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Mr. Bankston say he would he hi*
(Mr. Perkins’) security ; no mat
ter, Echo s told witness he knew
all abou'it. Witness then offer
ed hue two thousand d<>H»r§ for
it; he stud witness should not
have it for that. Witness said he
jrould give three thousand. Ech
ols said, you may have it for i
thousand five hundred ; witness
• greed to give it ; Echols then
said we must enter into an agree
ment. He went a wav. Some
little while after witness met with
Simms and a*ked him where Ech
ols was f Simms rrplied 1 do not
know, nor don’t care, unless he
would attend to his business bet
ter. Echols soon after returned
with (he obligation, ami witness
executed it for three thousand five
hundred dollars, payable alone to
Echols, in four annual instalments.
Witness was to give the differ.
«nce between three thousand five
hundred dollars, & what it should
sell for. Echols a*ked if he could
give security ; he said he would
try * and eventually got Mr. Easly
to he his security to the state , and
gwe Echols a power of attorney
to sign his name to the bonds for
the state, witnessed by Simms
.—nicther of the other commissi
oners were ptesent at any of the
agreements with Echols, Wit
ness has since taken up his agiee.
ment from Echols. Some tme
afterward* Echols sent witness
the grant by Milner Echols, hi*
other, who filled it np, it heing
tthlank. The laud sold fur two
tV <uul five hundred aiul twcn*
the firv, at the second sale. At
(witucft*;, the day before, he
dullaik it nfjfour thousand & ten
and and elev<*Jf at lour thous*
it ; witness wisfl he did not g**t
bin agreement mEchola to put
Simms- but he put 'n hands of
that was in the room a tru, ik
commissioners tran»aci«u* w * nc b
ness ; Sim.ns cried the fr’iVf a *'
the first sale ; witness for the b'
lance 980 d*»U gave his notes, pay.
•hie to Milner Echols in lour an
nual en>talnunts ol 245 dols e ;ir .h
being ihe surplus ol what the ft ac
tion sold for and what he was to
give.
Holing Holly Esq. Sxvnvn'
He rode up to where they were
•oiling fractions, and ivho- -
horse, or just as he dismounted
Simms came up to him and told
him he had informed a certain
person, that he, (Mr. Hall) was
going to bid lor a Iraction, and
would give very high lor it, which
that person wanted, and beggtd
witness not to undeceive said par.
son, hr knows nothing against
either of the other commission
ers; witness savs he saw Air.
Napier Iniv fractions that day.
John y<irrison % '^rvoni.
While thev were selling Iraction
No 80 in 7th Baldwin adjoining
the garrison ; Kchols asked wit
ness it he wanted that fraction?
witness said we did, as he had
bought a fraction adjoining it, the
clay before ; they made an agree
ment, (witness anti ha hols) to buy
the fraction, and gi\'e or take.—
3Ur. Fluker bought it for witness,
at 100 dols 61 1-4 cents ; Kchols
said he would give two honjAid
dollars for it; witness profcretl to
give or take 25 dots, Kchols said
that was not enough but he would
take it.; witness gave his nott* tor
that sum t« KchoU with Mr. hiu
kcr security,
C.oss Examined.
Knows nothing against Simms or
1- loumoy.
(W. ihadcus d/vit, Snv/71.
V\ >;nc»s says he had a cmucr.
•ation with Vtmms on the subject
of moving the sales from the Stare
Mouse to Harris' at Dr. bird’s
shop, told him he was acting m
Con.cinptoil the state ; Simms re'
pned he should think ior hurts-it
un<i nn one should think lor hint,
he knew his duty and lie would do ,
it strictly ; wuuess also mention* I
«d tins subject to blouruov, who
said Uiuigs are as they arc, and
shall not be altered ; he next spoke
to LchoU about the removal of tin
I sales, tiuo observed lie was go
' nied by Sttions, that lie was an
o„l h.iiui at the business , \i ;u»ess
S.iwideii tne V||,‘S getiei«ti,v, a;iu
vas old) ,>osent about two « u ks
fto.ii tticin, and w aul»ed un.
conduct o} tin* comuiisstotKis
closely,tvho appeareu to o« j
erned and ruled by whatever ‘
Simms >aid or did ; he say* he j
saw a fraction erving very high,
i and one Perkins was the bidder,
, who he knew to be insolvent, and
witness t o ]d Simms, who was cry
ing the ft action, he had belter
know the nature of his security, j
but Simms made him no reply, as
he could hear ; the commission- 1
ers wcr e shy of witness, a* he
thought, and when he attended the
sales, would lock their door, and
witness several times got into the
commissioners room through the
window ; witness walked in the }
piivate room where Echols was;
j writing unobserved, and looking
over hi* shoulder, as he stood be
hind him, read three promissory
votes, and saw others folded up
with notes written on the back of
them j those he read wero made
payable to Simms, Flournoy and
Echols for 25 dots each ; when
Echols discovered him, he placed
his hands on the notes, with a
view as witness thought to con
ceal them.
