MARYLAND and there in this fou' shre. "hca mas
.,,csv circulation beyond the limits OF the village
nh,eh Il h ptn,ed he attempts to assail me and the
democratic uarty, with tricks, deception Dragging
"I hactiny out. Mr. Editor, have never pre,end-
al 10 assume any thing beyond what my neighoofs
Iii hone. sustain me in. | have been raised
plaio snd, hope, an honest man. have earned NY
pp,..d nv The swea, Of my brow and hope HONESTLY
nave always been, and hope always shall be- found
n.sining Democratic principles, the Journal editor
~ Inc Biz Coon to the contrary Notwithstanding; and
come VIA, may, come what VIII, ! shah nov &c
s,nnd dodring. and that behind peft'codf, nave
far
IN sny thing have engaged in, or undertaken,
md had not this contemplated charge been maue
,hro,ch ,hs paper published where am not known,
shoui not have thought worth notce Pernsps'
for then /, would have had the lie stamped on Tue
threshold. But no. cir, il was for wing cap''a' sn'
,;ss ih.;r aock in ,rsd< skins ogcabins, cider
h,,sl. and lies may flourish awhile, but must even
,u.uv come 10 naught, and the party with ihem,
; "a certain as shall prove, before stop, that the
charge made against me, BY George kePhart and his
Journal editor are basey false, and unfsunded.
II will be seen by the certificate of ID hergesh'-
mo, hsreto annexed that they set out with false
hood and there is nothing more certain or true IN
hoy wri, than the passage to be found in the seventh
chapter of Mathew, 26,h and 9Th verses 1t Will be
seen that far from my having made the proposition,
q, M wing agents engaged to make bets, that bad not
tho yooev 6v me at the time, do know that
.houd have obtained /, by the time was agreed up
on bs,weenl Mr. Hergeshimer and Kephart. had il
not been for some particular friends In Loudon- II
will be further from the certificate, that such was
b;s desire to boast instead Of betting that he wanted
m. money out 10 when be had not the money him.
sslf 1t will be seen that his agent, MIR. Smith,
refused to close the bet. 1t will DO seen, Also that
Kephar gives only days TO raise the $1,000 after
the 800 forfeit was up no doubt expecting and
hoping would no, be able to raise the $4,000 in the
Ten dsys But was there and IS supposed all ready;
least adj the certificate Of the bank officers Of the
deno.te in the bank Of Leesburg; but exception
was taken to the certificate, or erasure which had
been made by the officer, which will be seen by his
certificate hereto annexed. When this objection " as
r,i.ed ephart remaIk ed that he would hold Captain
Thomss who was selected to hold the ssakes respon-
sibI. Immediately remarked that did not wish
Mr. Thomas TO be responsible for my acts; would
send back 10 the bark and obtain such certificate
would be acceptable and starred my Decatur who
did not Wal. fol the boat but forded the in order
to make as little delay possible find in rgrene,
10 the giving of further time to get the eertifcaieh
c,rnes A he on its face-his course Just the re-
verse; and though, according TO the first agreement
either party had during the day to close the bargain
vet Kephau in an hour after was missing, although
be had been told the messenger would be back by 3
O'Clock with the certificate And would ask If this
does not look like sneaking dodgingP Kephart
did not take exception to the erasure until prompted
BY Capt. Thomas; and why for the very best reason
imaqinable-he knew It was the custom Of that bank
nj Leesburg 10 make those ensures Ii could be-
possible that He negro trader, dealing at Leesburg
living within short distance Of the place, constantly
there and not know that the practice Of the
bank Yes, he knew the knew there was not
certificate went Of that bank without it, unless
was for some express or unusual circumstance. But
this was his last chance for lodging. and
or never; and that coon found II would not do 10
rde that rail longer and streaked il for has hole and
when the messenger returned with the certificate,
about half litter O'Clock, neither kephar nor
Thomas was to be found. l then called on Mr.
Smith who hives al the Point of Rocks and who had
been concerned 10 the matter for ksphsr, and was
informed BY him that Ksphs had left his certifc ate
with him. and to receive NINE and hand them over To
Thomas. / had got Mr.. Hergeshimer To- sketch an
agree nen about the bet, and left the whole in his
hands with authority on the part of MIR. Hergeshmer
to do any thing my part necessary To close the bet
where my money now remains The next objection
heard to the agreement, which was drawn BY
Mr. Herpesbimer aud as he supposed correctly, but
this wse coon had found out flaw in 1t not one by
which was to be benefited, unfortunately but suici-
far ia uthh nyer an fa30 bt,l \ a..
true that there variance, and the contracts are
stated BY Kephar his editors, which | never
noticed or knew existed until informed after the eI-
ception taken. But SIR, did George Kephart
believe that error made by Mr.. Hergeshner in
ientionaliy did he believe my friend designed to
place me in situation different from what intend
ed and that, too, at a sacrifice Of $500, which was
inevitable according to the calculations Of the whole
Wing party though beg kare to differ Nth them. y
But Kephan relied tor certainly the general re-.
sut Then sir, against that, had cha nee for one
hundred dollars sixteen States Now, it !. folly
for me to attemp, further illustration Of this fact
the stupd~st negro thai shipped or trans.
ported from Virginia Maryland, or has now in his
service, could have told him, according to his own
calculation, he must win sx hundred dollar. when
fthe bet stood designed by the original agree.
nent which he then had, the chances were against
him TO that extent, or nearly so. But sir be had
sense enough know IL he closed that bet even I'D
on that Contract there were too many other circun-
stances connected with The Transaction not t. show
conclusiveiy the intention OF the parties. This was
the first contract which he or bis friend had There
was the 81 100 up in stake, and ] had made consi.
derable exert,on TO raise the money, and had met
him at every exception be had before started and he
knew that, not like high-minded honorable Wig
but like snsaking, skulk,ng COON he had ventured
fat enough, and would take advice from his friends
and get out by lying and charging me with decep-
Ton.
SO soon as heard Of thi. last exception, and the
publication Of the piece in the Journal called on
friend Of mine,-s gendem,n Of Loodoun, Wing
and requested h'm TO call on George Kephst to
know chat the true difficulty IN the wsy q,
closing the bet, and with full authority and furbe,
other agreement to sui, his views relative 10 ,hs
bet; and. further, to kno~ IL be authorized the nuh