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I atated these words before the Coroner. Abont two month previews te the murder, a drunken fellow collared Dewey af Lintchinsen’s corner When he came to me, be said all be was serry fer wae, that he had wot a knife about tin

From this time.” save be, “ To will earry a kort with we.’ Othink Dewey was here three un th before the axuirder, but | cant let Stire bd Hot freqaent Carrie "a hevtrae. for | 1 nro betsitieres iere Mrs. Carne and [To used te speak that woe all I went there w I hac us te de When tl Dactor enme te ¢ ] hed at bis wa wed i "wo \ o'clock Dewey ems p fre ! vessel neyt ? roing, at about queartet ‘ ! I wae t prepa zw brother s breablast, that my be taken te the station-hews Wi It the seat. 1 tell ve y bear ® e Qt re " kite he rbd bed -roen “et {did make a neise when Tf W <) exes a ] coe fh rt j kewl ¢ l het know somethrng abeut tte rdet IL i 14] him what | heew. fer d t ght that what J

d tot Twon'd tell before e lawyers a Judge The policeman sakl te aw “ F think y

e the only ene whe knews a bing nto Ont Lawde pe anewer | eet Weeks ‘ einer J dave been comnatted te ps i ther poe

heemen thenght Twas xg g eave the Isla but they were austake I do be serry eave the Island belowe this itter ended l bo ad Dowey was a marii main. and, of eours L had my eptni ‘ t oD wliemld hase der serry to keep fis cen pany i anew ix’ Was & married man The swt of sens mm jatl co auenced with me [did tet Keoow aft firxt wha tart et the jt e Wasi ut IT Ww atlerwurds There was ne hele tn the wa rome te con municate with him, | t “ very h beards between us Ll teld DD \ wl that | hewed hime ten times more than ever, te make lin quit erving. Ll cried toe LT had good reason te ers

ter L had heen locked up im . eon acceunt of bean I teld Gun te leave ie u ee snus ands vard it would be all rig 1 ewid tee hina on evening “Prepare Dowey, I nu £ g in Chere fe-night "—tnte his reem le said * 1 wieh yer eould.” [| was in jaila week of o fortnight beter I told him that. Dowey tells a lie when he says I am very fend of money 1 am able to earn! Drebey ler a sself. J never wanted money trom Jun. dle teld me he could wel draw any money Jere, When eondived in jai, l did not hoow v hether I would be paid ter my tine or net. 1 ¢-ked him, in jail, where his ¢ es were, and he eo: d he had them ‘n prison wit Tteld bum i jy that Christepher Duffy wen! and gave trest evid. ace, and that he nust blame Christopher J} buffy I was swern to tell the truth before ihe erener and Grand Jury. My brother and cevein were tuken tov the Police fice on the mrahtet the murder” On the night of the murder DD wiy did net tell me fo em al it 1 wis aw much put to, at the time, that 1 did not think of waking a clean breast of the whole matter to the } hee Christ phet Duffy Waa tot present w hen ] fainted after the murder, and id not see hin when I came to my senses, He said te uv “You must have khuewn & vg about it’ When LT recovered trem the { t, Chrietephes Dr ffy was con ing up the street. and said “Good hight, Stewart 2 kh bh fly came up abeut theee minutes alter the murder was commilicd Wrpnesps January 20 Dr. Down, aworn: (Examined by Attorney Gevern) Pratice as a Plivesician and Su geron in Charlottetown, Saw the beady of Cr are deceased, lying on Currie’s fw De not koow whesent forme Went at half p st eleve or near twelve © clock, on the night e murd The man was dead bifore Larrived Fond | Ising on bis back near the deer, Pulsation bad ceased and be war cold, excerpt a percept e warmth im the abdemen lie onast bave ber dead fliteen or twenty migeiee. At all events, errculation had ceased. | his arm, bul it fell powerless ]t was nel riyid Semebedy said he was stabbed He had two ahirte « TT no vest. Lo epened the clething and saw a cut eter the region of the beart. mea: the leit prie. The cut was ev and there wae net mn bleed. Twas at home again by twelve « ock Wae net there when Dro Fraser mace ex amination J supposed the dec: d Was sic d

