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CARLISLE, PA.,
Tlmrsday Mornlnpn Angnnt 15,15G7,
foil SUPItF.MF. JUDCIP., [
GEORGE SHARSWOOD, V
OF PmiiA3)lsSl*l>HlA,
Democratic County Ticket.
KOU ASHESIHLY,
T H F.ODORB CORN MAN, ofCarllslo,
FOll SHKIUKF,
JOSM’II C, TIIOMJ’SONj Carlisle,
FOU XUEASDUI.i:
rIIIUSTIAN MKIjMXOKH, or .Vmrfoji.
von eOMMISSIONKU,
ALLKN FIjOYI>, of Monroo.
roit miiki'iou op I'ooi:
DAVJO WOLF,of Mlddlc<ox.
fou Aimriou,
IC. MOUXTZ, of l-’mnlcfoiM.
FOIL fUM.M ishiunim:.
.1011 N Is, DHAWR.VI’tiI I, of Lower Alien.
TIIK COXVKM’IOX,
The deep interest •'muni fcated in tho
proceedings of our Comity Convention,
on Monday last, by (tie crowds, in at
tendance from nil sod ions of the county,
augurs well fora triumphant majority
in October. AVchavc never.-ecu a larger
attendance upon any of onr Conven
tions; and tin; outsiders alone would
have formed a respectable moss-moot
ing. Tliero was something, 100, in the
character of those in attendance. Wo
, saw in tho Convention ami in the crowd'
around tiic Court House many gray-’
haired, veterans, wiin liavo almost re-
tired from the Jicid of active' politics,
ami have not altcialcd our Convontions
fur years; and we fool assured that noth
in;; lm( an overwhelming sense of the
perilous Situation ol'thocunntry.iimUhe
deepest interest in the success of the
parly witli wliose welfare they believe
(lie safely of (he country-to be allied,
would liave imineed them So undergo the
inconvenience and annoyance of attend
ing a emmty Convention.
This deep interest in the proceedings
resulted in giving, us an admirable
ticket—one of tho best We have had for
years one which lias given universal
satisfaction, and will he triumphantly
elected. With such a multitude of ae
coptahlonud worthy gentlemen to choose
from, it would have been, a difficult I
mailer to make a hud ticket, and the
unsuccessful in every instance have the. '
.satisfaction of knowing that they wore
beaten liy “ foenion worthy ol their
steel,” We have nominated gentlemen
of integrity, capacity mid undoubted
Democracy—-men who will prove efli
eieut and reliable public servants; anil
now that the Convention has done its
work so well, we cull upon the people
Id hackle on their armor and finish the
good fight, so auspiciously opened, by a
good round majority of Sill) or IDUliatthe
coming election.
PACTS FI»U Till; (IRRHIANS.
"'hen Judge Williams was nominat
ed as the Radical eamliiliilu for tho Su
preme Bench “by tho narrow-mind
ed blockheads,” assembled at Williams
port, it was deemed a matter of sur
prise that no Pennsylvanian could he
found by the Radicals worthy of being
placed at Uui head of their ticket. The
Salem (Muss.) Journal fully explains
t his matter in the following article:
The nomination of Judge Williams for
the Supreme Court, in Pcmisylvainu, hv
ttie Radical Republicans, is another ac
knowledgement on die part of tho stolid
Dutch elements ol the superiority of Vow
Knglaml men. Judge Williams is a nn
live* ot Cminct'tic'uf, find received his
••in ly training in the highor-law doctrines
<»nr .section. We 1 have hecn reliably
informed that lie has in no wise aposta
l ized from the faith of Ids fathers or the
true principles governing tho rights of
niim, but that he steadfastly retains hi*
afieetion for Now l-lngland institutions
1 hose aro the sort of men whom we love
to see elevated to power in the Butch Mid
die States and over tho half civilized
people of the West, They constitute the
uric ot safety for the material interests of
our section, and in no instance, where
money .win o/Ibet anything, .should Che
people ol 2s uw T-ngluml be sparing of
their means in securing the nomination
\vm* e ° L ' Uon of M,uh *«•' Judge
Williams.
, mi'init, stupid
oltl Butch Stale —regardless, of the hiss
ing ot copperheads, is now pretty thor
oughly 1 Vankeolzed. M Thaildcus Ste
vens, a native of Vermont, and a man
true to Ids faith, holds the political ele
ments of the Stale in the hollow of his
hand, and, on a fair ballot of tin* rank
and file of the parly, would have been
made United Stales Senator. The State
Superintendent of Common Schools is
by birth and education a New Englander
ami it is fair to presume the next crop of
Butch voters will be .as completely
\ankeoized as it is possible to effect
out ol such unpromising material. We
understand, also, that each annual Legia
lature is * largely composed of Now
uigland men. ami that more than one
halt the present delegation in Congress
are natives of onr. section, hut of this we
are not quite positive. Taking mutters
on the whole, theout.-look in Pennsylvu
nia is as favorable for New England ideas
fraud supremacy jus eould be wished.
Although l iu> Radicals chaructcristi
oally postponed the claims of “ tho
alolirl Dutch clement” on account of
“ 11ll ‘ vast superior! t.v of New England
men,” we presume they will expect,
nevertheless, to reap a large “crop of
Dutch voters” al the next election,
flow thankful the “Dutch Middle
States,” and “ the half-civilized people
of the ‘West,” should ho to their New
England patrons 1 Let the Germans of
old Berks, and Lancaster, and Lebanon,
ami York, and Montgomery, and other
■sections of Ponn.sylvania, read this in
solent slur of Radicalism, and retnein
tjcr the New Nnr/land candidate at the
ballot-box in October next!
Thkrb arc more-murders and other
crimes in Brownlow’s Radically “re
constructed” State than in all the ton
excluded States together. The negroes
and white Rads think nothing, since
the “election,” of maltreating and
murdering “ rebels,” and as for the de
struction of tlie properly of conserva
tives, by tiro and otherwise, little ac
count is taken of such matters. »emo
crafs and (ionservatives have no reniedy
for loss or injuries in any of tli£ courts.
They are plainly told that such as they
have “no rights except the right to ho
hanged.”
A Bapicap journal, advocating the
election of .Tudgo Williams, of Conncc
. ticut, for the Supreme Bench of Penn
sylvania, said that “ Ida nomination was
“ an acknowledgment of the superiority
“of Now England men, on the part of
“the stolid Dutch clement” of our
Slate. The “stolid Dutch” of Berks
and York and Lancaster and Lebanon
and other sections wil) not forget this
compliment, when they .go to the polls
pn tho ,second Tuesday of next October
A NEW SWINDLE.
The cormorants! .wHo prey around
“ Capitol Hill” at Harrisburg have in
augurated another grand scheme to
plunder the lax-payors of the.Common
weallh. Not content with carrying olf
wagon loads of valuable books and docu
ments and selling them as wa.vU 1 paper
—not contontwith borrowing *J:s,uo(),o(iu
at Rix per cent, interest, and making the
loan free of taxation, to pay off a similar
amount of the old loan, which bore only
Jive per-cent* interest and was subject to
taxation— thus compelling the- State to
pay one per cent, more interest ami to
lose the tax upon $23,01)0,000 amounting
in theagregatc tout least .t-tJOjlOO—not
1 content with all flu's villainy, the Geary
administration have just inaugurated
a new swindle. ‘Wc ask the honest tax
■payers of Cumberland county to look dt
the facts wo present, and then to ask
themselves how long the corruption
and villainy which now run viol a t
Harrisburg, arc to bo suffered to con
tinue.
