i
pcffcvsonian Ucpublican.
Tliiirsdiiy, Anfftisl 5, 1852.
For President,
GEft WINF1ELD SC01T
OF NEW-JERSEY.
For Yice-Prcsidc?it,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
OF NORTH-CAROLINA.
For Indue of Supreme Court,
JOSEPH' BUFFINGTON
OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY.
For Canal Commissioner, ,
JACOB HOFFMAN
OF BERKS COUNTY.
FOR "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.'
SENATORIAL,
A. E. Brown. James Pollock.
Samuel A. Purviancc.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1. William F. Hughes,
13. NcrMiddlcswartli.
V. J nun Traqunir,
3. John W. Siokcs,
4. John P. Verrce,
5. Spencer McMrainc,
(i. James W. Fuller,
7- James Penrose,
t. John Shaelfer,
y Jamb Man-lull,
lit. Chailes P. Waller,
II Dai is Alton,
VI. M. C Mcrcur,
14. James II. Campbell,
15. James D. Paxton,
IG. James K. Davidson,
17. Dr. Jolm McCulIock.
IS. Ralph Drake,
19. Sohn Linton,
20. Archibald Robeilson,
21. Thomas J. lligham,
22. Lewis L. Lord
2.1. Christian Mcvcis,
24. Dorman Phcfps,
Graliasn vs. Sebright.
Wc publish another communication to
day from Hugh Graham against his neigh
bor and Locofoco brother Searight, the
candidate of the so-called Democracy for
Canal Commissioner. It will he seen that
I ugh insists upon his charges being true,
and defies contradiction. Be that as it
may, one thing is certain and, that is,
Searight has vol dared to deny, under his
own signature, the authenticity of the
letter published by us as his. lie has a
good reason for not attempting such a
task, lie knows it to have been written
by himself.
Terrible Calamity!
The steamer Ilenr' Cla-, with about
300 passengers on board, took fire on the
the 2dth ult., while running a race with
steamer Armenia on the Iludsonriver, and
was run on shore by the captain, near Yon
kors. Here a frightful struggle to escape
the burning vessel, took place, in which
about 70 lives were lost.
Mr. John H. Melick, proprietor of the
"Union Hotel", of this place, was in Al
bany on the morning this steamer left, had
made arrangements to take passage on
the boat, and was already on board, but
just as she was about starting, jumped off
in consequence of not meeting there a
gentleman he expected to see. He thus
fortunately escaped the danger to which
so many persons were fatally exposed.
Activity in tlic Navv.
It is stated that the frigate Constitution
(Old Ironsides) now at the Brooklyn Na
vy Yard, has been ordered to be put in
immediate roadiness for sea, and for that '
purpose she has been taken into dock.
The sloop-of-war "Warren, brig Dolphin,
and one or two other naval vessels ly
ing at the yard, have been ordered to get ;
ready for sea within a few days past.
JTIassacre by flic Indians.
The latest arrivals state that the great
est excitement prevails along our South-'
western frontier, in consequence of re-1
cent outrages committed by the Indians.
Captain Marcy, son of Ex-Governor Mar
cy, of New York, with 80 men, was re
cently murdered, by about 1,000 Indians,
Cammanches and Kioways, on their way
to attack thc Military posts, on the head
waters ofthe lied River. The Indians
entered his camp and were kindly recei
ved, and left laden with a number of pre
sents. At night they ran off with the
horses and mules of the troops, and the
next morning made their attack on the
camp. The fight lasted all day.
Mutilated Bank Notes. A suit
-was recently tried before one of the lower
t courts in the city of Pittsburgh to recover
'of the Exchange Bank the value of a five
dollar mutilated note. The note had a-
l-bont an inch torn off the middle of it,
which, it was contended by the officers of
the bank could, with a like amount from
five other bills, form a sixth, and one c-
fj qually as good and passable as that pre
f sented at the bank for redemption: The
bank bad offered to give four dollars for
the note, but it was refused, and the full
value demanded. The bank was sustain
ed by the court, which decided that the
bolder of the noto was not entitled to the
full value represented on its face.
nFour millions of manufactured goods
are now annually exported from France
to the United States.
jrj3Edwin Forrest will presently; "lead.
