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Figure,,, which will not lie, would h.ve in-' whether the men know thems.ivoe what they ||Melvjll weirt to.Mtery1'Daviu vleivill. Figures, which w.ll not fie, would h.ve in- wneuier me men .new uicir.ssuus u,c7 . r,;,- douo, beyond whet hearr.ntul.lc charges alleged furmod him that it would have tukcn 23,300 .wore to, fin they were rod rend by lain, nor ^ oblj„atej ,u ,lo (,y bis contract; uuue I n P llecK net ul.ted to brick lo buHl ,lie towcr ,ulU ofbrick-— *° lbe ,c ,,is P«*»ence,—el.ow In. umllg- |U,m w|*sh Ull#l ovt.r twcnty dollar., I would1 u ’ ia . r And when ho we. told llie story he .wear, nunt determination to ruin my reputation !name the cut free-.lone acutlle-way to theto by a man withoutit story name, it' he hadwithout givut Defence of David MelvillJj.- The mo.t unwar ht ngainet roe by tholit lila.t my reputation, are supported by two af-d“ fiduvits, founded on hearsay, which have uotif, . . .. i .11 ii plied to me, I could have convinced him it hid objectJ the leant foundation m tru th, and winch w 11 P # ^ de„,.r life itself,and allprove by ample and ,ml,.putable ndM , w . ])e , hnve )eiX t0 tequctl. to m, cl.ildr«... Dotz T?** r:::, £ ^ ^L'd- charghig'inlawfully.lhough^uch more might b‘*ildinff wa» no,lli8 morc' comparnliv.dy, fore ignorant of the lender relatK.n..ub.l.tZ be said in justification of tho course pursued «h.n.Vi«owMnd,/rom the short Tins wan ing between parents and their offsprmi,.lea in that case, I presume my letter to the Hon. , iutet**lwd, evidently, to.e a chance to defend it,until leulern. Tho deck is decidedly the best i , , , ,, . the Stale, and I doubt if there is a better usaccomplished to blast n.y (hu Umlc’d Sl.teg.ALEXANDER MURRAY. Nkv.toiit, March 20, 1837.'J.wei.RT, sc. Sworn to before me—Wat. GiLna, Just. Peace. Affidavit of William Gilpin.I, William Gilpin, a Justice of lli« Peace the State ofllenry A. Wise of the l-ltli of Feb. laat,winch lbe '* Published 1,1 tbe journal of the proceeding. lat, of the committee of which that gentleman rd) was Chairman,is sufficiently explanatory, and llld must be satisfactory to every caudid and liberal mind. I will add one fact only that did at that titoo,—mr. Coggos-wharf nearly all the time 1 ighing the cargo of the brig Charlotte,ea, I hat 1 was in urmeu alter lie ion ucro mr »»•*- - ” ' \,’ . „ ,, , M for the county of Newport, in tinid, which was prolnh- ington, on a summons by the commitUe, that R,|(|de |„|andi dll|v pointed ami1 tion of himself and the major- clt;m|jng to law, d„ hereby certify t......t alive. Tliey have not yet at the request of David Melvill, Esq. of said an aecon.pli.hed it.-Lol them proceed. They Newport carefully examined a copy froin tlie ... ii- .i ,.ww i...i Journal, kept and fur warded to t.ie I reatury»e, will Uy open to public view nothing but the Uvpattnien^ by ,|ie |uU. Cupt. j„|1M Cahoone,RoveLbebe. not occur to aid hull wag on IIcpuitment, by t of Hie United StateI,’niter Yigi-ii.tr ... .. . , .i ■ .i * . . i i . on the shuns of Beaver Taila nl Boston, (’apt. I.nllirop. I then stated lo ,Oil , 1 , 'PI.,.KA umsn anuuriil,„.s him the arrangement in regard to weighing ion it, and wheu lie came to receive his part of at 1 ihe emoluments of the quarter,! staled to him r of, all the facts, nearly as related in my letter ea hnve named, and he observed—there nor on objection lo that course, the Collector bo-ted jug salistied, and the samu thing being dune ,ny in other places, and there being no fraud on e|| the Revenue, which it is the intention of the or law to guard against. 1 stale ibis in an-nii• swer to a question put by mr. Wise, to mr.Littlefield, wliivli lie could not answer. MCoggeslmll ri irk, | weigher and gey tho idea, that | was informed after he lefl hero flir Wash-salt wator amid witeJ in the contract. Mr. Hazard must liuvo it was the intention of himself and the ninjor-| Cording to law, du'heruby certify lliut I havknown, as soon as lie saw the mortar, that jty to “dissectthe sand wus brought from a sand hank ou tho upland, half a mile from the light-house,and that there ia no yellow sand on the shore, pure Republican blond, that runs in my ______ __________except that which washes from this sand nerves that will not flinch at the knife of lant.