atic Watchman.
•• To the 111 of candidates for the po
sition of .linlitor (ieneral of this State,
tie feel inclined to 1011 one more name,
and that is (lie Timm. Ilon. S. T. Snr•
(Jar, of (lit , place, late Senator, tel
lot inerl% Neting runplii-snii - ler r,it
ei,c,4 Hider P.,,,,houit 111 a ,N ,N. .11r
Situ ~ 1,1:1 t ,t I)einovrat t‘llo- , e 1181 M.
*Olllll Le a inner ul strength Libre the
(annuity, Mot nito , eeleCtlmt,
wall he seellltil nithont dill colt}
lie I.+ it gentleman of e tait.i‘e inloi
RAY MEEK
A4..1 , 01 . K EDITOR
nnum, in Advance
:•; 'l' I.:, I'.‘
g, January 20,1871
onnected with John
rivate Rooms at
risburg.
1110 . 4 1111 , 11 Il4lt e unloetplfrig ni
legrits With him hl a candidate ‘‘c
could march to tp , .Raircd andecllarn
Ie In.! limit , 0 ,liiirs
',ling I bed Ott the
in
-s• thi. ittla
=SI
Tau ear• t ‘‘a,
t lip State -ennte Inan Ihr
hntriet. at),Hie anv the "el, wan in
SILO MM . trying
tit, oth the
0111,11 lie any le
Flint Ow •-til..p.et
I
electe I Itt th.tl Ilnu. Bllt i!, COW'' , 111 . ill , I'u.
giiii)evil their ieetli l‘ It 11 Inge mer hich %vitt 11111 y 1111 , 1“ IA I.( II it au.
1.4V11011. dt 'ermined that *".' I "'"lerull
iiit t ii ~ t the r ‘‘) , ), 011 " is I 111 : 11 '' ;
So . th pv in,t, 714 h
:1 , ; eau be -i 1)
4 V%
:zether they h:o I
ii.l should pt 1,311 in
e sett, Ito mimed'
in. Ill•
le-11 , 11 , 111%, heltal• fl (fit
nutter, 11111414 . 11 p I hell' 11110.1^
before h!ind nq to the they
ped in to prevent the
.N.lof %%n- .whlenly
In ul‘i , nn aremint nt
mlionl.l It'd ui Jrrr%ui
)Ir.Sati.rHr Of the ,ento,7lving it to 111-,
Ii tm.rtal 10141.1
10 lellw%
t pollite:1 hmitA %ver ,
11011,,:.11-repitable
' llllll k it %%1111111 1.1. 11 g rtr“lt. I 3,1 1..
t Mr. ` , .11t ..1 11
It m,4,111.1 .1,..5v that ilie trawl ripiiiiiiit
IN 1 , 1 4411(•11 II Mall n•'
1:4. 11414114• m - 44 on II
(-1 Ali 11:14
Ho , . t%vo :44.8r4 ago, ‘lll4 !WI
Ity thy countrY, and tt (odd Ijo
it t Thing rvitroo I of the tquttintirttis %dm
%%err etiv , p:oli in the perpi.irittum of it.
Clio ,4•1- hie( dint ht. Wltl p.stenticed
6n iw 10111 1,, 1 , 4!
,ffindrel Nllich bet
Dt. rcrllitpr. 1.9 I lie
ol ht. I
time, gives him, tr.° think, it .trung
claim upno the gratitude and aduirra
nun nf the I )emocrttey !lOW Bemides
lihJ, there nr, ,Wier Cogent reason. ,
h‘ NI r. viii .Fla Slioni.l be nominated
fur kiolitur General. Certhohir it man
bette•rgnelttied ennuot be lOU rill, nor
WC %%110 aonhl more conseientimodv
perfuriii his Official duties.
01 II I, I I 41.,1rt'9
h 1 •, IrN•P !111 h• Coll
r and I,ove of ht.]
h lliti.lurlur Wllll
alien the nt, l t - •1 of
t the door of Mr.
tread hade him
the World of ..101r.