Under the law of the Stale, the Board
of "Revenue Commissioners assess a cer
tain tax upon each of the counties,
which assessment is based upon the re
turns of the several boards of County
Commissioners, giving the valuation of
the personal property assessed in their
respective counties. On the eighth day
of Juno 18G6, the Commissioners of Cum
berland county, received a notice from
Wm. If. Kemble, State Treasurer, that
the State Tax. and the half-mill tax for
this county for the year 1800 amounted
lu ({87,38. This'amoimt was prompt
ly remitted, and Mr. Zeigler holds the
State Treasurer’s receipt for the same.
Judge of the surprise of the Commission
ers when a statement of account is re
ceived from the Slate Treasurer, bear
ing date July !)th IHG7, which claims
that the net Stale and half-mill tax
assessed upon Cumberland county for
133(1 wns s9,fl(iS,(lo instead of £<l, lll)7, is
mill that there is consequently a balance
duo tlm .State of 53,271,-12, for t.-illti undii
similar amount duo for Iho current your,
making a dofioit of $3,(112,8-1, to he raised,
if raised at all, by an extra assessment.
Our Commissioners had laid their taxes
in pursuance of the assessment sent
from Harrisburg. They were collected
in the usual manner and paid over to
the State Treasurer. We should like to
know where the Geary Administration
get the law for tin's new claim. As early
as the 2.lth of April lasi, James Arm
strong, clerk of the Commissioners,
wrote to Wm. 11. Kemble 11 to enquire
whether there has been a change made
by the last Legislature in the laws re
lating to slate taxes,” mill if there had
been, lij requested tiro State Treasurer
“to furnish ns information that wo may
he enabled to conform to tho law.” Mr.
Kemble replied, on the same sheet, “ A T o
ehanr/e made," if there Inis been no
change in the law, wo should like tho
State Treasurer or some one else to in
form ns how the State Tax ofChmher
land comity which was assessed by the
Board of Revenue Commissioners at
SG,Ii97,KS, lias increased to tile modest
little sum-of s9,9liS,(i(). And we should
also like to know wind authority of taw
there fs for the State Treasurer to in
crease the assessment made by (lie
Revenue Board. We do not profe,-* to
Ilf hooked upon the profound limmeial
schemes of the inscrutable (tea ry, lint to
our unsophisticated eyes this looks like
mi infamous swindle, and we believe
tho honest anil intelligent tax payers of
tlie entire State will so regard it. Sev
eral Republican counties have already
declinen to pay this new assessment
and we aro pleased to learn that our
Commissioners are not disposed to com
ply witii this unrighteous demand, hut
maintain that the county lias faithful
ly ami fully settled her indebtedness in
tlie State and holds the .State Treasurer’s
receipt to that effect.
IVe have no doubt the Geary Admin
istration needs every cent of money it
can gpt. Wo have no donht tho State
treasury is almost emptied to the bot
tom, for the robberies of tho last Legis
lature alone were enough to bankrupt
any ordinary treasury. But what will
the people, who have to pay the piper
while this merry dance goes on, what
will they think of a half million addi
tional tax ? What will tho people of
Cumberland county think of the neat
little item of *8,H12,.51, to be raised by
special assessment? How do they like the
radical policy of “reducing taxation,”
as far as it has gone? In bSCB a law was
passed relieving, real estate from taxa
tion, and tlio Radical party made a
great boast about it during the last can
vass. Last winter an effort was made
to abolish the tax on personal propertv,
by apportioning it amongst the several
comities, hnt it failed to become a law.
Had tho latter project succeeded, Cum
berland comity would doubtless have
had a deficit of *12,01)1),‘On (o make up.
It remains for the people of Pennsyl-'
vania to say whether they will submit
to this wholesale robbery. By reference
■ to the appropriation bills of the. last Le
gislature they will see what has become
of tho public money. A bonus of .•Slot),.
0110 was given to the subscribers to the
new loan of Sil,Util),oo(l—the pay of the
members was largely increased—n
princely sum was voted to enlarge and
furnish a gubernatorial palace for Ste
vens’ “ unhappy failure,” Geary. These
and the thousand and oneschemes of pri
vate plunder completely depleted the
treasury; and now thoHeary administra
tion is compelled to resort to this finan
cial trick to “raise the wind” until the
next session of the Legislature., It is a
matter in which ovfry tax payer is in
terested, and wo (rdst it will receive a
thorough investigation at tho hands of
the public.
-liiAT Stanton has acted ms if pimp
and spy for the Radical traitors is evi
dent Irani tho following disgraceful
confession of Forney’s Press-. “ Wo do
nut betray confidence when wo say that
on more than one occasion the country
lacs been indebted to Edwin M. Stanton
<pr tiie timely note of warning that
enabled the representatives of the peo
ple to moot and defeat the dangerous
schemes of a recreant President.”
Should tho President hesitate a moment ■
about kicking such an ignominious
scamp out of his Cabinet V The
country will honor tho Executive for
the net.
SENATOR SnKKMAN said, in tho Sen
ate, that “no man with iniy sense of
“honor would lioida position as Cabinet
" officer after ids' chief desired Ids rc
“ movnl, and therefore the slightest in-J
“ linnition on tlie jiart of the President 7
“would always secure tlie resignation I
“of a Cabinet otilcor,” Sherman forgot
there was a Stanton when he uttered
tho above. |
A “liOyol" Threat of Itcbclllmi.
ThereJs no more rabid publication of
the Radical school than Harper's Week
?y, and none which by words, carica
tures and false representations by en
gravings, lias done more to deceive the
people, create a false public sentiment
and pander to bloady appetites, vitialnl
by a cruel and m edles.- civil war. Vet
that paper now talks of the people re
belling, sooner or later, against the oner
ous taxation necessarily levied to sup
port the destruction and lavish expenses
of breaking down our institutions by a
sanguinary war. Hear what it says:
Wc cannot help thinking, and saying,
too, in strict confidence to the readers of
this journal, that stupid, and dull, and
voiceless ns the public may be. be has
some rights which politicians will sooner
or later have to recognize. He is now
paying tax at the rate of seven per cent,
more than is paid by the most heavily
taxed people in Kuropo, and at the same
time he is paying for commodities of all
kinds and labor one hundred and fifty
per cent, more than any other people
in the world. Tn lOngland the taxes are
lujavy, no doubt, but mod, clothing, and
rentafe cheap. In Russia living is ex
pensive, but the taxes are light, but here
in the United Slates the public groans
under the simultaneous harden of heavy
taxesnnd high living. We have a notion
that, sooner or later, he will rebel against
this load, and that the parly (hat laid it
on his shoulder.-, will Itself ‘be laid pretty
low.
If that bold journal wouldspeakmore
plainly, or move at large with the same
plainess, it would tell its readers that
the shortest and best way to relievo
itself of that burthen, would be to rebel
against the tyrannical Congressional des
potism, which has reduced“ thutslupid
and dull” public to the condition of
slaves, and established by usurpation a
government worse than is experienced
by the most heavily yoked people of
any Kuropean power.
I>F„VTII OF GOVUn.VOIt IMIUTFIt,
Kx-Govern’rDavid llittenhousePorter
died at Ids residence in Harrisburg on
Tuesday, the (ith hist., aged 7(i years.
