The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-06

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10 an examination Of sari0ns olher rau
ses Of lhsir sucerss. not neslecling he %.
lusble end Of Mr.. BWnsy and the Abo.
llliOnists. lie thus nolices hat notarious
society in New York suailisry 10 lhs De.
mOeraey styled Ihe Empire Club. which
operated uader the ssspires Of capisin
Rsnasrs and other iIfsmons scoundrtls.
taken for The lime 10 The bosom ofIhe big
Democrats Of The land:
But The principal fraud, were rrsetissd
by what 10 called double voting. The
cilv Of New York was The great theatre
shFIe this VAS rcnsumnsted. As the
Empire clab bore sueh..a prominent part
in these Iransae ions. ] must devote &C.
marx or TAO 10 II. II sss organized in
July last. and il consisted Of gamblers.
pick pockets. drnppsrs. burners. ihinble-
riegers, aud The Ike. and lie association
seems 10 have been then mainly Tor ihe
purpose Of carrying On successfully these
and similar trades. Most Of IL members
had been repesicdly Indicted Cor crimes.
lie general character, however. may be
sufficiently inferred from that &c some Of
lie officers. Its president was Isaiah Ryn-
ders, often arrested for lhimblp-rieeins
and similar offences lie aud joseph
Jewell, being indicted f.r murder, Red
from New York TO N. Orleans. BY The
by, may here mention thai this Jewell.
who has indictments for murder in two
different cases hanging M against him.
vas the slandaI d-brarer oil the Club. and
figured as The bearer ofihe Texas banner 10
the processiabs. These worthless had moi
been long in Neu Orleans before ,hey found
IL c0nsenient 10 leave, being charged with
stealing Treasury notes. They csme 10
thus CRY aud were arrested and scot bark
in irons By order Of Capt. Tyler. men.
lion this circumstance 20 show the nuts.
lions OF the times, Tor since the election
Ibis msn Rynders. having become great
man amung the Dtmbcracy. hiss mol cnly
diusd With Benjamin +. Butler. alirn
The electoral vote was given 10 Mr.. Polk
al Albany; not only hes lie received d
ball from The Chairman Of
the Democratic General Committee Of The
city Of New York, but, having cone on
With his friend jewell. 10 this place Coz
office. | am told, il The papers are to be re-
lied on, he has been cordially received n
'hs White House: Whether + Pi assti
bsred the ironing. is MT. however. chfo-
nicled. But | an DEPRESSING. John J.
Austin, sice president Of The club, has Ike
wise pending against him an indictmen,
or murder, and was likewise implicated
n the charge Of stealing Treasury notes.
w ooIr'dge, its secretary. bu, recently
rame out Of the peni,en,i-ry. William
Ford, one Of lis directors, in tie short in
.srEal Of lime which elapsed between the
puttiestion Of a notice oil its professions
and The arrival &c the day Of rar,de, was
indicted By the grand jury ia seven cases.
rape and burglary being amorg the o.
fences. Being put in the Tonbs. he pn-
Iornnstely lost the opportunity ofGgurine
On that occasion. Soon afer tried and
"fghe first named crime, he was
sent to The penlien,iiry, but. his services
being valuable 10 the "a ty. he was i'm
ned'ste!y ps'doned and turned on, BY h.
l,enorl.tic Exceileney Governor B"uck.
may rrmark, too. that ibis official digni.
larry, short time before The election, re.
stored 10 their poiitiraI rights all the cri-
mlnsIs IN The State, and pardoned a great
number wh" we're in The pehiten,iary.
This Empire Club. constituted as |
have related, Tor snme tine devoted its
energies To the prosecution az The lauda.
Die ohjesls fnr which i, had been orisi.
's'ly organized. Sevtrsl WEEKS, how
yer. before the elrcIian. the Demnrrs-
nc leaders though, that il could be efsc-
ivtly employed 70 ,he political canvass.
ND they IhereUpon Ionk lis members into
'ar. These gentry being furnished with
money thus by other means, abandoned
or the tune thar peculiar a. ocstion., aud
'ome OF The neutral papers of the city
made the subject ofremsrk. the disappear.
nee Of these particular classes of crime.
'he'r numbers rapidly increased from
me or two hundred to not less Than eight
'u"dfed: IN fart they boasted that they
lad three thousand mrn enrolled. Thi. |
Iiuo, with other members Uf The Demo. |
'fa'Ic party. perfected tie most ex eps,ye |
y''em OF fraudulent Young ever known. |
SIR, IN what am now about 10 state. I
peak IRON information derived in psrt
rom public sources. but mainly from pri-
at.