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WHEN North Carolina Divided on the Meck- lenburg Declaration. Historians at Loggerheads as to the Actual Date. EX-GOVERNOR GRAHAM'S STA! ais Cornwallis and the British First Defied on May 20, 1775. MENT, How Colonel McKnitt’s Paper First Came to Light. LET US HAVE THE TRUTH. In view of the intense interest now manifestea @ reference to the Mecklenburg Declaration of ‘mmdependence we give the following highly in- structive chapters from the MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. I esteem it the duty of some one who has had Opportunities of acquaintance with the Revolu- tionary history of the State to vindicate the au- thenticity of the Declaration of Independence by the delegates of the people of the county of Mec.- Jenburg on the 20th of May, 1775, against the at- tempts recently made to bring it into discredit, With some revollections of the discussion of this topic, running back more than half a century, I bave taken io partin it heretofore, The event Decurred (a3 1 believe it did occur) in the imme+ Giate Vicinity of the residence of the families irom which I am descended, Several of my near Telations, including my father, when it was called in question soon after its publica- tion in the Gazette of 1819-’20, gave their testimony as witnesses who had been personally present at the transaction, with @ reference to some of the cirenmstances of the occasion as well As to precedent and subsequent events. 1 deemed it proper rot to participate in the controversy as vo the credibility of this testimony while the: witnesses were alive, the more especially as thonght the ciaim on the part of Mecklenburg weil Bustained by others. ut those who championed the cause of the State (or it has been made a Btate matter) have all passed away, Martin, Jo. Beaweil Jones, Foote, Hawks are no longer among the living. ‘The witnesses to whom I have alluded} Bnd those others whose evidence was then taken, their comrades and neighbors with whom they had passed through the flery trials of the war ‘Which ensued, are all hkewise dead, We may now out vanity. TOE CLAIM OF MECKLENDURG. The position we maintain is very readily stated, It is that the resistance to British autnority which | assumed the orm of warin 1775, was not begu: Or waged on tne parto! the colonies generally Or the Congress which represented them, vi wit aby View fo w severance of the fimpire before lave in the spring of 1776, Like the msings against King Jonu, Charles J, und James IL, 1 contem- plated only aie. ormation of abuses and redre: WAS IT?! eak Of them Without flattery and, I trust, se te contain a copy of the proceedings of the meet- ing of the committee of the people of Meckien- burg, in Charlotte, on the 20rh of May, 1775, aud the resolutions of independence appeared in the Raleigh Register’, 10 a communication from Dr. Joseph McKunitt Alexander, a prominent citizen of ture wiich be is well Known to have often used, | eoitung Ris surpame, from the common- | hess of the name of Alexander | resion, and by the same he Was irequentiy spoken of dressed. AJong with it, as in thas designation apd ad- another | same paper a copy of & proclamation of the Royal | Governor, Jusian Martin, dated “Charlotte Town, Octover 3, 1789,7 While the army of Lord Corn- ! walls occupied’ that town. On wis letter I may, j tn the sequel, make a further remark. ‘the first of | the above mentioned papers was prefaced by an editorial notice, stating tuat the fact it announced was nol generally known to the world, but that the editor had it from unquestionable authority, and he published if that it might go down to pos- terity. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON ON 17S GENUINENESS, Being copied into the Exsex Register, of Massa- to Mr, Jefferson, with @ letter remarking that “the | common sentiment of America at that period was | never so well expressed belore or since.” Mr, Jeiferson, in & reply, Gated July 9, 1819, among other Observations said:—“f believe it spurious—-I deem it & very unjustii- | able quiz, like that of the volcano so yinutely related to us a8 having broken out in North Carolina some ball dozen years ago, in that partof the country, and, perhaps, in that. very county 0! Mecklenburg, jor ldo not remember ite precise locality.” Atter expressing doubt as to Whether this paper bad been really taken from the Ralei h Register, saying thatit had not been geen by nim inthe paper of str, Ritchie or the National Intevligencer, bor in Willtamson’s ‘His- tory of North Carola” nor other ausnors whom he names, and that {t appeals to Mr. Alexander, Who Was dead, to Caswell, Hughes anu Hooper, all dead, he proceeds :—"*When Mr, Henry’s resolu- ; ton, far short of independence, New like ligntning through every paper ane kindled both sides of the of the Independence of Mecklenburg coulhty, of | ance and abjuring all political connection with Suge nation, although seat to Congress, Was never heard o!, alter, Whena similar proposition was first made mm that body. Armed with vais bold example, would you not have addreased our timid breturen in peals of thunder on thew tardy fears? Would not every advocate o! independence have rung lina, in the ears ol the doubting Dickinson and others who ung so heavily on us? Yet the example of independent Mecklenburg is never once quoted.” He proceeds to pronounce Hooper a tory, Hughes very wavering, Caswell and Penn firm patriots; and Wwe quot? again:—“! must not be understood as suggesting any doubifuiness of the Stute of North Carolina, No State was more fixed or Jorward, Nor do Lariirm positively that this paper 1s & fav- presumptive—but I shall believe it such until oaitive and solema proof of its authenticity skall ie produced. And if the name of McKnitt be , and not @ part of rhe faorication, it neecs rificatton by the production of such proot.’’ We are not informed that Mr. Jefferson ever re- curred to the subject again, Noone in Mecklen- burg appeared to contradict it, Tne Raleign Regisier exp. essed the decided opinion “that no doubt can voW exist ol the truth and genuineness By seemed no jonger to be a matter of controversy. Celeorations of the day were beld with the entha- giastic concurrence oi the people, Had there been any cavil agaiast this proof at that time (1820) it doubtless could then Have been greatly corrobo- rated, HOW JHE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION WAS PRE- SE Curiosity, however, is ited to learn in what manner te memorial Of this Declaration of lude- pendence was preserved to later times, The ex- jeckleuburg Committee, originating at the 1ucipi- ent period of the Kevolution and continuing jong years afterward as a county organization, which | contained the Declaration of Independence of 20th of May. 1775, was preserved in the eare + Alex: ary, and wy | sumed | the year 1800. And that prior to its destruction he had endeavored to give this docuineat pub- | ltetty by furnishing one copy to Dr. Hugh | Willtamson, who nad announced his pur- | to ‘publish @ history of North Uaro- 83 | pos Of grievances as Britisa subjects under ‘ne cron Bria, and another to General William KR. Davie, Ol Lue Monarch, bur did not Contempiate a change of government or freedom irom the ¢o- Minion of their king and country beyond the sea; that North Carolina, and especially the people of Mecklenburg, formed an excep- tion to iis genera! sentiment of loyalty. leadicg spirits, in that county and elsewhere, were ripe tor revolution from the beginning. They were opposed tu monarcny, had little or no | attachment to the mother country, were chafed by recent provocations in the sctual operation of the government, and were ready vo throw it off at any faverabie opportunity, i the otuer colonies, ‘ : WHAT NOBODY CAN DENY. 1, Noone, 1 presume, doubts thatthe men of Mecklenburg, who were old enough to remember e events of 1 4 1830, believea there nad been a Deoiaration of Independence at Charlotte, on the 20th of May, in the year frst mentioned, and that they thom Relves witnessed its promulgation. 