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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11
SON. FRAUD ON THE ELECTIVE FRAN
CHISE.

The purity Of the elective franchise y open
i, attempted to be violated by the oflice-hold-
e,s Of this metropolis, and so far from being re-
buked BY those whose duty il should be 10
,rown on such infamy, is openly encouraged,
and warmly applauded. The Destructive, in
mower seem determined to maintain that pow
., NJ every hazard, and with the view OF bribing
,,a co,run,inu voters for the coming election
!, MARYLAND, despatched an agent to this city
to obtain money from office-holders, 10 enable
them 10 carry the election, particularly, in
Isnfpr's district and in Johnson's, and large
sums have actually been raised for that very
purpose. The gcntleman who came on this
r,ru praiserorthy GRAND, said to an office
holder, "that Blair & Rives had come down
h,ndsomely but not more 20 than they ought
10 have done, as upon the entire success Of
MARYLAND and Mississippi did their chance for
printer stands What an insult to Maryland is
the bare suspicion that her independent voters
can be bought and sold like cattle in the sham
bles. The time was when had any citizen Of
that State engaged in business SO derogatory to
It's character, he would have been secuted from
all society but such has been the demora-
lizing effect Of Loco-focoism upon the morals
and manners Of the community. that shame is
no longer felt even at the grossest departure
from the principles Of honor and common
honesty.
We entreat the honest citizens Of all par
ties in that proud State, that names in her list
Of revolutionary worthless as bright galaxy
as any other in this Union, no to allow so base
an aspersion to be cast on her fame; but to
show wrctches SO lost to every principle Of
honor how little they know Of the descendants
Of the Howards, the CAROLS, the Stones,
when they undertake to bride them BY money
to undo their country.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11

The World uced.-This interesting pen
ny paper, published at Philadelphia, has been
materially reduced in size, but we think is
somewhat increased in excellence. 1t may
emphatlcally be said Of this Journal, mulium
IN paruo. We are glad to find moral and
gifted men at the head Of the penny press, as
they have it so much in their power 10 i'm
prove the morals and correct the manners Of
their numerous readers
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11

CSuaty Tfeasnrcr's Ca@.--Judge King decided
Yesterday morning. that The jury empannelled In the
ABOVE case should be quasned, on the grounds men
Toned Yesterday Of illegality in their SELECTION
Inc counsel for Hugh Clark, the relaor then re-
sulimonipg iwenty.four jurors, which the Court
complied win. ordering thar hey should not be
drawn from The wheel, but selected by the sheriff.
proceed.
The decision will subjec, all The Jurors drawn for
The present term of this Court TO The same objection
NORTH American.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11

IAs Consercatires-We are happy TO have seen
the call of the Conservative State Committee for
State Convention Of The unterrifed and unseduced
" Democratic Republicans" politicians who main
tain their title to The name be held Syracuse
the third day Of October next. Most valuable SER
vice have noble hearted Conservative allies
dered 10 The cause of good government and the peo-
pie. for The last two years, and we rejoice that they
evInce resolution 10 per>evere, unfinching and
indomitabe. Such men deserve success have won,
and will continue TO win i and their success is The
success Of the country. Buffalo Com ADJ.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11

Secretary Of The Nary.-James X. Paulding the
Secretary Of the Navy, arrived in Boston last SUM-
day. He visited the Navy Yard on Monday morn
ing, on which occasion Federal salute Of thirteen
guns was fired. We object To this parade. Our
Government intended for the transaction of bu-
siness Besides what has the Secretary rendered to
the Navy World
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11
LEXINGTON. iKY.l August 30.

BLOODY Afray--We understand that most unfor-
tunaie and fatal afray took place al Richmond yes
terday, between Mr. Muzzey, principal at an acade-
my at Richmond, and Mr. Thomas M. Stone, mer-
chant at that place, which resulted In the death OF
the latter. The parties met in the street. both armed
with pistols, and fired three rounds apiece, two OF
which, from Muzzey, took effect upon his antago-
MIST causing immediate death. We have heard fur
Their particulars relating the event. but forbear 10
repeat -Iateiiigeneer.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11
PROSPECTUS.

