Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-29
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Question. Was asy fact omitted in tina
part Of the qualifications which had been state,
liR ny Onicial letter 20 you IL there was, b
1pjeased t0 state what fact was omitted.
y Answer. know Of mono omitted; Gem
/ plain Of the narrative not continuing till tn,
resuIt ofthe affair with the 0aiiego.
j Question. Afterleavins Savannah, did yot
put into the port of Norfolk on your way tc
Washington, and AZ what time wers5ou there
and how long we,e you there
Answer. did; October esd WIS the time
ofmy arrival the day after my departure, q
publication appeared in the Herald, anuounc-
ing my arrival, and accompanied by publca-
tlbn Of Lieut.. Kennon'A Here the witness re.
terrec to the publication Of the cath October
in the Herald, for which see extract in the
Appendix, marked No. s expressing his in
tenflon OF replying 20 the author Of the publ
cation in the Georgian, and calling his atten-
ton to The publication in the Herald, Of the
preceding Monday. yy.3
Question. We're you not, while In M dlk,
informed oftbe explanation given by .thF Ed
,tor OF the herald In his paper Of the goth
October last, pf the publication made by him
Of the 9Th September, and of his exoneration
OF me 10 all participation 10 the offensive pas
sage? II not. when and where, and how, were
you first informed sfthat explanation
Answer. Commodore Sinclair, when
first arris ed, informed me of some publication
of the Editors, and promised to send me
copy, but did not state the nature Of it. lex.
pressed the satisfaction should feel if Lieut..
Kennon would acquit himself of any hostile or
untriendly intention towards me, in the publ
cations which had appeared. Commodore
kSincisir did NOT send me this copy, and this is
the first have ever seen the publication
containing the explanation, except what ap-
N, hs,
body Of Subsequent publication of Lieut..
Kennon's. :.
And the court adjourned TO meet agaiu.to-
morrow morning, At bali past nine o'cIocks
United States Navy Y.id, Go,por.. &.
Tuesday, Feb. 10. A. d. 1924 s.,
The court met, pursuant to adjournment.
Members present, as on yesterday. Lieut.
kennon and the witness, Capt. Porter, appear
I'd, and the cioss-examination Of Capt. Por-
ter was resumed
Question by accused. In the Herald ofthe
24th October, was publication oil Lieut.. Ken
mons when were you first informed Of that
publication, how and by whom were yon SO
nfoImed tSee Appendix. marked No.S.l
Answer. was first informed oft in Wash
ington, think about week after my arrival
in Norfolk, in the Sea Gull, in October, tper-
haps more than week after nv arrivaL)
picked it mp, accidentally; it.Svas TN table
in the Secretary of the Navy's Office.
Question. Did you or did you not, after see
ing that publication, taRe any pains to inform
yourself of the observations made in The Her
aid, referred to in that publication?
Answer. No, did not. received promise
from Cspt. Sinclair that he wnnld send me
that publication I confded in his promise !;
if he did send it, did not receive it.
Question. Were you again in Norfolk, on
-. otk~ l. L
many days were you there?
Answer. did arrive here about the 9Th
November, and remained three or four days.
On the day ofmy leaving here, saw the pub
LEGATION OF Ii. Kennon, of the 10th Nov, on
board the steamboat.
Question. Did you, at any time before my
arrest, either publicly, or by private commu-
| nicatOn to me, explain or mitigate the stric-
lures you had publicly made on my character
| and conduct in the Georgian!
Answer. did, in a letter to the Editor Of
the Georgian. !.
Question. Did you do il, sir, before my ar
rest, IN any other mode than by letter to the
Georgian editor?
Answer. Only by message to Lieut.. Ken
non, through Commodore Sinclair, who in.
formed me that Lieut.. Kennon was preparing
a reply to this defence Of my character in the
Georgian. requested Commodore Sinclair
10 warn Lieut. Kennon against any personali-
ties towards me in his intended publication,
and Commodore Sinclair informed me there
would be none.
Here the accused offered in evidence his
letter to the editor Of the Georgian, which was,
by consent, read TO the court. (See appen-
dix, No. a.
Question. Do you know the hand writing
Of George Robertson, jun. editor of the Geor-
gian Is this letter now produced TO you, da.
ted 3lst October, in his hand writing
Here the letter of the Editor Of the George
an, in reply to the one just read to the court,
was handed to the witness
Answer. | believe il to be- the hand writing
of the editor ofthe Georgian. land the said
letter was then read to the court, for which
see appendix, where it is marked No ISL
Question. Did the editor of the Georgian
write letter 10 you IN consequence of my de-
mabd Of the authors name? If he did. be
pleased to produce that letter.
Answer. don't know that have that let
ter. lift is among my letters it shall be pro-
duced. He did wIite me such letter.
Question. Is the letter now produced, dated
25h November, 1928, the hand writing Of the
editor of the Georgian?
Answer. Ii appears 10 me TO be the hand
writing OF the editor Of The Georgian. There
is some difference between the hand writing
Of this and the other letter rIst read, from the
editor Of the Georgian to Lieut.. Kennon (; but
that difference may arise from the difference
Of paper.
This letter was then read to the court, and
is found IN the appendix, marked No. 10.
By consent, the copy Of the letter from
Lieut.. kennon TO the editor Of the Georgian
was received, read to The court, and referred
to appendix, where il is to be found, marked
No. IL.