tu the beart as | saw a cut ther

Dra. Been, «worn: (Exanioed by Atterrey General) Am & Coroner tor Queen's County H:d an Inquest en the dead vedy on Friday The matter was first brenght to wy net ‘

bi geday night) Was net at home at the time the girder was committed se! w the Jury aud viewed the bedy. 1 then called ) medical man. The body was lying in ( . room, on the right hand -s de I muds x atnination of the bedy myrelt saw the wonnd

lecalled in Dr. Fiarer. and beid an bh quest

thie Court Re om A eleth tes dew ‘ detce The mest npertant } { ee deotne was taken down Every word wae met writte dow ti. Fiera MeQuar in Was xa ned betore Mie Dowes cane wp aed prep cd for eve seth evidence. JF knew nothing ot te at the tise He ssid he was walking weth the gi

night of the a urdet bial was Cerin aly l sent ter ber te have her exan d. Jb had he were eres d on Friday tight i Sie wuse le

evidene ¢ before me on Saturdar

(Crossexamined by Mr. C Palmer) Ail the evidence Was net taken dewe: Out the mest om portant parts were Tt wee dene under my eyes and metruction The girl blera « dl net say throat

she ueed the words, ‘ Jr cus, thew sen of |

a iVvid; but whe said she used the words, :

we ll be hur

1 cannet be positive Thiwal Bie ¢ reel RUD xlier tisered the words, * Jesus

net think she did. Lt wasn t essential evidence

ftheu seu of

fer me at the time, if she did I hs Ru something abeut the Knife, bat « tet be positive Am pretty positive she did net say anything ab

fir ding the Dedy in fest of por van Louse: bu! ehe might have done s.

De. Frasen, eworn: (Examined by Mr Hensiey.) Asm prectising here u- was doing so in Nowegiber last ty the Coroner, for the esau i

ts Surgeen, and

] was ea ed on

enol the beads

ot Cullen, the deceased The In y Wat in a@ Peon of a amal. house facing the Ja Ciot diree ims Vhere te find it. Hleard of the ' between ten and eleven o'eh ck on the moar g of the Z7th of Nevsewber. Lfteund the body ef amar tying on

It wae parily rived The

pact Dhere were

a couch, partly dressed countenance was cali be indications of suffering. Lftound seme blo d ®'aine On the chest, and a wound en the jet vide wf the glest, between the and Sith mba, about three inches below the left my ple, ardabeut twe ard a-ball nm hes from the ecutre of the cheat. Te direction of the wound was upward and out. ward) The external weurd = wecsured righthe of an ineh in length, Tiere was an ine junto the cavity of the chest I then

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aeven eheti wpe wed the

chest, ard fourd that the veal on which cause ! the wound had parsed into the night ventricle of the heart. The heart bad been cut through

