New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-17
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
PHILADELPHIA.
lndictme nts for High Treason against ferV o.
the Accuscd-The Presentmen'-nespo"'' "
"a. I.soe- yIortaIity-Th Markets. sc.

After two DAYS OF shoe klngly Oad Wcdshoi'
II has become fine again The recen; rains, however
have benefited the streams IN this vicinity "n'0H
had become so low seriously to anecI I'd A"u'
turing operations. -. M,
Yesterday, the United States District I'm m
for the purpose Of receiving the return. o. ,ue
Jury, who have finished the y, oibe, bnsess
,,. 1000 he Grand Jury, menllohs ,haI the
S"ns", yeported cases of ernoezzleneht IN tne
Office led them 10 e1aLhe S ,t,, ,h'9t NOT ~ ali
is located in this city, winch 'h'y 'ii"n "
sdapted to the use II is put 70. -o..os ,,a.a
IL small rooms bad ventilation, crowded. s'a'e
f,se employees &c. are all referred 10, ana com
a,ison Is made with Post Office Accommodations ~
ppsner cities On examining the office they ceased
TO wonder that there were cases OF prih9el "a H.
They urged ina. larger and oe'ter PUBIC OuA'04hS
They also visited the Eastern Penitentiary and
reported favorably on 1t. the portion OF the pre-
sentiment in regard 10 the Christiana outrage Is as
About the period when the Grand Jury were TER
minatng their abors, grea, public outrage occur
red in a neighboring County involving IN us coiaso-
ouences the grave crimes oil murder ana reason
Their attention being drawn to the suolect Oy the
very able and interesting charge Of the Dlstria
Judge, Hon. John X. Kane, they catered INTO us
careful and dIspasslonate lnVesugatIOh lheII IA
bors have resulted in the finding oi indictments
az apst forty persons for the crime OF nign treason
acairst the Government of the United states, ana
other indictments Tor MINOR oHehseSi Arising ous Vi
Although the Grand Jury have felt no hesitation
in performing the duty imposed on taem oy ene
laws OF the United States ia presenting these serons
ccusatioDs for tIial vet they cannO Du profoundly
regret the necessity which has led 10 T.
Al a period like the present IN the history OF the
Republic. when uncer the mid Influences OF
national Constitution, pfedicaied or the pIlhc!peo!
recognizing. respecting and vndicai ing the rights
and institutions Of every mem0er OF the cohederacy'
orr country has gone on increasing IN great prosper
itv and hanpines S. II is painful 10 the nea OF the
patriot thai such Outrage upon The dignity OF the
nation and It's laws should nave Oeen peipetIed ao
that which has led 70 the indictments found by rs.
II is to be feared that the immediate aors 10 tn's
drama OF blood have II not directly stimulated, oeen
encouraged by those from whose social aud puolio
opinion and intellectual culture, O5tef thlngs migut
have been expected. -
that obedience to the laws OF the United states, en-
acted by the constitutional authorizes was the hfs
of obligations imposed on American citizen and
that any other resistance 20 them than the consitu
tionai resistance which a change OF law gives, vas
among the political htresles most TO De repadta'el
by an American patriot.
It's however, TO be ardently hoped that the bloody
tragedy OF Chrstiana may have Whole )me and
abiding influence our iutu1e national career that
il may impart moderation To political zclots, I'M
press lasting lesson OF the necessity OF obedience
TO the public laws while they remain unrepeaiel ga
the Statue Book ard manifest that there is but one
true remedy for grievances, real supposed, under
which the nation may suiier-the remedy prescribed
by the Constitution.
The Grand Jury cannot close this preSentment
without tesfyiBg their high appreciation Of the pro
fessoDal efforts Ofte Unred states District AttOT-
ney, John w Ashmead. ESQ, who by his great en-
eTgy and ability IN the discharge of the duties of a
laborious term, has materially facilitated the laoors
OF the Grand Jury and rendered most important ser
vices 10 the Government
Judge Kane responded appropriately 10 the pre-
sentiment. lie sand that the portion Of their pre-
sentiment which related TO the Post Office came II
the public at a time when alleged crimes against
that Office about TO become the subject OF judi
cial investigation. No degree OF vigilance on the
part OF the Postmaster could have guarded against
spoliaon, with the present restricted limits OF the
building in which the business is transacted.
