Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-01

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nun was. He said. when you are through want
% see you. fgot up then and he also and TOO ne
y 'he arin-remarking don know Mr. Hall. have
3T ~ any Oeleeton to going with me To his Office
.oiS nliil hal not; was going down town any way
- ny an 9morclla IexpFessed some surprise that
ne 'la not know Ar. Hall and went on to describe
Ain ~ wen a could. About that time we had
come 70 me steps thar lead directly Ous into the
usl .oid nm wanted to 90 into the hallto
see wat time It was as had TO omen the House atau
early hour We passed tbr,,ngb the hall and can,a
Oul upon Gie street lt was raining pretty hard.
de raised his umbrella. which WIS a ysrv small one
anu oT'ii ~ our sho9tiers were getting wet He
remarked he wished he had An ovs5,coat "a bis
shawl was unhandy. / made soma ,.s,,,.-L sbout
having good one myself and not ea-;r,7 for the
rain which he cut short By asking vVbst he o,,cbt
to do further. He said Il debating Cor am -
tered in my own mind what ] shall do WITH M. HoII
when see him. whether / shall slap him With ~.
open palm OF my hand OF with nv umbrrlla y r
remarked 70 him that If he contemplated aDvthi,er
of that kind, he had better 90 prepared for v-Isf
might come after. His reply was. Il have the mis-
tolls which were given to me by gentleman, who's,
name it IS not neees AIRY to mention yesterday BV
which time, the rain interfering somewhat with our
had got the corner Of the st-eet
near the POst-Ofce. anil he remarked Il want 10 90
to my rOOm-c0me with me-. We passed over, and
as we entered the PostOsfce building he requested
me to wait in Gen. Anderson. room until he came
down. He soon returned and as he came down he
beekoned to me with his umbrelia-at least / so I'M
derstOod it. He lad left of his shawl and il is my
impression he had changed his coat in that time We
came out upon the street and walked short distance
and remarked to him. Mr.. POindexter YOU are eX-
cited He smiled and said ..No-Wh. . Itold lin
he was walking in the -ain with an umbrella in his
hand. The rain how Ter. had somewhat checked nm
still. it was drizzlIug a little. lie said Il is nOs
much Of an umbrella and not much rain''-smiIing
at the remark. But As he raised the umbrella he
asked me, Suppose i were to meet young John
Han. what am / 70 doe'-I said to him That he
should not notice Mr. Habitat he had stated to
him he would not" He then remarked. Il am at a
loss what to dO-when shall see Mr.. Hal. whether
to strike him with my open palm or with the UNI
brea." told him he must be governed by circum-
stances He passed then. walking rather rapidly,
TO the NelrS Office door, and my impression il that
we both stepped in / saw no person about tEo
Ne'es Office at all | noticed only gentleman
about there-my impression Is that gentleman stood
in the door next below had my mind upon no
ticing any person who about there. II is pOssi-
bic he there, standing IN front of the door, and
stepped back into the door as we stepped in See
ing no one, we came out and walked on down the
street. My object being 70 get an umbrella, we
came some where in the neighborhood Of RObt Hay
wood Office. He remarked that his (HaywOOds)
ONCE was in that neighborhOOdf pointed II out
TO him. He said, ! want To see him. and will stop
in there" l told him / was going TO get
umbrella, ami as soon as l got it would
come back. / was detained sometime in
getting it. and came back after purchasing
it. to the corner o. Cedar and Cherry streets,
and as got 70 the corner noticed that AFR. Pom
dexter was standing in front Of Ar. Haywood 5 Of
fee. about two feet from the door. Mr. Haywood
was standing in the door. The precise words of Mr..
Poindexter can not now remember, they were that
he was ready or Il am going now. come on and
started up the street Mr.. Haywood and myself fol-
lowed some six or eight feet behind. Ar. POindex-
ter went up to the Nelrs office door He stepped
up on the door sin ii / think gentleman, whom
now recognise as Mr.. Barry, was sanding in the
door at the time. Some twO or three other gentle
men were about there Mr.. POindexteF asked if Mr..
Hall was in. What Mr.. Barry reply in words was
/ cannot exactly remember. but he went back and
came again % the door and reported that Mr.. Hal
was not IN, bat would be in s few miautes. Mr..
PoindeXter ots3Tved something about the weather
turned To converse with Mr. Haywood. and as was
doing So noticed that Mr. George Darien was upon
line with the door AMI upon q line to see into Ire
back door. He Moved around Mr.. Haywood and
myself and below Mr. POiudeXter As an inference
of nav lind, got uD0H direct line myself 10 see
what Right b. in the back room. ] did not know
but thai Mr.. Dar,lens movements might be governed
by something IN the ba-E room. About thqc mo-
ment Mr.. Barry slit whether in response to any
one or not don know. that Mr.. Hall usually came
10 his OiACe al nnr O'Clock l stepped 20 Ms.
Poindexter then anl caught hin BY the arm and
walked him OFT s0uic three or four steps [
remarked to him. this looks like a fuss,
or getting notoriety don't suppose you desire any
particular nntJrietY. and W. had better 20 away"
We then walked down "a Mr.. HavwOods room,
when Mr.. Haywood and myself both impressed upon
Mr. PclndcXtcr thc lmpr0Driety OF returning to the
NeirS Office again tnd that If lac desired 10 Mr.
