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 AN ADJOURNED CONVENTION: 
 
 HELD IN 
 
 ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BURLINGTON, 
 
 Wednesday, 1st December, 
 1852. 
 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
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 St. Marys Churchy Burlington, Dec. 1st, 1852. 
 
 Tins being the time and place appointed by the Special Con- 
 vention of the Diocese of New Jersey, convened at Newark, 
 Oct. 27th, 1852, for an adjourned meeting of said Convention, 
 after Morning Prayers by the Rev. Messrs. Dunn k Wright, 
 in the absence of the Bishop, the Convention was called to 
 order by the Rev. Mr. Dunn. 
 
 The roll being called, the following were found present, of 
 the Clergy : 
 
 Rev. Charles "W. Rankin, 
 Samuel Randall, 
 
 Rev. George Y. Morehouse, 
 " Clarkson Dunn, 
 
 Harry Finch, 
 Samuel Starr, 
 James A. "Williams, 
 Reuben J. Germain, 
 Alfred Stubbs, 
 Andrew Bell Paterson, 
 J. Elliott Thompson, 
 Fernando C. Putnam, 
 Henry Beers Sherman, 
 John L. "Watson, 
 " Edward B. Boggs, 
 
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 " Adolph Frost, 
 
 " Joseph F. Phillips, 
 
 Of the Lay Deputies : 
 Messrs. James Parker, 
 J. J. Chetwood, 
 R. B. Aertsen. 
 F. Engle, U. S. N. 
 Wm. A. Rogers, 
 I. R. Cornell, 
 Bennington Gill, 
 John G. Clark, 
 J. C. Clark, 
 Z. Read, 
 
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 " Andrew Mackie, 
 " Josiah M. Bartlett, 
 " Samuel L. Southard, 
 " Julius David Rose, 
 " Nathaniel Pettit, 
 " D. II. Macurdy, 
 " Marcus F. Hyde, 
 " David Brown, 
 " John Rowland, 
 " Elvin K. Smith, 
 " Hannibal Goodwin, 
 " Eugene A. Hoffman, 
 " Edward P. Wright. 
 
 Messrs. John Coryell, 
 
 Edward P. Torry, 
 John Hewett, 
 Charlea Hewett, 
 Samuel 1>. Southard, 
 Thomas R. Wilson, 
 Thomas "Wilson, 
 Randall Rickey, 
 B. Hendrv,M. D. 
 William Crispin, 
 
Messrs. Jacob S. Teneyck, 
 Wm. Halstead, 
 S. S. Stryker, 
 George E. Tiffin, 
 Edmond West, 
 D. B. Ryall, 
 Charles Hopkins, 
 John W. Lane, 
 J. R. Sickler, M. D. 
 C. C. Stratton, 
 Joshua S. Thompson, 
 Josiah Harrison, 
 Thos. H. Whitney, 
 F. B. Ogden, 
 Joseph Lovell 
 Alfred Mixsell, 
 J. C. Garth wait e, 
 Charles M. King, 
 Joel W. Condit, 
 J. W. Hayes, 
 Henry G. Darcy, 
 John C. Haines, 
 Richard M. Hugg, 
 
 Messrs. John Sharp, 
 " Daniel Condit, 
 " George A. May hew, 
 Henry McFarlane, 
 
 J. A. Corwin, M. D. 
 H. D. Law, 
 Wm. E Hunt, IT. S. N. 
 Thomas Green, 
 Theodore Rousseau, 
 John Perrine, 
 Andrew Snowhill, 
 William 0. Snowhill, 
 Wm. S. Mallet, 
 R. M. Ware, 
 Daniel Babbit, M. D. 
 Thomas P. Carpenter, 
 Thomas Lyle, 
 James Potter, 
 Nathan Thorp, 
 Joseph T Morton, 
 Charles M. Harker, 
 J. L. N. Stratton, 
 John L. McKnight. 
 
 The Chairman then read the following communication from 
 the Bishop. 
 
 Riverside, 1st December, 1852. 
 My Dear Mr. Dunn : 
 
 To my great disappointment, I find myself utterly unable 
 to leave my room, this morning, from the result of a sudden 
 and violent illness, yesterday. I beg the favor of your stat- 
 ing this to the Convention, as the reason of my absence. I 
 pray God's blessing on your deliberations ; and am affection- 
 ately your brother, 
 
 (Signed,) G. W. Doane. 
 
 Whereupon, on motion, the Rev. Clarkson Dunn, was ap- 
 pointed President pro tempore. 
 
 The minutes of the last meeting were then read. Pending 
 the debate on their adoption, the Rev. Dr. Watson, and 
 Josiah Harrison Esq., were appointed a Committee on crcden- 
 
tials ; who, reporting that from Grace Church, Haddonfield, to 
 be correct, the following Deputies appeared and took their 
 Beats. 
 
 Charles Hendry, M. D., and Josiah E. Cole. 
 
 Mr. Halstead moved the following amendments to the 
 minutes of last meeting.* 
 
 ii. r.v nil: Bishop.— The undersigned was unable, from sickness, to be 
 presenl at the Convention. In his absence, Mr. Balstead offered, as above, 
 what he calls "amendments," of the minutes of the Special Convention, 
 heldat Newark, i.ii the 27th day of October. They were laid on the table, 
 M the undersigned has been informed, that the main business of the Con- 
 vention, the consideration of the Report of the Investigating Committee, 
 might not be deferred, by their discussion. The intention to take them up, 
 again, and dispose of them, was, doubtless, lost sight of. They are thus left 
 on the Journal; misrepresenting, in every instance, but the last, the tacts, 
 to which they purport to relate. The undersigned is under the hi 
 official responsibilities to prevent the false impressions, which they give, of 
 the transactions, to which they refer. 
 
 1. The first " amendment" (so called) is a misrepresentation, in this ; that 
 it omits to state the ground, on which "the Bishop'' expressly " declared" 
 Mr. Halstead. s motion, to go into Committee of the "Whole, "to be out of 
 Order ;" namely, that a motion was then pending, and under discussion. 
 Every body knows, that, had Mr. Balstead's motion been in order, and, so, 
 been put, it would have been rejected, almost unanimously. 
 
 2. The second "amendment" (so called) is a misrepresentation, in this: 
 that it omits to state the ground, on which " the President of the ( 'invention 
 refused to put" .Mi-. Halstead's motion, "to amend the resolutions of inquiry, 
 in such a way as to authorize the Committee to impure into all other charges, 
 which might he brought against Bishop Doane, by any responsible person ;" 
 namely, that it did not come within the limit of the call, by which the Special 
 Convention had been summoned; and, so, could not come lawfully before it. 
 The same objection lies against the resolution of Mr. James Parker. It did 
 not occur to " the President of the Convention," when the question was 
 taken, on that resolution. When Mr. Halstead's motion was made, his atten- 
 tion was called to it, by a Lay member of the Convention ; ami he decided 
 accordingly. 
 
 3. The third "amendment" (so called) is a misrepresentation, in this: 
 namely, that Mr. Rutherford's motion, which the President of the Convention 
 
 i to put "wasnol" inregard to a new presentment; "but a respectful 
 request, of the Bishop, to demand a trial." The reasons for his refusal were 
 fully stated to the Convention. 
 
 !. The fourth "amendment" (so called) is a misrepresentation, in this: 
 namely, that the resolution of Mr. Cortlandt Parker, which " the President 
 of the Convention refused to put," was u>d " in regard to a further inquiry 
 
 into charges against the Bishop of this Diocese," but a proposed expression 
 
 of opinion, by the Convention, that a trial was necessary, to the restoration 
 Of his "fair fame." The reasons for his refusal were very fully stated to 
 the ( invention. 
 .".. 'l he fifth "amendment" (so called) is a misrepresentation, in this : 
 
 namely, that it omits to >tate, that, when " Mr. Halstead moved to he per- 
 mitted to bring </ new chargi against Bishop Doane, which he read in the pre- 
 sence of the Convention," what he read, wa< the last of the nineteen charges, 
 
1. First, that Mr. Halstead moved that the Convention go 
 into a Committee of the Whole, which motion the Bishop de- 
 clared to be out of order, and declined to put the question. 
 
 And also, in the following particular, viz. 
 
 2. That Mr. Halstead, moved to amend the resolution of 
 inquiry in such a way as to authorize the Committee to inquire 
 into all other charges which might be brought against Bishop 
 Doane, by any responsible person ; and that the President of 
 the Convention refused to put the resolutions : and also, 
 
 3. That "Walter Rutherford, Esq., offered a resolution, in 
 regard to a new presentment, which the President of the Con- 
 vention refused to put. 
 
 4. Also, that Cortlandt Parker, Esq., offered a resolution, in 
 regard to a further inquiry into charges against the Bishop of 
 this Diocese ; which resolution the President of the Conven- 
 tion refused to put. 
 
 5. And also, that Mr. Halstead, moved to be permitted to 
 bring a new charge against Bishop Doane, which he read in 
 the presence of the Convention ; which he was not permitted 
 by the President of the Convention to do. 
 
 6. And also, that a representative from St. Stephen's Church, 
 Beverly, produced a certificate of election stating that he was 
 duly elected to the Convention; which certificate was referred 
 to a Committee appointed to decide upon the legality of said 
 
 signed by himself, and three other laymen, so long ago as August, 1851, 
 and published..with the rest in February last, in the words following: " His 
 conduct while presiding in the Conventions of his Diocese, has been discourte- 
 ous, undignified, unfair, over-bearing, arbitrary, and tyrannical ; wholly des- 
 titute of that Christian meekness, humility^kindness and condescension which 
 should characterize a Christian Bishop." That he was not permitted by 
 the President of the Convention to bring it, was because not coming within 
 the limit of the call of the Convention, it could not come lawfully before 
 them. 
 
 6. Mr. Halstead omitted to move, as he promised, he would, " the follow- 
 ing amendment to the minutes of last meeting :" 
 
 That, when it was moved by a Lay Deputy, and seconded, by a Clerical 
 member, that William Halstead be expelled from the Convention, and the ques- 
 tion was clamorously called for, the President refused to put it. 
 
 The sole responsibility for this note lies with the undersigned ; who ap- 
 pends it to the Journal, as his official act and word. 
 
 G. W. Doane, Bishop of New Jersey. 
 
 Riverside, 20th December, 1852. 
 
certificate: and that the said Committee decided that the cer- 
 tificate of the said representative from St. Stephen's, Beverly, 
 was not correct. 
 
 "Which amendments were laid on the table by the following 
 vote. 
 
 Yeas, of the Clergy* — Rev. Messrs. Dunn, Finch, Williams, 
 Germain, Stubbs, Putnam, Watson, Frost, Phillips, Rankin, 
 Mackie, Bartlett, Southard, Hose, Pettit, Hyde, Brown, How- 
 land, E. K. Smith, Goodwin. 20. 
 
