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SACRILEGIOUS FRAUD
From tho Pennsylvanian, we learn that
the evidence given on Tuesday in tho Third
District contested election case, biitWeen
Messrs. Iusarsoll and Naylor, by M. Y
O. Courow, one of the Election Judges of
Spring Garden, was of a very important and
interesting diameter, Ite stated that the
election officers of Spring Garden in I838i
iftstead of havinr the oath properly admin
Istered, were awutn not upon the biblo.Wut
tipen either the Philadelphia Directory, or a
book called " 1 lie butlerings oi a amp
wracked Mariner that the oath thus ta
ken had been arranged the night beforo be
tween the magistrate and the British Whig
Committee of superintendence, and that it
was in tho following Words "iou do
swear or affirm that you will this day do
justice to your party" and that certificates
of the reeular swearinein of the different
ffioers were duly made out and signed by
ihera before the rnoek and irreverent, oath
was administered. It also appeared that
the returns were not raidc out until several
days after the election, and that it was then
done in the parlor el ono ot the liritisli
Whig judges, some of the persons partici
patinjr in the work not being election offi
eers. It was likewise shown in the comae
of the examination, that the original certifi
cate of return from Spring Garden the
document read at the meeting of the Return
Judges, and from wliick the Inge'rsoll and
Naylor vote was proclaimed and counted,
is a paper without any signature whatever
This doonment is now on file among the
papers in the possession of Commissioners
appointed under the authority ol Uongress
to investigate the- case.
This, we believe, is tho substance of Mr.
Conrow's extraordinary developements as
to the mode in which the election was con
ducted in Spring Garden, and it is such as
requires no comment. Mr. Uonrow is
member of the British Whig party, and is a
nan of standing and influenco in his neigh
berhosd. Surely the sober minded people
nf this eonntry cannot longer place confi
dence in political demagogues who, profess
irtff as ther do, all :hc Religion violate
trnth and justice! with a recklessnoss unpar
nlleled,
mma!u.H"'
HARD TIMES.
Tho groat oracle of the British Whig par
ty in this country, Henry Clay, In a speech
delivered March 31, 1824. depicts thepres
sure of thai period with the hand of a mas
tar. This Was before the removal of the
dspesites, the United States Bank was ve
toed, or the Independent Treasury bill was
bfought forward. 1 he United btates Ban
was in all its primitive dorr. I he press
-rci,uiiuuu bauu or a ruinous expansion
oi paper money, ana not by the Administra
lien, uut let us hear Mr. Clay.
"Ia casting our eyes around'us, tho most
prominent circumsiaace which fixes our al
tention, and challenges our deepest regret
tuu Bcniai uisubss wiiicn pervaaes th
wnoie country, it is forced upon us by
numerous iacis oi me most mcontestibli
cXaraeter. It is indicated by the diminish
ed exports of native produce; by tho do
pressed and reduced state of our foreign
navigation; by our diminished commerce
by successive unlhreshed crops of grain
perishing in our barns and barn yards for
Ihewantof a marl et -by tho remarkable
uiminutien orthe circulating medium by
no uumeiuus Dannrupicies, not limited to
ine irainng classes, but extending to all op
flora oi society by an universal complaint
.fit.. i . l
vi win wnni in employment, and a conse
quent ifeductton of the price of labor by
uie ravenous pursuit alter public situations
not for the sake of their honors anil' the
psriorraance of their public duties, but as
leans ot private subsistence by the reluc.
uni resort to the perilous use of paper mo
, w t,,, iL. : 4 i , t , .
hi- iiiicivciHion oi legislation in
xne neneaie relation between debtor and
reditor, and above all, by the low and de-
pressed state or the value of almost cverv
rIBfvik&llfn .fiL. ...1.-1. '
"""P""U u wiioie mass Of me prop-
ul ,UD u"ou, wnicn nas.on an averao
ennis not less than fifty per cent, within
few years.
'The truth is, no class of society suffers
wore in the present Stagnation of business,
man mo laooring class. That is. necessary
eftect or the depression of agriculture, the
principal business of the community. The
"wages ef able bodied men vary from fivo to
dollars por month; and such has been
me want ol employment in some parts of
me union, that instances have not been un
irequenioi men working merely for the
weans of present subsistence. If the wages
for labor here and in England are compared
nicy win ou iounu not to be essentially diff-
vi mi.