=I
tLr liedef . lller (ur
1111. Hutt
=ZEE
eral.tdp, l.ehe‘teg tkat ,eubeerve
Loth the interemte of our State and our
at , n-meat of Vii
le lip "II IIIC V 1 Iltg4
11:11}, dtehlred that
th 11100 uic I ‘S ill ui
parr• lug Vo
The Dviiiocra:;' Editorial Antivi•in
ti,2n, %011,11 net in II iirri4lAirg 11'0..1
,S 1.1.1(
Allti AS h“ I( III)
114 111()Iiieli t, the ',QUI
•nt. , al). .I,ti‘ed itf
nitc,,,le I. awl 111 it, Mork in Iwo Re ,
' I ' LI• following nre gt%ett in Hit
among ILe pweeedffigH
11.1.1111 r, x‘a. 4
, takt. h% the Hood
fir all
Ihry. tiorrllo rnf di,. Ifito.r. t
.It 15..11 1, 11 . A hotel vi , terrlny afternibm pilr •in
lEEE
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I, lin It, ISi ar e• It, teil fur
MEM
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t 1 1111 , I'l,lo ttlfll‘,lll
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Aam ILL he lion i is orgitnitati,m
.il.l. 1., ',lvor. I Itor in!
I P. linnylY.llll,
114 i l• iv "I
p;iii• like
Attu. It II 1 nity 64/11•i1011 In ithe pr., no..
13.0 , 1 rim, ',tin, 'pie, tn.. f0rfh,,,,,, e
•,1 1144• 44414.1 . 4 4 441.4 4011144. 4 1f 4,044f4rai1e party anti
n.•, nhnun , m of (rat, root feeling moping the
nu 0011,..t. of the /1,404•14til
r, IV( 011. dimi•Clitl
la. a warning. It
ARTII , II 111 6,•• • • O.' icllleera shall tau
1.11,4 Oda to -elent, v prectideuteeeretary,
turn vinoJltlg X.•, reicirv, treaviirer and 1 .1
ecutisi I,lllllllitiee of lidee Who shrill POO re
Duel. ar until Ilic POOO • Oto401, Shan be
el„tt id
cr filmes ehall be those uvually
pertain lug to their rieviceeli e feinitions
ARTICIA I% lucre shall be one regular
coei ling of the a.voi ialicot ull year, toll the
fOO !OM , the plat, tole Jr
cogiced Icy the itvvcceintein front WOO to tittle,
tgiel hti in. , ' Mae to l,e ealledOm previicleut,
by nod alitt the I oliSent 0r the executive
c ccintriittee
1 In Cell .1 . 1114 evil
ii fl thIII Lr think
it. tralidillela plirpo
1111 4 1 r111 , 4 . :111I les, /11141
rrole 1114. hill 1,1 Iln•
%e im,en I l Flare• to
tountalk and
Awn. i r Nine im•tnbe•r,. Oiall vomit Rnt.•
iiere ImN lII+ ng tour
II I Irvin Steele. II J Stahl.% and
IL•upuuut \1 FFFFF 11 be (hr exerilit ye "11111-
111/111 . " 1/11.11 II" of J nur
at lie havv Ihi
Mem :In' Irllt Itl
Im ni , n 1,1 h.,x , dl ed 1 lull Bellefonte be the
, xl irwetiliv, to
I( , • „ 1,. 1 /1.1( ill.' re try 11., oullmriLed
l/r, urx•a 1,011 111 Which eixel, member In
110 r IF II I, I w 113111,`
ier•oftpol, tots the Nee retary be .inherited
li.ti e pl ititepl /1 , 1 , 11.11 r etotorßelog the eon
pit nit len as aploptell uud poem, to each editor
x oh It repillext (pp reply. irupprov log to that el'
G. t tool tippliestir lib. desire or nol to iN . 1 . 1111113
N 11 1 ,1111,1 rof the popeepeotthpit tool to ray for
titer that the ttext meeting will be hell! itt
It. I leton pool/Lillvortiopil tool to be then
mei there pie. Ided di.yi A etie,urnvil
,11 the Itoho:dm to
(rout the t.citt \it the
IP V. WI HO ()Vern , helm
probably more of a
g eke Nfr. f.i\nur
good deal of money
ad it w likely hi:,
According to a resolution passed by
the .Issoeiation itt Almoon, at the
tiny; of its 'triecting4l,ore, the next
• ChS(Oft t,,, to have been held here.
