New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

Loco Foco Frauds. The following instance of unblushing fraud practised in New-Jersey, is copied from the New-York Express:—

'A correspondence was published in the Hunterdon Democrat, a Loco Foco paper, a few days previous to the election, purporting to have taken place between Mr. Biddle and a Mr. Brewster of Milford. Mr. Biddle is made to say in his letter, which is dated June 27, 1838, that, "The directors of the U. S. Bank have thought it advisable you should be furnished with sufficient money to carry the election, and secretly buy votes." The letter urges Brewster to activity in the cause, and to spare neither pains or expense, and authorizes him to draw on the bank for $500 for his expenses. Brewster, believing the letter to be genuine, addressed a letter to Mr. Biddle, accepting the offer of the bank, and promised to perform the required services with zeal. Mr. Biddle, in reply, exposed the forgery, he knew nothing of Brewster or of the letter.

This forged letter was circulated in a handbill for some weeks before the election all over the State, and without doubt had its effects on the election. Brewster published the correspondence in the Hunterdon Democrat, insisting that the first letter was genuine, and that he only replied to it to draw Biddle into a trap. The man is evidently chagrined at the loss of his $500, and having been made a fool of into the bargain.'