2 Ti Not ooly was tis conviction prevalent @mong toose who had remained in t! county in the interim, but was shared by those who had emigrated t» Georgia, Tennessee and eisewnere. & Tha. the whole people of Mecklenburg, with- Out distinction irom difereuce in religious opine ton, political parties or personal antipathies or Tivalries, were likewise impressed with this con- Yiction, and from early after the year 1820 on "d UGited io celebrating the anniversary y Ol the declaration at Charlot great event. LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN NORTH CAROLINA. Bat it was not merely our citizens, taciuding shose of the highestemineuce in inteliigeoce, cul- foro and patriotisin througuout rhe diate, who ‘Were charmed tuto the belle’ of the truth{uiness | Of this occurrence; the State itself took up the tame of our heroic people o: Meckleuburg as a flower not unworthy to ve worn in the garland Which decked her own brow. At the session of 1890-41, With a view to perpetuate some evidence of the trausacth n, certain certificates in the pa- ture of depositions of witnesses then ilving, Who lad personal Kuowledge of it, were procured and laid before the General Assembiy— Witnesses whose coaracters were ail known Virouga their representatives, and These were referred (0 @ comunitvee composed of | Thomas G. jolk, Jono Lrogg, nee thelr de- | Sided und Mauiy action In proclaiming indepen- | dence on the 20th of May, 1775, tn advance oi all | the demonstrations tending to commemorate a | who could | ‘a distinguisned soldier of the Revolution and sub- sequently Governor of the State. It is provable, also, that ne or his son, before named, wio was of | mature years and head of a family before 1800, re- Aained still another copy which escaped the con- ‘These fagration of his house. The averment which we | have from Mr. Alexander of nis cieliverivg tas copies to Williamson and Davie ts confirmea. | First--By the testimony of Governor Stokes, | already clted, stating in substance that in the year 1793 Dr. Williamson exhibited to him, ta the city of New York, a copy of the said Meckienvurg Dec- laration in the handwriting ofJonn McKaitt Atex- anaer, which was known to Governor Stokes, Second—By the statement of Duncan Cameron, | thea a practising lawer, subsequently a Judge of | the superior Courts and President of the princt- | pal bank of the State. to the effocr that Mr. Alex- | ander had informed him of the circumstances of M guage. ‘3, and survived tll 1819 and 1820 | this declaration and of hls phactng a copy in the | North Carolina has been worse treated than any | possession of General Davie; and that after the destruction of the original in his dwelling he re- | ferred arain to the same topic, remarking that by Feason of this deposit “the document was safe.” Dr, Withamson was @ Pennsylvanian wno came to | the State avout the close of the Revolutionary | War, and resided in Edenton, He represented | North Caroina in the Continentai and first Fed- eral Congress and in the Federal Convention, after which he went to reside in New York. His work entitled “A History of North Carolina,” blished tn 1812, 1s confined to the colonial pe- jod, and extends only tothe time of toe Regu- lators, 1 1771. Third—I\t is likewise corroborated by a letter from Mr. D. G. Stinson, a gentleman now above | eighty years of ae, who in a recent letter irom | Kock Mill, 8. C., forms me that tn 1813, when him- | self a student in the acacemy of the Rev. Mr. Wal- | lace, of Providence, Mecklenburg, & son-in-law of | John McKnitt Alexander, he neard said upon the occasion of a visit of a mon place, relate the circumstances of the Deciaration | of Independence on the 20th of May, 1775, and the | furtner fact that, baving been in Philadelphia | afterward in that year, he commanicated the | facts and circumstances to Dr. Franklin, who ex- pressed approbation of the act. | WHY 178 AUTHENTICITY WAS NOT DIscUSSED PReE- VIOUS TO 1819, ‘That this striking event was not made the sabd- ed in 1819 svould occasion no surprise to those ‘now in what @ confused and neglected mass ali readily bave been subjected to sic samse | have studied the Distory of the State and i" Eyan Alex.udJer, Louis D. Hetry and Alexander MeN Mhittee made a seport adirming the evidence to ve satisfactory, directiag tne Governor to cause to be publish With on introductory narrative to be prepared by Bimseil, wogether with tue Meckienburg Deciara- tion, the pames of the delegates composing tue meeting and the certificates of the witnesses test fying to the circumstances attending said deciara- tion; aio, the proceedings of tue Cumberland Ag+ Soclation; and that in A separate pamphiet there Bh ild be reprinted the jourual of the Provincial Congress, hela at Halifax om the 3d gf Apri 1776, in which tae delegates im the Continent Congress from North Caroilua were ineiracted to Qnite in vottag jor adsoiuce independence, an in- Structiou givea ia advance of ail tae other colo- Biles In 1834, on the occasion of revising the statates Qf the State and printing them for distribution, the Leyisiature enactea bya lew late Governor Liedeii, chuirmyn of the Commission Of ReVisal, that a copy of tae Meckienburg Deciara- tion of inde) cadence, with the names uf the deie- Gates, should bo predxed to toat work. In 1845. by a jomt resolution, tie two houses | authorized 4 Hew edition of the pampliet of 1800-21, concerning the Meckienburg Declaration, to be published with certein uther documents per- taining \o our Rovo.utionary. history. In 1854, upon Anew Tevision of the statutes, it yy sovemn act, directed that the Meckien- re that work. MisToRians WHO SUPPORT THE MECKLENDURG CLAIM, What has been the testimony borne of it by writ- of history? Ana first, by those of North Oaro- ia? Francis Xavier Martin, a native Frenchman, Dut long a citizen of North Carolina, a complier of on ition Of Ler statutes by order of the Legis- lature, before removing to Lousiaoa, where he ‘Was jor Wady Years au eminent judge, in tae sec- Gnd Volume Of his history of the State, pu a in 1820, near the close OF the Work (it was duo iurther than 1776), gives the Meckionburg Claration With the accompanying circumstances im fab — 2 Joseph Seawell Jones, im 1834, published his Vowume, & defence of North Carolina, upoa thus Question. Es Bis interestiag “Sketches of North Carohna,” pat forth in 184, aso gives inil particulars of this tev Wi @4 approving a0 admiration as if native OF Che Stare. 