Cross Examined.
The fir ft frafction sales, of the
firft purchase, were held at a
ho life in Millrdgcville, owned
by Genetal Scott, the Hate
houlc being at that time just bc
f»un : he never saw any notes
of that difeription spread on
the table, but that one time ;
he knew Perkins’s inftflvency
from report, & from the idle &
dilfolme life which he lived,
while in Washington county ;
he heard Simms lrequently lay
he would never cry a bid, when
the bidder had tailed to comply
with the terms ol lale ; and tie
vc kenw any bid refilled, ex*
cept David Crefwell’s who had
fottncrly bid, and not comply
ed ; he alio heard Simms lay
he would never cry Perkins’
hid again as he had also failed.
* v illtam Brodcnax Sworn.
D*vr..<j the latter pan of the
(ales of tht fra6tions, he and
KclioU made an agreement to
go down into Tattnall county ;
!»it after the Tales were over,
and v*„,, c | s and Echols went
up into Claikc county toð.
cr; witness law Kchols piefent
to one William Randolph two
notes given by laid Kandoph,
pavable to Simms and Kchols
amounting to 500 dols ; Ran
dolph paid oil - the notes hv giv
ing Echols two negroes, Echols
giving Randolph 50 dols ; after
they had left Randolph’s witness
a Iked Echols how he would
fettle with Simms? Echols Paid
there would be no difficulty, for
he had from a ffiort acquain.
tar.ee with Simms, formed luch
an attachment (or him, chat he
h.ui m :dc him a present or
prefems to the amount of 2000
dols, witness went by one Floid’s
with a note for 300 dols, which
Echols had given him to collet**,
being given by laid Fluid, and
made payable to Kchols alone;
witness prefemed the note to !
I'loiJ, who told him he had not
the money, but that if Echols
would come he would give him
i ai»y propetty he had to that
. amount j witne/s afterwards on
j his way to Grcenelboro’ with
j Echols happened at Ja's Tayl
or’s; law notes to the amount of.
900 dols in Echols’hands, given*
by laid lay tor, he cant lay whe
ther made payable to Simms or
Echols, but he believes to the
latter ; wit neb under It ood from
; their convei fat ion, that thele
| notes were to be paid oil' in ne
grocs, but I aylor having but
lew of them, and thole very un
<ikety Echols vvomd not take
them, 01 J aylor refultd to pay
them, he cant well recollect
which. As they went through
l.i cent (borough,. Col. Philips
was it a tiding m a merchants
poor in that place, and told
! Echohs to lake caic of that hoilc j
winch he was then chiving in!
. t
' hi' chair, for far that he might'
j break his neck ; or fomc such
words ; Echols, after leaving
f Philips obleivcd *o "itnefs he
reckoner! Philips hated to fee
that horle ; witnels afkcd why ?
he anlwcred, the horle did not
colt me mote than 2 dols and I
got him from Philips. Witncfs
saw Echols have a note given by
Thomas Napier, and made pay
able to Echols for 1 hundred dols
which Echols laid Napier gave
him on a batgain, to this tL
j feet, — Napier wanted a fraction
and Echols wanted the lame,
they agreed that Napier fhonld
buy it, and he was to give or
take ; Napier bought it, and
Echols took, this 100 dols accor
ding to the bargain ; Echols
told witness he had got three
I watches during the Tales, that he
had given one to Simms, and
one to John Hill of putnam.
() Did not Echols request
you not to implicate Flournoy,
for that he Flournoy, had re
ceived but very little, ami that
hirrfe'f and Simms had divided
the c hies pat t of the profits ?
A. witnels does not recolleft ;
hut that this he remembers, Ech
ols told witness, in a jocular
manner, that he was sorry for
Flournoy, who made but very
litt'e.
“ Put shared an equal part
of the blame,
While he and Simms run off
with the game.*’
Crols Examined.
Heel s not know whether
the n tics given by Randolph
were for fractions or a fquarc
trad ; he does not recoiled
whet cr he witnefled a deed
from Echols and Simms, to
Randolph ; he believes he wit.
nefied forne instrument ; The
gain to Taylor were given for
1 Echols’ bid for a fraction or
1 fiadions, in the bend or the folk
; of the Alcovihatchy.