Though full of years, we cannot hut fuel
deep regret id tlie loss ol' a citizen wiio
has so long been conspicuous among the
public men '’f the Slate, wliose welcome
presence wilt be missed by nit who are
in the habit of visiting the seat of Gov
ernment, and who have listened to his
intelligent conversation, ill's memory
was retentive, and having been n parti
cipator, or an observin', in State affairs
for half a century, his remarks upon
persons and events were of special in
terest and of endless variety.
lie was horn in Montgomery county.
His fattier was General Andrew Porter,
who commanded a regiment during the
Revolutionary war. Tlie lute Judge J.
SI. Porter, of Kaslon, and Governor
George Porter, of Michigan, were Ids
brothers. Besides being six years Gov
ernor ol (ids Slate, lie lias served in
liolli houses ol tlie Legislature of Penn
sylvania, amt was a member of tlie
Senate at tlie lime tie wa.s nominated
for Governor, in IS,'is.
Wun js i t !—l fa‘ reTigio ns” news
paper speaks the truth, then some news
papers and private persons have told
untruths more than once,
tlie Pittsburg Chiur/ittn .[tlvnra/r is
onr authority for saying, “ that it has
been ascertained that in tin- interior of
Louisiana, in proportion to the number,
mm-e Marks than while* irri/r Ihnr names
in rcrjisln-im/.” If this is so, wind was
Hie object of those who were from day
today, and from week to week declar
ing in tlie face of these facts, that the
negroes were deprived of, yea, denied,
all opportunity of learning to read and
wiite, and were kept in total ignorance
in the Southern .Slides l.y tho force ol
laws which forbade their being-sent to
school ? It is said liars should have
good memories, n„ t men lvill
themselves sometimes, and thus truth
and falsehood wilt come in contact.
, Louisiana being one of the Southern
States—tlie question arises—-how did
the blacks learn to write their names if
tlm laws of the Slate forbade them edu
cation ?
The people of Pennsylvania object
to judge AViltiams, of Connecticut, not
simply because In; was horn in tin; Nut
meg State tint because tie still professes
to believe in Radicalism. “He received
lus early training,” said Hie Salem
Journal, “in the higher-law doc
“ trines of onr suction, and he lias ilever
‘‘apostatized from the faith of his
“ fathers.” Is it not probable that such
a man would decide all questions that
came before him in accordance with tlie
progressive notions of Ids favorite sec
tion, instead of being governed by the
known and recognized principles of
law and justice?
MnnlonN IMMiiinsni mad Kt-wpoimo.
the following is in full the corresnon
dencc between the President and l the
Skeleton” feeerotary: '
E ts? lAl l’ SloN ' sWaRII INOTON,
nr U f‘m'ni) Sb i felr , : il, bhc considerations
of a high character constrain mu to say
y T'i lcs| g ll “tion, as Secretary of
War, will be accepted. Very rcspectfnl
ly,V ~ T , Axonnw Johnson,
lo the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton Sec
retary of "War. -uii.iuu, .’see
To which Stanton replied as follows:
tv An Dm’AimiicxT, Aug. s, ISU7—Sir;
V our note of this date has been received
stating that public considerations of a
nigh character constrain you to sav that
my resignation as Secretary of War will
be accepted. J
, 1 . n ,. re Ply I have the honor to say that
public considerations of a high character,
which alone have induced me to contin
ue as the head of this department, con
strain me not to resign the office of ,Sec
retary of V ar before tho next meeting of
Congress. Very respectfully yours
~. ~ T , ~ Edwin M. Stanton!
io the President.
m St fh 1 i to >J. k ® pt / lw ? y r f om the ° m “ 'in-
S?idWe^.. h l 5,7^ t . 1011,0
Doomed Tennessee.
A few mouths ago Mr Doolittle, i„ 1,i 3
Btractioii t | l |?i l h f““ i i lll!, .. ,,eo,arcil lllL ‘ reeo '‘-
btiuctioii Iftll to an act f (} ortmni~c
hr-H m the Southern Staten." On tile first
of the present rnontli that organization, so
far as concerned the State of Tennessee
nlished h TimM CalS i 3ati9fauto «ly accom
plished. Hell has been organized in Hint
doomed State,and Brimstone Brownlow 1
and Ins legion ol internals arc performing
dered Jfiu!^ InCC l 0V ?l' tbe -B rave of ,„ur
uered Jlbujy. As tbe sound of their
devilish rejoicing breaks over the Alle
ghenies ami rumbles hi guttural sym
phony northward, it is taken up and re
-1 echoed by every hater of theX.wtltS
i t ier L 7v'' y ‘T K "1 nlln l J ei‘, every cotton
thief, eiery plunderer of women’s ward-
L 7 eey "’““ici-hanging cut-tlimat,
Noin, ipF'uf®. auU .Pehroon in the
nose ti,« Ih f within whososuil, re-
Jiorn U o , !l3ll< r i °f tlie hero of tho Her
mitage, bus been smitten with a deadly
no hit Sflmb ,OUW be l nade tl,u objoetivo
I* 0 / ! n crusade as swept the In-
I hdel Saiacen from the tomb of tlie Savior.
he bones of the old hero no dmihi
turned in their coffin, who’,, the deed
was consummated which disfranchised
t" o-lhmls ol the legal voters and turned
over the unhappy State to Brownlow’s
malevolence and misrule.- Clinton Demo
crat
AODItJiSS
OK TU K
DEMOCRATIC STATE C OMMITTEE.
DEMOCRATIC .STATE COMMITTEE IIOOSLS.
ClemTlMd, J’ii., AugUßtT, 18U7.
7\i t/ie J'coplc of Pciin.il/liniiiii:
Tlu- Dfinmnatir urbanization, iluvoi
Lii Ihe mainiemuice of its immortal prin
ciples ; conscious of Us duty to Uk-io, ami
to the Itcpuhlu;; proud of its years, its
triumphs and its heroism in disaster, and
remembering that in the face of, persecu
tion, of ollicial frowns, of corrupt appli
ances and of successive defeats,"Us num
bers have steadily increased—again pre
sents to you its candidatesfor your suf
frages.
