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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18
GA PUBLIT DEFAULTER ."

Six years ago, when this ominous charge
was brought against an Office holder under
Mr.. ADAMS, the whole country was excited
by IL. The delinquent (Doct. Tobias Wat
kins) was Instantly prosecuted, his property
seized and sold, his wife and children tarneo
into the streets, and himself thrown into
Prison, where Gen. Jackson said he should
" rot" THIS threat would have been carried
into effect had the President succeeded III
overawing the Judiciary. Poor 'roby WAT,
kns,' as he was sneeringly stigmatlzed IN al
the collar prints, lay nearly two years 10
II Prison, while an estiinablc vile win oe-
loved family of twelve children, were sufer'
ling in disgrace and destitution. The amount
| of Doct. WArKINs's dcfalcation was about
/ $1,000. For this sum The offender was strip
ped of his property and cast INTO PRISON.
Il And for the defalcalion of one Public offcer,
under Mr.. ADAMS, reproach and obloquy was
brought upon the whole party.
But how is 1t now? What is the tone OF
public sentiment in relation to Public DE
laulters How does this Administration
deal with Defaulters! Are they prosecuted
stripped cast into Prison and lett to "rot"?-
Is Deiaulter hunted and prosecuted and
degraded? lsthe public Indignation rroused
against the ''roby Walkinses" Of the present
Administration
BY no means The whole face of things
has changed. Dcfaulters, instead Of bcin.
" few and far between" as formerly, are now
as thick as blackberrles." We now have
an Army of these Dcfaulling officers. In
deed they constitute a large portion Of the
Cabinet, proper and improper. Nor doe
either disgrace or punishment now attach t.
Delaullers. They are privileged, and un
der the auspices OF the Sub.Treasury scheme.
will grow into very formidable class. Van
Buren,, Kendall and Wright are laboring 10
establish system which, to use the langung'
of Gen. Jackson, exposes the "rpenne TO be
plum dtred by an hnndred hands ,chere one can
not noW reach IT," II. that system is estab
lshed, we shall become Nation OF Delau
ter. Already, under the corrupting and
malisn influences of the present misrule, ar,
we oyerrun with Defaulters. These. how.
ever, are bu, sprinkling of what we are Ia
expect from the operation Of the Sub-Trea'
suries.
But to return to "Toby Watkins" For
the one Public Defaulter under Mr.. ADSMs
Administration, we submit the following list
OF Jackson and Van Burcn Defaulters-
A STRIKING RECORD OF FACTS.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

GEoRGE CooMBE.-Mr. Coombe, now lec-
turing at Boston, in his chronological works
thus describes the manner he first became
interested in Phrenology:
"My first information concerning the sys-
lem OF Drs. Gall and Spurzheim was derived
from No. 40 of the Edinburgh Review. Led
away by the boldncss of that criticism, re.
garded their doctrines rs most contemptibly
absurd, and their authors as the most disin.
gcnuous ofmen. In 1916, however, shortly
after the publication of the Review, my friend
Mr.. Brownlee, invited me to attend a private
dissection Of a recent brain, to be performed
in his house by DR.. Spurzheim. DR.. s. ex.
hibitcd the structure Of the brain to all pres.
ena, among whom were several gentlemen
Of the medical profession, and contrasted i,
with the bold avertinents of the reviewer
The result was a complete conviction nthe
minds Of the observers, that the assertions o
the reviewer were refuted by physical de-
monstration. The faith placed in the Re.
view being thus shaken, | attended the mex,
course of DR.. Spuzheim's lectures for the
purpose of hearing from himself n correct
account Of his doctrines. His lectures salts.
fed me that the system was widely different
from the representations given Of it by the
reviewer, and that, if true, it would prove
highly important; but the evidence was not
conclusive. therefore appealed to nature
by observation, and at last arrived at complete
conviction of the phrenology."
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18
VALUE OF THE POCNp SrERLINe.-Mss