4 Col J. Hh. Wheeler, ta bis sketehes of the Bistory of North Carolina in 1861, gives to this Rerote act of her provincial inhavisanrs bis cordia Dr. Hawks, to whom every citizen ould feel indebted fur the asal and Saveiligence of nis interest in bevall of tne ta hd bonor of his native iand, in the New York His Fridal Socioty 1M 1952, and in & still more élado- Tate performance of the same Nature at Chi end at to iversiry of toe Stave jn 1467, matin ‘wind | the sati@iaotion of our most ardent Dairiots, 6. it Was recognized in Pitkio’s ‘Political and Civil History o/ the Caited States.” 7, The Rev. Dr. Augusiiue J, Smythe, & distin Guished Presbyterian divine, of Cuarl Jo &@ pampbier t io 1847, Writes au meres a tion to prove taut both the Meck.enburg Oud the Hational declarations, in the particulura 1B Wiel bey resetmole h o\ner, Were #ug- gested or tuken from * enecai Coniewsion or General Houd for tho Maintenance of ius Re- Walon aod ‘ie King’s Person and dstate,” put Jorsh to be Sigmed by the members of the Preguy- ra Church of Sc@\lnnd more than & centucy 10 eo is Gepenae irae res TUR UDIGIN OF TES CONTROVERSY. Of The Gull OF AUTIL ist, tue pHoGY Dareorting ed in & parophlet tne sald report, | drawn by the | eclarutlou Of ladependence be prefixed to | ho Rey. Dr, Willlam H. Poote, of Virginia, in | materiais then lay. If so well an informed ell. Tats Com- | American as Mr. Jeferson must be coneedea to | have been tn 1819 did not Know the position of Mecklenburg on the Map, and supposed it might adjoin Buucombe, tue locality of the fictitious | volcano bar y of a8 @ newspaper hoax, from | whico 1t is one hundred miles distant, witn the | Blue Ridge towering Letween—who. except ner | own people, should be expected to know | sory? The historians to wnom he refers— | son, whose work extends buat to 1771; Horry, | , . Marshall, Jones, Girardin, Wirt— nof/one of them had penetrated so far into our | pxblic history as to be aware of toe resolutions of | he Sist of May, 1775, or to discover the well es- | tablished fact that North Carolina, in her provin- cial Congress at Halifax on the 12th of April, 1778, ins'ructed her delegates in the Continental Congress to vote lor absolate independence or the | Brivish Crowa. (1 impute no uojust design; it | was perhaps our own ixait in not causing it’ to be made generally Known.) Yet some of them do | mention that Virginia gave such instruction in | May Succeeding, and suppose that to ni | the carliest Movement of the kind, If they w uninformed 4s to our pubitc an@ general his- bow are their OMISssions authority in respect to | @ popul. e\ing, & local assemolage im the county | of Mecklenburg some mont! | is the revival oi the knowled, at Halifax was made about the the same individual With the publication of t tha’ tors the resotations ame claration at Charlot! wo pi nchalien Jonrnal of the Congress which Alexander had in- herited from fis fataer, as Would, in my belief, tho | Mecklenburg proceeding, except 1 Was questioned by Mr. On, ANA War au) osed by some tO lay claim to @domain in wi | he was entitied to & monopoly—a domain to wh: | ia May, 1775, a8 will presenti, | Qp vo claim in miad o. | WHY PRERE 15 XO CON B RE AL RECORD OF IT. y our objectors, ii such resolutions were tto Patladelpiua, there should be found f the jaot in the journals of Con- | Congress. | ing amon Iwas among t rules of 0! y, adopted in september, 714, “that joor be Kept shut daring the time of busin and that members consider them- | gelv the strongeat obligations of honor | to the proceedivgs until majority shall direct th be | public.” But there was a tenuel reason than hi time, say May or June, oon thought of entering ou theif journal o prop. tion to asaassinate King George, or to vurn the city of | a8 to declare independence of | Great Britain, woher favored it, or, | y ao | judwing trom the boat evidonce aiforaed us, de- | wired it pi ed and We are samilted benind scenes, that woen tbe Mack sy arrived In Phuadelph ja HXOd by Witnesses Who show th the time that Wasiingt was about sot out to take com- Mand OF toe AFMy), Ha’ Vonwress Was wot at ai | mM accord Wits the spirit o: the poopie oy | Weom ne fad been sent, How cvulu that | auplist assembly give countenance to @ | aeciaration Of independence, gives in o | Femote region of the country, when ther thougnts BTL clung bo TeCODCiiarnd a 6 y men Was B0OU6 LO AOt tis Niand to eribiea prom loyalty to the King, love sor the morner @ Oud Gisclataivg 44 4G Uasust Im vEtation f Mecklenburg, signed Joseph McKuitt, a signa. | relic | ofantiquity, Was sent by him and pablisued in the | chisetts, vis paper Was sent by Mr. John Adams | Auanuc, this duming declaration of the same date | ! North Caroina, absolving it trom British allegi- | it 15 oof Known even a twelvemonth | the glories of Mecklenburg couuty, in Nortu Caro- | rication; because tue proof of a negative 13 only | | Of the deciaration of the 2uru of May, 1775," and it | | janation is, the journal of the proceedings of tne | a et Si ie sancti hte tenet oad a6 6 OF THE MEC ‘destruction of ts mansion by fire in bas ae: a pened of commentary in our newspapers until pub- | r been | rliet? Toe fact | ime and by | r. Joseph McKultt Alexander, | le | tinental Long pears since the journals of Congress } a ages design” of independence which their ene- mies had ascribed to them ? * No closed doors upon a deliberative assembly | ever served a more Valuable purpose than those of | the Continental Congress in this emergency | against their most confiding friends. Tne mes- Sage Was doubtiess most unwelcome, and might | have met with revake but that war was already beguo; it was necessary to keep the spirit of the | | People up to the fighting point; the co-operation | Of alt would probably be needed, even in a war | | Such as was then belug waged for the rights of British subjects in America; and it wouidnot do to send back a discouraging reply to men wnose conduct implied that they were ready for the | most desperate conflict—the North Caroiinu dele- gation in Congress were authorized to return jor | answer, that Congress admired the spirits and | patriotism of the people, but deemed their action | premature. It is obvious that Congress, with 18 theo sentiments and views of policy, while speak- | Jag words of enconragement in their ears, would Sladly pass over the affair ina manner to atoract | | to iv 4s little ef public attention as possible. Jt was, as it were, a fire opened upon the | enemy, when Congress was sending out w fag of truce with projessions of tratermzation. And i the Mecklenburg resolutions were not pub- lished In the newspapers of the time, or if 50 printed measures were taken to «destroy the | copies, So