Tbe Kepublicnn party. has controlled
the Government for six years, and we ac
cuse it before you, because:
In the sacred name of Union, it lias per
petuated disunion; 1
In the room of the blessings of peace,
it has given us hate, discord and misery;
It has violated the plainest principles
of free government, broken the written
Constitution, and only yielded obedience
to the behests of party;
Tiie people are denied the attribute of
sovereignty; the military subverts the
civil power; generals remove governors
elected by the people,.and a despotism
reigns in ten States;
Congress assumes the right to say that
negroes shall vote in Pennsylvania, and
denies to us the right to regulate our own
rule of suffrage;
The negro is, by law, made the equal of
the white man iu all public places, and
authorized to hold ollico aud sit on juries
in the Capital;
The destinies of ten States, aud of ten
millions of white people therein, are by
Congress and the military power, placed
under the control of four millions of
blacks;
Their reckless expenditure of the pub
lic money In their conduct of the govern
ment, in the support aud organization of
hundreds of thousands of idle negroes, In
the employment of iiordes of unnecessary
spies and officials, and in maintaining
military power over the submissive South,
endangers and delays the payment of the
public debt of twenty-seven hundred
million dollars—to which the public faith
is pledged;
Theirgross mismanagement causes tax
ation to bear heavily upon the people.—
In 1-StiU, one dollar and sixty cents per
head were paid by the people through
the customs ; in 1866, fourteen dollars per
head were drawn, mainly from the con
sumption aud business of the poorer
classes, through the customs and internal
revenue. In JS6(), each individual owed
two dollars and six cents of the public
debt; in 1867, each owes seventy-nine
dollars and fifty cents therof. In 1860,
the expenses of the government were
sixty-two millions ; in 1807, the Treasury
estimates them at two hundred and
twenty-live millions, Independent of in
tercut on the, debt, both being period* of
peaec. Pennsylvania's share of the pub
lic debt is two hundred and seventy-five
millions, her own debt thirty-five and a
half millions, aud her city and county in
debtedness will swell tbe total ..to., four
hundred millions. Twenty-live millions
annually cornu from your earnings to pay
the interest thereon: In 1801). your Stale
government cost you four hundred and
two thousand dollars; whilst in 1865, it
■ cost you six hundred and sixtv-nine
thousand dollars,;
The pressure of these exhausting bur
thens and the suicidal policy of Congress
have caused uncertainty and depression
to provade all branches of trade and
manufactures;
Our commerce is suffering, the enter
prise of our people is repressed and busi
ness interests languish;
The revenues of the government are
less than its interest and expenses, and
the financial olllcer foreshadows an in
crease of the public debt;
They plot the destruction of. our form
ol government, by destroying the inde
pendence of the Executive, attempting to
.subordinate the judiciary and by concen
trating Sul power in the legislative
branch ;
Robbing the pimple of aoverign power
they have uniteil it with the government
in Congiv.ss, ami dealt a fatal blow at our
liberties, lor tyranny may be as absolute
m a number of persona aa in an individu
al.
Unblushing corruption stalks through
every department of the government up
uor their control.
these anti kindred wrongs we ar
laign tliem, and as the .representative of
antagonism to each of them, wo present
to you our candidate for the Supreme
Bench; . *■
George Shauswood —a Pennsylvuni
an, u man of pure morals, a profound
thinker, a sound lawyer and a jurist of
national reputation. It has been the rule
of his olhcial conduct to yield obedience
Uv written law, and neither party necessi
ty nor corrupting inliuence can away him
Irom his duty-to fearlessly proclaim it
. Hl * opponent, Henry W. Williams,
is a native of Aew England, and is com
paratively unknown to our people. Prior
to his nomination ho was said to be a wor
thy gentleman and an able lawyer. He
has accepted a nomination upon a plat
form l»y which he is’pledged “ to place
the Supreme Court in harmony with
THE POLITICAL OPINIONS OF THE MAJO
RITY of the people." This destroys
lus independence and “holds the Judae
accountable to a political party for his
construction of the law, aud inevitably
tempts him to sacrifice his integrity ; to
become the meanest of all cveutures-a
S'» minister of justice, obedleht S the
dictates ol politicians.”
Tile independent aud fearless Indue
protects your life, your liberty mid' your
property. With which of these men will
yon trust them ?
UnMoaiATS or- Pennsylvania ;
Wc call upon you to organize in everv
.section of the State. Act for yourselves
promptly and vigorously. Wait for no
man. Iho govornment you love is in
- < ?!!? el \; ts . Br , uat < T llim ' l doctrines are
daily attacked, and “treason in peace
may prove more deadly than treasmilu
war. Individual exertion is the duty of
every man. Canvass your school districts
1 orm Clubs. Ciroulateyour local papers'
leach the people. Counsel with* the
nged. lineourage the timid. ■Arouse the
sluggish, btop talking and go to work
Uio enemy,g.rp vulnerable at every
attack them lor tbeir misdeeds. ’
IOUR PHINC'l PLEH ARE ETERNAL Avn
-MUST PREVAIL, " AL AND
niiUce. 1- ' 1 " 1- " f U '° Damoc ™ tie State Com-
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.
Alleged Aiiduction in Nouth C*n
n .INA 11Y OuilKlt OP Gov. EROVVNI.OW
Of J hNNEssEE.—■ The Wiston (N.c.)i'en-
S that one day last week a party
b° m lennessec, claiming to be
to\VM VUio I VS mUUiI1 ' biaclearulil
•Vne m, ' l ‘ 3 i CoUl '. ty .’ North mid
.n tested and enmed off u youii" man bv
? r Wagoner. \4go,r e Hs a ~7
at " ISOa county - Tennessee,mid
the -v l ll el A cem p nfc of the war joined
the Ist iSorth Carolina cavalry, and since
HL4tlJd^7'w-n fnim to retur '> home, bo
married 'lY 1 '® 3 C °V nty nnd rccentl i’
"i t ; men who carried him off
tv of r ll tllo y wore acting under nuthorl
ferod and that he imd also of
fdnclft 00 le "; a,d for him. The captors
side of uP 11111 ?*, two men, one 1 on each
Side of him, and then placed a rear guard
Instru'etlons to lire a
Hn „ .L Ule “TPmach of any one that bad
the appearance of pursuit, and the firing
noil'w SUn wa ? tle signal to the guards
neai Wagoner’s person tokill him. When
the party was approaching Taylorsville,
nnd e f B . t ? pped at a ''ranch to drink
and tell to the rear about thirty or forty
yards. Wagoner conceived this to be the
best and Inst cbance to escape. He aud*
denly struck one ofhisguardsandknock-
ed him offa steep embankment, and im
mediately struck the other and darted In
to the woods. By this time the attention
of the Whole party was drawn to him;
and they bred a volley after him, but iris
person was not touched, although several
balls passed through his clothing He
gnt widely back to Wilkes after three days.
In York county, search is now being
made for Iron ore, and. considerable
tracts of land have been leased Jbr
mining purposes. In portions of the
county there are indications of an appa
rently inexhaustible supply of iron, but
in many places It lies so deop as to
render mining too expensive for profit
H« DEmOPMHT!
Itcvclntlon l»y SanfbrdC'ofiovcr
A, CONSPIBACT TO HAKO PIIESI* •
s DENT >;l |
Kovorai iTloinbcrs of CongreM Implicate*
Washington, Aug. —The'following
document has been obtuiued fromollloial
sourcos
ATrOUNKV-GENkUAIi'9 Ofkick, Aug. 5,18C7.
Mr. President : The application of C.
* A. Dunham having. been referred to this
’ olllce, in the customary order of Execu
tive business, for the examination and ad
visory action of the Attorney-General, it
•has become my duty, during the indispo
sition and absence of tho Incumbent of
the Law Department, carefully to cousid
or the case. In respectfully declining, as
I do, to oiler at present any recommenda
tion in the premises, 1 beg to submit to
your consideration the reasons which con
strain mo to reserve ddvlce and suspend
Judgment until I have been further in-,
structed by your Excellency.
