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from the bench tolthe printing office, with
the purpose of their being spread to the widest
extent and ‘with the greatest effect; for the
purpose of being made effective upon elec-
tions in other states. too near at hand to ad.
mit of any contradiction under ii form equal-
ly imposing. _ . _ .

My fellow citizens, was this acting as a
minister ofjustice.’ _Did it show the honor
of a gentleman or the fairness of an honest
man ‘I Are political opponents to be hunted
down by beagles from the bench 3 Are you
safe if such proceedings are sanctioned .’—
To you is now put the question. whether
this'defilcment ofthe ermine (how costly a
sacrifice by an upright judge l) shall be per-'
mitted to achieve the success of a tack’?

But this example in a high place had its
full effect upon the subordinates. The slan-
ders once set on foot with the garb of official
sol.-mnit , were circulated with less of scru-
plc. flltndbills were struck off at Boston
even anterior to their publication here. and
circulated throughout all New England, and
especially were flooded into New Bedford,
the place of my birth and the nbode of my
father and brothers. So in addition to pub-
lication simultaneously in New York. Penn-
sylvania, Washington, Maryland, and doubt-
less in other states.in the party newspapers,
every additional publicity was given that a
slanderoufiugenuity could contrive; it has
received all that petty publicity which the
wonder telling handhlll could excite, with
the addition, in Boston, that I hadabsconded
to avoid arrest.

You, my fellow citizens, know ‘what it is
to bear a good name; how the enjoyment
from this source is increased in knowing it
to be respected and cherished by the friends
of your early life. You cannot fail to know
how the defaming of that good name. cuts
those friends to the heart. You know my
standing as a merchant; you know how
mercantile credit and a reputation for integ-
rity ought to be appreciated; ho_w slowly it
is gained. how easily it can be violated; and
I leave it to you to express your condemna-
tion ofthis unjust and ungenerous course.—
It is for you to say whether the heavy in-
tcrests of the ofiice-holders shall bethus pro-
moted at the expense of that in which pri-
vate life is so sacred. and in public life so
noble as an honest man.

But there are circumstances giving to this
injury ‘It still more dangerous aspect. I on-
ly speak now from the documents signed by
the actors themselves. The apparent setter
forth of the s'ory. Mr. J. D. Stevenson, was
in that positic u and charadter, that accusations
by him-, llI'.|8'l")pol'ted and uncountenanced.
would have received little notice and done
little damage. The frankness, too, of the
pretended disclosures from the allegedagent
in the frauds which Stevenson pretends to
develope, was not a little remarkable. and
remarkbly suspicious. Stevenson knew
well he must have better aid.

He addresses himself to Mr. Butler. the
United States attorney. and Mr. Hoyt, the
collector ofthe customs,and they meet togeth-
er at Hovt's house, in an interview, which
the latter with unfeigned simplicity calls
" wholy accidental." Mr. Butler. under his
own hand, admits to us that Glenworth came
upon an expectation to sell disclosiiresfor
the purchase and reward of office: they well

. knew the character and standing of those

whom he was toassail.

They cannot expect us to beiievethatthey
were acquainted with the pretended secrets
of Stevenson, and yet do they repel the infor-
mer ? Do they take fire at the insult of be-
ing applied (to to selltheir iiifluencelhelt re-
commeudaticfi In office, in return f0!‘ the 80'

caution of their fellow citizens .7 Can it be
that the frequent prostitution of that i'nfi‘uence,
the habit of rewarding party services with
the spoils of ofiice, had deadened the sense of
insult at being applied" to for such a purpose?
Certain it is that the man. coming as an in-
former, asking to be suborned, was not no-
glectcd.

The powers of persuasion of Mr. Butler
were.as he says, used to repel the idea of an
official reward; and on him the whole of
this service appears to have devolved. But
did it not occur to those men. at that inter-
view, that the very proposal made to them,
showed that they must be dealing, iftheir
own statements betrue. with one who was
unworthy of belief, and an unfit associate;
that their duty to their neighbor’5 good name,
as well as truth and honor, required them to
have no communication with what musthave
seemed to them so polluted a source? But
they held on to the man: tried to persuade
him to their service; and, findingthemsclves
unable. they fall back upon the retailed hear-
say of the original Stevenson.

This it is which they have spread abroad
in order to divert from public questions the
attention of an intelligent and honest people.
to divert from ofiicial misconducts-.bad govern-
ment, the indignation of an awakened nation.

