Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-02

In h'chWohu, james CdSkie, Esq an nteIi,s,
merchant, has beer nominated and has condll,o,
ally accepted the nomination. Chapman Jabosm
Esq. declines. We presume the jackson r'a1
will have 10 candidate IN Richmond '
In Norfolk, the .JockS5n men have b,oupb, On, H..
venerable George Newton, long a finn and ds,a
ted Wing, but row said to be shivcrinp ia Il.
winl." They announce him as the candida,
no party, and thus end,avor TO ueutralze oDpo.
too But .he Wings are determined rot ia h.
eulled. and intend 10 bring gu, an opponent. Thu
Jackson men should not thus have PLAYED upen Il.
nhrml,es of Mr.. Newton, even 10 carry pollr,
point.
In Petersburg Capt. David H. Branch las J..,
brought out in opposition TO J. +. Brown.
MR.. POINnEXTER AND THE PREsl.
DENT.
We lay before our readers the sui iancl ptoceed
ings Of the Senate, on the 2ls, ms with feelings
nexprrssiblc lnnrufcaiion:
The CHAIR laii tcfore the Senate lett,
from the Hon. George Poindexlcr, in the following
Terms
WAsHINGToE CITY, Feb. 2lst, 1855
Sir address You, os the presiding officer ri the
Senate, on subject Involving criminal chuge
highly injurious to my moral character, and hel
gust body of which am member. Aa ar.l,t
in the torn Of letter from person IN this city
his eorrespon +cnt in New YORK, has found lis way
INTO the pablo prints, and has already been wldry
circulated throush bout he country, alleging" ua
the Administrator was possessed Of deposltons d.
ken from three indy who swear that RlcbaJ
Lawrence the assassin, was seen by them mite
private room Of The Hon. George Ponde1er the
two days Immediately anterior IL his aucup ns
the life of Gen. Jackson"
No, one, presume, sir can mistake The ,urposa
for which these depositons have been procured
The e, lJoni dies isp is to Ak on me the most nfa.
m 'us OF all crimes that Of having been accrssa.
ry before The fact TO an attempt to take lhe life OF
he Chief Magistrate, by The hand Of an assassin
change so monstrous, and 50 repusntnt 10 The
tenor ot my past life, resting simply on the auher
ny of an anonymous letter, in the columns Of
newspaper, might well be placed 10 the general &C.
count OF the calumnies Of the day, which have Of
la'e been so freely cast on me, and such would
scarcely merit contradiction from me. But the b
vestigaion which have thus far given 10 the con.
sinracy against my character, has enabled me 10
trace the authority on which the statement In tho
letter referred TO was founded to member OF The
House OF Representatives hom Rhode Island, asl
the deposilions thcrela spoken of have been taken
at the instance of the President himself Having
scertalnesI these facts, deem II to be duty WHICH
owe 10 myself, TO my constituents, 10 society at
large, and TO the Senate, 10 ask the appointment OF
special committee, clothed with powers o send
iof persons and papers, and to inquire INTO the ruth
or falschood of the charges imputed 10 me-, having
relation to the Chief Executive Magistrate of the
nation that, If found guilty, may no longer disgrace
the seat which occupy in this body.
have the honor 10 be, with great respect, your
obedient servant. G.. POINDEXTER
WAsHlNGroS, Feb 81, 1885.
Hon GEORGE PoiNDExrER:
In reply 10 your note, which received this morn
ing am at liberty to state in answer to the ioe-
rogo'ory which you have propounded, " in whose
hands did you see the afidavits of which you
speak, that the aifidayits were by me read at The
House of the President of the United States they
were handed TO me- in his presence, by fiendoi
his, by me returned to the President, ard were put
into his hands by the afian's themselves, as have
been informed by him and | am further auioHz'
ed 10 say that other testimony of The KIND IS eA'
peced. Your very obi serv't,
DUTEE J. PEARCt. y
The letters having been read by the Secre'afsTa@S'
Mr.. CLAY rose and said, that the comn'u"'5a'
ton which had just been read could inspire no on'
or sentiments in The bosom of every Senator pre-
emit but those Of the deepest regret. He had hoPtOr
when he saw the article to which the letter OF Wv
Senator referred in newspaper 'ha' "
was without The slightest foundation /; and nc ~"S
unwilling yet to believe IN the possibility OIL NV
truth of the statement contained in the accompany
ns letter. That exparts alidavits imrlica'lns' W.
character Of Senator Of the United States sho''a
have been drawn without notifying him-wl'io"
The slightest niimation thu, they were to be laheh-
and that they had been procured at the instance "
he Chief Magistrate, and put on file, to be useu y
nm, when and how he might think proper was Nv
o be believed but upon the highest and most ~
hcnlic whence. He would say it was not roo''
'ible for him yet to credit the statement, n'po."o
Is was the fern in which it was presented IL W.,
for him TO credit that any human oe''7
ould conceive of such plan Tor njurins ie''0s
notice-without the smallest "
'or'uoily to him, to procure aidavis from peIsou'
and put them away, TO be used on 'o'''.
obscqncnt OCCASION when it might be imposs'DS
0 contradict their statements, or TO adduce any ="
ulpatory evidence.
He was most reluctant to believe it, and won,
ot believe II, but upon higher evidence thah '"s
which was exhibited, respectable as it was. II ""'
however, 10 form the basis OF an my
y. And the communication which had been iee e
allied upon The Senate 10 perform most PAM,
nd UNPLEASANT duty And this, when there w.