-.Jt.:r,n oue of uh finest vrowen ia
Delaware 'Caaial. The naviga
tion on this canal has been interrupted
for a few" days by a breach near Bristol.
Who killed Cock Robin?
That is no longer the question. For a
while the question was, did Searight pen
the Keys' letter? That having been es
tablished, the inquiry now is, who was the
political death of Wm. Searight? It was
Hugh Graham, his Locofoco neighbor.
Bowman, in the last Bedford Gazette,
says:
The Democratic papers in Uniontown
have attempted to explain the "Hugh
Graham, Disclosures," and, in so doing,
they seem to admit the authenticity of the
letter said to have been written by Mr.
Searight to Mr. Keys.
Now, the the revolting part of the whole
business is Mr. Searight's own letter, and,
if this is admitted, all the locomotive pow
er in the State could not drag the Demo
cracy into his support, and it would be
degrading to the principles we profes, to
ask them to vote for such a candid ate,with
such a production fastened upon him!
This has become a grave question
one which rises above all considerations'a
bout ANY MAN and if it is not met
fearlessly and honestly, without dodging
or equivocation, it will involve the Demo
cratic party in a degree of odium, the ef
fect of which cannot be calculated.
The re-assembling of the State Conven
tion will afford a glorious opportunity to
adjust this affair, and proclaim the virtue
of Democracy, and, if it is not done, let
the responsibility rest with those who as
sume it. "We wash our hands of all par
ticipation in attempting to bolster up a
candidate who could be guilty of penning
a letter so disgraceful and infamous as
that "addressed" to Mr. Keys iu 1840."
CSfA girl only 7 years of age, 3 feet
9 inches high, weighs 127 lbs., and with
Avhiskcrs and moustache "fullv cnual to
those of Kossuth" (so says the description) j
" !
is on exhibition in Rochester.
Hush ! Look after Searight.
Can order be brought out of chaos like
this? Can any man who votes for the '
whig candidate tell what lie votes for be-'
youd a successful G eneral? Y alley Spirit, j
Those votiug for Gen. Scott will then, 1
at all events, according to your own ad-
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mission, have the satisfaction of knowning
'
that he is a successtul Hero; but what
satisfaction will Locofocos voting for Sea-
right have? That they voted, not for one
who has fought and bled in defence of the
country, but for one who according to his
own statement to Hugh Keys has been j
guilty of forgery, and stands before the
country a self convicted ignoramus. j
Daily News. j
i
Tlie Sword and the Cruf cli.
The Pottsville Emporium says that
Gen. Pierce mounted Ids horse, and rushed ;
into the battle of Churubusco ; remamg
m it till he jaintca anu was carried irom
the field.
The Kentucky Flag, on the other hand,
says thc gallant General entered the bat
tle of Churubusco on foot., writh a sword
in one hand and a crutch in the other.
Now, from these harmonious facts, the
important question arises, whether the
Legislature of New Hampshire were not
as much bound to present the intrepid
General with an elegant crutch, as with
an elegant sword.
JSQ-The actual ordinary expenses ofthe
whig government last year were a reduc
tion upon the most favorable estimate of
the Polk expenditure of more than 85,
000,000. BSfThere is no reason .to charge Gen.
Pierce with lack of spirit or courage at
Churubusco or Contreras. Aid. Argus.
Nor at Marathon and Thermopylaj,for
the same reason because he xcasnt there!
A Friend of ours called in at our sanc
tum yesterday, to express his opinion thai
Pierce, after the Presidential election,
would be very much in the predicament
of the stick of candy he gave to the "boy
who was a total stranger to him," liched,
clear out of sight. "We kicked the fellew
out of the office, of course. Buffalo
Rough ISbtcs.
jjgrA friend brought us in this morn
ing a list of ten subscribers, seven of
whom he declared from his own personal
knowledge to have been Locofocos up to
the nomination of General Scott. That
is the way the ball rolls Cincinnati
Alias
revolution has broken out in the
Society Island, and Queen Pomare has
been forced to abdicate her throne.
