The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-02
The Nicely and Holland Affair.

We did not intend to mention this affair again uni the evidence given before the tribunal before which they were arraigned should be made public-wh,ch we are distrusilu will not be done. But having re- ceved the following letter from Holly Springs we publish it and the "a accompanying documeat" for what they are eworth:
 HOLLY SPRINGS, Sept 8, lsi9. Editor Of the .9meriean:
 Dear Sir: Enclosed send you a notice that the Rev. J. c. Holland had stuck up here to-day. 1 attended the melting, and of all the awful abuse you received it. You ought, think, to publish nl account of the whole proceedings in your paper By doing. you will oblIge, S<e.
 P.S. C. Holland, by h,s speech, convinced nearly every one that he was guilty"
 The following is the notice referred to, which came enclosed in the above:
 "To THE PUBLIc.--.M that feel interested in hearing correct statement in reference to an article enanatng from the 's American" paper publish. ed in Nashville, headed " Reverend Rascaiity, ,'' will confer favor by meeting at the court house, this afternoon at o'clock.
 "Seat. aa lSl9. J. c. HOLLAND" We have also understood from the best authority, that Mir. Nicely. immediately after the publication was made in the American detailing the ciTcum. r. stances of their arrest, wrote letter 10 gentle. man in Columbia, Mir. TowleI) which was read 10 various individuals there, stating that such was the indignation of the people in Nashville. on account
 
 tial citizens could do to prevent a mob from de- stroyiGg the American office. This will certainly be neWs to this community. We have snquiIed oi various gentlemen since we heard of Mr. Neeiy's letter to Columbia, who state that never had they heard hint Of an outbreak of popular feeling against the office. We should certainly have heard Of il had # been talked ot
 On the contrary, on the day that the evidence be- fore the church was concluded, gentleman of the highest standing us a citizen and as a member of the same church came to our office and asked for pa per containing article, stating that he desired to show us tehere ps had done a0roag We handed the paper to him. remarklng that desired neither of the parties injustice, and would reh act publicly, if convinced that the evidence we could produce Jailed to sustain us. The gentleman then read the article ttnscs over, and remarked that reading 1t on the day of publication he conceived us to have been wrong in or two instances--but that. after hear ing all he testimony, and again reading the article he. could not find q teord t0 aiisr."
 Besides, before writing the article, We requested highly respectable gentleman 10 accompany us 10 Water street, who can testify that we obtained al the place and ih the neighbofhood of where the rest was made good evidence of the facts announced in our paper Of next mnrning-and which we read 10 hin after the article prepared for the press. for fear might be wrong on some point or other. Having no malice to gratity, we had no cause or desire to state sught but truth, and although the matter was in The towns mouth, yet, as we shall always do, we eRdeavoteh to get the facts without needing rumor.--Nasaritis .4msrieaa.