, 1863-02-11

s,;nte1 iu = very positive lone Of voice that
"Nc always play among ourselves; We ncyur
were guilty Of ropiug:in anybody TO Our
place. To which the Court said t.Ah!"
Ills hon'r then gave the accused modl-
cum Of good advice, eautionlng them against
ever appearing in that Court again, as he
Should certainly remember eacl of their
faces, and 1hcn they would not ret off so
easily, and their plea Of i'll luck would not
avail them. He closed by tinlng them $e5
each. and costs, with which result they
seemed highly pleased, aud having paid their
several fines, departed in great good humor.
Tho Grand Jury after presenting numerous
bills we're discharged, previous 10 which they
made tho annexed report in relation to the
taking Of Illegal fees by Justices and Consta-
blcs, which subject has already been ventilated
in these columns:
To the Hon Robert Wilson. Judge Of the Record
cr'a Court Of the City Of Chicago:
The Grand Jury for the February term, A. D.
1858, Of y8ur honorable Court, would respectfully
represent to your Honor that we have examined
snrsral cases In which complaints have bean made
to us Of quite common practice which prevails
among Jnsticea ofthe Peace and ConstAbles In this
city Of demanding and receiving unlawful fees In
criminal cases. We and that the Justices de-
mand fees in advance Of the complaining witnesses
before they will issue their warrants for the arreBt
Of pereonB charged with crime, and that the Con.
Rtablos demand in advance Of such witnesses and
fuse to execute them tl snch Illegal fees arc paid
BY the con planning witnesses. III many cases We
believe that this unwaHantab1c and Illogal prac-
tee eseetn,{ prevents f te GKposurc ofcrine aud
We ieei conndcni ana oe;ieye that this practice
is entirely unauthorized By law, and ought 1t once
to be stopped eccsnal'y; and we believe thnt some
measures rhould be Immediately taken to prevent
any further continuance thereof.
We arc unwilling to believe that any Just!cea or
constabes who have taken such lees we're nGta-
that the evidence OF their innocent intentions will
bs bcst ehown by the rrtnru Of all such illegal fees
to tAe from whom II they wets seesiysd and M
existed. We do got wish to Include all Justices
aud Conetahles In this report, but only those who
have been guilty of the misconduct above men
1.-THE practice is not stopped, We believe that 1t
will be tic duty OF future Grand Juries to present
Indictments against those who may be guilty
to the subject will bc sufficient to correct the eTil
hereafter AARON GiBBs, Foreman.
Al er the reading Of the report the Recorder
andstatc's Attorney intimated theirintention
II the practice complained of was persisted in,
to bring The offenders 10 speedy Justice, as the
ofIense, in addition to being Illegal, was u
clear Outrage, The subject is one which has
been allowed to remain too long below the sur
face and We are glad to sec it agitated.
Camp Douglas Items.
The rigid discipline enforced, and the in
rcstigation being made into the raid, pre-
vented repetition Of tho affair on Monday
night, the only appearance of disturbance
being from crowd that collected around C,
z Winnes' store, about midnight, when one
called ont to the crowd, "now is your time,
boys" Mr.. ". called to them to come ahead,
as lie was prepared for them, but they van
ished without making any further demonstra-
tions. It will be remembered that Mr. Whine
had his store robbed Of about 81, 600 worth Of
goods By the paro1cd prisoners Last spring
not from any i'll feeling On the part Of the
men, but from sheer mischief and for plunder.
A stringent order Was issued yesterday pro.
libitiDg the sale hereafter Of spirituous or
malt liquors, on the camp grounds.
Yesterday, James B. Owen arrived from
Mason county, Kentucky, {near Maysgillc,) }
and applied for privilege to visit his brother.
H0V u HA4EuAtI VI WI ~ Nllllp DOuEl16.
As he had come so far with the express par
pose Of seeing his brother, Gen. Ammen, with
his usual kindness, waived his rule, by admit
ting him, pro7idlng the interview be held in
his own Office, and that nothing should be
transferred to the prisoner, without first be-
Ing examined by the proper officers. The two
brothers were brought together, and after a
short conversation, the newcomer passed
considerable sum Of money to his brother,
secretly, and vas about giving him other con-
traband articles, when Gen. Ammcn had him
arrested, and taken to "thc White Oak"
where both we're Imprisoned, for two or three
hours, when they ere brought out again, and
discharged after a severe rcproofftom Gen. Am
men, for abusing his confidence, and violating
what hc had been informed we're the rules,
After supplying clothing to his brother, and
leaving SIS to lis credit, with the proper
officer, he wns allowed to depart.
a gentleman named Bushnell, from Con-
nccticut, visited his brothcr-in-law, b. F.
Oyerman, a rebel prisoner, aud deposited $50
TO his credit.
Seventeen deaths occurred among the pris-
oners Monday night.
CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE,