Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-01-17

of his guilty connection with the spurious
certificate.
The Undersigned will now proceed to
stale the reasons and facts which form the
grounds of their belief.
The PROOF shortly stated, was. thai Mr..
EMMETT left home under the most conf
dent belief and expectation. of receiving
his certificate of election in time to take
his sea ton Monday. the 18Th of November,
the day of the meeting of the Legislature
that he had assurances to this effect from
The Sheriff and two other persons-that he
was advised before he left home, and after
reaching Raleigh, by several members Of
the Legislature, that his certificate was not
indispensable to his taking his seat, bu.
that his colleagues or others, would be
heard TO prove his election as had been the
practice IN other cases-that he had men
toned 1t publicly. On the day he arrived
here, Saturday. ) that he had come without
his certlticate-lhat on Monday morning
he informed his roommate, Mr.. Jackson,
and also Mr.. Melvin, and stated publicly
III company Oigeu,Iemena at Nr. Holden's
office, that he bad received his certificate
on the night before Sunday nigh,)-.hat
the statement he then made To Mr.. Melvin
OF the way and manner he had received it,
corresponded substantially with his two
statements, one made To- Mr.. Stone on
Tuesday morning after. and the other to
the Senate on the 29th of November, atho'
the latter was not SO full =: Which were in
substance. that stranger called at his
room on Sunday night, about 8 o'clock,
said he had letter for him, did not make
himself known to Mr.. Ennett-he asked
him to walk in the stranger replied he
was in hurry, and handed HIM Mr.. E. |
the letter, and Immediately retired in the
dark-that Mr.. E. at first supposed it to
be letter from some Offlre-seeker, but on
opening it discovered il contained the GER
tficate he expected Of his election. The
= proof was also, that the signature to the
certificate FeseHbIed the handwriting Of
Sheriff Averetf. only slightly. but enough
to make a person acquainted with it, sup
knee; that ON Monday after MIR. E. pre-.
scented the certificate and took his seat in
t the Senate, Mr.. Senator HELEN obtained
possession of the certificate from the Clerk
Mr.. Stone, acithOW any order or authori.
ty from the Senate-tuok it out, kept il
. for some time, show ed it to several per
sons marked their initials on The certificate
among them Mr.. Gartter afterwards cho
o sen SpeakerI md Mr.. Senator Boyden-
that ii did not appear that this 'nouenen
: on the part Of Mr.. HELEN an,t others, an
+ 'imating their Suspicion, acus made know'
h to IIr. Lan1u III The timc-that as 5000
), as Mr.. T.. heard of the suspicion of III
y genniueness, winch was either on Monday
y night or Tuesday morning. he repaired Il
o Mr.. Stone, the Clerk Of The Senate, on
% Tuesday before 10 O'Clock, and asked II
IS see the certificate, Mr.. Stone handed it It
hIm, AID alter examining ii, he stated Il
=. Mr.. S. that he was nol sufficiently acquain
a. Ted with Mr.. Averett's Ianhw ritIng to- say
l. that the body ell ii did resemble Mr~ 4.
'r handwriting. but Parts OF Ire signature ne
r. SD mucll-and then gave Mr.. Stone ih
r account as above sci forth of the l9anne
he had gotten possess ion of il-Iha, thi
te statement of Mr.. Stone was made after h
IL had takea his seat, bu, before the Senat
had organized Ola Tuesday morning the 2
or day of the SessIon-lhat on the 29,h
"e November he had received the certifica
'' IF his election III let'er from Sheriff A,
vi erett, enclosed h3 him in a letter from NJ
TO Marble, and on that day presented the ce
m IIticaie and the two letters To the Senat
~ made his Statement! how the possession
e the alleged spurious certificate had bee
en- put upon him, and that he now believe,
from comparing the two, he had been in
III ne posed upon, and asked The Senate to rals
~ a committee of investigation On the malte
The Hon. Wm. IL. Washington. of II
tie House Of Commons, proved, that Mr.. +.
1y general character was that of an ignOrdrl
inofensire harmless man. without q ble1
as- iyh resting on 1t. Mr.. 'fho. D. Meare
Sc. of Wilmington. that he stdnd> as fur
of ana man IN OnSi0w. Mr.. Jeremiah Nj
to on. OF the Ho. of Commons, that lie h
sh known his character intimately for
vi years. tina. his general character was tn
Sc. Of an honest good man, wifhout a bie'
,u- ish, simple ard confdl'g. a don'esI
~ MAJ, IN his habits. sober, moral, ind,
jn- trious farmer, a kind father and an ob
nd gig benevolent neigh6or. No one d
So puted this testimony.
es- The proofwas also. tina. the committee
lis investigation had incorrectly reported N