JiaM OUiler. U thcro 'bo any liquor
wore Htupyfying- than another, it is hard
cider." It stupifies all the mental and mor
al acuities, and mate the drinker azy,
aenssles, cress and stupid. It is ten times
worse than nipt or whiskey. The Indians
are noted for becoming intoxicated with it,
and hence the expressions, "cross as an In
dian," " drunk as an Indian." Yet this,
tho Whigs admit, is General Harrison's fa
vurite beverage, the liquor by which ho is
inspired. They are for a hard cider gov
errwnent a cross, stupid, idle, lazy, obstin
ate, sleopy, stullilied, administration.
Heaven defend us from such a Whig Pres
ides Morning Pqsh
tn Senate of the United States ,MV 8u-
ciian'aK made the following
REPORT:
Tht Committee on Foreign. Relations, to
whilh were referred the stveral mes
sages of the President of the U S.
Communicating to Congress, at its
vrtsenl session, certain official torrcs-
pondence in relation to the question of
mi . a !J.j,'. L J ii. ja ...lit n-.,i
I lie icTTiiory lit utspuic ujui. kticui
Britain in our northeastern frontier ;
end, also, certain resolutions of the Le
gislature of Maine on the same subject l
report:
That they have had the same under con
sideration) and now deem it expedient to
communicate to the Senate their reasons
fdr not making, at the present moment, a
general report upon the whole subject.
They feet that they will best perform this
duty, by placiug clearly and distinctly be
fore the Senate the existing state and condi
tion of the pending negotiation between the
two Governments.
The President of the United States, in
his annual message of December last, in
formed Congress that, "for the settlement
of our northeastern boundary, the proposi
tion promised by Great Britain, for a com
mission of cxploiation and survey, has
been received, and a counter-project, in
cluding also a provision for the certain and
final adjustment of the limits in dispute, is
now before the British Government for
its consideration," Tho President has
not thought it advisable to communicate
this counter-project to Congressj yet we
have his assurance, on which tho most
confident reliance .may be placed, that it is
of such a character as will, should it be
accepted, finally settle the qnestion. This
proposition was officially communicated to
that Government during the last sum
mer. Mr. Fox, the British minister, in his
note of the 24th January last, doubtless
with a perfect knowledge of the nature of
the project which had been snbmitted by
the American Government to that of Great
Britain, assures Mr. Forsyth "that he
net only preserves the hope, but he enter
tains the firm belief, that if tSe duty of ne
gotiation the bouudarv question be lelt m
the hands of the two National Govern
ments, to whom alone of right it belongs
the difficulty of conducting the negotiation
to an amicable issue will not be tound so
great as has been by many persons apprc
hended." And in his subsequent note.
March 13, 1810, he states that he has been
instructed to declare "that her majesty'
Government are only waiting for the
detailed report of the British commis
sionera recently employed to survey the
disputed territory, which report, it was be
lieved, would be completed and delivered
ortho present month, (March,) in order
trunsrait to the Government of the United
States a reply to their last nronosal unon
the subject of the boundary negotiation."
Thus we may reasonably expect that this
reply will be received by the President du
ring the present month of April, or early in
"lay.
i iiuc siicn is me conuitton oi me nnn
cipal negotiation, tho committee have deem
ed it inexpedient, at this timo. to renort ud
on the subordinate, though important, ques
tion in relation to the temporary occuoption
of the disputed territory. . They trust that
the answer of the British Government may
uc oi sucn a cnaracier as to render a report
upn this latter subject unnecessary. In any
giciii, nicy imvc every reason to believe
mat me .state ol suspense will be but of
uriei duration.
The committee, everlsince tbis ombar
rassing apd exciting question was first pre
sented tot their
anxious thVi.t the
eraiion, have been
uraent of the United
btates should
the right; md
fully accompli
eel
y preserve itself in
this desire has been
The territorial riehts
ot Maine har
uniformly asserted,and
a firm detetni
to maintain them has
been ipvariab
iced; though this has
been done in
ble spirit, So far as the
the committee
ercisa any influence
over the subiec1
are resolved that if
war should be t
dently hope ma
(which they confi
me case,) tins war
snail be render
able by the conduct
of the British
rnment. ihov have
believed this to bo the surest mode of unit
ng every American heart and everv Amori.
