Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 51, Vevay, Switzerland County, 26 November 1840 — Page 2

VEVAY TIMES AND SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

are indebted to our fricud J. E. Mottier, Vintner in tho vicinity of Cincinnati, fora bottle of most excellent flavored wine of tils own manufacture, made from the Catawba Grape, The same article may be had at the Franklin House in this place, kept by J. J. Dumont, who has just received a supply. To all connoisseurs of wines we would say, go try a few bottles of this “ Old Buckeye Catawba,” and if you don’t pronounce it superior to the generality of imported wines, then say wo arc no judge.

astounding developementsi

—ih»i this wu in the year 1339; end he also «id that Noah Cook tided in changing- the dresses of men, that the; might vote in different warda, and that Noah Cook took an active part in the arrangements lho« made for the Novcmher election of IS38—that William C. Lawrence and J. Nathan were the eecretaries and aids, in the upper committee room of the National Hal], I in directing and sending out the men to differ- t eot wards, *

The Louisville Illdeinatiox.— The Federalists of Louisville bid an Illumination and gieat jollification in that city on Tuesday night of last week, in honor of our new President elect. Gen. Harrison was present on the occasion, ami made a speech (if epoch it can be called) from the balcony of tho Galt House, which the Louisville Advertiser gives, word for word, as he delivered it. Here U is;

Exposure of the Unparalleled Frauds of the Whig Party In New York, Philidelphla,

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Baltimore, Ac.

THURSDAY,;

i:NOVEM»ER 20,18*10.

Our readers will recollect that we made mention in a recent number, of some of the most astounding disclosures having came to light in relation to an organized system of election frauds perpetrated by the Whig patty in New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere. Indeed, the annals of history do not exhibit an equal amount of depravity and crime, for so paltry an object, againat the same number of individuals of a.similar stand-

To our SoascRicKBB.— One more number will complete the fourth volume of the Vevty Times at which time those indebted to the offico for subscriptions, advertising and job work, will be expected to liquidate their respective accounts, It is hoped (hat all those indebted to the establishment will be prepared to settle up at the close of the volume, as the continuation of the paper depends upon payment at tbit time.

