The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-05-19
THE MORGAN AFFAIR.

john =. Spencer, Esq, who was appointed
special counsel for the State of New York, un.
der the Act of that State, for the purpose of in
curing into the Morgan conspiracy and bring
ing the guilty participators therein to punish
ment has resigned that office. In communicate
ing this determination to Coy. Throop, he says
that, by passing special act for the purpose,
the government took into its own HANDS the in.
vestigation ofthis affair, and became the prose-
cutor, that the special agent, therefore, was
merely the agent of the executive of the State
and therefore had right to expect from him
sincere support and official eountonanoe. 3nt
he says,
I" In this have been disappointed. Positive
aid, beyond the performance of formal duties
from which there was no escape, has in no in.
stance been rendered me. And instead of re-
celvlng any countenance or support, have
been suffered to stand alone, an insulated indi-
vldual, carrying on the mos: laborious and diff.
caltprosecutons, as if they were private suits
| instituted by me, and without any participation
| of the responsibility by the members of,the pov.
eminent which employed me. Indeed, their re-
sponsltliity has been disclaimed by every means
which the circumstances would allow. y
no'o ~ Soiipidiil, dlsOi LnaL my OfhCldI COM
| munlcations to your Excellency, haze been d;
| oulged, so as to defeat nay measures and bring
undeserUed rePrOach upon me. Those commu.
/ ncatlons related to the means Of discovering
evidence of the fact of William Morpan's death:
I they were not only in their nature strictly con.
| hdental, but the success of the measures sug.
gested, depended entirely upon their being IN.
known to the parties and their friends. Yet
they became knownto counsel Of the persons
implicated in the offences upon William Nor
| gan cannot comment on this fact, in such
manner as to do justice to my feelings, and at
the same time preserve the respect which is
due TO the Chief Magistrate of the State. 1t
must be-left TO the consideration of all imoar
tial men, with the single remark that as il in
terposes an lnsurmountable obstacle'to all fur
| ther communications of confidential character
with your Excellency, should thus be depriv
ed as special counsel Of an aid altogether indis
pensable to further proceedings
| DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. A few weeks
| ago, a ssporting character" looked n, at the
Hygeia Hotel, just to see if he could fall in
with any subjects, but finding none, and un-
! Outstanding from the respectable proprietor
Mr.. Parks, that he could not be accommo-
dated with private room wherein 20 exer-
else the mysteries Of his craft, felt the time
begin to hang heavy on his hands So in
order to dlspel ennui, he took ont a pack Of
! cards, and began to amuse the by-standers
( IN the har room with number of ingenious
! tricks with them, which soon drew a crowd
around him. "Now," said he, after giving
! them good shuttle, and sapping the pack
down upon table, "I'll bet any man ten
dollars can cut the jack of hearts Mt the
first attempt" Nobody seemed inclined 10
take him up, however, till Mt last weather
beaten New England skipper, in pea lack
ct, stnmpt him by exclaiming, alarmed if |
/ don't bet you! but stop, let ME see if all's
right" Then taking up the pack and in.
speeding 1t as tito see that there was no de-
( ception in it, he returned it to the table, and
began to tumble about in side pocket, first
taking out jack knife, then twist Of to.
bacco, &C., till he produced roll of bank
notes, from which he took one of go and
handed it to by-stander: the gambler did
the same, and taking out pen knife, and
literally cutting the pack in two through tho
middle, turned with an air of triumph TO the
company, and demanded if he had not cut
the jack Of hearts No, I'll be darned if
you have % bawled out Jonathan, "for here
IL is, safe and sound !" at the same time pro-
ducing the card from his pocket, whittier he
had dexterously conveyed it while pretend
ing to examine the pack, to see If IL was
sail right" The company were convulsed
with laughter, while the poor "child Of
chance" was fain TO confess that cit ,cas
hard getting TO Dindvard Of Yankee"
! Norfolk Herald.