The New York herald., 1845-01-13

be procured. That lady's testimony was not OBJ
tanned; but other circumstances prevented The
courageous girls from demanding the papers back.
In short, heard that the work was already begin
ming, from other quarters but It was rumor on
ly, and heard no names. Thus prepared, l vsl.
ted one Of the most Christian persons know 10
adclphia to overthrow the Bishop Of New York"
U give the substance OF remarks, observa IONS,
&c /, and often The words) 9Th nk God y she
calmly replied and went on. Monday morning,
Der. IA, took the o'clock boat tor Pniladelphla;
met The Rev. DR. Taylor. and the Rev. l.; Van
Bokkelen on board Istated my purpose, and that
mad the afiidavits DR.. Taylor replied, .Rich-
mond, knew it must come, but did not think II
could assist each other' Both seemed to agree
in the necessity On reaching Pnlladelphla, !
went at once to st. Andrews Church, consulted
NO on@; spoke 10 passing to two Or .hrrs cIssymen
me in;' and in ten minutes hsd placed letter u
kept no copies) in the hands,of Bishop Meade; ard
the following, which | remember word Tor word,
in the hands If Bishop Chase.
To the Secretary the Houss Of Bishops, or the Prtdsns
Right Reverend Fathers accuse the Bishop .. hsw
When shall we be- confrontsd7 How shall 60 onf
JAMEs C. RICHMOND,
Presbyter OF Rhode Island
House. &c, Pew 81, Oct. IA, 1874.
That venerable man, the Senior Bishop, was in
the pulpit, listening 10 the debates on Dr. Hawks
case. touched his shoulder and handed the lei
written on the l2h, that was coming, and that
excision must follow my coming. BuS ne shook
his head unwillingly '.lt must be done" J said
.come = said; and he marched down like an el.
ephant, into the House OF Bishops, with the letter
10 his hand followed, and stood on The plat
form in the open doorj Bishop, shall come now
He turned, thought, unwlliiog stlii, .li come s
then, lest the right should fail, the voice OF out
ragged public opinion was soon laundering al the
door of the House Of Bishops. II las been
could vote him not guilty, and the same six vote
for the suspension Ut man whom they had de-
clarrd not guity!' what would have been done
had lflinched hair! Six judges vote not gnIlty,
the innocent would have been crushed that the
hardened offender might be spared. Herein also
was my conspiracy made manifest. ! actually
used my tongue TO tell The truth, as my enemies
have used theirs tc tell what they told. shall
use my pen and tongue 10 sufficient extent to
ferret out every offender who touches an innocent
care great deal for Bishops who care for the
ruth, and for party men who adhere to the same;
and they are very strong; but | know well that
truth and together are much more powerful than
ak Bishops yea, tn six hundred. II is an i'm
sortan' axiom that al. Bishops were born babies;
supposed the duty was now done; had been
tired, and returned to New York. Here, on FRI
day, accidentally or providentially, met near the
classmate, the Rev. Henry l. Morton, and on ask
ing the news. he told me (Which was after
wards confirmed by DR.. Muhlrnberg on board
The Flushing boat? that the House OF i.. B.sh.
al cases which had not happened within three
years. "Is that true z" eyes" "Morton, that ex-
.ludes my affidavits by one month am clad TO.
meet you in quiet place. Look at me- Here
used very strong, expression with regard TO the
proposed whitewashiDg Do you understand that2"
"Yes:" went immediately and sent hve letters
70 Philadelphia, three Of them TO three bishops in
-trong language under the aforesaid circumstances
Two Of the bishops have since commended rather
.hsn disapproved my course, and the third have
not spoken with about It; The others, fancy,
leagues. Six OF them are doing mp the business
proposed, very rapidly; and, | think, one has
h0ished his own work. Some OF them and the
clergy would hardly shake hands with me. J hope
God will help me to live without shaking nands,
Except where have an earnest desire for it.
But it was this proposed statute of limitations,
(Which believe was only rumor, though &c
strongly insisted on bv those two clergymen.)
which produced the following action, and when
probably decided the case. 1t brought In the tes
'imony of the Rev. Henry NJ. Beare and his ange-
lie lady.
Many persons will remember the furious storm
which ragged during the evening and night OF FRI
lay, Oct Is. II was in that storm that lett The
Flushing boat. On board that boat made such
Tree use OI my tongue as the statute OF Hmtd-
slons" required. Two clergymen on board wished
me to finch; and some OF them then knew all
about the cas-. was going for
The driver will remember all the circumstances;
aud that he could not come tor me In the middle
OF that fearful night, as he had promised, for the
tempest was almost as horrible without az the dis
closures within were awful In a remote, retiring,
snug ttte parsonage dwelt the meeke.t and most
Christian pretbyter, with a mortal angel for his
wife. knocked at the door: A servant girl ap-
oeared and pointing TO another door, announced
1 clergy man. That good presbvter wondered Gas
he afterwards said) what brother could be coming
on sucn night, and at that hour. entered.
What picture The clergyman rose. from sit
lns, he said, "the life Of a good man, Bishop
Moore - and TO that record Of holy bishops liie,
bis wife listened, while an infant, ls our litle
pet" they said) slept sweety in crib. in the cor
world has no right, for it is TOO wicked, to catch
no no days for etiquette. We are i learning to tell
the truth; =. . :.
Mr.. Richmond" Mrs. Beare, will you leave
me room a moment T. and she obeyed. "l am
fhe ave, ger Of your honor. You must 60 towards
sR he fepsd s and %n he
" az the second man whom had found in and
around New York ; and his wife was the third
woman! On! how hard It was that week to find a
man anu n WOuldH SOWdfunl III dUuuuhuCe, \
and many cheek shall tinge with shame overthcse
pages, because they came not to the help Of the
church in her fiery trial, out Of which she will
come like gold, seven times tried. from the fur
mace.
We were wondering, just before you came."
said Mr. B "what was gong on in Pennsylva-
MA / will call my wife now" "Ah, sir. she
will not come | have seen enough of woman late
ly, to know that she will not come yet, when she
hears why am here. But have eaten nothing
but an apple since morning. She will provide me
something to eat1" And that angel did provide
me such a good supper as merIted but wac
right she did not appear. At last, as midnight
drew on, and the storm yet ragged furiousy, said,
. Now 60 tell that dear creature TO come, and she
wil'' so she came. But / did not notice her
coming | talked on with her husband, and did
not look az her. My head was turned away, tll
spoke of her child; and then turning round, locked
her full in the iace, and all was right. At last,
musingly, / exclaimed, thinking aloud, and speak,
ing TO no one, swell, this Is a little garden OF
Eden, buried away here in silence and security
what deiighfu little spot in this rural secuslon.