Scott Enthusiasm. Persons coming
from above and below on the river, speak
of the demonstrations of enthusiasm which
they saw. All along the Kentucky shore
and on the Indiana below and Ohio above,
bonfires, illuminations and artillery were
seen and heard, the most cheering evi
dences of joy appeard, making the very,
river vocal from shore to- shore. Ports.
8pJr. -? :
""3eii. Pierre :inl Slavery.
The "Washington Republic some time
since jrublished from two ifew Hampshire
papers The Manchester Democrat and
the Independent" Democrat reports of a
speech delivered by Gen. Pierce at New
Boston, in which among other ultra ex
pressions on the subject, declared that 'he
rcvolted-at the giving up of a slave," and
that 'he loathed the fugitive salve law."
The Union, on their appearance in the
Republic, denied that any such statements
as were impatcd to him in these reports
had ever been utterred by Gen. Piercc.
Messrs. Norris, Peaslec and Hibbard,
Democratic members of Congress from
New Hampshire, also joined in this deni
al, and published a letter over their joint
signatures, in which they say:
"They (the Manchester Democrat and
the Independent Democrat) are known to
us to be now, and to have long been, a
vowedly and bitterly opposed to the prin
ciples and organization of the Democratic
party generally, and particularly vindic
tive and mendacious in regard to General
Pierce, before and since his nomination
at Baltimore."
The editors of the Republic, not con
ceiving that the bold though vague deni
als of the Union and its colleagues settled
the question of the authenticity of the re
ports, have procured further testimony.
The first is from the gentleman who re
ported Gen. Pierce's speech, and is to the
folloging effect:
I, Andrew T. Foss, of Manchester, in
the county of Hillsborough, and State of
New Hampshire, depose and say, that on
the 2d day of January, 1852, I attended
a political meeting at New Boston, in said
county, which was addressed by General
Franklin pierce; that I went there for the
purpose of reporting the speakers, and
that the report of the speech of General
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?.n acciares mat ue-ioatu-
f,.:ei,.i w t ti, .i:pi1,Ar.
1U1 UlOUvt 'J 111 l IU Hills Ul bUU
Chester Democrat; that the same was writ
ten out by me on the evening after the
meeting, from notes taken on the spot;
and that the facts therein stated, as pub-
lishod in said Manchester Democrat, and
also iu the Independent Democrat., are true.
1 distinctly recollect that General Pierce
said alu0"S other things, that he had a
"most revolting feeling at the giving up a
0i,vin m a wi t? -r cm
slave that he "loathed the fugitive Slave
Law. amj thnfc tUe same was oppose(I to
humanitv and moral ri"ht."
A. T. FOSS.
The second piece of evidence is a letter
from Mr. John II. Goodall, editor of the
Manchester Democrat, who avers that he
had always been a Democrat, and is now
opposed to General Scott, and that "two.
reports were made of General Pierce's
speech, which correspond in every particu-
hir. snd that the accuracy of tho reporfc in
thc Manchestcr Bemocrat was not denied
hy fl singk unm rac?rf
ofthe Washin U)n Unio
It is worthy of note, in this connection,
I that whilst thc Union so indignantly de
nies the reliability of these reports, and
scouts them as a base forgery, the New
York Post, true to its Freesoil proclivities,
gives them ful credence, commends Gen
eral Pierce for the sentiments attributed
to him, and calls exultingly for the pro
duction of more testimony of the same
sort. May not the Southern Democrats,
who are so loud in their proclamation's
of Gen. Pierce's fealty to the compromises
of the Constitution, and soudness on the
slavery question, see why it was that the
Democratic Convention so steadily refus
ed to announce its platform until after the
nomination was made; and why it was
that when that nomination had been made
the Messrs. Yan Buren, Butler, Dix, Ban
toul, and a host of others, with their or
gan, the New York Post, wheeled into line.
