The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-26
Fros. the Boston Post.

The Rescue--Cnsc Of MIR. Davis.
s,r,,.oAv Eebr,,srv oo ~ ytsiie.,,
tool his seat a. rem a'ciork- DsSenrs resn,rd -
ON tbe nuestion reserved Yesterday the con,c,is-
s;oncr arcded in relation - The knoyIedge ~ cor
stable Clamp Of, tbe rcputatios Of Mr.. Byrncs. he
h.vn stafrd taf be 6nd NO., hes ri h;s srsth and
verac,f " snorep ar fr two, tl,at ~ s,,,,s sr
he manfred of ocneralv "a to M Rvrneas reo,,ta
tion Mr. Clau1 anawered as he aid vester.Iav. and
then MIR Dana was allowed To ask him IL he knew
any thing Of his reputation for truth prior 10 that
period iIe repIied that for about five vcara r,re
y;ona N the nast two veara he hcd heard MS rep
tatiop for truth and veracitv annlcn NJ NJ lva.
had - ',-.- - =, VI ~,
!. Crosz- examined = when M, was 40 snoIsan ~
reference yas had 10 some business matters 10 a.
civil case al New BEDFORD and q r-iuinrl case n,
Boston, 1t was his character for truth and veracily
tbat Was snoLen of . nd had NO relat;o ~ h;a ,or,
cstv in not pavin, what he owed ~, N ''---'g
Ionn ~ hing, esq., counsellor A. aw;i was "a
WA Il, when came r., Iascera;ned that he yva.
acting as counsel for the prisoner After the ad-
tournament left Mr. Davis In consu ton with the
other counsel Before leaving drew IN n power
of attorney which the man Shadrack sirned. n
was made to Robert Morris, and was Intended 10
give him authority to act in reference to an appli.
cation for a habeas corpus When Mr. Rilcv vaa
clearing the room, Shsdrack pointed out Mr. Davis
as one oi his counsel and az such Mr. Riley allowed
him to stay. af
Marcus Morton, jr., esq. counsellor at Iaw.--I
wns sent for ON Saturday morning by Shndracl. i
had known him from six to nine months. There
were but few persons In the court room when came
in. 1t proposed to rase money for his value, 1t
il should be decided 10 send him back went 10
the Office of Colonel Thomas the clai irnaut's couu4
sell in relation to procuring the mans liberation in
that wny Nothing resulted from the convcrsation
knew of II. 80 w IS '9-''- ~. II 7.l 'l-S-
Cross-examined. j communicated nv intention
10 r. O. Ioring. was 10 have an answer from,
Colonel Thomas ON Monday mornins. I don't re.
collect mentioning this 10 any Of The counsel /
did mention it to several people The case had
been postponed till Tuesday before called upon
Colonel Thomas ;s0s M s'bg
Charles List eso councillor Al w VIVA n,
this room on Saturday. Mr.. Davis was here in the
capacity of counsel for Shadrack. i heard shad.
rack nsk him 10 serve IA counsel Mr. Davis
Joined Mr.. Scwall and nlyself at the table in ex.
amining the papers sent ON by the owner for ess
tablishing his claims 10 Shadrack Mr. Davis ex-
amincd them very thoroughly and expressed
decided opinion that the papers were not sufcient
under the statute | left eight or ten rniuutca be.
fore two. leaving Mr. Davis I think Mr. Davis
did not leave the court room anv time while was
there was there from the cornrnencernent Of ths
hearing except for short time that stepped into
there think 1 want into the t;brarv before the
commissioner left spoke with Mr. Davis fro
quently in the courtroom, and think I should
have known ID fbe had zone out. No attempt had
been made to force the door when had left had
NO dificultv in GETTING throuuh the neonIe In de
scending the stairs or going through the passage
! getting out Of the court house.
Mr.. Dana here proposed 10 prove that Mr.. Da
Wis, at various places and times had advised the
colored neooIo oaiost acts of Violence IThe com,
missioner was inclined 10 allow the inquiry.l
M Tunt ob;ected 10 tho inquiry. the CHARGE
| against Err. Davis being that he committed a spe
! ci6o act
| Mr. Dana waived the point for the present
MIR. List resumed. IT was agreed ia the court.
room that the counsel should hold meeting al Mr.
scwalis once at three O'Clock. and another meet
inc was 10 be holden nj half. mast nine the nert
morning. The meeting was held that afternoon