Howe% er, it was afterwards 'decided
best to hold it at Harrisburg, and the
arrangements acre so made. Nett
.Tune, ae shall have the Democratic
editors of ihe State in Bellefonte, and
ae can promise them a pleasant re.
eeption and a good tune. From this
point tin excursion is to be arranged /
free ofcost to the newspaper men, and
ti e expect to tee a large turn out.
thin way 10 pecan.
co .,, er lit. 4vitim
eat of Mr. DFA
adreal CUStorn,
fly if favor of their
ld be entitled to an
ty him for Ii 111111
h may he the iden
g the friendm of Mr
ver, we Nllitil Nee.
map+ that it (ton t
t newmpaper, don't
liking about. A
on that twvidy-four
Rlked into 169 sane-
—The latest French idea is balloons
guided by eagles, which are made to
soar upward or downward by a piece of
raw beeintcak tantalizingly manipula
ted just in front of their voracious
maws, and just close enough to them
to be out of their reach The hungry
eagle follows the bear-teak and the
luilloon follows tie eagle. Mine Gott,
rot a beeplen
rud thromalle
rrrefer rfii,l for 24
Ife aam told that
snlo• of the Het ores
% , ere n rat wt ()I
guano !mirk,
MEE
The Nuditor Generalship
1,,r illi4 I - Pat...11, it 1,,r no 0(111 t , at
We, thereJore, u❑ our own respottsi
lte tor the Auditor lice
The Editorial Convention
I I 1101,1 OtPt 1101 . .11441a to .Ipm.
A Gubernatorial Candidate.
The Clinton Democrat of last week Among the worthy.name. Ptiggested
throws to the breeze a prouillydlving fir the po.ition of • Auditor General,
flag on which iv inscribed the name of that of Dr. A. D. Markley, of • Moro
ni; candidate for gviliernatorial honors, goinery county, a tinnier member of
at the next election 1 1 1 14 , name i. the Legislature, is reeeked with par
that of 1.. A M Loots titular favOr in the canters' portion of
Haven, an able financier nn t !lied 'the State Dr. Markley is one of the
viitleionn, and a man oho ttonld ni, be-t Democrat. and one of, the hest
d oo lir ma k e a ver y 0 ,,,h1e a l •, men and his notni-
M r . \l ti sr r tr eiow , ena nation n wild he hailed with enthti-ti
dnlate for Coni.z r ...., in Ili:4 , Il , trirt iull 111 bt hi , 116.1- , offneuds, Iu the
1 , 1 . 1!":, find. :11.111on$:11 1 11-tart wi it runt 1 h :it the Democratic Convention
thin tone 1i11110:11 1-1, ,, 11a rill to nomitiate our
111'11 It ‘‘:l-. 1.4. t ;4. !eel It
1%1 kit
io 11,10'11.! I'l 111,11 i lIIP
triel :111,T eniriel tlii
, C.:* •lirr,
cotilil givi him a
cornea ,npin,rt II( In in
and intcuillt. and 111.1i11,1
lionnr 111 foing, 11 , 11111(•11 'l , 111,'1111iCe
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d Into 'lll/t•ii pal r dlddlnv,
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- 141 It I 11114 . eh , I. I'othrra in
Pee. le. trio,. I' .11.1.1
n 4.1 illy In
h lnl hinting, for
.• .01 1.1 lift Mr
v e
ttt,..4lllit I 1,, 11." r 11 • I,lk
ICI-In, i , nol I lit, 01.1 ,. .1
li tto tt all-In ory r of
gn,”lnnnlll to 11. too- , I t ers
t• tinr+l for 0q. , , or -irn for g,nn did not
.n. 0.• him to ~.0.1.40. f alms,. ,‘lth thus
Ihstno, v
I hl O lii. 111 , 011 , hrol 1•10
In I/O , IIOIOIOIIOIIW h odlo 4 , 1 0 00 1" , 11 100. 1.111
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0 •1111rt . /V 10 1 0 010 11 ‘4, 0 0 1 1000 111 011 00 111000 flit I"
'111,1,11 who n to, ilv had kern SO
Kvrr,trtnr, , l, 1.1 I v 1(A 0 11 0 All-,11 1,101 make It
01,0011111 %%twill. I r d.• 0011:01 :trry 11,
M r NI., 1,, 1,, nun.lllt Ll. 1,I,•,1 ul, hit , 111 - 11101 r
0110011,11,
111:11/ '',"" erfrnee.