VALUE OF THE PoCND SrERLINe.-Massrs
Isaac Carow, ID. Lord, Jr. and J. p. Hall,
being appointed referees on case wherein
it became necessary to determine the legal
value Of the pound sterling, have decided
that the said legal value. not regarding the
fluctuations Of exchange, is four dollars,
eighty five cents and eight mills. The de.
cision is founded upon the act Of June, 1884,
entitled ian act regulating the value of GER
tain gold coins within the United States" by
which it is declared that the gold cGins Of
Great Britain, not less than % carats fine,
shall pass current as money in the United
States, by weight, at the rate of 81 cents and
eight mills to the pcnnyweight The lawful
weight of the sovereign, or pound sterling,
accovding to the decision ofthesc referees, is
5 penny weights, grains, and a fraction
which is designated. rs mi.-but what the
abbreviation stands for we do not know. In
the report Of the Secretary of the Treasury,
dated May 9th, 1898 the weight of the sove.
reign is stated TO be Il2 grains and eighteen
twelve-hundrcd-and-fourth parts of grain,
ofpure gold; and its value. according to the
mint valuation of the United States, a dollars,
eighty seven cents, and hundred and -twen.
tleih parts Of a eent.-.N y Com. .Aip.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

We learn that his Majesty the King of the
French has directed that the order Of knighi
Of the Legion of Honor be conferred Oh our
countryman William B. Hodgson native Of
this District.
Mr.. Hodgson has been connected for some
years with the diplomatic service of the Uni.
ted. States, and while residing in Northern
Africa and Asia devoted much Of his time to
the cultivation Of the Oriental languages and
literature. His writings on those subjects
among which are his translatons of the four
Gospels into the Berbcr tongue, and his Life
of the present Pacha of Egypt, procured for
him membership Of the Asiatic Societies OF
London and Paris, and the Royal Societies; to
which he can now add, as the first American
within our knowledge, the order Of The Legion
Of Honor.
The distinction which has been spontane-
ousIy conferred on him by the King Of the
French has been announced to him in letter
from Count Mole, Minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs and is as honorable to the King as the
friend and patron Of literature, as it is flat
tering to the literary success and celebrity
OF eur young COuntryman.
Mr.. Fl. has just arrived from Peru, with the
ratification Of q treaty between the Perue.
Bolivian confederation and the United States
for which purpose he was despatched by
Government.-[.N Nat Lteuigencer.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18
NEW JERSEY ELECTION.

The Newark Sentinel Of Tuesday,
says that the result of the poll lists can
not be definitely ascertained until after
Tuesday the 23d inst. That the Ad-
ministration party (says the sentineD
is altogether and unequivocaily, mi
nority of the free, unbiased treemen
of New Jersey is just as certain us that
an election has taken place. Satisiac-
tory information has been received OF
numerous and gross frauds, and iiiegai
voting, in various parts Of the State, by
which means the strength OF the party
has been nominally increased.
We learn that i'll one County some
40 or so aliens were allowed to vote In
remote township after they had been
rejected in the town in which they
claimed residence. From another
County we hear that voters rolled two
tickets together, and that the ofhcers
refused, in counting the ballots, 10
throw them both out as expressly re-
quired by law. In one Township, we
are told, the number Of tickets thus
counted exceeded the names Oh the
poll lists. In our County, we are iur-
ther informed, that number OF votes
were falsely sworn in, and that Legal
proceedings have already been institu-
ted. We give these as mere specimens
of.the means that have been employed
to control this election. Our frien9s
may rest assured, come what may, that
the country is not thus to be cheated
out of the election. The subject will
be fully investigated. And in the mean
time let our friends communicate any
information they may be able to obtain
on the subject.
Another illustration of the desperate
resorts of our political opponents we
hear occurred in the township OF Soum
.AmJoy, Middlesex County. IhiF town
ship has lately been divided, and the
town of Monroe set off from it: and the
state of political parties has thus been
changed. South Amboy containing the
most Loco Focos: Monroe a greater
proportion of Wings. One ofthe regu-
iarly appointed inspectors at ). Amboy
was a candidate and so unable to serve
it became necessary therefore to choose
some one in his place. AT the legal
time of election it was proposed to 60
into the election of the inspectors, but
this the Loco Focos would not allow
but sent off for enforcement
When it came, three candidates were
nominated, one Wing and two Loco
Focos--thc Wing had the majority
this the Loco FocO declared unfair and
retiring a moment, tossed copper to
decide which of their candidates should
decline and then nominated the other.
Again the Wings had majority of4.
Thus driven to their last hope, our OPP
ponents would not allow n count until
they sent for Of their men who work
ed hard by-they came and the Loco
Foco candidate was declared elected.
The motive Of this may be seen in the
fact that about thirty Irishmen who
were rejected at North Brunswick were
admitted as voters.-So we 60.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