Upon this plot, base in all its aspects, and
upon its authors, I invoke your just sentence.
Shall this abortive tampering ripen into a
successful fraud? This question, my fellow
citizens, is for you to decide. V

The extent to which dependents upon the
public treasury have interfered with elections
is already‘ as shareless in its character as it
is dangerous in its tendency. Their inter-
ferrence to its present extent in our elections
is a most formidable evil, always operating
to shelter official misconduct and to oppose
salutary reforms. Opposition to this system
is one of the principles of the party with
which I act.

But how is this danger increased when
the officers of the Federal Government con-
vence as a body of inquisitors, and seek to
procure from a man appearing before them,
as thev themselves say, withoutany credi-
bility,'and with the avowed purpose of being
Iuborned, charges against men whom the
snail for opposing their opinions n'n(lj€Op"lT -
ing their offices. My fellow citizens, it is for
you to say whether such a system shall re-
ceive your sanction.

, To me, personally. youraervice in Con-
gress now will be a most costly sacrifice of
time. of private interest and domestic comfort.
But I know that in offering to sacrifice them.
I do but discharge a duty both to you and
myself; toyou, as presenting the question

_ri_o;.mercly whether you sanction the gener-

-al: ‘tiieastrres of the present Administration,
but whether you will permit the offices which
ojgg wliolly your gift, to be the: prostratcd

and abused; in duty to myself. as throwing
myselfupon your sense of justice, as well as
your hatred of fraud and trick, for it triumph
over such a combination. i

My fellow citizens. those who are the ac-
tors iii this attempt at operating upon your
election of achief magistrate. have shown
how unscrupulous they are of public wrong
and private inj'ury. It will he most extra-
ordinary if, with the stake before them, they
shall omit any effort ‘which may promise
success.)
wield ; that they are not shocked with subor-
naton, their tampering with Glentworth
fully shows. That they will attempt to co-
ver me with slanders, thatthey will, in some
other mode, seek to impose other falsehoods,
at a time too late for contradiction, I am not
to doubt. I fearlessly encounter them all.

I bare myselfto their attacks. Upon your
intelligence, your aversion to such principles
of management, upon your fixed determina-
tion for reform. I rely for your suffrages.-—
Upon your care for your_own honor, your
sentiments as honest men, and your general
intelligence I rely for protection of my good
name against persecution and calumny.

Moses H. GRINNELL.

New Yo:k. October 26, 1840.

 

New York, :s.—James B. Glentworth of
the city of New York, being duly sworn,
saith that within the last thirty days.at differ-
ent times and places. in the city of N. York.
he has been applied to by Jonathan D. Ste-
venson. Benjamin. F. Butler, U. S. District

Attorney, Jesse Hoyt, Collector, and John

W’. Edmonds. to make statements that should
implicate Gov. Seward and the leadingfricnds
of the Governor in New York. in a. charge

of/roving countcnanced,/rouds at the election

in New York city in the year 1838.

That.a few days ago. deponent was in-

duced bv said Stevenson to go to the house

of B. F. Butler, and at the door of which

Mr. Edmonds joined us and we went togeth-

er to the house of said Jesse. Hoyt. Esq.

which we entered and found Mr. Hoyt at

home. Presently we were joined by Mr.

Butler—-for a few minutes nothing was said

when’Mr.Edmonds remarked, ‘ -we had better
proceed to business.‘

Thereupon Mr. Butler said. Mr. Steven-

son had lately made important disclosures to

him, affecting the lVhig party, and if depo-

nent would come forward and make the ne-

cessary proof, great good would follow from

it-—that deponent would thereby take aihigh

‘stand—--that deponent had been denounced by

the Whigs as a Loco Foco. and had nothing
to expect from the party--but he had every
thing to expect from the other party—-depo-
nent would earn the lasting gratitude of- the
country: for his own part, as to MONEY, iii:
WOULD iiivini: iiis LAST CENT, on CRUST
wrrii DEPONENT. Thereupon. Mr. Hoyt
said he would do the same.

And deponent further saith, that the said
Stevenson repeatedly assured deponent that
if he would take a stand against them. the
whigs, the party (meaning the administra-
tion party) would be under such obligations

money, and especially, that Mr. Van Buren
woulddo.-anv thing for me; and that Ishould
have the oflice of Consul at Havre: that Mr.
Brent who now has the ofiice, was old, and
could be put out, as he was appointed by
Gen. Jackson; and that he Stevenson would
go to l-Vashington about it, but that was un-
necessary. as Mr. Butler and Mr. Edmonds
who were the confidential friends of the
President. could and would effect it.

