Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-16


Various other inaeeuracies, aud discrepancies aud
contradictions might he pointed out, but they are
not deemod essential anil the whole OF them will
DC accounted To- Satisfactorily, es TIC committee be
lieve' after having examined the testimony Of VIM
J. Carroll, (No John Sheahan. mo lIAnn1
Seth hyatt mo. IL from the circumstances IN
winch those three witnesses unite to wit, TINT the
sald roy has become OF late years idle mud intem-
Pefa'c and when under tho innuenco Of hanar
winch Is almost continual he ~ laxative and nolaV
and IN Their oPnion, unable 10 discriminate objects
with accuracy
The committee next proceeded to examine u avid
Stewart t5ee Doc. No. , lie testified that be.
tween hall pas' nlne endhtf pasticn o'clock on the
morningo Fuesdry bong the last l1esday Of Jan.
ehty 1850 he was passing uo the street on the oppa.
site SIDE of The way 10 Governor Polndextefl.
house that hi carnage wnq standing before the
door, TINT VIM Passng on tho opposite snIe Of
lhe street he Snw Lawrence IA tho entry of Cover.
nor londcxtcr's house, IN company with Governor
Pomdehlcr, unl 'lnt thu Governor appeared to hc
IN the at Of colng out
Stewart further testified before the Committee
that General Jpe'cqan desired him 10 state nothing
more Than TN IN h. aud yet he explicitly declared
to Colonel Boot, NJ John A. Smith, and Erasmus
j. Middleton On tbe p instant that il he had put
INTO has Mi nvit a.. an1 some say only part o.
what tha Gancul desired hm to put in, ii would
hage filed newssap.r
Ihe commute a#haff 10 this representation. and
cite II merely Ia tH1#, t5a contradiction.
Stewart lar h'r lr,aiad before tho committee
that he saw the raffi1ta before the door of G,ver.
nor folnde1irr.s hoa.f yet in his statement to the
ihfeo witness eoaed he declafed that the car.
r'ese was bDlt6s N i'rosl's house. uo further
testified heor. lbr esmmlttee th1t neither senator
I } ar
the SUBJECT o. tao Lawrence affair, md never used
ony influence or persuasion o.ndace him not to
testify Ia which declaration to il condrmed by
MIR Ewing, who swears that he never held any
conversation with HIM on that subject and yet
Chprlfs /. Goldman swenfs that he, stewart told
MN INT Senator Ewing and General Grnon at dlf
l'reni ihes, Ind endonpoured 10 pefsund3 hlm not
10 d@elose these facts aud i. +. Bpr (No.
~ testified that Coman also communicated dis in.
formation 10 hun, mud upon this authority, he
I}latr, inserted II n the Globe newspaper.
Samuel X. Addison tho Private Secretary ofC,o.
vernon Ponlcxler, tcqtlfca thut he usually call. ut
The Governors house about . o'clock A. M this
being Tho ordinary brcakNst hour; that Governor
Pomdcx,er comes from his sleeping room to the
breakfast nblc md that said Secretary usually nc.
companies the Governor to tho Capitol, where they
commonly arrive at 10 o'clock Witness THINKS
that on the morning Of the Tuesday preyiou. to the
ntiack ma le upon the President he called rs usunl
ON Governor pondexter, aud AT the same hour of .,
ana accompanied hun 10 lhe capitol, that being ono
u Tie days OF the wreck on winch the Committee on
The PHhlc Lands holds lte meeting that ON this
day an unusun amount of business was transacted
~ sand committee, Of which Governor poinJextcr
| ~ chnlfman and produced the journal of tho com.
mneo, winch, inspection, proved the fact, as re-
ards the nnonnl ofbusiness. That on ths morn
a,., -. . ~ - 'o'i,'eo' 'hey
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