Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-07-27

A Card and Affidavit with Rogard TO the
Cllarges made against Gen Waul' oy A.haIo"
Neill
AFFIDAVIT OF j. j, CAMPBELL, ,,.
A fow days since, and immediately aiter .,V'l.
return FROM nun,syi.le, and previous 20 ms w
cular making its appearance ne came 70 NV 49,
asked me TO tell hin, pll about the negroes pfi''
Waul brought 10 rexas; Gs some gentlemen ID
Houston were talking about the matter, ana say-
in,, thcv (the negrocs) were run from Mlssss'PP''
and linn. he Neill not knowing the circnmstan,
ces coull not sny anything--but knowing that
came 10 Texas with Gen, WNul. no came 10 'he
to learn what knew about it, ,.,,,
told him the negroes were not runaway 80 I'm Sa.
NIississipni-thnt brought them from there lor
General WGul, and told MN 10 say u Ta} ~"
making such q charge, that he was LiahC a
send him 10 me and would tell him 20 Inc loi-
Lowing arc the facts so far as know them. con-
ccrnip,, tho negroes which | brought to Texas,
and which formerly belonged to the Heard estate
| was present ut the sale OF the negroes ot ,, I"v
Heard estate, and they were soia py zen Nuu'
AS Executor of - Heard decd, Ihere were
some two or three hundred persons preSent-dIl-
lerent individuals bought the negroei--amongst
others a man by the name Of Robert Lee, bought
quite n number of them. After the sale was
employed by Gen. Waul, as overseer on tho heFa
plantation. The negroes which Lee bought were
placed on plantation worked By ten @ @MnGL,
aud Lee, and were kept in the county ior Nv
YEARS after the sale. In lS4O Gen. NGnI
came to Texas to look for location, and on ms
return requested me to move to Texas anu prin~
out his hands. 1t was generally known tnrGMSm-
out the ncighhorhood for TWO or THREE
MONTHS pre, ious to my starting, that was
coming to Texas with the negroes and property
of Gen. Waul. Among other negroes Wh'c4
were brought TO Texas by me, were pOrtioh o'
the negroes purchased at the Heard sale ny Lee
left there in DAYLIGHT, and came through
the COUNTY SITE while the District Court was
in session, and there was efiot on my part or
Gen Waul'g, to conceal my movements As 10
the charge that the negroes were stolen OF RUM
way from Mississippi, pronounce 1t to DO
RISEIJE II is said that Gen. Waul hurried
me Off from Mississippi. and proposed that he
would compensate me iIr any properly hau
there, and which I wanted to sell Hnu urged me
to leave before was ready. pronounce 'IiS Us
basoly false as the other.
| became the purchaser OF ono OF the hes'oes
which had been sold by Gen. Waul as Executor
Of the Heard estate, and brought the negro to
Tezas With me. sold him to Col Neill, and
he now owns him, and E2lso stated TINS l"cV W
him before HIS circular made its appearance
Mr.. Garnott, Mt Columbus Texas, succeeded
Gen. Waul in the management Of the estate VINO
can convict or acqut him OF the charge nugG'"
orninst him. j. j. CAMPBELL.
Sworn to and subscribed bstofo ms! on!y !"
1856. A. n. ERSKlNE, Cl x G. Q. &. T.
The above statement of Mr.. Campbell is tEne
so far as tho facts have como to my knowledge.
| was living with MIR. Campbell at the timo OF
the sale, and previous to Mr.. camPbel's depart,
ure. | was making preparations to leave Wltn
him, and il was gsaJraliy known throughout Tbs
noighborhood, that ,lr, Campbell was going to
Teas with the negroes and property OF Hon'
Waul. U, y: pANfN+-lDLT ;':- t-r
5;u5"inno CIV SI " County ( of the county Court Of
said County do hereby certify that am por'on1,
ally acquainted with j. J. Campbell, who made n:
the above aIldayis that he is Treasurer OF Qua, Qua,
dahpo County, and MN of honor, We ysfncity anu
integrity. and also that am personally acqualn''
ed With c. G. uarhreader and know him to be a
truthful nan.
IS To Certify which hereto oishn my = naTns ant.
and and az the sen! @ Of tn the ,s5a SGSn U04'
A. n. ERSKINE Clk c. c. c. Il {.