A KEEN ONE.-The Baltimore Transcript
states that one merchant in that city having
received information that another would fail
on the following day, proceeded to his house
in the evening, aud requested payment OF
$500, which Was his due. The debtor drew
check Cor the amount, and the creditor pre-
sented it at the bank as soon as it opened
the next morning. The check was dshonor-
ed, OH the ground thot the drawer had not
that amount in deposile. The merchant in.
Quired how much was wanting, and was told
$50. lie then handed the cashier $50,
requesting that it should be put to the credit
of the drawer. This done, the check was
presented and paid, Of course. This is lit
tie the keenest practice we ever heard of,
and the operator must have been yankee
" y. Sun.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18
The Providence Journal, on the authority

The Providence Journal, on the authority
ofa passenger in the Royal William, relates
the following incidents in her late voyage -
The vessel had u very bosterous passage,
having had IL days of westerly winds. The
owners, it appears, desirous to make the most
out of the voyage, dispensed with 20 tons of
coal, and took in its place the same quantity
of merchandise. The head winds keeping
her out a few days longer than was calcula-
ted, her fuel fell short, and every thing OF
wood, such as spars, plank etc. were sawed
up to supply the boilers with fuel. In water,
they were equally short, aud for several days
previous to her arrival, the passengers were
put on an allowance of a pint day. Fearing
that they should be unable TO reach N. York,
il was determined on Tuesday to put in at
Newport, as it appeared by their chronome-
ter that they we're then not far off. But it
seems that in conse quence of an accident
that happened that day to the chronometer,
they had made mistake in their reckoning
of i5O miles, and instead being near New
port, .,hcy found themselves suddenly ap.
preaching Long Island shore. Great alarm
was felt on board, until they met ship from
New York, which informed them of their er-
ror. Had the weather been thick at the
time, as it was ~ hours after, nothing could
have saved them from shpwreck. She had
~ passengers.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

A WARNING.-A melancholy instance Of
ruin brought on by extravaganza aud want
of moral courage, was exhibited in the Boston
| Municipal Court on Saturday of last week.
| Friedrich G. Williams, who pleaded guilty Of
five indictments for forgery, was sentenced
to nine days solitary confinement and ten
wears Imprisonment in the State prison.
This man had been twenty years in the Of
See of the Lowell Manufacturing Company,
who had during that time raised, his salary
gradually from 5000 to 1900, and house rent.
For sixteen years he had been IA model Of
integrity, and had served his employers with
the greatest fidelity; but getting married
aud finding his salary, liberal as it was, made
quate to meet his expenses, he borrowed q
sum of money. When this debt became due,
he was unable to meet the demand, and ap-
propriated for his own use a portion Of the
Company's funds entrusted to him quieting
his conscience with the delusive hope Of be-
ing able to repay it. But cmbarrassments
thickened around him and TO conceal the first
act Of dishonesty, and supply his necessities,
ho continued another and another during a
period Of four years, until detection became
inevitable, and he fled. The particular act
which led TO his detection was the forging oi
receipts from firm to whom he was ordered
20 pay some money, and which money he had
appropriated to his own use. Though he
could, perhaps without conlpunciion, go on
four years defrauding his employers who re-
posed unlimited confidence in him, and were
his best friends, the exposure OF his villalny
has thrown him into such a state of mental
misery, that it is supposed death will sool
release him from the sentence of the law.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

Still LATER FROM THE WEST INDIES
Intelligence from Key West to the 30h oi
September has been received by the editor
of The New Orleans Bulletin. The Floridian
IF the 9th says that the accounts from Mas
san, Of the disastrous consequences of the
gale of the 8th, are still distressing. The
hulls of vessels. some bottom upward, and
others dsmasted, have been seen floating
about the gulf in almost every direction, on
rhc Bahama side. Many vessels have gone
Ell ely To pieces, and The loss Of life and
property must consequently be very great
4 passenger who wns OH board the schooner
Rome, from Nassau, reports that ut ono
,ouse there were boarding twenty fve sea
captains, all masters of vessels that had beer
wrecked.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

