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t I'' NEW J5EBIES YOL III NO- 4. ' ' f WADESBOROUGII, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER '4, 1800.' WHOLE NO. 108.. ' ' j. rT - , a, , , , l .3: v. .:; r:M PUBLISHED W.r... ; ... rEJTO.I "ft DARLEY. TEEMS OF BUBBCaiPIIOK. Single eoplee, 10 Douaas per year, larariably la IPIMtt . i - Tt Clnbt of Tm end pwardt, It wUt be furnished I Us voliab ass a lur pr eooy. No tubterlpttoa roc ei rot1 tor etas than els months. ' . ! BATES Off ADVERTISING. -. 't on squabs, taw uss as iui bbbvibb. On lastrtioa HmMMMK toesBtO0tl ' 70. Three insertions M e oat . Two months, or nine Insertions , S 60 Tart aaentha, ar thlrteea Insertions...... 4 00 tils months 8 00 Ota 4 TCatf hhmim 9 00 Adrortlun must Kelt the aaabcr of ttaot thy vlih tbtlr MfornaomtnU ioMrUd : othorwiM uer will b oatiaatd tilt forblddta, aad ehrcd aocora- iac to tat abort. . - AgmmMl will bo aud wUh ytarij adftrUjeri ob uunl aad auTaaUgooao Unas, rrofouloaal aad BuIbmi CiHs,aot oxetodlag llsti brovtor ia toatta, will b lattrUd for SO a Toar If tzeoaJlng tr liaoa will bo obanto tba aaan ai otbor adTMrtlttaoato. Ao4 wbta for a abartor liaM tbaa aao roar at all lata. Obltaary aetlor trt wbta aot oxetodlnf twtat Ilattj all abort tweotj uott at adrtrttMOMOl nin. -r t- . - . 1 1 J 1 ' F ' COtRTET.TEtET CO, , DiaCCT IXFOITHI Of Hardware, utttry, Cun, $e.t . Ko. SS Hti BtatiT, 8.i- ' CHAHLBSTOX, 8. C. IHAnULKEill.l, jniL.C.11 as yv.t ' IMPOaHRS AND JOBIEM OF OW 60003, - Ko. 117 Utixo 8tt, ' M -j - ' ' OmtU (WMoi Raid, H.ly ' - CHAKIB8TOW. B.C. ' JE1.1IC8, TUOnLI.tSO.t CO., MAiuraWTcaiat u wholmau cu.caa m BmdOUt, Uamt, CtX Trimming,te. - Ko. 1G7 MaaTtiM 8tut, OBMriUCawlMMa B4, CoaDtrr. Jiioi k Co.. I CHARLE8T0X, . C. Kaw l'tac. BG-111 II. BATTBIUiKX. W. f. O'UABA. . MATTBIESSEI. CLOTui.ra MiorsE. . MATTUIE88E5, O'HARA , CO. Nt. 1 KASt-BAT STBBtT Cwaw tTQaMa, . CHARLESTON. 8. C. rvRsismxa goods or all kinds. E. B. STODDARD tV CO, , WMOLISAU PUUU M BOOTS, SHOES U.VU TRV.YKS, AT UAMVTAarrnXMV rsioEB, n Koa. 165 o 107 XliEriBO Btbbbt, KBKiit t. oroDBABV.l : CUARLESTON, B.C. eiLta raoxtBBBOBB. Ltauti, caAia. .-. J - 86-ly RVFP DOWIE, tVPCaUOB TO IIMOXDt, BCTf 6tl.l truoLESMLE nnvaaisTs, Ko. 10S Mbbtibo 8rBttT, . ., : r';.-v..; " CUARLESTON, 8. C. 9 t . ., -.- aw DrBV.UtdUioet, PainU, Oils, Wiodow Glass, Brushes, ooapt, renamenrs, rsocj uwu, ocgr, M FiBt IVintt, and Braodiet. Ill v . : . ;X ELUI ft. JIITCnELE. waoLBtALa m Bar ah, ' P8ALER8 IV CORN, PEAS, OATS, RVB, WHEAT, ' BRAN. KASTaUN AND KORTU BlVtH UA FRESH GROUND MEAL, UOMINT, $t. Je. KO. JIOKTH H ATIUl BTrlEKT, WILMrN6T0Nh N.C. e. a. Btiis.l 79-I , l. r. iiitciixli.. CBAS. B. BTKBS, raxo. i. moobb. - DIVERS v nOORE, I IS HAT8. CAPS. TRUNKS, STRAW GOODS, RON- NETS, fURS, MILITARY 0O0D8, CANES AND UMBRELLAS ; ' 81 aiarket Street, , WILMINGTON, N. 7. Wt ask the sttentloo of wholeaala boyera to tht abort card. Wt art prepared to faraisa Ooeds la eur Una at low at ANY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. - Orders for Hats by tht east or dotta will reeelrt prompt sttenUoa by addressing as snore. iv-iy T. C. AX. B. O. WORTH, Uencral VmmUtUm Merchant, " . , ' . - .. ao dbalbbi ix c Wilt. TIAIR. CALCINED PLASTER, AND CE MENT, SAND PLASTER, PURE PERUVIAN . OUANO, .- And AgtBtt io the tale of 0niNS0N'8"MANIPDLATED C1TANO. TA8KEK A CLARK'S FERTILIZERS, 8UPER-PH08rHATE OF LIME, 70-ly . WILMINGTON, N.. 0. GEO. II. KELLT, BOOKSELLER, No. 27 Maxxxt BTBBSf , ' ' - - - ' WILMINGTON, N. O. Keeps constantly on hand trery rarlety of School . Hooks, Mlseellaneoua Books, Blank Books, Drawing Hooks. Masit Books. Foolscap and Latter Papers. La dle' Nott and Billet Paper, Artist Materials of all Li..,, f 1HaaM fttM Pnnrlnr Books. Inks. Peaeiis, Enrelopet, Law Books, Dootor Books. Draw-1 ing l'apers, Lluiosrapos lor ureoian ana uu i-aiaimga, Wm. Knaba a Co's celebrated Piano Fortes, Ororer& i Baker dewing Machines aad Conner Sewing Machines. All orders for any of tbo abort trtlclet promptly JIUed and lores rued by man, rauroao, or owerwise. 70-ly , ... . ' - IIOPHIIIS, UtILIi Av ATKIN SOIf , IMPORTERS AND WOOLE8ALI DEALERS 1.1 FOMGJ iHO DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, " NO. 258 BAlTTKOBt Btbmt, ' ; ; . , (orw-JTSBAXoTxarnom,) ash . BorKixt, 1 . . BALTIMORE. BOBBBT BUIL, ' 1 ; V'! ' CMOS, w. atxixiox. J 87-tf ASHE at nARGRATE, ,tTTORjrEV8 AT.JUtfr, Practlee la partnership la tht county of Aatoa, tx atpt oa tht Criminal Docket ia tbo Coaaty Court, (J. Jt. Hargrara oetai ueauy ewiioi wr.; i . . Ther will attend to tht OolleeUoa f all olaii trusted to them ia Anson and the surrounding oounties, T. 8. Ashe attends tht Courtt of Richmond, Moat- gomery, ftlaaly, Cabarraa, Union and Aatna. - J. B. Hargrara thona of .Montgomery, SUaly aad .Anson. .