, Thursday November 24.
ii arr Sworn .
t Commliioners fold the frac*
. tion at wimeffes houle—he was
t called in as a witncfs to a bar.
> gain, between Echols end Thos.
, Napier, which bargain was this
1 —Napier was to buy certain
fractions, which he wanted, and
he was to give or take—witness
; was to give coimnillioners theii
board Sc feed one ot their holies
lor nothing if ihey wolud feil
the fraction at his house ; they
all agreed by note to do so ; he
knows no other mil conduct
againlt them.
Cross Examined,
lie knows of no persons
concerned with the commiffiuii.
ers—Simms and Flournoy gen
erally cried the fractions—Ech
olsand Flournoy were frequent
ly indilpofed, and laid th.* itate
house was inconvenient for the
purpose of sales —Greene ot
tered the same terms with this
addition, he would find all there
horses, as commissioners told wit
j ness—he saw no improper con
duct in the commissionets.
Q letion through the Court.
What reasons did the commis
sioners or either of them assign
to you, for coming to the state
house alter their agreement with
you ?
A. Witness understood from
one or perhaps all of them, that
they had heard there was a resolu
tion on the’ table of the House of
Representatives, to require their
selling the tractions at the state
house f°r the convenience of some
of the members, and they moved
there fur that purpose, and that in J
consequence ot that, the resolution 1
was silenced ; commissioners had
one or more trunks tor the deposit
ot their papers, doe* not know
whether they were in common—
they had a room to themselves ; 1
says John H. lit van staid in their I
room two or three weeks—iiryan
paid Ins own board ; Knows ot no
money brought to the commission- 1
cr* by Liry aQ.
1 Barnes H'.’lcwau, Svorn.
Ten or fifteen day* alter ihe
j sale*, he m-t with Fchols,and was
talking of the rumor that prevail
ed agninst the conduciol Commis
sioners, Echols *«dd there was a
great noise, to be sure, shoot it,
jin the Milledgcviile papers hut
that would all die away by and bv
as other things had don* ; Echols
said he was sorry for Flournoy
who had made nothing, but that j
he would not deny that hehtmselt
had made money —he had made '
7(XX) UoU. but that he had done
nothing, but what would hear an
in ve&iigation, he had made it fair-,
ly by buying and selling; Echols
said be had *uch an attachment
ter Simms he had given him his
watch & £OOO dols. Witness told
Echols he thought that one could
not do an improper thing without
the rest, and he thought Flournoy
was equally’ guilty ; Echols said ht
was privy to all their transactions
and nothing was done without his
knowledge, witness observed to btm
lie had htardota fraction’s being
sold n wii' c h Suttins had nfiule 100
dols—Echols agreed lie did, but
tiiat lie made it by buying a Iractiou
fairly, and selling it again, lie did
not think that any crime.
Joshua llargarthy } Sworn.
On the first o! Feb. he came to
buy 2 fractions No 12:j and 124, in
1 8th dis. Baldwin ;he made an op
portunity of getting into the com
pany of Echols, and told him his
business was to buy two fractions
—Echols a-k« d him to go into fits
room, you wilt see where l will go
in, follow me, l dont like to talk
too much out here—witness little
while after went into the room,
and Echols asked what he would
give tor the fraction, witness said
lie would give as much as any one
else —he mentioned some price but
don’t recollect- wliat —they finally
agreed that witness should give hall
a dollar an acre, over and above
what it should sell lor to the state,
in four annual instalments ; witness
was to go into the piazza and make
a few bids ; ke did so ; and tlie
fractions were cried by Simms, and
Echols bid them ort—after the sale
witness asked if the fractions wer e
for Inm, Echols said they were,
Echols said witness had got them
so cheap he could atlord to pay the
money djwn ; Witness reminded
linn nt li?v u«»- e ain, & made several
prop »sili*ns, ami witness’ rnuii, vr
who was vith him proposed to give
4-0 dols ; Simms who was sitting m
the room, said to Echols l would
take it, wlO answered 1 believe I
will ; Flmrnoy was also in the
I room ; Echols then told witness to
get the money, & when he brought
it, Flourioy would give him the
grants, as Echols and Simms were {
going out of town Next mdrning j
Witness aid brother went with the
money ami applied to Flournoy lor
the grantj —who after looking into
the book which witness supposed
contained an entry of the sale ;
s ltd there was so much noise, he
did not like to concern with it, and
said witness had better wait till
Echols came ; witness supposes the
land was set down to Echols in the
book, which made Flournoy un
willing to act upon it ; witness did
wait and when Echols came he
asked Flournoy why he had not
111 ide out the grants for witness, I
Flournoy answered their was so
much noise, he did not like to have j
an)' tiling to do with it; then Eeiiois
said I can do it pretty quick—wit- »
ness then paid down the 40 dols j
and took his grants, in the presence I
of ail the Cvmmis'ioners.