OUR FoURTH TESTAMENT or THE SCR.
PLUs,-On the first of January, 1893, the
Federal Treasury will owe about $4,000, 900
TO the States. Where will the money come
from? Will Congress again go through the
farce of 'postponing,' or will they adopt at
once the more summary process ofihc sponge.
There is nothing like the sponge for wipng
out national Indebtedness. Or perhaps Mr.;
Van Buren,, the coin creator, who thinks gold
and silver the only currency Of the Const'tu-
ton, will recommend The issue Of more 'rre-
decmable Treasury paper! Tho treasury
will want more money than it can collect
from its new Executive cxactons at the
Custom. house, to pay The salaries OF the
Office holders. II will not collect surplus
enough 10 pay even legal interest on the
80 100000. Meanwhile, this economical
Administration, with this largo debt hanging
over it, has sqnapdered, within the last ~
months, more than S40,0O0,O 0,O00.-.N y. Jour
II Commerce.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

/ 1--WE recommend the following to all dis.
appoL,cd ofiice-seekers.-[ Boston Trans
crypt.
CoSsoLATIoN.-.Whlc Gen. Greene, o.
Rhode Island, was independent of all fanat
les, he had n capital knack.of soothing the
disappointment of beaten candidates, and on
such occasions used To tell favorite story,
in n style Of inimitable humor, which recon.
ciled everybody to the loss Of Office. We
can give nothing Of its spirit - merely the
outline. a field slave in the South, to whom
meat was rare blessing, one day found in
his trapa plump rabbit. Tie took him out
alive, held him under his arm, patted him,and
begun to speculate on his qualities, 'Oh how
fat! berry fat the faitest ! ebbcr did see !.
set me see how ! cook him. | roast him.
No hc so fat llc lose all he grease. | fry
him. Ah yes, he so berry fat he fry himself;
golly how fat he be No wont fry him.
stew him. The thought Of the savory stew
made the negro forget Liniself,and IN spread.
ing out the feast in his Imagination, his arm
rcloxcd, when of hoppcd the rSbbIt,a and squat.
ting at goodly distance, he eyed his late
own ner with cool composure.
The negro knew there was an end Of the
matter. aud su,nmoning all his philosophy he
lhus addressed the rabbit shaking his fist NJ
hlm--'You long.earej. white -whiskercd, red.
eyed, son of B., you no SO berry dam
fat aftcr all
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From the N. Y. Courier q Enquirer.

New Atlas OF THE UNITED SrArEs.-
We have examined the specimen number OF
q new Atlas, geographical, historical and
statistical Of tho United States and adjacent
countries--soon to DO published by WEEKS,
JORDAN g. Co. Of Boston. Its execution 10
superior TO any thing we have ever seen from
the American press. 1t consists of forty
large maps with about l70 folio pages Of
illustrations. The work has been edited by
i. q. BRADFoRD, ESQ, a gentleman OF dis
tinguished literary accomplishments, who has
devoted himself for several years to geo.
graphical and statistical studies, in the exc
cution Of similar works. The maps are beau
tifu specimens Of engraving. The follow
ing comlnendatory letter from so competent
a Judge as Mr.. JARED SPARKS, renders any
praise of our own superfuous:
CAMBRIDGE, Aug. 25, 1888.
Messrs. Weeks, JORDAN g. Co.
have examined Mr.. Bradford's "ILLUs-
TRArED ATLAS or THE UNITED STATES"
and ain happy to bear my testimony in favor
Of its great value and utility, both in regard
TO its design and the manner in which il has
been executed.
The authors well known reputation as
connected with the several departments Of
knowledge, Which he has attempted to illus
tratc in this work, is n sufficient guarantee Of
its accuracy and completeness.
The Maps, as far as have inspected them,
appear to be delineated with fidelity and
the contents Of the work give evidence of a
patient and thorough research in the best
sources Of information. As collection Of
Historical, Geographical, and Statistical facts,
judiciously selected and skilfully arranged,
and extending to many Of the most important
interests of The country, it may justly claim
the confidence and patronage Of all who
would seek instruction on these topics, or
encourage laborous and expensive under.
takings in the cause of public usefulness.
am gentlemen,
Respectfully your Obedient servant.
JARED SPAKS.
The publishing agent in this city is Mr..
GEORGE U. BARTLETT, at l42 Fulton street.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

Mn. EDITOR Il wish to enquire
through your columns, if il is the in
tcntion of tho citizens of Newport, (ol
a portion of them, to have Course OF
Lectures, in this town, during the ap-
preaching winter? perceive that ouI
neighbours in other parts Of the State
are diligent about such matters. A;
the present time, the citizens Of Provi-
dencc have five transient Lecturers
busily engaged, besides regular Lee
lures from their own citizens. Cannot
something be done to elevate tho lh-
erary character of Newport , She
surely is deserving il.
AMAToR LITERATuRAE.
We wish we could gratify our correspon
dent by giving him the information hc dc.
sircs. We think, however, that he is quite
as wise as we are OH the subject in question:
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18
FURrHER AccorNrs oE THE GALE IN

