Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-08-10
CONTINUED.
John WdrShdPs testimony continued.

witness had nrobahly seen Nj R,ndolnb take
glass ortwo of wine bu, he told witness moro than
once thai Madeira wine and ardent spirits were
poison to him, as his liver was diseased i He fire.
qucntlv used bread and cider Swrctcncd with SILL
gar. In letter from Mr. Il. received on the 10Th
of December he complained to .Jul.u I.,rb for
not having mentioned to witness fine >ubiec, ortbc
| illy in November. As he had requested lnJcc /
to do said he took it 'or granted he had done 50
and as neither judge L. nor witness had montioncd
the subject to him, (Mr II y he had Sumo ,cd nm
til he had receive witnesses letter thai In, had IA
ken offence, and said he had mover felt ea,, !, bic
presence since On one occasion when witness
was At Nj. RS thinks il was in paeeYbpr\ no
showed witness a phial labelled .poi,,n : il was
filled with LIQUID, and we'll corkrd He told wit
ness that he had reached out his hand heinz then
in bed and taken the phl Intending 10 dcs,rov
himself but reflected that his thread of III, was
nearly broken, and it WIS unnecessary Ia cut il.
lie stated that he had no ,crnplc ON the snbirct
that a man had RIGHT 10 put an end 10 his c>is
tcncc when he pleased, and requested witness
should he die suddenly, To protect mi, neoroe, from
the charge of DESTROYING hm-,,yino that thc,
would not injnrc him Mr. r. was. when witncS,
was with him. much more composed in the morn
inc than in the latter part of the day Had srrn
him oct in a furious rage with any that apnroach-
ed him, aud known him to order them all ont of
the house and close the doors no person bcinc loft
in the house but witness and himself He would
then become composed, and converse aprccably
until he wanted the services of a servant. and rs
soon as one of them would approach. his race
would return. Tie spoke tlnrino the winter Of The
Illicit intercourse which he said was carried on be-
tween married mon and thericmalc slaves charo-
ing all the men of certain section with tbs Of
fence. He also charged a CLERGYMAN of bioh stand
| inc with having criminal intercourse with several
ladies' and using vulgar E,no,Iapc-thinks this was
| in December. The clergyman is now dead and
perhaps was dead at that time.
After witness saw him at hi, house in Anril did
not see him again until he came to witness, house
| This was between the 2Orh and 18th of AprI. He
went to bed in short time after he DOT there. and
remained in his bed until witness left him. three
or four days after. While there, he sent for wit
ness very often and when he went into his room,
he would frequently say, " You are too late it is
all over" He sometimes had a small bell in his
hand which he would ring slowly, and say, it j,
all over Sometimes he would make John ,nr
the bell Ifwncss remained with him more than
"A few moments, he would use great address to get
him out of the room: he would say natcrinc
things ofwitncSss industry, apologizine for taking
him from his business, and say that he could not
think OF OBTAINING linn Often in less than ten
minutes after leaving him, witness would be sent
for again, and the same conduct on the part of
Mr.. II. would be repeated. Sometimes he would
ask witness if he would stand BY him, seeming
from his manner to apprchend some harm. which
he never explained to witness. One day he ask
ed, 1" Where, whcr is Juba 7" Witness happen
ed to see Juba at the moment near the stable, and
told Mr.. Il. that he was at the stable lie
said witness was mistaken. Witness repeated the
declaration, when Mr. r. said he had no doubt wit
ness thought so, but he was mistaken. Witness
left Mr.. r. AT his house when he went to Camp
bell Court, which commenced on the 26th April
When Wines, returned home, Mr.. r. was at Mr.
ardwell's-visitcd him there frequently. His
condition was much the same, until the middle of
May, with this difference, that hi, memory rave
way almost entirely and he seemed TO labor under
a species of torpor. Sometimes he seemed to
have repetition of his fears of harm One night
he asked witness to STAY with him--and asked
VIII YOU stand BY me 7" Witness promised TO
stay-but Mr. r. soon used his address, to get him
out of the room, desiring him to amnse himself in
the adjoining apartment, but still insisting that hc
should stay all night. Met John in the ADJOINING
room, who advised wi,nessr 10 90 home, saving that
his master would not sleep if hercmaned and that
he would forget the promise he had made to STAY.
Witness went home and visited him in the morn
ing, and he took nonoticc of witness, LEAVING him
the night before Mr.. r. frequently a(terward,
made Witness promise to stay with him. and me
would 90 home as before. being informed that he
slept only when alone He never seemed to re-
collect the promise. About tho middle Of MAY