Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-07

vould sheW . ON by Respectable tes.
Which were :: .o ,,;sa hv his own declarations a.
1py, oue ~ He would commence with lug
4 hass general character anu sn s,sd into
nie' as sch, ever since nc eh.e.se 49,
ne would sheM,, the weight OF his tes'inlou.
perlured himself. he had'a many instances
inducements to periuryoNldthen shew ms
by establishing the existeh se,s,n TINS CASE
ton, OF which he was the heao cohion ms
Smith. 20 uln Mf.
Mr.. Key was about to read sum-, aa,.
tons taken at Newtown, Connec},.
Previous to this he read the certihcmas II
notice givenby Mr., Smith to Mr.. Glover ri
his purpose to take dispositions relative TO b;s
character. From theseit appeared that Mr..
Smith had on the 10th of February notifs d
him OF his intention to take dispositions ar
Rcihi, n Y.on the 5th Feb. at Newtown.
aConnectlcut) on the 20th---in the Mississip-
pl Territory on the 26sh--at Cincinnati the
Mr.. Crasyford objected to reading these
dePosiuons. He observed that they went Sc
rIously to affect the character of MIR. Clover
that the Senate had, in such case prescribed
that the dispositions should only be received
Ia case OF reasonable notice having been given
TO the person whose character il was intended
to discfedlt that in this case no such reason
able notice lad been allowed, that the notice
was too short to be Of the least use to Mr..
Glover.
Mr.. Harper of counsel for Mr.. Smith.
observed tina, as much ,ime had been given
oy iar. Smith as he could possibly spare. .
he si@ss fixed for taking deposi.iona at
the several places had been as distant as
they could be consistently with Mr.. Smiths
getting the testimony forwarded 10 the seat
OF government by he lss of March the
period then hzed by the senate for his hear.
iag,
Mr.. S. Smith stated that. although tie
resolution hSing the Is, of March for
hearing had passed on .he 20 of January
the notices of Mr.. Smith we're 90, dated
I'LL The to;h of FEBRUARY, se Berrysville> 10
Virginia, where he had put ths.n into she
post Office.
A short debate followed, 10 which the
principal circumstances noticed were, that
according to Mr.. Smiths AFFIDAVIT, on
which ,he FRS pooeuent had taken
place, 1t was not expacted that dispositions |
20 discfedit &. Giove,'s would BE- taken a,
any other place tiiau Cipeinnasi--shas, if |
hese dispositions, ihough informal were [
,ead, they would be taken by the Sena
only tor VIDA, they were worth aud thas, IT |
,xparte evidence was received 10 favor of |
Mr. Smith, II could net BE. rejected whsn |
against hra.
Onread'ag The depositious, II members
'eing majority, rose in the affirmative.
The COUNSEL then read the deposisons of
calvin Chamberlain, HeuryPeck, Jun. Ely
Perry, VIM. Meeker, Daniel Wheeler, I
Ioen Norffog, Luther Eulkley, ZslmoD
ousy. jun. Cyrus Sprinkle, James Nj.
halls, solomon Boosb, Oliver lousy, Gil
leon Fisher, Stephen Beers, jun. n. Hays,
oseph MichIn, Solomon ~. Sackrlden,
ames Monger, Homer r. Phelps, Joshua
/. sreas. Gabriel North, John l. Moore,
Philip Gabehast. Cyrenus' Foc,s, Roswell
iodgkiss, BeuJah Beardley, E. K. Gran
sr, Henry Tyler, John 3. Jadson, Samu.
| Stephen, George Post, Asa Tyler, Ma.
ban I. Tyler, John S Gano, Fraocis
)unlavy, John Selaan, Stephen M'Far.
and, George Gordon, Edward II. Sail,
Ihomas Il. Sill.
These dispositions are made by persons
esidiag IN tie states of Connecticut, n.
FORK aud Ohio,
About 4 o'clock the senate adjourned ill
De Dexs day at 10, q. NJ.