The Niagara Gathering.
According to all accounts, this was one
of the most tremendous gatherings of
"Whigs ever known. They were there
from all quarters, from all sections of the
land, and the enthusiasm warrants the
belief that a Whig triumph is certain.
The proceedings were deeply interesting,
while the weather was of the most delight
ful character. It is estimated that there
weie not less than 100,0:)0 persons as
sembled in the vicinity of the Falls.
The grounds selected for thc celebration
were conveniently located, and well adap
ted to the purpose. Those set apart for
the encampmentwereonthe easterly skirts
of the town, about one hundred rods from
the cataract. They were interspersed
with fields and groves, extending from the
Niagara River northward to a point some
distance north of the Buffalo and Niaga
ra Falls Railroad. They afforded ample
room and accommodations for 100,000
persons. The military encampment and
the grounds for the delegations were ad
jacent. Among the distinguished "Whigs pres
ent were Gov. Hunt of New-York, Gov.
Johnston of Pennsylvania, Hon. Gr. W.
Patterson, of New-York, Alvah Hunt, of j
New-York, Judge Mason and Judge
Wrigbt, of Ohio, Judge Jessup of Penn- ;
sylvania, &c. Delegations from fourteen '
States had been reported at noon on Tues-'
day. Over two hundred of Scott's old ,
soldiers TTfirn on fho rrnnnd. and bv wnv !
of novelty some forty Tuscarora Indians
& , j
Lane.
Scott in the West.
" Comes-from .the West, in thunder tone,
.-VJ -Ilurrah,' hurrah, hurrah !
Scott is our best, our chosen orie,
. . , .Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah.!
East, West, North, and South united
shout,
Their love for Graham and for Scott,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah !''
The news from the West is of the most
cheering character. A prominent citizen9
of Indiana, in a letter to a citizen in Ma
ryland, says that " the Whigs are very
sanguine of success;" that, they "are rais
ing Scott poles two hundred feet high in
every direction ;" that " thc enthusiasm
is greater than in 1840 ;" that "no doubt
Indiana will go for Scott and Graham;"
and that the Locofocos are " down in the
mouth," and " give up thc election."
Another citizen of tho same State, who
has always acted with thc Democratic
party, and been elected by them to sever
al important offices, thus writes to a citi
zen of Washington
I cannot and will not vote for Pierce
and many of my neighbors are of my
opinion. I shall vote for Gen. Scott, and
so will they. Ours is thc second strong
est Democratic county in the State, I be
lieve, and I had a strong hand in making
it so, as is well known here. I am of the
opinion decidedly, that Indiana will go
for Scott, notwithstanding you all think
at Washington, I suppose, that Pierce will
carry it.
The Cincinnatti Gazette has the follow
ing on the same subject :
In Ohio we have everything in our fa
vor. There is not a Whig county in Ohio
where Scotts majority will not be much
larger than Taylor's, nor a Democratic
county in which Pierce can get Cass's
majority. .
Besides all this, there are other reasons
which will have potent influence on his
election, but which cannot be fully esti
mated till the campaign has further pro
gressed. We confidently hope for Indiana and
Michigan, and do not yield Wisconsin,
Iowa, and California. In fact, if the
friends of Scott and Graham are as active
and energetic as they ought to be, Scott's
majority may be as large in proportion as
that of Harrison, and in all probability
will be larger than that of Taylor.
Startling News.
The new editor of the Pennsyhanian
must be as verdant and credulous, as he
is malignant and harmless in politics, else
he would not have suffered some brain
less Loco Foco from this borough to im
pose upon him such absurd news as is con
tained in the following precious little par
agraph, which we clip from his paper of
Tuesday last :
" Cheering Ncivs from the Interior.
