Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-01

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~as informed -thst Mr.. Swan VA In an
la4joiaing rUom,- nguring Thers Mr..
Foota eo1R Be foUnd; told hin - near q
1 eO1ld remember, o. Grace street Wit
ness bad been 70 Governor Foote's run.
Swan feared h eoGd not find II, and re-
quested witness to eonduct him. Started
ef together, HitleEs Al The Tbils bGinE
totally ignOEaat Of the nature Of the buEi-
ness Arriving at the dwelling, On Grace
street, Vas informed that Governor Foote
had moved, Rod nov occupied rooms 1t
the Ballard House, Wsst 70 the Ballard
House. aod, -assatAiaing number of the
nom, witness tapped At The door; some
s4e said Sc0me N" When the door TEs
opened, witness discovered Mrs. FOote
| sittiag by the FIRE; from the position of
ths EogeruoRS bs5d, WiDass believed that
he wss nGppiaE. Witness inquired if he
could see 6oTer1oE FSobe. The G0Versof
Immediately brighteaed mp, and, With
great eOriiaIity said aAh, Pollard come
| in, come iuF' Witness then, lgdeF the
imprassinn that the relations existing be-
tween the gentlemen Were Vf q friendly
character, said, "Governor, yo1 know
your coIIsaEue, NJ swan :" At the same
| tine steppi1g little aside, that he could
see Mr.. Swan, who WAs EtRo6ing IN his
rear. To Eitness's surprise, Governor
Foote, with great dignity, and, IN Al IN
dsrtnna responded: Il can't recognise thRt
man, he's net GsntlemAA-" T0 Lhestill
rreaeer Estorishment Of witness, Nh. Swan
| fhereupon srruckzNE- FOote over the head
with an umbrellA. Witness inmediAtaly
rRshsd In betwes3 the two geatlsmea, and
told NJ. SFaa that be WoRld not allow an
assault 70 be made on Governor FoOte In
his own room, and IN The presence of his
family. MeanWhiie, Governor Foote had
taken Colts pfstol olt Of 3 draWer, and
then held it in his hand. Seeing the Gov
efnor With the weapon elevated, witness
took hold OF him, and told him not to be
unduIy excited. By this tine Gen Wick
ham End several othsr gentleman cane up,
And Mr. SHRa Vss carried away. Witness
remained with Governor F0ete long
enough 70 explain his position and then
left.
Cross eEamined-Knew nothing about
the note. Did not know its contents; sup
posed it was from Mr.. Mitchell
Swan-Did enter the room
PoilEr1-f think you were n the room
at one tine. think you we're In the room
when you struck The governor. an not
prepared to say that yoR saw Mrs. Foote-
SEan-WhAn Hr. Foots made the o6en-
sive remark about me, did not tell him
I WIS the bearer Of note to HIM?
PoIlRra-I do not recoReet.
Gilmer-Witness, viii you sndeRVor to
repeat the exact language used By Gov
ernor Posts on that occasion. when you
eufd him his colleague, Ar. Swan, Was
present
PoIlArd-To the best Of my recollection,
he said, III can't recognize him; he Is not
8 gentleman"
Foots-Did IuoderstaOd you to say that
ynu supposed the dtHiculty greE ont of
some remarks nAds by me in Congress
PoIlard-I supposed that that wAs the
eause of the dihsulty.
Foote-Do you recoIlect the article In
the E-amane- Of the 21st, prepared by M-.
Mitchell, IN which vas denounced As
reeoastructiouist?
MitcheI-Your honor, Whist night has he
to say that prepared an article for the
EzGmiErfa
Se7sraI other gentlemen here sross, and
RIl commenced 70 pEOpoand Questions.
NAynr-Yo1 VIII please take your seats;
you are not in Congress now. If Any
refsreoee Is made to the different articles
IN any Newspaper, bearing upon this nat
ter, they must be brought here
FOote-So think
rSeEerk copies of the Richmond Exam
fzs1 we're here hEndsd to the mayor
Foote-Mr. Pollard please Try sud re-
member ny exact language Did / say
vhea you introduced Mr.. Swan, Il don't
recognize that gendsmAn7
PoIlard-Pessibly you did I an not
very positive en- thst point
Foote-Did'At I say 70 him, EThis is ny
Poliard-You did. When Mr.. Swan
struck yo1, yo1r face WRs rurned from hin
70 ne, As n about to engage IN eonversA-
tion With ne.
FOose-Ras not calm, collected and
courteous and did not scquit you OF ali
blame IN the mAtper2
Ponard-TOu did, sir. take pleasure
in sayinz that you were remarkably cour.
teOus Hnd pleasant.
Nayos-That has nothing to do viLh the
questioa bsfore ne. / an sitting herz As
= eOnservReor Of the pesce-
Foote-Yon needn't tell ne that;
know il
MEEor-T want to be satisfied that
breach of the peace Is likely to occar.
M. Giiusr here called the attention OF
his honor to Sn editorial in Ihe 6zEwt8sT Of
the 2IsL
MIrrhel-WeH, vhst has ell this to do
with either Mr.. Swan or myself
GiImer-TbRt Il for rs 70 decide.
Misehel-0l think not
Giner-FH ask Mr.. Pollard que5tioa.
Didn't Mrs.. Foote struggle with NJ swan
Vhea he raised the chair
Pollard do not recnlieet-
Mitchel-Dfd you see any note in the
possession Of Nr. SRAni
Pollard-I did not-therefore know
nothing Of its nature or chArAeter-
A5teAel-FoF Ought yUu know to the
contrary, II might have been the nildest
| expOstalati8n2
Ponsrd-It might have been know
nothing 70 the contrary.
Nitche-D0 you think that . breach OF
the peace is 70 be Epprehended?
PoIlAr6-T do not think there il the