CHAPTER l.
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".4s man makeh his bed, so shall he ke.''

 The present exposition of General Bgrd, which We propose to make dates back to the latter part of November; prior to which time we have no knowl edge of him.

 he hrst instance in which he came under our notice was at public meetng held in this city on the 27th of November, the proceedings of which were reported in the Banner of the 2nd of December signed C. W. Weller, Chairman, and W. R. Dunn, Secretary We did not attend the meeting but re- ceIved an account of it, from men of truth who did attend. They all represented the conduct of Gen. Byrd on that occasion highly dsorgaaieiag in it's tendency, and his remarks as strongly tnctured with IVhiggery; although he called himself a Democrat and had the words of harmony on his lips. The Gazette reported his remarks, and chucked over them as strongly favoring Whggery Moreover. he there declared himself candidate for Governor and denounced the Convention in advance of its meet ing; although he had advocated its call, and had aiaed In getting up the meeting then present. for the purpose oi sending delegates to the Convention. But mark lie played the disorganzer, only after he could not mould the meeting to his will Almost every Democrat present at that meeting. faH. we believe, except four, and Gen Byrd one of the four) hndlng that the cause was likely to suffer by such proceedings, recognized themselves into another meeting, by calling Geo. c. Watkins to the Chair and appointing Geo, Brodie, Secretary The pro. sssdings Of the meeting, thus organized, were re- ported in the Banner of Dec. 2nd under the head of Democratic meeting in Pulaski county" The pro- position to re-organize the meeting, as above stated was made by Jared C. Martin. Geo c. Watkins