LEWIS B. EDWARDS. _Ballston Spa, March 1816_."

"I certify, that shortly after the rising of the Legislature,
I saw Benjamin Cowles, Esq. in the village of Ballston Spa,
on his way home; And in a conversation with him relative to
the reports respecting Mr. Young, I asked him whether he had
not told Mr. Bunce and Palmer, 'that Mr. Young had treated
his colleagues with neglect, and that his treatment towards
them was haughty and reserved,' to which Mr. Cowles answered
in the affirmative. I further asked him if he did not tell
Mr. Palmer and Bunce, 'that he was convinced of Mr. Young's
vanity, previous to his being in the Legislature with him,'
and state as an example 'that while they were Supervisors,
they were appointed a committee to arrange or make out an
account, for the board of Supervisors, and that he the said
Benjamin Cowles, Esq. made out the account himself and
delivered it to Mr. Y. who copied and presented it to the
board of Supervisors, and claimed the credit of it himself.'
To all of which Mr. Cowles answered in the affirmative, and
expressed a wish that Mr. B. and P. would not publish any
thing concerning the conversation, as he was anxious to see
Messrs. Gardner and Ketchum, and have the affair reconciled.
He further stated that he did not think that the certificate
given by Mr. Ketchum, Gardner and himself, to Jas. Thompson;
Esq. did deny the conversation with Bunce and Palmer.--A.W.
ODELL. _Ballston Spa, March, 1816_."

"I certify that some time in the month of February 1815,
Benjamin Cowles, Esq. came home from the Legislature on a
visit, that I saw Mr. Cowles at Ensign's Inn, in the town of