Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-09
PHILADELPHIA, August {


PHILADELPHIA, August g.
Great P..Jlic Meeting The great meeting OF
naturaIized Irish citizens, held pursuant TO pub
lie notice in the State House Yard yesterday al
ternoOn. was a bumper-one OF the most gratiiy'
ing and efficient evidences of public opinion, that
has yet been given in auy seciun OF the country.
! 1t was impossible, from the position we occupl.
ed, to make correct numerical estimate OF the
immense concourse present Thousands upon
thousands were there--more. We have the testi-
mony of dozen witnesses, by twenty per cent,
| than congresated together at the recent veto
| meeting IL the office-holders, the "getting up
Of which called forth such dlsreputable and ex-
traordinarv exerti0ns Our Irish fellow citizens
deserve well Of the community: deserve well OF
the whole country. They came forth in their
strength YESTERDAY. and in the most emphatic
language declared that they had been deceived
in President Jackson. and that they pledged
themselves, as they held sacred their oath to sup
port the Constitution Of their adopted country.
to maintain that Constitution, by every fair and
honorable means, to oppose the reelection OF
Andrew Jackson.
James G,wan. Esq. "a Jackson voter at the
last elecn0n, an unwavering democrat and an
influential c,',zen, was called TO the Chair; Sa-
muel Back. Esq "a Jackson voter at the last
! election, Dennis Sweeney. "a Jickson voter at
tie last eection,) William FAIRS, ia Jackson vo'-
er ., rhe last election and Thomas La'red. Esq.
"a jackson voter al the last election. we're chosen
Wee Presdents-Doctor J mes VI Henry and
William VI. Hay. Esq. both Jaoks"" voters at
the last election, were appointed Secretaries
| The cOncourse was addressed in speeches of
great iorce and eloquence by Messrs. Gowan
and Haiy, whose sentiments we're warmly res
pended to BY the meeting. Indeed. we never
| saw more enthusiasm exhibited by any body Of
our citizens than on this occasion. We were
surrounded by the sons ct the Emerald Isle, and
the involuntary bursts of appreciation that broke
from them as the sentiments of the speakers reach
ed their ears, gave the surest indications OF the
temper in which they are prepared TO oppose
Gen. Jackson at the polls.
The Notorious Seuens Among the prison.
ers who have been carried of'hy the Cholera in the
State Prison at Sing Sing, New York. is the noto-
riOus John Stevens, who with his assuciatesa few
years ago committed some of the most exten.
sive and daring forgeries that were ever heard Of
IN this country Stevens was an Enslishman by
birth, we'll educated, and believed to be an irresu-
lar descendant from one of the noble families of
the kingdom. His career of crime had been in sue
cessful operation for many years in London, the
WestIndies, and elsewhere, before the hand of
Justice arrested him. He resided in this city few
months previous to his apprehension in New
York, and was concerned WITH that Red in DIES
polling Mr. F. w Dana of about ten thousand
dollars, by passing forged post note to him for
that amount on one of the New York Banks -
His depredations upon the merchants and the
Banks in New York, excited most unprece-
dente1 alarm in that city. and it was many weeks
before the eagie-eye and vigilance of that re-
nowned villain catcher. Jacob Hayes, could put
period to his progress.
After his arrest. he was induced to make full
and frank disclosure of the means used by him
to carry his plans into successful execution, in
order TO quiet the public mind. and satisfy the
Banks that many Of the checks passed to them
we're actuall Y forgeres. In one or two instances,
the signatures Of mercantile houses were so close
ly initiated that the Banks denied them to b.
forgeres, aud were unwilling to submit to the
loss until the question was settled beyond
doubt by the information given by Stevens.
In one instance when the gang had drawn about
nine thousand dollars from the Union Bank by
forged check, the forgery being discovered in
about an hour afterwards. one of the telers re.
pared hastily to the other banks to ascertain if
any large notes of that bank had been ged by
any oil them in the course Of the day, the money
drawn being in notes Of that description. When
the teller entered the franklin Bank. one of the |
clerks was then counting out toStevens the change
for note of the Union Bank of one thousand dol. |
lars. but his appearance. his self possession, and
the calm inquiries made by him about the circum.
stance, completely protected him from their sus-
picion. He was sentenced to be imprisoned in
the State Prison for period Of fourteen years for
his crimes, and two Of his accomplices, Hold.
gate and Sutton, for the term of their natural
lives
Reed was apprehended in New York for the
forgery committed upon Mr.. Dana. aud being
demanded BY the Executive of this Common.
frnn, hat Ell for iehn t..n.