TTAVfNG associated ourselves in the property and
81 management. Of the /" New-York Times and
Commercial fnteiigencer," We deem il proper to
adopt this method Of making its character and objects
nd ,,s hs n sy,sndins i,s
neous newspaper,
Originally established to oppose those pernicious
schemes Of the Federal Administration which were pro-
ductve Of much calamity, and threatened make the
sacred charter Of orr liberties dead letter the
Times will continue to maintain with boldness and
much vigor IL exert the stand it took at the begin
ming, against the experiments abuses and corruptons of
the Government. Devoted TO the republican principles
under whose influence beloved country reached that
high prosperity in which people reoced and eoried,
before ruthless war was commenced by their own
wants on their institutions and property, will
best exeoRs restore the ascendancy Of those prnci
Pies and to drive the men now in from the stations
they have abused and dishonored. Whatever may be
the result, Of the present political contestwhatever new
combinations OF parties may arsehe public will ever
find us repubcansi in principles and practicehm friends
Of true economy in expanding the public money, and
Of limitation Of executive patronage and power-advo-
Gates OF sound and Uniform currency convertible into
gold and sverand staunch Of the doctrine Of
obedience to the will OF the people, the only source OF
political power.
As medium 4 conveying i, its readers the earliest
Foreign and Domestic Commercial and Shipping Intel-
gence, the Times mas acquired high character and we
will spare pains to make it still more valuable IN this
respect.
As chronicle Of the Of the day, and miscellany
Of general and varied interest," will endeavor to make
it equal least any other daily paper Bv the aid Of
first rate reporter and assistants will be able to
the earliest intelligence OF whatever in this great
city and the neahorhood Notices Of works in lite
nature and science--of the fine
arts, &c. &c. will he gwen mt proper times and every
exerfion will he made to furnish to readers newspa
per- which will keep them informed Of all that is gongo
in New York NEST important and interesting to be known
We have made arrangements with correspondents
abroad, who III regularly transmit to the latest
mercal and political news the leading papers and perio
ideals. and u series Of spirited and graphic letters
During the Of Congress- OF the editors
will his position Washington, and personally
the political and general correspondence Of the
Times from the seat Of government
NJ r.. ELDREDGE,
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11

New PAPER.-,John II. Hewitt &c Co, on Sat,,rda,
morning launched the Baltimore Clipper" new
penny paper It's typographical execution does an inf.
mite deal Of credit TO the printers and all who know the
editor perfectly that he is in every respect
competent to present racy and spirited sheet. The
NANTES. Of the Clipper, far exhibit. good cargo.
though from the haste employed in getting il board
Of the freight is little Of order The second
number viii be issued tomorrow, and regularly there
after Chronicle.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-11

CINCINNATI Butchers When beeves cost seven
dollars per hundred, the foot, beef in the Cincn-
nalti market retaild at eight cents per pound now
that they cost only five dollars, we have to pay ten
cents.--Cia Netrs.
Guess some Philadelphia butchers have Sc, W
thtre. Offer eight cents, friend News ana y wy
will mol take IT, quill beefs. You nave pork enough
in your city to keep you from starving Horfd' q.
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The Washington Globe says that CHINA has ba-
nished paper money and that therefore America
should also become "hard money" nation. 10
China there IS no paper money--no credit sys en-
And VIVA, are the consequences Is not China
among the lowest in the scale Of na,ions7 Are not
her millions of people the most abject, degraded and
miserable beings who cumber the earth Does the
Globe wish America to go back TO the darkness and
batbatism OF China II must be so, or II would not
labor to destroy the Paper and Credit System
Ereaing Journal
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Distressing - During storm at Pilsburg, on the
10Th nlt, Daniel Bolinger and his wife, residing on
farm at Plum Creek, were killed by lightning
while passing from the door to room at the other
end, to their five children. Several chickens under
The house were killed, but neither the children nor
house were injured WOrld
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From Florida.-The Tallahassee Star. OF the 2lsi.
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"Col. Harvey, safe at Key Biscayne, has captured
Sam Jones' nephew and IS other Indians The boats
Of the U. 8. steamer Poinsett also captured Is In
dams on the Mamee rvern
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North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-25

and animal lie. and il still susceptible OF
running again the same Tonha ss GU
cnmsianees may determine, so mat io'
aughi we can see 10 the coniHiy, me same
Identical atom which may be concealed l"f
thousands OF centuries ~ limestone foek'
NAV at length be qusrried, set free VA The
limekiln, NIX with The air, be absorbed
from il by plants, and, IN succession De-
come part Of the farms Of living beings,
till some concurrence Of events consigns II
once more to long Tepose, which however,
no way units il from again resuming lis
former activity Georgian Argus.
The Wayne Sentinel says The largest
foot we have seen for some lime, IS the foos
of our outstanding accounts against nom
paying subscribers.
From Tera.-A letter in the Louisiana
Advertiser, dated San Antonio, Oct. 20,
confirms the reported capture OF Media and
Metamoras, BY the united forces OF fed
eral Mexican troops under Gen. Canales,
and the Texiins under Colonies Rose and
karnes.
Most insects play on some instrument.
HN itusluitO btoNS ONtafS
doebug bassoon, the criket turns grind
stone, and the bull-frog plays the Scotch
bagpipe.
The Pleasures of Wn-Eniire regiments
of the French troops about Algiers have
been cut off by fevers. Several battalions
Of GOO have lost 200 each. At Phllipsville,
$50 soldiers were crowded into miserable
building, not capable of holding 500. Some
officers had pot slept on bed for five
wears. In Constantine, many Of the
sick were living in the streets. There are
about 7 900 men remaining who yet do
duty.
II is with little souled people as it is
with narrow necked bottles, the less they
have in them, the more noise they make
in pouring it out.
A southern writer says that he who now
speaks of money as siiUer, passes the pri-
viege of poets licence-and he who is
rich enough to assert it is gold, is thought
to labor under an unaccountable mental
hallucination.
The Eastern girls complain that the
young men are so poor down there, they
can't even pay their addresses.
North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-25
WILLIAM l.. MACKENZIE.

