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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-06-14

Washington thoroughly conperaant with The subject Of
which he speaks for the suhoined interesting letter
alive to the Virginia elections II contains plantations
Of very satisfactory nature, which cannot fail 10 at
tract attention al time when such persererng Efforts
made to nsead The public mind TO results in Vir
gina The writer will be seen, c..ohura;es the slate
merits tlready laid before rrnders
TPennSuiraniaH, Of Jane IL.
Correspondence IF tie Psnnsytra"ian)
WAsHISGTUs, June :, 1889
The result Of the la'e contest in Virginia, for
brrs Of Congress, and for The Legislature is of
as much satisfaction TO the friends Of The Aminslra-
ton, the result is moTtfyng TO the Wings, who
ever given 10 vain buasting and promises of victories
realized In addition to which, they put forth from
their daily press o, Richmond all kinds Of baderdash
and msre esenatlon mixed with deal Of nonsense
and strained w.t. purpong TO be from correspondents,
but from the identity Of manner and matter and The
press from which those sales appeared, from and
the same person, evidently intended ridicule and
using disrfspsctfu language in reference to Of the
most valuable citizens Of The Common wealth. On the
same principle and with about the like result the
Wings, by misrepresentation, claim SiTften ma j"i
" in the next Legislature. ! will explain how this
deception has been consummaied. In many OF The
Counties the delegation, from local causes, have been
changed When the Wings could not count upon
the delegate elect Wing, they sci him down,
reibum sat-, as Conservatives and by adding Wing and
Conservative together, il suits their purpose, they
make out majority tie Bhs side IF the gueston.-
They claim on The foregoing system Of arithmetic The
following counties, viz:'aih, Brooke, Grayson Lee,
Logan Pocshonas. Russell smyh and 1'szewell, which
gave The late Presidential Election for The Admins
ta,ion 244l votes: nnd for the opposition Wing tick
el, 57S:-mniori,y 1862 vutrs Aud yet, the election
that has just terminated Virginia, gave nolional
politics, much the same result Will IT be believed by
any candid reader. that counties containing such
preponderarce Of Republican voters will ever consent
10 send members to the Legislature to msrepresen their
interests al this trying and important crisis Certainly
not,
The contest in Virginia has been obsnatey contested
BY the Wing party Not having the strength Of truth and
soberness sustain them, they consequently, had to
practise little deception to prop their unsettled,
lettering faith in The Ancient Dominion" One
such contest and Whggery will be put 10 rest in Virgil
MIA for all time to come Last year, the Wings, and
their allies united had "a majority joint ballo-tbs
year. that majority has been cut dozen, annihaied and
The Administration has four votes of majority spare
The evidence and result Of the election, repored from
Richmond as we'll my close observation go far
to sireng hen the opinion that the Administration will
Re triumphany sustained on the meeting OF the next
Legislature, by clear majority Of fur roles joint
ballot. Truly yours, &c.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

New BsIGHros BALL.-The ball tonight at New
Brighton will be more splendid than ever. The sea-
son at Saratoga has closed, and the only fashionable
place Of resort at present open is New Brighton,
where all that is beautiful, young, lovely, accom-
plished and fascinating in the New York female
world OF fashion will be present.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

GREAT NEE-7GREAr HUMBUss A correspondent
in Brooklyn, calling himself "veritas,' takes us to
task for holding up many Of our great men to rdicule
II is the great themselves that create the ridi
cue-not our structures. Indeed such has been Of
late years the foies OF great men, that begin to
disbelievs in such persons altogether. Great men
are great humbags.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

FInE Ar SATAN ISLAND Last night The silk
factory and French dye house, situated between
New Brighton and Elizabeth Town, took fire, and
was entirely consumed. We could not learn r any,
or what, portion Of the plant stock we're saved.
but should fear that many Of city bellies will suf
fer considerably by the calamity, as tae firm were
in the habit of doing extensive city business il,
the dyelng department. This will, however, not be-
the worst misfortune, for two three hundred la
borcrs will be thrown out Of employ the worst
season of the year
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

