Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-03-19
WHOLE NO. 259.


I Samuel r. Addison, the Private Sc
cretary of Gov. Poindexter, trsi,lies that
he usually calls at the Governor's house
about 8 O'clock, A. NJ, This being the
ordinary breakfast hour; that Gov. PoiE-
dexter comes from his sleeping room to
the breakfast table, aud that said Sc
cretary usually accompanies the Govern
or TO the Capitol, where they commonly
arrive about 10 o'clock. Witness thinks
that on the morning of the Tuesday pre-
vIous TO the attack made upon the Pre-
sidcnt, he called as usual on Gov. Poin-
dexter, and al The same hour Of 9, and
accompanied him TO the Capitol, that be-
ing one Of the days Of the week on
which the Committee on the Public
Lands holds its meeting; that on this day
an unusual amount Of business was tram
sacted by said Committee, Of which
Gov. PondeAter is Chairman, and pro-
duced the journal of the Committee,
which, Oh inspection, proved the fact, as
regards the amount Of business. That
OH the morning of which he was speak
ing, lie is confident they must have ar
rived at the Capitol about 10 o'clock
Witness knew Lawrence by sight, but
never saw him at any time at the house
of Gov. Poindexter, nor in company
with him. See Doc. No. l8.
| by the testimony OF Senator Mexican,
(see No. 9l.) who is member Of the
Committee of which Gov. Poindexter is
Chairman, i, will appear that Gov. Poin-
dexter is remarkably punctual in his at
tendance at the Committee room by I'D
O'clock, the hour Of meeting; and that
Tuesdays and Fridays, are the days OIL
which the Committee meet.
| In the opinion of the Committee, the
testimony of these two witnesses, (Addi-
son and Mckean,) renders it highly i'm
probable, if not impossible, that Stewart
could have seen Lawrence at Gov Poin-
dexter's at the time, under the circum-
stances detailed in his testimony.
! Again; the testimony Of b. P. Smith
and S. II. Addison, (see paper marked
g. places the case beyond all contro-
versy, showing that the story is utterly
false. They testify, that, by measure
ment, the street opposite to Gov. POin-
dexter's house, is one hundred and ten
feet wide; that by way of experiment,
they placed the carriage in the position
described by Stewart; that they opened
the front and back doors, and found it
impossible for any one walking up and
down the street, where Stewart declares
himself to have been, to distinguish, so
as TO recognize person, within the en-
try.
The testimony of Samuel Drury, (No.
49, will satisfy any one who will read
it, that Lawrence could not have been
at the house Of Gov. Poindexter, at the
time stated by Stewart. Drury's cabi-
net-makei's shop, adjoins that of said
Lawrence, being at the corner of Penn
syvania Avenue and 2lst street, and is
distant about mile and half from :he
house Of Governor Poindexter; that the
partition which divides their shops is an
open board partition, through which he
could discover Lawrence in his shop;
that Lawrence usually arrived at his
shop about . o'clock in the morning, and
left it about II. Witness recollects that
on the Tuesday preceding the Friday
on which he made the assault on tho
! President, he came into his shop about
8 o'clock, in the morning, and lett 1t a.
bout II; and that he particularly noticed
and had distinct recollection OF Law
rence's coming to and going from his
shop on Monday, Tuesday, "Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday; that on Friday
morning, about Q o'clock, Lawrence
came into his shop, sat down upon a
chest, reading, or looking at small
book, and was laughing. Soon alter
this, witness heard the lid Of the chest,
! shut, and Lawrence exclaimed, "l'llbe
damn'd if don't do it," Immediately
Lawrence LETT his shop and went towards
the Capitol.
Il 1t will be perceived, that the testimo-
ny of Samuel II. Addison, b. 2. Smith,
| Senator Mexican, and Samuel Drury,is
equally applicable to the testimony oil
Foy as to that of Stewart; shows that
neither of these witnesses could have
seen Lawrence at the house Of Cover
nor Poindexter, at the time sworn to by
them.
The Committee inquired into the gen.
eral character Of David Stewart, for
truth and veracity, and found it to be
very bad, and that he would not be be-
lieved on his oath, as will appear by tho
testimony Of the following highly respoc-
table inhabitants Of Washington: Bop)a-
min p. Smith, mo. 81 VIM. Brent'
mo. A. Andrew Coyle, mo: % Al
pheus Hyatt, NO 6,) Samuel Stet,inus,
/, tNo. ~ John =. Ingle, No. 81 Over
: ton Carr, mo. i5,) Seth Hyatt, NO
4 I6,) Walter Clarke, No. H., Jacot
! Gideon, (No. i9,) and Edward Simms