"She wound in the heart mersuced =1x enghths of an ineh i length. That part cf heart was quite empty.except that i contained a few email clots of bleed aud a very small quantity of fluid The lett ventricle of the ret tiled with a large quantity of coagulated blood and a large quantity ot eerum. ‘The lings were quite healthy. I made ro turtber examination of the bedy. From the character of the wound, death would ceeur alowet Homediately. My inpression i, that the wound was formed by a sharp pointed end oval bladed knife, or tnstrnment. Tt weonld net require a khnite many teches io leng h to de it, A blade two or three inches long would do The length of the kuife required to de it weuld depend on the quantity ef clothing which eovered the bedy An tnstrument three fourths of an meh yn length, would reach the heart. The wan wae well nourished. A kuite three fourths of an meh in length weuld not enter the heart, but would reach the surface ef it) The koite which caused this wound, reached the cavity of the chest, I had no duubt as te the exuse of the mans deatu (Crose-examined by Mr. C. Palmer.) The in- strument would not require very wuch foree, as tt parsed between the ribs. Davip Wepstrk eworn, (Examined by Mr Hensley ) Am a police-constable m Charlotte. town. “Was engaged in arresting Dowey. He came up himeelt atter the girl was brought te tie Station, We then arrested hin, The girl was pot at the first day's examination belore the Cor one She was examined on Saturday. Dewey came up to eee the giel af the Statien house on the evening alier the marder, a d we then arrest ed bin by @ warraut previuourly vwasued for bin Was present at the Inquest when he was examine | ed. Helped to take bin te Jail after the examin- ation was over. There was nething said to bins to induce him te make a statemout or conlessicn Swan the policeman asked hin what got dite bun te induce him te do the lhe = Swan releried to the murder.— Dowey gave an answer, (Mr. ©. Palmer here remarked that not only should there be no inducement bell out to the prisoner te soeke contession, bul he sheuld Lave been caution od tbat whatever he stated would be brought up ga evidence againet him. This ehould have been done belore such evidence is brought terward ; ptherwise it ie et wo value) Mr. Brecken suid that net only should there be ne inducement wade to the peisnorr fo make contession, but all atatemente made by buy elsgiid be wade polun- | farily, to be of any value as evicenge sgaimat ju: | ju Court. ‘The police officers should have been instructed to offer no inducemen's do the prisoner for the law mw extremely jealous on this point.) 4 The Judge reanarked that be could not see tha: | there was any wducement offered to the prisoner in this case, but Injuduwys cousessation op fhe | art of over-gealous policemen should not be al- aed Messrs, MeLead. E. Paliner. and the Attorney General made sows temarke on the same eabject, alter which the examination of the witness( David Webster) was resumed, and he stated as follows: —Swan said te the prisoner, * what got inte you to induce you tw do the like!" Die prisoner

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» “be yexed me” The prisoner said he dfler ib points of law. Chiel Justice Richards covery aud effects,

wonld pot deny it if he stabbed half-adozen. We then teok him tojul Sweo White, and MeCabe were with me When the prisever said this, we were en our way te jar! with bio. (Crossexamined by Nr, Co Paimer ) Have b » the Police Office about fitteeu tt

town betore I taking the

Pro wes

wus at sea Was livieg in ‘hia When we were the Tnqnest was ovet

t " was to be pu ahed for it. He had my eles an hin at the time, and PT was close tf I re were a ge LUV Persons are ] Swan Was ¢ he oder stde of the pots l l Dewey that dt was pretty dear cou This w at 1 t e he anid | “ Te enuf! r te t ew it ttl t thave CRe 1 | “ ls with the reseniet 1 did mvt gu ‘ When (wan pat that ques o the pris er. we had just got out of Court ree and outs de this burlding I had te ke hack the crowd, but was aet very bu y. l was as sober as Tam at present l y seldern ' K lye Sometimes 1 da not A a fae s tong spell T was net at all anxious about The rise wt a words J teddl the City Marshall what Dewey said wi L went ap fron the jail W the periseenet “ thre ock wp he was brought wa to wae aexelf Not g wast » enid at muwnare { saa | ‘ hed e matt over at dif ttl . \ : sways agreed up what the prisoner had satd t . Ded know that Tw have te giv evidence to the 4 irt wy this matte Abani a week age. | was teld it per ops Co omight be

“wn i u

Renentr Wiurre, es (Examined by M E Palme A — eu Charlottetowr ifave se Dower befor Was at the Ingnest Had the warrant te convey Dowey to pul atrer he Inquest. Swan, Webst rand MacCabe went wilh one. Heard Dowev make a efafeme Suan said it was a bad affair, or something to that effeet We were between Heariz’a store and this buildteg at Che treme Che prisoner said f unewer te Swaa that ifey vexed him and he kitted m He said he supposed that he would ave to die for it) ] underatood trem what he said that he | id stabbed th deceased and Good-

the Newfoundland man. oss ENO Le d by Br C Palmer) 1 knew

thie ris eT weu 1} ve tor be tried mn this Court, but dout krow whether he knew it or net H did net spesk as if he wae under great fear, but just bke any otkerman W norswear te every word be uved at that time [thick Teould bear

