The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-01-01
From The United States Gazette
"CORE, TELL US ALL ABOUT THE
WAR;

The evils under which this state is now lubor-
ing, have their proxitnate causes in the fra,idu.
lent attempt 10 defeat the return Of Mr. Chas
Naylor. There is no one who doubts that he was
truly elected. Several days before the election
a scoundrel who had been selected Van Blu
rem judge of the election for keusngton having
been detected in another fraud, and being dealt
with rather severely as he thought, sent for the
Attorney general and confessed that not only
was it determined that Charles j. lngerso
should be returned as elected but thathe tally
list was ut that moment already made out. Our
readers at a distance will please understand that
by tally list, we mean in this state the exact re-
turns Of the votes given mt any poll of voting
district This il seems was made out more than
n week beforehand, and was to be SWORN TO
so that the Van Buren, candidate Mr. lngersolI,
was to have majority ia kensinSton. The
prompt measures OF the Attorney General pre-
vented any such extensive fraud, and the con-
quence was large majority of votes for Charles
Naylor-a majority which no one doubted that
he had, and which no one, not even Loco Fo-
CO, doubted would be returned in his favor, un-
less fraud was practiced Our distant readers
will please understand that the county of Phila-
delphia is divided into t,eo districts for Congress
members, but elects Ivy general ticket it's members
of the Senate and House of Representatives, vo-
ting in seventeen districts.
On the day appointed by law for the return
Judges of these seventeen districts to meet at the
State House in this city, TO receive the account
OF votes ana to make returns thereof to the
proper officers and through the proper officers,
it was found that the votes OF certain ward Of
the Northern Liberties, a warl invariably and
decidedly in the hands Of the Van Buren, party
were not 70 be found. The box and its contents
of votes and tally list a0ere lost The ,0onder rs
20 the cause of this strange abducation or dsap-
pearance was lessened when Mr. Charles J. In
gersoll forced himself into the room occupied by
>4he return Judges, and imperatively demanded
-shat the whole Of the votes of the seven wards
of the Northern Liberties should be THROWN
OUT, which, would of course leave majority
of votes for him NngersoID in the third
district of which the Northern Liberties formed
a part. Then too, the citizens understood the
call made upon the partizSns of MIR lngersoll in
a morning Van Buren, paper, to assemble at the
State House. The partizans did assemble, in
immense and noisy crowds.
The fraud contemplated too palpable to
be wnked At; and the sober friends of MIR Van
buren, who had voted for Mr. Ingersoll, turned
up their noses in contempt of the high handed
measure, and in scern of the individual, whoev-
he may be, who could project so vilainous
sheme, or the miserable objects that could lend
themselves to fraud. A majority of the seven
teen judges made up their mind to return Mr.
sIngersol as elected. Of course only majority
awosli consent to such a measure. The nlinor-
aty enIade their returns Of the votes presen-