rnn•lni nod csart m 111 , .1, , trwt
td tivul awl w 1110 1,11111•
(he.. 11[1 m „, r, „
,1111 in 1%7!
_no Trntif,v,, for
•-4n Donlingo with the roman..-mnerm
Mt hoard, at bend of whom 111,1 old
/1/...• Al; 1,.. b1.) 4 / 4 )04 11(.0K•
paper reporter. I'd‘m gently,
wad 4 ol )11.3% VII, and rock the good
nhip hghllt, ‘e ocean billow Ahnvt.
the tonher+ ot the glillant 6 eRSPI are
nonte good lellow;, trioitgh thel he not
eotartii--ioners IVe would mourn the
shit, mink in the Lnitu tt nl the tinny
111. pg ,tee with heaven yet, 111.1 his
tilde wouldn't be worth a cent
I bait Walt them geutly, then,
over the glassy surface of the gli,•ten,
mg sea, that the nea..tai,ers may teem
'null %%bat the reporter. may be able
to find out about the much talked of 18
brad eun~ pr tuggers.
—A portion or the (,litorial Ira
ternity afiect to I, bewildered or con
founded by the contradictory elate
merlin ()I (lie French
regard to their hmlet. When these
gentlemen rellect that from the begin
mug or the war every statement official
ly made by the Germans proved to he
the exact truth, lint not one or the
statements of the French mince Napo
leou'n fall ham been truthful, there in
no excuse even for any body, leant ()I
all sin editor, being beclouded or liar
ing difficult) tit ancertanting the truth
G o to the truthful nource and you will
have no troul d le about obtaining the
Inc In -411,,ornstury Columlnan
Very explicit, Mr. Co/utubtun ! But
will you have the kindnenn to inform
us whether the first "official rotate
ment" of King WILLIAM at the out
break of the war, that he "warred riot
against the French people but their
Emperor" ban proved to be the exact
truth?' When you enlighten us on
thin —the_fitst •'official statennent"-
perhaps, an one of the "beclouded,"
we nball requent information in regard
to the "exact truth" of several others.
The Santiag o Mercury publuthen
Ceti. LYTLE'S Splendid poem of "AN
TONY Slid CLEOPATRA," beginning
"1 nin dying, Egypt, dying y'
—and credits it to W, W. B . roityl We
do ny .. t know whether Mr. STORY w ill
adl'ele to appropriate the credit of this
poem io himself, but one thing is cer
tain, he didn't write it. Glen. larLe
was the author of it, and should have
the credit that attaches to it. Will the
Mercury editore please to notice the
correction? Gen. LYTLE is dead, but
his fame is dear to those who survive
him. Besides thin, the poem, as pub
lished in the Mercury, is full of errors.
Cloths„Oassimeres and Batinetts,ln
great variety, at greatly reduced prices,
at Forster & Dovlings.