 Yeas, of the Laity. — Christ Church, Shrewsbury; St. 
 Mary's, Burlington ; St. John's, Elizabethtown ; Christ, New 
 Brunswick; Christ, Newton; St. Andrew's, Mt. Holly; St. 
 Peter's, Spottswood ; St. Peter's, Freehold; St. John's, 
 Chew's Landing; St. John's, Salem; St. Thomas', Glassboro ; 
 St. Paul's, Paterson ; St. Mark's, Orange; St. Peter's, Morris- 
 town ; St Paul's, Camden ; Trinity, Princeton ; Christ, Bor- 
 dentown, St Paul's, Rahway ; Grace, Newark; Grace, Ilad- 
 donfield ; St. Andrew's, Lambertville ; Grace, Jersey City ; 
 St. Paul's, Trenton ; Ascension, Gloucester ; House of 
 Prayer, Newark ; Christ, Newark. 2G. 
 
 Xays, of the Clergy. — Rev. Messrs. Thompson, Boggs, 
 Randall. 3. 
 
 Nays, of the Laity. — St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy ; 
 Christ, Allcntown ; St. Michael's, Trenton ; St. Peter's, 
 Berkley. 4. 
 
 Divided. — Trinity Church, Swedesboro; Trinity, Moores- 
 town. 2. 
 
 Mr. Ryall, the Chairman of the Committee appointed at the 
 Special Convention, to investigate the new matters contained 
 in the Presentment then lately read before the Court of Bish- 
 ops, signed by the Rt. Rev. Bishops of Virginia, Maine and 
 Ohio, against the Rt. Rev. G. W. Doane, Bishop of the Dio- 
 cese of New Jersey, and dated, the 22d July, 1852, pre- 
 sented, on behalf of said Committee, their unanimous Report, 
 which is subjoined. 
 
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 "Whereupon it was Resolved, That the Report of the Com- 
 mittee be accepted, and the Committee discharged. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Southard presented the following resolutions. 
 
 Resolved, That this Convention has now performed the 
 work referred to them by the Court of Bishops, to investigate 
 the last charges, as they had done the first ; and have now 
 redeemed the pledge given to the Court by the Committee 
 who were appointed to appear before them. 
 
 Resolved, That the result of this investigation and the evi- 
 dence now laid before the Convention, renew and strengthen 
 the confidence heretofore expressed in the integrity of the Rt. 
 Rev. the Bishop of this Diocese ; and in our opinion fully 
 exculpate him from any charge of crime or immorality, made 
 against him. 
 
 Resolved, That the Convention has now fulfilled the duty 
 which previous Conventions have felt and expressed their 
 readiness to fulfill, of making a full, searching, and honest 
 enquiry into any allegation against the Bishop, when formally 
 brought before it, upon definite charges ; and we appeal to 
 the Church at large to ratify our declaration, that this duty 
 has been performed faithfully and in the fear of God. 
 
 Resolved, That the Report and Testimony be printed in 
 the Journal ; and that a copy of the same be transmitted to 
 every Bishop of the Church, and to the Standing Committees 
 of such Dioceses, as are without a Bishop, or whose Bishop is 
 under disability. 
 
 Mr. Halstead offered the following as a substitute to the 
 above resolutions. 
 
 Whereas, It appears by the published opinions of the 
 Court of Bishops, recently held for the trial of the Bishop of 
 this Diocese, that six out of the fourteen Bishops, composing 
 the Court, concurred in the opinion that a trial on the charges 
 contained in the presentment against Bishop Doane ought to 
 be had. And that two of the Bishops who voted against pro- 
 ceeding with the trial placed their decision mainly upon the 
 ground of the irregularity and informality of the former pre- 
 
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 sontmont. And anotlicr of the Bishops who voted against 
 proceeding with the trial, gave his vote in view of the repeated 
 and solemn declaration of his accused Brother, that he was 
 
 then ready, and would always hold himself ready to come to 
 trial before a Court canonieally empowered to try him, and 
 also in view of the power of the presenting Bishops, to renew 
 the presentment even after the Convention of New Jersey, 
 hall have completed its investigation. Thus showing conclu- 
 ively that a majority of the Court of Bishops (exclusive of 
 lie three presenting Bishops,) not only acknowledge the right 
 of the three Bishops to make a new presentment, but appear 
 to indicate its propriety. And whereas, if the opinion enter- 
 tained by this Convention, of Bishop Doane's innocence be 
 correct, any trial must result in the establishment of his inno- 
 cence, and in relieving him of the grievous wrong and ill-con- 
 sequences of keeping such charges hanging over him and the 
 Diocese, therefore. 
 
 Resolved, That the Bishops of Virginia, Ohio and Maine, 
 be requested to make a new Presentment, and to see that the 
 Court of Bishops be called with such formality and regularity 
 that Bishop Doane may have a full and fair opportunity of 
 manifesting his innocence, and of relieving himself of the 
 grievous wrong and ill consequences of such charges as are 
 now hanging over him. 
 
 Which substitute, on motion, was laid on the table. 
 The Rev. Mr. Boggs offered as a substitute for the three first 
 resolutions of Rev. Mr. Southard : 
 
 Whereas, A Committee has been appointed by this Conven- 
 ;ion to investigate certain charges made against the Bishop of 
 ;his Diocese ; and it appears by the report of said Committee, 
 that those charges have not been sustained by any evidence : 
 therefore, * 
 
 Resolved, That this Convention are not called upon to pre- 
 sent their Bishop for trial. 
 Which was rejected. 
 
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 The question then being put on the main resolutions, they 
 were adopted, with one dissenting voice. 
 
 Mr. J. J. Chetwood offered the following resolutions, which 
 were adopted. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be and ar< 
 hereby tendered to the Committee of Investigation of tht 
 charges against the Bishop, for the fair, full, impartial anc 
 independent manner in which they have discharged their re 
 sponsible duties. 
 
 Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to rais< 
 the funds, and aid the Secretary in the immediate publicatioi 
 of 1000 copies of the Journal of the Special, and of this Con 
 vention, and the report of the proceedings of the Committee 
 of Investigation, with the accompanying documents. 
 
 Messrs. R. B. Aertseu, E. B. D. Ogden and J. C. Garth- 
 waite were appointed such Committee. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Stubbs offered the following, which was 
 adopted. 
 
 Resolved, That the Convention deeply lament that their 
 Bishop has been prevented by illness from being present dur- 
 ing its session ; and assure him of their heartfelt sympathy, 
 and of their earnest prayers for his speedy recovery. 
 
 The minutes of this day's proceedings were then read, and 
 on motion amended by ordering the Secretary to record that 
 the resolutions offered by Rev. Mr. Southard, were carried 
 " with one dissenting voice." 
 
 After singing the " Gloria in Excelsis," and prayer anc 
 benediction by the President, the Convention adjourned sim 
 die, 
 
 Clarkson Dunn, President, pro tempore, 
 
 Andrew Bell Paterson, Secretary. 
 Edward B. Boggs, Assistant Secretary. 
 
REPORT. 
 
 To the Convention of tiie Diocese of New Jersey, held at 
 Burlington on the 1st day of December, A.D., 1852, — pur- 
 suant TO ADJOURNMENT. 
 
 The Committee appointed on the 27th day of October last, at a 
 Special Convention held at Newark, on that day, to make a full in- 
 vestigation of the new matters contained in the Presentment, then 
 lmtely read before the Court of Bishops, signed by the Right 
 Rev. Bishops of Virginia, Maine and Ohio, against the Right Rev. 
 (Jeorjie Washington Doane, Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, 
 and dated the 22d July, 1852, pray leave to report, 
 
 That, as directed and instructed by the Resolutions under which 
 tley were appointed and acted, they proceeded with diligence and all 
 convenient dispatch to the discharge of their duties; and on the eve- 
 ring of the day of their appointment, organized and appointed, 
 Daniel B. Ryall, their Chairman, and Thomas II. Whitney, Esq., 
 Secretary : and appointed their first Meeting, at the City Hotel, (called 
 lelden's) in the city of Burlington, on Monday the 15th day of No- 
 •veinber, 1852, at 12 o'clock, at noon of said day; and instructed 
 t'icir Chairman to send notice in writing to the four Laymen refer- 
 red to in the said new presentment who had made complaint to the 
 said Bishops of said new matters ; also to the party accused, the 
 lHght Rev. Bishop Doane, and to the several persons named and re- 
 ferred to in the said new charges, respectfully inviting them to at- 
 ttnd at said meeting with such evidence as they had or knew of 
 touching said charges, that the same might be examined and invcsti- 
 gited by the said Committee: which was done accordingly by the 
 Chairman. A copy of which notice, with a note of the persons to 
 Waom sent, is marked (Exhibit A.) 
 
 That, at the time and place named the Committee met; the Rt. 
 Riv. Bishop Doane attending, with his Counsel, Mr. Stratton ; when 
 a communication in writing, dated the 8th November, 1852, from 
 William Ilalstead, Esq., one of the four Laymen, Complainants re- 
 ferred to in said new presentment, was received, acknowledging the 
 receipt of the notice sent him of such meeting, but declining to ap- 
 peal before the Committee for the alleged reasons set out in his let- 
 ter \ and admitting he knew nothing of the charges referred to, him- 
 self, and stating that although he knew the names of the witnesses 
 by wmom it was expected these charges would be sustained, declined 
 naming them to the Committee, for other alleged reasons stated in 
 his le;ter ; which letter is marked (Exhibit 15.) 
 
 Your Committee received no communication in writing or other- 
 
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 wise, from the other three Laymen, Complainants referred to in the 
 new Presentment, in reply to the notices sent them respectively, neither 
 did they appear before the Committee during their investigation. 
 
 It appearing to the Committee that the Room in the City Hall, 
 formerly occupied by the Committee on the charges in the first Pre- 
 sentment, was occupied as a School, and that a more convenient 
 place than the Hotel could be had at the Vestry Room at St. 
 Mary's Church, in Burlington; your Committee adjourned to the 
 said Vestry Room, of which notice was given to the parties and wit- 
 nesses. And at the adjourned meeting, at 4 o'clock, P. M., at 
 said Vestry Room, a letter being received from Mr. Wakefield, one 
 of the Committee, stating, that owing to sickness in his family, he 
 would be unable to attend the meetings of the Committee, the 
 Committee, by an unanimous resolution, selected John R. Slack, Esc, 
 of Mount Holly, to fill the vacancy. 
 
 No evidence being offered or appearing before the Committee :o 
 sustain the charges, the Committee adjourned until the followirg 
 morning, (Tuesday,) at 10 o'clock, at said Vestry Room. 
 
 That on the morning of the 16th Nov., at the time and place of 
 adjournment, the Committee having again met, and no evidence being 
 offered, or being present on the part of the accusers, to sustain the 
 charges referred to them, and the Bishop, the accused party, being 
 again in attendance, the Committee conceived, they might in justice 
 to him, and in the discharge of their duty, report in his favour, thit 
 these new charges, were as untrue, and unjust, and baseless, as tho$e 
 made in the first Presentment; and so informed the accused parly 
 and his Counsel, they were prepared to report. 
 