On another occasion Stevenson. to operate
upon this. deponent. said Mr. Butler would
give a thousand dollars, and Mr. Hoyt the
same. towards paying it certain demand a-
gainst me. That last Sunday morning Mr.
Edmonds wrote a note to deponent request-
ing deponent to call at Edmond’s house,~and
deponent "upon receiving the‘ note went
there, when Edmonds said, well, I under-
stand you have concluded not to be of any
service to us. 'l‘o which deponent replied,
that he had so determined. Whereupon,
said Ednionds then threatened deponent fur-
ther that deponent would be prosecuted-and
deponent-further saith that Stevenson said to
deponent that he would compel the Gover-
ernor to re-appoint me to the ofiice of In-
spector-—-that he Stevenson. would meet Mr.
Grinnell. or Mr. Bowen with me, and with
a pair ofloaded pistols, he Stevenson would
compel them to pledge themselves to secure
my re-appointment to oflice by the Governor.

And further, deponent saith that over and
over again overtures of money and office
have been made to me, to implicate the Gov.
and the leading members ofthe lVhig party
in the city of New York. And the said
Stevenson, in conversation uith deponent, af-
ter deponent and he had left Mr. Hoyt's
house, on the occasion above referred to. and
were walking down together, said to depo-
nent that Messrs.Butle.r. Hoyt and Edmonds,
could not enter into an agreement in respect
to any particular office atthat time. because
it would look like a bargain with me to in-
duce me to come forward. and would defeat
the object. But said be, there is Mr. Butler.
a man of as much purity of character as any
man in this'country, and he can do any thing
with Mr. Van Buren- did you not hear him
say he would divide the last cent or crust
with you ?—Here is Mr. Edmonds, a confi-
dential friend and correspondent of Mr. Van
Buren, and here is Mr. Hoyt, the Collector
—-they can do any thing; and deponent be-
li_eves that Stevenson made these remarks. be-
cause deponent declined to involve him-
self, by a compliance with the overtures
made to deponent at Mr. Hoyt’: house. And
deponent furtlier saith, that he is now satis-
fied, that he has been. the dupe of conspiracy.
which. under the pretence of gaining the
means to compel Governor Seward to contin-
ue deponent in oflice and thereby to assist
deponent, has from the begining had for its
ebject to induce deponent by promises of re-
ward, and then by TIIREATS 01-‘ PROSECU-
TION to becomethe instrument of’violent at-
tack upon the Governor-—and the Whig
party, and deponent further adds, that in the
progress of this affair, the said Stevenson has
constantly spoken of the unlimited power he,
the said Stevenson would acquire with the
Administration party if he should succeed in
this attack upon the whigs.

Jiis. B. Gnsmvoru-n.

Sworn 236 day of Oct. 1840. before me,
Jos. P. Pitrssox, Commisot Deeds.

Slander and falsehoodthev readily.

to me that I could have anv otlice, or any

‘EITIOT.

From the New York Log Cabin-

One word respecting the chief actors in
this dark buisness.' How came James B.
Glentworth to be a Whig officer? We an-
swer, Never by the (free selection of the
Whig party. James B. Glentworth, ana-
tive of Philadelphia, has resided in this City
for some years. and first made himself con-
spicuous (in 1832) as a Ward politician on
the Van Buren side. In !834, he came on
the Side Of the Whigs. and has since been
as forward and active as he was permitted to
be on this side. He undoubtedly went to
Philadelphia in 1838 to obtain persons who
would be likely to know the Loco-I-‘oco
partisans of that City who might attempt to
vote at our Election. ‘He went at his own
suggestion. but under a general belief that
persons would come from that City to vote
in our Election. While there, he probably-
first thought of the idea of procuring or pre
tending to procure persons who would vote
in New York; His object was probably to
obtain money. under color of defraying his
expenses. But he was promptly ioformed_
that no illegal voting would be countenanced
by the Whigs. and ordered to discontinue
all his operations. He returned and obtain-
ed money to fulfil his engagements, alleging
that trouble would arise if he did not have it.
He was next seen by Capt. Schultz. bring-
ing on twenty or thirty men, whom he
told Capt. S. he had hired to vote; Capt. S
(an ardent Whig) rebuked him sharply, and
told him he ought to be ashamed of himself.
He came to the City, saw no more of his"
men, and thev no more of him. Probably
some of them. watched the polls. and some
did nothing; they had been paid for their
time and expenses beforehand. and-had no
possible inducement to vote. There is abun-
dant evidence that they never intended or
attempted any such thing, and none at all
tljat they did. _

