New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-29


witness whom the House Of Representatives.
Washington had held for some weeks IN close I'M
prisopmept. puts the House in rather an awks'ra
position. 1t does not appeal that the pTi'saer
made eny concessions or disclosures. Inc oaF
reason publicly given for his discharge Is thi' gen-
orally employed to obtsin the pardon ava reiess
of Ststa Prison cooyicts-s.ckness-the sufferer in
tb;s case being alleged to be, not Mr. Wolcots him
self but his wife at Boston. This certainly seems
TO be r.ther slight ground OF action, aud EXHIBITS
pscsbiliy and soft-heartedness on the part OF the
Uuuse little remarkable. As to the indictment
found against Dir Wolcott. and the palty two
thousand dollars bail required Of him, that Is all
uoopshine. Ii would be- Impossible to oOasrthlm
upon that indictment except by the aid OF tue very
evidence which he refuses TO give; aud, even il he
Indeed il exped.ent to forfeit his bal. Il Is re,sos-
able 10 suppose that his per centage Oh tue
so, coo that passed through his hands "s' gr@da-
aied with view to this sort OF emergency
Under Ill The circumstances "f the case, th' puDhc
viii be opt to suspect that, in the matter ot tue ais
charge of Mr. Wccott, it was rot sl'oselues 'oom
condition and suffering state Of Mrs Wolco1 toas
The House Dtu III NAt".
osrsors "a whom this imprisonment OF Mf. VOL
colt gave no less concern, ana no les" nesrt'
sickness. than to her. 1t Is trae that, under the
decision in the Gaze Of Mattesou thst the presrct
House has no power to punish corruptors OF which
its members may have been guilty as members Of
apy. former Congress, the testimony oil Dir. We'eoa
oyen in full rs TO the distribution OF the NT,0O,
might not have operated To produce the expulsion
Of sny member of the present House. Stii, had
Mr.. Wolcott concluded to make clean breast Of
il. bis disclosures light not only have beea painful
AZ TO the past but might also have interfered VIII
the future, by the exposure OF a method OF under
ground operation which eau Only be expected 10
continue go long rs it Is kept in the dark.
We trust, however, that this, whether uegil.
gently dropping. or wilIfully throwing away by the
House of Representatives at Washington Of the
thread which they had in their hands, will bot pro-
vent the public from obtaining complete history
Of the expenditure Of the $4,000 ia question.
Luckily, there private as well as public inter
ests involved in this investigation; and how pcteat
in the way of stimulus these private interests are.
may be- seen as well in the advance Of the $4,000
uIOTtculu VI pfRotC tuotfSg w Vu'Ss A"N'~S
| public object, as in the release of Mr.. Woicott'
| imprisoned because he refused to testify as TO
| matter of public Government before a COMMITTEE
! Congress, and discharged from that imprson-
ment--who can teu exactly hog OF wsY'
The Boy State Mills and the Miadls-
| rex Mills, to whom thi, sdvance stands
| charged in the accounts Of Messrs. Lawrence,
II q NJ L. hos infa and yiOht
to know how this money was spent, aud We trust
that the prosecution of this uuquestionsble privAen
light may presently lead to some disclosures Of
slue and Importance To the public.
Nor is i. alone the unfortunate proprietOrs Of the
Bay State and MddIesex Mills who have q concern
in this inquiry. The whole manufacturing inter
of Massachusetts, has abundant reasons for probing
this matter to the bottom. Ifreports long current
and seeming to originate in very weu-informed
Sources can be relied upon, that interest," for more
tan thirty years past, has been very literally bsd.
under pretense Of raising money to influence legis-
lstion at Washington. When or 10 whom pre-
cisely this money has been given, has always re-
msined profound secret 10 the breasts Of very
few persons. 1t would be a very curious inquiry
"D", "V"O'Vi uun'ohihs "S w hO P~'f - -
prove Of great benefit for the future-how has this
money been SPENT Have the contributors to these
funds ever, in fact, got their moneys worth OF
has it happened that, under the ides Of buying
other people, they have themselves been ell a'o"e
cold An accurate history of the So. COO OIL VINO"
Mr.. Wocott is said to have acted 40 tho dlsour"ns
agent, might tend to throw light on other similar
operations; and though Mr. Wolcott has msnaeea
to slip through the fingers OF Congress. We imsg'as
that the courts and lawyers Of Massachusetts vii
find tie means to make him speak.