90 Both Ross and Ridge Of the Cherokee nation
are now dead and IL is expected that the Indians will
settle their difficulties and unite under Bushyhead
Ross, with seventy others, were recently killed in
hattie between the two factions.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

BETTER LATE THAN NEvER.-They have at last
suspended martial law in Canada, and the regular
courts Of justice have resumed their operations. II
half rogues there get their due shall have more
h2 ging than ever.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

FLOATING VESSELS OVER SAND HtMst-SCyeTaT
interesting experiments have reccrH made
with an apparatus, intended 20 ass trsses over
sand bars, &c it's very simple, and been found
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

THE SMALL FRy.-The star, Tattler SC, arc
quarreling loud and heavy. About what1 Who cares
Poor Noah is in his sere and yellow leaf with ven
geance.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

ny- A man named James McNab, Of Fall River
recently attempted TO kill his wife. He stabbed her
from eight to tea times in different parts Of the
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

RHODE ISLAND Decentralization and FILLING
hurst both wings, have been reelected to Congress
from this State by small majority. In the legisa-
ture the wings have gained. The house stands 45
wings to q democrats as far as heard from-the
nate the same last year.
There are now ten more Ccngressmen TO be elected
eight from Maryland and two from Mississippi, be-
fore the fwenty-sixih Congress is complete.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

e5- Jane Shirref and MIR. Wilson were giving
concerts in Montreal ON the 18th instant.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

90 Henry Clay arrived in Washington on Tues
dsy, and left the same day for Virginia.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

GA meeting Of shipmasters was TO have been
held IL Boston last evening, 20 make arrangements
II cooperate with the shipmasiers Of this port in
pctitioning Tor the removal of Consul Trst
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

ny- Annexed are the names Of the persons drown
ed opposite Nuns Island, Montreal, last Tuesday !:
Edmund Giroux Jean B,ptste Bonenfant, Fran
co.'s Xavier Roy Nicolas Comtois, Louis Moreau
dit Desrosiers, Brancois Beanger, FRANCOIS Lebcau,
George Corbin, Olivier Lauzon.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

GOA bale Of new cotton arrived here on Wedses-
day from Savannah. Last year the first bale Of cot.
Ton did not reach here till the Sth of September II
came in the steamer Natchez from the port Of that
name.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

Dr5- Hicks, who recently murdered Weston in
Providence, has given himself UP, and Ia. been com.
mItted 20 prison.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30
MORNING HERALD.
FRIDAY. AUGUST %, 1879.


Yesterday l engaged the berth No. 2, in the
saloon Of the British Queen Steamer, wAieh 10
to sail on the LIST Of October, and paid sne
cash in advance, Sl7o-as an example to Co'onei
Webb and others TO initiate, when they intend
TO visit Europe. / have done this openly ana
in broad day-for have no secret or 'Peciai rea-
sons to ask the agents of any vessel to smsggle
aboard under another name, or no name at all As
far as / reeollect, / never had a sight Of the in
aide Of British Jail, nor anil a sub treasurer seek
ipx to run away to Europe with the property Of the
good people of this happy and glorious land. BY the
generosity and MADNESS Of the free and liberal peo
pie Of this great city, and this great continent, have
ami pie and abundant means to travel abroad in any
sye-and for the proposed excursion, if necessary,
can devote $4,000, as easily as i can one dslar.
So here is the document
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

ey-CELEsrr, after rcposing upon the laurels other
Southern campaign, again entered the field Mos
day night at the Chestnut street Theatre Philadsl-
phia, to a fashionable and crowded house; she re.
mains there two weeks, and then once more "Tbe
Child of New York; returns 10 her home This
will be the last opportunity her friends will have n
witnessing her surprising taleats, as she sails for
Europe i'm the British Qufeni
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

: BRITISH AND AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGA-
: TON COMPANY.
q "sRIrisH QUEEN" N York to London.
. No.leo No Of Berth, Z.
! % Not accountable for Luggage,
a.: unless Bills of Ladlng are
. 80 signed, and freight paid for
- tAs same Passage, $l7o
Q ! o Each Passenger allowed ten
0 cubic feet for Luggage
. aCarpet Bag, Dressing Case,
! and Hat Box, Any Luggage Stewards Fee,
, sbsvc this allowance to be
} charged at the rate Of Five
Sblinps cubic f,ot. Sl10
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