, ;But how came Glentworth’s appointment?

e answer : Jonathan D. Stevenson, the
lily I-‘aux ofthis conspiracy, had long held
the office of Tobacco Inspector of this City.
under the Van Buren Administrations. We
believe he himself procured the creation of
the office for his own express benefit.—It is
a very lucrative one.yielding him some twen-
tv or thirty thousand dollars a year. He is
aman of depraved character. li.-entious hab-
its. and notorious want of veracity. His last
Van Buren appointment did not expire un-
til the Spring of I840, but on the election of
Goo, Seward and the downfall of the Re-
gency Power. he ofcrcd ‘ to resign in favor
ofhis friend Glentworth. and on no other
condition. Now {he only chair: the Whig:
had was to consent to Glentworth’: appoint-
ment or leave the nfice in the hand: of Sle-
venson—a bitter Loco-Foco, and a man in
every way rrore exceptionable than Glent-
worth could be.

Under these circumstances. Glentworth
was recommended and appointed; and it
was not till some time after that the Whigs
discovered that they had been cheated by_ a
corrupt bargain——that Stevenson had nomin-
ally resigned only to secure his oflice more
firmly and for a longer period, and that Ste-
venson was really still the Tobacco Inspec-_
tor, and Glentworth receiving some paltry
stipend from the profit of the office. These
facts excited much indignation. and an at-
tempt was made to procure the removal of
Glentworth; but there was no charge against
the manner in which the duties of the officc
had been performed, and the removal was
not urged upon the Governor.

One of Mr. Stevenson's numerous affida-
vits tells the rest ofthe story. It seems that
these worthies have been laboring together
to procure the continuance of Glentworth in
the office. Stevenson, having little hope
that his own party would come in power
this fall, is naturally anxious tolearn wheth
or he can secure the ofiice through the ap-
pointment of Glentworth—'I‘o this end, every
effort is made without success. Glentworth
at last (probably while soliciting an advance
of money from Stevenson) assures him (Ste-
venson says) that he can command a reap-
pointment by threatening to implicate cer-
tain leading \Vhigs in his own corrupt prac-
tices at the Election of 1838. Now Steven-
son undoubtedly knew that this assu ance
(if any such was given) was false. He knew
very well before he commenced operations
that Glentworth could not be reappointed,
and his only hope lay in contriving up some
plot to defeat Gov. Seward and secure his
own reappointment from a Van Buren Gov-
Tbis was the point he was aiming
at with Butler and company, while he was
pretending to Glentworth that he was work-
ing to compass his (G's) reappointment.
There reader, is the whole plot laid bare—-
how much shall it avail its projectors?

Afii.davits.——'l‘he United States (Phila)
Gazette of yesterday contains fifteen despo-
sitions. One is from the keqper of the Uni-
ted States Hotel, in Phila elphia, where
Glentworth put upin 1838. He says Glent-
worth conversed freely and openly with him
about his buisness, which was to procure
men to go on to New York to detect ille-
gal vote-.rs——but said not a word about em-
ploying people to vote. The rest ofthe de-
positions are chiefly of persons who were
named as having come to this city from
Philadelphia, in 1838, for the purpose of vo-
ting. They all deny that they came here
forthat purpose, and several of them say
they were not here at all at the date men-
tioued.--Ercpress.

Recorder Mo-rris.—-The hign handed and
clearly illegal measures adopted by Recor-
der Morris, in the Star Chamber proceed-
ings, demand that he should be impeached
before the Senate, at the earliest moment of
the next session of that body. If we are not
greatly mistaking in oursjudgement of the
case, Mr. Morris will receive a mark from
the Senate that will stick to him longer than
the evidence of the chastisement inflicted by
Capt. Weiderholdt.—Tiincs and Star.

