Nebraska advertiser., 1857-11-12
still at his Dirty Work.

St. Louis Republican, in which charges
were made against Judge F~ERGUsoE
that he had periured himself inTpre-
empting a tract of land near Bellevue
in this Territory. We have since noticed
the same charges, under the same date,
written in almost the saupelanguage-near
enough to satisfy any one that they origi-
mated in the same reyengeful unscrupuI-
Gus brain-in the Washington correspond
ence of three or four other papers in
different parts Of the States. We strong
Iy suspected when first reading this silly
charge that CHApMAN himself, the pseudo
Nebraska Delegate, was the author. We
now have no doubt on that point. We
have reliable authority for believing that
Chapman asserted, before he left here
that such was his intimacy with, his in
huence over, and facilities of operating
with the Washington penny-a-liners-
hat he "could and would" through these
very channels "rdiSe a storm ouer Fer
! guson's head" His letter to the N. Y.
Herald lets the "cat out of the bag''
entirely. Read a short extract as fol-
lows:
"Another interesting feature Of the matter is the
gentleman's seat is contested, and the investigation
4 may iUvOiva nm examination into thiS oharpo 90 4ba
House, being the judge of the qualifications of its
own members, may reject him in advance for corrup-
ton, and thus avoid the necessity of an expulsion
afterwards. 4
There you have it. Chapman would
rather get rid of Judge Ferguson in any
way than to run the risk of the result
from a fair and full exhibition of facts in
a regular: contest before the House of
Representatives assembled. Therefore,
ifhe could he would bring charges against
the Judge and have him ousted OF set
aside without ever allowing the contest
to come up. If Chapman is not very
careful, he will overstep himself, and the
charges he fam would make against the
character of such a man as Judge Fer
guson may rebound and fall upon his
. own head.
The morewe learn of this man Chap
man, the more astonished we are. Did
we believe there was any connection be-
tween the two beings; did we not fear
; the charge of sacrilege, we would be
tempted to say we are surprised that the
Good Being, who governs all things, toll
crates as much high handed, unblushing
assurance and i~mpudence, and as few of
the ingredients to make up aman "form-
de after his w image"
The Bellevue Gazette, published al
Bellevue, the home Of Judge Ferguson, in
| speaking of this matter, says:
"Wedo not know what m~alignity and bitter ami
mOsities, working in hearts blackened with the dark
est Of midnight crimes, led on by a demon like Chap
man, would do; but we shall be slow to believe. that
lives there one man, in Sarpy county, who would say
much less swear, with tho knowledge of the facts
| before him, that Judge Ferguson had not occupied
and cultiva ed the farm he p~re-empted. From per-
sonal knowledge, we know, and have heard at least
; thirty men say that they sre willing to make an afr
daYit that they had seen, on many different occasions
the Judge, in the interim of his court terms. person-
1. ally employed on his land in question. cuItivatino
and improving. to say nothing OftwO hired men, one
t Ct whom worked exclusively, on the quarter section
that he pre-ennpted. A crop Of corn, potatoes, &c,
/ is not yet gathered, raised By the Judge. The fenc-
ing is not of turf, thrown up two feet high, but of
rails, all now to be seen. His house is a much better
2 one than many now live in. All these improvements
which amount to fifteen or twenty acres oe actual
cultivation, for the first six months, on n new farm.
l is mOre than many of our farmersi in Nebraska made
n tbe 6rst twU years. Facts are stubborn thin qs. and
I no man, no matter how black his heart may be
with malice, or how devilish his purposes cou1d he
however much he might desire it, cannot swear
! away Judge Ferguson's improvements. Facts can
be misrepresented and falsehoods can be told, but
the truth is still the same; and should an army of
E one thousand maligners of human character, make
oath that the improvements are not there and were
: not made by Judge Ferguson, it would not convince
ONE man whose optical sense is his own. Should
there be any truth in the statement, that any man
e or set of men have sworn as stated above, there will
r be some more swearing, that the truth may be told
n but we say, in all candor, we do not believe one mar
can betound in this county, so utterly lost to all
: sense of propriety and self respect, orso blind and
madened by a feeling of bitter hatred, as to make
i such charges, and that, too, under oath, and oil fol
D POLITICAL effect"
The Nebraska City %ewS, in speaking
: of this c~owardly. sneaking attack upor
our Delegate elect, Judge FERousON
3 says:
: Now isn't this a pretty little pronunciamento fol
q Chapman to pEopel against one whose honesty ha.
J never been questioned-against one who has never
Is been out of the Territory since its organization, ex-
copt when he left for Washington as its Delegate
that he has perjured himself in pro empting a quar-
r ter section of land!!!
And instigated and set on foot too, by one who ha
never resided in the TerTitOry long enough to pre-em
$ a quarter section, and who to-day doesn't own
: footO of land in Nebraska that wasn't obtained b,
/; grossly prOstitutiug and farming cut the high ofiei
s of Delegate! Every honest man in Nebraska as vel
as this vagabOnd Chapman knows that this matte
trumpedupi sa WillfuL malicious, and hellish LIE
They know that Ferguson has complied with tn,
presumption law, that he is a bona fde residen
!. squatter upon his land.
The London Times says it will cos