Dr. A. D. Markley
Dr. :%Itijk I LI II ollid HuLL HS to
.11111 ttr Idor
‘‘a , nn ahl, and very' popular
repte , entaiive,and i,e temi%ely Icno‘vii
tlitou , :ltut the I 'ommoovrealtit Ilr
lualce an pxoellent auditor lira
vial
=I
—The has appointed
t.. 1111 I, DOI I.l„‘+ to a sort of Hu
10.11111111.1 V the Sall DO
1)ot I is
na a eliqh. w the thud aeiditors
and hiring
draw hils.alary thin Hanle
as it he s way I ,• , , • l)argitig the ilutitl P 4
his office Thig iv. the way the peo
goe4 , white
taut he (uund, it veems,
=MEM
In 1411(1.4v C;1; ‘\T, and st, !iv hit. re.
h;11)1. of dntkeV, It
I.olllll,lllHint the Domingo nig
gvn. us II rectitc the eolitrile-,iorterti
t*lth ttretre ritem then they fee One of
t peteown co (or among woo. . oat
llt lintolog dim) (ill ANT iw l HI1)-
!
/ !Toni. LEAKY 1.4 looking
forward to,the Prerodencv. Thnt don't
ma se nla le sal( In 11,4 tne.sage,
a l Iliit uiititnry usurpation, any the 1(158
11 , 1 e , 7111(1 11e are quite f.ure he couldn't
wake a %%uric Prefildent tl
hilt ,elv Jinn that is presi
dt•ui call inclined, nor he won't be the
la , t .nu• We don t believe the next
I'm- lent will be a„Redical at all, but
if we arc to lie inflicted this ( -way for
anw.iter.tour years, why 110( (leNtiv as
soon as any of them. They all show`
the same ear marks, though perhaps
Jolly IV. hiss gut a little of the tar
rubbed off of his•
--Hon. .1 Es E. FAG LIM has
been renominated for Ilovertior of Cum
nectieut. The Democracy could not
ha% e done better. I ; ov. ENGLIMII is
one of the ablest men in tin country,
and will lie triumphantly reelected.
The Connecticut folks bale at last got
on the right side of the fence, and they
are determined to ke e p there Rath
calisin is dend in Connecticut.
—The Cot•NT donviii:vi, a New York
lawyer, claims that he has diseovered
the N ts murderer The Count is
such It tnganoue individual, however,
that lils 14111eIllellt 11131Ii1 be taken rum
gram, sato,. The matter Is now tiler
going an investigation, and we shall
soon I.iitiw whether the cold blooded
assassin has really been caged.
Late Publications!'
PETF.It , oN ' N LADIFS N kT1,) 4 4 AI. MA(A
%INF. February Terms: Two (MI
bus a year, invariably in advance.
Published by Ciinsi.eit PFTRIttioN,
30G Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
The Fehrily number ofthis charm
is
ing book already on our table,
which shows the enterprise of its ener
gain publisher. It opens with a hand
some steel engraving, "Mamma's II end
Nurse," followed by a Parisian fashion
plate, and a "Mat in Astrakan Work,"
and then by a suggestive wood-cut, en
titled "filmic, Sweet Home," connec
ted whuili Is a tender and entertaining
story. Then we have numerous plates
of styles for ladies and children, CIII•
broidery, &c., alter which a piece of
music, entitled, "I've no Mother, Now
I'm Weeping." The literary contents
are as usual firsrelass, and just tine
thing to keep young ladies, and young
gentlemen, too, for all that, from run
ning about at night. The editor's la.
ble is filled with good things, and, on
the whole, we don't see how the pre
sent number of PETER:to:4 could be im
proved, Send for it.
MANt VACTURER RC BUII.DP.R.—
Wwitern Publishers, 37 Park
Row, N. Y. Price $1,50 a year
four copies for $5,00. Single copies
15 cents. .January, 1871.