 

Kentucky.-—A Special Election was held
on the 19th in the Vth Congressional Dis-
trict of Kentucky to fill the vacancy created
by the death of Hon. Lucien H. Anderson.
Whig. The Louisville Journal has returns
of the first day's -voting from all but one

was 47_4 votes ahead of Mr.Daniel, the Van

Buren candidate. It was thought the major-
ity would be increased to 800. V

.-4;. -a

precinct,‘ in which Mr. Thompson. Whig. .

 

SELECTED SUMM.AR Y.

“ The Florida. lVa.r Ended.”-—-Thcre
seems to be a cessation of hostilities for the
present. Gen. Armistead has suspended
active operation for a time. in consequence of
an agremeut between him and the Seminole
chief to hold a“ talk” on the 20th inst. at
which time the chief says he is willing to
make a treaty of peace, which he says shall
not be "spoiled." as the other treaties have
been. It will probably be "all talk and no
cider." '

I"'ire.-—-At about7 l-2 o'clock this mor-
ning, the Globe flouring and plaster mill.
below this city. belonging to Messrs. Vail
&. Hayner, was discovered to be on fire It
contained about 30.000 bushels of wheat. and
a large quantity of plaster. The wheat and
buildings were entirely destroyed. Messrs.
Vail 6:. Hayner are insured for $25-0(_l0-

T-roy Whig.

‘Something Ancie-nt.—A ship is now on
the Screw dock. East River. that is more
than seventy five years of age. So it is said,
and there can scarcely be a doubt of its truth.
He! history, ifit were known, would be cu-
rious and very interesting. Her present
name is Gen. Jackson. She has had. since

flags. She has been a whaler, a trader, and
noldoubta packet. She is owned in Bristol.
R. I. and has recently udergone complete
repairs. coppered and what not. Take her
all in all. she is a curiosity and well worth
seeing.-N. Y. Herold.

Somebody has been writing to Gen. Jack-
son to know" if he is in any sence opposed to
Mr. Van Buren or any of his measures-
wliereupon the General gives his opinions,
and the locofoco papers publish them as"a
voice from the Hermitage.’ Mr. Jackson
must be immensely conceited if he supposes
any body now cares for his opinions. Vile
only wish that lie was now the locofoco can-
didate against Gen. Harrison. and Van Bu-
ren their candidate for Vice President, that
the couple might receive their deserts to-
gether.-—Ncw Haven Palladium.

Fire.—A fire broke out a little after 3
o'clock Tuesday morning in the extensive
range of green and hot houses at Astoria.L.
l.. belonging th Mr. George C. 'l‘horburn.
Astrong S. W. wind was blowing at the
time, which threatened the total destruction
of that fine establishment. The loss is seri-
rious, destroyed the Camellia Japonica Con-
servatory. in which were eight hundred of
these valuable plants, many of which were
twelve feet high, and invaluable,-also the
hot house with its rare collections of Cacti
and Aloes, and a Papiflora Alata—the lar-
gest plant in the country... The fire proceed-
ed from some unknown cause near the fur-
nace. The whole house had recently been
put in complete repair. It will be difficult
to replace some of the plants destroyed, on
account of their size and rarity. Loss,$7000.
Insurance, 84000.——J. of Com.

Maiiie Elect-ion.—-TheGovernor and Coun-
cil of Maine have counted and declared the
-vote in Maine for mernbersof Con-g1'ess.given

..at the time of the late Governor’s election.-

The whole number of whig votes given in
the State. including 30 scattering, was 45,-
347, the whole number of Van Buren votcs.
including Lowell and Wheeler in the VVash-
ton district,Hamblin and Ingalls in the Pen-
obscot district, Litchfield and Paris in the
Oxford district, together with 168 scattering.
is 45.110. making a whig majority of 237;
and a net whig gain of 6.734 votes compar-
ed with the election of 1839.

The enterprising citizens of Provincetown
Mass., fitted out three brigs last spring for
whaling. one of them arrived at home last
week, after an absence of only six months,
with a cargo of 700 barrels of sperm oil.-
She reported the other two, which she left
filling up, one of them having over 500 and
the other over 400, with a large whale a-
longside. Here is a cargotaken at sea in six
months worth twenty thousand dollars.

Sunday A1nuscment.r.—The New Orleans
Picayune says: "Several of our military
companies were out on fSunday last, and
made a fine show. The Orleans Grena-
diers were drilled on Congo Square, where
they fired a salute for the second municipal-
ity. The Harrison Guards made a target
excurtion to the opposite side ofthe river;
one of the Native American companies was
also over the river, and the German Yagers
made a trip to Gretna.

