Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-08
From he hacLmond star, lfog 80.
THE BANK AFFA1G-MALLOR15S TES
1INO\N.

Yesterday before Mr.. Robertson had finished his
SPEECH. ia Which lie dug ~ into HE RIBS of Nal
lufy, tight and lett. Green's counsel Introduced this
nov somewhat notorious individual IL attack and
utterly anrlhilaie the testimony Of Nh. Dabney.-
We were pieseni during most of the exanibal ION
aud cross examination, and confess 10 lflle salts.
fac ION aud pleasure derived hOm The whole OF H.
We remember To have once seen wlat we would
call an obhtiaus 81 iieess-one who couldn't. for the
life of hrm. remember an,thiUl-and during Nal
lufy's examination, We wctc continually reminded
Of him. Mallory did remember 5omtfhiBR. He
could remember with Singular miHutentss. facis con
nrctch with matters Of mlnor m0menl; lie rtmeni-
betcd about notes and clcchs-oi paying poitions OF
ihen -ul letting Green have certain MONEYS lor Ger
tain feasous-ihe Promises Of Green 10 pay them,
aud hs own peculiar reasons aud mautru,res 10 ret
mou,y ttom Gfeen-ot the dates OF transactions with
Gfteu-oi many lungs con- pafalIyely unia p Rant,
and especially OF tie object AID final disposal of near
y all Of his checks remain nc III the Bank II Vagina,
drawn at various periods aud for many d feIeut
fcasons-But whenever lac approached po1uts Of
importance, matters Of vIlal interest, acts with
which lac had been connected, aud winch ought to
have made lnlinliely moIe vivid impressions lhan
any paving checks or letcivlng notes could have
douc-"hrneVet he approached questions Of his
kind, lac forthwith resolved himself INTO possibilities,
uncertainties, want of memory anl np4easioBS-
Asoue instance, We mention hs mcetife Green and
Dabucy, by APP ointment. Al the American Hotel,
b. orc the latter cleared out, AID respecting which
Dthucy had Ven peculiar testimony. Upon lhs
subject lac WIS singnlatly general aud misty in his
memory. ID be sute lie knew thai Greens ability
10 pay and the collateral s,,utuy Which he had q
ven IN certain cases vas mentioned, but a matter Of
so Singular, unusual, out # tie way orcmrcncc-
Que 4 which, for all lh9l We could STE, there uas no
eaithIy reason fot Inn 10 participate in according to
ms evidence meeting called, Of which he WAS Il
party. principally 10 fegale huu with hearing Dabucy
and Green converse aheut matters of Which he hal
but the slightest moIety, a hint only Of knowledge,
and Nlth Tie Objects Of which, for aught we could
discover from ms account, he had nothing in The
"orll to do-Sacb a meeting, upon such matters, so
called, At such 4 time and piece, ofNhich he was a
party, wlh no business ~ lntci est uhacyer-HiS he
could scarcely tell anything whatever about-bul a
check given months before, he could promptly l.
denth! ard tellth why and wherefore oil It's beng 81
ven. There MAS a long Chain Of facts about which
histeslinony was Jusi 81 conveniently accurate or OBJ
lHIous as the casc might be. Then was one place,
however, III which lie manifested some feeling; IN.
d. ed, We eaenat snspccthlm Of DIS suise there. Tor in
speaking OF his losses by Green, hc exhibit much,
ana We oeileAe, sincere feeling. II he las lost his
money he id SO by reason of over gfccdlnoss X sha-
wing, aud We hope II may hereafter incline hnn IL the
pam OF modesty and moderation. As 10 his lestI-
mony we do not htsltaf { 10 say, that with the hope
oil screening himself from & e consequence OF ndis-
etelon, TO say the least ofii.l has taken The crook
ed path aud ialIed 10 tell, as lie should have done,
the Eloie ruth.
II y ~ ullcCl CONNECT WIN tbOCy upon
the points IN winch he is concerned, and no other
n htIle singulat that DJbuey should lie against Nal
loft, and tell The truth about every body else.
From The same paper. June /.
HE ATTEMPT TO BRIBE.-Ihe great interest
manifested 70 learn the facts connected with Green's
attempt to brlbe the p,osecutIn Attorney, induces
us 10 make II statement "hich ma, be relied upon as
correct Nj. Mayo has been Green's counsel for
a loug time past.-On The evening oi hs arrest,
Mayo was sent FOR aud consulted win, bur il beng
suggested that MI. Mays position rs Attorney Tor
the communicable teudertd 1t improper lor INN To
act as counsel Ion Green, he declined dong SO, and
left the house.
Not long afterwards Mr.. Grant was requested by
'ieen to take d note lie was then writing to Aayo.
"n'ch lie d d, and delivered 1t ia tie presence, we
oeI'eVe' oi two elhef gentlemen. MIR. Maso asked
Grant to step Into another room; he thele read the
ieiler, aud lGiu,med Grant ii at TO reply would be
seuI.
The mex, day Mr.. Mayo, in conversation with an
other gentlemen, a dislIr guished member OF HE BAT,
alluded TO The distressed iatc OF Green : family, ana
remarked THAI Green himself was half ctazY, aud
sad i'tthet he has "tilten me d II ost foolish iericr,
but l shall make no use Of II p" ui wotds 10 tins effect.
No use appears to have been made of II Until the
llh'e mentioned IN our previous account nt IL. MI.
MAYO made 30 communication OF the character Of
Tue l'ller, fot did The gentleman to Whom he sand
mat Ntccn had written hiu a most foolish leter,'
III a moment sukpec' us tu { u1tute. ! ms We be
aetOn.