This excellent publication is again
on our table. The present number
opens the third volume,and its healthy
appearance is evidence of at success.
We commend it to marighteturers,
builders and meohanics, as a moet val.
liable and useful work..
SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY, an Illnetrated
Magazine for the people. Conduct
ed by J. G. HOLLAND. Scribner Sc
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only $3 a year.
The present number of Scribner's
Monthly for Fehroatly is the 4th of its
home. It k emplott wally, QS its
,title de
notes, a waver.' rie for the people,which
is proved by the great demand for it.
Dr. Holland, the editor, is a writer and
'poet of fine ability, and possessed of a
good deal of journalikic talent. The
magazine is printed on large and beau
tirol type, which is just the thing for
sore eyes. Its contents are 'of a high
literary order, and it numbers among
its contributor. some of the best writer+
of the day. we ) predict that Scribner
will be a sticee—.. •
It. II M Ito\ %Liu Co'A II I,I*STRATED
/I'o.l , . Price tell cents.
11. 11. MelhrsAt It 32 and 31 Com-'
mercy street, N. V.
M It'. it.tu's 11F.1) ANNTI Al,
ior 187 1, has been reserved. It 1A or
largilutarto Hire, each wide illmora
teul with elegant engraving., and
contains original and Aelesteul
of great tberit. Among the eon
tributuurA ate Grace rtreeniithuul, Ilan.
rust Beecher `t owe, Joseph I'
Thompson, It. li, Frederick W. l'uiz
zees, Henry \Varul'ilVorth Longtel
loir..lolun P. hough, mi. A beall .
Pong, “Conue Ilonte Father,"
%N1,r114 (111.1 IIIII.1(' by I I elity Work.
For sale by till Need IgetutA. Price,
ten eentm.
$443,000---A Stupendous Swindle
The readers of the PA I itior,sa% s that
paper of fhie 171 h lost , have not for
got len that on that hist night 01 the
;list NV- , 1011 , Olf`tlllgre“ , re.olution lens
pus rd tuillior in n 2, the 1 , 0 , 4 towhee gen
era l to adjust the accounts 01 one
tieorge Chorpenning As the name of
d o h ? , Ceasna was connected with the
reeollitiOn ns its !no% er, find as mie n ',
loge was taken 01 the confusion which
generally attends the last hours of ,a
session of congri as, snspicion was at
once awakened. Chorpenning was a
marl No o r aelop R punefter of rears ago,
and has already received two large
Milne of Money from the treasury in
the settlement of his accounts. This
resolution, it wan alleged, was menu
merely to allow the postmaster gener
al to take up some unimportant Arius
that livid been omitted in former set.
tlements. No sooner had the resolu
tion p ass ed the lirm.,• (Lan Cessna
whisked it over to the senate, nail by
assertions Hmilar to throe employed
among the mernher% of the Noose, pro
cured its passage. As the resolution
was very lair on its face the President
at once signed it.
Not long after the passage of this
resolution, and while it was in the
hands of the postmaster general, it was
whispered abroad that Chorpenning
was about to lie pia in possession of
one hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars on one of his claims for losses
as a mail contractor. This excited
great NOrprice ai,mng those who be
lieved that this none's peculiar nr
counts with the government had been
closed forever. The pursuit of the
money of the treasury on fictitious
claims is an exciting and tempting
quest, especially when it has been re
warded, a , in this case, with es,traor
divansuccess.
(;RA\T
From the 15th of duly undil 'nous
day last, there was no puldie mention
of thin claim. It had been lying in
the hands of the posiinaster general
awaiting "adjustment." To the aston
ishment of the !louse, on Thursday,
Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, arose
and stated that the postmaster general
bad settled with Chorpenning and had
issued it warrant in his laLor for four
hundred and tort) three thousand (101
lars The "items" that were to be ad
pistol had been swollen to nearly a
half million ()I dollars. We quote
from the Coligresslimul Globe 01 last
Friday .
