Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-05-01

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have missed him altogether.
Question By tie COmmittec.-Was tho stick or
budgeon presented to you, split aud fractured
at the time of the ASSAULT
AnS,ccr.-I had not previously examined TN,
stick, but the first blow two did not Indicate by
tho sound that it roctured after it was so, It
became very evident that 1t was so, by tho sound
of the blow.
tho rcncoutro, according to your estimation. did
the accused iuict Mr. Stanbcry with In, stick
he then and there held in his hand,
! iRSwcr.-l really did not count them nor nm 7
able to say with accuracy, but he gave him great
many.
Question By Mr.. SLApE.-Of what timber is the
cane with which the blows were inflicted on Mr.
Stlnhcry.
Ansrer.-I believe il is young hickory.
Question By Mr.. ARNoLD.--How long did Won
remain in Mr. Grundys room after Houston came
in.
Ans~cr.-i suppose. perhaps, about twon,y or
thirty minutes.
Question By Mr. SL,DE.-Is, or is not the cane
with which the blows inflicted, apparently
loaded at the lower end?
Ins,cer.--I should presume not moro than with
an ordinary larrulc on the outside.
HENEY llAw, a witness on the part of the accu.
sod, was sworn, and testified follows, viz:
Question by the GccuSed.-Are you acuuaintrd
with the handwriting OF William Prcntissl II
yea, is the affidavit of Luther Blake now shewn to
| you, in the said Prentiss' han -writingl
q.
should should say it was-I moan of course the
body Of the affidavit.
| Question By the accused.-Are YOU acquainted
with Luther Blake if SO, what are his habits Of
temPerhncc! Has he not been in the habit of
/ getting drunk nearly every evening or night. What
was his situation when he left the city, and was not
his g"ing away sudden and unexpected?
To this interrogatory MIR. Wickliiic objected, and
the question was put, Shall tho said intcrrogatory
be proPoundcd to the witucSsl
And passed in the atlirmltyc-Ic3s SIS. NAYS 6S.
The Yeas and Nays being desired they were had
accordingly.
And the House decided that the ntcrrogatory
bc put, and tho witness answered follows:
1nsuer.-I know him very well; he is some
times Irregular; he was somewhat excited when he
left here did not know he going until half an
hour before he started
Question BIZ the Comniftcc.-What is the gone.
raj character of Luther Blake for TRUTH
InS:rcr.-l should certainly believe any thing he
should say.
The Hon JOHN Trrrox, Senator of the United
States from the State OF Indiana, sworn, and
testified follows:
QWrst0a by the accuscd.-Do YOU rccollcct a
, conversation taking place in your room some days
since, ill the hearing of Mr. McCarty, a Merchant
from Indiana, relative to alleged difficulty pen
, ding between the accused and Mr.. Stanbcry, OF
Ohiol Will you state what was said?
-laSlCcr.--l do recollect OF conversation in my
presence, when Mr.. McCarty, of Indiana, was
present. n gentleman came into my room and
asked me II L mad heard tine news! | careless V
replied that did not know, or something of that
kind, and asked him what il was; he observed that
street talk or rumor said that there was difficult
between Governor III. and Mr.. :. and Ia Z il was
rrmonrcd that tho Governor had written to- OF
challenged the member. That Mr.. S. had declined
the meeting and that probably the Governor would
cane or whip MIR. ;. for sonnet hing which had Ia
Ken place. / replied that had heard nothing OF
ii, and knew nothing about it of my own know
ledge; bat Ii seemed 10 strike the attention of Mr..
4. 'IrtN- h,1
tleman, saying that probably something does exist
between them, for he was i'll Mr. SIS room and saw
two pistols the table. l know nothing moro
upon the subject; it given 10 as street ia TX
4 KIND OF talk never inquire after, repeat and
winch forget as soon as can when hear it.
| Qacsti0H by The COn,nIiicc.-Who was the gen
tieman to whom you alluded as coming into your
! rooml
A"s'rer.-AIr. Mardis, of Alabama
| question 6y the C0mnUttce.-What day was il,
and what time in the day2
1nSwer-i do not know what day it was it was
| III the evening at 7 o'clock.
| NM d. SHAW, a witness on the part of the &C
| cuscd, was sworn and testified, as follows:
Question by the accused-Do you know Luther
Blake, and had he not to your knowledge business of
Importance to settle here when he left the city, and
! did he not leave the cty unexpectedly?
| insWer.-I have been acquainted with the gen.
tienlah Tor some time past. | knew of his having
business to settle here. and believe of importance
and did not know of his intention to leave here
more than an hour before lie did leave.
Question by The GccWxcd.--Did he not leave his
sand bushes here unsettled when no went away7
AHswcr.-I think, in relation 20 some business
o! the Western Greek Agency, he left it unsettled
! question Gyhe 0cCu&ed.-Did or did YOU not
understand from the said Blake, that no had been
dismissed from public employment on account of
charges against him!
To this nerrogatory, Mr.. Patton, ono Of the
members of the Committee, objected; and the OBJ
lection was sustaincdb by the House.
Question, by tho Communicable you know
where Blake is gone, what called him away and
whom ne is expects to return?
lHSTcr.-llc informed me some time before he
lett perhaps as much as an hour, that he was 90
ing to Fort MITCHELL in Alabama and thence to Flo
rlda did not ask when no would return. He
expected TO go from thence TO the Western Creek
Agency some time this summer. He did not in
FORM Inc what his business was, what called him
away.
Question, by the Committce.-Do you know
whether the business of the Creek Agency, in
which the said Blake concerned, was in such
state that it could have been settled Immediately
had ne remained in this city?
AnsTcr.-I think not
Q"sst'on, by the Commtec.-Was there any
such particular intimacy between you and Luther
Blake would have necessarily rivcn YOU a know
ledge OF his intended Journey long before he started?
InS~er--'Thcrc was none.
And thcreupon Samuel Houston was remandcd
drew from the Bar.
Andth House adjourned until II O'Clock, A. NJ.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TUESDAY, APRf1. 81, 1882.
CASE OF SAMUEL HUSTON.
During tho examination Of DR.. Davis of South
Carolina query offered by Mr.. Cooke, Of Ohio,
the latter clause Of which, required the witness TO
state shat was his business in visiting this city1
The ntcrrogat"ry was objected to by several
members, and at the suggestion of Mr.. Whitlescy
Of OHIO it was Withdrawn.
On the putting Of the question DR.. Davis mani
IGstGd Some Scnsa ion; md whom the nIinr1nn LII