Cross Examined
He first mentioned Ins business
to Echols, upon information which* j
lie receiv’d of their ansconduct from j
one Eolfiot Arthur ; lie saw nothing J
improper in commissioners white ]
they were selling frictions ; Ech- j
ols prevented no one hum bidding I
as lie saw • Simms nor Flournov, I
were not present, when he agreed |
to give hall a dollar per acre; he I
did not oiler the liiuuey to Flour- j
1 coy, he only applied to him lor the I
grants, this was in (lie morning,
Through the Court.
\Y I: ness unuerstooJ by the ex- j
press ton “ noise” used by Flournoy I
to mean the censure of their con- i
duct which every where prevailed, [
in selling the tractions; tlie 2 frac- j
tions containing l 50 at res, sold I
lor PO dols ; the nituess says the J
laud very poor.
J I
( To ke continued J J (
WASHINGTON, fWmU, ■
Haute uj Represents *,,, IS
Foreign Relations. I
The House again m co ra - n ; Uf S
I of the whole ; the first resolution*
! uodrr consideration in ihe follow *
iug words. I
That the U. S. can *
not, without a sacrifice of their*
rights, honor and independence I
submit to the late edicts cl P*
i and France. W
'I he question was taken on th e ß
! resolution, and carred, ntm. C on.*
1 he second resolution having*
been lead in ihe following wonls^H
Resolved, 1 hat it is expedient*
to prohibit, by law the admission*
into the ports of the U. States, of*
all public or private, armed or un.*
armed ships or vessels belonging*
to Great Britain or France, orauy B
other of the belligerent powers*
having in force orders or decree* I
violating th« lawful commerce and*
neutral rights of the United S.|
' and also the importation of any*
goods, wares or merchandize, the*
growth, produce or manufacture*
ot the dominions of any of the aaidfll
powers, or imported from any place*
in the possession of either 1
Mr. Randolph moved for a di.*
vision ol the resolution, taking the*
question on each clause of it sep-l
aratc-ly. 1
'1 he question was taken on the”
Ist. clause, ending with the word*!
I-f* Carried without op«*l
position. 11
Ihe second clause was agreed*!
to by the committee, 84 to 21. |
Ihe third resolution, in tho*|
following woids, having hpervßl
read : 11
Resolved, That measu r es ought*!
immediately to be taken for pi all
cing the country in a more com-*]
picte state of detence. ]
Ihe resolution was agreed toll
without opposition. » ]
The committee then rose ant* I
reported the resolution to th*
house. ...
I he first resolution was read*
Mr. Dana moved to insert be*
tween words to and the in the thirt*
line ot the resolution the word*
“abandon the navigation of th*
ocean in consequence of the”—*
Negatived, by yeas & nays, 96 to*
20. A discussion arose on a*
point ot older, which occupied th*
house till 4 o’clock, when they*
adjourned.
[Nothmg done m the Senate.]
Extract of a letter from a member *
of Congress, dated ,
Washington City, Dec. 2 1806*
“ The resolutions which have*
occupied our attention duringlj
the palt week, were yefterdai*
cairied by a very large major*
ity in committee of the whole*
and are now under difcuftioiijl
in the house. That the decifionl
of the committee will be con*
firmed by the house, there carvl
be no doubt, hence the courfoi
which congress will pursue, be. J
comes apparent to the nation—3
The amendment to the Em bar*
go laws, to as to render their*
operation more effectual, may*
be confidently expeded.
4fc P. S. The senate have just . J
rejeded the propofnion to re-1
peal the Embargo, by a major. 1
tty of »5 to 6.” *
I
Ext) act of a letter from a Member Jj
of the State Legislature, dated
Milledgeyille, lOrh Dec.
“ Inclofed is a lilt of the ads 1
which have parted both branches 5
during the present session. A I
number of bills of no great im» Jj
port are progreffmg. Our house *
f have patfed two bills whieh are 1
important, relating to our mili- ■
iary eltabldbment. These pro
vide for the organization of a
Brigade of Cavalry ; /or the es„ m
tabhlhmeut of Military Schools, *
in each ot the divisions for the
inttrudions ot the officers; pro- *
vides for the obtaintnent of pro- 9
per Musicians, to tnrtrnd boys
and others who may be difpo- \
led to learn ; for the dittrib*» *•?**
non of the public arms IT*
in the arfcnal, and for the pro«Vf
curementot a fulbcieot number *
ot tents, &c. for two regiments.