Dunham, the person applyi/jg for par
don, is the same who has become notori
ous under the name qf Sanford Conover.*
Ho was.recently convicted of perjury in
the District of Columbia,* and is, us 1 am
informed, now incarcerated in accordance
with the sentence of the court. His np-.
plication seems to be predicated, in part,
upon a supposed technical Irregularity in
the constitution of the Jury, and is sup
ported mainly by tho services which he is
alleged to have rendered the cause of jus-'
tice in aiding the prosecuting counsel in
the collection of evidence, and oth
erwise, upon the trial or John H.-
Surratt for murder. The papers upon
which his application is grounded, and by.
which it is sustained, consist of four in u
parcel, which by indorsement appear to
have reached the oillcu on Saturday, the
27th of July, 1807. Tho first Is dated the
22d of July, and is written upon the ordi
nary note-paper usitt by Members of the
House of Representatives, with an en
graved vignette caption. Tho following,
s a copy:
Fortieth Congress, )
U. S. House of Representatives, >
Washington, D: C.j July 23, 1807. J
Gentlemen ; I suggest that a petition,
something like the inclosed be prepared*
and signed by you, for the pardon of Mr,
Dunham. I think ho is clearly entitled
to it, and, hope you will aid him all you
can. Respectfully, J. M. Ashley.
Hon. J. Holt, Hon. A. G. Riddle.
It would seem from an expression used
in this note that a draught of a petition'
was inclosed. It does not appear what
petition was thus designated. The next i
paper is the following from a late Repre
sentative in Congress from Ohio, now a
member of the‘Washington bar: • ‘
Washington, July 23,1807.
'Jh (he President of the United States:
an*:. I was, early in April last, retain
ed to aid the Government in the prosecu
tion ol John H; Surratt, and took the gen
eral management of thepreparation of tlio
dase. Tlie labor and difficulties of the
case were great, and the‘Government is
under great obligations to Chas. A Dun--
ham for much valuable information, both.
tt aiid witnesses for .the'
United States, afidfor the history of and 1
facts concerning the witnesses called for
the defense. Aithoughin jail, ho manag
ed to, ke6p informed of the case, and, from
time to time, communicated important
facts and suggestions, and seemingly for
the sole purpose of a fair investigation of
the case, whether it would work for his
buueJU or not.. It seems to me that for
his services in this behalf, the Govern
mentshould mark its Appreciation of them
m u way not to bo mistaken. .
Respectfully .A. G. Biddle.
JNothing is among the papers from the
office of- the District-Attorney, or from
any oh the counsel in tbo Surratt trial,
excepting Mr. Biddle. - The next recom
mendation is from the bureau of Alilitarv
Justic:
Washington, July 24, 18G7.T-I concur
with the Hon A. G. Biddle in his esti
niate of-the value and importance of the
service rendered by Chas. A. Dunham,’os
sot forth in the foregoing letter to the Pre
sident. . A principle of public policy leads
governments to encourage, by all honor
able means, those charged with crime, to
make disclosures which may and often do
result iuruiimasking even greater offend
ers than those who make them; andhence
tyheu they are found to have acted volun
tarily, and under good faith, the highest
publicconsideration require that their con
duct shall be generously appreciated. The
services of Dunham, with the details of
which Mr. Biddle must ,be entire
ly familiar, as one of the counsel
m the case, seem to have been per
formed without solicitation and In' the
interest of truth and justice, in cornice
tion with one of the most important crimi
nal trials which has occurred in the history
of the country; and, although his dis
closures were not directly connected with
the criminality of which he himself has
been convicted, yet it is believed 'that they
do not the less bring his case within the
spmt and reason of the rule of polidy re
ferred to, and hence it is for the Execu-.
live to determine how far they shall be
accepted at once, and as proof of his re
pentance and aa an atonement to the law
lor whose violation he stands convicted.
~ . J. Holt. *
it may be proper to remark thatthe re
commendation of th* Judge Advocate
General is written on one leaf of the same
sheet with.lhat .of Mr. Biddle and not ud
on ohiclal paper. It will be observed that,
notwithstanding, this man stood condem
ned for perjury, Mr. Biddle, by actual ex
f/fmT 0110 /?’ Holt, upon satisfac
tory grounds of belief, have fully realized
his usefulness in promoting, by his cb
?£ eM S ,on witU th <T Public agents of jbs
tice, the cause of truthton the occasion of
an mveatigatloq of na ional Importance •
and also that the latter iutiniates his opin’
l r, y. atoned to the offered
9ut| Bfactorily demohstrated
his repentance. It; is remarkable that
111 his opinion (Which
monHnn t 0 be 111 lli3 pwn naiid-writihg)
t ? ucll grounds,-but trhuta
™ fo“]^ : a technic:llit y' .His petition is
Washington, July 20,1807.
Jo™®* Prcsl&ni'of
petition of Charles A. Dunham-re-
Bpectfully shows that in the month of’
January last he was tried, convicted,-kind
sentenced to the Penitentiary for perjury
alleged to have • been. committed before
bie Judioiary Commltteeof the House of
Representatives. during the investigation
by said Committee of charges against Jef
ferson Davis of complicity in the conspir
acy to assassinate President Lincoln-; that
the perjury assigned in the indictment
against your petitioner was in having
falsely testified that ho had no reason to
doubt, and ho did first dtmbt the truthful
ness of certain depositions made by two
persona called Campbell; and Snovol. at
tno time said-depositions were given bv
them in the Bureau of Military Justice •
and ill testifying that he had first seen
said Campbell in Canada in June, 1806
and said Snovel inAVilmington, N.C., in
August, 1805, .That on the trial of-your
petitioner said Campbell and Sun-ell- de
oiared that their real" names were House
and Roberts, and that thedepositiona they
imdmade and sworn to In the Bureau of
Military Justice, were absolutely false
from beginning to end, and were known
to he so by your petitioner: and that they
were not at—said Campbell in Canada in
June 1805, or said Surreli in Woshlng
ln A?8 u st, 1805, the places at which
im, UI i I ! et . 1 , t ' o, ' Brolalmec ' to nave seen them
ir = .. wns'entirely Upoh the testimony
3elf -oonfeSaed perjurors that your
petitioner was convicted, and that wlth
?ni- t v t w aidtea P Itlony ° f sald P e Wons, the •
b f ? i° 'wkom your petitioner was
r°“ ld ?, c ? t Probably have found a ver
di,ct-of Your-petltionor furth
er says that ho was tried and convicted
by a jury hot qualified to try him; that
the Jurom before whom he was so-tried
and condemned were illegally selected
and drawn, as decided by the Court in the
case ofjohn H. rturrutt; the manner ami
form of selecting.and drawing tho jurofa
in the ease of Simatt, andyour petitioner
being identical; that In the discussion on
the opening of the trial of Surratt, as to
the legal qualifications of the Juror who
had_ been summoned and empaneled to
try him, it was contended bytlie pros™
oution and-decided by the Courtrthat
said j urors were Informally and irregular-
Sy selected and drawn, and that any ver
diot they might render upon any trial
would be absolutely void. Vour petition
er further says that under the- rules find
practicGH of the Supreme Court of- this
District the above informality in the se
lection and drawing of a jury, does hot'
after sentence under a verdict found by
such a-jury, constitute a ground fora now
trial or other relief by the Court, and that
■the only remedy for such an Illegal con*,
vlctionisan application to the Executive
iforpardon. -Charles A. Dunham. .
/ IJne above are allthepapers which have
■ coMe tb : iny knowledge In relation to the
appjlcatlpn for pardon. When consider
ed In connection with 6ther papers, ad
vent! tuously recited, they excite peculiar
interest and command careful attention,
and it is the extraordinary gravity of the
import of these papers lust mentioned,
in connection with the source -whence
they come, which makes It my uelieato
duty to submit their contents to your
studious consideration, and to suggest
: that some proper disposition ought to bo
made of them inconsonance with the dig
nity of the Government, and in justice to
all parties. I introduce them as follows:
First: A communication addressed to |
the President of the United States, bear
ing date Washington, July 20, 1807, and
signed Charles A. Dunham. It will be
seen that tills person, who is certified, by
gentleman of oillcial and professional re
spectability and of distinguished sagacity,
to be capable of great and valuable service
in the disclosure of crime, makes startling
assumptions directly against prominent
members of the National Legislature.
