Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-16
Correspondence Of the Herald.l

PHILADELrHiA, Jan. IA. 1910
The Guccess Of your paper in this city is amazing,
though it is deservedly obtained. Mr.. Benefits
views Of Saturday. when he passed through here,
perfectly correct. He enquired, and he heard, and
understood at glance, the condition Of things. a
great piece of rascaty was that business OF Lewis
but so little was it suspected b. any one, that in st
Stephens Church, Of which he was a vestry man. he
was leader, the holder of psws for the benefit OF
the corporation, and the pected Of the whole
grega,isn. He was, moreover, a benevolent man to
the poor and it is TO be supposed afraid To look his
accounts in the face, with rotten institution which
for years he had been striving to support; whipped
by necessity, he parted with his honesty, body and
soul.
But eGnal piece of rascalty, and laughed 20
scorn, is the proceeding had by the grand jury Of
Instead of going into the Schu Kill Bank and
examining the real fraud and where the guilt was,
prompted by one or two evil men amongst them,
holders of Kentucky stock and Schuylkill stock,
they sent for one or two very respectable men who
had been called on TO set Judges at election for
directors--before which, all the frauds had been
committed, and which nobody sasp@cted-examined
them, aud then presented them for IL, legally
Quoting il, when, now scsrtained, they did pre-
csey their duty-a piece. OF mingled folly and
atrocty unparalleled in legal history, and against
which the community crying shame Why
didn't they look after Lewis, and negligent directors9
&c.Sc. The natter so far, as this election Is con-
cerned, is turned into joke, and the accused do not
seem TO be much annoyed at it, One Of the unsuc-
cessfnl candidates director, Ne,ceii, grocer,
malignant his own pepper, actually went into the
grand jury room and prompted questions to be put
to witnesses by John A. Brown, the foreman,
who a holder of Kentscky stock, and who had
cut NJ stock himself Ii is currently sand the pre-
sent grard jury have it in view to indie the late
grand Jury for conspiracy to beiabor" OF tamper
with the civil court on the quo tcaTranfo pending,
under coler Of their Office To make false present
ment, such is the Indignation felt. II Is however,
be hoped will be left the silent action Of the
laws; in which the stupid, IL not wicked, action os
the late grand Jurors VII be fully examined.
But where is Levisl wi hal is the real state Of the
frauds1 Has he taken away The money for which he
sold the spurious stock has he taken IL to stop mp
gaps which have for years existed in srotten instr
tuiionl Why do not the late directors or the late
grand jurors tell us thisl Are they .onspiring to
hide s truth, and turn public atenton TO ncidenial
matters, which in themselves are vain IN order 10
daIze the public mind and sniseaa i'll How comes
IL that these men give account Of the bank
interested in IL snd on the late grand jury, when
Lewis not present TO explain, and yet amosg his
papers, IL is said, not trace Is To be found IL APP
preparation To his own usel There some serious
ihings in the psbc mind.
/ A curious fact happens today. Tom McE1vee, a
bibnlist Of the first water, greg, brings in bill
IN the legislature 10 repeal the charter Of the Bank
/ Of the United States, and its stock goes up,
| Yoars, SC. QUIZ.