Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-17

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THr HoPE ASSAULT cAsE.--Ths statement Of
portions Of Mr.. Hopes testimony in this case, which
appeared in this paper ON Thursday, having called
forth TIVE letters which Published in paper
Of yesterday in which is inAecaraey was pointed
y asserted, deem il our duty, both to ourselves
and 10 the public, to submit the following remarks
The alleged inaccuraey with regard 10 Mr.. Car
ngan's testimony, We freely admit, is true, and
that we pnblished his statement erroneously. His
testimony in regard to the " seeing the manuscript
Of an article" referred to former article, and not
to the one which originated this affair. For this
we sincerely apologize.
The club portion OF the statement by which
Mr.. Hope feels aggrieyed, be admits as correct but
states that be added that 1t had heavily loaded
head" The statement made by Mr.. Hope accord
ing to the recorded evidence is, that 81 he MA
CRAWL had large elnJ in his hand, and afencards
added that Il WAS loaded. On cross-examination,
Mr.. Hope stated at the largest part 1t was about
as thick as his thumb
Here is no misrepresentation. The only idea
intended to be conveyed by what was published in
this connexion, was the small size Of the ferocious
looking clnb which Mr.. Hope was afraid Of, and
upon which he maintained bis hold with such te-
portion Of our article,
Mr.. Hope denies that che offered any such alb
surd testimony" as the following:
"During a little confusion, testified that Mr..
Magraw had one hand upon his Hope's) collar,
another holding the club, and with the other drew
his pistol and cooked IT,
W.. .,w,, ~. t;,,xa a,d nm
we are sustained in this satementb several most
spectacle citizens, who heard the same words, we
do not feel justified in correcting this one iota Mr.
Carlisle immediately upon the answer, asked Mr..
Hope If che Mr.. Magraw) also used his teeth n
We dsclaim any personal i'll feeling towards Mr..
Hope and published the article only as an illustra
ton Of the trials and perplexities Of person,
when upon the witness stand. We would have
published the same Of any one, had we heard the
same statements. We cannot conceive how any
of the above statements could have injured Mr.
Hope SO vitality as he complains Of.
With the last alleged inaccuracy we close We
stated that Mr.. Hope acknowledged that he pub
lished the article which caused the assault from
personal malice y which statement Mr. Hope as
serts is false.
The recorded evidence makes Mr.. Hope state
that his apersonal feeling was one motive which
Influenced the publication Of the article" and also
that he published 1t in consequence Of Magraw's
threatening to attack me with bowie-knives, &c,
that was one of the reasons" And the " recorded
evidence further shows Mr.. Hope saying, at
1.-THE threatening) was the reason told Carrgan
would attack the claim"
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instead Of feeling which, If we had used, would
have been Mr.. Hopes own words. But whether
Others understood it to be malice let these facts be
read.
Mr.. Carlisle, counsel for Magaw, in his draft Of a
bill perceptions in this case, commenced with
aThe prosecuting witness having denied any per-
sonal al-,CiH," his honor, Judge Crawford, in
terrupted the reading by saying, oh, no! He
expressly admitted personal malice" Mr.. Carlisle
then corrected the bill by substituting admitted"
and malice for denied" and " ill-wil." There
upon the Judge stated. swell, don't know that
he used the word malice but it was feeling,
or something TO that effect"
After the above we win say il Is not question
of veracity, but only difference Of opinion, as TO
what constitutes malice, and what actions viii JUS
tify the allegation Of malice, or how many words
of synonymous character IL win require to make
out malice; and protesting our sorrow in disagree
ing with Mr.. Hope upon these points, we leave the
matter to the public.
PorsosISG.--The house of Mrs. Williams, on
Canal, between Sixth and Seventh streets, came
very near being the scene Of fearful tragedy, yes
terday.
It appears that the occupant Of the adjoining
house has not been on good terms with Mrs VIII
liams, and last Monday the servant Of the latter
detected white substance on the surface of the
water, in her pail, which water was thrown away,
and no suspicion existed that 1t was anght but
dirt.
Thursday night Mrs. Williams put some beef
steak into the yard to keep COOL where IL remained
all night. Yesterday morning 1t was cooked, and
was eaten by all Of the occupants Of the house.
Soon after they were all seized with pains and con-
vulsions, and messenger being sent TO the watch
house, the chief Of police and officer Wollard went
to the scene. No physician had yet arrived, and
some ipecacuanha was administered, which caused
them to throw of the cause Of their distress.
DR.. stettinIus, who was sent for, pronounced the
symptoms to be those caused by arsenic. A por-
ton OF the beefstcsk which was not cooked, was
examined, and was covered with white substance
like arsenic, very thickiy.
The chief Of police, assisted by officers Wollard
and Allen, then proceeded to arrest the occupants
Of the adjoining house, and three women and la boy
were taken before Magistrate Morsell, where one Of
the women and the boy were identified as the per-
sons TO whom arsenic had been sold by Mr.. Callan,
apothecary, corner Of Seventh and Il streets.
An the parties were held over for further exami-
nation.
LEcrURE.-Dr. W. II. Cbanning Of Boston, de-
livered lecture last evening at the Smithsonian
Institution, upon the Fire Alarm Telegraph.
This telegraph, which has now been In successful
operation In Boston for the past two years received
at his hands lucid and mastery explanation, and
its great advantages over all other modes Of COM
municating alarm, are so apparent that we think
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