-i irm ii' ueience oi me just rights of the
couniry.
It is but justice to remark, that tha fir.
cuuvo oianch ol the government has, from
me ot ginning, neon unilormjy guided by
the same spirit, and has thus for
nnn, consistent., ana nrudent pntir
. - I
throughdut the whole negotiation with
Great Britain. - '
adequato cause, at tho present moment, for
ii iii,u hid cumin i-.dh ran nprrnvi- no
uuuijiaiiiig iHMiiunsj qetween the two
countries, they would not be understand no
expressing the opinion that this ceuntrv
nouid net be prepared to meet any emer
gency. 1 ho question ef peace or war may
in a great degree, depend unon tho
of the British Government, now speedily
expecled.
Hon. George W. Hon! ins. the Connr.
vdtive Reprssentative from Viainia. has
come out over his name, and declared that
e can follow Wi ham C. Rives no nnaur
and (hat ho shall support Vip Bum
Such are the signs in the Old Dominion.
The following, is th5 test iSyhdpjia we.
have seen.of a congressional proceeding
which caused tome nqlso in the wbild;
Both members if they have their deserts,
should bo expelled. The scene described
took place on the 20th of April, 1810.
The Baltimore Post, says that Mr. Hop
kins, of Virginia was replying to Mr.
Wise, when their dispute between them
was suddenly interrupted by a regular set
too of fistctiffa between Mr. Rice Gar
land, the lately nominated calm and dis
passionate presiding Judge of the Supreme
Uourt .01 Louisiana, and Mr. uynum, oi
North Carolina. Such a sensation I never
saw excited; asceno so indecent and so dis
graceful, I had heped never to see exhibited
any where, much less ameng the right hon
orable of Congress, the congregated wis
dom of the nation. When' I speak of a
fight, of a battle, of fistcuffs, ef hit and
parry, scratching and throttling, I am not
speaking figuratively my languago is per
fectly literal. There was actually a regu
lar fight with fists between Mr, Rice Gar
land I beg his pardon, I mean Judge Gat
land and Mr. Bynum. I was standing
within four feet of them when the scuflle
took place. Of the visible part of the fight,
I can give a fair account on my own author
ity and my own responsibility. Of the
causes of tho onslaught, I can only furnish
you with the probabilities, as I gathered
them from balancing conflicting testimony.
I saw Mr. Byiium walking up the aisle
in the vicinity of Mr. Garlatui'n seat. He
appeared to utter in a low tooe a few words,
apparently addressed to Mr. Banks; and in
a moment after Mr. Gerland leaped from
his seat, struck him several blows, all which
manccuvers were returned with equal spirit.
Mr. Banks seized Mr. Gailand, and Mr.
Evans caught hold of Mr. Bynum, while
Mr. Connor, of North Carolina, a veteran
member, who was near, ran from his scat,
with much agitation expressed on his face
and authortativcly, as became him, interpos
ed between the combatants. Mr. Evans
and Mr. Banks also seemed much agitated.
While the effort was making to effect the
separation, much violence of language was
used, it least by Air. Bynum.
The cause el the fight, as 1 heard them,
were as follows : When Mr. Bvnum pas
sed up the aisle, he observed to Mr. Banks,
that manoeuvre (the spreading of the falsified
documents, of which Mr. Wise was at that
moment speaking tn vindication) appears
suspicioust You are a damn liar, said
Judge Garland.
The profanity of language js not mine
it belongs to the honorable iudge. You are
a damn liar and a damn rascal, with imi
tative courtesy, responded Mr. Bynum.