 The Committee, however, informed the Bishop, the accused partj, 
 that as he was in attendance with evidence to meet and rebut tie 
 charges referred to the Committee, imputing immorality, they would 
 hear his witnesses, reduce the testimony to writing, and report tie 
 same to the Convention, as had been done in the former investigation, 
 and proceededto examine Doctor Joseph Parrish, Ann Eliza Kelley, 
 Rev. R. J. Germain, Robert B. Aertsen, Esq., Rev. Samuel L 
 Southard, Capt. Frederick Engle, of the U. States Navy, and Wil- 
 liam J. Watson, Esq., on their respective oaths and affirmatiors ; 
 and pursuant to adjournment, continued the examination of vit- 
 nesses, on the following day, (the 17th Nov., at the same place,) 
 namely, George Thompson, Esq., Charles Parker, Junior, Joel W. 
 Condit, Esq., and Thomas 11. Wilson, Esq., who were all respec- 
 tively sworn. That during the examination of the witnesses, on the 
 part of the accused, the Committee received from Michael Hays, a 
 written communication marked, (Exhibit C.) 
 
 The Committee report to the Convention that the several wit- 
 nesses examined before them, were respectively sworn and allrmed 
 before one of their number, as Master in Chancery ; they having 
 without hesitation consented to take the oath or affirmation, to tes- 
 tify to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, in re- 
 
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 fercnce to the charges referred to the Committee: and their testimony 
 is reduced to writing and respectively Bigned by them j their charac- 
 ter and standing extensively known and justly appreciated, where 
 
 purity, virtue, honor and truth, have a home. 
 
 As a Committee of Investigation, we report all the evidence taken 
 on these new charges against the Bishop of this Diocese to the Con- 
 vention, under whose authority we have acted, for their consideration ; 
 
 and with unanimity recommend to the Convention that the testi- 
 mony with the Exhibits may be read and published, that all may 
 
 learn the injustice done the Bishop of this Diocese in these charges, 
 and the triumphant refutation of his character from those charges, 
 impeaching his reputation and habits for temperance and sobriety. 
 That the evidence thus taken, so far from sustaining or raising a sus- 
 picion against the good fame of your Bishop, discloses to the world, that 
 the supplies he possessed of wines and liquors, in his days of primary 
 prosperity, were only used by himself with "the most marked mo- 
 deration," and at his table and hospitable board, by the stranger and 
 his friends, no larger supply was had, " than was becoming one in 
 his position f but to the poor and the needy, the sick and the af- 
 flicted in the schools, and in his town and vicinity, the physicians of 
 the place for years had directions from your Bishop to consider 
 his supplies under their control; and they " always acted under the 
 permission, and have made large drafts upon it, as circumstances re- 
 quired;" and when his own supplies failed, if the Bishop had not 
 what was needed by the poor, he would beg it for them, of some 
 body else: "that the poor of the town, were in the constant habit 
 of applying to the Bishop for relief in all cases, and always got their 
 wants supplied with food and clothing." The evidence abundantly 
 disclosing in these particulars a good name, fame and reputation for 
 your Bishop, as a meek follower of Him who went about doing good ; 
 and whose admonition to His followers, was to feed the hungry, clothe 
 the naked, comfort the stranger, administer to the wants and neces- 
 sities of the sick, and afflicted ; and presents a good example for all, 
 to go and do likewise. 
 
 In comparing the charges against Bishop Doane, contained in the 
 new Presentment, with the former subjects of investigation, acted on 
 by the former Committee and the Convention, held at Newark, on 
 the 14th day of July last, your Committee find an additional 
 charge, in the following clause contained in the 16th Specification of 
 the new Presentment, " lie also, on the third day of March, A. !>., 
 l> L848, drew a promissory note payable to Wiley & Putnam, Book- 
 "sellers, in the City of New York, for the sum of one hundred and 
 " ninety-seven dollars, and ninety-three cent-, payableatthe Hank of 
 " North America, in Philadelphia; when the .-aid George W. Doane, 
 "kept no account in said Bank, and provided no funds for the pay- 
 " ment of the said promissory note, when the Same arrived at maturity, 
 "but suffered the same to be protested." This with the .specifications 
 
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 numbers, 28, 29, 30 and 31, are the new matters referred to your 
 Committee, and to which your attention is now called. 
 
 In this charge, just quoted, if proved, your Committee can see no 
 crime, or immorality. It is simply a case, if proved, of a failure to 
 pay a business note, on the day it was due, at a particular bank : a 
 common every-day occurrence in business transactions, which might 
 arise from a thousand innocent causes; forgetfulness of the day, in- 
 ability to pay, or accident in transmission of the funds. Who ever 
 before heard it intimated a drawer of a note must keep an account 
 with a bank, where he makes a note payable ? Such a note would of 
 course be protested, to fix the liability of the indorser, if not paid 
 when demanded. It is not charged the note was not afterwards paid. 
 
 The accusers of the Bishop offered no evidence before the Com- 
 mittee on this charge; but your Committee in their search after 
 truth, received from John Wiley of the city of New York, of the 
 late firm of Wiley & Putnam, another communication marked (Ex- 
 hibit D.) stating " I have made an examination of Bishop Doane's 
 " account with the late firm of Wiley & Putnam, and find they had 
 " from him in 1843, a note dated March 3d, at three months, for 
 "$197 93. I also find that this note was protested for non-payment 
 " at maturity; but that it was subsequently paid, and apparently in 
 " about twenty days thereafter. With reference to the fact of its being 
 " made payable at a particular bank, this may have been done for the 
 " convenience of the Bishop, or more likely by my own suggestion ; 
 " as I found at times some inconvenience in collecting in Burling- 
 " ton ; the notes having first to be sent to a Philadelphia bank by 
 " the bank in this city, in which Wiley & Putnam kept their account, 
 " and from thence to Burlington. All claims of Wiley & Putnam 
 " against Bishop Doane were paid in full, some years since." How 
 the information connected with this matter, so particular, in the date 
 of the note, amount and bank, where payable, as set out in the 
 charge, could be obtained by the right reverend presenting bishops, 
 and the accusers, without the additional information that it was 
 the mere common every-day business transaction, involving 
 no crime, immorality or guilt, and years since paid and settled 
 between the parties interested, your Committee are unable to state. 
 They can only observe, on a simple request to Mr. Wiley to explain 
 the matter, he gave the foregoing statement. The reading world 
 and the Church at large, will not be much surprised with the re- 
 sult of this investigation of this first additional charge in the 
 new Presentment; and may wonder how and why this charge was 
 made. 
 
 Your Committee will now proceed to examine the four new Speci- 
 fications, Nos. 28, 29, 30 and 81, in the new Presentment. As 
 Nos. 28 and 29 are of the same character, they will be examined to- 
 gether. No evidence was produced by the accusers, before the Com- 
 mittee, in reference to these charges. The Cashier of the Camden 
 
Bank, and Joseph Deacon, and Michael Hays, the persons named 
 and referred to in the two specifications, were requested by the Com- 
 mittee to appear before them with such evidence ai they had or 
 knew of touching such charges, that the same might be investigated 
 by the Committee \ none of them appeared. Michael Hays Bent a 
 communication in writing, (marked Exhibit No. 2,) in which he 
 admits his receipt of the notice to appear before the Committee, and 
 of his presence at the Convention on the '27th of October, last, and 
 his knowledge of the instructions then received by the Committee as 
 to these inquiries : and he adds, " not having been officially informed 
 u what the new presentments are, I caunot know what evidence to 
 (i adduce, as to the new charges, unless it be from what I have 
 " seen in the newspapers ; and of these charges I know nothing 
 u of my own knowledge, except the case of the Camden Bank ; and 
 " all 1 know about that is, I got clear of paying a note on which I 
 '• was iudorser of Bishop Doaue." And then states what the Cashier 
 of the Bank told him; and adds, "therefore I do not consider it 
 u necessary for me to attend before the Committee, as what I know 
 M of the new charges, would be hearsay evidence, except what I have 
 " stated; but I would refer you to the Cashier of the Camden Bank, 
 "for the proof of the new charges against G. W. Doane." 
 
 In these matters, as set forth in the new presentment, no crime or 
 immorality is charged against Bishop Doane. If proved and true, 
 they only show — at the respective times named in the charges in 
 1849 and 1850, short periods before and after the 20th of March, 
 1849, when the Bishop made an assignment of all his property for 
 the benefit of his creditors, (which appears from the records of this 
 Convention,) — his disposition and his efforts to meet, if in his power, 
 to the utmost of his ability, his pecuniary liabilities with Deacon and 
 Hays and the Camden Bank contracted in his efforts to build up 
 and sustain the two Institutions, St. Mary's Hall and Burlington 
 College ; and his inability to do it. 
 
 In the case in the 28th Specification, neither the Camden Bank 
 nor Joseph Deacon, have made any complaint before the Committee, 
 although respectfully invited to appear before them. 
 
 In the casein the 29th Specification, Michael Hays, in his commu- 
 nication, admits he is not injured. On the contrary, he says he has 
 been relieved as an indorser from his previous liability on the note ; 
 and the Camden Bank is the only sufferer. It makes no complaint. 
 
 They are both cases in the view of the Committee, which, if proved, 
 as charged, might exist where a debtor with good intentions, and 
 without the imputation of fraud, crime or immorality, has from mis- 
 fortune, sickness or disappointment, not been able to meet his pecu- 
 niary engagements, at maturity. 
 
 If the charges were that the accused had the means to meet his 
 engagements, and pay his debts, and concealed his means, or placed 
 them beyond the reach of his creditors, to defraud them of their 
 
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 honest dues, then every honest mind would condemn the immoral 
 act, if proved. There is no evidence to sustain such a conclusion 
 here; nor can such a charge or imputation, be made against the 
 Bishop. 
 
 Your Committee find nothing in these specifications upon which to 
 found charges of crime or immorality. 
 
 Specification 30. — This Specification charges that Bishop Doane 
 for many years past, and particularly between the years 1845 and 
 1852, was in the habit of obtaining much larger supplies of intoxi- 
 cating drinks for the use of his table than was becoming or proper 
 as a minister of the Gospel, and of contracting large debts for the 
 same ; and was also during the same period of time in the habit of 
 using intoxicating liquors in such quantity as to be unduly excited 
 thereby, to the great grief of the friends of the Church, and the dis- 
 honor of his high and holy office. 
 
 That he, on or about the 10th Nov., 1851, on board the Steam- 
 boat Trenton, then running between the city of Philadelphia and 
 the city of Burlington, was in a state of intoxication. 
 
 And that on or about the month of November, 1847, in the 
 Borough of Bordentown, he was intoxicated. 
 
 These are serious charges against the Bishop of this Diocese ; and 
 if true, were susceptible of proof. 
 
 Yet no proof was obtained or offered before this Committee to sus- 
 tain any of them. 
 
 But an array of witnesses were examined, on the part of the 
 accused, disproving beyond doubt the charges. Witnesses whose 
 character and standing are beyond suspicion and reproach. Witnesses 
 who were on the most intimate terms with the Bishop, with him at 
 home and abroad — at all hours of the day and night, in sickness 
 and in health, in joy and in sorrow. Witnesses who must have 
 known the habits of the Bishop, beyond doubt and question. And 
 yet they all disprove the charge. 
 
