New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27


,cral portion OF the pfcsentment OF the Grand
Jury of PhiIadepha in relation to the causes oil
the late shameful Riots in that city, IN which
1.-The attempt TO exclude the Bible from the fuD-
lie Schools" vas alleged as one prominent reason
oftbose calamitics. We disbeIleTed this entirely,
bu, let it pass without comment, awaiting farther
Developments \ few days since, there appeared
= ,Io, and convincing address from" the Catho
lie Ia,y OF Philadelphia" III answer to ihiS and
similar accusations. This we have not published,
because most of It's facts had been more seas9na-
blv placed before our readers, and we waited a
litte TO see what reply would bc attempted 10 the
solemn denial OF the Catholics that they had ever
attempted 10 exclude the Bible from Schools.
So far. we have waited in vain We find good
Gcal of railing against the respectable citizens OF
h,,b the prea, National parties who have signed
me Address. especial venom against Judge a.
Randall. who presided at their meeting, and the
,spsl amount OF punishment dealt out 10 the Pope
and Bishop Hughes, but nothing attempting to
show that the Catholics of Philadelphia ever at
tempted to expel the Bible from the Schools
So we may suppose the case goes by default.
But the Catholic laity were not content with
solemnlv denying the charge preferred against
them. and made pretext for the Riots. They
undertake 10 prove negative, and do 1t effcctu-
u.liy. They submit statements from the School
Directors Of their City, setting forth that no such
,,temp, has hcen made. Among the sIgners (a
eminent Wigs we recognize men whose word
Gill not tie disputed where they are known. One
of them. MIR. Geo. w. Bjfdle, states that he, d
ycll known Protestant, some time since proposct
the discontinnancc Of the Bible a SCHOOL, book
bat it was voted down. only five being in its favor
and not more than one Of these Catholic, ii any
lie had no suggestion from or understanding with
Catholics IN nnviOg the proposition.
Such is the evidence offered in rclutaton of the
unsupported charge of the Grand Jury. When
any hall as pertincpt is offered the other side
&c will make room for 1t.
~ Gen WADpY TroNPsoS, late Minister to
Mexico, recently addressed the Wings uf Alh1ny
On Tie topics of the day. Ger. I. is South
Carcllnian, Il Nuil,iier, lias held most RESPONSE
bic and lucrative office uncer President Ty Ter. and
vet ardenty supports Henry Clay for Pres dent
because be deems James X. Polk unfit for the
place, and Nh Tyler out of the question
Cen Thompson frankly expressed his sent
ments on all these questions. as h. was invited
and expected to do. The Loco Focos affected
astonishncnt that any such expression Of d.
verse opinirn should be allowed in Wing meet.
ny Much good may ii do them! The Whigs
were quite willing 10 hear that Polk and Texas
were so obntxious TO far seeing Statesmen that
even Free Trade South Carolinian could no,
support them. But the Argus grew bold in the
mpunity allowed ii, and finally asserted that
Gen. Thompson avowcd himself in favor of the
Annexation Of TerqS To the Union. This is too
gro.s an untruth. Gen. Thompson is too well ac-
ouainlcd with that region to hold any such opin-
ION. lie is uaaitcJabiy opPosed to A"ncration
at any time, and so declared himself at the meet
ing, as every where else. He puts entirely ort
Of the question all resistance by Mexico or re-
monstrancc by any other Power, and maintains
that We don't want Texas any how, ought not 10
take her, and must not take her-ihat she would
ho to u. IA source not OF strength and security but
of weakness and division. So thinks Waddy
Thompson, a Carolina Nullifer, and a warm
friend of John Ty Ter; and so thlnking, he sup
ports Henry Clay for next Pfcsidcnt.-Can Lo-
co Focoisin make any thing Of this
SHAMEFUL OUrR,GE.-We omitted to state
Yesterday that Mr.. Harry Tyson, well known in
this City, had been arrested and held to bail on
Staten Island for vile and Infamous attempt at
outrage on Eliza Ann Pinkney, mere child Of
ii or Is years, daughter OF worthy citizen OF
the Island. late of this City. We suppressed the
information upon the solemn assurance of
friend Of Tyson thaS the story was false and
would be contradictcdin in the True Sun of ycstcr-
day morning. THIS has proved baselcss, and we
have now no doubt that Tyson is the villain he
is represented. 1t seems that he WAS riding alone
on the Island about dusk on Wednesday Of last
week, when he .sscd Miss Pinkney on the turn
pike and asked her TO ride with him. To this,
after some pressing, she consented, when hs
turned OF The high -oad into lonely SPOT, and