—I examined the journal nbuvu namedbed. I will insure him an ounce of gold, fur the dissector—a heart unsullied—the scat of from Muy 18tli to July 28tli, 182U, »tl*jn „ . , . * . , , , ■ , I,, winch period it is stated by said Melvill, tlio“•■ery ounce ufyellotv sand lie can procure the mind sound—and a mind unsubdued. I ‘ Bell House built by him near the Boavor TailDAVID MELVILL. , light Iluuse wus commenced, and completed.There were several variations from the I now submit the depositions in my defence | liud the journal of Cupt. Cahoone to bo very contract wliicli is published, nmde by mutual t0 ,|l0 consideration of a candid public. Let particular in stating every transaction which , .. , • , ■ , | , ■ • . 1 occurred on hoard the Cutter daily — his crui-CMnsc.it of the parties, which are minuted on t|,em pronounce their judgment. .c.-lhe names of the vessels he boarded-tho contract in my possession. Thnt Mr. LI- ! his visits to the different light houses within, lery approved of this mode of building,is evi- ] Jlffiutai i oj . at tr. urray. tliis District, which were undor the siiperin-dent from the fact that the Custom llouer, ; Aiexander Murray, ^e*Tor';.,n ‘ ;tende..co ol Christopher Kllery, Lslt;|- lute . | .i.i Stale ol Rhode Island, brick layer and stone Qu||,_.ci„r—his object in visiting them—or-l cr “ c,'utracl subsequently made liwillll( j„ ccrljfy on oatli, that I was master ! given by the Collector in relnlimi to re-witlibii.i, and erected under his immediate builder in erecting a tower for a bell and pajrgi .c. .e. It does nut appear by the iporintcudeiice, was built from the founds-, clock machinery, near the Beaver Tail light- jnurllH|t that the Cutter, or Cupt. Calioouo house, in ltf..!; lor the erecting of which,Du- ,^.,1 BeavorTuil during the uli.de time tho vid Melvill, Esq. of this place, contracted |)oil house was being built. It mentions with tho late collector, Christopher Ellery, |)urljctl|.lrty his visits within that period lo lourec of pressed brick on llie outside, and E.-q. According lu llie contract,the foundation Lluml Light Imllse Warwick neck,tiou, lo the cornice, wherever the walls wlt; of sufficient thickness to admit of it, with uicived bis appointment of une Cl)Ur‘“! of cu,,no11 btlck on 11,0 in“id' from the lute venerable ,and fil!ud w,lh B,atH *touo bct*Ben- r. ............... .'igbl Iof said tower, thirteen feet square, was to be poill( jm|„h, fy Watch Hill, but not u word built of stone well laid in best lime mortar,to ;H vi^it to Beaver Tail light housethe height of three feel; whereon was to be between the 18ih of Alnv, and 2(ith of July,William Ellery, F.sq. tho first Collector of l','rnMk',LJ lliu contract, it will bo scon, it spe- built a tolver twelve feet perpendicular of l^^whetMnr. Melvill stales the Bell In|j(, cifles nothing but pressed and hard brick,— hard brick, also laid in the best lime mortar, finished, and the Collector notified ofand the variation must havo been made by twelve feet square at the base, and ten feel R|e fact, and that it wasreudy for bis exainin-l three inches square at top from out to out; Ja,jon ......the thickness of the v - -• ■ * 1The journal lor that day is in the•Hjr1 . .bed i|,is District under the Constitution.stated to me at that time, that the first . „ j“L‘ lie weighed after he was appointed, which consent of'the parties.nee, was entered lor exportation, and which was Mr. Tracy’s implacable enmity to me,arose | twenty-wevon inches, and to he uniformly'««« at the time when part of the money paid for fr,’u' ‘J hfing employed by him to negotiate, graded to eighteen inches at the top. On |Vb' duties, or bonded,ws. retained by the United Tor the purchase of an estate in this town,will.was Slates for expenses incident to llie allowance n ,rlfnd of mine m the stale ot Now Vork.ui jn |uiU|h ,he foundntion, I found it to be a i offtba^TuiTt'Vo'hciiun- and payment ol drawbacks, in that case he;.1'10 courae of wl,,ch nogottattou, he tnformed a..d shelly rock, which would not make I ofthe’se. m— lie had received information from one ot a handoonic and dnrohle foundation. In con-most respectable citizens, which charged sequence of the quality of the stone to be ob- ].... S,Shit., te.p«cubtiiiy, .W... w4S2i?3S! CrtJlfSS 5S?fthis eated in the sale of the estate, with grossly '|llore ex(,cn,ivt. to ,|ie contractor, but would ........................