Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-17
THE DELEGATE FROM NEBRASKA.

An esteemed correspondent in Nebraska, complains
of the great injustice done by Washington cor
RESPONDENT "Rappahaunock" in the Enquirer" of
the 18th October, to Judge Ferguson, the delegate
elect from Nebraska, zone Of the purest aad bes:
men in this whole country, and withal very able
man." At his request we rspublish the following ar
ticle from the Bellevue mt Gazette, as an act
Justice to Judge Ferguson and his friends Our cor.
rsspopdent vouches that the statements of the article
are sustained by the records:
An interesting case is pending before the Secretary
Of tse sr., from Nebrnska to preempon for
quarter section Of land II appears that the Judge nndc
the oath required by law and demanded patent Tor h
heen ed in the Interior department. signed by several OF
his neghbors who make affidavit that he has never re-
sided upon cultivated the iact oil laha elaa pus m
always lived in town, where he now resides Ono hhan'
saws he lives opposite the Judge and knows he has a
ways resided In town, and s part owner OF inc sumo
Another ai.nt SAYS that his land aoins the tract pre-
emptcd by Judge Ferguson and passes over II marty
eycy day that he knows the Judge has never resided
upon It or cultivated it. The pre.emptor beng nchcr
cr ~ Congress adds an interest the investigation
which is going on-hnd AS hs sent Is contest" "
Bird B. Chapman the facts OF the case may pe ane ,.e
tives II is due Judge Ferguson that the whole mater
should be thoroughly investigated by the Government
and the facts officially made known He may be able 10
explain satisfactorily every circumstance going inpench
hs veracy and honor Washington Correspondence ~
81 Loni, Republican.
twas with no small degree of surprise. that we
read the above, from the St. Louis Republican. We
noticed also, paragraph about the same length, re-
latpg TO the same both in the New York Herald, and
in the Richmond Enquirer. The three purport to
have been written from Washington, 10 the several
papers-al at the same time The articles are about
the same length, and come OF the language IN all Is
the same-aDd the substance in all, the same. The
oar marks are too plain to be mistaken by any one
acquainted with the chicanery and despicable subter-
fn,es 40 often resorted to by one Is. b. Chapman in
furherug his yilainous purposes, OF traduclnS END
yillifying the reputation of honest men, which has
been the principal business of this Vena! Black Re.
nnhlcsn trickster since he left Oberlin. We charge
this upon Chapman, because frat, the letters chow by
their dates length, substance, and phraseology 10
have been written or insgated by single individual!
Secondly we know that up TO the date OF these let
tara there was no such protest filed, with the Sscre
tsry of the Interior whatever might have been done
since.
AGAIN, Chapman boasted, before he left the Terri
| tory that he knew these penny.a-ners at Washing.
ton. and he would communicate through them, 10 the
nre.s of the country, HIS views of Judge Ferguson
FINALE if he is base enough to threaten the Chief
Justice of the Territory that he would blow him in
h;s penny newspaper, if he dared TO decide certain
case then 10 court against him; if he would take, es
| ne has done, and can be proven by good and sub
starsl men, brbe of lots, in Nebraska city, kear.
nav city and Brownville and shares in Dakota city,
for recommending the location of Land Office al
| each of these places; if he would take share of II
quarter section of school land, from poor settler
Who had been unfortunate enough to settle upon school
lands claiming the credit OF having passed the OIL
for the relief Of settlers on such lands as his conide
| ration paid If Chapman would, on the eve ot an
election, secretly pledge 20 men, in writing. at three
different localities TO locate the same Land Office al,
| the three places If he would secretly pledge two
men, as be did, his support, who were running ior
The Legislature in opposition to each other, and then