- fSarOffiee at Wadesboro' t THOMAS 8. ASUE. I J B. nARQKAVE. '" 9-f " ;? ' ' r. p. uaaoH, IVulck mnd fltk Htpairtr,' v. -' ABtoxf nu, a. o. . Qt Jewelry, At., aeatly and sabstandatly Jj repaired, aad all work warranted. SI r. t-felfO BjonUit. J , McCOBtiLB . BENNETT, raionca i raanBUBiv u m oovm or aaaoa. JAMES M. VcCORKLE aMtaot tbo Coarte of C bairot, llowaa, 8laal, aloatgtaitrjr.aad Aajoa. S. T. BEKHETT thoot of Ualoo, SUal, Aaooa aad Jab. U. UoCoiui, - Albtmarlt. N. C. 104-tf . T. BiiaiTT. Wadetboro, W. C ., D. a. PIcRAE, . lllorner it Lav ni Solicitor ia Eqnily, 11 ' '' Et DOEADA, AUK.:1 80 " ' ' 'i If JOHN M. CEABK, . Conunitslon and Forwarding Merchant, WILMINGTON Jf. C, .... " PROMPT ATTFHTOH OIVBN TO TflE 8ALK Or COUNTRY PRODUCE, NAVAL 8TOREJ5, AK1 . , , COTTON. . . DEdLEU IN LIMB, PLASTER, CEMENT, 97 IIAIB, J-ft ly ' ROBERT H. COTTAIf, Vtntrmi Cmmmimion Merchant, """" " r wrtMigoToy, K.' c. 19 Offiot tooth comer Marktt and Water ttrceta ap stain. 08-ty U. YT. ROB1K80N, BVnOEOjr MtEJTTiST, TTAVIXO PERMAKENTLr tOCATED IN THE XX to Wadnboro', rtapoettullT landert bit Frofttatwal Berrtort tt all who mir atoi then. Harlot- had tero- ral ytart praatlot, at fttlt aaft in wamatiot aatit faeUoa la AM. OPERATIONS. Alt diaeasos of tot I mouth tuoettiAilly trtittd. Artificial ttetb, from ont to a full tat, tnppUtd la tht best and atost approred rttylt. rersona in tut eountrr ruiiii at incur rei. atatt wbea uestrta. Ternu cash wben tht work It flniihed, Wadesboro', Pebnurj 0, 1800-94-tf . WORTH CAROMIfATT" White Sulphur Springs, 11 r ILL BE OPE.NKU FOR TI8ITORS ON THE 1 of Jaaa. Tbe art aitaatad atar tbo pres ent ttmiaas of tat Wttatra Morth Ureiiaa Kaiiroad, ant aa boor's rials bjsa par wr oauibaaes aad atagao. Tat Proprietor aaa protoitd ttt aemces of . THOMPSON TTLEK ' as MaBtger, whose txptritaoe at the most Fashionable Watering l'taeat of virgtnta, aaaea to ait eommano Inr appearaaeo aad geBtleauutlr btariag, insuro good order and good rare. The Terr best DA Lb U(KJM LEAUtll anl ulaik HANK OF UU81CIANS that tba city of Eichmona, Virriuls. affords, hart beta procured. RlDlSd VEHICLES and HOUSES. BILLIARD SALOONS aad BOWLING ALLEYS arc at tbo com. mead of risltort. Tbtoeuatrr it titrated and aealtar Tba aaonorf la beaatiraL aad roads bum excellent; aad tht pleasure grounds extern! re. There is bo bet ter water tbaa that afforded bj tut jevoiui Carolina VTbita Sulphur Bptlags. , Tbo BatroBBca of tbo Carolines tt confidently re lied oa te npay tba Proprietor for tht txpensirt out. Isy bt hat nade tt fit ap a nattrtng 1'iact toiieu m their wants. Aad ha prom bee that no paint abe.ll bt soared br himself or his centleataaly asalstaat to ran der all who auy tiait hiat pleasant and comfortable. It. u. twiiACua. 1 ropnour. May 18. 18WW8-U Boyden House, Salisbury IV. C. milE SiJB8CIlIBER BEGS LEAVE TO INFORM I BistrieadsaadUiepabUcuiatnCBai, as aeent for William II. aad C. M. Hower ton, uken charge of this well-kaowa ana liljik a Dleasant and business Dart et ue cut. I The House and furniture art entirely aew, aad he la. tends te sastaia tht repataUoa of the boast at a , Flrat Claaa Ilertcl. . Ao oataibat wiU always bt found at the Statioa oa the arrirat of the trains, toady to tarry passengers te Ue Hotel fret of charge. Kecnlar Boarders, Lawyers and Jarora will 8nd a comforUbla homo at this hoaso. It is conreaieauy located. f88-tf TH08. UOWERTON, Agent. North Carolina College, Mount Plceuant, Cabarru Co V. C. fpHIS PROMISING INSTITUTION EXHIBITS I a Conrat of Btady inferior to aoaa In tbo State,, aud its Board of Trusters fool confident that tbo pre. scribed course will bt ably, strictly and satisfactorily carried- out, baring secured tht aerrtcea of men, la Hit selection of their Faculty, qualified to teach npoa tht most approved system. Erery member or tht Faculty is a Southern maa bora and raited on South ern soil. . "v. - Tba expenses art lest than those of any similar Institution in the entire South. Tbit antea, ia part, from ita endowment, and ia part from its location in a healthy and prodneliro aeetioa of tht country, aad is a wealthy and moral community. The annual exercises opto oa or about tne sissA of September, and continue forty -two weekc with out intermission, except aa Examination aad Literary Contest during the week including the 22d of Febru ary. Tht half year txtroiset commence oa the 22d of February, and any student who is aot able to act ia at the beginning of tht Collegiate year, can' cater at or about that time, pay ing for only tht half