New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

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fed against james T. Donnely by perurng them.
..yc. ,,,t willfuly in the sight Of God. have no
.:'no.tv no -pir Of revenge to crafty against ANY
crc EieytLng o. That kind ha, been dismissed from
vy beot. I have recei:ed the last rites Of my holy
religion have placed my trust IN Christ aud in Christ
alone in the judgment of The aoDeOent fee that
any corporea physical suffering that may endure
will be but drop in the ocean, pebble upon the sea
shore. God, The Judge know, me- for to him have
unburdened my soul showed him tie umost recesses
of IL heart-he knows that I am not afraid 10 meet
him. But Am not Indifferent to my awful position
on the side zee hei', with lts gaping gates ready
10 receive me, fame and the fathomless fire; on the
other hand ! the doors Of light guarded b. the
angelic host, and my poor sainted mother pushing
aide the curtains and opening the door TO receive her
poor son. The reality OF my position Is before
me- There l. no bitterness, no anger, no revenge, in
that future state haSe great appreciation of the
impacable justice. well Of the infinite mercy of
God. And though draw near TO him with trembling
limbs for other sins for This am fully exculpated in
the sight of God. Upon the latterpart Of March left
nv far distant home and came to York supposing
to change my occupation IN life. then and there pro-
vided the ways and means, and shortly after deter
mined 10 recruit my health lr different position and
sphere in life. Twas invited to 90 to the Sea View
House New-Jersey--a few days, and few days only,
had been there, when this dreadful thing befel me-
You have all heard the evidence and most of you
have formed and expressed an opinion theron. aud
though i stand up beneath the scaifod, and
though il may be that it il not possible for to
change the views of any one of you: yet if | do not
show you that am innocent, II will be because you
are prcudiced, and cannot be moved by the truth.
Here Donnely accused certain parties of PERJURY;
but unques; Onably most unjustlv. | shall omit all
such passages, indicating where they occur by aster-
isks.l have few questions to put to that man; he
can never answer them to satisfaction, but he may
to that Of my friends. | am not carried away by the
realities of my position, and God knows feel it. But
/ have some questions TO put which that man must
answer before he leaves this world. In the passage
in the west passage of the Sea-New IIoIlse-were
bloody foot-tracks-tracks of bloody foot Donney,
the alleged Assassin, convicted and to die for the muir
der ia proved to have had on slipper that morning.
Albert ). Moses never was in that passage; but who
was in that passage that morning by his own admis.
sion. Perhaps it is wrong i'll me-yet l
would not wrong any man. but do 1t only in justice
to myself. When that fearful cutlery OF murder was
heard that morning, DOnnelly stood in the passage
alOne. DOnnelly saw the man fall-it
was the most natural impulse of his heart for Don
nelly to ask, "Who is dead"
The testimony Of that most estimable lady, Mrs.
Judge Bradford, although caviled at in this Court
room, it tie most truthful testimony given
on this trial She did what | asked others TO
do-did not trust TO her memory, but put down
morning Any other man who had seen Moses
As | saw him that morning, would have done as
did. james =. Donnely, upon the morning of the
LIST Of August according TO the evidence was dressed
in a suit Of light clothes. The room in which that
man WAS injured was presume, about nine feet deep
ard some five or six feet in width it was little mar
row, dark bedroom. The only light reflected in that
came through window and door in an adjon-
ing room. The sun rose, think that morning, about
three minutes past five that stood in the corner.
right at the junction Of two houses. Not particle
Of light not ray of sun ever reached that room
until u p. m. When Donnelly entered that room
that morning, some twenty-five minutes after that
outcry, the oath Of dying man IL was
Just as much as DOnnelly could gee Albert :. Moses,
when went and opened that door to give him light,
said d" is that Donnellyl" / said it was. He said,
grinding his teeth "Oh, YOU son of b, / wish
10 the Lord Jesus Christ had pistol TO shoot you.
~ Al. r
Why have you done this On the oath OF dying
man. these were the words which Moses spoke.
stepped to his bedside and reaching over him, bcgaG
and implOred him to say that it was not true. The
ONLY other person there then the German barber
His first words were needle and thread l ran 10 %
nv ROOM ms | had on white clothes, took them of
lest thew should be spotted with hood. and thercbyhx
the dreadful charge which Moses had made upon ne,
putting on dark clothes. There was no blood on my
clothes vet everything IN the room was bloody Whenl
went back there askedthe maeistratet swear Moses,
forI felt that my poor bones would ratte in my grave
died under such M nnpuiaton. Then dIo all
could TO save his hie-hat mans life; and here let me
slide in a question. Is il natural Tor man once He'd
from murder to return to the spot where the decd was
done, Take that fact home j. IT likely that would
have done so Here DOnnely entered into long ac-
count of what he did to save Mosos's life. IN nearly
the same terms as published yesterday III The IRIB-
ryF He blamed those engaged III binding mp the
wound in bis neck for telling him they had tied the
iueuar when they had notthcrcby, he SAID, causing
him to stand where he then stood. lie SAID: kept
next TO God was due to DonnrlY. ~ payment
for the repeated attempts of DOnncly to re-
yive him, Moyes said the first knew IN the
morning ! was stabbed IN the throat; ana
on waking mp caught Dounclly, struggled with
him. fought him. followed him down the passage
10 the head of the stairs and then returned to ms
room. These are his own simple words. Now Ior
a few moments bear with me--ior n lew moments;
Immediately opposite upon the wall was streak OF
blood curved with few drops from u, clearly indl-
eating 10 any medical tina; it could not have been
done from the wound; but that II tell from the KNIFE
II clearly Indicated to any who had walked the
bosnitas a. Donnellv has that those stains tell from
the point of the knfc-and then man when stabbed
would not turn toward. but away from the weapon
which inflicted the wound. There l. young Dr. Taylor
there if am wrong, will correct me j. 1t nor 50 I!
Was there LOt q spot oil blood III NO -" "ppVt' TIC
bed
Dr. TAYLoR-f am not certain.
Donrely then rambled IN at great length, deScrb-
inc how tie deed must have been done. lie contend-
ed that from the bloody finger mark on the wall and
the large pool of blood the floor, that instead Of
finding Donnelly as he said he did, and chasing him.
Moses was stabbed and then tainted; that he subse-
suer tv rcco, cred ard passing along the hail. as the
hand marks showed found the door, went ont into the
pnssage and wandering along. encountered Donne!ly
and imagining him Ia be the assassin. gave chase
and said "DOnnOlly did 1t. How oiher'
wise came il that Donnelys clothes were
spotless and his person unstained by blood
ii the encounter and struggle, described by Moses
did actually take place, there must have been sangn
ary evidence Of the fact on Donnely clothes. Inc
unhappy man proceeded TO say very hard thing. OF
the Witnesses but | do not feel justified III sending
YOU what he said. His Incorporate speech, however
cost him the sympathy Of the spectators Nnen ne
came out there was hardly dry eye in the yard; but
be- had not been speaking hall an hour ere a
good many thought and raid that the Shenh
ought to interfere and prevent him from
sanderng respectable citizens. He was particularly
bitter upon Nj smith, OF the Sea View House His
speech consisted for the most part, of lame attempt
to demon, trate from the evidence that lie wa asty
convicted-that the witnesses were perured, the pro-