Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-25

cse transactions prior to the last August Court !"
disruve his statements and spstan the relation nave
r;yen Of those transactions, | Offer tue following IN
Iues tionabc testimony: ~
AlI.chanr Circuit Superior Court o! Law ana SA'!'
ccry September 'fermI 81
lanes L. Woodv,lic AMI John ]. Anderson, gehtic
mon having obtained Irrnco 10 practice IA" III me "
perior and Inferior Courts Of ih's comlnon"eah, az
nermitted to practice this court and therefore y
look the several oa,h> prescribed BY law. -
'''" 90. Tc-;, NNDW FUDGE, elk.
.NIcehGng Cona,y, Der. j., lc5'
la brrcbc certify that served upon a Jury, during
The fall term of Allegheny Superior Court 1851, ma
case Of Cnllachln and Joseph Daar"n, Tor having SAID
that Canghan charged illegal ices ana Una. Ion"
Anderson appeared ard acted one Of Cal!aghan
attorney, in said suit Given under my hand the dale
Iara wr;tt,n ENOCH COTTON.
Ciorinetou, a.. Dec I'm, l-3".
AZ Mr. o. CalIaglans request would state, that at
he Scpernacr Term of the Superior Court, IN the year
l-3I. believe that John T. Anderson appeared and
arlrJ rs the Counsel of Mr.. Ca:iaghan IN SUIT tried
between Mr. Caagan and Damn, III relation 10 Cal
!aghan's having charged illegal fees aly impressions
r.. STRENGTHENED from the :c!, that Anderson appeared
for me III a suit tried al the court-Sve!r vs. my
self MI Anderson appeared IN my SUIT, IN the place
!: f. y Miller. and behave that he appeared for Cal!
iarhan IN the place of Miller, who absent Given
under ny hand the date above written
Thu. j. the second Time he has tried 10 b.ing up these
transactions in Judgment against H. niurr my cha
ractcr without offering title Of evidence 10 sustain
hm and from the manner IN which al! his charges
against Mr. Mcdowell and myself. in tins controversy,
have been disprovcd, leave pubc opinion 10 decide
how far lis statements are entitled to credit
The statements gave ot the same transactions III
nv former defence are fully sustained by The testimony
Of Col Holloway and Doctor Turner, and my ciiaf:c'
Ter further sustained bt the testimony oi Doctor
favne Robert Skccn, James Ncaron, VIM hyic, Jas
o. Hobbs John ). boswell and George W. Carper,
III ri whom ms rrSprctab bic the
ties in which they reside.
Having thus, fellow citizens. proved To you beyond
the shadow oi doubt that hc acted a ny counsel IN
one Of the Allegheny suits, in the year 1881, to which
he ludcs, and Of course II there was any tang crl-
minal in them he must have hen learned all about il,
will now proceed 10 show you by an extract from his
confidential letter, dated 9Th February, $50, that he
recognized in February last his intimate conf
dental agent and friend:
EXTRACT
FROM .Nr. -7sdrrson'S tdtcr 10 o. CaiG.tan.J
"The Senatorial election cXci.cs some teciing. Ii is
very doubtful who will be elected. There
lnors here that Rives had deserted the Republican
party and joined the Wings, and that he had express
d his preference for Hr. Clay Mr.. Van Buren
The Conservatives held meeting and unanimously de-
ernincd that if there any truth III these reports
hey would drop R;vcs if they were not true they
would TO sustain hun, ard under circun
stances would one OF them vote for Wing. Several
# til" party immediately wrote TO Riycs, informing
I'm Of the rumorS IN circulation and requesting hn
10 say whether II true and he promptly answer.
I'd these letters denying these charges assuring Ms
hat he had formed II" conncNlon with the Whi@
party, or any member of it, and did intend to do
So which, together with further information we have
,5,ancd have satisfied all OF the Conservatives tina,
there is not the least foundation for the charges
against him, and that they had originated with design
NJ and Interested politicians for political effect Mr.