From a letter received in this city from a
friend in Montour county, we learn that
the prospects of our Democratic nominees
are quite flattering in that quarter. As
an evidence of this, the letter notices a
moug the changes in the borough of Dan
ville, from the ranks of the Whigs, the
following named citizens of that place,
whom it is alleged have publicly avowed
their intentions of supporting Pierce and
King, viz :
Dr. Clarence H. Frick, a volunteer
who served his country in the war with
Mexico ; Geo. A. Frick, Cashier of the
Danville Bank; Hancock & Foley,
proprietors of the Rough aud Ready Iron
Works, and J oiin G-. Montgomery, Esq."
Now as far as regards Dr. Frick and
his father, Geo. A. Frick, Esq, the Cash
ier of the Danville Bank, there are no
warmer nor more efficient supporters of
Gen. Scott in thc whole Union, and thc
man who says to thc contrary must be
either an idiot, fool or rascal and in re
gard to Messrs. Hancock & Foley, both
of them have authorized us to say, that,
although they take but little interest in
the impending Presidential election, hav
ing too much business of their own to at
tend to meddle actively in the contest,
neither of them will cast his vote for Pierce
and King. As to John Gr. Montgomery,
Esq., he has always voted with thc Locos,
unless it might have been on one or two
occasions, when he was prompted to sup
port Whigs from local causes, like a good
many other Piercemen of this borough,
who manfully helped us to elect Mr. Ful
ler to Congress in 1850.
The Pennsylvanan, in due season, will
probably hear from these, new converts,
and shall then see whether its managers
will have the manliness to publish the
truth for once. The cause that has to
take refuge to such bare-faced, ridiculous
falsehoods as the Pcnnsylvanian promul
gates, must be on its last legs, tottering
on the brink of inevitable destruction.
We assure our friends aboad, that the
Whigs of Danville and Montour county
will give a good account of themselves
next November. Gen. Scott has been a
mohg us, and the people know him. He
led on our gallant volunteers in Mexico
to battle and to victory, and they and
their friends, whatever may be their par
ty predilections, will not forsake him now.
--iMnviflr Democrat
Another Dose for Searight.
-. From the Pennsylvania Democrat.
Mr. Editor: The labored defence
drawn up by Mr. Searight's lawyer, and
published in the Sentinel and Genius, is
so lame and flimsy as to require nothing
more than a plain and simple statement,
from a plain and common sense man, to
completely refute.
I have vouchers to sbow, which cannot
be disputed, and which any one can see
that may desire it, that I actually expen
ded on my contract on the Cumberland
road, 81,252 30 in cash; in addition I
showed by positive testimony, that my son
with my team was employed nearly the
whole of two summers in hauling stone; so
that my expenditures, together with a lib
eral allowance for my team, and a fair com
pensation for the stone, would amount to
upwards of S2000, exclusive of my own
time and labor. The case was submitted
to three respectable arbitrators ; they
gave me an award of upwards of 81600.
after deducting 8485 95, which I gave
Mr. Searight credit for.
Having perfect confidence in the hon
esty and fairness of my claim, I after
wards agreed to submit the matter to the
trustees of the road themselves. These
trustees disregarding all ray testimony,
took the testimony of of Mr. Searight, who
for all the above labor, material and expen
iture, allowed me 883 98, which amount
he covered by the credit which I admitted
of 8483 95, and which was all ho had
claimed on the settlement of the account
before the auditors, and an order of 8100
which I say was included in and receipt
ed for in the above sum.
Now that the above and every order
that he ever gave me was included in the
8483 95 is proven by Mr. Searight's own
statement made out under oath.
The act of Assembly provides that " it
shall be the duty of the said commission
er to render annually to the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the respective coun
ties through which the road passes, an ac
count of the tolls received and expenses
incurred on said road, on oath or affirma
tion, and publish the same in one or more
newspapers in each county through which
the road passes."