Washington, July 20,1807.
'l\> lilt ICrcrUcncy, And'ukw Johnson, PiaHlent oj
Hu' L/iiifi/1 S’fu/rs:
In applying to your Excellency for par
don, I had not intended to offer any dis
closures concerning the plotting of your
enemies against you, which could be re
garded as an inducement for granting my
application. I instructed my wife in pre
senting the petition, to refer to the con
spiracy of Ashly & Co. so far only ns
would appear necessary to remove any
unfriendly feeling that might have been
engendered within you toward mo by the
newspaper reports, that X had engaged to
assist your enemies in their nefarious de
signs. I adopted this, in the belief that
the services I had rendered the Govern
ment, as certified by Judge Holt, the
Hon. Air. Biddle and Mr. Ashley, would,
in your view and judgment, render me
deserving executive clemency, and be
cause I desired that It should appear on
the record, and on the face of my pardon,
that clemency had been extended to me
solely in consideration of my services to
the Government, aiid exclusively on the
recommendation of prominent Badicals
to the end that when I should come to ex
pose the atrocious plot of Ashley & Com
pany, the Radicals would not bo in a po
sition or able to charge me will: doing so
in consideration of a pardon, or that the
President had pardoned me on condition
of my implicating his enemies in nil in
famous conspiracy. From the moment I
was forced Into association with these
traitors and conspirators Idetermined, as
soon ns I should be released, to place in
the hands of YourHxcellency, or lay be-'
fore the public a complete exposure of the
diabolical designs and most astounding,
proceedings. This I believed would be
my sacred duty ; for although accused of
crime, I am not so destitute of honor and
patriotism as not to feel some interest in
and obligations to my country.. The in
terest these persons have felt, and the ef
forts they have made (which would have’
succeeded ere this, but for the blunder of
one of them), and which they still pro
pose to make for my release [P. G.J' I
Know were prompted by the most selfish
motives, in order that they might use me
as an instrument,to accomplish their dev
ilish designs, and I shall not, therefore,
be guilty of ingratitude in abandoning
and exposing their villainy. My wife has,
I believe, explained to you how Ashley,
first through his man Friday Matehett,
and afterward in person, managed to
make known to me his wishes, alms, and
purposes, and onlistme—as far as a-forced
promise- would go—in his enterprise. I
shall therefore only advert here to some
things which have been snid and done by
the conspirators, which are susceptible of
being proved against them by the most
irrefragible evidence.' ■
After, obtaining my promise, to tender
all the assistance in my power, Mr. Ash
ley explained to me the kind of evidence
he thought it most advisable to present
against you. (I must be very brief.) Ho
thought it would be very plausible to
prove.
First: That Booth had on several occa
sions paid yon familiar visits at the Kirk
wood. This, it was hoped I might be
able to induce some of the old female ser
vants to testify to. It this could not be
done then it should be proved by some of
my friends who happened to be at the
house at tlie time, who knew Booth, &c.
and saw the visits.
Second; That you corresponded with
Booth, which should be shown by one or
more persons who had taken notes from
Booth to you, and your replies (contents
unknown),there to Booth. The witness
es should be persona who would profess to
have been intimate with Booth, and to
have been enlisted by him to take part in
the assassination.
Third.' That the placing’ of Atzerodt
with weapons at the Kirkwood House
was only a sham—although Atzerodt was
Hot aware of it-r-to make it • appear that
yo\x were intended as 9 victim, and thus
distract all suspicion from you of conniv
ing at Lincoln’s murder. This also; it was
.suggested could be proved by persons who
could testify that they had been induced
to enter Into the conspiracy with Booth,
nud.had performed a part in [Organizing
it, &c., which persons it was to be under
stood were induced.to testify under an as
surance from the Government that they
should not be* prosecuted for any part
they- had taken. The resolution under
which Butler’s Committee was appointed
It will be observed provides for the pro
tection/of such persons who are fumish
ed with agood excuse for not coming for
ward before, by offering immunity to
all who were connected in the Conspiracy
who will now come forward, aim dec
lare their knowledge on the subject.
•’ That Booth, just before the
4th of March, stated to an intimate friend
in New York, whom ho had endeavored
to enlist in the conspiracy, that he was
acting with the knowledge of the Vice-
President, and that it had been arranged
to kill Mr. Lincoln on the day of the in
auguration, which would account for Mr.
Johnson’s strange conduct on that occa
sion, which had provoked so much com
ment by the press; that you had expec-
Mthe tragedy to be enacted then, and
had takbn ■ several potatiops to : compose
and nerve you for the event; and that
■you were not so much intoxicated asner
voiis and'exoited; I feel much delicacy
in referring to such topics, put I cannot
inform you of. your enemies’ plans and
projects without being plain,' and I am
obliged to - write in. too great haste to be
choice in my language.
, I assured Ashley that X should have no
difficulty in finding persons of good stand- ”
mg and moral character to prove these
matters, and it was agreed that I would
do so os soon as released. [A. F. G,] As
an earnest that I possessed the ability to
do what I engaged, and in order to satis
fy some of their party who doubted the
existence of evidence to connect you with
the_ assassination conspiracy, Ashley and
Butler desired and pressed me to send for
two or three persona whose intelligence
*K d i~ qualifications they could satisfy
themselves.and whom they,could parade
before incredulous friends. I con
f; n 5 Ashley supplied the facts it
was. desired they should know and repeat,
to a trusty friend
with, secret .explanations as to mv own
purposes, .and Instructions for him to pro
oure two other friends to commit to mlm
ory the statements-inclosed to him. and
th^nWM? f ° f to C i ome hero and rtJ peafc
them (but not under oath) to such per.-
sons as I should indicate. After allow-
Ing my friends sufficient time to learn
their parts, the Rev. Mr. Matchett (B i
hl/h f °s in order that ifc might
had^nimH^L 16 a fL enfc for t he impeaohers
fc he witnesses, and that their
character was, above suspicion* On ar
riying Sere, these persons were inspected
by Ashley and Butler, and-were found to
fnSZ^L ie^ lto
intelligence -and personal appearance • *
but, unfortunately for the impeaohers it
was_ found necessary to make some chan-
in some, and additions
fo other portions ,of their statements be
fore Resenting them to WXukewLrm
radicals, it was their intention to inflame
It being impractible for the men tHle
me* at the jail on such business am?
f Sr H^ y i S 0 / 01 L metoc °mmuhicatetothem
the desired changes and necessary exnla
natxoDß in writing to enable them to in
corporate those changes in their oritHnni
statement without lladlng to co°ffu ton
or contradiction it was found necessmv
for somebody else: to .take’my olfice ot
; Tills, with;sll/ht heaira f
tiou, was done by Mr; Aehlav an Sfv „ '
Buraiico that' the persons were radicals
dyed in the wool and mm ot Voum t
whom ha could repose oonfidenoe .t
have learned both from Ashley and the
| parties themselves .what was;wild and
ih.iu 1 by and between them in the matter.
The .statements the\j were deniml to
make were revised andj cori'eeled by Mr.