MISS IsvKRARrrY.-One ofthe most splendid look
ing women which the late arrivals have brought rs
in theatriess, is the well known Miss Inverarity,
formerly the fair rival in vocal music of Miss Shrre
on the Londsn boards. Yesterday morning we saw
her promensding Broadway, and more magnificent
looking woman is seldom seen on that delightful
promenade. A good deal of curiosity is beginning
to be expressed for her appearance the Park
boards.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-30

Mss MArwooD's first appearance in the charac-
ter Of Blanca on Wednesday evening, was very ere.
dtably sustained. Throughout, she was frequently
cheered with warmth and the close received much
applause Her youth and timidity require only a
little time TO bring forth her powers and CRAFTY her
friends In person, she is elegant, though pefe-her
face quite expressive-and her general movements
free and easy. Altogether, it was quite promisin
debut.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05
THE SMALL BILL LAW.

The voters nt old Lincoln, Will bear in
mind, that the result Of this election may
have an important bearing upon the odiona
"small Bill Law" Two years ago, after
the Wings came into power. that Bill,
(Which was made law the proceed NJ il.
ter. by she loco f,cos) wa, repealed or sus.
pended En two years from thar time. Ii
" Ill therefore come into force at the expI-
ration of tina, time. unless an absointr re-
p"nl or further su>p n>i"n 's granted by fht'
next Iegisia ore. If the kncos have the
power. they are pl. dg'd at course 10 an
nihila:e the Parks. aud rather than Ia have
rl,r farm r. and lab"ing men. as well as
the merchants accon,Dn dated With n safe
an useful cnrnlninJ medium, Of one,
Two d three dollar bills, would ami, X
some provish,h, 4" the aid law, making il
penal to circu' ate 'ny bills Of Il ~ DE-
u",nina,,"". TIA" S5oor SlC8. What hay.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05
From The Baltimore Chronicle.


REMINIscENcEs 1T ~ M, only useful.
hut exceedingly amusing now and 'h"n,to
hook back upon the pr"isasrnns 81 public
men and compare them with their actual
conduct. An intelligent review Of General
Jackson's PROMISES and performances, exc
cutpd upon an extensive scales, how ever,
would perhaps exhibit instances Of incon-
si>tency more gIaring than anv chat nre 10
be- found IN the history of any pplilican,
living or dead. TaIIryraud alone excepted.
Bu, there are some ameng the small fry,
whose ach, is. meu,s in this " ay are no, M
worthy of note. albeit they have been cciips-
I'd by the superior effuigrnce of their mrs
mr's performances. Amongst these lesser
lch,s no, the beast conspcinus was Amrs
Kendall. This worthy gentleman was frs
uShertd into the world Of notn,ieiv as the
Fnmnh Auditor nfthe Ttea-ury. Imrhed-
lately after he was inductpd info flee, b."
Issu' II proclamation, in which among
other things he >aid -
.'Upon entering the office m M"ndas
asst, one Of the frs, Mi cts which struck
nv eye, was a pile If newspapers IN NJ,
table. Among II I'm cHnnrd -ixucn d'f
iesrM papers and al! Of which. was iolJ,
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05
TIP THE CAT OUT OF THE
BaGW-Hs

Wings Of Bath We announce to you
the fact. that on Saturday evening Int, the
ty" held a SECRET CAUCUS, to DELHI.
crate on measures to deceive and gull the
democracy of this town and vicinity! This
shows that desperate gane If TO be lay
ed by these high-hauded l"c" f"co Office
holders. and We therefore caution the PEG.
pie, 10 Re ON THEIR GL.aRD!-
L"ok out for SPURIOUS VOTES!
Laok out for { OFFTN HANDBILLS!!,
Lo,k cm for CUSTOM HOUSE Nv.
TERFERENCEL!Y
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05
NEXT MONDAY!

