<​Tuesday 19—​> William Martindale writes <​from Washington​> But I must hasten (see T&S. 413.)

Elder William Martindale writes from Washington, Wayne Co. Ia “But I must hasten <​A singular Phenomen​> (see T& S. <​Vol 4 & 5​> 413 <​-[marble cover]-​>) with us”

At 1 p m <​I was present when​> The paraded near the , and were inspected by the officers <​& instructed to prepare themselves with arms & ammunition and to hold themselves in readiness for <​for​> a moment’s notice​> bro Henry Boley met was shot severely under the arm by the accidental discharge of his gun—

Amos S. Chase made the following Affidavit “State of (Copy) Amos S. Chase

<​20​> At home <​in good health & spirits​> counseling and attending to business in general.

The of the Municipal Court took the following Affidavits “On the 20th. day (copy ’s Afft,)

Esqre. also took the <​an​> affidavit as follows “On the 20th. (Copy Andrew M Hamilton, <​Afft.​>”)

<​21​> About 1 o clock in the morning I was alarmed by the firing of a Gun, got up, & went down to the Bank to see the guard, & enquire the cause of it; to my surprise they had not heard it, altho <​I felt sure​> it was fired in ; in a few minutes a Co the morning proved it to be correct, some rowdies in had been firing in the night.

at noon met with the City Council & <​which​> voted that Co. present the Memorial & ordinance to Congress.

Passed “an Ordinance. to prevent unlawful search or seizure of person or property by foreign process in the City of ”.

<​We insert​> The following obituary of Nathan Pratt <​from the pen of his ​> as a sample of what thousands of women & children have suffered, thro the wicked persecutions of the people <​brutal savages​> of <​upper​> “Biography (T&S 414) ages”—

resigned his office as City Auctioneer, & Charles Warner was re-elected

was duly elected City Marshall in the room of , who expects to leave soon—

I gave instructions to the & Policemen to see that all carrion is removed out of the ; and all houses kept in order; to stop the boys when fighting in the Streets, & prevent children from floating off on the ice, & correct any thing out of order, like Fathers— and I offered to build the <​City​> Jail if it was left to my dictation; which the council authorized me so to do—

I insert the memorial from the City Council to the Congress of the for redress of grievances, & protection from further persecution, which was signed by them, from copies having been made by my Clerk for that purpose—

To the Honorable (copy it) <​(see s Copy)​>

I also insert the Memorial that was signed by the Inhabitants of , generally—