The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-10-31

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 80, 1s45.
The contested election were before Judge King
all this morning. but final decision has been made,
though the Judge has minated that the petitions
testing the election of the successful parties too
vague in their allegations, and if permitted to have
weight with the Court will result in setting the debe-
rate of four five hundred sworn officers of
elections both partesa naught and of inducing every
election that takes place the ciyand county to be
tested final decision deferred till Saturday One
great difficulty in ordering recounts Of boxes
danger that they may have been altered after they
have left the hands Of the judges and inspectors Of cleo
tons BY act of Assembly these officers so constu
ted each party to have at least two persons
at every poll to watch every ballot box; return
be unless those tw persons concur and they
jointly with the other officers of election put their seals
to the boxes in which the counted ballots are placed
After all this DONE and the vote publicly declared the
ed with the nearest Alderman or Justice Of the Peace
clear that fraud take place until after the
boxes are left with the Justice Alderman. is here
that the law is detective for from the character very
frequently, of the magistrate who is usually partizan
oath to protect the boxes from Dissertation, and
is freed from the watchful supervision Of Pc
o Dus % Es
the glaring frauds can be perpetrsed The magis
to whom the ballot boxes was committed after the
result was announced the late election, chiefly
those who hostile to to the successiul canoldaes
What to have prevented them from allowing their
notcal friends access to the boxes by accident If you
will and thus permitting alterations to be made by taking
out the tickets Of party and replacing them by an
equal number of of the other which would entire
iy reverse the result Nothing whatever And yet it
alter such opportunities to fraud this that the natives
ask the solemn of election officers, of diff
ferent parties mutually watching each other, and pre-
senng complete check to any disposition each might
have 10 falsify the election to be set aside, and
the boxes recounted. can scarcely think that the
Judges of the Quarter Sessions will permit any such
thing.
The interesting trial Of Capt Thomas Dung, to which
referred week ago, was brought to conclusion this
morning. but there has yet been no verdict Captain
Duling charged with selling the American brig Wash
ngton Barge to slave dealer the coast OF Africa io
the slave trade and with remaining board OF her win
his crew, papers, and flag to keep up the appear
of her American character and thus AVOID ne g
lance and search OF the British cruisers wnle ner
owner Brazilian, preparing cargo OF saves ~
be received board II appears thar az tne p'oie %
Capt Duling and left the vessel ana wen On Uy
of another lying in the harbor IeavIg inc ~.
iugton barge to Brazilian crew, VINO, ne ano oay' Pu'
n Cargo of siayes on board and sailed Tor BRAZIL
sales Of stocks at Philadcipnia.
r,,.r Rear Oct 3O-s Pennsyvan Bank, soos;
$1,000 North Amer lns 20, y Hsn" s' -
~" p.rwrrr BoA Rps-2O shas Chesapeake X Delaware
canal stock a3I; 200 Grard Bank, "a; 100 do DDS
srroyp BoARp-$536 County SIS, 80, 963 $500 Chess
neake 4 Delaware Canal Loan 6s S1i; 80 shas Whining
ton RR 5ds, ISL; $1,000 U Loan g. ~, lit; 1000
state S. ISL; 1000 Lehigh 6s 45 boSds, AS 1000 do rw
l63; 10 shas Chesapeake Delaware Canal Stock, 3as
AFTER sALEs-142 Schuylkill Bank, 81.