The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-08-28
Ad"eI tisemcnt.1

lew weeks ago four other gentlemen with
myself published card in the LKpoRn. con.
tanning the substance of some remarks made
by j. N. Beattic, at Pleasant Hill, about tbree
weeks previous to its publication. In the
he"ger OF the succeeding week J. r. Magil
published an advertisement for the purpose, as
thought and as now think, of producing n
fillse Impression in reference thereto. took
occasion to publish in the Ledyer of the 3lst.
ult, short reply TO his uncalled for advertise
ment j. X. Magill has published in the Led-
ger OF the l4th inst, an irrelevant mass, &c.
as reply to my card, in which may be found
pititul attempts at wit, disgusting pretence of
admiration of Capt. Wylie's company, siekIv
manifestations of patriotism and hatred to the
Yankees, weakly efforts to appear bold and
courageous.
do not feel Mt all inclined to ventilate this
mass OF garbage, but as it may have the effect
ot producing false impression, as il evident.
ly designed and desired by its author, will
give 1t slight winnowng. Whatever 81 60
may be thought of J. Il. Magill, think, all
who have read his advertisement must come
10 Ihc cohciuSinh that he is n decided trickcr-
est. Mr. Magill says my Card "docs NOT irJi
cate any friendship between Mr.. Bcottin md
myself; that it does not show any cf,nr, ~, ,n,,
part to have the matter arranged. and ,hot ,Lo
controversy might have been avoided II ib,
parties had been friendly, &c. (Mr Nor;n
must excuse the '&c, as | cannot copy all bc
said. will try however not 20 misrcprcscnt
him by the Sc or othcrwise.D
L stated in my other Card that Bcattjc and
myself were on terms OF friendship Can Mr.
MaSllI ma "A man i'll this ncighborhood who
Will state to the contrary? Not one who will
state the truth. Although on terms of com.
mon friendship with Beattic, did not conceive
1t to be my duty, under the circumstances tn
run after him to have the matter arranged =
Ii Bcattic had come to me before no wont
about denying what he had said, | would have
hcard any explanation which he might hovr 40
sired to make, notwithstanding Mr.. Mapilrs Of
Tort to bamDoOzlc the readers of tho JaLc.
with the belief that the only matter of contro.
vcTSy between Bcattie and the sinners of tho
first Card, waS in regard to the word "lcsert "
and therefore might have easily been settled
without making it public. think Il hardly
probable that they viii take that view of it,
hchtu" used Other language quite as offensive
aS tilat used III reference to Capt. Wvlic's Com
pany, which was repeated by the sipurrs or
the Card, and VIC heard that he had prououu.
ccd 1t a pack of lies How often and TO
now many he had done this we had no means
OF knowing. As an act of sclfdcfencc we puhi
IlShcd the $HbStdI'c" of what Bcattie said ON
the occasion referred to, not a "garblcd state.
mcnt," in the offensive sense which Mr.. Mouiu
used the term in his first advertisement nor
TO SratIiy personal maliguity," as he woulI
nave the readers OF the Loigcr believe. but one
III which we cndeavOrcd to state his real mean
ihS-nSihg as nigh rs we could his precise Ian.
guagc.
Mr.. Magill says he is still of the opiniop that
l took advantage of Bcattic's absence. "a hc
was not here to reply. viii Mr. Magill come
anu tell us plainly, and not with his usual worse
than cquivocaton, whether or not he and Bc,,,
lie were not aware that We intended to publish
our Card before Bcat,ic left for the .srnt Of
war -
The following is another specimen of Mr.
MaGllI TAR dcdiimg He pgopounIs this ,no.,
ton Does Mr. Moblcy intend when he de-
mes that his statement was garblcd, To leave
the impression that the entire conversation
was gwen Just aS IT occurred fairly and imparr
TALLY :: and adds, sol course If any part oC
the conversation was omitted in the card the
statement was gayblcd" VIII The readers of
the L"tq'r iail to discern this sub,crfurc. His
object here - plain. He wishes to produce the
impression that he used the word garblcd in
ms hr>t advertisement, n 10 Offensive sense
Ihat he only meant that we did not publish
al, crGry coroi, that Bcattic said. and hence
produce The additional impression. that when I
dcn'cd that ours was garblcd statcmc:,t. that
claimed, at the same time, that We published
a'i.th"t Bcattlc said. If any one feel, any in
tcfc'tm III th's not very cdifyng "controversy"
anu VIII examine Mr. Magilr5 first advertise.
ment, it will be seen plainly, think. that he
used the word ''garbled" in its most offensive
sense that he meant to convey the idea, by
It's use, that we had siftcd Bcattic's words for
the purpose OF picking out the worst. and
thcicDy produce false Impression IA to Beat.
Tie meaning. II this was not his meaning
why use the word at all And why publish
the advertisement at all? | construed the
term a. he evidently intended in his first adj,
vertiSemcnt, and by using it he uttered an nm,
truth. so pronounced it in my lirst card. and
50 pronounce 1t now. IL is unnecessary for
me To say again, that We did not pretend TO
repeat 'ccry 'rord spoken by Bcatttic, aud that
We only claimed To publish the substance of his
remarks, and for the most part, the precise Ian.
gUage.
Mr. Magill seems to camplain of Us for sneo,
KING OF the earnest manner IN which Mr.. Beat,
tie spoke. Mr. Magill will please excuse us
we had not forgotten the fact that there was
once serpent III the Garden of Eden who hc,
gulled our first parents and caused them TO sin
We remembered also, that there was certain
individual in the neighborhood of Pleason,
Hill who might, if it suited him, whisper imo
Bcattle7 ear ani have him pronounce it ''all n
joke"
Mr. Magill speaks of Capt. Wylie's ,n,u,
pany as brave Volunteers, who at slc sacrifice
OF their ',persomdl interest" marched to Charles,
ton "&c." Capt. Wylie's company is composed
OF intelligent gentlemen, and will doubtless
Know how to appreciate his ii. r. Magilrsl
compliment. must ask them, however 70
excuse Mr. Magill for only mentioning their
perdo"H tnterest," rs the sacrifice which tbev
have made. As to Mr.. Magrs scky mani.
iestations OF patriotism and hatred for the
Yankees, | have but little to saw L. is.on
par with his great flourish about Bcat,ic's de-
parturc being announced from the pulpit. In
Mr. MagiiIs first advertisement he asserts that
Beattics conversation was with some Derson mr.
PERSONS unknown at Pleasant Hill. In nv re.
ply to it. used the following 81 am sure
Mr.. Magili knew to whom the remarks of j NJ.
Beattie were addressed ; he came to nv store
TO make enquiry in reference TO the matter
and told him who Bcattie was conversing