FURTHER AccorNTs oE THE GALE !,
FLORIDA, AND OF INDIAN DErREDATIoNs.-
The boats OF the U. s. vessels Wave, Madi.
son and Campbell, at the Florida Cape, have
recovered two only Of the crew of the brig
Alma. The rest were murdered by the Indi-
ans. The crews beat off IS Indians who
were plunderlng the French brig, and killed
tour. The schooner Forrest, Of Lubec, had
struck ard sunk ; crew saved. The Indians
have burnt the u. s. works at Key Biscaync,
and The barracks, and hospital, OH Cape Sa,
ble.-.N Y. Star.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

A customer was brought up in one OF the
adl"iniug towns. last week, for milking hun.
sell rather too familiar with the lips OF anoth-
er mans better.half, causing the poor man 10
believe size was hs worscr half but the
Truth was, the defendant had run afoul of the
striped Pig" and had drank .fjietm ga'i,ns,
else he never had done il. Nevertheless. his
honor considered him n subject for go and
cost, rs the lndy was remarkably amablc
looking, and the defendant had probably got
the moneys worth. but he declared lhat il
was paving rather dear for the whistle, rs he
could hive got ne many kisses Us he want, q
for nnihlng il be bad been sober Bosic,,
Rcformsr.
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From the Pcnnsy lvanis Tclcgrnph-Exua.
HARRIsBURG, October IL, 1888.
EXTENSIVE FRAUDS.

The information received respecting
the result Of the general election in this
State, is such as to leave no doubt Of
the Loco Foco, Van Buren party hav-
ing extensively practised system of
fraud, such as was never before known
in any country; and that it is to it, they
are indebted for their apparent success.
In some places their plans were dis
covered before the day of election ar
rived but generally VIC believe they
were so carefully concealed as I'd es-
cape detection in time to prevent them.
We arc informed from source en-
titled to the fullest credit, that in Berks
and some Of the other counties, not only
the votes Of persons who had no right
to vote, were taken, but the hundreds
of persons from the adjoining counties
went into Berks on the day previous to
the election, and at other times, voted
there early and returned to their re-
spectivc counties and voted again on
the same day. This fact we believe
can be established by the most ample
Testimony.
In nBerks county, where there are
under 5000 taxable inhabitants, includ-
ing females, SC. there were about lO,-
400 votes polled OH Tuesday last -
about 1000 more than were pollcd in
1885, when Muhlenberg, Wolf and
Ritncr all run, and the greatest efforts
were made by all parties. This fact
cannot leave doubt in the mind of any
one that there were more than ono
thousand illegal votes given to David
r. Porter i'm Berks county.
We are also appriscd that very
large proportion of the Judges of the
election in Berks county, were inter
estcd in the result, by bets that they
had at stake, which totally disqualified
them to act in that capacity that
travellers, crews Of boats, bcggars and
persons of every description were al
lowed to vote-and that votes were
actually taken from such persons and
put into boxes on Monday, the day be-
fore the election.
AS these facts, can all be proved, aud
as there can be no doubt ofthe majority
in that county having been obtained by
the grosscst fraud, knavery, and viola
iion of Law, we would warn those who
have bets pending upon it not to give
them up until thorough investigation
has been madc--and we would COM
mend the same caution to those who
have bet upon tho general result.
The immense amount of money that
has been bet in this way has been ono
Of the great induccmcnts--an tho
friends Of fair dealing should guard
against paying men for being knaves.
sr-J" We have also learnt from York
county that several hundred men,
brough, from New York to york upon
the Susquchanna canal, not three days
previous to the election, were taken to
tho polls and allowed to vote.
We trust that thero will be thor
ough investigation Of the election in this
State
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

SUB-T REASURIES The following lis'
OF government Snb-Treasurics is taken from
a public documrat, No. u ], sent to Congress
by l.. Woodbury., Secretary Of Treasury OF
the u. States, dated l7th January, 1888
On page % Is contained the following =
Balances due by Receivers of Public Mon.
eys arising from the sales of Public Lands
who were out of office on the 18th October
1897 =