New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-14

gust and also IN September tie was in freie-
ricN on the VI Presume he went to Baltimore,
took hi nephew and came 10 Ne~.lork Nov,
on the 9Th sept It Was ycry marri.l for Caldwell,
whoever be- mas be- "a accsun, ios he n,op,, found
in hi. possession and thus may have occurred the
idea ct connecting ths West India speculation
with H. \ bold and NAKED lie i. seldom, found 4;
It !. a monster there is generally An aAmix,urr OF
truth | believe therefore, there ground Tor
what i. said OF this West lndia speculaiion-how
much you must say.
One Of the mos, celebrated writers who has
ever tsTed hi. attention to Evidence Is AWh.
'1ley ard he SAWS that letters are tht landmarks
| by which ds,es and transactions are measured
hey tel! the party's story st the ume-and We
asurc by them Judge OF the honesty VI the sui
scquent occurrences On the Sd Of August the pr,s-
oner says he received $50 600 fror, johnson. On
18th he writes TO his irie nd that he 10 gong south
Now IN four days DC enters into this great specula
rion and apparently without any such expectation.
We find him in London bu, short Time before
complaining Of ablecI poverty. lh. Is shown ~
h,ctter 70 hs friend Wild. He SAY. in 1t that
h. shall lcarc that nsit for Baltimore. Hespeaks
IT Psweli-,clls his friend To write 10 him At New
Orleans. and say, that ZEE shall stopin Prince VIII
liam Co. Va. for few DAYS He says he has no
funds. ,sd will have to call on his friend. for couple
ofhunirrds to get home. This letter describes his
condition n thu, time. Now by his own tcs,imo-
". Ills $50 600 was put in his hands very uneN-
pec;cdly The same thing may be inferred from
his letters To hi, friend Wild-using the cant
phrases of the S0ull-wries as full OF hope
speak, # his w l. spcculation-thoughl can ind
no evidence, thar this $50 600 can be from that
source.
But what was johnson, conduct lie says b"
mas two hundred and fifty negroes in the little isl
& 49,. hot "a all
tact with other rlaces--whsre the ProPri.
-tor of go ncgroe. must be known and
vet the commissioners returns saying 40 such per-
son c0R be fogHf. This is point tor the Jury Ia
consider. The thing might have been AS stated,
bat il Is for YOU to decide. But there Is another
Thing. Johnson is examined at the Havana. Here
is witness whs states the contract-.hows the
receipt, and when asked how he got the money.
&c &s he declares he r-iH no, ansicer he lNes-
non. pie hat gireR his 6nsrer ~ hs stand
he ~opd hare gone 10 prison: amt y ne notion
hut teen male he commission r0En hare been
crcipdcd from The ease Is this witness sotitlcd
10 your credit
There is ono other crcumstss &C OF very differ
rut character; sllude 10 the testimony ot Caro-
inc Phillips which stands unimpeached. Her
charastcr stands clear aid is not attacked. Now
she states the important fact that Edwards offered
his hand in matrmony and the saNe day offered
To settle on her $4,000. Now il he did see that
IN his hand. the fact goes good ways. But oil
will agree that this j. very slnsular transacuon--
that his courtshp i very unccremonisus, and after
a mode which does not To any great extent prevail
in Philadelphia or in New-lork. Now It seems
that this lady absent from home week, and
he also. Their acquaintance was only tor about
three weeks, and in that time he seems to havo
courtcd her und offered her this money look
10. = .l,...
The times of his leaving the house are stated se-
cording to the memoranda Therefore the
Counsel were right in saving that conf
.lcnce should be given to ,his testimony
But when she to this offer she re-
,.rs TO no date In order to Tx it they refer TO .
fact that MIR Larose left on particular day
1t has not therefore all the weight OF the other
Miss Phillips stands here speaking under feel.
ngs the strongest that can move the human breast
and though would not insinuste that she would
pervert the truth, must bear in mind that She
nas strong inducements to speak as favorably az
possible Ter her lover. The sympathy always
ready rise in the breast of woman may have IN
Iuced her to make some slight mstatement in re-
gard To the matter. Thus much for the money.
| have yet disposed Of only two circumstance
he handwriting and the finding the money. We
now see that Edwards was in Baltimore the 3st
Of Angus, and in Richmond the I'd September.
md received the money Now the counsel said
hat he believed il impossible that even accom-
plicc should have got the drafts at Alexandria
whittier they were sent, on the 18th. The concu-
lion howcvcr-nmoustng to a mathematical de-
observation-disclosures that they did get back to BaltI-
more.
The counsel .ays there is no reason to bellows
that there was accempce IN the case. Still,
no,hng is more rational than to suppose this. And
the counsel then tnkes issue the question that
Edwards was in Baltimore on the 3lst, and he
,tands upon the testimony Ot the Miss Philips
md here the reliance is on the memoranda Of the
iso. kept in the book. Now there i. fact in
opposition to the testimony OF Miss Philhps-that
~ the way bill. from Washington the 3lst for
Baltimore, we ind the name of Edwards and ia
me train back that Of Caldwell. Still # Miss
Phillips be- correct this could not have been Mon
roe Edwards. But you are TO give 1t what weight
10 deserves.
Now, We come to the proof OF personal identity
Zen witnesses swear that he--the prisoser-was
n Batimoro on the 3lst With regard TO this
personal identity Of which much is said-Ihs
defence remark the liability to mistake in the
cOun,enance OF persons.
Now We have the other side the wonderful
accuracy with which countenances are marked
ind rem embcred No TWO facts are alike all
FEATURES ana all productions are dINldeo ih'" sP
cies, and yet no two individuals ere ever exactly
dixie. The same thing marks the productions of
men and NE have the best proof Of this in tie
business transactions OF this commercial metropo-
is SO easily i, handwriting identified, That mil
ions nrs passed from band to hand on the strength
f it, How much more easily do we recognize ths
IDENTIFY of person.. No dosbt cases OF remark
able resemblance often occur and will occur again
IboVr in this and other cities have already
,een remarked. But there are exceptions 10 tie
General rule and the fact that IN tins room you
annot confosnd two persons, attests that II would
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