Houver

It is true that Houver swore that the hatches were battened down when the Pearl was overtaken by the steamer; but in this he was contradicted by every other government witness.

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

They did not prevail, however; and the District Attorney proceeded to try Sayres on an indictment for stealing the same two slaves of Houver.

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

Besides Houver, Williams, Orme, Craig and Baker, another witness was called to testify as to the sale of the wood, and my having been in Washington the previous summer.

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

This Houver was, according to some of the other witnesses, in a considerable state of excitement, and at the time of the capture he addressed some violent language to me, as already related.

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

This man swore with no less alacrity, and with no less falsehood, than Houver had done before him.

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

He was one of your positive sort of men; but his case, like that of Houver, shows that men in a passion will sometimes fall into blunders.

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

Is it not possible to suppose a great number of circumstances under which these slaves of Houver left their master's service and came on board the Pearl, without any agency on the part of this prisoner?

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

A man named Houver, who claimed as his property two of the boys passengers on board the Pearl, put me some questions in a very insolent tone; to which I replied, that I considered myself a prisoner, and did not wish to answer any questions; whereupon one of the bystanders, flourishing a dirk in my face, exclaimed, “If I was in his place, I'd put this through you!”

Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton Drayton, Daniel, b. 1802 1855

Vincent Houver, the Geneva-based agency's chief of mission in Haiti, said Sunday that the agency's warehouse in Port-au-Prince holds 10,000 family-size tents, but he estimates 100,000 are needed.

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Vincent Houver, the Geneva-based agency's chief of mission in Haiti, said Sunday that the agency's warehouse in Port-au-Prince holds 10,000 family-size tents, but he estimates 100,000 are needed.

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