Arkansas.-—-Bank Resumption.--The
Little Rock (Arkansas) Gazette of the 27th
ult. says: " We have to announce to the
public the cheering intelligence that the State
Bank in this city will resume the payment
ofspecie on all her notes, on the first dav
of October next. This step we hope and
have good reason to believe will be follow-
ed up by every other bank in Arkansas, on
or before the first of January next.

The gentlemen directors of the Gas Bank,
New Orleans, says the Picayune ofthe 1 lth
inst., have, in three exhibitions of fire works
made away with two millions eight hundred
and eighty three thousand dollars! a pretty
large amount for posted expenses. Twenty
three thousand dollors is all the Bank has
now in circulation.

On Sunday morning, Mr. Daniel B. But-
ler, of 123 Madison street went down to see
the steamer President land, foot of Pike st.,
since which he has not been seen or heard
of. It is supposed he was accidently drowned.
He had in his pocket $500 in notes of the
New Hope and delaware Bridge Bank.

A second crop of pears and apples have been
produced this season, on the farm of \Vm.
D. Clark, near Delaware city, (Del.) The
first crop which was very abundant came off
in July. In August the trees bloomed again.
and are now producing fruit which looks as
if it had passed through the usual times and
seasons.

Where were "those papcrs"?—-A friend
from Greenfield, Massachusetts, states that
no whig papers were received there, until
several day after the arrival of the locofoco
papers containing the on parts statements oi
the pretended selection frauds in this city
Where were they detained? ' '

Counterfeit ‘Treasury Notes of the de-
nomination of 850, are said to be incircula-‘
tion. .

the stage.

first launched. no less than five different’

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‘''‘‘'’‘E:

The Spirit ofthe titties relatesthe geeat-
est instance upon record of attempted theatri-
cal exhibition. Amen was to be hung for
murder, and the manager petioned the Gov-
ernor that the execution might take place on
His plan was for the crimi-
nal to play George Barnwell, and to suffer
the penalty of the law in the last scene?
Half the profits to go to the'widow and chil-
dren ofthe principal performer. -

Pcnnsg/l1:a.nia.—-The Administration ma-
jority at the late election in Pennsylvania. is
according to the U. S. Gazette. (Whig)
3,438; according to the American Sentinel,
(Administration) it is 4,364.

A Printer in luck for once.—A gentle-
man of one ' of the daily papers in St.
Louis, on the 10th inst., won a pair ofsplen-
did cream colored horses and a beautiful car-
riage—valued at 8500. We hope his next
prize may be some one qualified to be its
mistress, and make it what it was intended
-—-a family establishment.

Bunker‘ Hill Monument.—A gentleman
of N. Orleans. says the New York Com-
mercial Advertiser, has added at donation of
3l0,000, to those already announced, toward
the completion of the Bunker Hill Monu-
me-nt.

Thetrial of certain journeymcn shoema-
kers in Bostomcliarged with a conspiracy,a
Trades Union " Concern." has resulted in a
verdict of “guilty.” The gist of the matter
matter lay in the proof that the society at-
atenipted to fix prices for others than them-
selves, and attempted to coerce jouriieymen
into membership with them.

Query ?—What has become of the great
“ Democratic Arch,” one end of which was
to rest on Georgia and the other on Maine,
of which Pennsylvania was to be the*Ke_1/-
Stone!

The Express says Van Buren has only
ordered coal enough at the White House, to
last him until the middle of March. That
will be about ten days longer than he will
need it.

Georgia..—'I‘he People of Georgia voted
at their recent Election to decide this ques-
tion; “Shall oiir Legislature hold its Ses-
sions bienially?" Biennial Sessions were
decreed by some 30,000 majority. A wise
judgement. '

An attempt is being made to erect an Ex-
change in Boston. on the site of the State
Bank. in Chesnut street. The cost is esti-
mated at $310,000, all of which, except 865,-
000 has been subscribed.

The N. 0. Pic. has found a joke, in some
paper, attributed to him, which, he says does
not belong to him, and adds: “We dont want
any thing but what belongs to us. Render
unto Cczar——the things that are his’n. and
unto Mrs. Cezar the things that are hcr’7i.”

The Hon. John S. Spencer, U. S. Senator
from Maryland, died athis residence in VVor-
cester county on Thursday, Oct. 22.