“l. [account he charged for weighing imcarjonly, improper, and under bunded conduct, to do- make the work handsomer, stronger, and !ColiecVor-Ulter part witHT'S.' nTk!“c‘ The follretor directed him lo take back Ins Tual h,n and ub‘ain tho estate herself, and he j more durable, wind. mr. Melvill proposed to New port, Tuesday, July 2tjlli, 18251.account, and charge weighing for exportation ,'^d “*e to call upon the lady with him,and ,whmh Urn olC, Wi‘-,d W*s in 11 also—as he did uot mean by directing him represent the facts to her, and persuade her ;tuf read;|y Bgreed. The foundation was ac-any 'not to weigh the goods on exportation, to tie- ito relinquish the estate to him. I called on icordingly built in that way to the height ro-ll,H privc him of tins perquisite of Ids office. In lbe fenlleman bc “'fd, to obtain the true , nmred- 1 't',e *0015'“ “f ‘Ib'X*. Unn°wa«'j Jjj j the execution of the Revenue laws, rrtucli is 8lale °rihe ca80' bcfoYe Ical|ed wifti him w)|ulhcr lbe UBUi|'manner of buildingof-!!left to construction, and it is well kuown.that ll,e ,a,,F- a,,d ascertained that the information w0„3 o| t,|at lhicknesa, wholly of brick, wasCollector ever adhered more strictly to 1,0 stare*1 be had received, was a base and I preferable to filling up between the outside II that ii directed by that correct and efficient officer nut to weigh the goods the second time, | when exported. Ilo carried in his retur i the importation and exportation, bute of 1■ , Utiwil. s 11 v- louiuui iwalls at the bust to be |owj„,r w„rds and fig......„l t„ 1,0 imif.irnifv I o.SumVy, July 2Bth,”'i “Wind ut N., cool uml pleasant.—At 0, A. t ie vicinity, which M. underway lor the light house at Beaver ....Tail, the Collector mi board-At Id, Imve todock strike, hut tho surge of the sea on the rocks prevented our hearing it ut 230 yurds distance, the Collector landed mid examined the nurks. At 2 I*. M. ho returned on hoard—wo iheu run up the w est passage ami beat down the east, at lioreil at Newport, ami lauded theand inside courses with lurge Hut atones?—01ldl! ii.n it-imr •iwl Inio.iofiho h,u nlt;l nn palpable falsehood; which if I had not discov _one was ever more rigid in the correct per- 'ered, wonld have disgraced me in the opinion ^ ZtVoM makeold,i formnnec of his duties, than the verlerable °f,e respected Iriend with whom 1 was ne- wtro,ngcr and better work. Mr. Ellery observ-,ru’j I and highly respected citizen just napied.— gotiating in his behalf. 1 told him I had do- !ed, the tower ol brick above the foundation ^ David Melvill at lllt;And the lute Collector had a precedeirt in his “)i:led ,lw W»cl'Otid of his statement, and re-ild|J predecessor and in the Collector of Boston buked him for his attempt, and told him Ifor the course pursued here | It is unfuilunate for ! qncuco of the lumciited Collector, Christopherd of and died Inc Itrlifi-liis rlilywus'iure foundeder' ill rage. • i i • ft illil IIIIV I oirvv i iivu sss iisv vuiniuvv. * •would have no more to do with him. Hence ! congidered,aa assenting to that inode ofbuildthat in conse-(|originated his malignancy towards inc. His iug. The tower above the foundation winJ illness of the late deposition is founded on information lie re- accordingly built by laying live or six cour-... r. ■ i is a ■ . ,i j j i ses of hard brick outside and inside length-E tery, Esq. I am do ceived from Sylvester Hazard, and corrobor- , , «... „ i .1 J wise, and lcve ing off the space betweenbarred the advantage of the evidence of this ated, as lie states, by the declaration ofCapt. witti'lur»e n;ui smull slate or flat stones andcorrect, high-minded, and highly respected Joint Calioouo,— that the same mason that : mnrtur-s-tlicu laying a lieadiug course of hardgentleman in the case I am now about '.oex- told Hazard, told the same thing to him.— brick^outside 1 :J- **** n *amine; and to expose the false, scandalous, Who is this maeon that gave the false iufor-uiid muliciuus cliargcs exhibited against inc mution? why is he not named? 