Under this act it will be seen that it
was thc duty of the road commissioner,
annually to present under oath a full state
ment of his receipts and disbursmetns to
to the Court of Quaiter sessions, and
have this published in one or more news
papers. In pursuance of this act, Mr. Searight
presented to the court, what he states un
der oath to be a full account of his re
ceipts and expenditures from the 1st day
of May, 1842, to the last day of April,
1843. This account is approved by thc
Auditors January 31st 1844, and pub
lished in the Genius of Liberty Feb. 22d,
844, and to which I would refer.
In this account, made out under oath
as a full statement of his disbursements,
Mr. Searight claimed that hepaid me $250
on my contract.
Again he presents to the court an ac
count of his receipts and disbursements,
from 1st day of May, 1843, to the 31st
of December, 1844; at which time he was
removed from office by Governor Shunk,
and William Hopkins appointed in his
place. This account also presented un
der oath as a correct statement of his
disbursements was passed by the Audi
tors, and published in the Genius of Lib
erty, September 4th, 1845. In this ac
count Mr. Searight claims to have paid
me on my contract 8233,95, making in
all 8483 95, just the amount for which I
gave him credit.
But when Mr. Searight come before
the trustees, he testified that he paid me
3583.95, and among other vouchers he
produced an order drawn by himself
in my favor, on Daniel Brown for 8100.
I alledgcd that that order was included
in the receipts which he held, and
went to make up the sum of 8483.95,
which I admitted he paid me. This he
denied, and testified before the trustees
that he was entitled to credit for the a
mount of this order in addition to the a
mount of the receipts, which he also pre
sented. Now I submit to an impartial public to
decide which statement is true; which will
you believe, my statement confirmed by
the oath of Mr. Searight's testimony in
opposition to his own oath and my most
solemn asservation.
That Mr. Searight is mistaken in one
or the other of these statements there can
be no doubt. If it can be true, as he has
positively sworn, that up to the 1st of De
cember, 1845, the time he went out of of
fice, and more than eighteen months af
ter the date of the order he claims, ho
had not only paid me 8483.95, can it be
true, as he testified before the trustees,
that before the 31st of December, 1844,
he had paid me 8583.95. Truth is mighty
and will prevail. Notwithstanding thc
effort of Mr. Searight's counsel to gloss
over this matter, yet there is something
that even the ingenuity of counsel cannot
explain away. Facts and figures are
stubborn things which cannot lie, and all
that is necessary to decide the matter at
issue between Mr. Searight and myself in
this case is to refer to his accounts, veri
fied by his testimony as given before the
trustees in tho trial of our case.
As evidence that the counsel of Mr.
Searight is mistaken, with regard to the
order presented by him to the trustees, I
present the following certificates which
show clearly that the paper presented to
the trustees was entirely different from
that published in his attorney's commu
nication. We the uudcrsigned, do hereby certify
that we were present at tho trial of the
case of Hugh Graham, against William
Searight, Commissioner of the Cumberland
road. That William Searight presented
an order on Daniel Brown for one hun-
uiu-u unaio, iui ttuiun ne manned a cred
it. Ibis he said was. the only order hj
had ever given said Brown, or the Good
Intent Company. Said order was not en
dorsed by Ewing Brownfield, Pendleton
Long and Riley, or by any other person'
JAMES THOMPSON,
JOHN SPRINGER,
JAMES RODERICK,
J. B. GRAHAM,
A. KEYS,
JOHN A LITTLE.
On the trial between Graham and Sea
right an order was presented in behalf of
Searight for one hundred dollars, which
Graham denied, and stated that he received
no order but what was receipted for and
I heard nothing of an endorsement on the
order presented. T. M'KEAN.