year. , ', TERMS. - In the Preparatory Department, which Is intended to furnish young men thoroughly for tht College classes for Board, Tuition, Boom-rent, Washing, Fucl.'Se., for the year....... ................5iuv uu I In the College Department Do., do 116 00 One-Aalf vnanabty M aaresrc For farther psrtieolars addrtat, for Circulars, Col. JOHN SHIMPOCH, Bee. of Board, Rot. D. H. BITTLE, Pres. N 0. College, or Iter. O. D. BERNIIEIM, Fin. See. N. C. College. Monnt pleasant, N, C, Fab. 1, 1800-78-ly. - I1ILISB0R0' MILITARY ACIDEMY, TTNDER THE CONDUCT OF COI.. C. C. U TEW, late eupertntendent of the State -MiliUry Academy of Columbia, 8. C, The Stuff of Instruction oomnriaeo Six Offi cers. For a Circular address the Superintendent. NEW GOODS FOR FALL AAD W1.MER. JJT. COX, TAKES PLEA8URE IN ANNOUNC a lag ta hia customers, friends, aad tht public rnerally, that bt baa reeeired, and la now reeeiring, MORE EXTENSIVE STOCK THAN USUAL OF FRESH ANDFASHIONABLBGOODS eoaslrting, In part,orSTAl'i.ti ANUfanux aib.1 uuuua; nr.a.Aii t . . n .it Anmun. Uinta nina aitu 1 MAVIS VAAAlll-tU, oaia, VrtJ o tAiisvriKP ! SHOES; HARDWARE and CUTLERY; BAGGING, ROPE and Twljio; uiiui'ciues, o., c These Goods are of tha beat quality, and those wishing te purchase will bo toaaulting their interest by calling and examining for thtmselree. They will I bt told low, oa the usual time, but accounts must bt settled punotoelly. Lilesrillt, N. C, Sept. 25, '56-tf A HT II. Me R4RT At CO., -YV'a- AGENTS f OR AND DEALERS, IN HO. I PERUVIABI UVASUj , f REESE'S MANIPULATED GUANO: ' 80MBRERO GUANO; , . AMERICAN OUANO; - s. " - LAND PLASTER, ao., to. A large supply ooaalaBtly oa hand fof exit ia Iota to suit. ' - ' Wilmington, N. C. March 8,1860-79-tf AG" CLEAN COTTON AND LINEN RAGS ereeaeed at tbo Argue Ofaee, Boat need be unlets of Wt act re deeoriptioa, : , i tj.- NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. . . FEDEIAl rjOaRGFTIOS iD JWMGACI! The lDchBiia-Breckinridge Jlmlijlitratloa Tie i . . rui ina uer more. Wt tr indebted to tlio Nashville Patriot for tha following compilation of cridence, in proof of tht corruption and profligacy which cuarau- tenia tha present Buchanao-IJreckioiidgo Ad Biinislration. Ws invoke tha candid and carneit Uention of tha rotert of all partiot to these itartling and humiliating expoanici. Let them rjad, and reflect, and then oto for John Cell and Edward EreretL , At our oontemporar; obscrref, the first qoea. tion for. tha honest roter to decide, in tha pend ing Preaideotial election, it, whether ba will cast hia luflrage for a continuance of tba Union, and the perpcluitr of our gorcroment u it now ex iita ; aad (ha aext it, if Jia ii for tha Union, whether lirHriU oait hi trfcTrtgea lit faror of iu aorrnpt and profligate administration,-or for an honest and economical management of nuUio af fair.. We assume that tbo desire of all patriot ia to perpetuate the Uniou on the basis of the Constitution and the proper and prompt enforce ment of the law. We have heretofore shewn that Air. Breckinridge ia, at least, to a certain extent, ia the hand of tboao who have conspired together to break op the Union and revolution ize the government. Uut if there are any who luppoae that be will b able to withstand that in fluence, we ask their attention to the manner in which that government may be administered, in tha event of his election. The chief school in which Mr. Breckinridge bna received bis politi cal education waf presided over, first by Mr. l'iorce, and then by Mr. Buchanan. During the 1'ieiidcncy of tne former ho aerved ss an under graduate in Congress; and after taking a pre ma ture degree in statesmanship, but making re markable prorea in JJcmooracr, ho was proJ motcd to an adjunct professorship wan the latter, lit waa made.the first officer of the crown in the Bachanaq Dynasty; and ba been a part and parcel of hi administration, from that day to this, and aa such lie must bear bis duo propor tion of the rcsponsibiliti. Not only so, be issct op aa the heir apparent to the succession, and is held op as the younger political brother, worthy . i . . , to receive mo enure estate accumulated aunng the past four years. That part of it in which the people are moat directly interested is the corrup tion, tne profligacy, the lailliieasneea-and.ibe ex. tnivagBBee which have characterised ita incep tion and prop ress. And to this we invite their attention. We begin with . TUE BL'CUANA.H-BBgCJU.NRIDuE ELECTION. This event was ushered in in a manner in per feet keeping with the subsequent administration We subioiu eertain facts connected with that election, aa an initiatory step to the investigation wa propose