The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-05-17


~ offer to do, If he found his business suffer-
ing through violations of the law by Others
As | said yesterday, the report is so violent,
that it defeats its own object; and any man
although previously unacquainted with the
whole matter, who reads ii, will, of himself,
come to the conclusion not to rely on one of
its statements, unless supported by other evil
dence. have today had an opportunity to
hear another view of the Matters land will now
proceed to tell you what it is.
have it from the best authority, that Mr..
Poindexter is NOT supported by the evidence
in his charges against the manufacturers. Let
it be remembered that his report is at present
unaccompanied by any evidence-that is to
be published separately, and has not yet made
its appearance. The attack upon the manu-
facturers therefore is based not upon the tes-
timony itself, but upon Mr.. Poindexter's con-
struction of it, and we are assured that he has
perverted and garbled it. The report of an
other Commissioner will soon be published, in
which will be shown from the evidence that
no disguise whatever was exercised by the
manufacturers-that they were frank and ex-
lpicit in their answers that they proffered
every assistance to promote the object of the
COMMITTEE, and their sole purpose in the
transactions they had with the custom house
in New York, was to assist the Government in
carrying into effect its laws-to put down the
dishonest and TO support the honest trader
This will appear, not by the mere assertion OF
the Commissioners, but from the evidence it.
self, which will justify no other construction.
And this too notwithstanding Mr.. PoIndexter
endeavored to have only that testimony which
was favorable to his own side, and resisted the
efforts of the other Commissioners to obtain
evidence on both sides ofthc question. Mr..
Poindexter will be shown TO have gone to New
York. laboring under violent and bitter pre-
judice against manufactures, which actuated
his conduct during the whole Of the investiga-
ton. He has ante-dated letters in his report
for certain purposes-he has misrepresented
evidence - and is frequently egregiously
wrong in his statement of events. He says,
for instance, on the 23d page of the report,
that Fleming, the auditor of the custom-h house
whose veracity and integrity he impugns. lis
still continued in office by Mr.. Curtis, the pre-
sent Collector Fleming was, in fact dis
missed last December. Gains is stated in
the report, to have been dismissed on the 10th
of August, lS4l, three months after the Com
missioners commenced their investigation.
He was actually dismissed in May last.
Saturday, May7.
An encounter took place upon the race.
course this afternoon betweenWisc and STAN
ly. After the races were completed, and as
the spectators were leaving the grounds, Mr..
Stanly who was on horseback, in riding by
Mr.. Wise, who was also mounted, jostled him
accidentally, Mr.. S. says, in consequence
of the refractoriness of his horse. As soon as
Wise recovered his seat, he rode after Stanly
and struck him over the head with Il rattan,
with such force as to break the rattan in piec-
es. Mr.. S. said-I brushed against you I'M
Intentionally Then YOU are excused DO
you strike gentleman behind his back!' ask
ed Stanly. Damn you,' was the reply of
Wise - take the blow with the coward
which gave YOU the other day, and make the
most of them Persons then interfcrcd, and
separated Them, telling them that that was no
place to settle the quarrel, and they went
home. Stanly's face was badly cut.
This affair must result in duel. Things
have gone to such extremties, and there is
so much deadly hatred between the parties
that there is no possibility of any other termi-
nation. The severe law which Congress has
passed against duelling will not prevent it, for
there are various ways of cvading it, some one
of which will be adopted.
have just been informed that resolutions
have been received in Washington from the |
real and the pretended legislatures from Rhode
Island. each asserting its ri ht 10 the legiti- /
mate Government. They are directed TO the
President of the United States, TO the President
of the Senate, and TO the Speaker of the
House. The resolutions coming from the leg
islature elected by the disorganizers bear the
seal of the State, which must of course, be /
forged, as it has not gone out Of the possession
of the right owners.
Tariff Report of the Secretary of The Treasury
New York Custom House Commission, &C. /
&c.
Washington May OH.
In Senate to-day communication was pre-
scented by the President from Thomas w. Dorr
subscribing himself Governor Of Rhode Island.
transmitting resolutions OF tine Generally AS
sembly of that State requesting him TO inform
the. President of the U. S., and both Houses
Of Congress, that The Government of Rhode Is
land has been duly organized under a new
Cons tl,tion md that tho General A.cap,hl, |