Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-19

sense, and speaking of the person who advised
her not to 60 with him olanmniator;and ASK
ed our advice a. 10 what he ought 10 do al.
yised him To go and see Christian. Horner told
him not 10 be hasiy. and wait until after dinner,
and we would go with him. NV evidence is the
same as Mr.. Horner's to going up Ia the tay-
| ern; then 10 Mr.. Moores. and back again To
where we Christian. My object in going
with him was to defend him. if necessary. llor-
ner stood about six feet from the passage door,
where b. aud {. were talking. and was stand-
ing about six or eight feet beyond him. When
b. came out, did not hear the remark of Mr.. {.
| in reply. b. said he told him he had seen his
| letter To his cousin, and that he presented him
self as n responsible man for giving her the adj
vice he gave her that he had done 50 on account
Of the reputation he &C. bore III the town. u.
was not armed, a. knew Of. / he meeting be-
tween {. and b. was not mentioned after j. Ind
reported what he told Christian. ! think herad
| b. say the next day, that if challenged be would
| fight with any weapon, from revolver TO "A pop
| gun | came in his room suddenly, and did not
| know who he was talking about. II u. had been
armed think he would have told me- were
very intimate believe that b. went 10 sec {.
from sense of duty. Il. was quick to resent an
insult, but not sindiotiye ready 10 make repara-
ton, where he had done an injury Il seemed
to be satisfied, after leaving G. do not know
whether G. paid marked attention TO Miss A. or
not. | think he was regarded sutton. ]
told b., that {. was not fit company for his
cousin considered TINT Il. more respon-
siblo 10 &. thnn | was. Did not consider my
self responsible at all. Knew nothing of e. my
self. Heard of an engagement with Miss A 10
take her to church. | baye been acquainted
with Miss A. since last July year ago. 1t {.
bad asked Il. for his author and Il. had referred
him 10 me, would have presented myself. II.
said, al the Fair, that he dsliked to {. pay
ing his cousin much attention. My motive in
going with Il. was Ia render assistance IT neees-
snry. against the interference Of others. do
not know whether b. heard any thing about {.
but what | told him. think b. knew Of the en-.
gagement c. had with his cousin To take her To
church. | think b. was not sutton of Miss A.
| thought no fight would result, from the opinion
| had formed Of the character of {. l. do not
know whether i. considered c. coward or not.
{. had no friends with him, as | saw.
CADET LANdnonsE examined.-on Saturday
18th of Jan. Gillian and myself came up to town.
We met llumcs aud Ilorncr going down. We
stopped nj Georges to take dinner; then went
To the hotel. Christian was standing IN the bar
room. | spoke To {. and asked him for his stick.
Then Gillian got hold of the stick. ! don't know
whether he got it from me or from Christian. /
thpk Gillian gave The stick bnck to {. just
then Homer, llumes and Blackburn came up 10
the tavern door. Il. called C. out into the pms
sage did not hear what they said. When II.
H. and j left went up with &. to his room, and
asked him what WINS the matter; he replied that
he had had difficulty did not say whit II mas
but remarked sit is not done with yet On
Sunday evening late, Cousins and myself came
up, Ia 90 to church. first went To the tavem |
went after supper up 10 Christians ROOM {.
asked me If ! saw any change IN him. | saw he
bad cut off his moustache. | noticed the cane he
had WINS not the same he had the day before
! then came down from C's. room and took In
dy to church. After handed her in ut the door,
came back to the tavern, and went up To t's.
room. Found the door locked. ! knocked and Mr..
| VIM, II Law student opened IT. ! saw {. TAX
| ing oil his cont; his face was very bloody. { ask
ed me 'how is Blackburn" told him did not
know he and Il. had had n fight. Sewers then
came in, {. asked bim.ngan 'how is Blackburn
! Sewers advised him to run, that Il. WIS dead or
! dying. think Morris aud Letchor were in the
! r. ON. told llumes that G. said "he thing mds
not done niH yet" lumes replied that if {.
! wanted To fight, b. the man for him.
CADET GILLIAN exnmned.-On Saturday the
| 18th of Jan, l.anghorne and myself went up To
town; stopped ut Georges 10 take dinner. Went
up To the tavern. Saw Christian come in the
bur room with stick in his hnnd. was struck
with its appearance and asked to see il. C. went
to the door, and asked mo to go to his room.
declined to go. handed him his stick again.
CADET Bruce exnmined.-On Saturday the
18th Jan. paid visit 10 sam Moore's; after be-
ing there short time, Blackburn came in. Mrs
Moore mentioned that Miss. A. had received Il
very ridiculous letter. Mrs. NJ thought Their,
was no harm in showing the letter showed it I,
| b., who read it, did not read il. hoard hin
read aloud latin sentence. b. laughed frequent
/ ly,while reading the letter. As we were coming
from Mr.. Moore's Il. said that C., in that letter
called hun I'D n cnlnmniator; and asked me wha
he ought To do. We consulted together and cam,
to the conclusion that b. ought to go and see c
and tell him he gave Miss A. the advice not to %
with him 10 church The next morning | met
b. and told him that C. might challenge him yet
that if he did so, would like to act as his (l5's
second. i. laughed and said there was no dan
ger. He did not say any thing about c. The req
son why remarked To h. that e. might chal
lenge him was, that | thought b. had insulte,
him. and that he might resent it. The genera
impression among the cadets, far ms known
was that c. would be degraded, il he did not sent
a challenge. Heard something about tie not,
being confidential; don't know whether from Mis-
A. or from Blackburn
w. JORDAN, examned.-I am the Mayor o
the town. On Sunday night the 10Th of january
my attention was called by considerable nois,
IN the yestibule Went out and asked what wa
the matter Some one said, - negro has ke,
"A cadet | went out and saw n light at VIM
Whites. went over and cadet lying.
did not know him. | was about To examine tn,
body, when heard Mr.. Massie call me and step
| ped out of Mr.. Whites lot. Massie told me tina
| the man who had done the deed had gone int,
MeDowell's tavern. summoned some persons
TO assist me, and went down for the purpose o
arresting him. placed guards at every door t,
prevent escape, and proceeded 10 examine tn,
house, | had Just assembled the first flight o
stairs and was waiting for the clerk to guide me
when some one came up and said Christian wish
ed To surrender himself. Went Immediately I,
C's room. When entered the door, G. stepped
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