Hall again. he hal Better do so upon the street Mr..
PoindeNter asked the QUESTION IT DR.. Winston office
would not be good place to see him. 1 replied " |
don't know the location lie asked where Mr.. Hail
resided. told him did not know and Mr. HAYWOOD
answered BIN: told him had seen Mr.. Hall pass
the st. Cloud Hotel several times. Mr.. Poindexter
agreeing with ret Ia 20 hack 70 the NsrS Office
and 1t approaching the h0ar Of the opening Of the
House. remarked. Ponlexter l must now go TO
open the House. if any thing comes Off-let me
know His reply to me was, " Major. [ don't anti
;ipate duel or any thing Of that kind" j lett him
then and went 10 the House That was the last saw
If Mr.. PoinceVter alive that the whole thing
hat occurred n / have detailed it. understood
rom Mr. POindcXtcr that he would not 20 to Mr..
Halls oficce when lett him last.
Cross examination by Mr.. f. Ewing.
l saw part of the correspondence between Mr..
John Hall and NI. POindeXter. Mr.. POindexter
alked with about it. / can repeat. believe.
the first nCtc. Upon the day previous
% Mr.. PoindeNter's death. met Mr. POindexter ant
nc gave me an account Of it. Ineversaw il Iayself
After had retired from dinner on Thursday Mr..
'oindexter and Mr.. Haywood came into the room Of
ir.biantt where was Nr Poindexter told US (N--
iantt and MYSELF that in the morning. As he was
Oming 10 his breakfast, n front Of the St Cloud
lie met Mr.. Hail. who approached and as he thought
endered his hand, at the same time. asking him. il
e was the author of a little article in the paper.
IS he replied to hiH that he was Mr. Hall told him
hat he was Il damned rascal and damned scOun-
rel which he resented at the moment. They
lnle into collision and were separated by Mr. b
lemens. While in that position, Mr.. Hall continued
is denunciations. Mr.. Poindexter said TO him, =
ever handy epithets. J will give YOU an OppOrtuni-
where we can settle this matter free from inter
upton. and passed ca to his breakfast. He said
lat after having breakfast he had sent % Young
r. Hall note about aS follows. Ny impression il
lat he repeated what had been done. and then g L
Ill be upon the commons. Immediately North Of th,,
llphur Sprjngsat II O'Clock where we will be free
om interruption. He then told me farther in the
Ime conversation. thar Mr.. Haywood had reported
at young Mr. Hall had responded '-al right when
e note was presented. He further said he had
st returned from the ground. He had note in
hand which i read. lt was addressed 20 Mr.
'lndeXter. The substance was. Il am in receipt
your Informal message of this morning. BY Mr.
atwood. Whenever you address demanding
e satisfaction OF a gentleman. you shall be pro-
I-y answered. 1t was signed 'JOhn II. Hail. |
Yself advised Mr. Poindexter that il was an effort
get him to send challenge, and thought he had
ldleated himself sufficiently, and that he ought to
Op IT. | suggested the propriety Of publishing the
It's and 4 card. lie declined publishing ANYTHING
assented to the correctness of the advice given
Mr.. CAN'T and myself at that time. after sup
+ that night, Mr.. POindexter and Mr.. Haywood
me into the Office of the St Cloud, and they
ne IN Mr.. POindeXter remarked to me, Il would
'Od with Mr. Poindexter and myself went to my
Jm. He remarked. Il have received another note
I'm Hall which want 10 show you. To understand
yoa had better see a note which / addressed to
. Hail. He handed me a-cOpy OF the letter adj
sssed to Mr.. Hall. Il was substantially recount
the affair of the meningitis reception Of the
.e-and that he had been upon the ground at
elve o'clock and that he. Hall, mad failed to ap-
lr. and added. winch renders any further cor
pOndenee upon my part unnecessary" Signed,
e. POindeXter. Mr.. Halls note. in substance,
s. II am in receipt of your message Of tins morn
. by AIr. Haywood. understood the meeting to
at four o'clock. j. u. instead Of twelve, " This
S q mere mistake. II YOU think that your being
IN the ground at Twelve o'clock relieves you, be
o. Whenever you demand the satisfaction Of
tleman YOU shall be properly answered" then
MARKED. taking up the first message Of the morn
and the other. anil comparing them, that |
ught he. would be doing himself injustice to no
Mr. Hall any further. We told him there was
udlled effort 10 throw him into the aggressive or
iative. We thought he had resented everything
{ came up in Its proper place and that now be
Int to drop IT, He agreed to IT, don't know thar
re- was any notice given 70 Mr. John Hall. I saw
Poindexter again that night at his room. / talk
he matter again substantially as I had talk
it over before with him. don't know that the
On Of his not going to Mr.. Halls office, after he
concluded on Friday morning was conmuni-
d TO Mr.. Hall went Immediately to the capitaK
leard Of the killing about twenty min
after-Or twenty-five minutes at farthest I
[ know where DR. Wiusfou-s ofEaa l. N,