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ion, I From the Beehetler Evening Poet, the j Uniiappv Affair.—Rev. Afr. Vm dif. Zandt. — 'VUe proceedings io (his cm* tlli- ore assuming a shape which justifies pub* lanl llt;city on the purl of the public press.— vel- I W* hove forborne thus far (o allude to e the mailer, in the hope the! such eipla-ieir nations would be ntierded os might satisfy . u- all parlies that there was no foundation )iV} lor farther proceedings against thii AIt the Van ^***i»di.iy. | lu this we are unhappily disappointed not J't’gul proceedings have been commetio-ipls ' ed aguiost the Rev Mr Van Zandt9 (a j|c, he hull of the young woman who charges u|j linn vaith being her seducer; und bail hM gib been given in the sum of $3,000.—fit Memit line, the vestry of Grace Church *I4Ilt;* 9omlt;l meetings to consider theCp. charges, to which their attention woo is*it4 viled by Mr Vau Zucdt himself. be 1 he Bishop has directed a preliminary mi inquiry, which will he held on Wedues* day, the 21st of July, to decide if there is sufficient cause f*»r culling an ecclesiaeti* cn- cul tribunal to determine whether the •iiy'Ruv .Mr V. Z. should be continued iu i of imly oideis. it may he well to add that ul- Mr Van Zaudt usenbes the chargee a* iug guiiut him to u conspiracy for his ruin, iv- Dr Whitehouse will probably presidehetont the preliminary clcricul inquiry on Wcdneoduy, if he should return to the ion city in season. The inquiry will be held iad in the church, and to its result wo look Iv, | with deep interest.jok 1 The uccused repels the imputation ae un- firmly as it is asserted by the young wo-)w- man. That a clergwnan, highly esteeming ed, could thus commit himself wi'.h one rho olihe cummunicunts of hie own flock, is ive uni more horrible than the supptsilMMl in- tfiat the child like girl (for she is but six* o- teen, and was esteemed artless is well m iird chuate) could doubly dye herself with in-lumy by falsely charging her spiritual adviser with such atrocious criminality.
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Northern Star and Farmers and Mechanics Advocate
Warren, Rhode Island, US
Sat, Jul 31, 1841
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