Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-03-20

he srIvaEf 10 tel he gsRiiemaH (.AeC0ok
IL 90, thai ras Ia my ruoHa. tlom hl
note believed the gendemon IN y Wa
, McSook. tie came immediately. 'oi'
my Jrother.ir-law 10 Withdraw. lremem
Der not Of acceding TO any sum short ,
five hundred dollars. Although am
free mason; | told McCook that ] Was aoi
for | did not consider myself Under am
obligations when a man approaches ms
corruptly. Thinks ihaI McCook licked
the door on all interviews alter tue second
one. Do not remember making any OBJ
leclons to his locking the door. Dld no
count the money with him, tn looked ovel
as be was counting IL in bis Tap.
By Mr.. Knox. Think that MeCook
gave no other name than that OF Eeach' oI
those at HEIRS.
Other Witnesses were examined, whose
testimony We have not within our reach
After the investigation closed, the commlt'
tee reported. stating briefly the iacis pro-
ven, and RECOMMENDED the following resO-
luton, which, with the notice OF Tue hnal
action OF the House, Is taken iIom Ihe
United States Gazette;
ResoIred, That the Attorney General or
bis Deputy in the Court OF Dauphln, be
rruuested 10 take the necessary steps TO ar
rest and bring to trial in said county, the
person of Daniel McCOok, upon the charge
of having attempted couuptIy TO procure,
by the payment OF money, the ro'r.o We
lorD. PiOlet. Esq, a member OF lhe Leg
stature. in favor OF the Lehigh County
! Ba, K; and thar upon the issuing ol The
warrant Of arrest, the geant-at-Arms tie
directed to deliver to the proper oLleer'
/ the person oil the said Daniel McCock.
Mcssrs. Trego aud Nicholson dlssented
from the report oil the majority, so Tar a
/ Ii s ,cs0'ulion is concerned, believing that
/ their only business and duty in the preml-
sps, was to report the facts 10 the House,
| without dirtallng, or recommending what
action should be taken thereon. In all the
other matters they concurred enIlrely with
the majority OF the committee. Lut the
/ House being wiling TO adopt The sngges-
/ ton of The committee, the resolution was
unanimously agreed t. without debate. So
| the anxious crowd in the galleries and the
| Hobbies. who had convened ia the cXpec-
tulion of hearing some sharp debate, aud
Thadeus Stcrel $, Esq, address the House.
were utterly Disappointed. The Senate
adjourned ihout doing any business, M
order to be present; but II wos rot worth
the sacrifice.
Two III usand copies in Englsh, and
five hund ei in German OF the Report
were ordered 10 4 p printed, together with
thr trstino V and the Committee wa- dis
rharg from the further consideration Of
the subject In the afternoon warrant
was issued by Justice KIlre and MrCook
was louud over in $4,000 lall. 10 answer
charge Of bribery, at our next Quarter
Sessions, which will he held on the fourth
Monday OF that month. Arun0r IS circu.
lated that McCook designs indlctiog PloI.
lot, Lurrcl, Iaporte, and others, for con-
spiracy to pnlray h,u IN This matter. He
is said to have made an affidavit, which
puts a different face on the whole transac-
lion.
In this affidavit, we may state, that the
intention oruou,ing the House, or any O
It's lneml u5 with contempt, IS Giac'alrcd
That ,he Intercourse had with PoIl"t was
not intended to be diercspcctIuI 10 Ia
House, but that the act changed upou lHu.
was induced by Piolet himself; he, the Re-
spondanl, being lead beyond his original
intention. This intention was, to asccr.
tain from rioI'el, third person who co"Id
ne relied upon, possessing sufilclen! niu-
pnce with the cOmniuee, to secure from
them a favorable report in relation to the
Eank. This person he proposed paying H.
GeraHy for his service. Piollet learning
that but one other member Of the commit
tee was wanting to secure majority re-
mort, favorable to the bark, detemn'd for
appeared to have done sol TO become that
o.her member, himself. And remarked, as
he states himself, that ilcO could keep Sc
cIa better haH three, and as he Would hdce
10 prrJorm hp tutor he you'd also haze me
cash. Tue money was paid tor the pnf-
pose of securing report from The con-
mittcc, and not or his vote in the House
. But, as tull statement will he made ty
the party himself when the proper time ar-
rives, we viii not offer anything further
/ in relation TO IT, As he is well known in
our county, it is not necessary Tor us to add
a word oil comment. For the purpose o
shewing the character PIollet sustaIns a
home, We extract The following from al
editorial article in the Bradford Argus
from which it would seem that, however
virtuous he may he, he is not above sus
picion;
1t appears from PiolIet's own story tha
he had several interviews with McCook
and McCuok wanted him to select irient
to act between them, and Polet says ht
might haze ioid HIM that Il secret coutd b
Ieiirr heitby hoo than hrfe! II Pioilet
oliectin taking the money was simply I
eXpose McCock, was not this the very bes
, course to have done it! The third perso