New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-06
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
NETWORK CITY.
JAMES W. BARKER.

City-nominsted. it is understood, in the md
night Councils Of the secret political order COM
monty termed " Know Nothings.r We never
till recently heard of HMM public life. or 10 con-
nectiOn with politics, but it Is well known that
he is leading officer aud massger in the coz
claVe to which he belongs. by the machinery Of
that order, he now expects to be elected to the
most important and honorable pos. in our City.
That Mr.. Barker is a new man to the political
world is nothing against him; but il renders tho
duty Of iDquiring into, and casting light upon his
personal character more urgent and Imperative.
He virtually socits most responsible trust and
should be prepared to abide the most rigid scru-
tiny.
We have been supplied with various docu-
ments calculated 10 cast shadow upon Mr..
Barkers personal integrity. Most of these on
account of the late hour at which they are Sub
mitted 10 us, we decline to publish; but the fol-
wing, being an affidavit signed by respectable
.sitizen, seems entitled to hearing Mr.. Cooper.
vsho signs and swssrs to it, lives at No. Ii
Greene-st, and is now employed as clerk In
Broad-st. The fact that he has had Q personal
controversy with Mr.. Barker should have its
due weight. But hear him and Judge:
THE FIRING OF JAMES W. BARKERs STORE IN
isH-wHO DID IT.
Ctr and County II Ner- Iork-GroRGE COOPER,
of the City of New. York. being duly sworn, doth
depose and say-That he a clerk in the stote Of
j. W. Barker and Samuel Towe, comp ,sng the firm
of Barker & Towle in the year lsi5, aud for ak
years prior to that times that said firm kept their
store, ct that time. at No. II Catharine'st, in said
City; that in said year Of lsi5 the said Barker s.
Towle had about eighteen clerks, and about four
boys; that II was the rule OF said store that every
night two of the clerks and three Of the boys should
sleep in said store, for the purpose Of protecting the
same; that in the year 1915, and in the month Of May.
the stock of said firm worth about $4,000, and
was insured in several Insurance Companies in the
City of New-York for SEQ 600; that Saturday tho
tenth of May ls45, deponen dressed one Of the largo
windows in said Barker & Towles store with
about fifty pieces of brocade silks, worth about
900, and about twenty Cashmere broche shawis
together with other goods which were of an expensive
character. That the eleventh day of said May, at
about quarter OF five o'clock in the morning, ire
took place in said store, and the deponent being in
Norfolk.st and hearing the alarm of fire, proceeded
to said Barker & Towles store, about six O'Clock Of
said morning, and on looking around said store.
window, where deponent had placed them the day
before. The shawls, deponent found, had been
moved from said window and were, with other goods.
put in one of the bins on the floor above; that not
wthstanding the Dire took place in said window, the
said shawls were not at all burnt injured, but tho
fifty pieces of silk were found in said store after
said fire, the fragments of them, had the
same been burnt as the silks were heavy bro
cade silks, and could not have been burnt
without an intense heat for length of time, so as
not TO leave fragment of the same That on the
night of the sad fire. notwithstanding it was the Gus
tom in said store to leave two clerks and three boys
to sleep in said store, they were all allowed to go
home on the night in question, so that no one slept
in said store That deponent, the evening Of tho
tenth of May, lsij LEFT said store about o'clock in
the evening, and did not return TO said store untn
after said fire took place. Deponen further saith that
the goods in said store damaged by said fire to
the actual extent Of about ten to thirteen thousand
dollars and that the said firm of Barker & Towe re-
ceived from said Insurance Companies twenty nine
thousand dollars, no, deponent, is informed and
verify believes Deponent further saith that j. w.
Barker resided with his family in the house adjoining
the store, and the store communicated with said Bar
kers dwelling, so that he could have access from
TO the other And further saith not.
sworn to before this 9Th dsy Of Novem q. COOPER
Der, 1854. A. ID. RUSSELL, Com'r OF Deeds.
In conclusion, have to say to the public that, al
though was prosecuted and my character attempted
to be blasted by james w. Barker, yet have never
allowed myself to say aught in dsparagcmen OF him
since verdict was rendered against him in the Su-
peror Court in my suit for defamation Of character
As now find the said JAMES W. BARKER before
the people for their suffragcs, am impelled bya
sense Of duty owe to the community to make tho
above statement which is accurate and true in every
particular. GEo. COOPER.