© prisoner's words as well as Webster

Wirtiam Swan sworn (Examined by Mt Hensley Am a policeman and was engaged in taking Dowey A prisoner after the Ih qriest Was part of the time at the Inquest Webster Mac Cabe. White, and myself had charge of the prise ner Twas on the right side of the prisoner Me Cahe was ke eprng back the crowd Webster bad held of th prisoner und IT said T did not think be would run away Ths prisoner eaid there was ne fenref him ruening away, fer be could have rt away leng age IT then said, in the manne « gen ress. how eame vou te do what yeu have done Heeaid. ‘he vexed me. and Thuifed lim I suy

pore lw have to die teri

Croes-examined by Mr C Pele Phe pris ner might have said other werds, but hat isa I heard Do not tl k he eorld eay a great den without my bearingit Was net eatching at any egpreasions of hie

MicCane sworn (Examined by Attorney (ser Ama peleema Was one of "8 wl ok Dewey fo jn Was wiih e others Was keepirg the crowd back, b d Did wu hearthe atatement of the prisoner

Cress-eyamined by Mr © Pal The priso

er eouid uure spoken without being hear ] Lb} ne

\ e witnesses on the partef the Crown hac

v ex ned Mr ( Palmer, addressed the Ju for the def e His spe petl “ thes whieh fh wed, will be given 1 full in eur next issue —_—— ee ese ™

Letest News by Telegraph.

FROM CANADA. Monts » dan. 20 I Q e! Pa n to i dt day vil n ¥ ce Noinles I bd) Regiment ed aG i i] with the Band $ i Slat Cor { ) vas d g tucd ow Civ 4.8 h ] rt en we iri \ t Of $s, a i ent ar } v 1 fas i Tin frogs oecup lhalfia ir i s h of the Lieut, Governor contains t feut ! terest j SCs is expected to bh vst ' \ eX 2 of the Ca la Glazctie to das f sv nn rders d { r M w Prunus i dha 1 le and fifteen Reyin ons [a 4D ia to ft b £ ands ‘ levimental s10ns ] Roman Cht e¢ Bisho Montre ! Ron to dav, inhituehs i vrs at tending ntothe d t S Mleming is said to has sirned +} ‘ ‘ | ineersh » af } Ir ) . ie Wi ‘ ‘tothe © inmissioners aite J fyis Sphere il 8 R re pa 3 vener©r ly ] u ith ivo rf ¢ evs averetn J Colo se Oth Rifles has fused toa his Rand to play att St. Patrick's { cert 1 ct veek, ou th rruuud of the So- ciety bei ! Via : : Montreal, Jan. 23. Colonel Ermatinger, one of the must re-

spected eitizgena dred last night.

An officer of the 60th Rifles last tempted to elope wth a daughter of a lead ng en. The father caungat them as the train was ahoutstarting for Quebee

Ontario Legislature was prorogued to day.

Owing to insufficiency of water supply, the Royal and other Insurance Companies wre closing their «fiees at Ottawa.

Great destrees atill prevatis ot Red

Raviere DuLoupe, Ca, Jen

Marchand’s Hotel, at this place, was de stroved by fire this morning. Three of Mr. Marchand's children were burned to death. A number of othera were mure or less iu

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Ottawa, Jan. 21.

The Privy Council hold meet ngs datly.

[t is understood that the Nuva sScutla ques- trom ie tender co..sideration

Messra Howe and McLellan are ‘ere,

Phe Quebee Legislature aseembied yester- day with tLe usual ceremonies,

Mentrea!, Jan. 22.

A meeting of citizens yesterday decided to insite Sir Jobu Young and Lady toa banquet, hall and other festivities, Iniucntial mittee a; pointed.

