The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-22

Barnun Not FigAting Man.
The following aHadavit has BEEN sworn to BY Mr..
BAnsm in answer to that Of Lewis J. Leonor charging
M. B. with threat to commit assault and battery
said Leonor. In justice to Mr. Barnum give II an
insertion thus morning. appears after al that Barnum
10 not fighting man =
Phinsas I. Barnum, proprietor Of the American Mn.
scum, New York, being duly sworn, says-That the AZ
hdAvt made by Lewis j. Lsonori at the police office, In
said city on Thursday the 18th instant is maciousy
wickedy and ridcuouly false in reary every partcu
lar and especially in the statement that deponent
threatened to whip lick the said L-onor that dspo
nept called said Leonori thief william, scoun
drel,n (ho~sver much he mig have thought him emit.
tied to said appslations that deponsnt never calai
himself "a rich man. said that III he not rich
man he would WHO the said leouorio and thai depo-
nent did not for bid said Leo nori from publishing &C
OF what had then just tar spred but the con-
tsry depousnt queted that Isonor should maize sucn
publication Deponent is fully convir ced that Lsonors
affidavit made solely for the purpose OF bringing
himself into notice d'eItng bis business. and puhas
into notoraty an obscure pamphlet, OF which he is the
printer. The plain facts Ia this case Is follows -
Leorori prints occasionally smsli pamphlet watch he
terms Bank Note List. In March last said Leonoci
placed 10 his columns the Of bank in Canuecs H.
cut in which the deoonent Is stockholder, and
toned the public against receisiDg the notes OF said
bank. copy OF the pamphlet was forwarded to the
said hank by mail al houeh the bank had never ordered
subscribed for said pamphlet As the bank 10 question
and has been sound 10 New Ecaad or else
where it evident directors AND the ceponent
that the obj.ct said Leono thus malc ousy libel
ling said institution and probably sending c,py OF tho
pamphlet 10 the bank 10 obtain blsck mail or IN
other words TO induce the officers 10 pay him certain
SUM of money condition Of his dscon snuing the
libel. Said Leonoi in his pamphlet dated June llth
selected for attack three banks of ths fifty
which sre good standing the State of Connecticut
among which there tn. one IN which the deponeut
j. stockhoker and To shch bank copy Of said psph
let forwarded by mail by said Lsonor os dspouent
believes In thus pamphlet said Isonori cautioned the
public against receiving the bill Of he.e banks although
the bank alluded III which depooept Is stockholt,r,
justly stands high any bank in New England, bei1g
legitimate banking institution founded on pree sely The
same basis fifty other banks IL The State OF c1npect,
cut Every dollar OF the capital q 0Jo, of thu ba uh
Is actually paid In la stock stands at ten to twelve
per cent above par, aud has stood bel Said
stock is owned by several hnncred individuals. fhs
bank lost hundred dollars by bad debts
otherwise since its commencement The charter OF hs
bsnF and the laws of the S,ats efficiently guard the IA
teress Of bill holders by conmng the circulation within
reasonable bounds compelling the bank TO have certain
Of specie always in its vaults its books always
open the inspection OF Bank Commissioners appointed
by the State Legislature prohibiting Director of the
bank from borrowing Of IL sum exceeding 50 600 AID
orbiodipg the Directors TO osu over ten cent OF its
capital to any individual firm company or institution
&C., &c La ia IT. shade of suspicion has ever been
cast upon said bank within the knowledge of deponen
except by sid Leonor snd thus sipgng this par
tcusr institution from city others in the same common
wealth, standing precisely the same basis he said Le
onor this deponent for the foregoing reasons firmly
believes sctuaed by tnproper and upusfabe motives
In this state Of affairs, deponent went to Wall street
Thursday last, and inquz ed OF several bankers and
others for the address OF but did not
find person who bad heard OF said Leo.ori
his pam phlet termed by him Bank Note List By dnt
of perseverance, however and by the aid of Directory,
the traced said Leonori garrett loft ia
Dey street. where discovered three individuals
Leonor his brother AID BOY. Deponent asked which
Lsonor and pointed to person who proved to
be foreigner, and whose conversation evncei that,