to make, which appear in tha official records of the eountrr, and cannot ba eainaaid. Of course, there ia a good deal yet behind the curtain, which will probably never see the light. but the reader, as well as ourselves, can form bis own conclusions upon that subject. In January of last year, tbo corruptions m the federal Ad' ministration having becomo so mauifeat, a com mittee waa appointed by the House of Represen tatives in Congress to investigate the abuses ia the Navy- Deportment. Among many ether things, the majority of that committee- reported that one W. t!. H. bwift bad from loo been en. gaged furnishing live-oak to the Department, and w.J aided in the same by a prominent Democratic partisan, named Ueo. i'litt, for a money con aidcration. The report then proceeds : . Tending the Presidential election of 1S5G, Plitt introduced Swift to Mr. Buchanan, and sought to place him in the very best position he possibly could witbj the President. Plitt, at the tame time, was Treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee of Pennsylvania, and, aa auch, receiredfrom Swift the sum of 110,000, of which 3wi!t contributed 510,000, and received the balance from his immediate friends, to bo used in the pending election. Mr. Buchanan waa informed before the election that Mr. Swift waa an Old Line Whig who came over to his par- iy, una waa ibbid; an active parr in tne election, and he was subsequently informed of the amount . j . ... . .1. . i .'. contributed by Swift. Plitt testifies that ' - "In introducing Mr. Swift, I told Mr. Touoey that be wu a gentleman whom I should be very glad to hare him aid in any way he could, legiti mately, of course; that he wu my vary warm friend, who had contributed very largely towards tho election of 1850, and that be had a number of old-line Wbtg friends in Massachusetts Who were equally liberal some of them, at least and I thought that auch gentlemen should be patronised, of course! Plitt further testified that he regarded the contract with Swift April, 1S51 as a coudi Uonal contract, and .'supposing that agreement waa atill in force under the prosent administra tion aa it was under the former one, I took great pain, to make him acquainted with every one of my political friends.' ..:,r.::..j Bwitt subsequently got contracts under the Buchanan-Break inridgo Administration during the year 1857-8, to the amount of 8399,040. Mr. Plitt was then clerk of the Circuit Court of the United Statca in Philadelphia. .lie again testified before the Covode Committee, during tha laat Congress, to having expended, aa treasu rer of the Slate Central Committee, upwards of 170,000 in Pennsylvania, to carry the election for Ducnanaa. .Ut that amount 518,5U0 was raised in the city of New York and paid over to : him by Augustus Sohell. 'Mr. Sohell waa after wards appointed Collector of Custom at the port of New York I , Corneliua Wendell also testified before the last named committee, as follows : - Question, lyid yon not , for political purposes, within the lastUbreo or four year, use a much , . " ' . . ! larger amount Qt money tnan you usea on pre r wus swyn, buu received instructions irora xrown oocasions some-hundred thousand dollar? to fill thorn up ao as to correspond with tho date Answer. My impression is, that it was about of the cortificato. Others of thorn were forged one hundred and twenty-eight, or on hundred . outright. Brown sua afterwards appointed to find thirty thousand dollar. office uniler ilf , Buchanan ? To the same gen- Q. How muoh of that money waa used to elect cra' eD"ebt 'he following from the testimony of Mr. Buohanan? I Isaao West;, then Inspector in Philadelphia j A. I think I expended, ia oontribntions, print- Q. Have you any personal knowledge about ing, and in divert and in tuniHry way, aoiue the issuing of fraudulent naturalization papers ? 837,000 or 38,000. . I A. I have no personal knowledge of that. Q. After Mr, Buchanan waa elected, was be ! Q. Do you know of any persona who were en not familiar with the enortnoua expenditure that 'gaged in' distributing them f . ' ' ' you had incurred in aecuring hia elootion A. I know partiea, of course, who katx been A. He know that I had been very active and convicted Mere and $nt to the penitentiary for had expended eooaiderable money. J diitribnting lxn, at least, that caw a ont betore Q. Did he not know tha amount? JtheCourt ; ; A- I do aot remember whether tht amount ... Q. Do 70a know of any parties not yt in, tho was ever mentioned between ua: I could not LQ. Do you think he duly . appreciated your prices in expending that amount of money T ! A. W1 air, I never thought he did. . Q. Did he not