That one Robert Looney, of Philadelphia, had also sent on men from Philadelphia to vole, who, after they arrived in this city, were sent out to } the Almi-house, where onoMcArdle, who wa» . at that time employed, then look charge of them —that McArdle is now a keeper at the Debtor#* Prison—that the superintendent of the shoemakers’ department knew this to be true, as well as the physician of the Alms-house—that Bela ' Badger, of Philadelphia, was concerned with him in the business, and he corresponded with him Clentworth) under the assumed name of George W. Rbawn, to whom lettera were directed No. 293 North Second street, Philadelphia, being the bouse of a confidential friend of Badger’s—that Armstrong J. Flomcrfell, sail maker, 41 Deck Alley, brought or sent on to New York, in April, 1939, upwards of twenty .men, and that lie wu paid twenty-five or thirty dollars per man for their voting in different wards of the city—that to convince deponent ofthe truth of hia assertion, he banded this deponent three letters, purporting to ho written to him by, George W, Khawn, which were, as he alleged, in truth written to him by said Bela Badger, which letters are here iijito annexed, dated respectively 2J,0tb,and 9th April, 1639—that he also showed ;inc two receipts of Charles Swim, one dated the 6th of April, 1339, for five hundred dollars, and one the 9ih April, of the same year, for fire hundred and twenry-five dollars; also three several'receipts of John Saunders, amounting to mine thousand .dollars, dated the 9tli of April, 1S30; and otib oilier of Robert Looney, dated in April of the same year, for seven hundred dollars, and a great many other receipts, all of. which appeared to be, and deponent believes were, original receipts, amounting in the aggregate,’as Glentworih said, to between seven and 1 nine* thousand dollars, all of which had been thus 1 expended for the purpose of procuring fraudulent > votrs ffom Philadelphia, all of which , money ho ' alleged had teen furnished to him by the whig : party, or persons belonging to that party, fir this purpose.' That upon the dir closured of. there 1 facts to deponent by said Glentworlb, and un- • willing to believe, notwithstanding the evidences 1 so produced, the truth of this, statement, deponent determined that he would proceed to Phiia- ■ delphia, and if possible have an interview* with * the persons named. To this end, deponent look ■ from Glentworih aleUerdircctedtoMafcrSwift, : of Philadelphia, of which the fallowing is a copy: 1 “Dear Sin The bearer is entitled to your full ft t * confidence. Ja>. B. Glentwortb.” And with ■ this letter proceeded from this ci'y on tho 1 eleventh of October, instant, and on the eveu- • ing of that day wailod on Gel. Swift, Mayor, of Philadelphia, at hit house, No. 107, South Tenth ’ street; and delivered the letter to him; a ml thereupon said. m/hlm, after lie had read the letter, that the object of deponent’s visit was to make' similar arrangements with'there made by l.’lt-m-worthin t he fall of 1833, and spring of 1539, and asked him if be could aid him. He, Swift, raid be would. Tllirn asked where 1 could find M.l- ; ler and Young his deputies. He replied, that ■ they were on special duty,that evening, but if I wdu ! d come.to his office between 9 and 10 o’clock in the morning, he would, by a wink, point - them out to me.' He then asked me what myobject:particidarly was at this time. . I to’d him it was to obtain lists of names .that could bo registered,and tbit ,I,was desirous to grt as fbany of the men who were oh before ai possible —that when they famebn they would better nnderstand themselves; this he said was dctiralle, and that I could place the fullest confidence in ., 1 asked lilm what was the best lime for me to Belli Badger, he veiled In live wvumvg, aei that ho would arrange it.'if I choose; that I might place the fullest reliance upon his and Badger’s aid. I then asked him when it would le best to have a meeting with some of those men, such as Young and Miller, naming them, and at tho sarao time suggesting Riston’s, , He said Ktston was got to bo trusted; that he was an intemperate, noisy fellow, and that he„ could not consent to a meeting of any of his offi-* cers at his, Riston’s, house. I then told him that I understood Glentworih to say, that he, Riston, had on a former occasion cashed checks for him, and he, Swift, was present at Ristons’s house with Miller and YounginNovcmber, 1833, to which he said yes, but it was dangerous and had like to have caused detection; notwithstanding be. Swift, had been moat cautious in ail his move men is to avoid being known in the affair* On the next day I went about ten o’clock to the mayor’s office, where he introduced me to Robert Miller. Miller and myself walked into the park back ofthe state house, and Miller agreed to furnish me a list of names by half past three o’clock. He stated to me that he and most of his men voted in New York, at the November election, in 1S3S, in neatly all tho wards, and that he saw most of the whig committee in their room; he said be would send me as many of tho old men, meaning thoso that were on before, as possible, whose names on the list would be marked with a cross, X.

“Fellow-citizens: I thank you for the kind greeting with which you have receiverTmc—a reception I have always received from my fel-low-citizcna of Kentucky. I can only say in return thatlwill endeavor to fulfil the expectations of those of my friends who have elected me, as they think, so gloriously a few days

little, how mean, and how.contemptible the editor of the Rising Sun Patriot makes himself appear, in his course towards the \evay Times. Having received a sound drubbing from the former editor of this paper, like a snarling, snapping dog, it seems he will never overcome his whining disposition. If the CAifd but knew how little tho editors of the Times regard his thrusts, it might save him much labor of brain. •

ing in society. Wo promised our readers a brief history of these transactions, at sc me future period, and now that political excitement bar ip < a measure subsided and the more; at rest, we undertake to lay before them suckevidenco of the affair, as will cnsblo lhem to understand the means resorted to by these worthies to defraud the majority put of their political rights.? For this object we select the following affidavit of Col. J. D. Stevenson, of New York, it being the only one, among the many upon the samp subject published in the New York papers, which contains in itself a perfect history br ibe whole affair.. . ■ : '

The New York Election Frauds.