1 do not be-by mr. Littlefield, the prettnl Collector,which licve Tracy ever had a word’s conversationthe subject with Capt. Cahoone, or that rd, keeper of Beaver Tail light-bouso, ho ever gave him any such information and Horatio N. Tracy, Lieut. Commanding j states in his deposition.—Mr. Ellery had too, | i^Jmed'tbut a'iuun' wj'io'had'hcen employed uui-1 tlie Revenue cutter Vigilant. lean account [much confidence in me from (he faithfulness there, and discharged, had entered nhim j I f„r (|lt! uialionnncy of Lieut. Tracy, blit it is with which 1 had executed previous contracts plaint to tho Collector,.1.. H e.«r »n.l Ui.a I.s.1 aAinss nrvidifficult for inc to account for tlic course tak-,. with him, to appoint an agent to superintendway; bout out to try the Bell again; Irove to off the light two hours, while they on shore tried llie bell in different ways with the liaui-', but all to no purpose, the surge of the sea drowns the sound.—At 2 I’. M. ruin, at 3 made sail and returned to Newport—reported to the Collector- latter pnrt calm.” Wm. UILPIN, Justke Peuce. ,'ljfi.lurit of Henry II. 1'hurtlon.I, Henry II. Thurston, uf Newport, Rhode Islam), do depose and say, that I worked for David Melvill at Beaver Ta.l, during the was the contract, but lie did nut cure how whole time the Bell House wns building, illmuch better the work was done than the I lti, from the 8th of Juno until the last ofmanner specified in the contract. This, I July—and I have no rccollcclioii of the Revenue Culler's stopping there during the whole time the works were putting up, noil I am positive that Capt John Cahoone did not visit there during that lime ill tho ('utter or otherwise. Further Ilo1 deponent h.-iiiIi not.IIKNRY II. THURSTON. Nkwpiiiit, March 25, 1830. aside, and levelling off Nkwimut, sc.Sworn lo before me—Wm. UILIMN, Jn.nlke Peace.witli brick und small slate stuucs and mortar, I that the next course of stone should bind e- j qually on the heading courses, and «u Coiitin- | ue to the height required, occasionally park- I the bricks that accumulated•flffi.lavil of Jomph fjyon.I, Joseph Lyon, of Newport, Rhode Island,but,uni| j had any difference, »nd whom F have hither- it he had tiioiiglit it requisite, lie would Imve ' Ellery’s noticing it, he certainly never men- when lie, the said M.-lvifl,!cn by mr. Hazard, with whom I have never the work on which I was engaged—besides iinside of the walls, but I never heard of mr. the lantern fur llie light Innstaging, which were not suitable for the out- ’Copper smith, do hereby certify on until, that |siile. During the progress ol'the work,I was while I was in partnership with Otis Clialee, in the above business, wo worked for David Melvill when lie was the contractor for low-Ellery, that the ' eriug the light House at Beaver Tail and work wus out going up according Lu contract; pulling on a larger lantern—and made the that stone ivas used instead uf brick on the lantern for sain light house for him—ami also ml Island building tlmttidej to considered nn upright and honorable man. done it openly and fairly, and apprised inc tioned it tu my knowledge—and I should not under contract with the United Status.—\\I linpo it will he in his power to account for of it, as he has others in other cases. Nei-liavc known that such a complaint hud been also made the tables a made if the man ivlm nmde it hud not told it liglit-hmise at II aveit rationally, and shew bo was imposed upon; Ulier would Capt. Calioono l.ave accepted a himself. This mode of building is frequently Ilunk—the two liglit'-lmid lamps fur fitting the Tail—that at Cutters a citizen I Imve always respected him. private agency to watch over me.