Ashley, and they were assured by him
that in cose it should be dotermined to
examine them before the Committee they
should bo splendidly-rewarded. Ashley
! also discoursed to them on the propriety
and Justness of the course it was propos
ed to pursue to make certain (he impeach
ment of the President. Mo declared that
you were a traitor to yourparty and coun
try, &c. &0.-; that there was no doubts
of your complicity in the assassination
conspiracy, but that the evidence was
in the hands of your friends and
could not be got at; that enough, how
ever, hud been secured to satisfy most
■reasonable men of his'guilt, but that in
order to satisfy the most exacting, the
statements of those' persons before the
Committee would be requisite that the
end fully justified the means, and that
every man who contributed in this way
to the'impeachment of the President
would deserve well of the Government,
and that he (Mr. Ashley) would hoc them
rewarded two-fold when your, successor
should come into power. Subsequently
the parties were presented to Butler and
after being inspected and passed by him,
were introduced by him and Ashley to
several prominent members of the House,
who, it was understood, had hitherto
doubted the existence of evidence impll
catingypu in the assassination conspiracy,.
and who informally interrogated them
as to the matters upon which they had
been instructed., [AJ Butler’desired to
have taken, the deposition of the men at
the time, but I would not consent to its
being done until I should bo released, as
at first agreed. These facts can be prov
ed by these three persons, and also by my
wife, whose characterfor truth and varaci
ty is* not inferlorto Mr. Ashley's; and I
shall takepleasure, if at liberty, in produc
ing them before any committee or tribunal
for the impeachment of the impeachers.
But the evidence of this conspiracy does
not depend entirely upon oral proof. The
letters from Aahloy herewith enclosed In
themselves speak volumes. What state
ment B. from mo could he have wanted
and for what purpose? Anything it was
in my power to state to him, could
have been stated to him orally a doz
en times during his previous visits to
me. The statement ho wanted was
this, and for this purpose. There were
many prominent Radicals, and especi
ally among his own constituents, who
were lukewarm on the subject of im
peachment, who were hot prepared to
believe that you ware privy to the mur
der of Lincoln, and whoso cooperation
was greatly needed. Ashley*therefore,
desired to be able to place before them
assurances'that the most Unquestionable
evidence of your guilt could be produced.
He therefore requested mo to prepare an
elaborate statement setting forth that
such and such persons would be produced
who knew and would testify to this, that
and the other thing, including the pre
tentions that Booth had been seen in
your room several times; that you had
corresponded with him and with parlies
in Richmond; and that the persons who
could testify to those facts were of the
most respectable standing and would
come forward and tell all they knew, if
protected by the Government. He wish
ed me to put it in a style and tone that
would be sure to carry 'conviction with
it. He desired addition to the
points of evidence we had [conferred
about, my statement should contain oth
ers; and ho gave me a memorandum of
other points, which he requested me to
incorporate in my statement. (B.) This
memorandum I enclose and I believe it
is in Matehott’s handwriting. (A.)’ Af
ter preparing the statement I sent it to
him at Toledo, where he wished to make
use of it. (C.) There is another note
from Ashley enclosed worthy of atten
,,ou' - s - n Pnncil and-was written at
the office of Judge Carter. ' (EF.) After
the faiiuro, through the blundering of
Matohett, to secure my release at the
time promised, 1 became angry and used
pretty severe language to Matohett. He
went to Ashley and Butler and in alarm
reported that I was going to expose the
entire scheme to you. After the persons
I had sent for to New York as witnesses
had returned, Matohett endeavored,
without my knowledge, to persuade them
to come here again, and in his letters to
two of them he thoughtlessly mentions
; some additions that it was desired they
[ should make to their statements. He
made these suggestions by letter, as his
letters explained, because he was not cer
tain that ho should be here when they
arrived ; or they might meet Judge Bing
ham, or some other person they had been
introduced to when previously hero, be
fore he could see them and give them
points; and he therefore wanted them
posted. After my talking to him so se
verely on account of the failure to have
me released at the time promised, D. F.
Matohett became frightened and seemed
to get tiie idea that I had his letters to
those parties, and had sent them, or cop
ies of them, to you. Poksibly in my an
ger I hud threatened as much. He there
fore made known his fears to Ashley and
Butler, and Ashley endeavored by this
noto to obtain the letters. I have just
been ordered to get ready for the Peni
tentiary. Very respectfully;
„ „ . CiiAs. A. Dunham.
The following are the several papers
which accompany the above. Tholetters
of reference inserted are the foregoing
and annexed to the succeeding, are not
upon the originals, but are introduced
solely for your convenience in persuing
this report. The subjoined paper, head
ed memorandum by the hand that wrote
it, bears internal evidence of having been
furnished as a -guide to some person, or
persons, who were expected to fabricate
corresponding testimony.
(A.) Memorandum.-—Shortly before the
inauguration of Lincoln and Johnson,
the latter through or in connection with
Booth, sent several letters to the Confed
-I‘aoy, one of which was intended for Jef
ferson Davis. ■ These letters were borne
by a messenger named Allen, who has
been acting as a scout or spy for the
Union Generals. Allen was provided
with a safe conduct through our picket
lines, and was supposed to have been Bent
on secret duty in connection with his
command. He was also provided with
papers from a Rebel emmissary at the
North to insure his proper treatment
when he should enter the Confederate
tines. After delivering his mail in Rich
mond, he returned, bearing several let
ters which he received from J. P Ben
jlman. These letters wore inclosed to
Booth. On returning to Washington Al
len called on Booth and delivered the
package, and Booth,* after examining
some of the letters, went out, as he said b
in.search of his messenger. ■ The messen
ger could not he found, and Booth asked
Allen if he was too tired to walk as far as
,^ lrl y vood House. Alien replied ln
the negative, when Booth, drawing forth
the package which had been brought
from Richmond, selected a letter address
ed to Andrew Johnson, Vice-Presirteni
elect of the United States, and asked Al-
I n < r‘ l , t " deliverlt - Allen promised to do so
and then accompanied Booth to the bar’
ipom to first take a drink. Here Alien
met a friend,wjio was invited to loin
them in taking a drink, and afterward
aocompaniedhim to tho Kirkwood House
and heard him inquire if Mr Johnson
already bnzzffig for'anoffice.” AUbn can
be produced as well os the friend who ao "
tllG Kirkwood House
fiom Booth. Allen, before Koine IoTBoVi
restoration of the Union. Add also
that it can be proved by two persons’
fho m-‘l y n ebel soldiers, that Booth, on
fell in 1 ! ‘ n ,H ae ™ ull day before his death,
ssjssrss
sS f lf
imuln Abni, th r Ut i lf ho meant that ho'll ad
« ndy Johnson President, lie had
Rnn?u ,thß , wmst possible thing- for the
South, as he was more extreme in bin
views, and a greater enemy to the South 8
than'Lincoln. ‘ Booth renlierl fhnf
a mistake j that Johnson; toawhdid*
or office-seeker, had to say h great manv
thinw,- but as President, he would bS m
he pleased; that ho wns hm,!! . ?° 88
hung higher Jhau Human. :* These men
"belong to good families, nud have excel
lent characters, and can-be. produced
witnesses. .. . . . ™
Hero the paper ends; but the following
which was originally the final clause’
and is now canceled,- Is still legible: ’
For the naracs.of,Dawson and Allen
used above, leave blanks, or substitute
the names of such persons as you liim,„
will take their parts.'