latterly, rather fall off aa re gards hia friendly feeling towards you T .A. I have thought for somo eighteen months that he did? . i , Q. Waa bia influence not used in your favor, to keep the government patronage in yeur hands to as to reiaiburite you for this largo amount of money tnat you bad .expended f ' - A. At first it waa coming to me; and it con. tinned on until December after bia inauguration, when a portion of it waa tufcen from mo. ; Q. Uy whose actf .A. By the President's. : Q. Tkat was taken from vou to divide with other incous of btaf A. Yes, air. It is scarcely necessary to add that Mr. Wen dell waa i'ublio rrintcr. lit accounts with the Government for that work, ran up aa high aa fyUUO dunng-one year, and his net profita to tsW,000 or aaore fotva single twelve months. Other Federal officials of the Pierce administra tion were pressed into the service; and a per cent, was levied upon (heir silarica to raise add! tional funds to carry forwaid the canvass; while still others were actively engaged on committees and as miasionariea among the people, some of tuem at the instance and through tne direct in termediation of Mr. Buchanan himself, to the no gleet of their duties and tho public business. These facts are sufficiently shown by tho follow ing testimony of Isaac West, then Inspector in tho Custom House at Philadelphia- - We give the questions propounded to Mr. West, and hia answers: . Q. How long did you remain in office there ? A. About five years. . . Q. .Wore you there at tho timo of the elco- tion in 1856, when Mr. Buchanan waa elected. A- Yes, sir. Q. What do you know about moneys being raised off the employees of the Custom House on that occasion T ' A. There waa a certain tax levied upon the person connected with the Custom House. Q. What amount on each person ? A. A certain percentage. On a person receir-' ing 51,095 a year, I think the tax for the Presi dential election waa from $30 to 833. Q . Do you mean for the Presidential election alone, or both Presidential and Congressional elections? ..v " A. I mean the Presidential election alono. Q. What about the other elections I ' A- The amount was not so great for tho State elections. Q. How much was that? . A. I do not recollect. It strikes ma that it was from 85 to 87, something like that. Q. The two then would amount to in the neigh borhood of 40 ? A. Yes,, sir, in that neighborhood. Q. Upon what salaried officers was that? A. Tbofo of 81,100, or rather 81,095 year. u. rt ere the others assessed in proportion to ineir salaries r .. .1 .! 1. . - A. Yes, sir. j Q. To whom wji the money paid ? A. It was generally deposited. That portion which I collected in my department, I gave to the deputy collector, Mr. Harbcson I believe be was tho treasurer, ao far ss the Custom House was concerned and he paid it over to the Lxcc utive Committee, 1 believe. Q. A political committee f A. Yes, sir. v "Q.T)id all the employees pay?. A. I never knew one to refuse. Q. What waa the . impression that it waa rather obligatory upon them to pay? A. X hat teemed to be the impression; tbey all felt it their duty to pay that more promptly than some of tuoir debts ; that was the im pression; but I do not know about whether they would have been removed if they bad not paid; but it was considered obligatory, I believe. U. Do you know of any person receiving pay during the Presidential contest who did not render service in tho Custom House? A. That is a pretty nice question to answer, There were partiea absent during that canvass for some months; but 1 could not, on my oath, say whether they received their salaries or not; they were absent some months. . Who were those absent canvassing during that election ? A. Mr. Gideon G. Wcstcott was in the State Central Committeo room for some months ; from fonr to six months, probably, more or less. U. iNamo all that you recollect? A. Mr.' Whi.'takcr was one ; I forget his first namo; John shell and Daniel fry; 1 tQiuk there wero others. I believe those are all I can think of now. . ; . ; Q. Can you state how long tbey were awty ? A. I could not; some more, and soma lesa; some were on duty occasionally ; Mr. Wcstcott was absent all the time; the others were on duty occasionally; perhaps at tho office half the timo. u. uid you not sob s letter authorizing Mr. Wcstcott to bo absent, or in somo way referring to that matter? " - A. Mr, -Wcstsjtatt read me a letter from Mr. Buchanan, according to my recollection,1 Baying that he had obtained leave of absence for him for a oertain time, from the Secretary of tho Treasury. Q. When was that? ; . . A. In 1850. - . , ' " In addition to tho above, it ia shown by the