The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-27

savor Of j, -~e-c r-t, s.evdj5- ant, that il the
deponent though, proper be in tsvor q. Filing, he
shoaid 6evs ba-., & that the fad Derilou iG -
fs,ebcff, of iuoh of the rse,k, f,Is as mad nnnd
10 iei., bur underlooj thar oiue of the members pre-
tended to ak eight negroes Tor hare their
'harc, he fad he could rive 10 much, hut The de-
pouent might Depend ne would purchate--,he dep,-
ren, further faith, that previous any Of the before
recited circumstances, Mr. HIisss Long rsc., Of
Pc nezbrs of the fad Legislature, Frequently called
on the deponert atd aiked him why he was not in
favor Of Telling the weRern lands, who anfwered, he
did no. think right fell to eopanirs gfeeuLafcss
the Opponent this time whiting to make further
dfcovcry ofse eoniut Of the members on that fac,
and therefore affected te inclined into the
msairre, and by that means kept up converiation
about it occaonally, that the day the bill received
IRIS .irn reading, before the houf- convened, the
iaid Lergfrrc' fpose the Opponent get his APP
probation the ic, the depnnent afkei him to hew
7rbat Eewity the members had of the purchaiers,
when the faid Longdree. preiented eer:ifea ent
ting the bearer flares of twenty-five ,houand
EACH Ggned by Nathaniel Pendle,on, Chairman,
he, the depnnent then told the fa;d Longf,eet that
that was no, wha. he Rad formerly told him was 4
members fare for that the aid Longitreet had be-
fore fad members fbare twenty-five thouiand
acres, that the fd Lorgree hen told the deponent,
Il he would wait few minutes an hour, he would
bring him another certificate from Gums company
Tor the fame number of acres; thst the dePonent IN
order TO dengage himfelf from the Conversation, then
iaid the iecurty efficient to entitle him to
the land, that the fad LougRreet then told the de
porent, il he fatishei with the certificate, he
would give BIN thoufand dollars Tor II or Tor
them, the deponent then preen.ed the certificate to
the laid Longereet, and went into the houie, which
was the lat interview he had on the fuhjeef The
Opponent further a,,h, tina. the flares offered him as
n'orriaid were expressly deGgued 70 induce him the
l,,-- Il Z r. -
tern territory.
(Sgnedy CLFk. LANIER.
| From thoie two afy'davits we have feveralfae
| 1. We find that the land was actually parcel
| led ont in lots Of fevera thoufand flares,
BEFORE the law pafred.
Q. That the &c companies of fpecuators," had
| their cbair,ren. who made their rcntraet
Z" Cor the hear before II was caught"
6. That the little principalities of 5000 a.
cres,were to be given the price Of each
! vote.
4. That in cafe of the members not chuiine
| to keep .6e price Of their vote-there were
! agents who were ready 20 give money or
goods for the certificates eftke Gbeeulators
! JAMES TERRELL, eff. being duly fworn faith
Thomas Rsburn, efq. of the members of the laA
Legislature, iad in prelenee of this deporen., fome
in,all time after the riiipg Of the general aRemblv
thS, he, the iad Rahurn, had purchaied part of the
weitern lands, during that FELTON,, and Whit he wa.
member the houe of representatives, and that he
| had fold il again
| (Signedj las. TERRELL.
JouN SHEPrsRp, efq. member of the lail leeic
lafure at Apguifa, being duly fworn faith that iuG
before the BILL for the dfpo!al of the weflern lands
come before the houc ut the Ian felton, he had fire.
with 7
Their member Of the Legislature, who recommend TO
the deponent tiTongly to be in iVor filing tie LazJ
and he would, he ihould come in for EayeJ TO THE
noun. of kur4'yeG ttoujard aeye, The deponent
aid he did not think it right to ellthe LANDS, bu, the
aid Longfreet told him if he would he sqiebf male a
fortune for b(f and funy fcrevrr, or words to that
effect. The deponent fad it would be in;u,iOu, 70 b.
Community, and would be Duplicating to our conn;,u
ents difpofe of their rights. The faid Lonpnreet
then faid it was matter, that the deponent nor
himieii, need no. pyoped 6ey could ret TIE LuJ
7pbtber they there ae0ir, or words TO fila,
effect. That the deponent had conversation with
Philip Clayton, at the fate houie, about the 2otl, of
December, 1884. concerning the lands when the
faid Clayton urged him, the deponent to 90 home :.
that the fame evening, the fad Clayton called the
dePonent into his Office, and told the deponent, that
provided, that he would give him. the faid CLAYTON.
an order on the fpeaser for his warrant, which he
laid by his calculation 2S pounds, and go home
immediately and return more that he would give
The deponen, 20 pounds The deponent aniwered.
that he had bufinefs up town, and returned to him
no more that night few evenings afterwards the
laid Clayton told the deponent ne need not be angry
with him, for that at the requef of gen. Gum
and he would pay the expenie.
fsig7al JOHN SHEPHERD.
! Thisl Ian affidavit exhibits feature IN the in
trjeues which are fometimes pra6tifsd in the le-
fiiiative bodies, by which member ftsbof,s he
may c'fnhe realtrs by flying from bis da1y.
}here was aJ?ying .Iaaad of this kind in Con
grei' formerly when Congrrfs fat in this civ :
when queaion came before the houfe.
which they had been priqately entreated
not to vote Hgdi1R, but which their con-
itituents expected them to obboje-this ay-
ing fquad had always f>me buiinefs 10 tranaa
wen the vote was about to be taken. fnch as
the (snding III a ftUDF, As was exhibited by Mr..
ffr6hey in the Britifh treaty queition; or faki1g
| fl!gGr as in Darf9n'5 cafe. when he vcered about
from the ground of the Gquenrstis Il of Britih
! property, and became violent onti-ealGea1-
we might enumerate many other infaDces. of
this kind of heaebeyy, which always hetrays the
htnefs OF fuch characters for future temporifine