Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-08-27

passed the night with him, and the FOL
lowing day disappeared-itis is said will
a considerable amount Of stolen proper
ty which had been given into her hsndl
for safe keeping.
All this time this horse-thief, perjur
er, forger, seducer. this foreign conf
dence operator and living lie. wal
praised in the newspapers as q brave
and competent officer, was regarded By
his dupes In New York as Hungarian
nobleman in his own right. sort o
second Kosciusko. and appeared on the
avenue aud in the hotels at Washing
ton in all the glory and gilt lace and
embroidered coats. with an out-rider in
Mameluke costume following ~ his
heeis. He was at Harper's Ferry. and
By hook and crook made it appesr as ]
be, "faithful found among the faith
less." alone had the courage and dis
position to fight. to die like Le3idas,
rather than surrender. His time had
come, however. and bis brilliant career
of crime was destined to b.. brought to
sudden end. The forged claim oI
$4,000 bad undergone some little ex-
animation il. the War Department. and
in course Of time was placed in the
hands Of the Special Commissioner.
who is making Investigations in this
city. He not only discovered the fraud
ulent nature of the bill, but got such
an insight into the career Of this gay,
dsshing Hungarian noblemsn as in.
duced the Department to order strict
examination into his antecedents. The
result was his arrest. his trial BY court
martial. conviction, and the sentence
TO be cashiered. deprived OF all pay and
allowance. and confined at hard labor
at Sing Sing prison for the space Of one
year. -.sa
We trust that the lessons taught
BY this foreign adventurer
will not be thrown away. D'Utassy is
only one OF the many refugees from
Europe who have operated in our best
society, and, by real or forged recon-
mendations and spacious operations,
deceived good people into believing
them to be all they claimed for them
selves. So long as gullible young la
dies and foolish papas and mammas set
a high market price upon foreign titles
and take foreign adventurers at high
premium, adroit rogues. ike the quon-
dam horse dealer Strasser, will strut
their little day upon our social stage as
counts and baroDs. There
sre plenty more of the same sort left
in the service. and no doubt their turn
will come next. Certainly, the Gov
ernmeut owes it to itself TO use every
means to purge an honorable service Of
such unprincipled adventures. howev-
er specious and well-recommended they
may have been, and it owes it to itself
to see that A merican officers Of no bet
ter character receive as thorough a
scourging and exposure as are meted
out to ioreigners-for we are sorry TO
say that rascalitv is not confined TO per-
sons of any one kindred nation who en-
Joy the digniiies and endowments Of
commissions to our army.
1t is not little surprising how Stras-
ser-D'Utsssy-should have been able
to run so great length in crime with.
out detection. considering that among
our German population his real name
was so well known. We have found
no trouble in getting at the above pref
ty full personal sketch by making in
quiries in the right quarters. Months
ago discharged soldiers and officers who
had been sorely Uronged by him reci-
ted their grievances in our public sa'
looms and among their friends. That
their complaints never reached the ears
Of the Government, and Of honest, in.
dependent journalists who would glad
ly have exposed his misdeeds and pro.
cured the punishment he merited, is
strange indeed. II Germans permit
unprincipled Germans or Jewish refu-
gees to hold high positions as repre-
sentatives OF German nationality, and
the supposed possessors Of German
confidence, without exposing their true
character, how can the American peo-
pie be blamed for taking the base coin
as pure gold? We gladly recognize
the national Indebtedness to our Ger
man and Irish population for the SOL
diers they have supplied and the zeal
Gus support they have given TO the war.
We welcome them to our ranks as
brothers in arms, and in the distribu.
tion of honors and emoluments we wish
to give them their full share. In this
spirit D'Utsssy was made Colonel, and
would have GO, the silver stars Of 6
Brigad:er if his career had not been &C
rudely interrupted. In the same spirit
other Germans are this day in high mil
itsry positions who, if their antece'
dents were properly scrutiniEed, woulc
go to breaking stones alongside Of Stras
ser. Respectable German citizens. whC
pay their share OF the money which
these adventurers pilfer, know whit
these men are-wby do they not de
nounce them?
TThe following is an actual con