 Doctor Joseph Parrtsh affirms and says, " I am a practising physi- 
 cian, residing in the city of Burlington, have resided here nearly 
 nine years. I know Bishop Doane intimately, I have been his 
 family physician for about five years back. I have seen and had 
 almost daily intercourse for several years with him ; being the Physi- 
 cian of both schools, St. Mary's Hall and Burlington College, I 
 have attended the Bishop through some serious spells of sickness. I 
 have never seen the Bishop any other than sober; and I have been 
 in his family and at his table very frequently. I have never seen him 
 when I thought him to be excited at all by liquor. I have frequently 
 prescribed liquors as stimulants to the Bishop. I told the Bishop 
 some time ago, I did not think he took enough : and my reason for 
 thinking so was that the excessive tax upon him physically and 
 mentally, required more stimulant than he was taking. I know that 
 the Bishop has been in the habit of supplying the poor of the town 
 frequently with wines and liquors, in cases of sickness. When I was 
 
first employed at the schools, I was told by Bishop Doane to consider 
 his wines and liquors always under my command for the us 
 sick persons at the Bchools, and for all needy persons in the town; 
 and 1 have always acted under this permission, and have made large 
 drafts npon it, as circumstances required. I have heard from Doctor 
 Cole, now deceased, that this state of things had existed for years 
 before. Doctor Cole was the Bishop's family Physician before. The 
 very severe illness which the Bishop had in l s 4!>, was not brought 
 on by the use of intoxicating liquor, nor has his health ever, in my 
 opinion, been impaired by it since I have known him. I am a strict 
 temperance man in principle and in habit. I have frequently dined at 
 the Bishop's table." Upon the 30th Specification being read to 
 witness he said, "I have never seen Bishop Doane use intoxicating 
 liquors to excess. I have seen him not only nearly daily, but at all 
 hours of the day, without reserve." 
 
 Ann Eliza Kelley soys, " I have known Bishop Doane ever 
 since he first came to Burlington to reside. 31 y son was very ill at one 
 time, and Dr. Cole ordered him wine and wine-whey to drink, and he 
 told me I could not get any that was fit for him except what Bishop 
 Doane had : that he had some that was very old and that I must send 
 there and get it. That he knew I would be very welcome to as 
 much as I wanted. I sent several times and got all that I 
 needed ; as much as ten or twelve bottles. I have frequently heard 
 people in the town speak of getting liquor from the Bishop, in case 
 of sickness. I have no doubt that people have been in the habit of 
 sending there and getting in cases of sickness." 
 
 Rev. 11. J. Germain testifies, "lie has known Bishop Doane 
 about fifteen years ; is a clergyman of the Diocese; during the last 
 thirteen years, his relations with the Bishop have been very inti- 
 mate ; for that time has been Principal of St. Mary's Hall, which 
 has brought him into daily and almost hourly intercourse with him. 
 Has been frequently a guest at his house; gone a good deal with him 
 in his visitations. Has not at any time seen the Bishop excited by 
 iutoxicating liquors. Has been always temperate and sober when 
 he has seen him. He, (the Bishop,) has been in the habit of eutcr- 
 taining a great deal of company since he lived in Burlington. His 
 house and his table have been open to all visiting the schools and to 
 his many friends and acquaintances. Scarcely a day but some per- 
 sons beside his own family dine with him. .He, toitnesSj does not 
 consider that his tabic has been supplied with vinous or spirituous 
 liquors to a greater extent than his position required. Has no doubt 
 from what he knows and has heard that the poor of the town, are in 
 the habit of frequently sending for and getting liquors from the 
 Bishop's, in cases of sickuess. The Hall, he knows, has been largely 
 supplied from there in cases of sickne- 
 
 ROBERT B. A.ERT8EN /< Stifi t. He has been acquainted more or less 
 intimately with Bishop Doane since 1834, and very intimately siuce 
 1849. The Bishop was very frequently his guest while he lived in 
 
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 Salem, up to 1849 : since that time be has had constant intercourse 
 with the Bishop's family at Burlington. Upon the 30th Specifica- 
 tion being read to this witness he says, " I have never seen Bishop 
 ' ' Doane use intoxicating drinks to any undue excess. I believe his 
 " habits to be exceedingly temperate. His doors and table are always 
 " open to every person visiting the Institutions or Riverside. The 
 " poor of the town are in the constant habit of applying to the Bishop 
 " for relief in all cases ; and always get their wants supplied with 
 " food and clothing." 
 
 The Rev. Samuel L. Southard testifies as follows, upon the 30th 
 Specification being read to him, "I have known Bishop Doane inti- 
 " inately for about ten years. His house has always been my home, 
 " when I have been in Burlington. I have travelled with him a 
 " good deal, and he has also staid at my house. I have been on terms 
 " with him of entire unreserve and know his habits well. I have 
 " never known him intemperate in the use of wines or liquors. I have 
 " known a great deal of company entertained at Riverside, and I do 
 " not remember ever sitting down to the dinner table, but once when 
 " only his own family were present. I have never known the table 
 "supplied with more wine in proportion to the number of the guests, 
 "than those of other gentlemen with whom I have dined. I have 
 " dined at his table very often with from six to twenty, beside his 
 " family, those persons being often the parents or friends of those who 
 "had children at the schools. On several occasions his house has 
 " been so full at night, that even I was sent to sleep elsewhere. I 
 " have often dined with the Bishop at the houses of mutual friends 
 " in the Diocese and elsewhere, and have observed him closely and 
 " I never have seen him use wines, or liquors to excess or unduly ex- 
 " cited by the use of them." 
 
 Capt. Frederick Engle testifies as follows. " I am a resident of 
 " Burlington city, and have been for the last fifteen or sixteen years. 
 " During that time,' I have known Bishop Doane intimately, perhaps 
 " more intimately than any other person in the town. I have been 
 " in the habit of meeting him at my own house and at the houses of 
 " other gentlemen, but chiefly at my own." 
 
 Upon Specification No. 30, being read to witness, he says — 
 
 " Until these charges I never knew or heard his character for 
 " sobriety or temperance at all questioned. I never knew or heard 
 " of his being intoxicated. I have never seen him excited by or 
 " under the influence of intoxicating liquors. On the 10th of Novem- 
 "ber, 1851, the Bishop was at my house about 11 o'clock, A. M. 
 " We had read in the paper of the death of the Rev. Mr. Croswell. 
 " The paper said, of New York : and we were in hopes it was not the 
 " friend of the Bishop. After the Bishop came we got the paper : 
 " but he told me it was a mistake of the paper, that it was 
 " his friend Dr. Croswell. I recollect that it was on the 10th of 
 " November, '51, from reference to a particular diary which I 
 " keep, and to which I have referred. He remained at my house, 
 
1!) 
 
 :ing about the death of bis friend for about half an hour. He 
 " was at my house again in the ev nine of the same day, from about 
 iL halt' past 8, to about half past 10 o'clock, lie was not intoxicated 
 " when at my boose, either in the morning or the evening of that day. 
 " I have made inquiries with a view to ascertain whether Bishop 
 t; Doane was on board the Steamboat Trenton on or about the 3 0th 
 "Nov., '51. t inquired of Mr. G-atzmer. lie informed me that 
 " the Bishop had a free ticket, and that they kept a register of all 
 "the free passengers. Mr. Gatzmer had the books examined in my 
 11 presence by a clerk, and the name of Bishop Doane did not appear 
 " in the month of November of that year. He also informed me, 
 " that the Steamboat Trenton stopped running that year on the 
 " 13th of Nov. Mr. Gratzmer is the general agent at Philadelphia, 
 <k of the Camden and Amboy Rail Road Co., and the Steamboat Tren- 
 " ton, belongs to that Company. I also on the same day inquired 
 " of Capt. Hinckle, of the Steamboat Trenton. lie said 'Bishop 
 " Doane travelled very seldom with him in 1^51, and that he always 
 k - saw and talked to him when on board. That he could not possi- 
 " bly have been intoxicated on board without his seeing and know- 
 ing it; and that he never saw the Bishop intoxicated.' I know 
 " that the Bishop's house has always been open to all persons visit- 
 "ing this place either on business with the Church or the schools, 
 " and for strangers generally. I know that in cases of sickness in 
 " the town, where wines or brandy was required, it has been the 
 " practice to send to the Bishop, and they were always furnished 
 u with what they required. If the Bishop had not himself what was 
 " needed by the poor, he would beg it for them of somebody else." 
 William J. Watson testifies as follows. " I reside in Philadel- 
 phia. During the summer season, for five months in the year I 
 le in Burlington, near Bishop Doane. I have known Bishop 
 " Doane ever since he came into the Diocese, very intimately for the 
 11 last sixteen years. Have seen him frequently at his house and at my 
 " own. During this time he has occasionally been my guest, at one 
 " time for three or four weeks in succession. Have had an oppor- 
 " tunity of observing and becoming acquainted with his habits. Bis 
 ' k habits for sobriety and temperance have always been good. Never 
 " heard them questioned, until the last presentment was made. Have 
 u never known him to be intoxicated, or to be excited by, or under 
 l ' the influence of intoxicating drinks. I have never witnessed any 
 11 thing but the most marked moderation. Has been in the habit oi 
 "entertaining a great many strangers at his house, whose business 
 
 - called them to Burlington; particularly persons who were oon- 
 "nected with the Schools and Church. In the company of his 
 " friends the Bishop is generally cheerful and has a flue flow uf spirits, 
 <•' uuless flagged by over exertion. Some three or four days since, 
 " I endeavored to see Capt. Hinckle, of the Steamboat Trenton, and 
 " much to my regret, learned that he Was quite ill. I then applied 
 
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 "to Mr. Gatzmer, who referred me to a clerk in the office. He 
 " turned to some of the books of the Co., and said, that Captain 
 " Engle and a Mr. Trowbridge had gone over the books some time 
 " ago, and found that Bishop Doane was not a passenger on board 
 " the Trenton during the month of November, 1851. Yesterday I 
 " called up and saw Capt. Hinckle. He told me that Bishop Doane 
 " had frequently been on board his boat ; that if anything of a par- 
 " ticular nature had happened to the Bishop, he and the hands on 
 " board would have known it ; that the Bishop's name would certainly 
 " have been registered as a passenger had he been on board in Nov. 
 " 1851 ; that it was possible the name of a passenger might be 
 " omitted ; that it was not probable that a gentleman so well known 
 " as Bishop Doane should be omitted. Capt. Hinckle told me he 
 " had never seen or heard of the Bishop's being intoxicated on board 
 " his boat. He referred me to Mr. Copps, the bar keeper on board 
 " the boat. I saw him. He said Bishop Doane in the course of 
 " his travelling on the Trenton had never been at the bar more than 
 " two or three times; and then had got nothing but a glass of water. 
 " I saw from the books that the Steamer Trenton ceased to run 
 " Nov. 13, 1851. Capt. Hinckle is not able to leave his room at 
 " this time.' " 
 
 George Thompson testifies as follows. " I reside in the Borough of 
 " Bordentown. Am the Mayor of the Borough. Some years ago I 
 " heard a remark made in the Borough of Bordentown, by some one 
 "in my presence that he thought the Bishop was a little tight, or 
 " words to that effect. The person who made the observation was 
 " to the best of my knowledge, James Thorn. He was a school 
 " teacher, and was in the habit of posting my books. Some four or 
 " five months back, I was called on by Bennington Gill, who is a 
 " customer of mine, who inquired if I recollected a conversation 
 " that took place in my store with regard to Bishop Doane, being 
 " intoxicated. I told him I did not recollect the time, but that 
 "the person who made the observation was Mr. Thorn, who then 
 " resided at Key Port. He then asked if I could not fix upon the 
 " time when the conversation was had, and I told him I could not 
 " as I had not thought about it afterwards. Some weeks afterwards 
 " William Halstead called on me. He asked me if I could recollect 
 "when this conversation took place by Thorn. Whether I could 
 "name the month or year it took place. He asked me if it 
 "was the day Mr. McKnight's daughter, was married, or the time 
 " Capt. Shippen was married. I answered, I could not recollect the 
 " time it took place. Some two or three weeks after this time Mr. 
 " Gill again called and inquired if I recollected anything more of 
 " the subject he was speaking to me about. I told him no; and then 
 "1 asked him if he had heard from Mr. Thorn. He said he had, 
 " but that Mr. Thorn did not recollect anything about it. I told him 
 " if Mr. Thorn did not recollect it he could not expect me to recollect 
 
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 "it. Some two weeks afterwards, Win. Halstead and the Rev. Mr. 
 
 rman called at my store and made the same inquiry that Mr. 
 
