The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-15

| Il. Duvall, Private Secreta Y, To the Lieu
nt-Governor acting Governor.
Q. Now, look and see who was Private
Secretary To Gov. Ames?
! a. Fred. Barrett, Nov. LIST, 1874.
Q. Does that letter indicate whe Their or not
| the Governor is in person in possession OF
the office or not?
| A. 1t does.
Q. Nov, between 18th and Both of Novem-
Der, is there any letter showing that Mr..
| Barrett had been removed, and Nj, Duvall
placed in his stead, if SO, TO whom is the let
! ter addressed?
! A. There is none. sir
| Q. Is not the Private Secretary 4 personal
officer OF the Governor, personal attache p:
| A. do not think | claim | am Pri-
| vate Secretary of the Governor. Ii may be
| Gov. Ames. or it may be the Lieutenant-
| Governor acting Governor, aud unless | am
removed, | am the Private Secretary.
| O. Is he not a person acting privately
| with the Governor rather than the officer.
and subject to be removed at any time by
| the Governor?
A. He can be removed by who ever acting
| Governor.
Q. Is not the Private Secretary personally
! a representative of the person III charge of
| the.office. and not of the office itself?
A. | cannot decide, sir, what are the du-
ties of the Private Secretary-oftice duties.
taking care OF papers. answering commune
cations from the direction of the Governor,
and to do his correspondence generally.
q. Do you. of your own knowledge, or
can you discover from the records OF the
office, whether or not it was the custom of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT when he assumed
the duties of the office, to appoint his own
Private Secretary?
A. | know he has done So have seen
no record of il, but L have learned that he
appointed Duvall.
@. Does not that letter record show that
on the 18th of Novemb Der, 1874, while Amos
was Governor, Barrett WIS his Private
SacrptarV. and between then and the 3OtL
he was removed or resigned, and Lieuten-
ant-GoVernor Davis was acting aud DuVall
was his Private Secretary?
A. 1t shows that Duvall was acting for
Davis and Fred. Barrett for Ames.
Q. You say that Mr.. Davis removed you
and Mr.. Packer was appointed in your
place?
A. L know Mr.. Packer was appointed.
q. And you have shown from the records
that between the 18th of September and
October 9th, 1874, that Mr.. Duvall did the
princi pal part of the correspondence as Pri-
vate Secretary for Governor Davis?
A. Yes, sir, but he was merely acting for
the Private Secretary.
Q. And that record also shows that be
tween the 10Th and 10th OF Noyem Der Mr..
Duvall was acting as Private Secretary to
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS?
A On November Both, 1874, Mr.. Duvall
signed his name for the first time Pri-
waite Secretary On the 18th | find the
18th find Fred. Barrett signing as PHI
Vate Secretary.
@. You stated yesterday that on the 21st
of May, 1879, in the absence of the Govern
or at Bay ST. Louis, that Lieutenant-Gov-
eruor Davis virtually took possession OF the
office as Governor?
A. Yes, sir, he was acting Governor.
Q. Did he not absolutely take possession /?
a. He did--he took his hat of, and took
his seat.
@. Did he not perform the duties of Gov
ernOr on that day:
| A. He did up to the time | left left be-
tween II O'Clock NJ. and p. NJ.
/ @. How do you know that Governor
Ames went to New Orleans on May 2lst,
| 1875?
/ a. He told me he was going, and directed
/ his correspondence to 90 there.
! Q. What did he 90 there for
/ A. To see his family.
/ G. Did he contemplate any delay in New
/ Orleans?
! A. No, Sir
! Q. Do you know if there was any extern
sive delay in New Orleans?
I \. DO not.
O. Do YOU know of your own knowl-
edge whether on former occasions when the
Governor was only temporarily absent
from the State, Mr.. Davis was or was net
in the habit of assuming the duties and
powers of the Office :
A. 1t was the first time it ever occurred
! to me.
O. Can you find a record showing itP
/ A. do not know.
/ @. Were you in the office at the time that
Governor Davis made some appointment
of Chancellors
A. | was not.
@. Do you know the date of these APP
pointments?
A. TO not.
@. Do you know about the time ?
A. | do not.
n l. tin in X1hia h
occurred
A. | cannot state whether it was 1874 or
/ 1S75--as was unconnected politically with
! the office at that time.
/ Q. DO you know of any disagreement
/ between Davis and Ames in consequence e
of such an appointment
/ A, l do not, only from newspaper re-
ports.
Q. From no other source?
/ A No, sir.
Manager: That will do; please stand
aside.
ELEVENTH WITNESS.
The eleventh witness for the prosecution,
/ Mr.. Henry Barrentine, was then called, and
the examination proceeded. as follows:
Q. Your name is Henry Barrentine?
a. Yes. sir,
Q. Father of Thomas IL. Barrentine?
O. Do you live in Lowndes countyP
A. Yes, sir
Q. How far from Columbus?
A. Seventeen miles.
! o. Did YOU ever receive from the hands
of any person. pardon for your son?
A. Yes, sir.
O. State from whose hands, how received,
and when you received it. as near as you
! can?
A. could not tell what time, precisely.
Q, From whose hands!
A. One from the hands of Col. Matthews,
aud one was handed TO me by young fell
| low of the name OF Dowsing.
Q. Which was received first?
A The one from Col. Matthews.
Q. At the time you received the one from
Col. Matthews, did you see the Lieutenant
Governor in town:
A. Yes, sir; | saw him in town.
Q. What time of day?
a. Late in the evening.
Q. Was that in Columbus?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you come from home that day?
A. Yes, sir.
O, With whom and how?
A. With Col. Gibbs. in buggy.
O. How did you 90 back?
A. Col. Gibbs came to Caledonia about
the time the boy came up from Mr.. Cook
livery stable with a letter to me from Col
Matthews office.
O. Which arrived first. the letter from
Col. Matthews to you or Col. Gibbs!
A. The letter from Matthews.
/ O. How long first?
A | cannot tell you.
Q, How long did you remain after Col
Gibbs reached you, before returning will
him?
A. Isuppose, sir, about half an hour or al
hour.
O. What time was it when you got to Co
lumbus?
A. Well, l cannot say now. After me ant
. Col Gibbs went to Columbus | went out &
the race track.
Q. Where was Col. Matthews when yol
, got the pardon from him?
A. Ia his office.
: O. Had you seen the Lieutenant Gov
ernOr before you got the pardon?
A. No, sir.