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Montreal, January 2: Whelan arrived at Ottawa he avily ironed, by special tram to-day Notwithstanding re!usal to allow an appeal co England, Cameron 18 going to” make avother elfurt om behall of the assassin. Octawa, Jan. 22

In Qu. beeParliament to day a nug ber of pe- titions were presented from French Canadians in the United States, asking tu be broughe b ick to Canada and alowed privileges vl eongrante,

Osgood Hall was crowded, and utmost in terest was manifested to hear the result of Whelan case to-day. At Ll oel.ck Judges wuok seats and prisoner was brought in; he was visibly moved and excited, paid much attention to jedgmen's, and seemed bo realige che tact that his life huog op the words of lea ved Judges. Christopier Raubineon, fog. sod Anderson, appeared tor the Crown Cameron tor prisvner, Cie! Justice Deape r give judgment, commencing by going over grounds of appeel which are familier bo your rea ere. His Lordship sad the first question wag Cigallowance of prisoner's peremptory challenge of Jovaihan Sparks by Court riget or wrovg 2?) Alter considering pros and al point, quoting from numerous authorities, tiis Lordship deeded that the Court was right is seo deciding. Prisoner by lis own act, in challenging as he had done, haa brought results upoo himself. bits Lordship suid the case bad excited we great deal of in terest outside, and many persons wondered why so much time was lust when there woes no question of the prisoner 8 guilt. That was put a question for Court. A Jury had deeid- edthat. Suid Court only had tu give thei opipion on point raised at first. Ue con‘ess ed Le had been inclined to side with his Jearned brother, Morrison, who o! jected to the judgment; but after looking more closely iptu the vase, he had come to the conclusion thyt judgunent should be sustained. He then #iuted that be hag been requested to say that his learned bruihers, Muwatt and J. Wilsun, cvineidey with Sym im all pointe; be under- stood that there was a decisivn in the Court on the question, and relerred to a case in!

england in which Judges were similarly. divided. lt was nut uncommon fordu igen to.

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merely confirmed his decision in the lower

Court, pamely, that judgment should be sus tained. and in proot of fairness o! trial qu en words of prisoner himself, who, eter the trial, stated that, bad he 5 en on the jury, he could not, with such evidence before bito, retorn anything but a verdict of gutlty.

i . , yt Jostice Hagariy commenced by reterring to

the ftuet that du ry his experience in the CG ts of Canada a similar case to the present hd rever come t lt was one ef ut t t to the His J i. evilew iat id vu 1 eu t i ‘ | erri t is t s, and amet ‘ tt 1 { bes { ed and the pe ral fa new trial. I Jud s divided i ws I ew trial, fou Hs ty, Mos ) \ i ind Va \ { x Drap K irds, M A. wie A. il. $0.1 a (i ‘ 4 ea rations are to be made in e lines aud rig of the Yacht Cumbria, to ht for an ocean race with th America 1a 3 i h w b s are to be 4iled out, nist being tend i her keel weighted, ‘ h is deemed will make | hetter able t s with the Americal

st the sea, to Cc nye le is ,

Toronto January 23 The Whalen ease was on yesterday before e fuli Court of Error and Appeal. Ten judges delivered elaborate judgments, fully reviewing the case. The judges stood four forand sx against granting a new trial. The prisoner's counsel applied for leave to appeal to the Privy Couneid of England, and alter consulting the Court decided that it had no right or power to grant the leave. The prisoner was ordered to be sent back to Ottawa jail, and so far as the Can idian Courts are concerned the law take its courge and if a reprieve is not gr unted, Whelan will be exccuted on the Lith of February. Whelan was taken to Ottawa this morning under @ strong guard. St. Stephen, N B., Jan. 25. Stephen Innes, who had just returned from the Asylum, murdered, this afternoon, bis sister Addie with a batehet, and killed him- self with a knife. The murdered girl was to be married next week. Montreal, Jan 25. The Governor General has aceepted the in vitution of citizens, and will visit Montreal, on Monday next. A publie dinner will be

given on Tuesday, and a ball on Wednesday. . !

JJ Linton, Clerk of Peace, Perth, is Jead He tas long been prominent as one of the must zealous ‘Temperance supporters 1 Canada

Over 150 deathe from smal! pox have oc eurred in Montreal during the lust five weeks.

line Ca edonian & crety ea ebrate versury of Burns's birth day to-night by a dinner.