In another part of our paper to-day, will be found tbe affidavit of Col. J. D. Stevenson, givtog a brief history of the election frauds perpetrated by the whig parly in New York and elsewhere, which have created so much excitement in the eastern chics. Many of tho moat prominent and distinguished members of the Whig party in New York and Philadelphia here stand implicated in a crime which the laws of their country pronounce to bo infamous and punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, and one which must be rankly offensive to tho moral sense of every one who recognises the behests of justice and honor in private or official stations. In tho language of a cotemporary, “where one man defrauds another in a private transaction, and the proof is clear and positive, .tho laws of the country punish him, and he is looked upon as an object of infamy and a subject of phy, by the virtuous and good, ever after; how much greater the crime, thrn, when numbers of the most distinguished members of a party conspire to defraud a whole community or a whole nation, and succeed in their infamous purpose! How much stronger should bo the indignation of the virtuous m tho latter case, when it is remembered that the crime was committed by those occupying the highest positions in society, by men who were above suspicion of n dishonorable deed; how much colder should bo the pity of the benevolent, when it is remembered that the perpetrators are among the most wealthy and intelligent, thoso who. cannot, with the common felon, excuse their crime under, the pica of ignorance, poverty or necessity,. We look upon, the depravity and dishonor of the orignators and instigators of this fraud as being of tbe deepest dye, and we are at a loss for language to express our abhorrence of it. The matter is now undergoinga judicial investigation; avast number of witnesses have been examined, and a multitude of facts have been disclosed besides those in the affidavit. James Young, high constable of Philadelphia, is under arrest in New York,and will be speedily brought to trial; we should not bo surprised if Swift, Me Whig or nf-Philadelphia, should. also be arrested and tried for bis share in the transaction. Some of the witnesses have implicated Moses H. Grinnell, Whig member 0/ cangre it, and W. H. Seward, the Whig Ooternor of New York; they have both been examined before the magistrate in relation to the matter. The thing is now in a fair way to bo sifted to the bottom, and 'though the heavens should fall/ we hopo justice will be done to all concerned, from theleait to the greatest. The ancients* to show that Justice was no retpecler 0/ pertoni, represented her as being blind, and we hope, in the present instance,-that the keen edge of her sword may riot be turned aside from a Governor; a member of Congress, a city Mayor, or any olherbigh functionary, should they chance (0 be found guilty of having violated her taws, any more than from the low-lived and depraved instruments with which they wrought out their iniquity. We presume no apology is necessary for the large space ibis subject occupies in our columns. Tbe wound must he probed before it can be cured. The facts must bo laid before tbe public before the public can pronounce judgment upon them, and when the proper degree of light has been given no one can doubt the nature of that verdict. We conceive that the liberty ot the people and the perpetuity of our institutions are intimately involved in this matter, and unless tbe whole transaction meet* with the withering rebuke of public opinion, the patriot and philanthropist may bid a long farewell to all their brilliant hopes for the amelioration of mankind through tbe agency of tbe democratic insittlions of government. In our next we shall endeavor to give an account of the daring attempt on the part of certain leading Whigs to obtain, by force, from the Recorder, a packet of papers that had belonged to the tool, Gleatworth, giving evidence lathe transaction of the frauds, which ended in breaking up the court to a row.

since.”

The Advertiser relates a good many queer circumstances that transpired in this night frolic, “but above all things, 11 saya the editor, “we admired the brevity of Gen: Harmon's speech, fur, brevity being the soul of wit, it must ap a matter of course, be universally admired?”— Due allowance, of course, should he made for the Gancrals exhausted frame, after undergoing the fatigue of a long political battle. His excellency merely wished to signify his thankfulness for small favors—that’s all.

Riout.—Three of the New York City whig papers have admitted the grand frauds to be true, and have come out openly and boldly in their condemnation of (be actors in it. ’ Wo giro their names with pleasure, and wish their contemporaries had a portion of their honesty and independence. They are the Now York Sunday Morning News, the Journal of Commerce, and the New York Herald.

The feUowing is the affidavit heretofore allu ded to: ' v /' • ‘ .