'PL T...1 11-. -.1 J I. .U- ..-i-X.-'
roan, who returned the blows with emulous
nuickness. 0 rirhteous Judge ! God
, hln-ili-pnot.fnlIca .who naajrjbe tried iy
I1IFU i
I havo endeavored to give you as accurate
account, as I could possibly gathers- Of
the acts I was a witness; the Words that pas
I T J! 1 . . I r
ecu, i um noi near, uut l hve been as
careful as. possible in my statement, giving
you nothing but what teems well- authenli-
caied. A committeo of .investigation has
been appointed, co3isting of Messrs. Un
derwood, Butler, of Kentncky, Briggs,
Cooper, of Georgia, and Clifford, whose
report will correct my mjs-staternents, if I
have made any. Messrs. Banks and Nes
bilt were appointed; and Messrs. Butler and
Uooper substituted for them. The cora
mitte, you may perceive, is n very fair ono,
consisting of two democrats, two whigs,
and one nrllifier but all moderate and gen
tlemanly. . Speeches were delivered by Messrs.
Dromgoole.Underwoed.Connor and Briggs.
Mr. Connor made an address of rra:it fnmi.
lieautr eloquence, guided by the wisdom of
experience; ,ne very seldom speaks; but
when he does rise, he is always listened to
with the attention which his talents, servi
ces, experience, and conrtpsv mpnta
New York Town Elections Thn UAr.
alisis, manufactured much enthusiasm
about these elections.with how much reason
let the OFFICIAL returns from the Albany
Argus tell:
THE TOWN ELECTIONS.
Democratic nett gain is FIFTY-FOUR
l owns since last fall.
The official returns of thu hubbm! pliin
in November 1839,.showed that the domo.
prats carried then 411 towns, and tho feder
alists 107 towns. The actual loturps of the
town elections March and April; of 1840,
show that the democrats have nn-rKtuUA
430 towns, and tho federalists in 438.
Being a federal loss of 29 towns, and a
democratic gain of 25 tewns and a nett
democratic-gain of fifty-four towns.
. .u nu run hub going nacKwards,
Va.i Buren will cairy Now York.
Jin
Itemfor the JVhSr-x nn..,i
Root was elected to the Senate by a major
ity of one vote. At a criminal court in
Jroy last month, a man named Di inn wni
convicted of oeriurv in iwni in u.
at one , of the ward polls, having nrvin.li.
voted the whier ticket
It appeared on the trial, that Dunn swore
in his vole, while in a aalo of. intox
ication, under the advice of his whig
friends. General Root, th
his seat by a vote cortuptly put into the
ballot bor. Dunn goes to the State Prison,
while General Root remains in the Senate
to declaim against tho " corruption of the
Democrat party I" Mohawk Courier-
" l'Tii trite 'lit hity, pilU 'lis 'lis rue.' '
Some of thVwhig Sprints arc indignant
at tho presuthplious interference of Harri
son's Thinking Committeo of Three, who
have muzzled the old gentleman) and put a
gag in his mouth, to prevent him from dis
closing his sentiments upon siibjects'of na
tional importance. They are denounced as
a pack of " impolite asses," whose med
dlesome intrusion will do more to cast ridi
cule upon the " gteat whig" candidate for
president than tho sarcasms of all the ad
ministration presses in the Union. " 'Tie
true 'tis pity," that an aspirant for the high
est office in, the gift of a free people should
be held in leading strings and Heated like a
lunatic or idiot by a self constituted com
mittee; but if he is incapable of asserting
his, rights now, what kind ef an automation
will he make should he, by any adverse
combination of circumstances, be called lo
occupy tho presidential chair t ' He would'
prove a mere King Log, without any voli
tion of his own, and subject to the capri
ces of a new committee of which Henry
Clay would be the moving principle. It is
an insult to thp undeistanding of the peo
ple to ask them to confide tho reins of gov
ernmen to such hands. Ulster Itepub.
VWMUlii'i iff "fcff
WHIGGERY AND TRUTH.
Whiggery Where is tho forty millions
of money that was in the treasury when
Martin Van Buren came into power, is it
not scattered to the four winds of heaven 1
TruthNot so .fast Mr. Whiggery. the
forty millions of which you speak only a
mounted to 30 or 37 millions, 20 millions
of which have been deposited with the
States of thp people.
Whiggery Well at any rale, there is
eight or ten millions missing, where is that,
Truth It Was applied to the payment of
the government debts, in order to extend
lenity to tho whig merchants of New York,
and the whig banks that are unable to pay
government to the amount of their indebt
edness. Whiggery Is it possible T
Truth It is not only possible, hut it is
absolutely true ihat the government held
bonds.against merchants at the East, to the
amount of 7 millions of dollars, and had at
the same time in deposite with the banks
about five millions moie, not a dollar of
which could be collected.