Rrvcs icrs w!th the Administration upon import
mt question except the sub Treasury, aud ask YOU
aow these VINO agree with li!n on that subject,
only consent that hr shall be destroyed but a.d u,
doing It, and Thereby become the authors Of Their uw u
na.mv and that too when have received assurances
from hrgh authority at Washington that there no
probability that the Senator elected vii! lie called on
during ms vuic for Sub. Treasury bill THIS
nmalroa has been recently made - in letter b.
Distinguished Sub Treasury membcr OF Congress
who IS confidential friend oil the Pres dent, when can
only be understood determination OF tt. Pres dent
to abandon the Sub-Trcasurr, which nave COMMUNE
ted you strictly II confidence and wall also mention
to you III confidence another circumstance winch
goes lar 10 confirm IN tins impression. | a few
DAYS ago received letter from Craig informing me
that hrs health 81 bad that he should hr com.
PEELED to Withdraw from the canvass, and Offering la
support ii would consent ~ oicr and have also
received other information from Washin gtom Which
stps me- tina, the Admin sirat,on would be @rai fled
with my election, with full knowledge ofmy rncom.
PROMISING opposition 10 the SubIrcaSury. l. Tins not
we'll calculated to satisfy that tncy have gwen MP
the Sub Treusury: Craig also asked my advice the
subject showed his letter 10 all of the Republican
members from the DISTRICT and consulted VITA them.
and then wrote To Croic and declined becoming can
ddac his place. was mach mere to yet
out Of public M altogether than mct further in. and
bv the advice of the other Republican members ad.
vscd him that If hrs health required hn To withdraw
from the canvass, and he had determined da So he had
better publish short circular 10 ms constituents notify
ing ;lcm Oi the fact possible. and that would
immediately write to the leading Of our party in the
different counties ." the district and advise them elect
Delegates 10 Convention to be held FInCastic ON
Tuesday h" ID day OF our March Court to nominate
candidate for Congress- thai the most respect table and
iucntia members OF the party the different counties
without regard 10 their opinion on III" b-TrcasUry
should be selected from the different counties, and
Wherever can be done an equal number OF lrca
sury men and Conservatives, whose nominee shall! he
supported BY the whole party These delegates I" hr
elected III Floyd Roanoke, Allegheny, and Augusta al
the February Court, and IN Rockbrldgc Montgomery
and BDtctouE, at the iiarch Court
81 do not WISH you 10 speak Ct this until hear from
again, Is Craig may reflection conclude not 10
withdraw, and the Of hs having intended to do
might nrrc hm. As hear his iiuni
determination the subject, ! will write YOU.
wish very much that some arrangement could be made
which would enable us 10 un!tc upon Republican
candidate; for should dislike very much to see our
district represented by Moore, who, believe differs
with large majority OF II on many questions Invov-
ing the most lmpor,an, principles.
After pcrtsin. the above, fcllow.ct2ens :ou viii
perceive that h. not only recognized his conf.
dental friend but leading man OF the party and
wished to place III the front rank as his AGENT III
getting up meetings in the different counties Of lis
district 10 meet III Convention al Finca*;l" no
inmate a candidate for Congress Who that can.
ddac 10 be, you will, Doubtless, inicr from
his letter; for, ahou. hr says that he wrote 10 SIR
Craig declining 10 be candidate, and expressing
his anxiety To get out OF public life altogether, vel
hi remarks that the '.3dnaiSrn0n HoHid be nr0tiH,d
,rih his c'ccon, '-h iM knoH,6dcr Of his iiSJ M
compromising 0ppO>ui0n 10 nc SUBJ IrtGsnfy are sui.
cirnt doubt your minds about the snc,ri.
t. OF his determination TO retire. and indeed his drcc.
TONS where practicable. 10 have half the Convention
Conservatives, would lead you 10 the conclusions
ifr had sud nothing about the satisfaction that
his election would give 10 the Administration.
My reply, however, to this letter, informing him That
could sustain himself here who would support
Mr.. Ri"cs, and my known determination to oppose the
reelection Of his Conservative broticruaw Colonel
Shanks, last spring nctamorphoscd me at once, his
estimation, from highly respectable gentleman and
confdcnai friend INTO guilty elon who imnca.
surably beneath h:a contempt, although of the
Alerhanv ;actOns that he adducrs in SUPPORT Of