(B) Thursday, April 18, la®
■ Dear Sir : A telegram calls nio
Philadelphia, and I go on the 11 ‘o’cloel
train, I therefore an envelope a,
which you can send me, by mail y n: J.
statement. I hope you will be able
put it in the office this evening, so that r
can got it next Monday. 1
Wishing you every success, X nn .
yours tnlly, . ■ t ' ’
J. M. Ashley
At and after the word statement, alum,
the words “ inem-poratilig the verbal" ml
stricken studid®ly out.
Toledo, Ohio, April 28, 18m,
My Dear Sir : On my return homo i„.
day I found your favorand the promise
statement inclosed. I expect to be;,,
Washington ou Thursday, and will f „.
you that day or the next morning.
Truly your friend,
J. M. Ashley
C. A. Dunham, Esq, Washington,
This letter seems to have come herein
a common envelope superscribed C. a
Dunham. Present, which is much pockeU
soiled. The same applied. to the follow
iug
Satuiiday a. m., Juno ], 1887;
Deaii Sin; Your note is just received
Let your counsel act os he deems bust
taking advantage, of every legal point
which may he presented. I think the
course proposed by them is ail that we
want.
Truly, J. M. Ashley,
Next we have the following:
House op Kepkesbntatives,
t, July 8,1807
DEAit Bin: I have just seen your wife
and have your letter. You may rest as
sured that I do not credit the false auj
stupid reports made against you.' If you
can put the original in my hands, I wilt
say that no one shall take or destroy
them without you express orders in writ
iny, except you are released. Will sec
your wife again this evening. Respect
folly, J. M. Ashi,y.
C. A. Dunham.
This note is not written in ink, but in
pencil, and though dated “House n/
Representatives,” is upon a half sheet a'
plain note-paper, apparently torn Iron
some note which hadjaecn carried in tin
pocket. It comes here in an envelope
superscribed “C. A. Dunham, Kso,
Prison.” The envelope also shows .smite
apparently idlo scribbling.
April 2G, mil,
(F) Dunham: It Is all right. Tho
matter will rest for the present, or until
the thing is argued in May. Yon will
not leave the city ad interim, Mr. A
will return next week, when other mat
ters will be adjusted.
Ifours, W. B. M.
This is written oh a small scrap in ink
superscribed “C. A. Dunham.” On a
stiil smaller and much soiled scrap, in
pencil, but evidently by the same ham!
is this memorandum or explanation:
.(G) First: The Court cannot act with
out being a particepa criminis.
Second: Congress will, at the proper
time, exercise its power.
Third: Witnesses will be first'called
before the Committee.
This, Mr. President, completes tho full
and literal recital of all the papers oroth
or adhering date, before me. The parcel
comprising all but the pardon papers!
reached this office hi an envelope from
the Executive mansion. Tim papers
having come from the hands of a person
application for pardon was under
going official examination here, were, for
very obvious reasons, associated with i(
in considering the matter! Struck by
their extraordinary character, yet re
membering in how unexpected and casu
al a manner they had been receieved at
the Executive office. I immediately de
termined that, until I should have made
this report, their quality and significance,
whatever they may bo, should remain
unchanged by investigation, or by any
extraneous connection or association
whatever, not only of record, but, as far
as practicable, in my own mind. This
course it is necessary to bear in recollec
tion in the act of estimating the probable
weight or value of the allegations, never
having seen the hand writing of tfao Hon;
J. M. Ashley. I thought it due to him
that I should not proceed wifchoufcucquir
ing a notion of his genuine ohlrogiaphv.
X, therefore, exhibited that letter, which
was written by Mr. Ashley to recommend
ythe pardon.of Dunham to a gentleman
acquainted with his hand-writing. The
latter, without hesitation, recognized
that letter as genuine. Tho others strik
ingly resemble it.
In conclusion, I beg leave to express
the profound sensibility with which I feel
myself obliged to bring to the serious no
tice of the President of the United Stale.*
accusations and papers which must occa
sion him painful embarrassment. They
expose prominent members of the Legis
lature of the Union to tllfe shocking sus
picion of having conspired with a convic
ted purjurer fora stupendous imposition,
first upon the House of Representatives,
then upon the people and then upon the
Senate of the Uni.ted States, for the pur
pose of effecting the impeachment and
removal from office of a President of the
United States solely upon suborned tes
timony. I need not say with whut as
tonishment mankind would hear it
charged that a scheme so abominable
was lightened still by the-peculiar wick
edness of attempting to induce the in
tended victim himself through anneal*
to his clemency, to qualify by a pardon,
with competency to act and testify, the
principal instrument of the imposturel
: But impossible as the existence of such a
conspiracy may eeem, is not the Presi
dent exposed to a grave accountability
for whatever consequences may possibly
follow an incredulity toergenerous in the
premises to be indulged, merely because
these adventitious data have been thrust
upon his casual notice by a party who
s?®. f. een by a criminal ver
dict,but who is still, in the expressed
opinion of competent professional per
sons, qualified to be a vehicle of truth in
a court of justice. ’
I thus Jay the whole matter before your
Excellency for your bptterjudgmoht; In
the meantime the application for pardon
will be suspended. Very respectfullyi
your obedient edfcvant.
John M. Bickley, Acting
m ,. , ’• ■ AttorneyrGeneral.
_d, 0 , Andrew Johnson, Hresidentof the
United States."" ' W
PBESTOJr’ JUNO ANI> 2UIS. SURRATT.
Th vEvening Telegraph of monday ap‘
peared very indignant and! very much
shocked in consequence of a statement in
some paper to the effect that ex-Senator
Preston King, of New , York, drowned
himself because of remorse for his hav
ing persistently refused to admit ‘Miss
Surratt to see the President while her
mother was under sentence of death.-
This is no new story; neither is it with
out foundation. It is well-known that
Preston King, was “on guard” at* the
White House at that time. Who placed
him there or why he was placed there we
hno\v not: but lie was there, and .turned
a deaf ear to all Miss Surratt's" most ear
nest and eloquent pleadings tobepermit*
ted to see the President In behalf of her
convicted mpthpr. :
The mother! was executed— murdered*
—Not even the recommendation to mer
cy, signed by a majority of oven the mill*
tary officers who condemned her onpur
chased testimony, was ‘allowed to reach
the eyes of the President.' Thb'WWhJ
hermeUcaliy sealed against any
and.aH of herfriends, even-her weepiuj,'
daughter, and Preston King was the in
tstlS? which it was thus sealed.--
i F ¥ r * drowned himself*
/vjy * no other great cause of
?nei ‘ nothing’to moke ; him*'desire to
eave this world. Ho was in good health j
ui Wa3 wealthy; ho occupied on honor
able position in society, hold a* lucrative
and an honorable offlce.fttio' collector
ship of the port of New York*) and was
blessed with everything calculated to
make life desirable. Why, then‘did be
c suicide? . Was It’ not the ghost
of the murdered .Surratt, and the
i grief-stricken form of her 'ddu'gntoivtb&t
drove him |to the“ desperate, deed ?— i»VJ*
publican Paper, /* - -
faATBAP Sicfeles haa Ignored tho Sfaffl
laws of South Carolina; by giving 11
nogro woman .permission, to marry a
white man. Couldn’t he ignore'th°
Km! * he Almighty, and allow every
qajkey to change his skin ? ’ ; ’ ■ -