The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-01-22

cause Of alarm was, attempted 10 make 4
preciriiate retreat, to avoid being trampled
on.
Unfortunately, MS it afterwards proved,
the Hon. George Poindexler, a Senator
from the Stale Of Mississippi. was one n.
mong the first to make a precipiate re-
treat As soon as the assembage evinced
an increasing excitement, MIR Pondexter.
who had been crippled in Duel hobhIed
as fast as he possibly could 10 his carriage,
and, leaping iuto it, bade his ooachman
drive with all possible celerity to Pennsyl-
vanla Avenue. This extraordinary move.
ment al once confirmed, in the minds Of
many, the suspicion that very speedily a.
rose, that he had employed Lawrence 10
assassnaie Gen. jackson.
Between Gen. Jackson and Mr. Poindex
ter most acrimonious leud had for years
existed. They had, a ono time, been on
terms of the closest intimacy, personally
and poiiicaly.-Mr. Poindexlcr had de-
tended Gen. Jackson with great ability and
success, in the matter of the Seminole War,
ana the exccut on olthe British emissarios
ArbGlhnot and Ambristor: and besides this
he bad rendered him important service in
the canvass that resulted in bis election. The
con test over. and Gen. Jackson in office.
Governor PO'nde1ter sought, and expected,
II was SAID, diplomatic station, and being
refused, or the gift being procras'inaied, n
leud ensued, which led 10 the most unuar.
dunable bitterness on both sides. The
parties, aud the friends Of the parties, crilu-
mated and recrimnated each other in n
manner That led 10 the most implacahle
haircd, and an unconqucrable thirst for
vengeance.
To such length was this fcud carried,
that Governor Poindexter, gohdcd perhaps,
10 madness, by The taunls and sneers of the
Globe newspaper, then the accredited or
gan OF The government. despatched friend
10 the White House with challenge Invi-
llng Gen. Jackson 10 mortal combat. The
challenge and The bearer of it were treated
with corresponding indigniiy and contempt,
aud the latter was instructed to inform his
friend. Governor Poindextcr. that General
Jackson could not recognize a blackguard.
who was in the daily habit or horse whips
ping his wife This assertion having been
made public, Gov. Poindexlcr found /, nee
essnry 10 appear before the public in self,
vndlcaton. He denied ever having been
guilty ol any rudeness TO The genlcr sex /;
pronounced Gen. Jackson a sIanderer, and
as Tor the charge Of horse. whipping his
wife, no appealed TO the lady herself, 10
contradict the calunny or to sustain it.
1t was while this unfortunate state OF
things existed, that Richard Lawrence, the
assassin, made his attack upon the lle of
Gen. Jackson,nnd created the suspicion that
Gov. PolndeXter was the instigator.
Gov. PoindexIer lived in Four. nnd-a- halt
ST. Few doors from PENNSYLVANIA Avenue
J )irpcIlv I,bo ko. g I 4
man, named Michael Foy, blacksmith
and " doctor OF the diseases Of horses"
Foy had been an applicant Tor work. in
the way oihls vocation, on the public build
lngs, md though often promised it, he had
never been gratlfied.
Whed the attempt of Lawrence TO assas
snate Gen. Jackson was made known lhro'
out the CITY, aud the name OF the assassin
was published, Michael recollected that he
had seen Richard Lawrence 90 into and
come out of Gov Poindexier's residence
lie forthwith communicated that fact TO q
ncighhor named Stewart, who. on compar
ing notes. and overhauling his memory
/, recOlccted the same thing. Foy and
Stewart conferred several times IN The sub
jcct, and at last communicated all the,
knew TO Mr.. Louis Goldman, who was al
alderman, or councilman, representing one
oflhe wards OF the city OF Washington, ir
It's local government.
Coliman was an active and warm po,i.
raj rartizan, Govotcdly attached TO Gen
Jackson, and ever ready 10 serve him. Be
ing aware that The General suspected Poin
dexter, lie called on him and stated what
FOy and Stewart had declared. Genera
+ Jackson listened 10 him TO the end: nnd
then told him that he would have nothing
10 do with The matter. as long as it present
ed an unauihenlcated aspect. 60" sal,
he 10 these men, and tell them that if lne,
know anything that will lead 10 the dc,ec
, lion and conviction of Poindexier, the,
must reduce it 10 the shape ola sworn afli
davl. lie: them wear 10 what ihevurofes:
10 know, and hand il 10 me, and will at
tend to it.n
Colman, who was disposed 10 figure
somewhat largely in The business, did wha
Gen. jackson suggested; and Foy anC
, Slewar! made affidavit Of all they had teel
, almost swore away the life ui Georn
PoindeXter.-Theol old General had the aili
, davis in his possession Tor some time. whet
he one day happened to mention tie sub
Ieci, MS an implied state secret, 10 Mr.. Joe
Mann, OF the Pennsy ivania delegation il
The house oI representatives,. Mr.. Nam
faithfully kept the secret for a week or Two
when being one evening n little excited a
a convlvlal party, lac whispered Il in conf
dence 10 a member of Ike Rhode Islam,
delegation. That member in turn imrart
ed II TO MIR, who was nj that ltnt
a Congressional reporter, a Washington
letter writer aud correspondent generally
The story was not impaired as secret {,
Mr--, who, surprising that the exis
fence ol the allidavlls was a fact familial
to almost every one in Washington, com
muncated the whole affair 10 one OF hi,
New York correspondents, with The nddi
ton al" these allidaviIs, unless DESTROYED
by ccunlerhalhnciDg testimony, must ant
will convict Governor PoindeSicr, anC
ronFign him 10 the dungeons Of the Pen
iIenliary."
The leucr embracing the facts OF The
case, was published in New York without
a moments delay, and produced the deep
est excitement Ii was AT once denounce,
as lasehoed, by the papers in the inter
est ol The opposition, and warmly support.
ed by those which advocated the Admins
lraiion and many oc whom affirmed To the
lfrevooable truth of every word il contain
ed and this they did without knowing one
word authenticity about the matter
The published letter was returned to
Washington, after The lapse Of few days
when II was denounced ms false ana caum
Nous by the National lntelligencer, the u
niled States Telegraph, and even by The
Globe itself, for Gen. Jackson had not con.
liGed The secret of the aliidavls to The oilic
ia. editor. In the Senate the letter was
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