Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-06-24

eyes were dark brown, his hair stralgi {
coarse aud grey.l iHe was an erect, muscu
lar man of l75 pounds weight. Th'
shadow of a man now calling himself Nc
Auley, has rather fine hair, inclined 10 curl
and it is scarcely grey at all; his eyes arr
dark blue. 1t is claimed by those who be
lieve him the real McAuley, that climate
and sickness and time have made thest
changes. McAuley worked for Mr.. JohI
Fteurt several years before he went 10 Cali
fornia, and he left Mr.. Feurt in charge o
bis unsettled business. A correspondence
has heen kept up between them. Mr.
Feurt confronts the man and cannot believe
him TO be McAuley. He visits him re
peatedly and talks to him, but no change
is made in Mr.. Eeurt's mind. Finally, al
an interview on Saturday last, the stranger
put question to Mr.. Feurt in regard tc
his unsettled business left in Feurt's hands,
and asked if he (Feurt) had paid orel the
money he had collected, to his (McAnlcy's)
wife. This staggered Mr.. Faurt's belief
and he concluded it must be his old friend
McAuley. He took him home with him
and kept him until this morning. In the
meantime he used every means to satisfy
himself as 10 the identity ofthe man. But
this morning the invalid returned to town,
and Mr.. Feurt tells us; that he is not Nc
Auley. Mr.. Feurt's mother, on. the con
trary, declares that it is McAuley!
Mr.. Aaron Noel, another old friend Of
McAuley, failed 10 recognize him, after
severalinteryiews. Finally he asked the
stranger if they ever had any dealings to-
gether. The sick man looked at him, and
replied, .'Ycs-you bought heifer at my
sale, when was going away" This was
another strong point, in Mr.. Noers opinion,
and he felt constrained to yield his doubts,
for he had bought heifer as stated. But
to-day, (Monday,) after further enquiry
and Investigation, Noel repudiates the man
as McAuley. - .e--
Messrs III. Kehoe, Henry Hail, and 9th
ers, of whom McAuley purchased goods for
years, before he left, all fail to recognize
their old customer in the new man.
Mr.. John Clarke, who accompanied Nc
Auley across the plains in 1852, failed to
recognize this man as MeAuley at first;
but upon copsersing with him, he is salts
fled that he is the hona fide McAuley.-
Mt William Williams, who met him re-
peatrdIy in California, says he is MeAuley.
Mr.J. o. johnson, of Lucas lille, an old ac-
quaintance, is positive thst he sees McAu-
lev the returned Californian. Mr.. Viii
liam Musser, of this place, brother-in-law
of McAuley, declares this man is not Nc
auley. Mr.. James Long, of this place,
who knew the man well, says he is Nc
Auley. .'.a' s'-# i1-...'7' "a t.f9A p,
Mr.. Leonard Groniger, another old =ac-
quaiutanee of McAuley's, Indignantly re-
jects this man as his old friend. Mr.. James
Huston has crooked finger; and he asked
this mysterious stranger if he knew how
that happened. The man replied, "Yes,
I bit it." Huston says, several years ago
he and McAuley got into a fight, and Nc
Auley did bite that finger joint, and made
it crooked! -~ '-' .'''5
We are simply giving facts, as related
by the persons themselves, without at
tempting to prove pro or con. We be-
iieve McAuley's relatives are honest in their
opinions; and they have a right to act in
accordance with such opinions. f-.ef'-
= As we never saw McAuley before he left
for California, We do not pretend to judge
this man. One would suppose that wife
would be competent 10 speak correctly in
such case; and yet all are ready to ask
what object stranger would have in at
tempting such m imposition. 1fit is Nc
Auley, he has hard time Of it. Sex,
nigh unto death, with one foot in the grave,
he comes loug and weary journey TO die
among his friend and is dsowned, and put
aside rs stranger. '-''.t
If he is not McAuley, he is certainly
making but poor speculation in the at
tempted imposition. He left on the Bos-
tona to-day, for Cincinnati, to get his trunk
and papers, which he claims will prove his
identity. Mr.. John Clark went down with
him; so we will know more upon the re-
turn of the boat. rs M 7s-.s tstr.