With regard to the fact of Hugh Keys
being a partner of Mr. Searight in the
Elk Creek job, or the Erie extension,anil
of Mr. Searight's refusal to account for
money advanced, and profits, &c, the
counsel of Mr. Searight complains that
I did not make known the fact to the
Governor ofthe Commonwealth. I would
just say that I was not quite so green as
to go to the Governor with a matter a
bout which almost everybody knew, and
had become so common among those con
nected with tho public works, that it was
hardly thought either disreputable or
criminal. But this same writer says, "I
have conscaled this information too long,
more than ten years after the ground had
closed over Mr. Keys." But in this the
writer, as in many other parts of his
communication, has shown himself ignor
ant of the facts. Instead of concealing
this fact in my own bosom, as he remark?,
as soon as I was appointed guardian of
the minor children of my deceased friend,
which is some eight years ago, I called
on Mr. Searight for a settlement, and on
his refusal to pay over what I believed to
be justly coming to Mr. Keys' children, I
brought suit. Up to this time Mr. Sea
right and myself were friends, but I con
sidered that I owed a duty to the children
of him, who as the defender of Mr. Sea
right says, "was my friend and country
man," and I fearlessly performed it; aud
it was for this, as I remarked before, Mr.
Searight said he would "'put his thumb on
me," and for which he has put his thumb
on me with a vengeance to the amount of
a good many hundred dollars. Had it
not been for this we should still have
been friends, and he would have paid me
the amount fairly coming on my contract,
which would have been about 81600 more
than I got. Yet this apologist of Mr. Sea
right says that I retained this fact in my
own bosom, notwithstanding the record
of the court shows a suit pending for this
very matter for ears.
But this writer in his remarks in rela
tion to Mr. Searight's letter to Mr. Keys,
shows the fallacy and shifts to which even an
ingenious Lawyer may be driven in defen
ding a bad cause. After many lamenta
tions over the liberty taken with thc dead,
says that there was an understanding be
tween Keys and Mr. Searight, by which
" they frequently signed the names of
each other to checks and other papers,
and that this was the fact in relation to
the note referred to in Mr. Searight's let
ter, that it was done by the express au
thority of Mr. Keys." If this was the
fact, why doe Mr. Searight say, " as I
was guilt' for forgery by signing your
name to this note, and the Penitentiary
staring me in the face, I thought best to
release you from thc bank, and have ta
ken all the responsiblity on myself, but
if ever I do such an act again, damn me."
Mr. Searight knew well that if he had
been authoritised by Mr. Keys, to sign
his name to the note he would not be guilty
of forgery, and would be in no danger of
the Penitentiary. If Mr. Keys had au
thorised him to sign his name to the note,
he would not likely have released Mr.
Keys from the bank and taken all the re
sponsibility on himself, at a time too, when
he supposed he would have had the whole
note to pay. If it was nothing more than
the simple innocent act of a man signing
thc name of his friend by his express au
thority, why does Mr. Searight in view
of this most innocent act axclaim with
so much earnestness, "if ever I do such
an act again, damn me."
The defence is so barefaced and void
of plausibility that no one but a lawyer
would have the hardihood to present it to
an enlightened community. But like thc
figures in his account, and his testimony
before the trustees, there stands his letter,
his own admission in black and white,
they speak for themselves, and require no
comment from me to make them stronger,
and no sophistry of counsel can wipe them
out. There they are and there they must
stand.
But Hugh Keys and Hugh Graham, have
not been the only persons in this commu
nity who Mr. Searight has drawn in un
der thc garb of friendship and defrauded,
deceived, and betrayed. I am not how
ever, going to write the history of his vil
lanies, it would take too much of my time,
and, require too great a space in your pa
per, but if any one has any curiosity to
hear further developments of this score, a
mong others that I could name, I would
merely refer them to Mr. John Gadd, R.
T. Henderson, and Thomas Mc'Kean, not
ono of whose democracy will be doubted,
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as mine has been attempted to be, by e
ven the Editor of the Genius, Mr. Sea
right's son.
Enough however for the present,
occasion requires, you may perhaps hear
from me again. HUGH GRAHAM.
N. S. Townsend, the Democratic Rep
resentative in Congress from thc 14th 0
hio District, refuses to support Pierce or
the Platform. The disaffection in the Lo
cofoco ranks is broad and deep.
The Massachusetts State Prison has 401
inmates, of which number 20 are in for liio
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