The national Republican., 1862-01-20
Stealing &, ON the 9ovsrnmen mt Printing
Once,


Tho honesty of printers rs class is prover
biHl. Their reputation deservedly stands high
and they generally enjoy the respect and con
hdence Of those with whom they come In con
tact. No branch Of mechanism has u greater
number or more intelligent representatives In
our national ooun Ills, or who execute their
several trusts with creator ability and satisfao
tiOn TO their constituents. II is therefore
doubly painful TO the Justly proud feelings Of the
craff, 70 be compelled to acknowledge single
exception.
That exception Is In the person Of an indi.
vidual recently employed In the Government
Printing once. who rejoices In the euphonius
name OF Bigarel. 1t is said that his introduo.
ton into the ONCE was through the influence Of
one Of the Secretaries. And here let us place
our emphatic condemnation upon all such" in.
1aence the printing business; It is foreign to
the usages Of the craft, and prejudioial to the
,ioSs iorsmen mt to trucKis and orinss s''s = where
thrift may follow fawning," while skilful and
worthy printers lAnguish In idleness without
their aid. Political questions arc appropriate
embrace the mechanical skill Of the laborer
who "is worthy Of bis hire"
But we dlgress. This individual, who has
alike disgraced his patron and the craft, was
no sooner installed as n pensiOner In the Office
than n regular system Of peculatton Of print.
ing materials commenced. Invariably with
large Carpet.bag, he came early and stayed
late. Obtaining access to the depository Of
new materiAlr, every opportunity WAS i'm
proved to convey typo from the office TO his
boarding. house, which WAS on Sixth street.
He carried on this game for some time without
being suspected. Last Thursday, however,
one Of the wOrkmen had the curiosity to pick
the carpet bag up, when, 10 and behold, II was
so heavy as to severely tax bis strength to
raise It frnm of the floor.
Suspicion was now aroused, and watch WAS
instituted upon his move ements. The next
morning early he came to the ONCE rs usual
carpet bag In hand, ready TO pack up another
lot of material for removal In the evening
The watchmsn detected him in the act Of plao
ing pages of type in the bag, and informed the
foreman, Mr.. English, of the fact. Mr.. English
then accused him Of the theft, which he did
not deny. A search Of the premises of the
boarding. house WAS then made, BY several OF
the workman connected with the establish
mept, with good result. Secreted under pile
cf ashes, in An out house, u lnt Of bran new
u pa was found, and, in the sink, another lot
altogether weighing upwards of two hundred
pounds. OF material which had never been
used.
The raScal-who should have been arrasted
MS soon as the theft was discovered-was al.
lowed to escape. II Ia supposed that he took
the early train, on Friday morning, for the
North, and is probably In New York or Boston
by this time.
'Bigarel was formerly the publisher of an In.
fdeI sheet, in Indiana, called the VANGUARD
His wife, who Ia n very worthy woman, is in
great distress over the matter, and is left to-
tally unprovided for, among strangers, through
the rascality of her husband.