N0llWll_lill flllZll’l”l‘ll.

WEDNESDAY. NOV. 4. 1840.

“ LAST CARD,”
oir. Asoriisn PHASE or win BURIENISM.

For the last few days the city of New-York
has been in a constant fever of excitement. on
account of sundry alleged frauds in the election
oftliat city in the fall of 1838. The nature and
extent ofihis allegation. hasso occupied the pub-
lic mind, and created such an appetite for the
merits of the whole matter. that few, we pro-
sume, are at this time. ignorant of its details.-
We deem it, tbercfore,unnecessary to fill our
columns with a reiteration of this deep laid
scheme of infamy and outrage. Our account is
made up substantially from the New Yorker, a
neutral paper.

It appears that in 1838. soon after the intense-
ly exciting contest in Pennsylvania and N. J.,
apprehensions were felt or feigned by the\Vliigs
of N. Y. that they would be overwhelmed by
an influx of voters from those States. who had
of course no right of suffrage here, but would
ncvurihelcss contrive to deceive the inspectors
and vote. To guard against this danger,Wliigs
were voluntarily in attendance from the princi-
pal towns of New-Jersey, and a number from
Philadelphia, who were hired and paid for their
services. Such was the open and public account
ofthe matter.

But on Friday mornig the 23d ult., a long
and formidable list of afiidavits. being portions
of certain secret legal proceedings which had
been recently had before aSpccial Court in this
ciiy—ihat Court consisting ofthe Recorder and
Police Justice Maisell. sitting in secret session
—appeared in the Administration Journals. Ihc
object and drift of which was to establish that
these men who came fromPhi|adelphia in 1839.
were not really procured to watch the polls and
prevent Illegal Voting by residents of that City
but actually to vote the IV/rig Ticket as general-
ly and in as many l-Van]: as possible.

This astounding charge rests mainly on sever-
al nffidaviis oflohnaihan D- Stevenson. given
in another column, (Van Buren) ex-Tobacco
Inspector of N. York. and still exercising the
functions ofthe office do facto under an agree-
ment withJarnesB. GlenworIh,the legal (Whig)
inspector. Stevenson swears that, sometime in
September, he was anxious to know whether
Glentworth could secure an appointment in case
the Whigs held the power in the State; and
that Glentworth assured him he could, for he
had it in his power to implicate certain leading
Whigs of N. Y.. in certain illegal transactions
connected with the Election of 1838; thaI.jusi
prior to that Election. he.(Glenv/orth) went on
toPhiladelphia to make arrangements for bring-
ing on persons who would vote the Whig ticket
in the_elecIion then at -hand, and actually did -
procure and bring on a number of persons so to
vote at that Election, and that he was counten-
ancetl and aided in-so doing hycertain leading
Whigséto wit; R. M.Blachf'ord. James Bow-
en, Simon Draper Jr. Robert, C. Weimore. and
‘Mom H. Griiinell-of the city‘ or New York.-

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declaraiioiis. and soniewhat incredulous, he
persuaded_G|entworth (tllltler color of procuring
the means ofeiiforeing his reappoinlrrient next
winter) to give him(S.)a leiier, introducing him
to Mayor Swift of Philadelphia as a friend and
\Vhig. in whom he could repose the utmost con-
fidence: That with this letter he went to Phil-
adelphia, introduced himself to Col. Swift and
many other active Whigs, and easilyinduced
them to aid him in arranging for the procure-
ment ofa number of persons. who were to come
on and vote illegally at the approaching Elec-
iion.

Thus for Mr. Stevenson's depositions. which
form one side of t.he”'story, supported in some
particulars by the tifiidaviis of Messrs. Glent-
worih. Havens, McArdle and Raymond also of
N. Y. Glentworth.swears that he went on to
Philadelphia in IS3S.as heretofore set f'orth,and
declines to answer whether he procured men to
come on and vote illegally, on ilie ground that
his answer might oriminate himself. Havens
(Whig) testifies that he carried a package of
money tuGleniworili at Philadelphia just before
the Election of l83S—about $l.U00—does not
know ilie name ofthe man who gave itlto him,
or the purpose for which it was used. McArdle
(ihen a Whig, new Van Buren) testifies that
a number of men were sent to or quartered at
the Alm-House during the Election of I838:
they did not stay there long. but went off; he
heard or suspected Iliey wereiniended to V013
illegally. butdoes not know that any of them
did so vote. Raymond testifies to the same ef-
fect, and also that certain arrangements were
made at National Hall for men, whom be
suspected or heard were intended to vote illegal-
ly in the Election. Such is the case for the
prosecution.