The Judge said that unless the Grand Inquest had
some suggestion 10 make concerning the matter. the
Court would order their preSentment filed, AMI a
Washington.
CO.. FG,sRss the stated that sAsy had
Congress from the City and County OF Philadelphia,
cf ~ hch the following is "a cspy:
Resolred That the unce signed members Of the Grand
Inquest rquynK for the Eastern District Of Pennsy
respectfully eqoest the members Of Congress from the Isl,
ia lid and Iv,h Districts to lay before the
atty Which stss for more extended IN the
venenoe sfthe Postmaster and Clerks well as due re-
gard for seour'y and public &C 'ommoda'ion inenonsy
In the United States Circuit Court yesterday James
HcClaskey the keeper OF the DEBTORS apartment OF
the Moysmensng Prison, returned that he could not
produce the bodies OF JoSephus Washington aud
John Clark, the escaped witnesses III the CnrlS,mnA
treason case, the SAID Josephus and John were
among the missing. The hearing Of the circum
row.
About 5000 have been contributed by cur citizens
10 and the sufferers by toe dts lstrous fire OF Wetnes-
day evening last. Nearly $500 OF the sun have been
handed 10 Mrs Grossly Who lost her husband on the
fatal tnlng, BY toe ire.
VIM 5. Pierce Esq one of the counsel for the
Chrlftiana prisoners, excepted 10 that part OF the
language OF the prssentment which related 10 the
Chrs,iana prisoners as he thought II was calculated
10 prejudice ms clients with The public.
In connection With the matter OF the miserable ac-
commoda,ons for the business OF the Pos-Ofhce, we
will state, that the foreman of the Grand Jury re-
Gently addressed note 10 Mr.. White, the POs,mas-
er, asking information on the subject. Mr White,
IN LIS reply. gives some interesting particulars. II
appears that in one room, thirty fye feet oy twenty
IN dimensions, iortyseyen carriers and clerks
employed during the time that the mails are being
distributed. In another roOm fortyseven clerks are
employed, space thirty -ive by forty feet The room
allotted to the receip, and pariure of the mails,
only twenty by twenty i've feet in dimensions II
appears that there is no place for the mail pouches
except TIE main passage where they are irampled
upon BY those having business with the Office The
rooms are without ventilation, and dark that ari-
tcal hight has To be used eighteen hours in the wen-
N.four, for Ave months Of the year. From these
facts Will appear that the employees In the Office
surer IRON The badly arranged and insult lent anar.
ments appropriated 10 their use Every one having
business with the establishment knows The incon,
ssneneesIe which the puolic Is compelledto submit,
There VI - ISIS deaths IN the CITY and Liberties
DUNG the X ending yesterday Adults, So
small pox -.
...ip hV~Vi p'e"Vhca IN our citN To-day.
hev' MI LcNoE Is coloTed preacher, OF Baltimore.
and goes out as Superintendent OF the African Mis-.
s,ons Of the Methods, Episcopal Church
COTTON ~ IN limited demand tAe range al s, l0s
cents = toI Y aahd aud New. Orleans BARN is iSWer
Sses AZ Sst 80 TIM There u change the
Sesrei for standard brands. The sales are mostly con-
eAed to small parcels for the supply Of the this
pce, and better brands a 50 9tGSt aud a, 81
Xeei, rs IN quality. In RYE FLOUR and CORN MEAL
there 10 nothing dong We quote the former at s. S aa
the latter al - l2l hSs'el with but very In, I'D
amount OF either 04feins WHAT continues IN demand
fei rates Sales OF Sal e.9 bush Irme southern and
Psn,sy a; SLASH bush for Red and Slaalc for
White RNs z wanted al 10 cents CORN sells slowly a.
ss3etc ix Yellow. as IN quality. OATS are IN demand a,
former rates WHISKY ~ steady at 2la IN ebs and
2iassc IN hhfs
SALES or STOCKS tlrSt Board ST 600 Civ Gas 6s ZOE
$see do lee x3ec Penn SIS ga 50 900 do IS el SOoJ
do So SCI $Sco do, S. So 81 coo Ches Del SIS, cash
Stt s. eco Gam Amhoy X X 6's. 20. 95i Sa.02O DO
SSl 81 co Reading K ~ 10 u; 100 L. 5. Bank, b5
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