 "Gill had. They were anxious that L Bhonld charge my memory 
 
 " as to the time of the transaction. I told them I could not remem- 
 At the time the observation was made by Mr. Thorn, I was 
 
 u id my store. I then stept to the door, and saw the Bishop and 
 
 me tour or five other gentlemen passing. Some of them had the 
 
 "appearance of being clergymen. I observed nothing more than 
 
 " cheerfulness on their part. I communicated the substance of 
 "what I have here stated to Mr. Gill, Mr. Halstead and Mr. Sher- 
 " man in the conversation before stated. The observation made by 
 '•Thorn at the time was in a joking derisive manner. I have never 
 " seen the Bishop under the influence of liquor, although I have 
 ''seen him many times. At the time Mr. Thorn made the observa- 
 " tion, I could see all he could see; and my impression is the obser- 
 " vation was caused in consequence of his, the Bishop's cheerfulness, 
 " and the whole company being laughing and talking." 
 
 Charles Parker, Jr., tesHJU s as follows. " I was clerk of the 
 " Steamboat Trenton in 1851. Specification No. 30, being read to 
 " him, he says. It was on the 11th of November, '51, that the boat 
 " aforesaid broke down during the morning trip. It was the custom 
 " to preserve the evidence of the trips made by all the free and 
 " season passengers. Bishop Doane had a free ticket at that time. 
 "A record of these vouchers is preserved in the office. I have 
 "searched that record from the 6th to the 11th of November, 1851, 
 M inclusive. I searched it yesterday. I find no evidence whatever 
 "of Bishop Doane having made a passage between or on the days 
 " mentioned above. I knew the Bishop well, and think his name 
 u would have been entered had he been in the boat at the time 
 " charged. I have seen the Bishop at various times and in different 
 "boats on his way to and from Philadelphia, but never saw him at 
 " all excited by liquor. The first intimation I ever had upon the 
 "subject was hearing it read from a newspaper as one of the charges 
 "in the presentment. From my position iu the boats and the cha- 
 racter of the Bishop, had he ever been in the condition cha 
 " while on board the boats, I think there is no doubt I should have 
 " seen or heard of it. I saw the bar keeper of the Steamboat Tren- 
 " ton yesterday. He told me he had known the Bishop for eight or 
 "ten years. Never knew him to drink anything stronger than 
 "water at the bar of the boat. He was the bar keeper of the Tren- 
 "tOD in 1851." 
 
 Joel W. CONDIT, testifies as follows. "I reside at Newark. I 
 "know Bishop Doane. I have known him intimately since 1832. 
 "In his first visitation he stopped at my house, and ever since my 
 " house has been his home upon all occasions, whenever I have been able 
 " to make it so. I have seen him very frequently at his own house and 
 
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 " in the houses of other gentlemen. My intercourse with him has en- 
 abled me to become entirely familiar with his habits : as much so as any 
 " one not a member of his family. During this period his habits have 
 " been strictly sober and temperate. I have never seen or known him 
 " to be in the least intoxicated during this time. I have never known 
 " him to make an improper or immoderate use of intoxicating liqours. 
 " I have never seen him in the least excited by liquor. I have seen 
 "the Bishop at his house at all hours of the day and all hours of 
 " the night, in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow. He is 
 " remarkably cheerful in the society of his own family and friends, 
 " and often indulges in a loud and hearty laugh. As far as my ob- 
 " servation goes, his house has always been open to visitors, and as 
 " far as I reccollect, I have never been there except during his ill— 
 " ness, when there were not other visitors. I have never seen at his 
 " table a larger supply of wines or liquors than was becoming one in 
 " his position. I never heard the Bishop charged with intemperance 
 " until after the 2nd presentment was made. It has been the cus- 
 " torn of the Bishop until 1849, when the Convention of the Diocese 
 "of New Jersey met at Burlington, on the 1st day to entertain the 
 " clergy, and the 2nd day, the laity at his house. 
 
 Tnos. K. Wilson testifies as follows. "I reside in Trenton. I 
 " am a vestryman of St. Paul's Church, Trenton, and Superintend- 
 " ant of the Sunday School. I know Bishop Doane. I became ac- 
 quainted with him in the spring of 1848. Since then I have 
 " known him very intimately. I have met him always upon his 
 " visitations to St. Paul's Church, and also a few times at his own 
 " house. Have generally dined with him, when he has visited St. 
 " Paul's Church, at the house of Capt. Hunt. Since my acquaint- 
 " ance with him his character for sobriety and temperance has been 
 "unquestioned. I have never seen him intoxicated, or in the 
 " slightest degree excited by the use of intoxicating drinks. His 
 " spirits are naturally cheerful and lively. " 
 
 Your Committee, in justice to the accused, and in the discharge 
 of their duties, have thus stated and recorded all the evidence taken 
 before them bearing on this, the principal charge against your 
 Bishop. It is all negative testimony. The charge stands unsus- 
 tained, naked, alone. Its authors have forsaken it. The accusers 
 will not acknowledge it. No proof to show how or why it was made. 
 But if human testimony can disprove the charge, show it false and 
 untrue in all its parts, it has been done, triumphantly done. The 
 testimony clearly proves that Bishop Doane since he has been in 
 the Diocese has been at all times, day and night, at all seasons, at home 
 and abroad, in all situations, in sickness and in health, in joy and 
 in sorrow, a temperate and sober man, and has never been seen or 
 known to be intoxicated, and that such a charge was never heard of 
 until since this Presentment. That his table has only been supplied 
 with wines and liquors, to the extent his position required, to meet 
 
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 the calls of hospitality; thai his re "open to the calls of 
 
 Ick of the two institutions, St. Mary's Hall and Burlington 
 College, nnder the direction of his family physician ; that the poor 
 and needy, sick and afflicted, received the Bame advice; were fed, 
 clothed, sustained and comforted from the same source: and when 
 their drafts or his misfortune had diminished these means, your 
 Bishop supplied their wants by begging from others. That the case 
 charged on board the Steamboat, and at Borden town, are negatived 
 by the conclusive evidence of your Bishop's temperate habits of 
 life. By the evidence he was not on board the boat, on or about 
 the time charged, and the strong presumptive proof, if it had 
 occurred the officers and hands of the boat or some of the 
 numerous passengers on such a thoroughfare would have seen, 
 or at least heard of it. That at Bordentovm is also fully dis- 
 proved by the Mayor of that Borough, whose attention was called 
 at the time, probably meant in the charges, to the Bishop pass- 
 ing in the public street, in company with some four or five other 
 gentlemen, some of them having the appearance of Clergymen and 
 exhibiting nothing mors than cheerfulness on their part. And the 
 witness' impression is, the observation made by Thorn, then in his, 
 witness' presence, in a joking, derisive manner of the Bishop, and 
 probably the foundation of this charge, was caused in consequence 
 of his, the Bishop's, cheerfulness; the whole company being 
 laughing and talkiug : the witness seeing at the time all that 
 
 coo o 
 
 Thorn could see. 
 
 This witness also proves that Mr. Bennington Gill, one of the ac- 
 cusers of the Bishop, admitted to him he had heard from Mr. Thorn 
 wh» had made the insinuation against the Bishop in a joking, deri- 
 sive manner, and that he, Thorn, could not recollect anything about 
 ir. And this witness further proves that two of the accusers at least, 
 Messrs. Halstead and (rill, with the Rev. Mr. Sherman, knew of 
 all these facts before this new presentment was made. Your Com- 
 mittee see no grouuds for presentment under this charge against 
 your Bishop : unless it be for his kind hospitalities, his extensive 
 charities to the poor and needy, sick and afflicted, his cheerfulness 
 of character in the discharge of his duties under the weight of cares 
 
 c o 
 
 and sorrows pressing upon him ; to establish which the recipients of 
 his kindness and his bounty would crowd your Court of Bishops 
 with their thanks and blessings for him. 
 
 Specification 31. — In regard to this specification, no proof has 
 been offered to sustain it. Like the preceding, it stands unsupported 
 by any proof. Joseph Deacon, the party named in it, though re- 
 1 to appear before the Committee by notice, did not appear. 
 The a in t<i have forsaken or abandoned it — it is left alone 
 
 in its naked deformity, [ts authors Beem to have attempted to 
 clothe its deformity in language to iix a stigma, even if abandoned, 
 
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 on your Bishop ; and to pander to the morbid taste of the irreligious 
 and vulgar. 
 
 The only evidence on the charge is of a negative character. The 
 witnesses whose testimony has established under the other specifica- 
 tion the good and temperate habits of your Bishop, go far to show 
 the improbability of this charge. By the testimony of Robert B. 
 Aertsen, it is in evidence, upon this specification being read to the 
 witness, that " one day last week I was walking with Joseph Dea- 
 con, and he of his own accord introduced the subject of that (this) 
 particular specification, and remarked to me that the charge of drink- 
 ing cider brandy with the Bishop under a tree was all a positive lie, 
 and that he would defy anybody to say they ever saw him drunk."* 
 
 The Rev. Samuel L. Southard testifies upon this same specifica- 
 tion being read to him, that " at the time the Court of Bishops were 
 " in session in Burlington, I heard Mr. Joseph Deacon say in the 
 " presence of several gentlemen, that if any man said he ever got 
 " drunk on cider brandy, or anything else, it was a lie; and further, 
 *' that if any man says that he ever drank cider brandy with Bishop 
 " Doane under a tree, it was a lie." From this evidence it seems fully 
 proved that the material parts of this charge, are not true. The 
 proof is, Joseph Deacon himself says it is " a lie :" and Joseph Dea- 
 con ought to know. 
 
 If so, and the evidence not disclosing who the author or authors 
 are, the reading world may say, if the testimony is silent on this 
 point, the record of accusation standing as it does, unexplained by 
 those who made it, will indicate who are guilty. 
 
