Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-11-13

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III service throughout the war. q. HayF
you bssn IN the service ever since? A.
entered the service again i'm 1924, under
an expectation OF bearing arms against the
British; for having been taken prisoser
during The war, AMI not well treated by
them, could not love them. .. WHAT
was Your grade when YOU Left the army
A. Major of Artillery. MIR. Wickham.
Did You see such deposition as that of
Timothy ki5by in the hands Of the hStor-
ney General, or Secretary ut War? y
No. ! gave them the letter already spa
Ken OF; expected that all the gentlemen
whose names ! have mentioned would
nave been summoned. II has been said
mat came on here as volunteer lGer-
calmly should have Come onin any event !;
nut was surPrisel that those gentlemen
sn'nld not have been Summoned, and that
me enquiry should be IN one side only
Mr Writ. - the Samuel Hammond YOU
nave mentio1e the same persal vino had
4 commission in tlie time &C Genet? A.
Inc very same who j. saidto have had
one. Hir hay. l think y,u SAID it was in
'une 1905 that gen. W. disclosed - YOU
TINS important secret! 4. Mo- in Jlnr
some time n the summer. ! think IN Jl-
iy. u What was the impression on your
mind at time: did you suppose II was
soc1e project hostile to the U. ;? =. He
SAID he had some grand project in view
expected that hs would have made tie
disclosure without ny saving that wished
him To maze nv fortune. did not IN
tend to come under snv Obligation or to
commit myself q Wher was the FIRST
time that YOU made any Communications tn
the government or any ofitS officers, with
res2ect 10 these projects A. have Z
letter here dated Jan. 9, 1906, in which
say: have No confidence in the patriot
ISM OF gen. w. aud rs man think ofh;m
with horror" Mr. Writ. To whom is
that letter addressed? A. To the Secrc-
tary at War. Gen. W. Were YOU Under
arrest at tina. tinc! a To. was not
Cooking at lis papers, Jtdoes not appear
from thus letter that was under arrest at
that TIME. Mr. Hay. l want to know the
TACT, whether You weie under arrest or
not! a. wasnot. @. WHAT was the
in1erVal Dct'fsen yoIr arrest and the trial
* Court Martial? a. ] believe g or 10
DAYS, but an not certain Mr. McRae.
lad you net been in expectation oe an ar
rest a. had expected it for some time.
In my conversation with the general, a.
bact my saying th1the would NOT /. ; n ser-
aflCt
sad, this is seIit ~" ] replied g then
arrest me-" Mr. !Ipv. ~ what tune did
this conversation take pace about Cod
Water, when YOU stated inv mr. evidence
your ruin was decided on A. Think in
September 1905. Then commenced a sys-
TEN Of persecution, which terminated in
my arrest. ] was CHARGED among other
things with contempt othc general: that,
never denied, l was found not guilty OF
al the other charges, except that one -
| Major l5rnif then said that the sentence of
the Court Martial had been disannullcd by
the President ofthe u. s. and his paw and
emoluments, which had been suspended
! by the sentence, restored Gen. w. IN.
! derstood that was by stipulation: What
is tEe date OF the Presidents reversal A
] believe it was on the 12th of March last
and my pay and enoluments being resto-
red, IS equivalent 70 a reversal. Major
! 'run rCceeded-Tbe Secretary atIVa,
! observed that tie President was disposed
TO 90 me Justice but it was a delicate
point, and there was no precedent where
a sentence Confirmed ~ the Commando,
in Chief, was afterwards reversed ~ a.,
I President. ] answered that I thought il
was not very delicate in gen W. 70 an.
prove . sentence whenit was mere per
sonal thing between US. understood tina,
it was about the 18th Nov. when the cxps
idition was to have commenced, end TIA,
Mexican Standard, (anemhlem ofthe Sun,
TO have been raised. This DELAYED m,
departure from s.. Louis. expected II
Ihove seen Knights of The Sun, aud Lord
iof MeXi-o, among tae Chiefs Of those cho
sen Spirits.
CTo be coafinued.J