Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-01-23
LEGULUS.
THE EMPIRE CLUB OF NEW YORK-A pref
TY KETTLE OF FISH.

Mr.. Clingman, in the course of his speech the
other day. gave the following account of the ia
nous Empire Club, in the City of New York:
But The principal frauds were practised by what
is called double voting. The city Of New York
was the great theatre where this was consumma-
ted. AS the Empire Club bore such prominent
part In these transactions, must devote a remark
or two TO 1t. 1t was organized in July last, and
It consisted Of gamblers, pick pockets, droppers,
burners, ilIimbe-Iiagers and the like, and its as
sociai'on seems 10 have been then mainly for the
purpose oil carrying on successfully these and SINH
lar trades. Most oiiis members had been repeated
y indicted for crimes. lis general character how
ever, may be Sufficiently inferred from that of
some of its officers. It's president was Isaiah
Rynders, often arrested for lhmble.rigging and
similar offences. He and Joseph Jewell, being
Indicted for murder, fled from New York to New
Orleans. BY the by, may here mention that
this Jewell, who has indictments for murder in
two different cases hanging up against him, was
the standard-hearer of the Club and figured as
the bearer of the Texas banner in the professions
These worthless had not been long in New Or
leans before they found IL convenient to leave
being charged with stealing Treasury notes
They came TO this city, and were arrested and
sent back in irons by order of Captain Tyler.
mention this circumstance 10 show the mutations
oil the tines Tor since the election this man Ryn-
ders, having become great man among the De-
noc5acy, has not only dined with Benjamin F.
Builer, when the electoral vote was given TO MIR.
Polk at Albany not only has he received a COM
pImentaTy ball from the Chairman of the Demo
cratic General Committee Of The city of New
York, but, having come on with his friend Jewell
TO this place for Office, told, if The papers
TO be relied on, he has been cordially received
at the White House. Whether President TYLER
or President Rynders then remembered the IRON
ing, is not, however, chronicled. But | am di-
crossing. John J. Austin, vice president Of the
club, has likewise pending against him an ndict-
ment for murder, and was likewise implicated in
the charge Of stealing Treasury noles.-W ool-
ridge, its secretary, but recently came out of The
peniteniiary. William Ford. one of its directors,
In The short interval Of time which elapsed be-
tween the publication OF notice Of one of its pro-
cessons and the Arrival of the day of parade, was
indicted by the grand jury in seven cases, rape
and burglary being among the offences. Being
put In the Ionbs, he unfortunately lost the OPP
porinniiy Of figuring on that occasion. Soon ai-
ter tried and convicted Of the first named crime, he
was sent TO the penIIentiary, bot, his services be-
ing valuable to the party, he Immediately
rardoned and turned out by his Democratic Tx
celPncy Governor Bouck. ] may remarks too
thai this official dlgnitary short time before the
election, restored TO their political rights all the
criminals in The State, and pardoned great NUN
Der who were in the pentCntiaTy.