Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-08-21

/ intend To be ans/orm for he s0ds efroid fse
! fellcry .pds frightened, or words OF that pa
ture; that the drponent did call Oh Mr..
1 Thomas for that purpose, who told him
/ thar he meant to be UNIFORM. The depo.s
neut after the rising of the legislature, saw
the said Thomas in the streets of August
IA, when the said Thomas made this OBJ
servation SO They 6iame. me for sisecuian-
on sicso 4 zOiH sttecnlafe F2onrnoy you haze
bern shecufatirg all yonr life, and suN make
More money IN fsvo years fhan yon h0ve made
IN your whole lifc." The deponent replied,
believe you have made more ia two
months, or less time.
SsgaedJ r. FLoURNoY.
Sac Of Georgia, Burke County.
Before Thomas Lewis, esquire, one of
the Justices of the peace torthe county a.
soresaid, personally appeared Clement La.
nfer esq one Of tie reli,rescutatipes Of he Ie-
g1siafure, who being sworn on the holy e.
vangslists of Almighty God, deposeth and
saith, thstduring The last session oflhe legis-
lature AT Auyusta, in fhe gyinfer Of he year
1884 lie being a member Of the house of
representatives, and sitting on the same
seat with Henry Gindrat another mem.
Der of that house befDre The speaker took
the chair, the said Gindrqf recommended
10 him 70 be IN ffvor Of selling fhe sres.ern
lands, for that he, the said Gindra, under
stood II w7rfh car notice, for Mr.. Thomas
Willy, senator Gem Eflinghaln county
had told the said Gndrai that he the said
WyIly. could have eight or ten likely me-
groes Tor his part--aad the deponept far
Their saith, ihatnn the sams day in The az
ternoon, the said Thomas NYyily came in
TO the lobby oftIie house, and beckonsd to
the deponent, who followed bia out, when
a conversation commenced about he Va
zoo oet--Ihat at tbs time Mr.. Dnnison
came by and asked what we were UPON
the said Willy answered the and 6ueiaess
1.-The said Denison then came up and
WHY Withdrew, The said Den.scn men
told the deponent that he did not pretend
to advise any member TO be in favor of
selling The land, but those wha were in "a
VOC OF IT were handsomely fsroy@ded TOR and
that Il the depouent thought proper TO be
in 5acor Of selling he should hSve jsars, and
the said Denison said ne suis ajiurehs ser Of
such OF the mes:6=r's j1arfs, a, bad a mind
to sell, but understood ina. some of the
members pretended tossk eight or ten nc-
groes Tor share or their share. he said he
could rot give so much, but the dsponeni
might depend he wooldpurchase--ihe de-
ponent further saith, that previous TO any
OF The before recited circumstances, Mr..
HHtam Lcnysfreef, ono of me members or
me said legislature, frequently called on
'hS depcnent and asked him why he was
not in favor of selling the western lands,
who answered, he did no. Think il right,o
sell 20 onqiaties Of sfieculators The depo
aept at d,is ,ime sishiag to make further
discovery of the CONDUCT Of The me rnbe, 8
on that sale aud therefore alccted 10
De i'rlieedto come into the measure and
oy thatmeans KEEP, up 8 conversation about
t occasionally, ihatou the day The bin re.
ceiyrd ITS frs. reading belnrr the housr
was convened, the said I.onrsi-cef. snokc
10 the deponent 10 ger his appreciation 10
me saie,ibe dePonent asked h.m 10 shew
svhas seeHrty the members bad Of The Dur.
Icaasers, when the said Lanesssset pre.
senssd certificate emitting The bearer
70 TWO shares OF twenty-five thcusasd 4.
fcres each, signed by Nsthanisl Pendulum
craftsmanship, The deponeni, sben told
the said LoegstTeet, that that was not
what he had formerly told him was 4 men,
ber's share, Cor ;hst9be said l.ong.,fee,
had Before said a members share was s~-
ycniy-hye thousand acres, that the said
Lopgsireet then told the Opponent, II he
would wait few minutes or an hour. he
would bring him another certificate from
CuBn's company for The same number
OF acres that the Opponent in ordes %
d'ssngage himself from the conversations.
hen said the security was not sufficien, 10
ensltlc himto the land, that The said Long
street then told the dcponent, il he wss
not satisfied with he certificate, he would
/ give him one Thousand dcllars Cor il or for
Them, the deponent then presented The
ceftiiicae 10 the said Lones,reer, and
wentin'o the house, which was The las, IN.
teryiew he had on The subject. The de :
ponent further saith, thatihe shares ofgee.
ed him as Aforesaid, were expressly de-
Isignedto induce him the deponen,, 10 vote
for the bill Cor dsposing Of the western
territory.
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