that they have not come down to us, 1b | is no vaolent presumption that such measures | were prompted by the agency of Congress im aid | of the policy of reconcihation tn which that body | Was then so earnestly engaged. Certaimy m the | miad of no impartial jase, with the information | now open to us, can the eradic of the testimony tn | Javor of the authority of the Mecklenburg Declara- | Yon sumer any impairment from the failure of Congress to leave some memorial of tt THR TWO DECLARATIONS OF MAY, 1775. But @ bew ground is more recently assumed, | that conceding the aMirmai\ton te be true, there 18 anerrorin tue day of the month on which the alleged meeting was held and in the import of the | resoitions, for thatit was not the 20tn, but the | 8lst of May, and that the resolutions adopted, | thoogh very spirtted and defiant, did not import | permanent separation irom Great Britain. Tne | day 1s not at all material inso smail a difference | inthe dates; and we are thapkfal to the lasr learned critic in the North American Review, tat “che people of Mecklenburg were the first to cus | the ‘Gordian knot’ of tne poitical situation by their incisive declaration made on the | Bist of May, 1775.—(See Appendix for copy.) | 1€ this were all that had been done tt would be | an event worthy of commemoration to remote | ages, But we contend thar tue resolutions | adopted were resolutions of independence. The word implies $0 grand and stupendous an Idea to the subjects of a monarchy that there is litte lia- bility to mistake it for anvthing else on the part | of a witness of ordinary intellizence, | THE GEMUINENESS OF THE M’KNITT DOCUMENTS. | Very serious question is also made as to the | genuineness of the copy of tne resoluuons, the original having been destroyed as alleged by the | conflagration of a building in toe year 1800—and | Judge Martip in hits history of North Corolina hav- ing pppishes a Series not identical with the copy published by the Legisiature—(See Appendix for copy). The difference between the two is nota matter of substauce—both deciare independence. And 1 esteem the production of a separate and slightly varied copy by Martin a8 corroooration Yatoer thau impeachment of the verity of the transaction, especially when coupled with the | statement of Dr. Hawks, that he Nad conversed With Judge Martin on this subject when both were | residing in New Orleans, and learned from bim that | | he had obtained his copy of manuscript from tne Western part of North Carolina, beiore the year 1800, ut the integrity o1 the copy matnly de- | pends upon tne testtmony of Jonn McKnitt Alex- ander, and that of the witnesses sustaining him. His account Was that asa secretary, he bad pre- | Served the record of it, trom the time of adoption | 1Ul it was destroyed with his dwelling by fire in 1800. ‘Inat he bad furnished @ copy to Dr. Hugh Wehamsonu, who bad undertaken to write a fis- tory of the State, im order that the deciaration nught be noticed in that work—that he turnished | anocner copy to General Davie. Wihamsou did | Publis a lustory o1 North Carolina in 1812, and in his preface asserts that he “had received maucn in- | formation from some of the most ancient and re- | Spectable citizens of the State, who continue to | serve the country, and from others who had lately | been numbered with the great majority.” | LARATION. [From the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, April 28.) | Wecallthe attention of our readers to a com- munication in another column on the subject of Charlotte correspondence of the New York HERALD, in regard to the Mecklenburg Dectara- | ton, It is from the pen of one of the ablest and | most zealous friends oi the 20th of May Declara- tion, True, the writer is rather severe on Dr, Phillips, but who can blame him? No one has 4 | | bigher regard for Dr. Puiilips, a3 a minister and @ | Christian, than We have, and wo one places & | bigher estimate on ois natural gifts, but when toe | Doctor enters the fleld of historical discussion, aod assails the most vital spot im tne history of his own State, he must not expect to come of altogether unscathed. It is serious matter for | one to attempt to strip from his own State the | brigatest jewel in her crown, and the robber, who- | ever he be, and whatever his calling, cannot ex- ect to be met by the guardians of the State's cas- | et with “soft smiles and smooth ja: - State of the original thirteen. She has been liter ally stript ofevery(hing save her glorious history, | will only give the friends of the Mecklenburg Deo | laration as lair @ showing as its enemies, we do not fear the result of tue controversy. THE HERALD’S CHARLOTTE CORRESPONDENT ON There is a universal dissatis- faction in this community in reference to the article published in the New York Hega.p of the 24th on the subject of the Mecklenburg Deciara- tion. The impression made upon every one who | reads it is like that waoich is so well expressea by | your editorial remarks this morning that “the | | wnter aoes not put tne case as strong as ne could } have done, with the natural gilts which this letter shows he possesses; and we can hardly taink nis ‘heart’ isin the matter.” The writer seems toknow nothing but what the Rey, Dr. Paoillips las written d said. He seems to draw bis inspiration irom possible that this sham defence is written at the 1ostance of Dr. Pulilips, io order | that that geatieman may have the opportunity, long aye Oy e been sought by him, of again e ondent Was in earnest, as wh by the iact | that he takes occasion to dissent editorialiy from | that worse than puerile suggestion oi the writer, | “chat even if the Mecklenburg Declaration of lno- | | dependence is merely a myth, it is not wise to dis- | latest apostie of the Mecklenburg Dec! pressed, or that such @ certificate ever existed, Tests upon the unsupported assertion of his hero, | this Magnus Apollo of adverse critics, flis maga- | | zine article—nis first contributio#, perhaps, to | | published literature, Which seems to have so com- | pletely turned bis senses that tie bas never been uble to look at the facts throug) any other me- dium—is literally and figuratively the mau sill upon which his satellites have ever since \een building. ‘There js no corroborative evidence, veroal or written, to Support tue mischievou } Statement made in that magazine article. It i to repeat and reafirm taat Governor Swain id $0 aod He bas leit nothing on record to | Jas he ¥i mount of fiction and nonsense | tity that is attributed to him in this matter, bus, on | the contrary, he stands fully committed tn sup- | port of tne 20ta May Deciaration io more than j | one published production, Now, if all this trouble comes, as this late writer iu HERALD asserts, irom — this magazine article ein made that an important certificate was | Suppressed should at once be supported by satis- | factory evidence, nos the bare assertion of the writer; or, if this cannot ve done, then let tae World be tiformed that the cavillers and objectors | | te get the controversy veforo the puvi merits, it sboaid apply