cd us, gives ..s no ,aeasincsa lie rauss not think us 50 silly, as to publish charges of such ] serious nature against him. and then to have taken on ourselves the entire responsibility Of proving them, without be- ing satisfied that they can be su5stdnfiated.' 3

 will now ask gentle reader, if you have ever heard of the manner that ti.ls solemn pledge to the public has been redeemed. We have his most positive asseveration that he will when an opportunity is af- forded, produce proof before an honest, in- teliigent, and impartial jurys' Was not that opportunity afforded him. by suit instituted by Alr. Crittenden, and damages laid at S25, ,0G0? Does he not stand impig- noratcd to the public by every thing that is dear to the reputation of man, for . substantiation of the charges against Mr. Crittenden! To affect compromise uu- der any consideration, should reflect dis honor on him in the estimation of just and righteous public. What right had he to affect compromise in a suit in which the public became party conceTned, when he, Woodruff was the material wit ness-in him, and with him, through him. and bT him, did the public rely for the sub sanitation of the charges alleged by Wood rs.H against the official acts of Air. Jritten- den.

 In what manner he has redeemed his public pledge, how far he is entitled to public confidence, and what little regard he pays to truth, will be made more fully to appear in Chapter third, of the History of Little Billy Woodruff, of recantation s-Aar