The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-10

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was much pleased to read in the Herald Of this
morning your exposition Of the proceedings of CHS
lordship and to show that he is not "alone in his
Which may also be cssd as coming anssr ths head
Of your text do not doubt that these facts will prove
unpalstabe, not to one man alone but to score Of
gentlemen, who with their fellow stand high in
the scale Of morality and integrity, and who throw
around them the mantle Of religion, and enjoy the
high and pous trust men whose cheeks II their acts
to be examined by those "lhgh in authori-
ty" would crimson with shame they are not already
dead to the "iner feelings" Need mention the Cor
poratiol of Trinity Church, which, as reports say,
have fraudulent grant, and whose title is founded
that grant Said corporation called upon in 1916
by resolution of the Senate report withn thirty
days, der oath of the proper ocer the amount OF
their income expenditures, &c They made report
the resolution Of the honorable the Senate out of
the great respect they entertain for the Senate
by your honorable body, have, without hesitation,
caused the proper return to be made but they must
be permitted to add that they could not he compelled
sounds very like denying to recognize in 1916 that
authority which they humbly pettioned in 1914,
when they wanted the name of their corporation al
tered. But to their report We find their income is
S196 AL 95 and expenditures S2l2 40l 95 sinking
the three and half preceding years for which time it
is made, the of $15960 Is it possible!
Poor fellows they must be sadly in debt If such Is the
case. We shan see We find nine lots of ground in
Greenwich street. valued at $27 0o0 which they rent
for $50; ten lots in Greenwich and Christopher
streets, valued at 10000 dollars = they rent for
Sou. IA piece OF lauu" In Chambers street, value
not stated, they rent annually forever, at quit
rent" charge Of S14 20 lot $40 Broadway, valued
at $4,000, rents for pepper corn - lot 1874
Murray street, valued at S14S00, rents for spepper
corn;n and of fve-sixths of the land they hold,
they rent at such exceedingly low rates. Does
this look like consistency? Although the report is
made "under oath of the proper oficern it bears
the stamp of untruth If those Trustworthy gen.
tlenen lost nearly $4,000 in short time, would
they not get reasonable valuation for their property
and thereby rave their pockets such enormous
sum? This is . church speculation ami 8 church
spoliation," and it may bic asked "where the
revenues? :" There are many, who would like to know
why the Legislature accepted such report! can
not account for it in other way than that their
political weight which requires consideraton,n
that they have talked loudly of in times past, was
brought to bear on it. | would merely hint, at pre-.
sent that the income they entitled to by law is
only six thousand dollars year, and they make 1t
forty thousand dollars | will not say anything
Of forfeiture Of her charter for having such an in
come, but it would be well for them to state less
amount hen they make their next report at Least
to leave a surplus in the treasury for appearances
sake il for nothing else H Is not likely that the peo-
pie of the State will be humbugged by this wicked aad
lawless corporation much longer There many
dark deeds yet hid by the veil Of ob,curty and
only by themselves and those who take the trouble to
search them out will close this chapter for fear of
occupying too much space in the columns Of your
valuable paper. Yours, respectfully,
New York, Nov. "a, 1S4S. TRUTH.