The Bank of Montreal is said to have betwe noneand five hundred thousand dollars from landing money to New York Speculators who beeime bankrupt by the recent corner in arcs. Tt uneasiness in financial circles

the agni

lost

» report causes considerable

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Montreal, January 21. Desharat’s Q leen's Printing establishment at Ottawa was totally deetroyed by fire this

tnorning, tovether with its contenis The

eat eV) sa is estimated at $200,000.

Mrs Trotter's Saloon, the scene of the Mac Gee tragedy. was tn the buriding. The fire is bh lieved to be work of an incendiary

fhe Treasurer of Quebes bus a surplus o $70 .000 over the expendisure fur the past

eigitecn montha, It ie reported that Howe will be appointed rn d-legate tu tu negotiate tor

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Washington,

sovielisciiiitiiieita isle FROM EUROPE. London, Jan. | l ‘Times’ to-day analyses t lreaty | en England and the United States tor the nent of t Alabama clans i { yriv 8 t ww ( un ts pr VIS 4 mame * The Commission is ’ 818 urn Y s—‘wo to be ip fed by ke wd i vO the United States. The C nission wil fits ses » It Waal to 3 Wi be to select i nt ~ a the ¢ missior ‘ livided, they sha celect lot e of the two um sto rende B final « s Que of t sovererrns oO aro is to be seie | vy the € } ) irbitrate on fF ts of watt ‘ iW, lie i s the gues t : ‘ ti ‘ t States as belliz i ny CF 3h t } (x a nen Ss to n ue L i ite the claims of tts citizens No in- idual claimant will be heard before tt { NuSsion, a d ill claims must be presented vithin six months from the first day of the eting of the Commis . & 1 a! len ° ties ure to be 1 aid Wilthith ¢ ichte en nous from the same day. One year 13 be allowed f. tie ratihneation of the Treaty ” The Pall Mali Gazette hopes the Enstish

Parliament wil! not ratify the Alabama Treats if the question of recognition of the Souther Confederacy as belligerents is to be reopened

Madrid, January 23.

A proposition deelaring all vessels engaged in the slave trafic 43 pirates is under son- sid.ration by the government, and will pro- bably prevail.

Rivero will preside over the S ssions of the new Conetitut.onal Cortez

The transports contatning the troops for Cuba, are nearly ready to sail. The fleet will land at Santiago, Cuba, which is much nearer the jusurrectiupary district than iiavana.

Havana, Jan 22

The government is in receipt of diepatches to the effect that the insurgents recentiy at- tempted to burn the city of Manzanilla, but they were handsomely repulsed by the garri son aided by the men-of war at anchor ip the harbor.

London. January 24.

A despatch received in Paris, purporting to come from a reliable source, says the Greek Government has rejected the declaura- tiun of the Conference in Paris.

London, January 25.

A Constantinople despatch of yesterday states that Admiral Hobart Pisha has sailed with his fest from the harbor of Seyra, the Governor uf the Island having promised that the steamer Frosis shall not leave the port. the Viceroy of Ezypt has offered the Sultan

ap army of 500,000 men and a feet in the)

evens vi war, Paris, January 24. Minister Burlingame and Chiness Embassy, were received by the Emperor Napoleon at the patuee of the Tuileries to-day. Tie in- terview was agreeable and satisfactory. —_—- FROM THE SPATEs. New York, January 24.

The British barque Cadet arrived a Phila dely-hia on Saturday in 105 day from Liver pool, sions, the crew have been in a starving condition fora long time. On New Year's Dey and afierwarde they had only for 14 men haifa pound of mes and @ pint of water every twenty-four hoars. On January Lith they were within x0 miles of Cape Hatteras, but were blown far to the southeast by a tremendous gale At one time when their provisions were entirely gone exespt ten pounde of flour, they providentially spoke @ vessel and received a suali sop; ly or ali would have perished.