 Your Committee have now gone through these new specifications, 
 and have given the Convention the result of their investigation. 
 Of this Report they desire the evidence and exhibits should form 
 a part. 
 
 From all these, your Committee have arrived at the conclusion 
 that the Bishop is not guilty of crime or immorality as in these new 
 matters of presentment are set forth and charged, and that there are 
 no good grounds for presentment. 
 
 Your Committee cannot, in closing this their Report, repress the 
 expression of the fact that the evidence in this case has produced on 
 their minds no diminution of their confidence in the integrity and 
 purity of your Bishop; on the contrary, increased love and respect 
 for him : for it has presented to them and to the world, drawn from 
 their modest hiding places, habitual and beautiful examples, in him, 
 of that virtue, greater than all others, Charity. 
 
 All which is respectfully submitted. 
 
 By order of the Committee, 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, Chairman. 
 
 Dated Burlington, Nov. 30tf, 1852. 
 
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 T E STIMO N Y . 
 
 Deposition of witnesses taken before the Committee of Investiga- 
 tion of the new matters contained in a Presentment lately read before 
 the Court of Bishops, signed by the Right Rev. Bishops of Virginia, 
 Maine and Ohio, against the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, 
 Bishop of New Jersey, dated the :22nd of July, 1S52, pursuant to 
 Resolutions of the Special Diocesan Convention of New Jersey, held 
 at Newark, on the 27th day of October, A. D., 1852 : said depo- 
 sitions taken pursuant to notice, commencing on the 15th day of 
 December, A. D., 1852, and continued from day to day until the 
 18th of December, lS-")2, inclusive, pursuant to regular adjourn- 
 ments, at the Vestry-room in St. Mary's Church, in the City of 
 Burlington, N. J. DANIEL B. RYALL, 
 
 Chairman of Committee. 
 
 List of Names of Witnesses Examined. 
 
 1. 
 
 Dr. Joseph Parrish 
 
 from pages 
 
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 to 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
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 Ann Eliza Kelley 
 
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 Dr. Joseph Parrish, being duly affirmed, doth declare and say : 
 I am a practising physician, residing in the city of Burlington ; have 
 resided here for nearly nine years. 1 know Bishop Doane intimately. 
 1 have been his family physician for about five years last. 1 have 
 seen and had almost daily intercourse for several years with him, 
 being the physician of both the schools — St. Mary's Hall and Bur- 
 lington College. I have attended the Bishop through some severe 
 spells of illness. I have never seen the Bishop any other than 
 sober, and 1 have been in his family and at his table very frequently. 
 1 have never seen him when I thought him to be excited at all by 
 liquor. J have frequently prescribed liquors as stimulants to the 
 Bishop. I told the Bishop some time ago that I did not think he 
 took enough- and my reason for thinking so was, that the excessive 
 tax upon him, physically and mentally, required more stimulant than 
 be was taking. 1 know that the 'Bishop has been in the habit of 
 
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 supplying the poor of the town frequently with wines and liquors in 
 cases of sickness. When I was first employed at the schools, I was 
 told by Bishop Doane to consider his wines and liquors always under 
 my command for the use of persons at the schools, and for all needy 
 persons in the town ; and I have always acted under this per- 
 mission, and have made large drafts upon it, as circumstances requi- 
 red. I have heard from Dr. Cole, now deceased, that this state of 
 things had existed for years before. Dr. Cole was the Bishop's 
 familyphysician before. The very severe illness which the Bishop had, 
 in '49, was not brought on by the use of intoxicating liquor, nor has his 
 health ever, in my opinion, been impaired by it since I have known 
 him. I am a strict temperance man in principle and in habits. I 
 have frequently dined at the Bishop's table. (Upon the 30th specifi- 
 cation being read to witness, he says,) I have never seen Bishop 
 Doane use intoxicating liquors to excess. I have seen him not only 
 nearly daily, but at all hours of the day without reserve. 
 
 JOSEPH PARRTSH. 
 Affirmed and subscribed before me, this 16th November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, M. C. C. 
 
 Ann Eliza Kelley being duly sworn according to law, doth 
 declare and say : I have lived in Burlington for 18 or 20 years, and 
 still reside here. I have known Bishop Doane ever since he first came 
 to Burlington to reside. My son was very ill at one time, and Dr. 
 Cole ordered him wine and wine-whey to drink, and he told me I could 
 not get any that was fit for him, except what Bishop Doane had ; 
 that he had some that was very old, and that I must send there and 
 get it; that he knew I would be very welcome to as much as I 
 wanted. I sent several times and got all that I needed, as much as 
 10 or 12 bottles. I have frequently heard people in town speak of 
 getting liquor from the Bishop's in case of sickness. I have no 
 doubt that people have been in the habit of sending there and 
 getting in cases of sickness. ANN ELIZA KELLEY. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, the 16th November, 18-32. 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, JM. C. C. 
 
 Rev. R. J. Germain being duly sworn according to law, doth 
 declare and say : I have known Bishop Doane about 15 years. lam 
 a clergyman of this Diocese. During the last 13 years my relations 
 with the Bishop have been very intimate. I have been for this time 
 Principal of St. Mary's Hall, which has brought me into daily and 
 almost hourly intercourse with him, and I have very frequently been 
 a guest at his house. I have gone with him a good deal in his visi- 
 tations. I have not at any time seen the Bishop excited by intoxi- 
 cating liquor. He has always been temperate and sober when I 
 have seen him. He has been in the habit of entertaining a great 
 deal of company since he lived in Burlington. His house and his 
 table have been open to all visiting the schools, and to his many 
 
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 friends and acquaintances. Scarcely a day but some persons 
 his own family dine with him. I do not consider that his table baa 
 been supplied with vinous or spirituous liquors to a greater extent than 
 his position required. I have no doubt from what T know and have 
 heard, that the poor of the town are in the habit of frequently 
 ing and getting liquors from the Bishop in cases of Bickness. The 
 Hall, I know, has been largely supplied from then.' in cases of 
 sickness. REUBEN J. GERMAIN. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 16th November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, M. C. C. 
 
 Robert B. Aertsen being duly sworn according to law, doth 
 declare and say : I have been acquainted more or less intimately with 
 Bishop Doane since ls:J4, and very intimately since 1849. The 
 Bishop was very frequently my guest, while I lived at Salem, up to 
 1849, and since that time I have had constant intercourse with his 
 family here. (Upon specification No. 30 being read to witness, he 
 says,) I have never seen Bishop Doane use intoxicating drinks to any 
 undue excess. I believe his habits to be exceedingly temperate. 
 His doors and table are always open to every person visiting the in- 
 stitutions or Riverside. The poor of the towu are in the constant 
 habit of applying to the Bishop for relief in all cases, and always get 
 their wants supplied with food and clothing. 
 
 (Upon specification No. 31 being read to witness, he says,) One day 
 last week, I was walking with Joseph Deacon, and he of his own 
 accord introduced the subject of that particular specification, remarked 
 to mo, that the charge of drinking cider-brandy with the Bishop 
 under a tree was all a positive lie, and that he would defy any body 
 to say that they ever saw him drunk. 
 
 ROBERT B. AERTSEN. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 16th November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, M. C C. 
 
 Rev. Samuel L. Southard being duly sworn according to law, 
 doth declare and say : (Upon the 30th specification being read to 
 witness, he says :) I have known Bishop Doane intimately for about 
 10 years. His house has always been my home when I have been in 
 Burlington. I have travelled with him a good deal, and he has also 
 staid at my house. I have beeu upon terms with him of cm ire 
 unreserve and know his habits well. I have never known him in- 
 temperate in the use of wines or liquors. I have known a great 
 deal of company entertained at Riverside, and I do not remember 
 ever sitting down to the dinner-table but once, when only his family 
 were present. I have never known the table supplied with more 
 wine in proportion to the number of the guests, than those of other 
 gentlemen with whom I have dined. I have dined at his table very 
 often witli from to '20 besides his family, those persons being often 
 the parents or friends of children at the schools. His house was always 
 
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 open to all persons who came to Burlington upon business connected 
 with the Church or the schools. On several occasions his house has 
 been so full at night, that even I was sent to sleep elsewhere. I 
 have often dined with the Bishop at the houses of mutual friends in 
 the Diocese and elsewhere, and have observed him closely, and I 
 never have seen him use wines or liquors to excess or unduly exci- 
 ted by the use of them. 
 
 (Upon specification No. 31 being read to witness, he says :) At 
 the time the Court of Bishops were in session in Burlington, I heard 
 Mr. Joseph Deacon say, in the presence of several gentlemen, that if 
 any man said he ever got drunk on cider brandy, or anything else, 
 it was a lie, and further, that if any man says he ever drank cider- 
 brandy with Bishop Doane under a tree, it was a lie. 
 
 SAML. L. SOUTHARD. 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 16th day of November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, M. C. C. 
 
 Frederick Engle being duly sworn according to law, doth 
 declare and say : I am a resident of Burlington city, and have been 
 for the last 15 or 16 years. During that time I have known Bishop 
 Doane intimately, perhaps more intimately than any other person in 
 the town. I have been in the habit of meeting him at my own house 
 and at the house of other gentlemen, but chiefly at my own. (Spe- 
 cification, No. 30, being read to witness, he says :) Until these 
 charges, I never knew or heard his character for sobriety and tem- 
 perance at all questioned. I never knew or heard of his being intoxi- 
 cated. I have never seen him excited by, or under the influence of, 
 intoxicating liquors. On the 10th Nov., 1851, the Bishop was at 
 my house, about 11 o'clock, A. M. We had read iu the paper of 
 the death of the Rev. Mr. Croswell. The paper said, of New York, 
 and we were in hopes it was not the friend of the Bishop. After 
 the Bishop came, we got the paper, but he told me it was a mistake 
 of the paper ; that it was his friend Dr. Croswell. I recollect that it 
 was on the 10th of November, '51, from reference to a particular 
 diary which I keep, and to which I have referred. He remained at 
 my house, talking about the death of his friend, for about half an 
 hour. He was at my house again in the evening of the same day, 
 from about half past 8 to about half past 10 o'clock. He was not 
 intoxicated when at my house, either in the morning or evening of 
 that day. I have made inquiries with a view to ascertain whether 
 Bishop Doane was on board the steamboat Trenton, on or about the 
 10th of November, '51. I inquired of Mr. Gatzmer, and he informed 
 me that the Bishop had a free ticket, and that they kept a register 
 of all the free passengers. Mr. Gatzmer had the books examined by a 
 clerk in my presence, and the name of Bishop Doane did not appear 
 in the month of November of that year. He also informed me that 
 the steamboat Trenton stopped running that year on the lothNovein- 
 
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 ber. Mr. Gatzmer is the general agent, at Philadelphia, of the Camden 
 and Amboy Railroad Co., and the Bteamboat Trenton belongs to that 
 company. I also, on the same day, inquired of Capt. Ilinckle, of [he 
 Bteamboat Trenton. He said that Bishop Doane travelled very 
 seldom with him in 1851, and that he always saw and talked to him 
 
 when 08 boardj that he could not possibly have been intoxicated on 
 
 board, without his seeing him and knowing it, and that lie never 
 saw the Bishop intoxicated. I know that the Bishop's house has 
 always been open to all persons visiting this place, either on business 
 with the Church or the schools, and for strangers generally. I 
 know that in cases of sickness in the town, where wines or brandies 
 were required, it has been the practice to send to the Bishop, and 
 they were always furnished with what they required. If the Bishop 
 had not himself what was needed by the poor, he would beg it for 
 them of some body else. F. ENCLE. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 10th November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Hyall, M. C. C. 
 