to some of the genuine fon id advooutes of the 20th of May Deciara | |THE FORT TICONDEROGA CENTEN- NIAL. | | Waittaant, May 4, 1875. | | | The following programme of tho order of exer | Cises for the Centennial colouration, Monday, May | 10, has been issued :— Centenolal Ticonderoga, Monday, May 10, | 1875, Commemorating the capture of the fort. Or+ revel, on | der of exercises :—Forenoon—Suast b ena | mond; refreshments; picnic. tion of line; oF, and citizens; pro- fort grounds, over by Ethan Allen May } d is drawn up about the speaker's tmen; f, usd, addresses by promis: a tis, Tanke broke 1, Kecurting 0, ( apecial iaterest vi to care and bowts; paruag | Kt was expected that Rev. Joseph Cook would | dO Among the orators for the occasion, but a letter irom bim received here to-day indicates that he | Will DOC Oe ule tO Atte | ate bemg made for transporta- | jaciities are such that there wii | large attendence from New York | a Vermon’, itané £o4 boats Wil lend guests | the fort rounds, t and now they are trying to roo her m of tat, | But the history-oammers, 80 to speak, @ul be met ecg fire icaute see, ae | by foemen worthy of their steel, and if the Hegaup | 0% archasing the ght of occupation | bunting over, turb so pieasact aa iiiusion.” | Mi A suggestion is ventures for the benefit of this ton, aud | Of their presenee to yrace the occasion. | dressed the meotng NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1875--TRIPLE SHEET. THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE ASSO- CIATION. There was @ mecting of the Ioternational Rifle Assogtation yesterday at their rooms, No, 95 Na sau street. Major General Shaier presided, and there was @ large attendance. Among those present were Adjutant General Townsend, Gen- eral McMahon, Hon. D. W. Judd, Captain Story, Colonel Ward, Captain Fulton, Colonel Gildersleeve, General Knox. After some ordinary routine busi- ness was disposed of the Treasurer’s report was presenies, showiug the state of the fuanves, as us — Receipts. Axpenditures. +o084,184 23, 12358 49 Balapee on band. sesee 2, 82 7 Receipts, subsoript joment, &e BA,305 5) The Range Committee reported progress. ‘The work of erecting a tence is progressing sattsiac- torily toward completion. ‘The Finance Committee reported progress, Captain Fulton read over a list of the vurious prizes to be offered the successfur competitors. ‘the report of the special committee on revising the rules elicited some discussion, Captain Ful- ton said it was proposed not to allow aly two competitors to shoot with one gun, Various chauges were suggested in reiation to targets, xing the sights aud other minute details. Some deflection in the siade alluded to by General Townsend were explained by Uaptain Fulton as arising from the quaitty of the ammunition. Ob- Jections were tleu raised to loading through the mazzie, Captain Fuiton said ke adopted that course but he mever luadea his gun except when about to fire, and when the firing was imterrupted he immediately extracted the charge. The precau- apialo hould be . Adjutant General Townsend explained bis views on the subject, and, owing to the difference in tbe con- struction and action of some triggers, Jurto precaution was deemed necessary, in bis opinion. it was agreed that the report be adopted. 1t was moved aud seconded that the Range Committee be authorized to buy @ horse, harness and mow- | ing machine, to be used on the range. A resol tion 1 relation to permitting refreshments on th range Was also adopted. A communication was then read from Major Leech, the contents o: which have been slreaay abiished, Considerable attehtion was devoted the selection of prizes for annual presenta- | tion, and it was resoived that the Prize Committee ve authorized to procure designs for three med- ais, to be awarded successiul competitors once a year, Lt was unanimousiy resulved that Colonel Richard Vose and Mr. H. Palmer Stanton ve ap- pointed directors. The subject of badges received some consideration, aud 1t was moved by Captain | Faiten and unanimousiy adopted that the associa- tion be empowered to order thirty badges for lle members, to be retained while they continue members, and the money tor the same to be r funded should they withdraw and band over w Bane tu the association, The meeting then adjourned. THE BLACK HILLS COUNTRY. MEETING OF THE INDIAN COMMISSION LAST EVENING—STATEMENT OF MR. STEELE, DELZ- GATE FROM WYOMING TERRITORY. Last evening the members of the Indian Com- mission, consisting of Messrs, Clinton B, Fist (President), E. H, Haight, E, M. Kingsley and F. H. Church (Secretary), with General B. R. Cowen, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Hon. E. P. Smith, Commissioner of Lndiao Affairs, mes at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to listen tou statement o! Hon. R. W. Steele, Delegate in Congress irom Wyoming, in reference to lodian affairs in that Territory, Mr, Steele stated to the Board aud other func- tionaries present that during last fall he visited tne Red Cloud Agency and witnessed the distribu. | tion of government suppiles. He careluliy exam- | ined the four, coffee, sugar and other articles fur- | nisbed, and suid that they were all of good quality. | Mr. Steele had, he said, no doubt that the govern- | ment supplies purchased and intended for the Ln- dians were correctly disposed of, The flour was received at Cheyenne and inspected by Captain Long, Commissary of Subsistence, United States | Army. Alter the !ospection and loading of the | pooas for the agencies it would have been impossi- | le and impracticable to Dave made any change | without seturning the supplies to the line of the | raliroad, a distance of between 160 and 200 miles. In response to inquiries, Mr. Steele said furtner | that the management at the agency was as good as could well be expected with one agent and smail force of employés and the very large num- | ber of Indians, amounting to about 13,000, under | re, Whio’ prevents necessarliy any ex- | rsonut influence to be exercised over early all are semi-civillzed, but they per- them. iorm littie or notuing in the way of becoming sell- supporting. ‘Tue reservation proper in extent ia about equal to the State of Ohio, The soil ana climate is divers: id in character, ‘here is an abundant supply of wood, er and buffalo, THE BLAOK WILLS COUNTRY | 1s included w the Sioux reservations, and th: prouensions of serious outbreak in consequ of white intruders or seekers after gold comin, among them, to which they are epposed, is gra ually fadtug away. A delegation of Sioux are ex- ia countr’, and there are good grounds for believing that some satisfactory al * no doubt that the Big Horn and Powder River re- gion, when opened to settlement and explor: tion, will be found extremely rich in tue precious metals. This is the section of country in Wyom- | ing mentioned in General Sheridan’s recent letter | @8 veing @ Yaluadle mining country, and to ¢ at present the Indians nave oniy toe privilege of ‘The committee aj red to be quite interested in Msteuing vo Mr. Steele’s