—If lie had I can account fur his course only in ojue way. been appointed openly, by tho Collector, I | It will be recollected that a few days before should have been informed of it by both ot , the town meeting in this State, for the choice them, and lie would have done his duty. Ifidoptcd hern, where the walls are of sufficient thickness to admit of it.Innds of Navesink,nnd llie one at South Bay, Staten Island—when lie was fitting them urdayThe lime used in doing the work on the der ronlract w ith the United Slates. Tlmtbcll-house at Beaver Tail, was selected by in ail tho work ivc did for him, we did by Ids|( myself by request of mr. Melvill. It was tho, direction do it with tho best materials,agreea-of Electors of President and Vice President, this base and villainous falsehood could bo first quality of Dexter lime,and cost from tivo bly to his contracts, and finished the work inn strong gale in luvor of General Harrison, communicated to tlmt respected and esteem- dollars filly, to two dollurs and seventy live the best manner, and lie never nsk d us orwhich commenced in Pennsylvania, rcitched ed friend, the lato Capt. Cahoone,and it were cents a cask-the sand used in making the intimated to us that we might use stock of; . .* I ... .1 u . . i . | mortar wai good frcah sand, rhe inortnr.a« an inferior quality to that required by Inahere,and continued to blow furiously for sev- possible, he would burst the clod that covers ' wo„ ,or th(J brjck as itone work „„„ of t|(e cnntrnct3| or'do work to *oral days,and the tide scented setting against him, to contradict the vile calumny, as well best quality; the brick Van Ilmen. Beaver Tail ia a bleak place in |on himself as me, and rescue me from thos of the best qoaii- pense, but vi- jty of Imrd burnt Taunton brick, selected by punctual witli myself, and not i the outside of lb any ‘farther thanalways fair, Imnoinhle an ’~i his contracts, pud paid iistorm, and Sylvester, frum his critical and fauiy which is attempted to be cast upon me;' ®yat,lt ?d •J* * single broken one put in our full prices lor the best stock ami work-... ,. , . - , , . - ■ , , , _ ! the outside of the work to my imy recollection, tnansliip. proper to break joints;• . Melvill 'posed situation, shicertd in the wind. It , but there is no occasion thnt the order ofhappened on the day of the choice of Elec- ture should bc changed to sustain honor, hon- land the strongest desire ofilpin, tors, tlmt Sylvester went in his boat to catcli esly, and integrity—they are qualities that poured to bo to Imve the work done in the N.ivport, ac,me a j some fish, and in consequence of the Ilsrri- will support those who possess them. Dark |bc8t umiinm^with the best mntermls. J nev, .. .. , . , ,, , ... . „ -cr received any directions from mr. Melvill,— son gale blowing him off shore, and tho Van «ud inscrutable ore the ways of Divine I’re- a8 tu the manner of building the walls, nor sa lie Burcn tide setting against him, he was not ;vidcncc.—Cupt. Cahoone had departed and 1 when to lay brick or stone on any occasion wns |able to got on shore to attend town meeting ^could not appear to contradict the vile caluiii- whatever, but did it according to my .Lit-- and did not ro/r,JOSEPH LYON. Newport, March 27,1837.Sworn to before me—W m. Gilpin, Jntl. Peace.. lffi.laeit of William L. MtlviU.I, William L. Melvill, of Newport, Rhode Island, Tin Plate Worker, do hereby certifyiUlllgut to jL.inscll and mo-tho Keeper of the' judg''rent. And I further certify tlmt the on oath, tlmt I made for David Melvill, of this a at tliat BI1d Ins wife were 11 re»«l,ue.c!,u*i;“uvcr vl*ltClt;f . vcr 1 #l1’ nr l'la=e, the tin oil butU and other till work for* tlid cnptoiii Cahoone land there, or come Hevernl )isht-hoii8e8. wlirn lie wiu« fittinirnever*! )ipht-hou*e*f when he win* fittinir i any other way, during the whole them tinder contract with the United States.and ho always required of mo to make allii because lie could lint j ny upon hi nnmniul the elements,for there was nothing light house vould else against him,as soon as tlie storm subsid- - no mure,—one of tlic masons employed on therer nir. ed, and the tide turned in fuvor of Van Bn- the work was dead, and one gone to the Wot. time Ihe hell-house was erecting. Wo com ____ _ _ ... ... .........d and rcn, tlic friends of tho President elect threat- no one knows where.—Mr. Murray, a highly ljj,enced building the first week in June, and said work of double tin, according to his conicular ened lo turn Sylvester adrift, and there were I respectable citizen, whose asseveration nu • TlwusL!!. V i -i i- lt;• tracts, and finish it in the best mnmirr; andr . 