 WlLUAM J. WATSON being duly sworn according to law, upon 
 his oath saith — I reside in Philadelphia. During the summer season, 
 for five months in the year, I reside in Burlington, near Bishop Doane. 
 I have known Bishop Doane ever since he came into the diocese, 
 very intimately for the last sixteen years. Have seen him frequently 
 at his house and my own. During this time, he has occasionally been 
 my guest; at one time for three or four weeks in succession. Have 
 had an opportunity of observing and becoming acquainted with his 
 habits. His habits for sobriety and temperance have always been 
 good. Never heard them questioned until the last presentment was 
 made. Have never known him to be intoxicated, or to be excited by, 
 or under the influence of intoxicating drinks. I have never witness- 
 ed any thing but the most marked moderation. Has been in the habit 
 of entertaining a great many strangers at his house, whose business 
 has called them to Burlington. Particularly persons who were con- 
 nected with the schools and Church. In the company of his friends 
 the Bishop is generally cheerful and has a fine flow of spirits, unless 
 flagged by over exertion. Some three or four days since, [ endeavour- 
 ed to see Capt. Ilinckle, of the steamboat Trenton, and much to my 
 regret learned that he was quite ill. I then applied to .Mr. Grata- 
 mer, who referred me to a clerk in the office. He turned to some 
 of the books of the Company, and said that Capt. Engle and a Mr. 
 Trowbridge had gone over the books some time ago, and found that 
 Bishop Doane was not a passenger on board the Trenton during the 
 month of November, 1851. Yesterday I called up and saw Capt. 
 Ilinckle. He told me that Bishop Doane had frequently been on 
 board his boat; that if anything of a particular nature had happen- 
 ed to the Bishop he and the hands on board would have kuowu it. 
 That the Bishop's name would certainly have been registered 
 
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 passenger, had he been on board in November 1851 ; that it was possi- 
 ble the name of a passenger might be omitted, but that it was not 
 probable that a gentleman so well known as Bishop Doane would be 
 omitted. Capt. Hinckle told me he had never seen or heard of the 
 Bishop's being intoxicated on board his boat. He referred me to Mr. 
 Copps, the bar keeper on board the boat. I saw him. He said 
 Bishop Doane, in the course of his travelling on the Trenton, hagl 
 never been at the bar more than two or three times, and then had got 
 nothing but a glass of water. I saw from the books that the steamer 
 Trenton, ceased to run November 13 ; 1*851. Capt. Hinckle is not 
 able to leave his room at this time. 
 
 WM. J. WATSON. 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, the lGth November, 1852. 
 
 Danied B. By all, M. C. C. 
 
 George Thompson being duly sworn, doth depose and say — I 
 reside in the Borough of Bordentown • am the Mayor of the Borough. 
 Some years ago, I heard a remark made in the Borough of Borden- 
 town, by some one in my presence, that he thought the Bishop was 
 a little tight, or words to that effect. The person who made the ob- 
 servation was, to the best of my knowledge, James Thorn. He was 
 a school teacher, and was in the habit of posting my books. Some 
 four or five months back, I was called on by Bennington Gill, who is a 
 customer of mine, who enquired if I recollected a conversation that 
 took place in my store, with regard to Bishop Doane's being intoxi- 
 cated. I told him I did not recollect the time, but that the person 
 who made the observation was Mr. Thorn, who then resided at Key- 
 port. He then asked if I could not fix upon the time when this 
 conversation was had, and I told him I could not, as I had not thought 
 about it afterwards. Some weeks afterwards, William Halstead called 
 on me. He asked me if I could recollect when this conversation took 
 place with Thorn ; whether I could name the month or year it took 
 place. He asked me if it was the day Mr. McKnight's daughter 
 was married, or the time Capt. Shippen was married. I answered 
 that I could not recollect the time it took place. Some two or three 
 weeks after this time, Mr. Gill again called and enquired if I recol- 
 lected anything more of the subject he was speaking to me about. I 
 told him no, and then I asked him if he had heard from Mr. Thorn. 
 He said he had ; but that Mr. Thorn did not recollect any thing 
 about it. I told him if Mr. Thorn did not recollect it he could not 
 expect me to recollect it. Some two weeks afterward, William Hal- 
 stead and the Rev. Mr. Sherman called at my store and made the 
 same enquiry that Mr. Gill had. They were anxious that I should 
 charge my memory as to the time of the transaction. I told them I 
 could not remember. At the time the observation was made by Mr. 
 Thorn I was in my store ; I then stept to the door and saw the Bish- 
 op and some four or five other gentlemen passing. Some of them 
 
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 had tin 1 appearance of being Clergymen. I observed nothing more 
 than cheerfulness on their part. 1 communicated the substance of 
 what I have here Btated to Mr. (Jill, Mr. Halstead and Mr. Sherman, 
 
 in the conversation before .stated. The observation made by Thorn, 
 at the time was ill a joking, derisive manner. 1 have never seen the 
 Bishop under the influence of liquor, although 1 have Been him many 
 times. At the time Mr. Thorn made the observation, I could see 
 all he could see, and my impression is, the observation was caused iu 
 quence of his (the Bishop's) cheerfulness, and the whole com- 
 pany being laughiug and talking. 
 
 GEO. W. THOMPSON. 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 17th Nov., 1852. 
 
 Daniel 13. Kyall, M. C. C. 
 
 Charles Parker, Jr., being duly sworn, saith — I was clerk of 
 the steamboat Trenton iu 1851. Specification No. 30 having been 
 read to the witness, he says — It was on the 11th of Nov. 1851, that 
 the boat aforesaid broke down during the morning trip. It was the 
 custom to preserve the evidences of the trips made by the free sea- 
 sou passengers. Bishop Doane had a free ticket at that time. A 
 record of these vouchers is preserved in the office. I have searched 
 that record from the Gth to the 11th Nov. 1851, inclusive. I 
 searched it yesterday. I find no evidence whatever of Bishop 
 Doaue having made a passage between, or on, the days mentioned 
 above. I knew the Bishop well and think his name would have been 
 entered had he been on the boat at the time charged. I have seen 
 the Bishop at various times and on different boats on his way to and 
 from Philadelphia, but never knew him at all excited by liquor. The 
 first intimation I ever had upon the subject was hearing it read from 
 a newspaper, as one of the charges in the presentment. From my 
 position in the boats, and the character of the Bishop, had he ever 
 been, while on board the boats, in the condition charged, 1 think there 
 is no doubt, I should have seen or heard of it. I saw the bar-keeper 
 of the steamboat Trenton; he told mo he had known the Bishop for 
 eight or ten years ; never knew him to drink any thing stronger than 
 water at the bar of the boat, lie was the bar keeper of the Trenton 
 in L851. CHAS. PARKER, Jr. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 17th November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Rtall, M. C. C. 
 
 Joel W. Condit being duly sworn according to law, doth declare 
 and say — I reside at Newark. I know Bishop Doane. I have 
 known him intimately since 18o'2. In his first visitation he stopped 
 at my house, and ever since, my house has been his home upon all 
 Occasions, whenever I have been able to make it so. 1 have seen him 
 very frequently at his own house and in the houses of other gentle- 
 men. .My intercourse with him has enabled me to become entirely 
 familiar with his habits, as much so as any oue not a member of his 
 
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 family. Daring this period, his habits have been strictly sober and 
 temperate. I have never seen or known him to be in the least intox- 
 icated during this time. I have never known him to make an im- 
 proper or immoderate use of intoxicating liquors. I have never seen 
 him in the least excited by liquor. I have seen the Bishop at his 
 house, at all hours of the day and all hours of the night, in sickness 
 and in health — in joy and in sorrow. He is remarkably cheerful in 
 the society of his own family and friends, and often indulges in a 
 loud and hearty laugh. As far as my observation goes, his house has 
 always been open to visitors, and as far as I recollect, I have never 
 been there except during his illness, when there were not other visit- 
 ors. I have never seen at his table a larger supply of wines or li- 
 quors than was beeoming one in his position. I never heard the 
 Bishop charged with intemperance until after the second present- 
 ment was made. It has been the custom of the Bishop until 1849 
 when the Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey met at Burling- 
 ton, on the first day to entertain the Clergy and on the second day 
 the Laity, at his house. 
 
 JOEL W. CONDIT. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 17th November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, M. C. C. 
 
 Thomas R. "Wilson being duly sworn according to law doth de- 
 pose and say — I reside in Trenton, N. J. I am a Vestryman of St. 
 Paul's Church, Trenton, and Superintendant of the Sunday School. 
 I know Bishop Doane. I became acquainted with him in the Spring 
 of 1848. Since then I have known him very intimately. I have 
 met him always upon his visitations to St. Paul's Church, and also a 
 few times at his own house. Have generally dined with him, when 
 he has visited St. Paul's, at the house of Capt. Hunt. Since my 
 acquaintance with him, his character for sobriety and temperance 
 has been unquestioned. I have never seen him intoxicated, or in the 
 slightest degree excited by the use of intoxicating drinks. His spir- 
 its are naturally cheerful and lively. 
 
 THOS. R. WILSON. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me, this 17th November, 1852. 
 
 Daniel B. Ryall, M. C. C. 
 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 EXHIBIT A. 
 
 Form of Notice. 
 
 Diocese: of Now Jersey, ) 
 Freehold, Nov. 4th, 1852. } 
 
 Sir: 
 
 The Committee appointed by the last Special Convention of New 
 Jersey, held at Newark, on the 27th day of October, 1852, to make 
 a full investigation of the new matters contained in the Presentment 
 lately read before the Court of Bishops, and signed by the Bt. Bev. 
 Bishops of Virginia, Maine and Ohio, against the Bt. Bev. (J. W. 
 Doane, Bishop of this Diocese, and dated 22d July, 1852, will hold 
 a meeting at the City Hotel, (called Belden's,) in the city of Bur- 
 lington, on Monday, the 15th day of November, 1852, at 12 o'clock 
 M., for the purpose of attending to the duties of their appointment, 
 of which you hereby have notice. And you are respectfully requested 
 to attend at such meeting with such evidence as you have or know 
 of, touching such charges, that the same may be examined and in- 
 vestigated by said Committee. 
 
 By order of the Committee. 
 
 Daniel B. Byall, Chairman., 
 
 Note. — Sent by mail, post paid, November 4th, 1852, Notices, of which 
 above is Copy, to Rt Rev. G. W. Doane, D.D., LL.D., Burlington, N. J. 
 Hun. Win. Balstead, Trenton, X.J. ; Caleb Perkins, Beverly, Burlington Co., 
 N. J. ; Peter V. Coppuck, Esq., Mount ITolly, N. J. ; Bennington Gill, Esq., 
 Allentown, N. J. ; Michael Hiys, Burlington, N. J., and Joseph Deacon, 
 Burlington, N. J. By or lev of the Committee. 
 