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o minateruiuitiaan crea mele To rue Evrror oF 1g EXAMINER. NU? : Will you permit me to reply, throuzh the Jumrs of the Jraminer, to # biief articie

n Armerican pol tics that appeared in the Vorth Star of the 29th uly, writien evidently

witha view of gaining favor with tho Bor d- hold {New E wid. TE do not purpose to | r fent «© Johor 3 Heaucial ve ly becnuse that | do not ®pprove them myself. [cannot aee, however, that they sre ft .% imivy, wot than Gene al Buthoar’s 4 ro F the Bonds in green ' S | 1 is just a much repudia- t st ther ind yet the North Stur is a oe ut aa rof Gen Butler Athourh | mu t state t iat [have se dom Sie Oy i t hos tra and responsi] d roal da tins eou try, anyvthiny more reely denunciatory of the President of th United tates than t article referred to, yet there is but one statement in it that I propose to not It is the following :-—** A villainous use of money prevented his (Presi dent dohnaon s) impeac iment.” It would be vrony to perm tsuchatl accusation ng this, wrainst the gentlemea in the American Senate th t opposed impe achrae t—unsupported as it is by a part cie of pro {—to go une mntradicted to the people of P. Bi Is'and, who have little means of knowing auythi is of Am rice pe lie

tics beyond what they learn through their local ~ Althoush I cannet justify the wanton-

that

press.

ness and recklessness of statement wou d ] } rive curr

ac juit the editor of the North Star of any mne}

icious intent in the matter, as he can have no rsonal interest in malizning the character of shed American Se Had he

takeu pains to become acquat ited with the

niors.

anves a! d fluctuations of American Opn, he would have known that he was repeating a willy and baseless charge, which has been abane doned by every decent, bonest and intelligent American, and which is now only repeated by '

ch political lunatics as Ashley,

mnwress, chat

of Ohio, who, at one time, in his piace in ( ed Mr. Johsson with complicity in the assassina tion of President Lincoln, urd who has since, is a reward for his insane zeal, been conteimpe ti us y cast aside by the pa: ty that then cheered him and hounded Ina time of great pre fess to be-

tei of their opponents ; but when

him on.

»tnal exe ent, men will

passion st bsides a: d reason resumes her sway ver the minds of men, the hercest exponents of the popular rage, during its continuance hrick ito invlorious obscur ty, and wive wat to men of calmer judgement and more moder- ate counsel. Men of ext:eme views and bitter itisan prejudices can never be the permanent leaders of any great parte. Men wh gSPS8 nore Zeal than discretion are never long trusted ¥ th pie They are used by their pa ty as “vessels of dishonor,’’ and are iguomiui- sly cast aside when their services are no mzer re | ed The charve of corruption, leed, was never seriously brought against any of the radica Senators that volea tor acq tal but one M Ross of Kansas. If the editor of the North Siar had resided in America prior to the im-

iid have known that umball, Fessenden,

$ that opposed im- brains of the

trial, be wo

peac! ment ‘

gsueh men as Ti Grimes and Hende:son—radical Senate

peachment=not only furnished the

radical party, but gave it also its moral pres t . Had such menas they all along oppos t! cour ot r cal legisiet the arty woul to-day wit t strengt) ‘ ‘ Notwithstanding the clamor : to Dmocratic leaders, the American people fels that their liberties were secure while men of suci know grity a d abi ily had a hand ia ming the laws. Ifa year azo you aad asked i tel yentira ical whom he considers d the test men of his party—the most distin- 1 for tt te ty, as we i a8 their <nowledse of constitutional law—-he would f lby have named these four yentiemen. Wh di mocrats boasted cf Reve ly J yhnson s the reatest ¢ stitutional lawver in the counter adica's were in the habit of exultant- y ) to M Irumbull as his eg I that res; ec The editor of the North Sta wins sided New Engitand, knows me- ng of the reputation of Senato Fessenden who was at oue time Secretary of the Lreasury Senator Henderson of Missouri, is such anothe:

nane For several years | have known Sena- tor Grimes of Iowa, and | do not belicve ths ; "4

here is a public man in America cf purer moral eharacter. He is. besides, a man of nt abilities, refined taste, and finished education, He isa man of independent means, and las been known to give away, money in jius nice from five to ten th yusand dollars i sea of public improvement or in pub- : charities. I make no statement regarding these men but what every candid and honest al will admit to he trae, and what the eaitor of, the North Star would know to be true had he resided in this country as long as I, and paid as much attention to the course of American politics. Now, the question that will foreibly present

mind is this :—Ii secure the

f to every reasonable noecrats had determined to vequittal of the President by bribery, why should they have apy roached those Senators

