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1'or the Carolinian.Mr. Editor:-—II am in receipt of a little paper pub-i fished in Asliboro, in whose columns I find a ] very* coarse, blackguard attack upon yourself. Knowing that you will not soil yourJohnKyleTr II C Sh MuriCadeVcMel)editorial fingers by deigning a reply, and) 8aJ ohnDiGen.having some knowledge of this Eugene Beau-liarnais, alias Peter, Drake’s antecedents, j permit m* to make a few enquiries, to which,however, everybody acquainted with that r- j/ philobovine individual will readily answer, i 1 would like to know if the' gentleman who entrusted to him a large amount of notes and accounts for collection several j vears ago, has ever received a cent of the 1 money collected by him thereupon, i 1 would be equally gratified to know i whether or not he is the honorable merchant ' j who intercepted at Wilmington, the goods he ‘ ordered from New York, shipped them to; Charleston, sold them at auction and pock-l eted the proceeds, leaving his confiding crcd-Flt; N A McE liani! 8PowWeiM mat) A ncFBum fredrDu:cliisCMeSlowLaGiiT ^Dr;]HiWitors to whistle for their dues.it would be a source of additional pleasure to me to know if his Mobile creditors have yet discovered his whereabouts.Ditto respecting all his southwestern crcd-itors, tjuormn magna multitude) cst. ^ ,1 would like to know if he has any repu-^ tation for honor or honesty: if so, where he} . keeps it hid.(‘ Descending to less important queries, allow me to enquire if Ik* has ever remuner-I ated an accommodating Fayetteville gentle-i man for the nocturnal use of his cow-lot fors sleeping purposes.i Ditto tiie town commissioners for a similar daily and nightly use of the market-stahs ^1 and batcher-blocks.Ditto the barber boys for cleansing opera-tions after a romantic night’s lodging with \\\the vearlings. IVv_s Also, if lie has liquidated the bar-bills, j L«l the running up of which superinduced those K * bovine predelictions and crunipled-horn pro-divides.;t Also if a puddle would’lit have suited him better than a cow lot.Divers and sundry other queries might lepropounded, bearing upon the state of his \Y r’ apparre! after these nocturnal adventures, Gc l the unliquidated state of his dry-goods ac-r counts, A., Ac—but the above will suffice, l~ and wlu'ii they are satisfactorily answered,II and he comes forward with an honest name, clean hands and a clean paid-tor suit ofn clothes, 1 will let you know. ! tp:I * ntil then, in justice to your own gentility ex and tin* respectability and intelligence of oil those whom you represent, it is impossiblefor von to take any more notice of his scur- to«. * -rilikv than you would bestow upon the per- ;,r sonal opinions of the lowest Fayetteville Sh blackguard. A.LnMiNitlio\O Idv* mml1*1-inti
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Fayetteville North Carolinian

Fayetteville, North Carolina, US

Sat, Oct 24, 1857

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