however little he knew OF our language he knew much
less of our country, and especially of banking instu
items Deponent asked LeonOri why he had lbeled this
bank In the State of Connecticut Leonor replied sbe
he opposed to all Safety Fund banks thus be-
ayipg his isnorance and incapacy to publish Bank
Note List since there neither is and was Safety
Fund bank in the State of Connecticut Deponent then
stated 70 Leonoli that he eouor evidently wished to
get black 1nai out of the bank but he could not sue
coed in doing it, Leonor then called his brother and
the boy take notice thatdeporent had charged him
with evident desire to levy black mail" to which
deponent replied he shoud not lack proof that point
for he would place 1t writing wherenpon deponent
wrote out what he had stated in relation TO back NALL
that lie ought to be indicted for be and that he de-
served good whipping Leonor begged that depouent
would whip him, to which deponsnt distinctly and
repeatedly replied that he would cot. Leonori
persisting In his desire to have deponent whip
him, evidently for the sake of the damages he
hoped he might recover, deponent replied that he
would not do it except on condition that Leonor
should agree not to prosecute him, in which
dpor ent would give him $50 for the privilege Of ad
the foggipg which he richly mered and
which he teemed anxious to receive Leonor declining
TO accept said S2 and deponent feeling that the poor
G. cha tisiIg such beer would be dear at that
price withdrew after assuring LAonori that shonld
again libel said banking institution he should be Indicted
Before leaving however Opponent distinctly expressed
that interview in his pamphlet and IN all the city papers,
Deponeut further states that no Is thoroughly convinced
thee attacks upon the bank Teston would
never have been cot .he said Leonori kno
deponept to be large stockholdcr that institution
and had he not, in common with numerous avaricious
ard uDprnc clad individuals got the impression that
Barrum would be ''good goose to pluck - and e-ro
neousy fanced that BY means of his pamphlet he had
hit upon an exDedicnt that ould pish his object
PHINEAS 7. BARNUM.
Sworn TO before this the 2lst day of june 1853.
JOHN 5. PERAz Commissioner of Deeds.
Another Friehtful Railroad Accident-One
MaU Killed.
From the Chicago Press, June II
Another terrible railroad accident occurred on the
Michigan Southern and Northern and Indiana
Railroad Wednesday evening, about twelve
miles east of Laporte. The fireman. George Morton,
of Monroe, Mich was instantly killed, but all the
gers in the front second class cars received few
slight scratches, but none of the others injured
The engineer, recently from Manchester, N. H.. had
his head cut considerably, and his arms were
what injured but he able to ride to Lapore yes
terday. 1t is thought he will soon recover. The &C.
cident occurred to the train going east, which left
here on Wednesday evening at o'clock. The
cause of the calamity, as given by Mr.. Cameron,
conductor of the train coming west was as fol-
ows A large oak tree, three feet in diameter, had
fallen directly across the track.
Some twenty feet from the ground it divided into
two very large branches. These lay Oh the track.
The +" cow-catcher' struck one OF these branches,
ran under it, and then under of the cross ties,
and the locomotive turned complete somerset. and
lay exactly upside down. The fireman was thrown
under the zine, and was instantly killed. The en-
giueer was relatively in his place, having escaped
death by being near the boiler, which prevented the
other parts of the engine from crushing him. The
tender also turned somerset over the engine, and
lay upside down several feet ahead Of it. The bag
gage car was thrown from the track and was con-
smashed. The second class passenger Car
was thrown from the track and lay upon its side, aud
it is wonderful that the passengers in it escaped with
so little injury. There were four first class passen
ger cars. The forward one was considerably bro
KEN the next two very ttle and the last one entire
ly escaped injury.
washington Items.
from the Republic June 20
A WARNING TO YoUTH.-Danel T. Woodward,
who was on Thursday last sentenced to be hanged
for the murder of his wife, handed the following
co I'd 70 tho R1 -Inhn q Smith ON the ansuinn ia