statements, NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. LECTURE BY JAMES PARTON ON “‘MANNERS AND MORALS IN THE LAST CENTURY.” A stated meeting of the New York Historical Society was beld last eveniug at the Library, Sec ond avenue and Eleventn streot, Mr. James W, Beekman presiding. The an¢\ence was large and weladed many of our most prominent citizens, | after the reading of the usual routine reports the Cvairman introduced Mr. James Parton, who had | beep announced to read @ on “Manners and Morais in the Lass Century. Alter saylug that we are prone ft Judge of tho iunprov nt Of the world or its Togression by our own dis) fo and the cireumstances which sarround each of us rather than by facts, . Parton went on to _ describe she | Manner in which the ridiculous superstitious custom of curing the dire disease kuowa | the “King’s Evil” was carried va, pectaily to instances in the time of Lon! teensu and Marie Antoinette, and of Ovaries the Second in Engiand. He instanced this custom as one 1b whica the peers the commons anu clergy took & Most pompous pai eo merated several bistorical mea | weakness in their beliefs, For t said that giving up bellef in witehcralt Was giving | up the Bible Dr. Jonnson, who had himself been touened by the King for the cure of the “King’s Evil would bav was an mist and believed le cout out of copper, and Semmier, of Berlin, believed that he could produce tee prectous metal out of muist salt, and actually suomitted an experiment; bac it was afterwards discovered tuat bis servant haa secretly inserted gold leaf im the pre- paration, WESTMINSTER CHURCH ANNIVERSARY MERTING LAST NIGHT TO CELE- BRATE THE INCUMBENCY OF THE BRY. G D. MATTEEWS. One of the pleasantest churet reunions held this season took piace last night in the Westminsser Presbyterian chatch, Twenty-secund street, be- | tween Sixth and Seventn avenues, It was in celebration of the anniversary of the incumbecey by the present pastor, the Rev. G, D, Mattbewa, of the ministery ofthis congregation. The churos was completely filled by @ very respectadic and intelligent congregation. ‘Tne dialect of the land of Barns wos beard on ali sides, and ladies whom bilen MoWregor or Jeannie Deans wignt feel | sativiied to OWa 4s CoaniryWomen ifat tae clara ting by & he on the The Rov, Mr, Chambers opened ti yer, after whicd the Rev, Jv Hi vered uo eloquent and forcidie addr eiita to be derived from the infuea exemple. Referriag to min ‘tal lave that, “However much the minister the wie would more." Rev, Mr, pri a pt 10n. ‘They ovuld foreteis ti core: be MileoniUM, bat “ere unaow to point OUl @ siogle Denevuient jas jon lof the ovre of | ‘eliel OF uber tuat they had But Works of Cristian charity are not within the purview of these new-iignt phiio phers, After Mr, Hodgen had ame plece [rom the ‘Messiah’ tue it establuahed, ng a very acKept- | 0 oD tow add a the congregation, askiag | jsogbage Cue peuple’s nance in tm | their regi daties, The Mr, Matenewa, | postor of ‘the Westminacer co peg ne) juioWed 18 AM address Oo; pious thanks | vo hw flock and to those sound aim | jot the co-operation which he is receiving In ais pastoral work of vuijaiag a ext the apiritaat influence of thus reyation, ons tragted its presens comparatively ps OxpCrous dam. in | boun | the | were increased fiiteen cents a aay. | Chargeable lor tue majority of sevidents wine) dition with its unhappy state a year came into bis charge. At the end of tue closing address Mrs, Garrison sung in charming style tat beautuuily tender and sweetly pathetic cold song, “The Lando’? the Leal.’ She was rapturously encored, and {alriy brought down the hovse by her rendering Of the jamoua Jenny Lind’s favor- ite bcotch song, “Within a@ Mile o’ Edinboro? Town,” The exercises of the evening were closed by prayer, and the meeting adjourned to the Noor below, where amole refreshments were laid out for al) who wisted to partake of then. SWALLOWING A DIAMOND. A THOUSAND IN HIS EFYORTS TO BHOPLIPTER SWALLOWS A ONE DOLLAR SOLITAIRE. Between eleven and twelve o’clock yesterday | morning two strangers entered the jewelry store | of Barmore & Uo., corner of Maiden lang aud Nas- | sau street, One of them accosted the salesman and | requested to look at some diamond rings. A number were shown, and as he seemed rather extravagant in his tastes some of the more yalu- able ones were exbibited. Among the numer Was 8 solitaire diamond ring, tbe stone of which {8 valued at $1,000. This the pseudo purchaser tried on tus finger twoor three times and examined It in several diterent lights to discover any possibie flaw, In the mean time the other man Walked around the store, taking & general survey of the stock, and, once in@ while, Would come toward where 13 Iriend was standing, take up one of the rings in careless Manuver, give his opinion as to its quality and as carelessly lay it down agata. ales- man throughout kept @ very sharp lookont on his customers and counted the rings as he put them on the case and as he returned taem to their places. Suddenly he missed $1,000 =soittaire. The correct number of rings were on the case, but a _ paste Tipg had been surreptitiously substitated for the valuable diamond. An Officer was seut jor 1mme- diately, and Olicer Terry, of the First precinct, came in belore the two men could maxe tneir es- cape and took them both to the station bouse. Before leaving the store one of them asked to be searched, but the person who seemed desirous of purchasing reused to be searched till ne reached the station house. While passing the Sub-Treas- ury building this man was seized with a violent Ot of cougoing and put his handkerchief twice to his mouth. Aiterward when searcued tie mug was nowhere to be found on him, our it is thought that at the time of the violent cough- ing, which was tn ail nrobabily shammed, he swallowed the ring. His name is kdwaru Wat- son, alias George Hoyt, alias Williams, and he 1s a notorious thief and shopiliter. He was arrested before tor shoplifting in 1868, and nis picture was then taken and placed in tue Rogues’ Gailery, He has returned but @ short time irom a five years’ sojouro in the State Prison. The companion of Walson tn his vold undertaking yesterday was a Man named Joho H. Rautit, Watson and Randt were brought to the Central Office, vefore Super- intendent Walling, about two o’ciock yes\erday aiternoon, and iater in the day were taken vefore Juage Sherwood, at the Tombs Police Court, who committed Watsou in $2,000 bail to answer and held Ranft as an accomplice. KATE OCRONK’S TRIAL, 4 WOMAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING A MAN FATALLY. In the Paterson Court yesterday, before Judge Dixon, the trial of Mrs. Kate Cronk for man- slaughter, in killing James Luke, alias Decker, was taken up and commenced with the following jury :—William Eakins, Garret L Merselis, Richard Van iderstine, Cnarles Hatrick, William Hughes Theodore S, Perry, Christopher Rafferty, Robert Bridge, Jr., Abram Fredericks, William Fortune, Abram Clegg, James Mackel. The following synopsis of the opening of Mr. A. B. Woourail, the prosecutor, gives