Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-06

a. -;tten in part, il was detained tor some time,
with the hope that l should have been able to
obtain a document l wanted, from the residence
OF the Hon. Mr.. liuyeics, about ten miles from
Whccling-to which residence I sent twice 10
procure it. 1t was kept open from the para
rravl, preceding the last on page 81 of the prn-
tel address. l had intended to have pursued the
subject farther at that time; but, from indispo-
sition. from the want of the document l desired,
and from Inv anxiety not To- he longer detained |
Iconcluled not tn do So aud ! referred ia the
4. b. publications in consequence thcrcof. III
bad 10 ha, = Il copy vi ii made, which would, OF
.t,elf, have accustomed some delay, and this was
Increased by waiting for the document above
alluded to. / sent on the copy of such part as
was ready, ~ ! believe, the mail before the orr
rinai was forwarded. 1 think, l enclosed it TO
Mr.. Cook. When l left Wheeling, my inten-
ton was, To avail myself of the earliest Opportu-
nifty Of making an additional defence; and | did
not expect to be able to make afuli defeucc un.
til l could reach Edwardsville, where I hoped
to find some Of tue documents that would cstab-
lish the truth OF my statements. On my journey,
at Shawnectown, in Illinois, l found my publ
cation Oi 1919, announcing my intention to re.
tire frpm the Bank of Edwardsville, from which
place | transmitted that publication to this CITY;
and, after ~ arrival at Edwards, illc, [ wrote
another address To the House of Representa-
lives, aud had obtained documents to accompa-
ny il, which 1 was prepared to transmit when
the Sergeant at Arms arrived ut my house-in-
tending, If Congress had adjourned, To get the
same inserted III the National lntclligcnCcr, if I
could.
g.. Did You transmit the original Of your adj
dress by mail , and, if so, when did YOU nut it
into the post Office at Wheeling.
n. l did not put il into the post Office nv
self: l gave it tn a gentleman to put it in for
rna--the post Office being at Il considerable dis
lance from my lodgings and | expect he did SO,
i'll tune for its arrival here in the latter part of
the week before it was presented TO Congress.
@. Who was that gentleman
A. 1t was some one of the gentlemen about
the house where lstayed, but l do not rccollcct
which one.
q, Or what day Of your stay at Wheeling,
did You deliver it to him?
a. | have no recollection except from the
calculation which | think | then made as TO the
probable time of itsarriva! here, and 1 therefore.
suppose it must have been about the IOh or
18TH of the month.
q. Youintenicd, then, that il should arrive
the latter part Of the week
a.. l knew from the time l delivered i. TO be
put in the mail, that it could not arrive before
that tiInc-and 1 intended it should arrive by
the due course oil mail.
q. do yon know when tie copy of YOUR
Address was finished
"A. / 10 not know the particular day butt
think that the copy, SD far as one was made, was
sent on by the first mail after it was finished.
And that it was sent in the mail bolorc the uriri-
MI was sent.
e. Please to read this address in the WASH
ington Republican OF January "a, 1923, signed
\ b., and addressed IL Gales g. Sealon. Is .i,at
the publication to which YOU refer il, one Of the
a publications communicated with your Al
dress, (pagc e. OF that Address.
a. 1t Is.
q. Were you not ust about to leave Edwards.
vile when the messenger from the Hoasc CT
Representatives arrived
A. Iexpect l should have left it for New !,
Orleans in about ttree DAYS.
u. Did you nni, IN yoar eXatnirat ton of the
Office ofthc Receiver, any letter from the Sc.
cretary o! the Treasury, to which that convcrsa. |
tion could possibly refer, which, you had with Mr..
Stephenson, after your return from Congress-.
respecting the letter he is said to have written
on 18th October, except the letters Of the first
of November, 1919, and the 18th April, 1920 , |
a. did not.
q. remind youthat in the 4th quartcrof 1870. !
there wasa ~dcposite of u Upwards OF $50, 600. made
by Mr.. Stephenson, III the Bank of EdwardsyilJe
AMI ask you whether You think it possible he
could have referred III that conversation. 10 the
letter ofthe Goth of April, 1890?
A. AT the time of that conversation 7 d;d
49, tS iLnI slllSC tVP III
October, 1919, nor to what amount. | tbin.,
ii possible he may have referred to the letter nj
April, 1920, although | consider that the letter
ofthe list November, 1919, was the letter ,vr;t-
ten in consequence of the Receivers letter ofj
the 12th October preceding. The letter of No
vem5er directs the Receivcrto dcpositc the mo-
ney he should have liz his hands on the last d,v
Of that month, in the Bank of Edwardsyillc. bnI,
l think it contains no express order in ro~,rd
TO future daPosites. A letter ofthe same datc
was wr'ttenby hr. Crawford to the Cashier of
oiit oalih, With an enclosure, and the paper I
have presented to the committee was d,livcrcJ
10 me by the cashier of the bank as bcinr tn,
enclosure, from which il would appear that botI,
the Receiver at kaskaskia AMI at El;yarJsv;JIo
lad been directed to mako their future lon.
sites in the Bank of Missouri. until otherwise
ordered. AMI it appears by the letter Of tic
10th April, that tiee Receiver at EJwardsville
was specially directed to make his 1epogites in
the Bank OF EdwarIsvillc. Being the presi-
dent OF the Bank, to the Cashier Of wheel, Tie
l3ttcc was directed, he may have supposed ne
was hound to take notice of the nfurmatio
7se''.'ch Il is Natural to suppose he mast have re-
ceivca concerning the orler contained in that
enclosure. Gut these are all circumstances
'rIict, have come to my knowledge since the
,.ouvcrs;.tion alluded to, and / cannot undertake
say whlt lcttcr it VS. the Receiver referred
=, N tina; conversation.
@. Do ypl know that in January AMI Fe-
brlarv, 1920, notwithstanding this circnrn-
stance, he did make dcpo,ites i'll the Bank of
EdwardsyIile'
a. j do not. I was Mt Congress during the
time spoken %, and I have no recollection of
having known any thug at that time concern
ing his depositc,; ali j know on the subject is