New-York daily tribune., 1842-11-29
EXTRAORDINARY Documents.

Extraordinary Documents.
The following letter. were laid before the Com
MON Council last evening. We publish them with
many doys since:
LETTER THE SHERIFF.
November q, Is12
Si-: wish you deposit with the Common Council OF
the City Of New.york the enclosed OF thsusand
dollars being IN ten bills hundred dollars EACH OF the
Phenx Bank These bills sent TO enclosed IN ibe
et1er signed W. w. which received on the nth instant
the object o,be writer OF which sufficiently appears on he
face OF the communicates.
Although suppose that the legal title 10 this money s.
remains with The person who transmitted it 10 ne, yet Is
scarcely lobe anticipated that will make the dan
/ gerous attempt to reclaim it srs.,,s.
1t IS not proper, have any desire that this oaey
should main Hands; the only difficulty with me has
beento whom should pay it. = egPs@ st.@Vs ~
Ihave uaed that would be the best course pay
it into the public Treasury. a.,
This disposition OF will afford com pensaton 10
Cor the heavy expenses Ia which il has been sub
cc;ed account OF the proceedings against The Individual
deceased, whose escape some mludging friend en-
deavored to procurerby this attempted bribery.
In case, too OF any attempt being made reclaim this
money from me, expect and will doub, find the City,
under The circumstances under which deposit it, su-
cient and ready indemnity.
twill perhaps, not be improper for re 70 add in con.
temptation of many attacks that have been made in
relation my Official conducl, the OF John c. Colt
IN which conscious of any Inegaor dishonest
duct my part that the fact Of nay having received the
money enclosed Immediately after its receip, cou
nlcated under She riff and very shortly afterwards
gentleman holding judicial station ia whose judgement
and disnteresedness bad confidence. He with
me in the disposition Of money which / beg leave 10
make throus b your bands.
remain, very respectfully, your ebedient servant,
NJ B. HART.
Tothe President OF the Board Aldermen Of the City OF
! New York
The Enclosed Letter.
Should you do what herein requested, another sum
exactly equal that enclosed shall be you
Friday 18th Nov 1892 The undersigned has acquant-
ance with Colt with any OF his relations reads.
Pure benevolence and humanity have induced the under
signed offer you the enclosed the condition that
you dssline and positivey refuse TO hang Colt This you
can conciencousy do the Of humanity and that
We have no right take the life Of feowcreature; on
the score that of the jury who tried him at first OF
opinion that il only mansaughter; the score thai
The Chancellor ought have granted writ of Error 10 the
Court OF Errors he Senae) the of improper
bias nay, violent prejudice having in the outset been
created by the large and snail pagers OF the city against
hm Oh the score that the republican doctrine not
TO hang but TO imprson for lite for capital cases. The
score that in all human probability the law enactng hang
ing for any offence will this winter be repealed; on the
score thai Governor Bouck will he has declared pardon
Co-Governor Bouck's opinions being we'll ascertaned
on this point.
There are many which, in the haste OF the mo.
men the undersigned unable 10 write but, sir come out
like Gen. Jackson upon yourself the responsibility
conrue the laws and your duty you understand hem
and refuse hang Colt You will thereby lay up for your
self in future life he pleasing reflection OF having saved
from destruction human being, upustly condemned and
receive the thanks and blessings of Colts relatives ana
friends and the full appreciation and entire approva
Chancellor, OF
judges. If you take the step recommended you will re-
the applause of the people, and Of the Party and OF
the whole community. Popular feeling high in
favor OF the prisoner. w. w '"
The papers were referred to the Committee
charged with the investigation of the origin Of the
fire in the cupola of the City Prison.
DR.. SMITHS LECTURES or GEoL LooY.-We
took pleasure in correcting few days since, the
para graph in our report of DR.. Smiths First Lee
ture, which drew forth the severe structures OF
LAlcUs,' published in our paper of the 18th inst.
We have since seen letter addressed to DR..
SMITH by TAYLER LEWIS, Esq, the writer OF
Laicus.' in which he states that his article was
entirely grounded on report; but being now
convinced that the speakers meaning and argu-
ments were misunderstood, in the same free spirit
in which the structures were written, he does net
hesitate to express his conviction of the injustice of
the charges made against the Doctor.
Prof. Lewis afirms that he wrote to review
sentiments which he deemed false and dangerous,
without the least intention of wounding the feel
ings of DR.. Smith or his friends. That it was
done from pure and worthy motives, no one who
knows Prof Lewis can doubt; and this, we are
authorized to say, is fully conceded by Dr. Smith.
In confirmation of the above we add the fol
lowing communication from the Rev. Henry 4.
Rowland.
Nessr, Editors: The article of Laicus, respecting the
Geological Lecture of DR. Smith, have read with surprise
as il unheatingiy charges him with intoxicating the sen'
ments of nfdely and it introduces several quotations
from the published report OF his lecture upon which II
grounds this charge and accompanies with an admontion
10 parents guard their children from all such contami-
mating influence.
What account was given OF the lecture in your paper do
not know have not read the report H. but cannot be
mistaken in affirming that the lecture misrepresened
sat near the spe aker and listened him with profound at
,enton hroug ghout without discovering the leaveR OF inf
dey which acus charges upon the Lecture asreported
The Doctor did state, as understood him, that The
facts Geology contradict the Bible bu they contradict
the commonly receiVed interpretation OF the Mosaic account
the creation The comnon notion S that the Earth hao
its origin six thousand years ago. and that the material fab
rc was then created but Geology shows beyond doubt
that the material fabric Of the Earth existed long before the
creation of The Doctor explicitly declared that this
Geological fact does initiate against the truth OF the
Mosaic account, nasmuch there is for all the Geo
logical Phenomena for which he conended between the
Cr,t and second verses OF the first chapter OF Genesis
{" In the beginning God created the Heavens and the
Earth" the affirmed, but Moses does tha
the beginning six thousand years ago 1t may have
been sixty thousand millions OF years ago, and yet De
lrue that beginning God created the material fabric OF