"Mr. have, Before moving that
the house revolve itmell into committee
of the whole on the state of the Union
I desire to firing to their attention a
special matter Upon the last day of
the last session, and appearing in the
book of United States laws as the last
measure approved by the President, a
Joint resolution wrap passed authorizing
the postmaster general to adjust the
accounts of Ileorge Cliorpeiii.ing It
Was passed by 1111/thltnillll4 eforimuyt 111
the hurry of the last days of the see
mon. This was the third, I think, of
a FietlPP 01 bills Di it like character
which, imme I have been here, have
been pas , eil in favor of Mr Chorpen
Ding " Phis was stated to be merely
for the purpose of allowing him re
numeration for some items left out of
his accounts. lan credibly informed
--I say credibly intormid, although
perhaps f ought to have Paid it is ill
hntnst rp-redible —tin at under that reso
!mum thus passed, and which,
have staid, was the third of a series,
and, as I supposed, would close the lie
counts of my distinguished friend, Mr
Chorpenning, a Warrant Fins been is.
sited for the sum of $443,000, and is
now before the sixth auditor for settle
ment. Under the circumstances, and
with Come knowledge which I hare of
the history of this transaction, I feel
compelled to ask the house to adopt
the resolution which I Pend to the
clerk's deck. I may lie to ainformed
as to the facts, but I do not think I
atm"
The clerk read the reFolotion, ae fol
MITI
.11noteol 'that the Committee on A ppropr
attenn he i nstructed to Inquiet, Into the allow
pnce and manner of allowartoo of the Mahn of
(toot go Cherpennlng. approved JtilY Ilt s uk
and 11.41. , the sixth auditor be rettnented to du
lay the paymont of any warrant thereon till re
port thoroon and that thoy have power to
nand for persona and pattern.
Thus through the vigilance of Jr.
Dawes has this money been stopped on
the way to Ctierrpenning, his attorneys,
and a hungry lobby. The resolution
above was adopted with the same una
nimity which attended the passage of
Cessna's resolution on the last night of
the last setodon of congress, The mein,
hers were convinced that a gross fraud
had been perpetrated. Cessna, the at
torney and agent of Chorpenning, sat
a•A
in Ids ~e at dumb as all oyster during
the passage of the resolution of Mr,
Dawes, not venturing to defend
self or his client. There are Turners
that be has a heavy fee depending o a
the success of this claim. Pour hon.
dyed and forty-three thousand dollars
will cut up very nicely. It is to he
hoped that the committee will make a
rigid examination 01 this ease. TN...,
should not rest until the affidavits util
depositions on which it is loused be Ml
hove,' to their corrupt sources.' The
country has pursed through the Dols
plum and the 4 I:Wilier scelndnls . I t is
not to be doubted that this tborpen
long claim, though smaller in amount,
belong to the same (doss of frauds. luV e
MI hear at this tinve to mention s ome
auf the means which are said to have
been employed to give success to this
claim, but there is no doubt that the
Pommiltre make the discover y ,
find arrive at the correct coinllosion , u,
It may seem hard to those conceived
that such it brillliant butlivine of
der, Just at the moment when its cony
pletv arcomplkliments were :sunhat,
should lie thus cruelly destroyed. All
that was needed was the signature of
the suxtlu auidutor, Only that was in
the fpuition or hundreds or thousands
of tho public, money. It was but Ow
dash °ran official pen between exprct
and the Chill)) meat of wealth It
aill be a long while, we trust, befor e
Ilia iognfilort• Id the ~ t xtit /111111(111 nil!
go to tins warrant for lour hundred
and forty three thousand dollars,
The Surratt Infamy
117 1 ,4 John. .`III IS HO rerMitlf,/ t„
Ilii lIIY illirlll -.1 hisillaninusu s
.Irod 'curry
'nol 111111111 , 11 V gyla l ettlllll is NOIIIII
- before the public long after he
might to be forgotten ht the 111,11St` that
14 heaped 11111/11 111111 by certain journals.
