Smyrna times., 1858-08-05

attentive member. 1t is the opinion of the
writer, and hoped to be of all that have seen
and read tho slanderous story concerning Mr.
| ~, that it was cOncocted with no other design
| than that of injuring him; and it is to be hoped
that intelligent persons at least will give it nc
credence.
MIR. Marin stated in his communication thai
| he knew neither of the men. This certainly
appears to be very singular, for have learned
(and have the Information from a man of ve.
racity) that Newcomb had threshcd his grain
one or two years, and had ate at his table; and
also that Marim's family had visited Newcoinb's
all being friends, as the latter supposed. And
now, in the face of these facts, Marin coming
out against Mr.. N, and trying by misrepresen-
tatlOn to create bad feelings toward him, can
not think him much better than the man from
whom he received his information--i. e., Cooks
administrator. And ] have heard and seen
enough to put him several degrees lower than
the characteristics ofa gentleman, in the minds
Of the sensible and intelligent readers of your
valuable paper. There are men in this neigh
borhood, who know that Hall, the wonderful
and powerful, hard SHE'LL radical preacher, did
lmbibe and even get pretty well "sewed at
Dover, the day of Newcomb's hearing; and |
presume the cause cf his being SO much inter-
ested IN behalf of Cook, is, from the fac ihat
he had the pleasure of jolliicatOn now and
then, with the aforesaid Cook,--and that, TOO,
on liquor that would destroy q man q have
heard) as far as he could smell it,
NV, Tor preacher to try to Vllity a man
who never did him the least harm in his life,
is too bad, and even insulting to community
But, SO far from doing him evil, Mr.. Newcomb
has tried to do Hall as much good as laid in his
power. Some years back, Hall met with pecu-
mary losses, and being man of poor circum-
stances (and it was thought at that time quite
respectable citizen), "briefs' were gotten up
to assist Hall; and Newcomb respected aim so
well as to carry around one of the "briefs
and collect money for him. Mr.. ~ now finds
to his regret, that Hall is doing everything he
can against him.
And furthermore, Hall has been throwing
out plea of having fear of Newcomb, and
therefore, could not attend to the little ad-
minstration of this wonderful and monstrous
grogshop. So, off he goes to Justice of the
Peace, to swear his life against Newcomb, but
could not succeed and then to another, yet no
writ could he get The Justices said to Hall.
that, if he was afraid of Mr.. Newcomb, they
would go security for his keeping the peace,-
and so Hard Shell left them minus the writ.
So much for trying to act out and up to the
SOAuSh 4NChNOlIO ICNClNCu nOliIliS III
the end but slanderous talsehoods, heaped upon
his head for ridding the neighborhood of no
torlous, vile bragaGocia, and contamination OF
any society in the world, where he could put
his aud the poisonous whiskey's influence into
operation,-leading the young astray on every
occasion, cursing and swearing at everything
which tended to good, and loving evil in all its
damnng ways. Notwithstanding past favors,
Hall takes side against Mr. Newcomb, peace
able and Christian citzeh, who is trying to get
along in the world void of offence to his fellow
men, and who would not have disturbed Cook
but for the fact that his life was in danger,-
and surely any other person would have done
the same as Newcomb did, under the circum-
stances. The administrator S mind is pre- JUDGED
against Newcomb, and to show this, he QIal)
stated that, on the day of Newcomb's hearing,
he merely went down to Dover to see justice
done the State !-as if the able and gentle
manly Attorney needed his special aid and
counsel, in the prosecution of the case.
The writer supposes he has said quite enough
to convince all respectable persons as regards
Mr.. Ms character, having known him for the
last ten years. In conclusion, | would remark
that it is the wish of Mr.. N. that the comnuni-
ty consider the matter wisely aud impartialIy.
And, such being the case, | am sure he will be
exhoneraled from all blame.
Yours, &C., A FRIEND.