Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-28

lag 10 Commercial Men; Walking on wafer; LIS
tressing Accident at Madison, Indiana
Fo1RrH PAoE-The Messsge Of The Sunset; How
TO Improve WoTn-out or Barren Soil Red Clover.
SPORTING ExrRAoRDISARY-A TexyFssEAx IL
gRoUHLE.-Au investigation. exciting considerable
interest. took place in wasbpgton City The 22d
iust before Justices DoAN aud GooDAEp, as we
learn from Inc NationJ Iatelbgsaerr, in which Mr..
DAVID L. WAITS, q citizen of Lebanon Tenn,
figured as & prosecuting witness. From the testi-
mony adduced. ii appeared tsat Mr.. WALLS, who
is described as s gentleman Of forty or FIFTY years
of age was making a stay Il Alexandria, Va. hut
came ~ 10 Washington for few days and stopped
At ste Naiioual Hotel Whilst there under t5e com
hined Influence Of curiosity and strong poiatioBs
he found his way on Friday evening, the lGh INST,
shout dark into the sporting" establishment on
Pennsylganis avenue, between Four-aad- half an
Sixth streets
OF what took place there he declares himself en-
tirely unconscious, bat ailirms positively that he
played game Of any sort, as be Is utterly igrO-
rant of them ali. Faro he never saw il his life,
aud of cards he knows nothing than to be able
10 distinguish one card from another But on
turning to Alexandria he found his poeket-book
favor BY the Bank Of Tennessee on The Bank Of the
Republic in New YOrl- This he bought in Nasl
vile and kept il uuendorsed. He caused his loss
TO be advertised il Washington paper, offering
fifty dollars reward to the finder. Ii coon came to
be discovered that such DRAFT described in the
advertisement wac cashed On Saturday, the l5th
inst. at tie Washington Savings Eank, and that
the draft had been lorWsrded ia due course 10 Rev
York. TIE namfs Of the parties who received the
money. and cue Of whom signed his the
drafi as second end0rscr we're handed Wednes-
day evening the Dist inst, TO The police snitLe
psriies arrested aud he afternoon or the - was
assigned Tor ihe preliminary investigation. In an
sWer somewhat 40 the statement Of the pros eating
Wiaess it Kasiestihsi before the justices by the
pAnion Of the party who ohtsinel the norey Il the
bank that abe Tennessee Stranger csme iatp the
hpoTtjlg room Zen the purpose Of play JRi thai he
proposed 10 play at bIuff. lie was accommodated ae-
cord nsly and coon lest one hundred dollars, which
lac had not The cash TO pay ar. He said however
that he had 3 boasanJ dollar draft in his pocket
book ana produced it. lie then went to play
ngLin. and lost tRo hundred dollars more, which,
with the previous hundred we're kindly lent him
upon his draft by somebody present; But at
draft was useless without his signature the sran-
ger called FOR pen aud ink and signed his name.
Next morning witness met his friend at the cor |
ner OF Sixth street, and beth went together to the
Savings Bank, where they had the draft cash
Ell The stranger drank but il the ROOM
Ia the course Of the investigation the teller at the
bank testified to the similarity Of the signature 20
the draft vita the name at the stranger written
on the regi.ter Of the National Hotel o. the part
of the defence it was urged hat, if it be admitted
that tie signature u the draft is not forgery, no
offence cognizable by the criminal law Of the DIS
trict Of Columbia had been committed. That, evca
admitting the seven hundred dollars balance 10
have been wrongly held by the party arrested, stjl
it was only breach Of trust, over which the Juf-
tees have no jurisdiction. The hour having be
come late, aad there being one OF two Witnesses
TO be 5l AHMED the adjourned fJr further
investigation on The 22l-
The czaminauoa Of the case was resumed soon
after II O'clock on the 23J, and tho Nodga-l IaaI
7nesr furnishes the following synopsis O. The ic7-
timOny
The frat witness examined was Mr.. David Walk
or who was "a hi1 desk in the Savings Bank Al The
time the irsf, was cashed TO Alexander bphlui, !
aud heard slmaboiy-Eho Il was BE- could uo' pos
i.iyelv gver-rsy that he wanted the money ia Bank
of Cpmmerse ultrs Mr. James y DuDaSIn, after
heinz duly warned bT N-. OalI not to cIimin: {
himself testified taat he had b-eu having some mo-
new transactions wth Mr.. Steer IA his iSterr. ,
room, when r dsrt SirouC Alexander Dubant, ana
David L. WaiAs tibe Heacsi feHaessesnb came ~, !
followed by Jobn Campbell Somebody proposed
ulayipg al cards, WAeu Sr0uE, Steer, Clmpbell, !
