The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-08-04

caused TO be serreptitiously delivered BY guard,
inducing that officer to evade the discipline Of
the Warden, which. the letter having been dis
covered, cost the guard his situation, his reSto.
ration to which Mendenhall in vain attempted
TO accomplish.
This letter is overlowing with confidence
1t is a curiosity in its way, and will bear pres
ervation. The correspondence was of indef-
mite duration, but the letter win speak for its.
self We give the extracts as furnished by the
Gtsetis Its date is July 9th, 1856, and it says
10 M'Gary; ..
"Your faeors of the 18th and 29th nit, were
duly received; the later, post. narkeu July lst
received on the 3d-too late, as You see. to be
in Columbus on the lst, rs / think | should
have been had received it in time. am truly
sorry to receive the intelligence conveyed BY
your last letter. had tlattered myselfthat all
was working well, and that the fears with which
had been deeply troubled were groundless.-
have however, never ceased to be grieved with
some appointments by the new Directors. |
Lad hoped and believed that, at least there was
q majority which would act from pure motives,
uninfuenced by mere party political, or any
other sinister motive. | am nothoweyer, with
out strong hope that a corrective is at hand.
shall work for that. The wire workers shall
not defeat our cforts. They may for a time de-
lay the fruits, but the work has begun and will
not be arrested. The matter of reform in yeur
institution has taken too deep n hold on the
heart OF the people Of the State to be easily
thwarted. lie who puts himselfin its way will
be run over; that is if the 'barbarans' don't
again get the reins, which don't believe will
be soon. have not felt so badly over any letter
for long time, as your communication Of the
goth. | should be greatly Obliged TO you to
give me more particulars of the transaction to
which you refer, and to be more definite as to
those in whom am mistaken. thank you
for your promptncss and regular communication
and beg you to write me often and freely. |
want TO know everyhing. Your communca.
tions shall never be a disadvantage toyou; they
are confidential with me. | will pay whatever
expense they are to you, even if you will write
me every day. would scorn 10 ask this Of you
as a spy; but this is not in this case, the case
1t is perfectly ptopcr that | should know, and
that you should communicate to me all that
takes place which bears upon the interests OF
that institution. l beg you to do it. Let me
know all about the case to which you refer"
After expressing his sympathies for two or
three of the prisoners, Mr. Mendenhall goes on
to say to his friend Gary:
''T feel the deepest interest in the 0. P, and
my interest greatly increases: to see it properly
managed shall be an object of M life. Under
so1ne circumstances should be willing to give up
the comforts Of one of the pleasantest and hap
piest Of homes and more than any Office in the
State covet that Of Warden ofthe Ohio Peniten-
tiary But assure you that the mere pay cod
never induce me to do it. / feel much interest
in the welfare of any man who leaves the cs-
tablishment, and should be happy, as far as pos
sibIe. to take him by the hand, and give him all
the aid in my power to take his true position in
the world. shall in future write yon oftener,
and believe me ever truly your,
'CYRUs MENpENHALL."
And this is the new Dircctor He failed to
get Ewing to restore the derelict guard, John
H. Nell to his position, taking on himself the
blame, generous man. and the day after he re-
ceived his appointment as Director, he graft
fies his resentment which has grown strong in
him by ousting Ewing! What Drcctor!-
On reading his letter to the convict M Gary, one
eccentric lawyer, of Richmond, named Daniels,
when they were about to alter the Constitution
of Virginia so as to make certain officers elec-
tive. Somebody said 'they had gone far enough"
"Not So" said Daniels, "they will not 60 far
enough till they authorize the convicts in the
Pententiary to elect their Superintendent"
And Mendenhall, in the full, enthusiastic glow
of conflins friendship, unbosoms himselfto the
convict--"Under some circumstance shonld
be willing to give up the comforts OF one of the
pleasantcst and happiest of homes, and more
than any Office in the State, c5uct that of War
den of the Ohio Penitentiary."
And this is the new Director! This is the
Director who helped Director Van Slykc to elect
himself Warden! Perhaps he fanclcd lie, too,
is on the high road to Office he so much 'covctsi,
Where is the Legislature? Is there no redress? ?
Is there no impeachment? Turn such d..
rectory out neck and heels, and let the State
no longer be subject to such disgrace. Let the
great talents and legal attain,nents Of the At
torncy General be brought into requisition, and
authorize him to proceed against these malfea-
SAINTS, for what they have done before and after
their installation in office. If Van Sykes ac-
counts with the Penitentiary (himself being o
DIRECTORY and Mendcnhall's correspondence
with the convict and his fraudulent bill for SER
vices rendered. do not disqualify them, and rct-
der them liable to impeachment, then should
the greatest rascals in the land 60 unwhipt OF
justice. They should Sink with shame from
meeting in the face their Eellow man; and seek
some covert to hide their disgrace No won
der Van Slyke voted for himself 1t is not as
tonishing that Mcndonhall made out fraudu-
lent bill. The one, while Director, disregarded
the law of which he was the custodian and the
other was 4hail e How, well inet"--the brother
in-arms Of the convicts themselves! 1t makes
no matterto what party they belons, they sho'd
walk the plank, III ats aa9 a sF.1
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0TA vocalist Gays he could sing way down
on the old Tar River" il be could anly get the
pttcb"
01y-"Insults." I" says a modern philosopher,
''are like counterfeit money; we can't hinder
them being offered, but We are not compelled to
take them" Qg ,o 8 gia gHl ssss
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O-"Why, Hans, you hare the most feminine
cast Of couutenance Ihaye ever seem oh yaw
was thu reply; Il know the reason for dat--my
mother was a woman" "a.o 4 sI,,lss K. n aas