Whiggery I must be going.
Truth Stop and hear the balance.
Whiggery 1 hav'nt time now, I aaust
be going.
Sank of the United States. 'iBicknell'e
Ll'hiladelphiaJ Keporler says: "The Phil
udelphia banks continue the system of mar
king checks, although some of them pay
eut their owh notes with raoio freedom than
tbey did a fortnight go. All checks ex
cept those on the Bank of the United
Otalts, are now received on deposite and
in payments of debts, so that the system is
not attended with so much inconvenience as
formerly."
Tho above article should bo remembered
by every candid man who now is, or ever
has been, m favor of tho Bank of the United
States. It ia a pregnant commentary upon
the great Regulator, both upon itself, and
tho banks in Philadelphia which have had
the greatest share of its re?ulation. Thev
are all now in tho .miserable condition of us-
nig unpaid checks as a circulating medium!
And while this resource is mortifying and
ougrauing cnougn io mosc who use it, -yet
the great Regulator is at loo low an ebb it
self to have its checks admitted into this
class r f circulation I Her unpaid checks
though marked good," are nut receivable
at any bank in Philadelphia I Yet this is
the bank which has had the power to make
two suspensions of specie payments in three
yeara, and tho audacity to charge the whole
upon the Government. Checks on her are
not now received in deposite at other Phila
delphia banks, or in payment of debts ! . In
other words, the Bank of the United States
is outlawed in Philadelphia I Great will
be the loss to the American stockholders.
Globe.
BANK REFORM.
The last Richmond Whig, in an article
urging the necessity of a reformation in the
abuses of the bankintr system. .hnlU ilm fal
lowing strong language: "All parties
fnust ultimately concur in the propriety of
remodeling the banking system as it exists
in this couniry, of imposing further restric
Hons on their effect, urjd interposing addi
tional safeguards against the power of op
portunity and temptation. It is manifest
that aB things now are a corrupt Teller or
Cashier may even whern vitri,, i.
cised, any day half ruin the Bank, and in-
mci a ueavy mow on the prosperity of the
community. Unhappy was tho dav for A
merica wncn Bankx i,,t,A,!...,i
the country. Speculation, debt, ruin, cbr
rnption of morals and misery have follow
ed in their train. Much at tlm imn,..
ment which thev' are s.iirl tn
..... J " .h.v UIl,UI!l
plished, we believe to be no improvement
at all; but if it be, improvement prematute
ly attempted and effected by the unnatural
expausion of the Daner vatm. ,ul,ll, .
gain collapsing, as collapse it always will,
.Uvm a Bj4iuip!!, nas scattcreu des
truction through the land."
The Little Rock fAi-kano n...iiQ
that " WlllllPerv in nt nn )nw ol.U : ,i..
State, that it is doubtful whether there will
be even a Harrison electoral ticket noraina-
icu,
VARIOU S ItfATTSHS.
. A MUTINEER.
A paragraph is circnlati ng in tho news
papers lo tho effect that a seaman cmineitcd
with the United Slates ship Vanda ia.
lying at Pensacola, was hung from the yird
arm un tho -lOth ult. on a charge of hav'mg
assaulted 'one of his officers. A correspon.
Jn nf Aim, ntwl 1ST...... "I I ,V ,
Mem ui tuu 4iiiiir uuu xmvr vuroaipii, ll
writin? from Pensacola tho lith nit net
rects the mistake by stating that Un
man was uut hang, although very xearlye
So.-
"The scaffold was rigged the grave du fl
anu coinn maue in tact every preparation
perfect. At the appointed time the yellow
Hag signal for execution was rim un at
tho fore royal mast head of the frigate, a w
gun ureu, me crews oi an me snips matter
ed on deck, and a general order from i
Commodore, relating to the melancholy
spectacle, soon to take place, read to them,
They were permitted lo cluster upon the'
forecastle and booms, to be nblo thu better
th witness the execution. The man dress-'
ed in white, having on the white trap, vif
observed, led out upon the scaffold, ropt
adjusted, and the chaplain attending with
his prayer book, to base the poor follow off
handsomely into the other World. The'
chaplain having finished, the marine officer
was seen to advance and read what itf
supposed his dealh warrant, hut Which w
sonn known by signal from the frigate to la
his pardon by the President, assigning for
it the very good reason that Livingitoa'i
offence was only one ipstanee of unbridhi
passion, and his punishment did not seem
necessary for the preservation of the dis
cipline of the squadron, as it appeared from
the evidence that he called upon tho beats'
crew of the other ships, but called ii
vain.
