Testimony of Mr. WILLIAM HANSBOROUGH, of Culpepper, County, Virginia, the “owner” of sixty slaves, to Mr. Bourne’s “Picture or Slavery” as a true delineation.

Lindley Coates, of Lancaster Co., Pa., a well known member of the Society of Friends, and a member of the late Pennsylvania Convention for revising, the Constitution of the State, in a letter now before us, describing a recent interview between him and Mr. Hansborough, of several days continuance, says,—­“I handed him Bourne’s Picture of slavery to read:  after reading it, he said, that all of the sufferings of slaves therein related, were true delineations, and that he had seen all those modes of torture himself.”

Footnote 40:  The following is Mr. Stevenson’s disclaimer:  It was published in the ‘London Mail,’ Oct 30, 1838.

To the Editor of the Evening Mail:

Sir—­I did not see until my return from Scotland the note addressed by Mr. O’Connell, to the editor of the Chronicle, purporting to give an explanation of the correspondence which has passed between us, and which I deemed it proper to make public.  I do not intend to be drawn into any discussion of the subject of domestic slavery as it exists in the United States, nor to give any explanation of the motives or circumstances under which I have acted.

Disposed to regard Mr. O’Connell as a man of honor.  I was induced to take the course I did; whether justifiable or not, the world will now decide.  The tone and report of his last note (in which he disavows responsibility for any thing he may say) precludes any further notice from me, than to say that the charge which he has thought proper again to repeat, of my being a breeder of slaves for sale and traffick, is wholly destitute of truth; and that I am warranted in believing it has been made by him without the slightest authority.  SUCH, TOO, I VENTURE TO SAY, IS THE CASE IN RELATION TO HIS CHARGE OF SLAVE-BREEDING IN VIRGINIA.

I make this declaration, not because I admit Mr. O’Connell’s right to call for it, but to prevent my silence from being misinterpreted.

A. STEVENSON

23 Portland Place, Oct. 29

Footnote 41:  Mr. WISE said in one of his speeches during the last session of Congress, that he was obliged to go armed for the protection of his life in Washington.  It could not have been for fear of Northern men.

Footnote 42:  A correspondent of the “Frederick Herald,” writing from Little Rock, says, “Anthony’s knife was about twenty-eight inches in length.  They all carry knives here, or pistols.  There are several kinds of knives in use—­a narrow blade, and about twelve inches long, is called an ‘Arkansas tooth-pick.’”

Footnote 43:  Bishop Smith of Kentucky, in his testimony respecting homicides, which is quoted on a preceding pages, thus speaks of the influence of slave-holding, as an exciting cause.