Cheat Fiee at Natchez.—Wc learn from (ho Natchez Free Trader of (ho 4th, (hat about 3 o’clock on the previous morning, after two false alarms, a fire was discovered in the two principal blocks of buildings on the Natchez landing nearest the water, and where the moat business had been done. It is supposed the fire was'eornmimicatoi by an expiring- candle in a house on Fqlion street, near Faulknct's corner—uncertain whether in the house occupied by Leopold or the room adjoining. In almost an instant after the flame burst cut it overwhelmed the entire block, swept across the street to the Southwestward and. laid the adjacent block in ashes. About twelve buildings were consumed, the total loss on which cannot fall short of $40,000. -

: City and County of Aew Forfc, «.* Jonathan D. Stevenson, of the cilyof New York, being duly sworn, doth 'depose and aay ljut he i* well acquainted with Janies B Glentworth, of ilia city of New York, tobacco inspector tor the port of New. York. TJtatcJeponenl wasftesirom to know whet he r the said Glenlwonh would bo continued'. in tho office, or rcappoihtedin the event of tho success of. Governor Saward.j That OleoUyortli thereupon informed this deponent that bo could command; his re appoint men t, and that the persons.having ihe central power would hot date to rethotc him, as he had them in his power; and that he was possessed of documentary ’evidence by whxh ho. could cnforca ; it. Deponent not knowing what his power or documents .were, became anxious to know what control he had ;aud wiiat ilocuments lie was possessed of,, and there fore asked said jCIcht worth to show; thcm» ; ihiending at the lime to aid him, if it'was fair and honorable, and,'witlioat thoeliglitest idea that’such'exhibition'Would lead 1 to the result hereinafter BlatedlSometiuio in September'last, jEaid GUnlwoilh,gavothis deponppt a himory of his operations, and elated that a 1 the in a,tanco of R. M. Biatchford; Simeon Draper, Jemca Bowen, R. C.. \Veiiaore;’ahd Moses' JI* Grinuell, he went from this city to Fhiladelphia, In the' month of October, 1833, just previous to the fall election; to procure persons,to como on to this city to vote at said olcciioh. That ho went on with Robert Swat I wont, and was with said Robert Swartwout appointed. for that purpose. That while he continued making his nrrangments and employing-persons to procure voters to be sent on until tho Friday preceding the e)cciion t when James Bowen sent on a man by the name of Ford, with a letter to him, Glentworth, containing five hundred dollars, and requesting him to stop, all farther proceedings and arrangements, and with directions to compensate the men and leaders, and qnict them as much as possible, and so let the mailer drop; That this letter reached him oh Friday .evening. On the next morning he lift Philadelphia for New : York. On his arrival in New York .be had an interview with Bowen, Blatch ford .Draper, Grinnelland Welmoro, at which he, T3 lentworth, iulormcd them that to attempt id stop the. affair would lead to a full exposure; the-: excuse they offered for wishing tq slop was the want of funds. After some conversation they separated, agreeing to meet at Drapery house on Saturday wight wt tew Vctnck; eacU toaeewhat could be done in the way of funds in tbe mean time.* At the time appointed they all met at Draper's house, where itwas determined to proceed,' and they again asperated o'clock on Sunday morning. Ajts this time Draper gave him two sight drafts on Charles Gitl, of Philadelphia; Tor one thousand dollars each, or drafts for two thousand dollars. That he, GIcntworih v again left the city for Philadelphia on Sunday morning, with said drafts an.I oilier funds. As.soon as ho reached Philadelphia he saw Mr Gil), who at once gave him checks on the United Stales Bank for the amount of drafts, one of which, checks was cashed for him, G lent worth, by Mr. Bridge's or Dorrance, of the United States Hotel, and tho other by George Ristoa,a broker of .Philadelphia. That he Glentworth, on the same day, met. by appointment, at tho boitso of George Riston, (at which time Riston cashed the check before spoken of,) James Young, a police officer, Robert Miller, then a captain of the watch, and Mr. Swift, tho mayor of Philadelphia. That be; Glemworth r ihcn in the plesence of Mayor Swift, and Riston, paid Miller five hundred and sixty dollars, and Young tho sum of eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars, in consideration of which' they were to bring or send on to New York voters at twenty-five or thirty dollars a bead, a list of which they each furnished. That this payment was made on Sunday, the 4th day of November, 1S3S, and he took from them each a receipt for the amount so paid—the originals of which ho exhibited to deponent. He farther slated that the same kind of echo mo was arranged for the spring elections of 1839 in New York, and that he went to make the arrangements. That in tho spring of 1639, Henry W, Havens, of the city of New York, was sent on from New York to him at Philadelphia, with two thousand dollars from Bowen—that Havens reached Philadelphia at It? o'clock on the night of the 8tb of April—that he (Glentworth) met Havens at the rail road depot, from which place Havana accompanied him and Charles Swim in a hack to Saundcrson's Hotel, at which place, be, Havens entered a fictitious name upon the books —that Havens, saw him pay Swim $500 of tho money Havens brought on to him, for which money he staled he took Swint'a receipt, which receipt be > showed me, deponent—he alio stated that Ha- i vens well knew the object for which that money 1 was paid to Swim—that Havens the next morning returned to Now York—Glentworth also stated that Noah Cook, of the city of New York, brought men down from Albany, and changed i their clothing to enable them to, and that they i did go to different ward* to vote, and that Noah I Cookwas at that tiraeamember of the assembly J

