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

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lh' committee that Witnesses had l,eeo .x.n,;a.
gu Is 10 his general character for truth and ye,.c
" anu being also informed that any yi,nesse.
ne might name would be summoned l., attend nm
''' 7shah gave tho namas of tho follos inr b,yhlv
respectable gentlemen, who wsro exarolr ed bv n.
committee, 10 VIII Wv
lion. NJ Robinson, IN, 3o,) C. X. Gardns,.
NO, 81 GEORGE Thomas NO 331 Col. G, n
Broom No. 3D. Hon. Edmund Deberrv fNo
81 81, lion Martin Beey, NO. 35,) Col. jaime.
thompson, NO 80 anil Gen, John p Va
sess, NO. 80 All OF those wiinesso. testified
int they were not sufficiently acquainted with he
general ehnfaster Of DAVID Stewart for truth and
ee'afi'y 10 enable them 10 say any thing in ,cl.-
non lhoffio, except G'H Van Ness who t..,,6J
mat ne thought stewart would moi tell a delbe,.,.
'a''eoooa and Nj Debsrty, who, although La
stated he know but lito of his goosal eb,',c,s,
yet what no had heard, induced him 10 heliev. !,
was bad s'' F"
al 'h's s'nge of tho examination, Goyernor po;,.
aeN'er informed the committee thai he con.le,od,
unnecessary to proceed further with tho e.amina.
'',' ~ WIN SOS 10 lmpeheh the character of D,
va stewart, but thai, thereafter in the n,oo,.. :,
Tho cSnmlnaon OF this case, IL should be deemed nt
ee'sniy by the committee further 10 take fsatim,,
concerning the character of David Stev,,, ,,r 49,,
mud soracliy, he had a number more Of hs ,.s,...
lhole inhabitants Of Washington ready 10 testify ON
that point. '''y vi
Inc committee, having thus presented tho ,e.,.
mony somewhat IN detail take leave To pfasent III,
following synopsls Wv
Tn eharse rests, NJ has already been sta,oJ a,
the nfhdagIls Of Stewart and Fny'
no hfs' Of these men ghVe il its earliest in,..
JUS he doub lena was ready and willing snon,b
10 selAa on Tho first plausible preiest for un,iny
any plan Tor the injury OF Gov pondss,er Us had
p'ch c"aigea ny Governor Polndexter with having
been Instrumental, yenr or two ago in foro;,o -,
furnishing Tree papers for Governor ponder-
tet'a servant, who then ntsconded and he bsl1 n,
pretended 10 hold n small unsatis6ed Ld Ia, ..
palts done 10 Governor Poindexter's cnrri,oo hy
directions o' he alleges, oflhat Same servant. who
wnq the Governors conchmnn
vi MS agency IN the above transaction or r..
vernon PolndeSter'q indebtedness. tho conm,,,..
VIII say nothing. They dcduce from those c,,.,.,
stances, however, the fact OF stewart, unfoond..
allegations touching this matter lie ,ou,b, =.
was natural, some ally in this work Of detsaci,on
ana he found him readily in Fey who. sItho, oh
eS'eenea TO be correct mnn whom sober wa. rem.
po'oo Out 100 III an instrument, from his habits Of
ihebfIatlon, IN the hands Of the designing
The factg above stated would be onoosb r.,
dcf stewart suspicious Witness, but " b,n IN
ihom IA added thu fact, hoho Is controo,,J hv ,I.,
en- oil the most respectable men of tho com,n,n,,v
IN when he lives, who declare under oath Tim, bs-
cause OF his general character they would not b..
lese MN on oath WHEN, too, many others of his
ieliow"cnzens stood ready to testify In the sam.
mnhnef, IA the committee had full ransom In
behovc-when he ~ andy conradc,ed bv N.
net established bY two Witnesses acting nm.
der Inalrnclon, from tho committeo IN mai.
HE examination, that from tho situation !,
winch Stewart represented himself to DO across
INC street rom Governor Poindcxter's bon,,
ana inc circumstances described by him as existing
ut tho tlmo, II waa impossible for him to h,y. d.'
lingu'shed one man from another in the m. ...e If
Governor Poindexter's house-when al,b,, A..
proved by nnqncsioned testimony, both M IN
Lawrence and Governor Ponjexfer Mt tho ,,,,
stated by Stewart the one living n milo and bnlf
d'slnn'l and the OTHER most probably al the moment
engngea IN the discharge Of public duties n, nj.
committee room III the ea2tol-nnd when. too il
Stewart 70 10 be credited, his statement to Colon.l
Brent and others would go to xupon the p,esid,n,
of the United States an attempt TO induce b,,
stewart, to swear to things Of which no was igoc-
rant, or that his statement If given az the Presi-
dent desired 1t, would have filled a newspaper:
thus duplicating 'hot high officer IN charge or
snbornallon of perjury, which the commute. n.
Americans, rcpol with disdain--no two minds can
differ IN the conclusion thai this unfortunate mnn !,
guilty Of an offence OF tho dcepe. dye against the
public morals.
AS to loy hn has oby ionsly been made an ia
slfumeot 10 crafty the malignliy of hers. Stew
art FIRST approaches him, and gets from him soma
vague declaration. Mr.. Frosi's house happened to
JOIN that IN which Governor Poindextcr lived Mr.
Frost had had soo's painting done in his house do.
ring the Fall, an small portion of the work re.
NAMED 10 DC hnIshcd IN the winter Lawrsnco
was painter. Those were the facts which were
TO b1 worked up into a charge Of conspiracy. Fov
at the moment that he IS declaring that he has scan
Lawrence go into Gov. Poindcxtet's house. and
hos sworn 10 IT, too, does not know fhc house in
which Gov. Polndcxter lives. lie points to Mr..
Frosts house as the one IN which Governor p
lived Unfortunate witness ho has no cbance Of
escaping from this sad dilemma but by concur.
ring with Stewart in stating, that although mista
ken IN the house no has seen Lawrence [oy t,,o mr.
THREE minute, Oh one OCCASION in Gov Pondex
ters house remembers the very dsy: the very
hour every minute circumstance connected with il
Let justice be done to his misguided man. Even
IN The presence Of the justice he declared he did not
know IN which house Governor Poindextcr Iv
cd, and agerrcd he knew nothing calculated tn
mplicn'e Gov. Poindcxior. All these disclair
crs would not do Goldman. a member nj lie Ctr
Coh"cH Government contractor, and iobbcl
nh ut the public grounds and ST. Gets, urges
him t0ur seperai times before he would con,en, IA
swear ana hnnly had 10 intimate that he Foy.
would stand chance to get the blacksmith work A.
bout the Treasury building, then soon to be erected
us was cxpec 3D. before he vouchcs his sta,emen
on his corporal oath.
The committee cannot too strongly sxpress their
aversion TO, and adherence Of these proceedings
They are happy TO believe that this vile attempt to
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