New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-31
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Am Amicted Father.

The following letter to the Journal OF Coranercs
communicates facts Of painful interest re'peeH 'io
f,.ber Of the young man who lately shot MS WIG -
jersey City ,c-.r, % coy.
,rs Editors send you TIL, nes'y ,s ~
ct an erroneous impression N reist.oi " ..
. =. ivscv civ The father OF tnat young man Is
siar az 1;rca. as YOU suppose but is the
hsrod Pastor of the Congregational lauren IN west
Tartyick Otsego County ,. !, o4 "htcH iae .L.e
t pau ~, no member He has been with ia the eiSh'
hoIo ,S. last mast, He here from town near
" ybere he had laborcd the two previous years Rev
S1;bsiet NJ Spencer = u brother OF hon Jo-nua a.
tcr of Utica aCongrega'Ionalst Minister Of the Old
ppr,. stamp beloved by all who know him. doub;
h.,ser he has all enemy within ten miles square in
nan woman or child He il preacher OF high order
- ,aenone that would be listened 10 with interest by
,Ls most intelligent audience.
p,,t oh this crushing Proridence i shuts down around
him Ike midnight pail That darling boy An only son
ON whom he had bestowed al the advantages III ms
nover-and FOR aught that kno:", nc hhs succeeded
yell having secured 10 him all the accomplishments re-
oe 10 usefulness Since that son mas gone out INTO
me world the old gcnleu;ans eye has been upon him
with all the anxiety and tender sonc!'ude o. an aacc-
tonate father And if that son has been running the
career for the LAST four i've years indicated By the
public prints he mas succeeded must believe, IN con
r.nin. il ehectually from his father He boarded with
me sore months during the sons travelling IN ONO, lee
turing on M.smer.s He occasionally received letters
from him. which appeared always satisfactory, with the
exception OF his cmpoyment-he was evidently mortI-
fed that the son should engage in such business but ne
ssd li,,e until he received letter informing him Of his
,ons marriage He appeared grated and INDUCED the
hope that he would settle in some more respectable
and useful employment
In the month of June last he visited his father accom-
named bv his Young and beautiful wife, al this place
The old gentleman appeared enjoy the visit exceeding
" He presented his children his friends here with
high degree OF pride and animation they appeared
well After their time expired here, he accompanied
them on an excursion West TOR week ten days, and
then parted with them, highly graticd with the inter
view-hmseli 70 his abors here, and they 70 Jersey
CITY, The next intelligence nc had from them was
through the public prints that his darling son had shot
his young wife and ncarccrated in Jersey prison
10 await his trial for murder. The anguish that now
wrings his heart you make what effort you think
proper TO conceive-but shall make 10 put 1t on
paper will simply sdd-say whatever In your judg
nen the public interest require with regard 10 the
son and his career If he nae deliberately become
murderer no sympathy should shield him from muir
derer's fate.
But let nothing be said directly indirectly disparag
ing to father Spencer We cannot bear it here. He IL
clearly one of those referred 70 by The poet whose doc
trnes and whose life coincdent exhibit lucid proof tha
he himself Is pure" He cmphatcaly man OF peace
whose catholic spirit secures TO Nun the confidence Of al
denominations OF protested Christians and those OF NJ
profession His expanded benevolence leads him nc
lively to seek and promote by all the means in hs pow
er the happiness OF all mankind. True he has unior'
tunaely been different periods oil MS NE ai IN
mate in an Insane Retreat and tremble Lest TINS alHn
ity .hal consign him hospital whence ne shall re-
turn 10 us moro.