Dubsnt aud Wallis played three OF four games Of
sseven up" al tag pleasure and not for money.
After this Wallis prli o5ei 10 piny for IA 'ncy sy-
ing that though BE- had no m1aey be had ito equiv
aIeut namely, q draft Cor q thousand dollars Ola /
NJ Y,rk b,nk Walis wss pretty sweet 81 this
limo hut ia fall possession OF has faculties Steer
only nlsvei with Wallis for money. and they het
on The hands they held la every instance Wallis
Vas me loser til Ne lost sll his IA nay. st cr
casbca the daft ia 7jag Wallis Tor i, five one hun
dre5 dollar notes of the Bank Of Meir0poh' and Que
five hundred dollar Role OF the Bank OF Baltimore
One of the hands Steer 0U was two pair OF Kings
and q ten 20 Naills's ace anu JACK. Witness did
not himself see the foGU king. Wallis examined
the cards before he paid the money Ia betting
,bev mt up chips al S2j and so each, and would
mt IN q whole pile. Wallis pulled out his money
and handed it 10 Seer. Wallis ouoa bet a high
ss tive or SIX hundred dollars Az the cla7a oI TIE
MAY WalGs rose aui Wth oath declared that he !
never had such hol luck in his life W=ili1 was
about AZ hour and haiti al Steers room, and Jeff
with Steer, Dubant, Strong, ami tie OtHrra going
towards the National Hotel.
Wines saw Steer the next day and advised him
how 10 DISPOSE If the draft, hut Steer di pot take
his advice Witness does not understand cards a.
all; does not know one card from another. Witness
had ~ conversation with puaant next Day. Mr.. |
Fsbvau book keeper at the National, tesuusd that /
Mr. Wallis was much intoxicated when he came "a |
on Friday night about 10 o'clock he fell against /
the wall ard had d be pui 20 led lie continued |
intoxicated and very stupid ill Sunday, lie might |
have taken liquor Uu Saturday, hut witness did not |
see him Nr Wallis himself was then examiner |
bv Nj Ouid and repesjpd the circumstances OF ms |
d .lrIa
on THURSDAY, and wandering about the cI'y all |
night As 10 cards he knew only enough abort |
then 70 play with Young ladies, but does not know
either bluH cor bag. lie had plsyed "scVen up |
spd whist with the ladies. Al lac meant by has |
tostiwony the day before was tha he knew nothing
of cards go rs d bet them. Could not recoieet
What be said tae day before; his memory had b.
come impaired Tor hIu head ielt us II 1t wen hls'.
His occupation was trader IN horses, cattle snd
,,.grnes and be had kept boarding house Tor col
1eSa students Mr.. McNsTuott, barkeeper At ne !
National testified that Oh Friday, at seven OF eiGbi
o'clock in The evening Mr. Nalhs was sober As any
man: he had been drinking, bat 10 the afternoon
took sleep and said afterwards be ieli very much
better.
The District Attorner. E"nrHE ovLD, Esq NOV
Ell ihst all the parties conccrnet-STEEr, pUEANF
and Dry,vlN-to helI over 10 answer at The Grimm
lCoari for couspirne to delraul and cheat DAVID
J. WAlLIs lie said The crime was either oonspira-
cyor forgery, FOR himself he thought the iormsr(
and remarked that IL was evident WALLIS had no
sort Of ehoW at the gaming table He alluded ais"
to the discrepancy oe:vson he testimony OIL ST''>"
the day before which was thst the money advanced
by srEEE or Dyaaais 10 WALLIS on his DRAFT was
paid in twenty dollar gold pieces, and was S5Oo II
Amount-aui The statement made by d. NAwIH on
the same point the sd and said that there must
be something wrong somewhere. Alr. WHARTON
flor defeudlata made some remarks in reply TO Eir.
OU-D, and was followed 10y Nc +, c. CABEIEG1ON
on The same side. Mr.. CARuNuIoN objected TO the
reception Of DvNAwiN.s evidence, and insisted that
tho law Of conspiracy would not justify The Magis-
trAles in holding his clients for trial on the charge
Nh. OUIn closed, and the Justices consented 20 hold
DUEAwryas witness only, apdhe'd FRANcls STEER