1 „ , I have since superintended the building of be a wavs nsid mo an extra nrice for the beste evi- umliy competitors for Ins office. Thu. s.tua- man can call in question, appeared to be my several light-house., and dwelling houses, in stock and work. I Imve done the same kin.)I, he Ted, lie was obliged to join in the flagitious only resort—but I soon discovered tlmt the | this District, by agreement with mr. Ellery, of work for others witli tin of an inferiorcrusade against me, to regain Ilia standing in man I Imd always esteemed as a Palhtr, and ad bavo repaired two or three which Imd quality by their directions, at a lower price,the ranks of Ihe ruling party—and save him- who had always treated ine as a .Son, bad “•“recently, but badly built—which super- and told him so but lie would never allow itpres- probably, with promises never again, on a , Gold ol Orplm, and all the Goms of Golcou- -|s«lisfled with the work dune hy me on tho gcs as for those in this vicinity where tliosimilar occasion, to trust himself on the o- da. ir I had not been able to refute the foul ;bt‘ll buse; end I can state witli tlic strictest wark was under the daily inspection of tlioi .....e ■*... ■ bave seen any superintendent with whom lie enntrarteilby contract j WILLIAM L. MELVILL...... ... .. . . ii . - . . i,------- executed as1 Newport, Mrrch 24. 1837.peers Imve trolled tins pert of the subject with a cr human being. | that was. NzivronT, sc. Sworn to before mature- dcgrco of levity—(which would have bocn When the facts alleged, by Hazard and' * farther certify on oatli, that I took down la Wsi.Gii.ri x.Jutt. Pence.livery inadmissable if I Imd it not in my power to Tracy were first communicated to Mr. Lit-11Jwen,y. tbe B“a',clr 1','11'S1,t1 . . . , , , i , . i» , ...... I house in 1SI7, lor said Melvill, who Imd con- I ^oops, doawsytlie charges,) because, I ainccrcly llcfield, and compared by Inm with the con- Wtcd with the late Collector, mr. Ellery, to I Tk ...................................their believe, inr. Hazard more sinned against than tract, lie could Imve ascertained if any varia- \ lower it ao much and put on a new deck and , ker. and Charles H. Mumforil, of the iatc firmid of sinning. When it was in contemplation to , lion had been made in lh« Contract after it | iargcr lantern, which wall Imd been built a- of Barker di. Mumford, of Newport, Rhodoresi pull down the Bell haute, mr. Hazard called w.a aigncd, by applying to Mr. Ellery or Mr. ^ont aO yoars end cut down four feet into the Islan^ do eelemnly affirm that we were call-.. . r . . . . , .1 %f n a sh. ... |;old will that hnu been built more than 70 eH ufHin by David Melvill, m 18*21), to con*ill be on mo to inquire how many bricks there wore Murray. Ilut the course pursued by h.m-!!VP,r,; ,nd in boU.ghe latest and oldest work, struct a Clock for the porpo.e or .inking a■bout in it, and after referring to my bills, I told tlic secrecy with which his measures were-. I found the rnortir in a moist snd crumbling Bell, to bo placed at Ber.vrf Tail Point, toronpa him shout 17,000— ho end he should Imve Isrrangcd—the depositions destined to blast | »t«to in the interior of the walls, which might strike 10 times in a minute nod continueGen. supposed there w.s morc than that quantity,' mj character forever, not only taken ex-par-i b“« ““«a*b''red bX been frozen striking If, hour, at a windiirg up; to be made11 0.1 mw S , . . . I before it was dry—ot by its vicinity to the of good snd sufficient materials snd work-true, , I told him there were no more, and that a( to, but with so much privacy tlmt the Justice) „lt water, and frcqucat «ca fogs. man.hip; and we did build said clock accord-ttlod. great part of the building waa of etone.— ,, did not know what he (wore the men to, or,| In executing the last named contract, mr.^ngly, to tlio best of our judgment in a work-,similar occasion, to trust himscll on the o- da. It 1 had not been able to refute the foul ;ul‘-nuse; mm t can stale with the ,ccan, at tho mercy of the winds and waves, charges, I should wished never to havo seen 10 |.r!lthY,l,al 1 CVtr !u'l* “. . . , ..... . , , , building, of bnck or stono, built byebut to buffet out the storm on terra-firme. I the light of another day, or the lace of anoth- I fur the United States so well cxcciAffidavit of Barker If Mumford.Thie is to certify, that we, William E. Dor-
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