\V by he shotilll not be permitted to
tell his story, It be can find any one to
listen, is a 'natter of some astoned,
meat. Looking at the character of
the journals, however, engaged in alms
mg 111,11, 1/111.' discovers the Peerel to be,
I believe, that the revelations made by
Surratt, in reference to his trial in
tVarthington, are an damaging to the
tribunal before which Ins Ide hung in
jeopardy, and to the people engaged to
the prosecution, that IL II necessary to
ollset his statement Ti). wholesaleabuse.
If thts story ts true, and we have' no
reason to doubt It, the conduct of the
Court here, Under Judge Fislier,al„ i o f
the Government. as cant rollevi i t y .the
prosecutor, was perlectly ic;iiim oot ,, If
Surratt was guilty of ;o to pl ic o y with
the assassins of Itinctdri, of cotirn
the vollnlrtr vtatited him punished. If
on ;ile contrary he was not guilt), the
country desired that he should be ac
quitted.
This does not seem to have been the
spirit which animated I.he f'oirrt. It
seemed determined to ("soviet, _regard
less of evidence, and steps were taken
to secure this result that ought to darns
with infamy forever every official con.
tiected with At. Surrait's counsel
sought In pros e that at the time of the
assassination be was ta Elmira. In
course, if this could have been sustain
ed, it wan not possible to convict lion
of having a part in the assassination.
Ills cl,llllBO, tin sustain this alibi, relied
'upon two noted registers, and one tele ,
gram ~ e nt by Surratt, under the name
of Robinson to Booth, wllOlll lie sup
used to be in New York one of these
hotel registers and the telegram could
not be found, tool from the fact that
the register preeeeilmg the one re.quired
and the register following were at the
hotel, and that the entire files of tele
grdis were perfect except this one, the
in(erence is conclusive that they were
abstracted by some interested party.
tI course, ibis could only be done by
some one concerned In the prosecution.
The 'remaining register which the de
fence succeeded in obtaining, Judge
Fisher ruled out, upon the extraordina
ry ground that Bureau might have re
turped from Canada subsequent to the
awcatent date, and so registered the
name I doubt whether in the whole
annals of crimitud jurimpudenee such a
trial with such ridings can be found.
A thirst for blood seemed to animate
e, Cry ereatnre, except tt portion, of the
fury concerned in this pretended in‘es
ligation
John Surratt was to be hung because
he nits John Surratt. The censure for
all this palls upon the presiding Judge,
The infamous proceeding could nut
have continued a moment without his
caret on 1t as small wonder, then,
that certain journals take up the fight
and strile to distract public attentifin
by abuse poured upon the bead of this
poor creature Judge Fisher is )et in
existence. Ile has passed from the
bench he disgraced to a more lucrative
position, where, it is said, he is now
inaking lus ton me.
The judiciary of thin lininct
needs reconstruction. litany possess
ed of (lie powers only that pertain to
ordinary county courts, it assumes to
itself a pomtion, and reaches out for
powers in a manner that is really
ludicrous. Ido not exaggerate when
I say that the entire judiciary of the
district,je without dignity. One or two
o e judges surpass the famous Dog.
berrrfa their decisions and the manner
of their delivery. What thb poor peo
ple of this district have been guilty of,
that they should be punished in this
way, makes a conundrum difficult to
answer.
But, all considerations of propriety
ninde, the trial of John Siirrntt ought
to he well ventilnted, and the Annie of
Ilia pro.cciition fixed upon the men
who engaged rri it. Tl.e one remain•
iug fvsture of II i pule goternment
gkeii un by our litilicrei in in (lie judi
ciary, and we can not guard it with too
much mire. To permit such scandals
as this trial, to use the mildest term,
to go unrelatked, is to demoralize the
whole system i nor can I see why
places upon the bench in this tniliappy
rid should he made en "nsylion For
&rayed political backs.-- eincinnali
Commercial.