a résumé of the case for-whicn the woman ts indicted. The Ktlling took place last fall, ucar Wanaque, Passaic county, Mr. Woodruff said the defendant’s muiden name Was Starr; she married a mun named Youmans, lived with him some time and then they separated, not being divorced, and she went with or married the person with whom she was living at the time of this ovcur- rence, named Joseph Cronk. Deceased was Jumes Luke, but bad a nickname, Decker, Joseph Cronk had another wile, wnom he had married some time before, aud lived with a short tune, bat they had separated, so that both of toe parties bad other martied mates. Decker, from a conversa- Mou which toox piace at Tice’s Hotel belore the killing, it would seem, had been accustomed to goimg to see this Woman, and she had th ened to sboot Dim, 1 believe, beiore this time On the nigat in question Joseph Cronk and the | James Luke were at Heury Tice’s hotel; Cronk had left abocat fifteen minutes | past nine ofeiock, ana about five minutes, Qiter that Luke leit, A siort time after that, in a very few minutes, Cronk came to » neiguber, Mr. Brown, and said that Kate had shot James Decker, and he went jor several other neighbors. About a quarter past ten several of tuem bad assembled there, and Jouad Lake lying.a lew et irom the doorstep of this Crona’s house, with hole made with @ load of sbot just above the and the defendant said she had shot mim; tbat he had wanted to come into tne house, soe forbade him, and she thereupon suot bim. Sne@ had snatped two caps, aud then weat back, got another and shot him, and that he would not tell spy more lies about her. Toe Grand Jury have seen Ot to present tis indictmeot in sacdalormas no petit jury shall Say that this woman was thereby guilty ot delib- erate murder or not. Murder ia the og | ofa person with deliberation. Manslaughter is the killing of any haman being without justification and without malice. This inaictment is for man- ugnter. If you should believe that defendant was guilty of deliberate murder, you will be to convict heron this indictment of man- siaugter, The testimony adduced yesterday was very strong against Mrs. Cronk, and the ieeling 1s that the trial will ve brief and result in ber coaviction for mansiaugiter. THE RAILROAD LABORERS’ STRIKE. WORK ENTIRELY SUSPENDED—A RISGLDADER TWICK FIRED UPON BY A POLICEMAN. Work has been entirely suspended in five of tne six shafts of the new tunnel of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad. Alithe men in toe employ of Contractor McAndrews are now idle, ‘hey had been receiving only $135 a day up to ist of April, when the wages Work is pro- | Bavie, is tt? weil, when | Called upon hk | large pumber of tu gtessing in shait No, 4 under Contractor Tibbitts, | who has treated his lavorera so generously that they refased to join in the strike. Tiobitts stated to them yesterday that he is willing to give them ten cents a day more than toe men receive in tne other shafts. The number of men on strike ja 630, Mr. Walesa, th, bondsman for Contractor McAnarews, called at ‘he Third precinct station and asked fur police protection. Warrants were jasued for the arrest Of the ringleaders, One man, who Was pointed ont to Onlicer Lodick, refused to go with the oMcer and ran away. The oMicer fired twice at tho fugitive, who succeeded in escaping. ‘The men held a consultation last evening and it Was resolvell to continue on strike til tueir de- Manda shoud be conceded, The men lingered Sround the different shaiis ina threatening at- jolence and bloodshed Men are piaced at work. Some of ihe men now on e urged the adoption of a demaud that the contractor Te- quired to a specided enum to orers killed at the work, ‘The greatest determina- pay the families of the | bat tt Was voted down. tion to hola out was manifested by the men, ao Contractor McAndrews 5s: 3 equally detorm not to yield. He says tain & iali sapoly of labor for the ri he has acoustomed to jay, out violence at the haads of tne men on NEWARK MANTRAPS. For months the peopie of Newark have clamored for some saieguara which shall preveot the almost dally occurrence of accidents at the hundreds of places in the city where steam rail- Toad tracks cross the streetson the level over whien thers run dally 250 trains, A committee of the Common Councli was named some weeks ago to conver with the principal officers of the Pena- vania Rallroad, who met there yester- @ to divouss the sunject, The company wa Fepresented vy Mr, Woleut Jackson and dir. Thompson, with Mr. Jonn P. Jackson counsel ior the road. T auch Committee was attended by City Goan ence was held, wed to be ready, Willing an anyibia the comaiitces They were propated, they said, to put 1 the line Of their t nto admit of briaging th Thompson said sluaing tne trac ter plan, out ¢ Would cust Reveral aillons oF dolla: 4 Newark Would not go to any auch ex. | ense just lt appears the commitiee | ad = not Upon iy ceidaite | The impression soemed to prevail that Gnd fences would be Very Objecuonadie to | zens living seross the ratiroad, The only | the committee sesmod to be aecided upon was that the watoy Ket atroet 0 South Broad oireet aa @ i cignt train depos, ali the Way slong, Was O grievous evi) und greatiy our. Tate, tuo ratiroad men, declared they wer ready to rectily. tu inet, according to the raliroad nen, they are prepared ww carry ont any plan the ourumittee divtate, The Upshot was that no definite understanding was arrived at, and toe ourned till to-morrow evening, Xpeet to be ubie to ma; veport on Briday DigGt at ive meetiag oF the U Ol, AS way Well a be Imagined wiaeepread interest : . @ yread Voress is felt la the < | powmtment of first eovenant, At toe conel | pleawed “not | were preseat im the court room during tae pro- | tus claim, | when be aimea the pisiol at Mz, Earie the hammel w arene i ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Deputy Comptroller Earle Attacked by a Desperate City Creditor. A NARROW ESCAPE. Comptroller Green's Assistant Saved Only : by a Chance. James A. Dogy, driver of the van by which prisoners are conveyed from the Tombs to the Courts of General Sessions and Oyer and Terminer, yesterday attempted to shoot Avraham L. Earle, the Deputy City Comptroller; but the attem| proved a failure by reason of the pistol missing fire each time the would-be murderer pulled the trigger. It seems that Duffy has a claim Jor $1,100 against the city for turnisaing horses for THB PRISON VAN when M, T, Brennan was Sherif. The Compe troller has for apward of a year refused to pay the claim, on the grouna that Mr. Brennan has : a\so a claim for conveying prisoners at $1 15 @ 4 head, and asserted that until the question wad decided as to whose claim was the proper one n@ puyment would be made. Duffy has been persist ent in his calls at the Comptroller's oMce for weeks past, Dut had never been able to get evem @ half promise that the money be contends lf justly due him would be paid. On Priday lass he called at the Mayor’s office to make a complaint against the Comptrouer for refusing to pay him, but the Mayor