A calculation has been made of the profits derived by the French Government from the tax on gambling houses, ever since Us firsl'lmposillon ,n 1793,' by which it appears to amount to 3G0,000,000 francs, or 13,000,000 sterling. ■ .

F. C. IIeair, Esq., F,ditor of tho Washington Globe, has gone to Havana with a member of fits family who is laboring under serious indisposition. ' : v' ■" "■ .v'-,:.'

Out of ono hundred oxen lost overboard from a steamboat near Montreal, but recently, seventy escaped by swimming. 1 If as many men had beep plumped ovcrboard,<soychty : ,would have been lost. Instinct is better tbaii reason.

The city engines, owing to the two previous false alarms, were not on the ground with their usual alacrity, but had they been there on the in*, slant their aid would have been utterly unavailing, as every one who knows the situation of those two blocks, is aware that ifoue of them, caught fire the whole were doomed to ruin. After tho engines arrived they were of great uso in preventing the flames from extending beyond the two compact blacks.

Everyone'in the office; stuck a cigar in his mouth.— Cincinnati ledger* Ani\a pretty, looking soiof oljoctaj.oji. wcre, □o donbltr-resembting so'many ptgy with straws in their apperlnret, ‘: '

03”SlUJT, SHUT THE DOOR, GOOD Joint!—SolTlO people act as though they had no doors at home, and otic would infer (hat they used blankets instead. On entering a Printing Office in cold weather, always walk in boldly, without knocking, and thut (Aedoor c/ler you-r-thal’a the way to tell it. ,

Shocking Steamboat Explosiool!

Twestt-tiibee Lives Lost!!!—The steamer Persian collapsed her flue, on the Tth lost, at Napoleon, mouth of the Arkansas, by which twenty*ono persons were killed, and twenlyfive badly scalded. The following is. a list of the killed and wounded: KILLED. David Green, 1st Engr. John Milligan, 2nd .Mato, Oscar Drawn, fireman, Wash Marks do John Cover, 2nd Cook, Six persona in one family, deck passengers, John O'Brien, deck passenger, Two Children deck passengers, MISSING Samuel Hammers, Union Go. Ill ' Pields.Tenn, Two others, names unknown', SCALDED. Rev. Hv K. Rough, Graves co,, Ky.,.badly James ilaughlon,,Tennessee,- do George Smith, , doCharles O’Niel, Ireland,-slightly,. John Berry do do D. Berry, do do —Berry, do do Jacob Beak, Germany, do Oliver Olroyd, Yorkshire, Eng., do . Mon. Hazelin, Mo., do Win. Nareisse, Cin, Ohio, do Jacob Snyder, Union co., 111., do Michael O'Neal, New Orleans, do John C. Campbell, Rodney, Miss., do Wm. T. Evaha, Graves co. Ky, do B. Farrell, Hickman co. Ky. do Johanna Carroll, Jacksonville, 111., do Ann Olroyd, Yorkshire, Eng. do Newton C. Thommason Carroll co. Ten. do Wm. Meggwater.Cin. Ohio, do Peter McDonald, D C. do Dartbolemew McNilton, Irrland, do Wm. Brown, Hickman co. Ky.do James Grammar, Union co. III. do 4missing, supposed to be drowned. The above is o correct statement as far as ascertained. Robt. II. Keelt, Clerk.