"Tho yellow flag was then hauled down,
and the performance of the morniDg ended.
The man Was trenonduodsly frightened, ai
you may readily imagine, -and was in fact
so completely pmlyzed that hie parian
caused no moro emotion, pr perceptible
change in his demeanor than the rsadisg of
his sentence, which was none at all. It
w?' some moments after ho was led below
before he could speak, er even make a noise
with his tongue, and his motion was to
seize the bible, and kissing il, promised
uever to touch intoxicating drinks again.
Storm and Loss ef-7.lfn at Pnndiehrr.
7 - ............
ry. The Tempts publishes accounts from
Pondicherrv of the,22d of Jannnrr. ind
from Yanaon, a French factory about 250
mues along tho coast Irom that city, up to
the 7th ol December, which contains nu
merous details of the dreadful hurricane and
inundation of the sen on that coast- They
covnciue in staling the rorce of the wind I
r i th. t. u
nave oeen suon as had trover belore been
witnessed there, and the inroad of tho sea
as dreadfn! beyond description. Upwards
of ten thousand corpses had been found, bst
many mousand more had. no doubt bein
wasneu away. Bo many bodies lying un
buried had caused a pestilence and Ihn con
dition of tho survivors, who had lost pass!
of their property, was exceedingly distress
in'?. The British autborilins mwl sitlir
had shown the greatest kindness to tjio
rrencn sunerers, but the laqtory and town
oi i anaon, which, alone had lost 1590 in
habitants, could not recover from such a ca
lamity for a great many years. . The Gor
ernment chest and most of the public re
cords had been preserved. As instances of
the extensive scale on which his great natu
ral calamity acted it is mentioned that at
Talariveu one houso. in winch
taken refuge, was blown down and raosl ef
mem Kiueuj w.niie at Mallavoram, a village
on the English territory only 40 were sir
ed ont of 2000 inhabitants.
MALICE OUTWITTED.
The owner of a sawmill in the ceunlry,
wiuiuy aguiasi a neighbor
ing farmer, laid a nlan m ti lii
as q thief, convicted and sent to the peni
tentiary. But as (ha honesty of his nei-h-bor
afforded no just grounds of accusation,
he resorted to the expedient ef secretly enn
veying his own property upon hia neigh
bor s premises, so that, being found there,
they might be a proof of his guilt. Er
this piirppso he took a thousand of boaids,
having his own mark on them, and" at dead
of night, dumped them in a field, near hri
neighbor .1 house. But the farmer was not
so sound asleep as his enemy supposed.
Ho heard a noise, or thought ho hoard one,
and gelling up pretty soon after, tn eatiffr
himself on the subject, by the holp of a
light, ho found tho load of boards, with the
sawyer's mark therenn. Tlnw
there, and Why they came there. n,J,.il
upon his mind at once. His eenrie wjs-.
promptly taken. Allowing l.ia . :...
-, : , a uvniy jut
time to get home ami into bed, that the light
of the burning pile might not be detected.
i ure 10 me boards, which, being well ,
asoned, were soon consumed.
Eavlv in the
anticipated, tho tinur im. ,.,s,u
1 m 1 , j ' adju
stable, and a search-warrant, to seareh for
his nronerlv.
" You are ausnerlpfl"
, , . . 1 , tuu uuuvr IU
him, " Of havinir tatrnn a ll,n, I f
boards from this man, and by virtue of the
n'-irrinl T 1.-1,1 1
Hum in my nanu, 1 mustsearcli
your premises."
Very well," replied tho farmer. vnti
aro at ltbeity 0 search as much as you
please; and if you find any boards, I'M ea
gago to eat them for niv breakfast I"