being very busy at the time Duffy went away without seeing him. He thea acted rather strangely and complained bitterly of the want his family was safering from by reason of the Comptroller’s stabbornness. Yesterday fore- noon he made his appearance in the Court House, nd was seen lounging avout in the corridor ni tne Comptroller’s ofiice for some time before he en- ' tered tne room. OMlcer Davis, who 18 detalled a& the Comptroller’s office, was several times ace costed by Dulfy, who asked him repeatediy whether the Comptroller was in and when b@ ; might be expected. Tuis av the time did arouse THE OFFICER'S SUSPICIONS, but from what followed soon alterward it 16 be lieved that Duy was lying in wait for Mr. Green, and that he intended 10 attack him, and not Barle. About half-past twelve Day eutered Deputy Comptrolier’s oMce, 604, waiking to MR Harie’s desk, began to taik wita Dita quietly aboas He finally grew exctted in his convers ~ sation, but went out witnout making any attempt at violence. He returned in @ few minutes again accosted Mr. Eurle. He was toid that iis claim would receive due consideration io time, but that the delay in setthog the macter had been caused by the fact that Brennan’s claim related to the same subject. Mr Forie, aiter some /urthcr conversation, finally told Darty ro caitlin again; that be hada’s time to ate tend to the claim just then. Duffy exciaimed eltedly that it was about (ime it was settied, while speaking got being the railing whieh rates Mr, Harle’s desk from the main olfice, Karle meanwhile lad risen to go out to lunch with, Mr. ihontas 8. Sandford, who waa standing by bum, and had only goue a few leet from the desk when Dutty lollowed tim, quickly DREW A REVOLVER and aimed it at Mr. arle’s head. The latter heard the click of the hammer as it ei, and on turning @ seeing Duffy with the pistol raised, rap ithe allway. Duty tolowed him, aud again pointing the pistol at bis head pulled the wigger. Agatn the pistol uussed tire. Mr. Earle at this grappled with Duffy, and during the scumie was thrown to the floor, Durty tailing on top of him. Mr, Sandiord and mr, William i. Rickerts, one of the court eriers, who a. to ve a mg at tue time, suddenly realizing that meant huschiel, caught sigut of the pistol ior tne ist time Walle the two men were strageling Oa the Hoor, and rusned to Mr. E sistance, Oficer Davia’ atteutlon Was also cted to the Spot by tie Moise made by the ie, and with tae aid of Mr. &.ckerts be secured Duffy and took tl pistol from him. Muily made no resistance to ollicer and quietly went Wita bim to the Twenty. SIXth precincs station house in the basement OC the Clyy Hall, where & complaimt was entered against bim by Mr. Earle. On examinauon of the pistol it Was discovered to be &® seven-suooter, of tue simith & Wesson pattern. Four were loaded and saree had Do cartridges at all, and the hammer rested over one of the emp’ chauibers, the other two empty Clamoers being the jets of tue bummer, slowing thas wheo Dbuay bad PULLED TUE TRIGGER TWICR had fallen eaca ume over an empty cham! To this fortunate accident, li it can be culied (ne Depaty Compirolier owed bis ue, W was goiug dowd siuirs 10 the station noase acoordiag to Oillcer Davis, 1 get over tay: witu Green.” Whea asked by the HERALD Te porter Ue he bad come down town wits 4 devermination to & r. Karle We Said —="Noy I did not; I really did not Know what I was woing. Dufy talked when in the station house as though he Sag oeea drinking; in jack, he coufessed that he nai : The repor' 18, WhO Was aitachés of ¢ gratulatiug him on bis miraculous escape. Stated tat ne did not rememoer ever seeing Dudy but once before, on whico occasion the laie ter demanded payment for his Dil, “ine claim,’ said Mr. hare, “13 a oe at this office. The man Was chgaged by eX-sueru? Brennaa for about , as Lt unui prisoners )rom the court Should 100k to Mr. Broanan for settlement, Attwo P. M. Dudy was taken to the Tombs, Mr. Bare entered 4 Jormal complaint against lum, bis uffidavit being as feliows:— City and Canty of New York, a.—Abraham L. ot the Ucuptroliee’s office, deposes and. save ‘hat om Rees day, Whe 4th day of May, an the Year 1575, at the city of kK, he was violently and feloniously assault Duify, who came into the Comptrolier's ad there deliberately pomted « ce anu then ri loaded wits powder and ball, ata! directly tows: deponent's person =and noene retreawed fol jeponcnt and pointed at deponer a second time, On the second attemot ‘uly deponeot grappled with hit to prevent him trom sbooling deponeni, and in the reuidie was turown upon floor. Veponent délvevos that said Dut » pistol at deponent and suup it to tase the lie of deponent or to fad Without any justification on the sailant Th fore, the aeponen: prays that the Hie Ssuuit de." Abd be dealt with according tol ay je assauit, . a mc ABRAHAM Le Sworn to before me this 4th day of May, 1675. f & Suxxwoon, Poice Jastuce. Duy, when asked if ne was guilty or not goflty, ity.’ and was comaiitted rnd await = oi the Grand Jury in default of 5,000 3 oom pirolier Green, Aaditor Jackson and sev. eral of the attaches of the Compirolier's office ceediugs. The prsoner Daily resides om 105th street, near the Boulevard, At the outbreak of the war heor- ganized the Lincoln cayairy, otherwise known as the First New York, of which ve received t eace be Was appointed # patrolman on th force of ‘his city, which position he occu to entering the army, and was semgned the Fourteenta precivet, In 1870 he resigned the Police Department, accepted the position driver of the prison van er Sheriff Broonea, Which position he sti holds wader Seerig Conner, ‘Those Who are acquainted with Dufly say that he bas always borne a goud character, DUFFY'S DESPERATION, Duy stated to a goutieman at the Tombs tha, bis jumily were in absolute want, ‘gt when te jet mm the mormmg 08 thom without fvod tor the ie sald (hat le Was nearly crazed by Bie —. aud iecling that be had a just claim against city ond that the Comptrojier wae nf whea in the Comptroier’s office, On the otner hand, it ja stated ihat be Was regaery Ee oy tot $82 beed waiting aima in the Comptroller's office for of Woeks, being his yA MoroR as aa Perminer, ALLEGED OUTRAGE IN BROOKLYN, A MEMBER OF THE POLICR FORCE DMPLICATED, that on che 22d ult. a shocking outrage was com, mitted on a youog Irian i by three mon, aa ofa member of the police force. From what could be learned of the facts it appears that on the Who Aad beea iM the country but 6 few went into Madden's Ld Hf keeping tim out of his woney he grew des; the Sherif, and thet @ warran citioar al the Court of Uyer and The fact was disclosed io Brooklyn last Bight alleged, with the cogaizance and In the presence Higit 1m question Mary Mitchell, aged twenty years, hue ana Raymond and outraged her person, did not report tie tact to the tu ta@ Sars Of Father Moliro! Tanta wore tasued jot orreat James Carrou and another maa LOt been Gisciosed, The suatowent bo the edecs that OMlcer Murray, of Het, wes present at toe Foneo but Gid Mot Interters, Al be had \o-day Defore Justice aus