The following truly democratic lang uage
in regard 20 this honest and mueh-nJufed
patriot, il BY the able editor Of the 8 Bos-
ton Republic" Every american heart
will acknow edge It's truth and justice,
whatever may be said by office-holders OF
Office kcrs 10 the contrary:
we would very respectfully enquire
why this worthy man Mr.. Mackenzie) Is
allowed TO lie in a filthy, loathsome jail
month after month, merely for daring 10
raise his arm Tor freedom as did Washing
ton, Putnam, Warren, Lafayette, aud old
De Kaib-agaInst The same enemY-ioi
the same cause, with the same just motives
and designs' Why is il, under these cir
cumsiances, that he who loaihes and des,
pises all crime and unmanly action as much
as does the President himself. is compelled
to lie in an unwholesome jail the com
panion Of pickpockets, lelons, thieves, and
homc!des' Is such man as VIM. Lyon
Mackenzie, the proper inhabtant OF pen.
itentiary! No! say we, and the whole
nation responds to the answer! Jals were
not made for HONEST MEN, such as
Mr.. Mackenzie is. He has petitoned for
Punishment from the countTy-is willing
to submit To almost any misfortune that he
may save his life and health from the de-
cay ii is al present undergoing. Can any
thing be more reasonable than this re-
quesli He does not ask to be set at per-
feet liberty, as he justly deserves to be,
but merely TO be sent out Of the country.
We verify believe that Queen Victoria
would grant him that much, notwithstanG-
ing his principal offences were committed
against her government. The anger OF
his worst enemies must be appeased by
this time. How much longer shall our
government suffer the disgrace of his i'm
prisonment?"
North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-25

,f sac sfc 20 he sivea up, lei os act as The
bfssc taso does, whrn sentenced 10 be
shas.--mske ourselves as happy as eiteUm-
s,srccs wia sda.t. Ne beiiepf ihis eoun-
frg ~ doowed, net 10 b. BrtiisA long
the option IL lels Ia Us, Of becoming an
kees OF French. and what Eug'ishman
will hestlagef We prefer rot being Yam
kecs, Jasi a. Highlander prefers not
beiax > Low lander but, Lowlander Is
DOT : very " iow biped," nor Is Yankee.
some pcopic think The Hiehianjcrs would
I've improved by becoming Lowisndefs, and
a great many people, here, think we would
he nightly improved by becoming Yam
kees. hai as ia remaining French, that IL
oss Of the question. Notre parti est prs.
May persons do not Ike joking about q
very serious matter, nor do we approve o'
il. Is long as acting seriously aud ssgely
viii do good but when tout esI perdui
and the ship 10 fousderng, instead oi ron
ninz TO the spirit room" call mp the
spirtis that quail not before danger OF
death, aud Joke that's our MAXIM. we
ATE are perfectly serious when we say
we believe CANADA WILL MOI
LONG BE BRITISH" II IS lone
sssssyt ~ give az OUT feasohs' anu ~ -
story IN make Britnn weep, and dash hl'
eienehed hand against stone-wal we
therefore, don't like 10 commence ii OF al
events, not now. We are no, Z the vein
One OF these days. we shall attempt il, OF
perhaps. Mulius will Try his hand at IL
leigh no, il is time Tor oil TO begin Il
think which party we shall, each Of us
pin Loco oco, or Whigl Wing, in The
States, means Tory here,--so we shall
ioin the Loco-F ocos.
North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-25
From the New York Reformer.