testimony before that Committee, that large num- ! hers of forged and fraudulent naturalization papers were sent out in Pennsylvania to be illegally used in thewlection in favor of Mr. Buchanan, Wm. Karns testified that he had one hundred and fifty Irishmen at work on the Union Canal at Reading, and that he received upwards of two 'hundred naturalization papers from one Reuben F. Brown. Some of these papers were certified by a clerk or : prothonotary in Philadelphia, who Aad been dead J , J . rt - i. penitontiary who were engaged in distributing them? 1 A. I would not know except from hearsay ; I have no personal knowledge of their distributing them. Q. Did not a certain individual tell you that be bad distributed a large number of them, and wu going to distribute more; or something of that kind? ..... A. Yea, ir. Q. Do you know whether they were distributed in the city of Philadelphia, or elsewhere ? A- By that individual, iu the county that Ik, Chester county. Q, What was he?' An American or German? A. lie waa himself an American, and hold a position on the railroad. Q. On the Columbia railroad? A. Yes, sir; under Mr. lialecr, the present collector of theportof I'hilaJiljJiia, who was su perintendent of that road at that time. - Did that man tell you these were fraudulent papers that be had been distributing, or did be tay tbey were genuine r . A. He did not aay they were genuine ? Cj Did he aay they were fraudulent f A. Yes, sir. . Q. Have you not some knowledge about a num ber of these papers being distributed among the German population that had been in this country but a little while r A. I heard that in the aamo way. I know nothing personally about it. Q. Did not a man tell you that he but dis tributed a largo number of them ia that way, A. Yes. sir. a mantold me that. ' ' Q. What title did he give those who had been in this country but a little while 7 A. Well, you seem lo have found out a great deal , about these things; thero was a-German mcucMcr ia the office who had been awuv for somo days, and when he came in I took him to account for being absent; Oh !' said be, ' I was doing good.' 'Doing good!' Said I;" what good haveyou been duiug, Chris? have you been sick?' ' Xo, he said, ' I was putting1 ont these papers !' I had never seen three naturalization papers in my life, I suppose, unless I was at some election ' What are they?' I asked him ; 'Oh 1' aaid he, ' these are uU : ' What do you mean by being sick 7' I laid. ' 0 1 God,' aaid be, ' tliete Jclowi haven tbetn litre more titan tlx months, and be bad somo others there that be aaid were goodj 1 told him he bad belter look out for himself or he would get into the penitentiary : he 'said, 1 dim't give thete to them ; J leave litem ichere tluy can get tlum, and tbey don't know where thry como from.' " Such is but a partial insighttoto tho means used in bringing the Buchanan-Breckinridge ad ministration into power. What other expedients were used in Pennsylvania, or in other States where corruption and fraud and bribery havo been reduced to a perfect system, we shall probably never be informed. If these developments shall provo sufficient to arouse the great popular masses to a just senso of the enormity of such means, we shall be content. Tho legitimate use of money in tho preparation of facta and the distribution of correct information among the people, coupled with arguments on the true policy of conducting public affairs, and fair discussions of those prin ciples and measures about which tho American people may differ, cannot be deemed reprehensi ble. By this means the popular, mind is educated and elevated, the public virtue cherished and the patriotic instincts of the citizen strengthened. But when the system of electioneering,- as ex hibited by tho foregoing facts, is directed in the channels of fraud ; when the Federal offico-holdera are detailed from tho public service for the pur pose of interfering with the elections of the peo ple; when the candidate for the Chief Magis tracy of this great Republio shall como down to personal intercessions in behalf of those agents who operate for his own elevation for " leave of absence from their official duties, for that pur pose ; when fraud ia not only countenanced but practiced upon persons who know next to noth ing of our institutions; and when v these things are carefully rewarded by the highest fuctionary in the land, we submit if it is not time for the people to awake to the consequences that must, sooner or later, inevitably ensue ! An adminis tration established by such means will alu:ost cer tainly bo compelled to sustain itself by similar means. 