Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-03

sH0Fe5 OF OF scFW---Or OF inc rlgnI 10 sue
scrip;ion, even without purchase or de
post; and as 10 Yazoo plumber was d s
| trihn,esl for v,fes--lhe projectors OF mi
guilty in New York resorted to the sam,
4 means.
Mr.. Cheeftanr, editor ofthe Citizen, who
had gone to Albany to ascertain the facl.
on the scene of action, thus expresses him
sells:
The use Of bribery and corruption in
the senate and assembly to secure the pas
sage of the bill, would be good and snffi-
cient ground in the council of revision to
rejeG it. Ind here lee me remark, thar me
p;iesf system of bribery and corruption has
been cnifloved in 6,th these branches. / do
not state this on friviut ground. IL zcotlid
be Infamous to do so, and w2iro,Rrnf 10 be
ye',dert d Infamous if all that hdve here sad
on the subject Of bribery Be rot most salts
'acforsty authenticated. This then. would
be good ground to reject il in the council
of revision. 1t was on the presumption
OF corruption only that chief Justice Kent
voted in the council of revision against the
state bark. I say hresumit'ion, for be fore
the legislature there were no allegations
Of bribery, and therefore no committee of
enquiry appoin,ed,"
"L-tters from Albany oc the 10th inst.
received bv last nights mail, inform tina.
Nh Msndav last the testimony Of The hon,
Stephen Thorn, and Jed,diah Peck of the
senate, and of col. German of the assem-
bly,. against Judge Purdy OF the senate was
read IN the house, and on the moti,n to
communicate it tn the senate, it passed in
the afiirmative--Seven members only vot-
ing in the negative This testimony is
that Judge Purdy offered to col German
for example, fifty shares of the stock of
the merchants bank al par, in case he
would vote for the act TO incorporate il,
that he should have so days after the pas
sing Of the ACT 10 fill them up. and tina, If
at the end of that time it would be incon.
yenient for him to do so, an agent OF he
merchants bank then in Albany would
give HIM .fve bounds upon each share max
log in the whole 6ri5e of fsv, hmnd ed and
my Pounds the brides offered to Judges
Thorn and Peck were of a similar nature"
(.zlsrora.1 4
MERCHANTS BANx.--SeveraI mem
bers OF the New-York Legislature have
.deposed that offers of shares i'm said hank
had been made to them If they would
lend their weight and influence towards
banning a charter. II was suggested
to some that it they did not want the
shares tor their own use, thew might af-
forwards dispose of them for IS per cent.
advance. In. consequence OF such at
Temps tn influence the members Of the
leg stature, the following resolution was
passed ~ the house of assembly.
r, RESOLVED, That committee OF this
house be appointed for the purpose of en-
quiring iato the truth of those suggest
ons and charges, and that they have pow
er to send for persons and papers and all
other power incidental and necessary to
detect and bring TO light the said often
ccs; and that they have leave to sit du.
ring tie sess;on fthe house, and that hey
report their proceedings in the premises
with all convenient speed.
The following are the gentlemen which
form the COMMITTEES, appointed by the
house agreeablv to the above resoulutiop,
VIZ, Messrs. w. Gilbert. w. Livingston
German. Arcularius, M.In,yre, Sylvester
and Lush.
From The .Ne7v. York Sr,ericah Citizen of
H.rch IS.
Letters received from Albany BY Satur-
day'smail, writ en- on Wedoe sdav last. con
tain no decisive information of the fare or
the bill in the assembly to incorporate The
bank. The committee of enquiry were
prosecuting the object Of their appoint.
ment with assidnity and yigor. The
house awaited their report.
The letters, however state, and they
are from the correctest sources, that v
order Of the assembly the sergeant at
arms had arrss'ed M. Sanford, a
young lawyer from Delaware, for having
! offered to the members of assembly from
that county BRIBE to vote for the act
to incorporate the Merchants Bank. This
Sanford, it is said, was employed BY an
agent Of the Merchants' Bank TO make and
conclude bargains and sale,!
In the Senate, Judge Johnston Of Ouch
es, presented, OF Wednesday last a reso.
luton ordering old Purdy Of Westcses,er
TO attend the house, and to answer TO the
charges ct BRIBERY and coRRuPTfoN
which, upon the oath~ Of Col German Of
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