exchange wants to know if the first tlaniion Congress wonV hoist & petticoat as a national standard. Perhaps our neighbor of.the Statesman can tell! .

new order of iiol&i lolo bo created, such as Knight of the Coon' Skin and- Gourd, Petticoat Bearers, &c. Otar neighbor of the Statesman should be rewarded with thb latter office. • . ' / ■ ■ ' \

next number will be a screamer.— Look out.

new President elect of the United Stales and Clerk of Hamilton conuhj, OAio, Dr. William Henry Harrison, it is said, has gone to Vincennes.

jJ5»The fl flowing “good ’un," which wo clip from the Wabash Enquirer, suits this meridian to a n ortal scribe:

Patbons op the Press.—To take a paper two years without paying; forcing the publisher to auo the account to keep from sinking, and then taking an eight months stay upon it.

A Question in Arithmetic.—If the election of our State Senator cost Kim the purchase of a printing office worth 7 or 8 hundred dollars, how much docs our .neighbor of the Statesman get to edit the same! D'ye give it up!

Benevolent.— It is stated that the society of Independent Order of Odd Fellows ia London, have distributed among its members, and other applicants for charily, the sum of £130,000 within the last ten years.

Tcx&s,—A gentleman from Texas informs the editor of the Natchez Free Trader that the projected expedition against the Indians hod failed for want of moans to supply the troops with the necessary ammunition, provisions, dec-; but that ■i was confidently believed Gen. Houston would soon organize a force sufficient to put an end to the predatory warfare carried on by the Indians. Eastern Texas is reported to be in an unsettled state. The Sheriffs have resigned their trust, and military law has taken the place of civil process. A contest lately took place between a party under command of W. P. Rose, and another, m which G. W, Rem part, lately ofCopiahcounty, Mississippi, was killed.

Upon this, 1 left Miller and went m search of Saunders and Thorn ion, and found them on the * side' walk in front of the state bouse, and a*ked them If they knew Glentworth of New York, to which they replied, yes. I informed them that 1 had come on the same business that be had in 1838 and 1839,, and asked whether they could furnish mo with some men for the coming election in November.

“Felloe, what do you mean to insinuate by throwing mud on me," as the dandy said to the wagon wheel.

tobacco chower is ono of the greatest slaves lo himself in the human race. What is worse than to sco a line, prim looking young man with his shirt bosom all besmeared with the juice of this obnoxious Indian weed! Leave off the vile practice wo pray you—the ladies will lore you the better for it.

They said yes, upon the same terms they had furnished them to Wentworth, which was thirty dollars per man. They then agreed to meet me at the watch box, at the corner of Chtsnut and Sixth streets, at seven o’clock that evening, at which time they said they would furnish me with a list of the men they would procure, which should consist, principally, of the men they bad sent on before, and the names of all such as were on before should be marked on that list with a cross. They Said they were both in New York with men in the spring of 1839, at the election in April; that they were frequently spoken to at the polls *by citizens in New York who knew them, and that the excuse they gave for being there was that they bad come on to prevent the Philadelphia locofocos from voting in Now York.

Pexxstltaxia Ecectio.v.— The New' York Herald of the 14ih inst. says.— 1 '‘Van Suren baa not yet lost Pennsylvania. His party will contest the election in Lancaster county, where there has bean a large whig gain, and perhaps save the state thereby. The questions are "Who has Pennsylvania!” "Who wrote Junius!” ■ Read tho following letter from our correspondent: Philadelphia Nov.lO, P. 31. Bbeaeers Ahead.— It is currently ftpbrted hers that the locofoco* are about to institute proceeding in Lancaster and contest the election in that county. They say that there were 900 more votes polled in that county than there are voters —more Pipes is the word,”

stranger—you that toted off our wood buck—bring it back, or wo’ll send the devil after you.

During the month of August last, there were imported in this country hi fourteen 9,980 barrels of sperm and 11,325 barrels of whale oil, making a sum total of092,312 gallons worth probably at least from three to four hundred thousand of dollars.

Onto.—The official returns, as published in the Ohio papers, give Harrison a majority of 33,361, Tbo Abolition vote for Btrney was 9 03, which, as a matter of course, prevented Hard* eon's majority reaching from 24 to 25,000.