1 bis necessity supervened upon the suc cess of v Buchanan, and we hardly think we use a too harsh or strained expression when we say that his inauguration opened, m the administra tion of the government, TIIE CAB.NIVAf.pp COBRrPTION AND PROF-' - FLIdACy. We have no exam dIg in .our bistorv that we can place by the side or the present administration and call it like. Wc may contrast with it almost any one of its predecessors, and justly say, Satyr to Hyperion, wmic wo believe thcro are many office-holders under coinniissiop from ' Mr. Buch anan, who are: huncit and patriotic, yet, as a gen eral proposition, the Federal Administration is but the rynonytne of corruption,' wide-spread, rank and seething. We have seen by the sworn statements of Democratic witnesses above, with what diligent care the President distributed tho rewards of his favor to the corrupt agents of his elevation. , We have seen how Buker, the rail road superintendent, whose subordinate was en gaged in diatiiButing fraudulent and forged nat uralization papers by trick and artifice,, waa promptly placed at the head of the custom house in Philadelphia; how that subordinate, who not only dis'j-ibuted thosef papers, but committed a fraud unon one of his Dartv leaders, bvu&in? the frank of Senator Bigler in sending them, was put into a comfortable ofhco; how Scholl, the pur veyor of the New York Hotel fund, was placed over the Custom House at New York, through whose hands a largo proportion of tho ourrent revenue of the government flows; how the Fed-. eral office-holders of the 'preceding administra tion were assessed a certain per cent, on their aalaries ; and how Swift and Wendell reveled in printer's ink and Iivc.jak cootrac s. Of course, to sustain tnese oiecaers 01 tne ifcderal Treasury, the Federal expenditures were necessarily in creased, and they ran up accordingly to tbo most extravagant figure. As an apt illustration of this net we quote from a speech made in Con gress by a Democratic member from Virginia, Mr, M. R. H. Garnett, during the session before the laat;. - ' " But a few year ago, in 1851-'52, the ex penditures, exclusive of payments on account of the publio debt and awards under the then ro oent treaty with Mexieo, were 830,022,0119; and in 1852-'53, the expenditures, exclusive of the same payments on account of the publio debt, were $43,544,262. Last year, in lS57-'58, they ware 871,49208 ; and the estimate asked for the next fiscal year, exclusive of the payment of public debt, amount tof 71J2541G33t .,7T. " Now, I beg the committeo to remember that this- country ia aa large at thia moment a it was ' iu 1851-52, with the exception of the Gadsden puKhasc. I beg the committee to remember that, if the country now extend from ocean to ocean, if it stretches from Puget Sound to Key West and the Tortugas, if it now spread, from the Aroostook to San Diego, I beg them to re member that to' it did iu 1851-52. If you have to protect and defend and maintain your Gov ernment throughout tbo whole of tbi vast region which wo now occupy, wo held tho saino region . and had tho tamo duties and function to fulfill six. years ago. . . ' " Can any gentleman protend that if it fnir, t'tut it ii jiut, that it it try iti mute, that tho ex. panes of this Government, in time of profound peace, Jtmitd hate doubled in six yean 1 Look through tho list of items, and you will find that the expenditures havo ulmote doubled in ecety item. Is not there some plueo lo apply thu knilo ? Cau the gentlcmau from Philadelphia justify audi conduct, iv.'U to the iron market of his own State. " He aays that tho expenditure do npt admit of much reduction. It thia probable, in view of the fact that they have doubbd in jj'x years J Let us look through tho list, and, even with my ' brief cxperienco here, with what I admit to be very insufficient knowledge, I think I can point out somo important retrenchments, more than enough to meet tbo estimated deficiency.- " First, thero aro tho legislative expenditures. In six years they havo grown from 81,248,018 to 83,583,521. Does tho gentleman from Penn- ' sylvania think that nothing can ba lopped off there? HV17 continue our vaU printiHj ex- penscsf Why should the Government enter in to the book publishing business, unless it be to -maintain parly presses liere, and to furnish your selves with documents and books for electioneer-, ing J Now look at the salaries of the survey ors of your public lands. They constitute rather a small item, but-1 wish to illustrate this subject in small items as well as largo ones. In 18517- 52, they were f 72,528; last year, they were 81 03,- ill. In the former year, the mint establish ments cost 