Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-04-02
Canonizcd, Bowiinizcd, Free
manizcd or Somebody Else,

CanoniZcd, BoWIiuizcd, Free
manizcd or Somebody Else.
This is the way he did it in the Noun.
tains Of North Carolina. Wonder who he
will turn up next. We clip the follow
ing from tho Ashevillc Pioneer of the
2lst inst.
THE PEOPLE OF SwANNANoA CAN
NoNIzED.-Early last summer q bogus
capitalist sailing under the cognomen of
William II. Cannon, came to this section
and rented a furnished house of Mr.. John
Stcpp, at a place known as Stepp's Stage
Stand, IA miles from here. 10 create
the impression that he controlled unli>
mited pecuniary means, he preferred loans
of large amounts to his credulous neigbors,
and contracted for the purchase of the
houses end lands of w, Y. Porter, Mrs
urls, Silas +. Daughterty and Thos. G
Burnett, the lest named gentleman &C.
tually moving off to give him possession.
lie then sought and obtained various loans,
amounting in sums of from enc hundred to
three hundred dollars, promising to pay
when his banker should remit, &c. Mr..
Silas Daugherty becoming his surety in
most cases. Like all impostora, his oper>
ations were to extend over a diversified
area, that would necessitate heavy expen-
ditures. lie had him a store .house built
at Curlie's, for the purpose of selling
goods, and had written to his agent for
large numbers of Southdowns, to make
the green slopes Of the classic Swannonoa
alive with his Aocks. He did no work
himself, but lorded it over the neighbor.
hood, a veritable Prince of Barren. He
had a wife and three children, and he
kept them in a style BETTING their royal.
ty, While the matron rustled her silk
against the homespun petticoats of the
farmers wives, the children, encased in
purple and fine linen, played hide-and
seek with the half-clad plebian urchins
of the mountains, His table groaned be-
meath the weight of the finest products Of
the soil and the streams, and his liquors
We'd In rich colors with the rainbow,
But all such careers, though brilliant, are
brief, ana 50 it was with Cannon's. On
Tuesday last he requested Mr.. Lem.
Daugherty to accompany him to Paint
mountain, Tenn, to meet his (Cannon's)
brother, who was there with q load of to,
bacco, and was afraid of encountering'Rev>
enue officials if he entered this State. He
also stated that his brother had brought
him$l0,000 from the bank in Danyille,
Va. On arriving at the top of the noun
tam, Cannon requested Daugherty to wait
till he went to a house some distance off.
He waited FROM s O'Clock in the morning
till noon when he followed in the direc>
ton taken by Cannon, and after going
some distance found the horse ridden BY
Cannon (the property of Mr.. Stepp) tied
to the fence, but Cannon could not be
found. The same night, about - o'clock,
Mr.. Stepp received a note from Lady
Cannon, stating that she had just received
a dispatch from her brother, who was in
Salisbury suffering from violent hemor-
rhage of the lungs and not expected to
survive it, and she wished him to send
her and the children over to Old Fort, in
time to take the train next morning. Mr..
Stepp complied with her wishes, and thus
both birds escaped. Brethren of Swan,
nanoa, are ye any the wiser? or do you
want a little more fresh salt?