Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-05-04

have mauo him participant In the act OF al
tempted assassination and the brutal or
cowardly interference, would have been
visited with such penalties as the laws allow
| for the crime. We desire not that the peace
of our Commonwealth be broken by anv
such infamous proceedings as those charge
able to Houston, but we do wish that tho
! Mayors Court0had the settling of this al
! fair - T. S. Cox.
| Gas Stanbery approached nearer he APP
peared TO halt in his place. Houston asked
if that was MIR. Stanbery he replied, very
politely, and bowling at the time. eyes.
sir )" ''then, said Houston, you are the
damned rascal and with that struck hin,
with stick which he held in his hand.
Stanbery threw up his hands over his head
and staggered back, his hat fell off, and he
exclaimed ooh, don't" Houston continued
! to follow him up, and continued to strike
him. After receiving several severe blows,
Stanbery turned, as thought TO run off.
Houston at that moment sprung upon him
in the rear, Stanbery's arms hanging down
| apparently defenceless. He seized him, and
attempted TO throw him but was not able 10 do
SO. Stanbery carried him about on the
pavement some little time-whether he OK
tricated himself, or Houston thrust him from
him, L am not able 10 determine. thought
he thrust him from hiip as he passed him
he struck him, and gave him Z trip, STAN
berry fell when he fell, he stu continued to-
haiioo; indeed he hallooed all the time pretty
much, except when they were scuiiling.-
saw Stanbery, after having received sever
al blows, put out both his hands in this way,
he then lying on his back. did not discover
what was IN his hands, or if any thing was :.
but heard sound like the swapping of q.
gun lock, and saw particles Of fire. Hous-
IN tn1.1 -
hands, and took something from them. which
L could not see.-After that, Houston stood
up more erect, still beating Stanbery with a
stick over the head, arms, and sides Stan
berry still kept his hands spread out. After
ilouslon's giving him several other blows.
ne lay on his back and put up his feet
houston then struck him elsewhere MIR.
Stanbery, after having received several
blows, ceased to halloo, and Law, as thought.
perfectly still. All this time | had not spoken
10 either of the parties, or interfered in any
manner whatever. / now thought Stanbory
was badly hurt, or perhaps killed, from the
manner IN which he lay.-I stepped up TO
Houston to tell him 10 desist, but without
Oelng spoken TO, he quit of his own accord"
Mr.. Stanbery used harsh language
IN speaking of this testimony which led
to the introduction Of a resolution to ar
ralgn MT. 5. for contempt to the house.
Mr. Stanbery however promptly apollo
gized to the house. and TO Mr.. Buckner
himself, $50 far only as concerned the
place and circumstances, as we under
stand it,
Luther BlGkc's affidavit.
l. Luther Blake, Of Arkansas Territory,
being duly sworn, do depose and saw. Thai
on the 2lst day of March, 1880, as [ was
coming out Ofthe War Office, in WASHINGTON
Governor Samuel Houston accosted me. and
alluded to certain bids that had been made
10 supply The Government with rations 10
me Emlgratlng Indians, of which bids had
then put in the lowest Governor Houston
having apparently made himself acquainted
with the amount Of the different bids, in
formed me that he had not put in bid in
his own name, but had entered several in the
names OF other persons, Of which he had the
control. My bid was at eight cents per ra-
non, and he, the said Houston, proposed TO
me mar should withdraw my bid, and buy
up 'nose OF VIM. Prentiss and David But
Ter, Jun, and that should then ioin with
him and his friend (whom he did not nancy
VINO was concerned with him in a contract
which might be secured at a much higher
rale man The bids of either mine, Prentiss.
or butler, and that thereby we might SO.
sure on independent fortune and until the
24lh OF March, 1880, each day successfully
enquIred OF me, to know if had succeeded
in purchasing the bids of Prentiss and Butler.
LUTHER BLAKE.
Subsc ribed and sworn TO before
cd. A. Hall, Justice of Peace"
The foregoing affidavit has been as
sailed in different ways-trick was in
simulated in getting it up, and questions
were put as to the sobriety of Blake &c.
but we do not think his testimony dis
credited from what we have seen.
Letters from Washington represent
that members Of Congress were arming
themselves for their own defence in ex-
pressing their sentiments. 1t is said that
the President expressed wish for halt
a dozen Samuel Houstons to a member
of Congress, in presence of the Rev. Mr..
Danforth, and his father, coupled with
some hard swearing, for which the Rev.
gentleman admonished him-and that
afterwards the President sent Tor him TO
hear an apology, when he took occasion
to accuse the gentleman of promulgating
the circumstance: but it seems it was
the member of Congress.
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