8140,000; now they cost 5013,437. by is that : Is it because you have more gold and silver to coin? Not at all.' It is because, under the vile system iroiei'ny vp in this country, tthen yon siiend money in one district, yon are cqHtd on to expend a like sum in anotlicr. " Patronago and expenditure begot demands of more city patronage and more expenditures, Until the whole country is' 'dotted with publio establishments, not for tui benefit of public ser vice, but fur the advantage 'f the tax consumer! in eaoh locality. " I lie collection of tho revenue cost 82,085,- 054 in 1852, and 82,905,434 last year. Tbo Secretary. of tho Treasury and I will have something to say presently in answer to the gen tleman from Pennsylvania in defence of that officer has reported a bill to reduce those ex penditures.-- ' " Vour light house estab- ... 111 en t has, in six years, increased in expense. frnm S597.4G0 to ei.lG2.857. Why? Not in con- sequence of necesrary lights. On many of the northern coasts the lights aro so numerous that " tbey are a soaree of danger to the navigators. Instead of guiding them through the shoals and ' rocks, they mislead them to their destruction. fear it was not tiw lights, ltd the pAlrourtge that teas needed. " The deficit in the marino hrspital fund has nearly doubled since 1852, and I mightabow tho same of almost overy other head of expenditure. " The navy yards are kept up ' for tho beneut of the people employed, and tbo money spent And so we have them dotted in every : direction. I boiieve the gentleman from Georgia Mr. Seward has. one in embryo iu the State of Georgia, even now. . " I come iicxt'to the items for increase and re pairs. ..Remember that this docs not include tho building of the sloops ordered last session. Thero is a distinct estimate for them. This is for tho ordinary repairs. It amounts to 83,100,000, Five year ago it was only 82,300,00(1; six " years since only 82,200,000. ..'...'.... " '' Tako the next item, for barracks, 8770,000. There again the pruning knife can be employed, These barracks aro built, and expensively built ' at points where they are only to be Used for a year or-two. We arc continually ehanging-our frontier forts, and irfstcad of putting up houses like those of tho settlers around them, we put up expensive gothio cottages for tho officers, aud durable barracks for tho soldiers. . "Then take iho quartermasters department.. The estimates are are larger llian the , expendi tures. tf latt year yet now wo have ho Mor mon war. I acknowledge the difficulty of re-.' duving items like this ; I know that it is, to somo extent, striking in tne dark. The Quarter Mas ter General tells you, the Secretary of War tells you, the Committee of Ways and Means tell you, -that they cannot control these expenditures ; then I say that the only way to control them is tbo same way you would control any other cxtrava- -gant person; that is, by stinting them in money." trout the foregoing the puoplo may learn that the publio expenditures have vastly increased, and something of the objects to which it is ap. plied, and of the system which they are support-, ing. But it ii not all. If they are surprised at, this tbey will bo incensed at what is to follow, . k ClTost Story. The following is from tbe San Francisco Alia California' . ' ' Several weeks aM a marricdf lallv residing in the Sandwich Islands, who had coine to this city for her health, aud waa boarding at a --house on-Califoruia-atrcet, awoke in the night and plainly saw a phantom of her husband, aniTin that sup- . position, called to ber son, a boy of about twelve yeara of ago, saying : " iienry, ncree your" father." She got up, and advanoed towards the figure, and it disappeared. She piuched herself, to see whethqr. she was not asleep, but found her self to be full? awake. Tho vision disturbed her vcrv much r notwithstanding the fact that sha had left her husband in good health at Honolulu a few week before, she feared greatly that the vision indicated his. death. ' When she went down to breakfast in the morning, a 'gentleman boarding in tho same house notioed the mhrta of weeping, and endeavoted to get her into a good huuior. She told him tho. cause of her uneasi ness, and attempted to remove the unhappy im pression from her mind, but failed. She insisted that her bnsbarid must be dead, aad that she must return to Honolulu by the first boat,.and so ah did. A few days after her departure a vessel arrived from Honolulu with new that her hus band bad died. Hia death, however, did not take place on the day when she saw the vistoo, But week before. --'-,- - v -
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