The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-20

.x,r .aa. Porter was about 10 drive her away
He delivered this message the Monday following al
o.;sa Court House. that being court day.
on the day after Tuesday when Mrs Williams
told him she never wosldl live with Williams @e-
she did not say ssngle word about Williams na
ing been there the night before, or express any u
easiness about her safety. or say AWNING % hin,
her missing ropeon the contrary, she spoke Oh na,
as one against whom she had made affahs eile"''
to protect hersel. <,r,,a.a.,.,
The only reference made to Williams N Gay .l
saticu between them was that Porter ssh,i stentoe
II no hoard his name called at court the DAY before
-,x,.ness renlied s.no that old scoundrel wasn't
,he~r Porter replied. well said SO" witness
understood Porter in his qsestn,n 20 .s'eI 70 ms
Ieuies q II. 10 give his deposition IN the sivorce
s,,;s lfar adultery between him and his wi.e-Por
fer would not go, and when he asked II his name
was called witness referring TO Wlillains said no.
t,e cid scoundrel wssnttherc. Hehad summoned
Porter for the same purpose two or three times be-
tn~e Saw nothing peculiar in Porter's manner,
and suspected nothing wrong with him.
Or Charles r. Dickiasea.- in immediate
neirhborhood Porter's character very good
Mrs Williams character very bad-wouid not be.
Ieve her on oath. As to Porter's character being
affected by the report that he was supposed to
know something of her having burnt Valentine
house, he believed, and the nei2hbors generally
thought thatis was altogether owing to an inaccu-
racy of expression of Porter's in telling Valentine
he could have told him of it before ii was done
that he did not mean that he really knew and no
one supposed he did, anything about il
that all that he meant was that from the hostility of
Mrs Williams 20 Valentine such thing was proba-
BILE, and he at the same time expressed apprehen-
sioa about his own property.
Miss Patsy Cheraing Sage she was at Porters
about twelve months ago, and Williams came there
in the night and making great deal OF tuss trleo
TO break open the door of the house where mrs.
Williams, Sally Perry and herself were. At the
door said be wanted his wife TO kiss nInl-she go.
hot water to throw on him and would nave cone II
Sally Perry had not prevented MRS. NniIdiiis
made the negroes catch him. she twhnefsl "e wen
ohouse and walked up Porter; wanted nlm 10 pro-
tee, her. They carried Williams towards the
spring and from his cries, she supposes tney "hlp
ned hirn-though she cannot say as sne ana not see
it, Mrs Williams begged Porter 10 XII MN foi
tor refused saving he would not do murder Tor
anv body Mrs Williams told witness on this oc-
cason that if il made her the slave Of slaves she
would get rid of old Dick Williamsburg Whatever
was done on that plantation would be laid 10 ola
BilIv Porter and she had as soon swear to
damned lie AS to the truth any time to hang man.
She was angry with Porter and said she would Sc
parate him and his wife IN less than three years
Tois was because he wanted her to leave his house
She said she thought it Ns as little as he could DO
10 take care of her Mrs. Williams said she was
no wife OF Williams and would not take the name
did not consider herself legally married as she
had paid for the license and the parson too.
VIM. PERU. Jr-Was told by his brother, john
Perry, Louisa MarCn COuIt y tIdt
his sister Susan wanted him to protect her against
Dick Williams, as Porter had driven her away from
his house She always hated Williams very much
was afraid of him and abused him. Was at Por-
ter's the time Bellamy spoke of and heard the
whole conversation They were talking about
Williams and his cruel conduct to his wife, and the
conversation was introduced by him-she having
been telling him about his attempt to poison her. TO
pun her tongue out, &C., &c Does not recolect to
have heard Porter make single threat-did not
infer from any thing said that he would do Will
liams any injury even if he had it in his power
though won't pretend to say that Bellamy has sworn
falsely.
John Perry, being recalled Gays he did not hear
the conversation Bellamy referred to though he
was in the house, having retired with sick head
ache.
Messrs Cosby, B. F. Winston and another gen.
tleman testified to the good character and CREDIBLE
ty of John and VIM. Perry-particuarly as to John
Perry, they being less acquainted with William;
but all they knew of him being favorable.
Robert Perry, proves that he was at Porter's once
when Williams came there, riding up and down,
making fuss and calling for his WIFE Porter was
some distance from the dwelling house. Dick, a
negro near where they were, went to the house
without any order from Porter that he heard, and
then went of and brought Binns;-can't say who
sent for him, Binns-but Mrs Williams was at the
house and witness has heard her say that she coad
get Bnns and Terry to whip old Dick Williams
whenever she chose When Binns got there Will
iiauS was gone