Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-03
State of New York.

City and County of New York, IS.
Jesse Hoyt, of said city, bemg duly sworn says, mat
on Friday morning. the sixteenth of October instant
lie called at the office of b. F. Batter Esq, 10 inform
him that certain of the United States could not
be taken up in the District Court that day in conse-
uue nee of the continued indlSposuon Of one oil lhe
witnesses. That found Mr.. Butler IN conversation
with Jonathan ID. Stevenson, and from the manner IN
which was received supposed il was Oh private bus
ness and made inclination 10 withdraw, when Mr.
Butler called back and asked Mr. Stevenson 1t he
should inform me what had taken place, on Mr.. Sic.
rensons answering in the affirmative, Mr. Butler stated
very briefly what had taken place at his oce, the alter
noon preceding in the presence OF Messrs Lawrence Al
len Varian Edmonds Whiting and Stevenson, but with
out naning deponen thinks, the names :" the persons
implicated other than by the general description OF the
Wing party, and that Mr. Glenwor, had volunteered 10
make the disclosure under his own name, and that Mr.
Edmonds had taken the papers TO draw up the statement
for Mr. Glentworih TO sign. III was iie hrSt inuna
ton or know ledge had upon tie subject, and eS
pressed great surprise being informed OF the mat
Ter | asked Mr. Stevenson why Glentworh was
about take this against the party TRENDS
with whom he had acted ard b,en associated, when
was informed hy Mr.. Stevenson that some OF the
heading members of that party had tired In gel Mr.
Client sort II ont Of Office and douh. they would turn
him out if they succeeded in The election, and that he,
Gentwo.,h did not intend quietly 10 submit 10 the sacr-
flee heard other motive assigned Tor the conicDpia-
ted net of Mr. Glntworth. had not been AT Office
that morning, and the hour unusually late for me Ia
be absen, from NY place 81 business was, therefore,
impatient Of delay and do not think renamed ut Mr.
Buffers Office 10 exceed seven or eight minutes ]
said but few words. recolirct Mr.. Stevenson stated
that this revelation Of Glrntworth would expose hun
To the fury and prosecutions o all Wing paiizans and
tina, his lie would hard, BE- safe ! remarked That
there could he danger that subject, public OPT
mon aud the laws would protect hun, when Mr. Butler,
seemed to BE- excited At suggestion that any one
If. should be in danger for such causes, made some
eloquent remarks, the words of which am unable tore
pra but the substance ct which were, that he would
make any sacrifice for the preservation 81 pubic oeiy
which could only be- done by preservation OF the purity
of the baIlmbox. then left tor my "hcr alter stating
10 Mr. B that the uf the Calendar M winch MT
B,.rckcr witness could not lac brought, on, as ne
wn. we'll enough To attend court On the evening :"
III day had TO call at Mr. Butler house I" IN
uirt air The proceedings IN the Dstr'ctc court l"uhd
A R;irS study great disorder, IN consequence oi
new arrangement of his book cases and aSssted HIM
Ia piucinI e" the books and cases renamed oGt
irw minutes, well for this reason as from The idci
that his family were TO have company Ut ms house,
which was about assembling. On leaving Mr.. Butler
/ returned To my own house (Which is nny about 200
feet from Mr. Bucr's) found Mr.. Edmonds On my
steps in the act of ringing the do"r bell lie rec"g-
nzed and remarked tia, he wished to Mr. But
Ter and myself together but did not explain The SPECIAL
object uf the meetng--we Immediately called ut Mr.
Buffers and fund hun still engaged in arrang ng hls
books Mr.. Edmonds stated, that i'll consequence Of
the use Mr. Glentwor,h had made Of both of names
he deemed il due TO that should have the cppor-
tGnity TO correct hni.
He then stated to Mr. Butler and myself IN substance,
that Mr. Glenworih had called AT his Office 10 see
statement, which he agreed TO draw up That WHEN he
80 called be- Mr. Ednonds, ad the papers Before him.
and he stated Glentworh that he wanted some es.
planations when Gleniwor,h proposed that The GEN
tlemen or some of them who were ut MT bui'er Of
fee the day before should sign II; that he Mr. Edmohs
REPLIED that this no; the understanding ana Lcouo
not br done Mr.. Glen,worth then made some nii"s'oh
IN the manner in which he WAS to be hfnehttea oy 'e
disclosures when Mr.. Edmonds asked HIM to explain
what he meant when Glenworh replied that he wsheo
10 know what office he was tn have from the Admins
tra,ion to which enquiry Mr. Edmonds replied, no nfhee
whate YER by his recommendation that Gieht
vnrih had me nt"ned the Office of Consul at Havre TO
which Mr. Edmonds again repeated that was mposs bic
here upon Mr. Glen,wor'h replied that slesss Butler
aud Hoyt would make him some promise: Mr.; Ednonds
then stated h. did think 81, but he had better al
once call On those gen,lsmen; that he would meet h
n, Mr. Buffers in half hour as soon rs he eonia
oct there. and MIR Glentworth went III search oil MT
Stevenson, and that he, Edmonds, expected them IN