The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-03

ha,s county had told fs:d Cndra, that he the iaid
Wyily could have eig, likely negroes FOL Ms
pcr-lnd tie depone?, futhe: aith ,hat OF tie fnc
day in the afternoon, the iad ihos. Willy into
the lobby Of the houie, ,u' becloned to the depo-
nent, who followed hir, out, when converlaton
| commenced ahou, the Nszoo act tina, At this time
4 MIR. DENTON came By and aikcd what we were up
on; the fa,d Wylly aniwercd the land buinels--,he
| iad DENTON then up and WHY withdrew I;
the iad DENTON then told the deporen, that he did
not pretend adviie any member To be in favour OF
Telling the land, but thoie who were in favonr of it
were handsomely provided for and that il the depo-
thought proper to be III favor of telling, that he
ihould have part, and that the iad DENTON aid he
purchafer OF iIch Of the members parts had
mind fell but urGer!tcod that fonre OF the
| Sers pretended TO a& eight ten negroes for
! .hare, o. their flare he fad he could give 10
much lbut the deponent might depend he would pur-
ehaie the depouent further faith that previous to
ny OF the before reced circumstances, Mr.. William
Long1r one of the members OF the iaid legla-
| ture, frequently called on the dcponeGt End atked
him why he not in favour OF iellrg the weaern
lands, who anfwercd he did think !. right fell
! to companies Of fpecuators; the Opponent this
time wihing to make further diicovery of the con-
du OF the members tina, iale, and therefore affect
ed to be inclined into the meaiure, and by
THAI means kept up converiatoa about 1t occaioE
ally: thar rhe day the bill received It's fra rel-
ding, before the houie was convesed, the tad Long
reet ipoke the deponent, TO get his appreciation
to the fae the dsponent aiked him TO ihow him
| what fecurty the members had of the purchaier,,
when the faid Longareet preientcd certificate en-
ttlng the beare to two hares of twenty-five thoui-
and acres each, igned by Nathaniel Peudeton chair
man he the deponent then told the fad Longlreet
| chat that what ne had formerly told him
members ihare, for that the iaid Losgfreet had be-
fore fad members hare ieyenty five thouiand
acres that the faid Longreet then told the deponent
| if he would wait few minutes an hour, he would
| bring him another certificate from Gums company
for the ian,c number OF acres: that the deponen il,
srder TO dengage himfelf from the oonverfation,
then iaid the iecurty iufcen entitle him
to the land That the faid Longhreet then told the
deponent If he not atished with the certificate
he would give him thouiand dollars for it or for
them the deponept then prefented the certificate to
the laid Longfreet, and into the houle, which
| was the lsit interview he had the fubiea The
dcPonent further faith that the fares offered him as
afOreiaid were expressly dcGgned induce him, the
deponent, vote Tor the bill for dlpong Of the we
tern territory
(SigrrS) GLEN LANIER
| Sworn to, as aforefaid.
| PETER l.. VAN ALLEN being duly fvorn,
faith, that about the 9th or 18th of Tanuary
| 1895, he was in company with MIR. Gindrat, who,
the deponent underood was member of the legii-
ature then lately adjourned that consequence of the
|
the faineieg fixture who ,cponert 10 pur-
chaelo ofthe wetern lands whichthe
had fold and ia the purChafe of which, the dcponent
underitood tine fad K. P. Sanders, elqui,e was in
tereffed, and from the information Of the faid
R. p. Sanders, efquire, that they would purchaie
and to bea Of the Opponents recollection, flares
in Glaicocks company, for thoufnnd dollars
that the fad Cindrat told the deponent in convera-
ton that iubjetf that he hould have his a;d Gin
drafts ihares for that fun, provided the money was
paid by certain time that in conequence the de-
ponent went to exchange fome Governors warrants
fornoney and when he returned Gindratrefued to let
him have them, having the deponent uuderiood
and believed, met with better market. The Ge-
ponen further faith, that he believes and then uli-
dertood that ceartan quantity allotted to each
member in the ma orty, who not to pay any
money therefore in advance, and parti,ular
INDUCED, until the whole of the purcafe money was
payable at the eafury, in conequence of their vote
and fupport of the law for telling the land
! The deponent further faith, that Roger p San
ders, efquire, told the deponen. that he had made
contract with LacIlan M Intofh, efquire, who was
as the deponent underftood, member OF the fame
general aienbly for all the flares the fad MIntoh
held in the different companies, for which he had
contracted to give him eight negroes, so barrels of
rice and certain ium of money. which the demo-
nent docs recoiiect that this contract WAS made
before the iirh bill negatived by the governor
but that reiervation being made in the fecond bill
IN favor OF the oitizers and the fate would dedaA
comfortably from the quantity of land in each are
he the laid R. p. Sanders objected giving 10 much
the aid MIntofh, however, urged the completing
OF the contrast the faid R. p. Sanders further told
the deponent that the contract was broken of by
ION OF that deduction The dcponent further faith,
Mat he was prelent in company with LachIan Min
toih, elquire, and Others when fone of the COM
| parry, he thinks MIR. MIntoih hiriieif laid that he
| the fsid Nj stoih, held tx flares in the Georgia
MiiIiiippi company, which he offered at three hun
dred dollars premium each, and the fame day the
dcponent underfood, that he did fell them for pre-
MUM of two hundted and fifty dollars each, to one
| OF the grantees Of that company.
(SeaelJ PETER L. VAN ALLEN.
Sworn 10, as aforefaid.
| JAMES MERIWETHER, Efq. being irR fworn
before Thomas Lewis, Efq. in precnce of the COM
mittee of the houe of Representatives was aked the
following queftions
| lit. Were you not, you not now treaf.rcr to
one Of the companies which purehaled the territory
claimed under the att o. the ait legislature for diff
Poing Of the fame, palIcd the 18th January 1885,
| entituled, An act, supplementary, &c"
| I'd. Who were aiIociates in that company
Sd. Do do you know where the lit of the az
| iociateS are kept
| lth Are YOU or are you not acquainted with the
| means by which the aa aa was obtained
9Th. Do You, or do you rat know that iome one or
more OF the members Of the Legislature were