Wings Of Mainr!-Rtmember that the
second Monday of Sepu mher comes but
once year! Aud il must he acknowledge
ed, that il has seldom been Looked to with
more interest than the present year--es-
prciaIy by the administration party. whose
very life depends upon success. To per.
p, tuaie their power, and 10 gain strength
I" ia>ien upon the county, that odious, and
most abom'naIle IF all cofrnpiiors, the
"Independem Treasury"-so called, and
to strengthen the already too Pow erful arm
shapes, We have seen MONEY like water.
proiusely scattered over the country, united
with Executive patronage, and official in-
terfrraLcr, WHEREVER an election Of the least
Importance has been ED, for the lust sir
or I, shi years. A fair sample has been
witness. d in the last two campaigns in
this State:-vast amounts of money have
been txpcnded--the State has been over.
run with iiine,eut S,b-irrasnrers, whose
unhoy interference in the elections, is the
OILY ri, ran,cc they have for the enjoy
inent of thu ir "Saiuries aud their bread"
and hence the fact, that Lnco focoism
bears sway!-hence the Giseracefiil pro.
cerdlnrs ,nuo hing the famous Aroostook
War. SC.
Now, Democrats, Wings. one and all.
the crisis is IN impo,tan, one! Disguise
as the GO iocos may, and will, the facts
are plain, that the true issue is, ".hal the
pEOPI l. RULE. or lie ruid by the Of
fic,-hnider-.. This is the important qucs-
,inn, TO be decided next Monday.
We believe that the people Lave certain
inalieiable rights, rights that no flee
holding junto should NEEDLE with. Among
these rights we recognise that Of selecting
our omn RULERS, Unit haring t"n appoint.
rdby oErt-hoidtrs haf, ~ OF IVoshington)
and making our o,rn LAWS, INIT harinS
them dictated By ioro FREQ c0ucUsfsj and
having those. laws executed according to
our orders, ~ Ell r"ss.d by our servants.
whom we style he Legislature, and NOT
have. them made worse than dead letter.
by any in,hecie notion, or backing out"
policy, Gas Gov. Faiii.Id has done
If, therefore, our position j. correct. ev-
cry v"ter will see the Importance of setting
npa,t his on" day, On ri M,nday) for ths
purpose of doing The State some service
aud helping forward the good cause Of
TRUE DEMOCRACY aud EQUAL
RIGHTS" by voting fot EDWARD
KENT-the PEOPLES MAN!
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05
NEXT CONGRESS.

Elections for members Of Congress have
now taken place in all :he States, excepting
Maryland and Virginia. The result 90
far. is. the elcciion of 1872 Wings and ITO
loco fnc"s. II is therefore certain. that
there will be decided Wing majority 10
the next Congress.
We may say the political prospect ncves
was brighter It is true, We have met with
some loss in Tennessee and lndiana--this.
however, will only tend to make more cer-
tain our future success. Gu, er up then.
Wings of Maine, aud strike the blow fos
"Lib.riy and Law"
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05

DEyAIcATioNs.-The Loco Focos try to
shuttle of the, ndium Of the immense drfnl-
CATIONS that have occurred under Gen.
Jacksnn's and Martin VA Buren's rule by
saying that drfalca,ions have incurred I'M
der every administration. That is very true
bat to what extent? From the commence
ment Of Gorge Washng'on's ad'nlni-'ra-
ton, down 10 ilIe commencement OF Gen.
Jackson's reign. the defalcation Of 90, ern-
ment officers am' united to $2lS,l59 10.
Aud from the day Gen Jackson was inau-
gurated, to the first January 1898, the de-
facA,ions amountrd to EIGHT HUN
DRIED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOU
SAND DOLLARS. independent Of the
M; lion and q half stolen by Srart~om and
P,1ce.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05