 Danj 
 
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 EXHIBIT B. 
 
 Letter from the Hon. William Halstead. 
 
 Trenton, Nov. 8, 1852. 
 
 Hon. D. B. Ryall, 
 Chairman of Committee, 
 
 Sir: 
 
 Your letter of the 4th inst., notifying me of the meeting of the 
 Committee of Inquiry in the case of Bishop Doane, was received. — ■ 
 I shall decline attending before the Committee for the following, 
 among other reasons. 
 
 First, Because I deny the authority of the Convention to appoint 
 any such Committee. 
 
 Second, Because the Committee having previously acted and pro- 
 nounced Bishop Doane innocent, upon charges which can be quite 
 as well sustained as any of these, have, in my opinion, already pre- 
 judged the case. 
 
 Third, Because I conceive the Committee from its very composi- 
 tion, and from the relations which subsist between its members and 
 Bishop Doane, to be unable to come to a fair and impartial determi- 
 nation on the subject, however honest their intentions may be. 
 
 Fourth, Because I consider the appointment of the Committee 
 most unfair, unjust and tyrannical, and such as would disgrace an 
 assemblage of pot-house politicians, who are generally in the prac- 
 tice of allowing the minority to be represented by a minority of a 
 Committee. But out of the present Committee of seven the minor- 
 ity cannot claim one who sympathizes with them. 
 
 Fifth, Because I consider the manner in which the original Com- 
 mittee was packed and selected and their names distributed on slips 
 of paper among the faithful, previous to their nomination in the Con- 
 vention, as unfair and disreputable, and I consider the reappointment 
 of the present Committee subject to all the objections urged against 
 the former with the additional objection and illegality that the pre- 
 sent Committee have power to fill up vacancies that may occur, as 
 well as the vacancy that had occurred by the removal of Mr. Wake- 
 field from this State previous to the appointment of the Committe ; 
 and also to the objection that three of the Committee were so desi- 
 rous of being placed upon it that they voted for the Resolution by 
 which they were appointed. 
 
 Sixth, Because I kuow nothing personally of the four charges re- 
 ferred to, and although I know the names of the witnesses by whom 
 it is expected these charges will be sustained, should I name them, 
 I have no expectation that any greater proportion of those named 
 would be examined on the present occasion, than were examined by 
 
the Committee on the former charges, that is one out of seven and a 
 half, I shall therefore decline even to name them. 
 
 I am very Respectfully, 
 
 Your Ob't Serv't; 
 
 Wm. Halstead. 
 P. S. If this letter is published, I desire that it may not be gar- 
 bled, as was one of my letters addressed to the Committee on a for- 
 mer occasion. 
 
 EXHIBIT c. 
 
 Letter from Michael Hays. 
 
 November 15th, 1852. 
 Sir : — Yours of the 4th instant came duly to hand, by which I 
 learn that the Committee, appointed at a Special Convention of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of N. Jersey, held on 
 the 27th October last, will meet in the city of Burlington, on Monday 
 the 15th instant, at Belden's Hotel, at 12 o'clock, M., for the pur- 
 pose of attending to the duties of their appointment; and requesting 
 me to attend said meeting with such evidence as I have or know of 
 touching such new charges contained in the presentment, read before 
 the Court of Bishops, signed by the lit. Rev. Bishops of Virginia, 
 Maine and Ohio, against the Rt. Rev. George W. Doane, Bishop of 
 this Diocese, dated July, 1852. In reply, I beg leave to say, that 
 inasmuch as I attended the late Special Convention, held at Newark, 
 on the 27th October last, and by a vote of said Convention the Com- 
 mittee then appointed were not allowed to make any inquiry into any 
 of the charges of the former presentment against the lit. Rev. G. W. 
 Doane, which had not been inquired into, and not having been 
 officially informed what the new presentments are, I cannot know 
 what evidence to adduce as to the new charges, unless it is from 
 what I have seen in the newspapers, and of these charges I know 
 nothing of my own knowledge, except the case of the Camden Bunk, 
 and all I know about that is, that I got clear of paying a note on 
 which I was endorser of Bishop Doane; and the cashier told me it 
 was in consequence of G. AY. Doane telling him if he would not 
 have it protested, he (G. W. Doane) would bring them the money or 
 a new note with my endorsement, and which he (G. W. Doane) had 
 never done, whereby the bank lost the benefit of the endorser; 
 therefore I do not conceive it necessary for me to attend before said 
 Committee, as what L kuow of the new charges would be hearsay 
 evidence, except what I have stated. But I would ref< r yon to the 
 cashier of Camden Bank for proof of the n< - against G. \\\ 
 
 Doane, for not keeping his word, thereby causing a loss to the Bank. 
 As to f drinking cider-brandy, and asking for more 
 
 cider- brandy or apple-jack, 1 would refer you to Benjamin Deacon, 
 
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 son of Joseph Deacon, and also to Sarah Deacon, daughter of Joseph 
 Deacon. Therefore, until a Court convenes, to try the charges con- 
 tained in the first presentment, made by the Rt. Rev. Bishops of 
 Virginia, Maine, and Ohio against the Rt Rev. G. W. Doane, 
 Bishop of New Jersey, I think I may be spared the trouble of attend- 
 ing before committees. Respectfully yours, 
 
 MICHAEL HAYS. 
 To Daniel B. Ryall, Esq., Chairman of Committee. 
 
 EXHIBIT D. 
 Letter from Mr. Wiley. 
 
 New York, Nov. 19, 1852. 
 D. B. Ryall, Esq. 
 Dear Sir : By the request of one of the Committee of which you are 
 Chairman, I have made an examination of Bishop Doane's account 
 with the late firm of Wiley & Putnam, and find that they had from 
 him, in 1843, a note dated March 3d, at three months, for $197 93. 
 I also find this note was protested for non-payment at maturity, but 
 that it was subsequently paid, and apparently in about 20 days there- 
 after. 
 
 With respect to the fact of its being made payable at a particular 
 bank, this may have been done for the convenience of the Bishop, or 
 more likely by my own suggestion, as I found at times some incon- 
 venience in collecting in Burlington — the notes having first to be 
 sent to a Philadelphia Bank by the Bank in this city, in which 
 W. & P. kept their account, and from thence to Burlington. 
 
 All claims of Wiley & Putnam against Bishop Doane were paid in 
 full some years since. Very respectfully yours, 
 
 JOHN WILEY, 
 
 Of the late Firm. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION. 
 
 The Committee appointed by the Diocese of New Jersey, at a 
 Special (''invention held at Trinity Church, in the city of Newark, 
 on the '27th day of October, A. D. 1852, to make a full investigation 
 &c, held a preliminary meeting at the I'ark House in said city on the 
 same evening, organized by the appointment of the Hon. D. B. Ryall, 
 lirman, and Thos. II. Whitney, Esq., as Secretary. It was re- 
 solved that the first meeting should be held at Leiden's City Hotel, 
 in Burlington, on Monday the 15th day of November, '52, at 12 
 o'clock (noon,) for the purpose of attending to the duties of their 
 appointment. Resolvedj That the Chairman send notice in writing to 
 the four Laymen referred to, in the second presentment, and the ac- 
 cused, the Kt. Rev. Bishop of the Diocese, and also the persons named, 
 and referred to, in the new specifications, referred to said Committee, 
 of the time and place of said meeting, respectfully requesting them 
 to attend, with such evidence as they had, or knew of, touching such 
 charges, that the same might be examined and investigated by the 
 Committee. 
 
 November 15th, A. D. 1852, the Committee met at 12 o'clock, at 
 the City Hotel in Burlington, pursuant to notice. I 'resent, Messrs. 
 Ryall, McFarlane, Potter, McKnight and Harker, the Bishop being 
 likewise present. It appearing to the Committee that the room of 
 the City Hotel, formerly occupied by the Committee, was now occu- 
 pied as a school, and that a more convenient place of meeting 
 than the Hotel could be had at the Vestry Room, at St. Mary's 
 Church, in Burlington, 
 
 olved, That the Committee now adjourn, to meet at the Ves- 
 try Room at 4 o'clock, P. M., of which notice was given to parties 
 and witnesses. At 4 o'clock, P. M. the Committee met, -and 
 the Secretary not being present, it was resolved that C M. Bar- 
 ker be appointed Secretary pro tern. A letter was read from Mr. 
 Wakefield, one of the Committee, stating that owing to the sickness 
 of a member of his family he should he unable to attend. 
 
 On motion, John R. Slack, Esq., of Mt. Holly, was unanimously 
 selected to till the vacancy occasioned by the non-attendance of Mr. 
 Wakefield. 
 
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 No evidence being offered before the Committee, Resolved, That 
 the Committee do now adjourn to to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock at 
 the same place. 
 
 Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock the Committee met. Present, 
 Messrs. Ryall, McFarlane, Potter, McKnight, Slack and Harker. 
 No evidence being offered on the part of the accusers, the following 
 witnesses were examined on the part of the accused. 
 
 1. Dr. Joseph Parrish, Affirmed. 
 
 2. Mrs. Ann Eliza Kelley, sworn. 
 
 3. Rev. R. J. Germain, sworn. 
 
 4. Rob't B. Aertsen, Esq., sworn. 
 
 5. Rev. Sam'l L. Southard, sworn. 
 
 The Bishop was present. At 2 o'clock, P. M., the Committee 
 adjourned to 4 o'clock. 
 
 At 4 o'clock P. M., the Committee met. Present as before. 
 
 The following witnesses were examined on the part of the accused. 
 
 6. Capt. Frederick Engle, sworn. 
 
 7. William J. Watson, Esq., sworn. 
 
 Wednesday morning — Committee met at 10 o'clock. Present, 
 all the members. The Bishop was present. The following persons 
 
 were examined : 
 
 Geo. W. Thompson, Esq., 
 Charles Parker, Jr., 
 Joel Yf . Condit, Esq., 
 Thos. R. Wilson. 
 No evidence was offered on the part of the accusers. 
 
 The Committee, on consultation, Resolved, unanimously, that there 
 was no evidence to sustain these new charges against Bishop Doane, 
 or any just grounds for presentment, and directed their Chairman to 
 draw up a report accordingly and submit the same to their next 
 meeting, which they appointed for Tuesday, the 30th of November, 
 1852, at 1 o'clock, P. M., at the Vestry-room at St. Mary's Church, 
 in Burlington, to which time and place the Committee adjourned : 
 having first directed Mr. McFarlane, one of their number, to call on 
 Wiley k Putnam and obtain from them, or one of them, a statement 
 of the matters in which they were parties, in the last clause in the 
 16th Specification, to be transmitted to the Chairman before making 
 his report, if convenient so to do. 
 
 The Committee then adjourned, as above stated, to meet on the 
 30th November, 1852, at the time and place above indicated. 
 
 30th November, 1852, at 1 o'clock, P. M.— The Committee met 
 pursuant to adjournment. 
 
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