| No man OF common sense ever expected
that the Maine Boundary question would
ever be settled according TO the terms oil
the treaty, without war between this
country and Great Britain; unless, indeed,
the insurreclion in Canada should be sue
cessfui, and that country should achieve
its independence. To prevent that, our
government called upon Congress to con-
fer upon it more power, and the "Neu-
trality Bill" was passed; which law
should have been entitled an act author
izing the President of the United States
Of America, to quel The instruction
Of her Maesty's subjects in Canada, and
| TO pnnish the traitors IA 'h~ r,sicone Of the
United States" This neutrality law has
been faithfully executed; it is a pity that
The same activity and vigor had moi been
displayed in the Florida war. The Cana
dian patriots have been happily maSsacred,
and those that attempt to escape into this
and of liberty, have been driven back TO
punishment by our gallant army, or they
have been kidnapped and captured within
our territory, sentenced under our laws,
and are now expiating their crimes in our
prisons. Canada is quiet, for its inhabi-
tants have been crushed by the allied ar
mics of Great Britain and the United
States. The only check to the felicity Of
this happy union between Great Britain
and this country, is this trifing claim OF
Great Britain, 10 about one third of the
territory of one of the old Is United States.
But there is not the slightest danger of a
war between this country and Great Bril-
tain from this administration, even if Sir
John Harvey was to take and hold posses
sion Of New York or Boston. There can
be no doubt, that the object OF our govern
ment in proposing to renew the negocia-
tons with Great Britain on the boundary
question was to delay il, until the spirit
and energy of the people of Maine should
be broken down, and until they should
finally consent to some compromise oftheir
ndisputable rights. Our government
knew very well that the British govern
ment would never relinquish its claim wiih-
out war; and the only object has been 10
worry out the people Of Maine, so that they
would agree TO any thing; and TO conciiate
the British so far as to induce them to mo-
deraie their demands upon our Territory:
and finally effect a compromise with as little
sacrifice as possible. Such we have no
donbt are the views and objects OF our
government.
North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-25
LIST OF THE FRENCH CANADI-
ANS THAT ATTENDED GOV
THOMSON'S LEVEE.
lCONTINUED.

The persons, whose names we have
already given, who attended Governor
Thomson's Levee, were all French Cans
dian civilians, with the exceptions Of The
Bishops of Montreal and Telmesse and
we shall continue the list by laying before
our readers the names of those TeveFfha
fathers in God, called priests, who delIgl'
in no place SO well as where Gespotlsm a'G
monarchy reign together, seated on Inc
throne Of ignorance, bigotry, intolerance
and superstition. They must be divided
into native priests (whom we will first 90
iice), and priests imported from France
FOR the purpose of keeping the poor cana
dams in darkness and ignorance, while iheJ
rob them Of those public properties "h'''
were left them for their education and en-
lightenment.
go. Rev. Mr.. Migneault, an aspIlan' "
the milre curate of St. Joseph de ChsH'
bly,, and for spiritual services rendered "
his parishioners receives yearly lo'O'"'
OF about $4,000. He has always oeep
decided Tory.
10. Rev. Mr.. Hudon, another aspI''n'
to the mitre curale Of La Ste. FAMINE =
Boucherville, which gives him very '''s'
income. He is ranked among the ID's''
ate royaists.
IL. Rev. Mr.. C.. Primeau, anothef ca
didate for the mitre curate Of FSfenD'
with very considerable salary. ~
course, supports that Government ""''
North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-25

GENERAL BRATIsH, otherwise called
BARON FRATELIN, has, from some un-
known cause, been much slandered by
certain editors in this FAR-FAMEp LAND OF
FREEDOM % for the last twelve months.
This gentleman now stands before the
world ia his true character. HIS persec u
TORS, Notwithstanding the i-treatment he
received at the hands Of the British, in
Canada last fall and winter, denounced
him as an impostor and spy upon the
patriots, thereby adding insult to persecu~
ton. With the view of confounding the
worthy Baron's enemies, we copy the fol-
lowing from the Bangor (Maine) Demo-
crat:
" The Saturday Courier of Philadelphia,
continues its attacks upon Gen. Bratish.
The public meeting held there and other
proceedings, which triumphanaly exoner-
ate him from the aspersions and charges OF
his enemies, would forever silence the
Courier, were it not that M'Ilvaine, the
attorney Of the U. S. Bank figures behind
the curtain, who has his reasons for hos
iility TO a man Of more integrity than him
SELF Thereby hangs tale, which is the
kew TO unlock the whole history Of the
persecution in the Courier and elsewhere.
We notice in the Portland Advertiser
copies OF the original commissions TO Gen.
Bratish, as Major General of the British
Auxiliary Legion raised in England for
the service Of the Queen Of Spain, and as
Consul General of Greece for the United
States. These were obtained by John
Neal, ESQ. from the Court Of Philadelphia,
where they were filed and from the file
some of the papers had been distracted.
The lost papers would show ichy General
Braish has been so often attacked from a
certain quarter in Philadelphia. Although
published without his consent, the COM
missions must satisfy the most prejudced
that Gen. Bratsh, now a citizen of the
United States, was just what he pretended
TO be, and that, in the language of the
resolutions publicly passed in Philadelphia,
his character is unimpeachable :"