The Portland daily press., 1880-12-02
NEW YORK

Talk OF Sending Butler to Defend Parnel.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Brooklyn Land
Leaguers last evening appointed committee
to confer with the New York members in re-
ference to the advisability of sending Gen. B.
r. Butler to Ireland tn defend Parnell and the
other indicted members. For the defence
fluid $175 was subscribed.
Hart's Suit Against "Gath."
George Alfred Townsend, New York cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, gave
bail in the libel suit for $4,000 instituted by
Hart, publisher Of the Truth.
An Ex-Railway President Indicted for
Perjury.
r. Fl. Berdell, ex-President of the Erie
Railway, is under arrest, under an Indictment
by the Grand Jury for perjury.
The Case OF Elijah Alliger.
When Elijah Alliger was acquitted by the
jury in the u urt of Gen raj Sessions yester-
day of hypothecating bonds stolen from Mer-
ritt, Trimble & Co., there being two other
charges against him, he was remanded. To-
ing in his possession bonds of the North
western Railroad belonging to Francis Sher-
wood, and in q similar amount for having
hypothecated bonds of the Hannibal and 81.
Joseph Railroad, stolen from the office of
Owen O'Connor
The Lunatic Hospitals.
DR.. Spitzka Of the Neurological Society testl-
eating committee that the officials in most
cases were laymen, incompetent to properly
manage the asylums under their charge or in
telligently appoint the medical men necessary.
The laws under which the Commissioner in
Lunacy was appointed we're contradictory and
hampered him in his duties.
Railway Accident Near Lockport.
The Central Railroad train due here at 8
Q. m., jumped the track three miles west of
this city. Three persons only were injured
but not seriously.
The Storm on the Hudson.
RoNDour, Dec. Ia northeast snow storm
Is raging in this city and the back country.
The snow is inches deep. This storm is con-
sids,ed as ending all river navigation.
Mr.. Hewitt and the Morey Forgery.
A letter from Abraham S. Hewitt will APP
pear in tO-morrow's Nation. Mr.. Hewitt says
the retraction of Judge Davis false statement
closed the issue between them and transferred
Il to the bar and press. OF the assumption of
Judge Davis that he (Hewitt) was open to CELL
sure because Of the friendship between him
self and Gen. Garfield, Mr.. Hewitt says he
cannot conceive even If u warm friendship
existed, how the expression of a belief in the
authenticity of the signature Oi the Morey let
ter would violate its obligations As matter
Of fact, however, Gen. Garfield and himself
had never been friends in any sense of the
term. Speaking further Oh this point, Mr..
Hewitt says that by reference TO his speech i'll
tho House Of Feb. "a. 1879, it will be seen
that even if this tie Of friendship ever existed
1t must then have been sundered, aud good
reason will appear why he vas not prepared to
accept as conclusive the mere verb Il denial Of
Gen. Garfield when his sworn testimony Oh a
previous memorable occasion had failed TO sat-
isfy his own party associates, his neighbors and
the very newspapers who reflected most Se-
verely upon him (Hewit,) for his want Of con-
6dence in Garteld's unsupported assertion.
Mr.. Hewitt proceeds to say that the opini ons
expressed in the Morey letter were in entire
supposed Garfield to hold prior to his letter of
acceptance, when the letter bore date, and
not having a suspicion of forgery, he conclud-
cd the letter was by an amenuensis and signed
by Garfield, and comparison of the signature
with that Of three genuine letters, confirmed
his belief. He advised the circulation of the
letter, not for the purpose of damaging Gen.
Garfield, but 10 show the hollowness of the
Republican claim that they were in favor of
regret that an unlucky chance had brought
him where his opinion was asked in regard
to the. authenticity of the letter which
was matter Of profound Indifference to him
ard In regard to which he ever supposed any
controversy could arise Mr.. Hewitt con-
cludes as follows:
And my regret is intensified by the fact that
l, rather than Gen. Garfield, have been the
victim of the forgery for Garfield has been
singular experience of denunciation from the
bench in the case to which / was not party,
In which had no hearing before the judge
who seemed confound the witness with the
alleged criminal. l have therefore more
reason than Gen. Garfield to "hunt the rascal
do n and TO INSIST that due punishment be
meted out to those who violated the law.