On ilie other hand, Messrs. Grinnell, Blatcli-
ford. Bowen. Draper, and Wetinore positively
swear—- Welmore that he knew nothing what-
ever of Glentworth‘s visit to Philadelphia it:
1838; the others that iliey did know that he
went or had gone there, but simply for the pur-
pose of procuring persons qualified to watch the
polls and detect illegal voters from that City.-—
They add that while he was there, reports
reached them that he was engaged in some such
operation as now alleged, when they wrote
him perempiorily requesting him to desist from
any such doings forthwith.

It appears by seine other testimony that Glent-
worlh immediately returned. to N.Y., represent-
ed that he had entered into arraugcnieuts in
Philadelphia which required a considerable out-
lay of money. which money he must have or
iliere would he an exposure tleteriinenlal to the
Whig party; upon which representation be ob-
tained the money required—-from whom or how
does not distinctly appear.

Glentworth testifies that be was in Ilie Whig
Comniiiiee room at National Hall during the
Election. and does not know whether any of
these men voted. Noah. Cook, VVm. A. Law-
rence and Jonathan Nathan, who were engaged
on the Whig ExecuiiveCommiitee at that time,
testify that they know nothingfwliatever ofille-
gal voting for the W'hig ticket in that Election;
and they know that none such was planned or
encouraged by or known to the Whig Commit-
tees, as might be inferred from some ofthe pre-
ceding tesiimony. (Lawrence and Nathan act-
ed assecretaries at National Hall.aud had been
implicated inthe alleged revelations of Glent-
worili to Stevenson, as superiutending the send-
ing out ofillegal voters from Ward to Ward.

\Ve have next a storm of aflidaviis from
Philadelphia.
iially all the material allegations of Stevenson-
iiud the alleged revelation of Gleiilwrirlli. May-

contradicting most circumstan-

ur SwifI—pri-mising that he was not Mayor in
October, '38, and held no office whatever—de-
poses that he never knew or heard that Glent-
worth wanted persons to come to this City and
vote illegally. but simply to watch and detect
illegal voters; that Stevenson told him he came
on the same errand—thai 1,500 false names had
been registered here by the.-idrziinistration‘ party,
and that (pretending to be a whig) wished men
who could detect them. if any Philadelpliians
should attempt to vote on these false registries,
dcc. &c.; that most of the other stacments ro-
spectiug him in Stevenson’s affidavits are equal-
ly false. After his. came the depositions ofa
'cl)ud of witnesses,’ all swearing thaiSteveuson
has in like manner misrepresented and lraduced
them—lhat none of Ilieni ofiercd or thought of
ofl'ering to come here and vote illegally—Ihut
he did not require any thing. but said that a
great many names had been illegally registered
here by the Loco-Eocos, and he wanted the
means ofrleiecIin'gihem-that some of them de-
clined aiding liiiii in any way whatever—that
he not only represented bimselfas a Wliig, but
passed umler the false name of Jarvis, &c. dcc,
A large nuuiberteslify that they came on here
in the fall oflS39, and that none of them ever
voted or attempted to vote, or were asked to vote.
by any means whatever. They were employ-
ed to watch the polls and see that none of the
opposite party from their City voted, and they
did this and nothing else. Every one who states
that he was here in 183?, solemnly affirms that
he did not vote.

.During the laiterinvestigation two witnesses
have been found to testify to the fact of illegal
voting. One of them 8 cigar maker named
Montgomery. (V. B.) then living in Westches-

was here during that election, and fell in com-
pany with a man from Philadelphia named
Cochrane. who told him that he was hired'to,
come here and vote the whig ticket.‘ Another
wiiness, Myer Hart Marks, testifies that be was
so hired to vote the whig ticket. '
In answer to this. we have halfa dozen aili-
daviis from Plii|adelphia.- all affirming that this
Myer Hart Marks is, and always was.a violenl
Van Burennian. " ' ' ‘

We believe all thelinaterial facts and falus;

Stevenson 'add:th'u, being‘; surprised by these

-hoodi are embodied in the forrgoizg. ‘ There

 

ter i"o. but late from N. York, deposes that he i