» had alwavs been most distinguished for their honor and integrity 2? Why sh vuld they rave Chosen those thet were known to be vene tlemen of independeut means ? Why did they not close with the offer of Senotor Pomeroy testimony elicited by intrizued to sell

three other

‘carding to the e Investigating committee his own vote the needy Senators for fen thousand dollars each— a sum that, to some of the gentlemen IT have ! bazatelle, no larzer than them once contributed to the founding of a public library in one of the cities of the State which he represented ? It the guilt of the President was so plain, why shou'd those who had always been distinguish- ed for their fine natural and their knowledge of constitutional law be the men to entertain doubts upon the subject, while men like Senator Chandler of Michigan, whose

errors of speech and logie furnish amusement

na, ace

and votes of

named, would be a mere

cue oft

abilities

to school boys, were clamorous for iwipeach- ment? Why should Senator Trumbull, whom the radicals alwaya declared to be their greatest constitutional lawyer, be the man of all others to declare, with becoming indignation, that the trivial charges that had been trumped up avainst the President of the United States would be coutemptuously thrown a mere Justice of the Peace? To their credit be it said, as a class, our distinguished law yers,of whatever party, had but one option in the matter.

The editor of the North Star will remember ithe fact that there was a Committee of Con- gress appointed at the close of the Impeach- ment trial to investigate these charges of bri- So completely did the investigation fail to elicit uny evidence to substantiate the charges, that all the members of the Commit tee withdrew from it in diszust, excepting General Butler. He brousht in a report, in which he admitted that they had not succeed- ed in eliciting one particle of evidence against This fact, however, he declared,

bery.

the accused,

inatead of establishing their innocence, furnishe |

ed, to his mind, the clearest proof of their suilt-—it only showed how careful they had hbeeu to conceal their corrupt transactions ! Surely it i® not necessary to use any argument

to combat adoctrine 80 atrociously unjust—so |

abhorrent ty reason and humanity—and, yet, Leould easily show that it was but on a@ par with many other argumevts used in the Im peachment trial What would your readers think of @ judse who would instruct a jury that the total abseace of any evidence agsinst an

alleged criminal furnished the clearest proofs |

of his guint? It this ruling were to obtain in our courts of justice, how many innocent men, | when once aceused of a crime, could ever es- cape conviction?

Whatever mav have been the public feeling against Mr. Johnson throughout the excite-

however much we may condemn, and even ridicule, his financial theories— there is a feel- ing of. growing respect in the minds of all classes, for the firmness, consistency and moral | courage which he displayed in his prolonged |} opp sition to what he regarded as the uncon- stitutional measures of a usurping Congress. | Opposed by such tremendous odds, threatened, ag itappeared to his friends and enemies, by such overwhelming and irretrievable ruin, he fearlessiy pursued that course which, his most Putter enemies adinit, he believed to be the only yarranted by the Constitution that be bal sworn to defend aud support—declaring in a message to Copgresa, at tie very hour that see ned the crisis of lis fate, that he was bound | tu pursue that course whatever might be the

1 Ot

| consequences Tso \have good eause for believing ler himself participates 1 this

ney to this stale slander, I will readily |

out of the Court of |

meut that attended the Impeachment trial— |

merely perso! al to himself. I , that Gen. But- feeling of ad-

miration and respect for the Pre ide te I was at the White House on New Your $ Dray when be went in and co lially shook hands with Mr. Johnson. I have the authority of

; } he he pre the Radical orwan lere for stating that he pro

fessed feelings of warm reya d for him—de-