The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-18
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DEFENDANTS counsel de hearing was adjourned ovec Il
three clock this aftern Mr. Elliott exhibited
anonymous letters 70 the court in which G his LIE ha'
atey scene of blood woulS be enacted In justice
oAr Elliott, state that he enies the truth Of any
being the author Of let said to have been
sent to Catholic clergyman In erence to this let
ter we give the following, copied from dc Courier kw
AN ExTRAoRDIS AIRY pRoposrvor.
The following comm unication from which omit th5
name Of the writer and the place Of his residence,
received by Catholic clergyman of this city It bears
date goth Of April, 1854, and reads as follcws:-
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the
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tina s am S. in % Of al
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country or ausr death By an exposure you viii
to ,e sas Tia. s S soas -
s:'s Sssss ~ would =
w.sst hs'taton. ssat cheek Ss made early
(Direcsto,
y., 4 :sgs necessity Of entire .
Answer immediately.
The person TO whom the letter addressed s moved
by charity TO ve the througkhc medium Of the
Unexpectedly in the handso the law for attempting to
obtain money under false pretences There doubt
chat if check sent to his address he would claim
the payment Of IT, and thusfan into suare which thu
ocers of the law could easily have set to entrap him
tbs Information he has to rnr The uevedge OF the
awful secrets which he proposes to disclose would not b
unted states Pirst-i would not enable Catholics % to
avert the impending dangers With which he ia TO bs
bse'sa they are msnassd t sessnay They could no.
dreards with little sense OF honor his obligations To
society howsyr GOiesionaSls s its principles may BE-
himself. Thirdly, II She society is composed Of mbers
such he, it quite evident it will accomplish
the work Of its overthrow, without any inter
The principles Of. the Constitution. are toe
deeply Impressed the minds Of the great body Of the
American people TO permit their looking with in if
ference while such anawful scheme for the violation Of
society whntever~even against Roman Catholics. fifti
Every sensible in the country would perceive from
the very commencement of such an attempt, two
thngs-one, that it should not and could succeed
the ether that II by possibility 1t did succeed il would
Catholics For these and many other reasons the indi
yidual to whom the letter addressed, bcys leave to
decline the benevolent offer of the by whom 1t
was written.
A Dishonest serrunt-A young woman, named Catha-
rne Kelly in the employ Of Mrs Caharine Es residing
at s3 Orchard street. yesterday arrested charge
oher valued property
roSsesson She then admitted her guilt and Justice
Osborne before whom she taken committed her u
prison for trial.
Democratic Republican General Committee.
special meeting Of this committeee called Last
night their in the stuyvesant Institute After
organization the meeting adjourned to in
0'Keefe's saloon, under the Metropolitan Hotel.
There present very large majority of the
bers of the committee-the president, Mr. Richard
schel, occupying the chair.
Upon calling for the reading Of the minutes long de-
late upon the record Of the votes Of the members
In regard TO the following resoluons passed at the
meeting OF the committee, held on Monday night, the
Whereas the Dsmoers.s E.pasissn General Committee
' a M a % = saa: s e
Douglas being accord with the well defined pe
5 % s y As III sms.. nnn .ns
and TIE CemProiniss measuse. Of ls5o therefore,
W House the
wnn q 20 the trusts rspessd hin" We
when arrayOd opposition to the views Of thsr
Kosolvsd Iha. the democracy of this city held s Cor.
ruts that when the rssss of sheir demoorc conssent
hsye expressed their to maia:n principle.
render his conisueney the charge committed to his
from the reading Of the minutes, 1t appeared that
each of the above revolutions voted separately,
4
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After all we're satisfied with the record Of their votes
upon the above resolutions and after changes tho
minutes OF the last meeting, altered were adopted
IL was then moved to reconsider the Nebraska resolu
Of the last meeting when Mr. James C. Rutherford
Of the Nineteenth ward offered the following preamble
and resolution as a substitute
Whereas This General Committee has been organized
only the primary business Of tho democratic
party Of the country but TO tho utmost Of ther
the State and national administration and
Whereas The till known the Ne5rsska Kansas bin
being recosped as favoe measure oil President Percen
administration, therefore
Resolved That in the opinion Of the General Committee
the representatives in Congress from this city who claim
by Continuing their opposition to the Administration OF
franklin Pierce.
l carried BY vote Of % to So
The argument raised for tabling the above was that
the committee organized to oppose the present
state and national admins raors. They opposed these
administrations now but not specially organized to
DO so.
Mr. RrrBrHronD in reply, said that he considered he
was elected this committee 10 oppose the state and
national administrations and he not afraid to
| his hostility to them
The motion TO reconsider the resolutions OF the last
meeting renewed and was given as reason that
when those resolutions passed. there not fulR
meeting Of the committee present, and there .
large number who nted the opportunity to record
/ their votes for against them.
After some discussion the vote taken, the ayea
and noes being called for with the following result
wIeelan Mesns Suydam Mead MeIntiIe ST. John, Towle.
Rstheriord Sweeney Doroty QunanI,T .u o,vr
t%s Ta o'f MnSny S.r,b n'c ss.l ks.
yer, smith schell csArey, Murray, PsrSons Galassn
i Dunn. Royce, Daiy--3 ., -.
chair then declared the motion to reconsider lost
The meeting then adjourned.
4 xexy Army Order.