in the arduous struggle which we are now
making. They are true democrats; ana
tie bark, multiplying add White parties,
would sheut 'victory' al any blow aim'd ~
ihem."
And therefore, because Harris and His
family were ''dt,n0crats," aud extremely
influential, liz, must he re-apposnfed,
though q defaufter to the am 'unt al over
hundred Thousand dollars! This w.said
prevent the opposition fran crying 's'cto-
rY"H Mr.. Claiborne goes on To say to-the
President:
"We are ie the midst df an electionecr'
ing ca,l.,,afgn Governor Ruuneis X.
Walker, Major 3. w. Edwards and my
self. constitute the democratic Van Buren,
ticket. 1t win be u ci'se co,,test.'
We now see what the Van Bnren demo-
cratic doctrine is-fiamely, 're-appoin'
public defarIiers who happen I" have Tex
tremely influential family connexions.
without regarding the safety of the people !
money. What a pity Tobias Na'kin. did
not happen to be ga distinguished friend "l
the administr ation," aud democrat,
with extremely influential family connex-
ions" Poor fellow, instead of being re-
moved from office and incarceratfd in a
prison for three years and six months. Tor
making use of $1,000, he night in that
case have packsted one hundred and nine
thousand dollars, and then have been reap.
pointed!
This is single exempIifc ation of the
'spoi,' prucpie. upon which MARTIN
VAN buren, acts; We could give humid
reds of cases quite as strong.
| Is this carrying out the principles OF de-
mocracyl Such acts could never have
been sanctioned by the pure, the noble
minded the patriotic Washington. And
will the American people sanction them
If they do, they are not worthy to call HIN
their countr, men.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05
PlnAcY.-The brig Frances, Capt

Prn4cY.-The brig Frances, Capt.
Roberts. a, New York. from San Junn.
Central America. has On boa,d n part Of
her crew in irons. While lying in said port
ON Both June. the Capni" m'ing nm shore,
the crew stole the boat, tobbed the vessel
of s 500 in specie and bullion, watches,
rigging sails, wearing apparrl. &c. Through
the Information If some Indians Eight days
after the robbery. the pirates were pursued
and taken on SHpadilla Island 30 miles
from Boo Fnro--and br' ught hme. A
small amount only of the money was recov-
cred.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05
DEFALCATIONS OF PUBLIC
OFFICERS.

It would have heen supposed that an ad-
ministration coming into power with "'Rn
professions of purity upon their 'iPs-pf"-
claiming their purpose to be 'retrenc"'hrn'
and refotm,' and dennuncing their preoe-
cessofs as guilty of all manner Oh cWruP-
ton and extravaganza. would, tor the sake
q. appearances. il from 10 other motive,
have been especially careful TO euiorce up
on their subordinate agents strict acc"u'"-
ability and rigid pnnctuaihy III paying over
the public funds which from time I" tune
accumulated in their hands. When Gen.
Jackson came into Office, Amos Kendall
and others were act to work, to endravr
70 find out something by which to sustain
and Justify the charge of corruption that
had been so loudly made. At length sol
nary case, that of poor Tobias Watkins,
was found, wherein an office-holder under
the then late administration had appropria-
ted a portion of funds in his hands t" his
own private use. Immediately on this dis
covery :he cry was set up of dreadful
Corruption! Our charges proved! and
the culprit was seized. indicted, found gull
ty, aud imprisoned in a cell, over which
was written in large characters. by order
thu President, "CRlMfNAL APART
MENT." The amount of DIR. Watkins
defalcation was $3,050; and he was kept
in jail by the President for this, three wears
and six months. The people of the Uni
ted States were dreadfully scandalized by
this case of corruption, and were more than
ever disposed TO believe that all that had
been charged was true.
But if they were thus shocked at the
single case of Watkins, what must they
think when they read the folowing:-
List of some Of The Defaulters to the GoD-
eminent. hhose defaicuii"ms haze occurred
since 1929, ,uhen Gen. Jackson came into
po,cer-from official documents.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-05

MouNrA,Es OF FISH French paper
saws that the vessels engaged in the cod
fisheries have asceris aimed. tina. the waters
contain immense shoals Of herring--insn.
much that they NAV be with prorri"ty called
submarine mountains Of fish. These her
rings they represent to be larger and of finer
quality than any that have hitherto beer
caught, either at the Orkney. or On the
coast OF HOLLAND. fMer. Journal.