Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-01-16

as it was then necessary for me to leave the
prison, on business, for a short time, di
rected Capt B. L. Higgins who was then in
charge of the guard, to sign the safeguards
and give them to the prisoners when they
Ewere ready.
When the safeguards had been prepared
the prisoners examined them, and Mr.. Maho-
nv insisted that the words land honorably "
ought to be inserted, because they had, under
oath, voluntarily undertaken to behave peace
ably and loyalty on their release. m
/ showed them the order of the Judge Ad.
vocate, and pointed out that it merely direct
cd their unconditional discharge. Hereupon
Mr. Mahony insisted that if the Judge Advo-
cate was present he would furnish them with
certificate in the form they desired, when,
yielding to Mr.. Mahony's importantly, di-
rected my clerk to draw up new forms to
suit Mr.. Mahony, adding to the old ones the
words and honora6iy."
The new forms were signed by the Captain
of the Guard.
The above safeguard is copy of Mr.. Ma
hony's, and the others were all Of the same
form. AS it did not seem to be matter of
any Importance how certificate was word
ed that was intended merely as safeguard,
| thought that there would be no harm in
putting it in the form Mr.. Mahony desired,
and now see none, except that it was done
without authority or orders, which shall not
happen in another case.
Having complied with your request to state,
in writing, my official position and all know
about the Mahony certificate,
have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) WILLIAM p. WooD,
Sup't Old Capitol Prison.
A far as am Individually concerned the
above statement is correct.
(Signed) CAPT. B. l.. HIGGINS,
Commando Guard, o. G. Prison.
am satisfied with the correctness of the
above statement.
(Signed) ARTHUR P. DREW, Clerk.
Thus do these plain and explicit statements
contradict at every point the shameless allie
cations made by these men released by the
clemency of the Government. Dodge met
Steward at Burlington, with welcome on his
lips and tallow candle in his hand. A crowd
of rag tags, with tallow candles in their hands
too, followed the returned prisoner to the
mansion of the ex-Minister to Spain, and then
they abused the Government and guzzled
whisky. Ex-Minister Jones, a better dancer and
little more indiscreet traitor than Dodge,
met Mahony at Dubuque, with tallow-candle
in his hand, and ordered Judge Wilson to
make the welcoming speech, which was done
accordingly. And so the two men in Iowa
who have received more money at the hands
of the Government than any score Of men in
the State were the welcomers from prison of
the two men who had done all in their power
to break down that Government, and whose
instincts were so base that they transformed
their very release from that prison into a
fraud.
Steward is quite below contempt. Mahony
has brains, and is responsible. He is indebted
first to this Government and then to Iowa for
the public emoluments (and they have not
been few which once, at all events, placed
him far above the most of his countrymen.
He adds to his treason an unusual degree of
ingratitude. I had hoped that he would
remain silent after his return, and if he could
not love his country that he would at least
respect the truth. I thought badly Of him,
but not so badly as l ought. "There are
souls, which, crab-like, crawl continually
towards darkness, going back in life rather
than advancing in it; using what experience
they have to increase their deformity; grow
ing worse without ceasing, and becoming
stepped more and more in an intensifying
wickedness" The words are in Fdutine-
Mahony can make the application, without
calling on his neighbo RS. L1NkENsALE.
Rev. H. G. d. HIDES HlMsELF-Our read
ers will probably remember an article going
the rounds of the Tory papers charging that
q squad of Missouri Militia made raid into
Southern Iowa, and committed many atrocious
deeds against the peace and PERSONAL security
of Iowa citizens. The Keosauqua Repu6i-
can is pretty we'll convinced that the article
was written by the Rev. Fl. Clay Dean, who,
a. the time of the alleged outragcs, was down
in that part of the State. Tho Republican
has received communication from Isaac
INclSOu, OOIldtIldl NclSOu 6uO OtuCA kOOu
men who reside in the neighborhood wherein
the troubles occurred, which declares the
aforesaid article to be colored, distorted and
miserably false. The communication states
that Henry G. Dean, so soon as he saw the
Militia coming, hid himself IN an clubhouse
on the premises of Jonathan Nelson. He
was fearful that Mr. Nelson would report to
the soldiers certain language which he (Dean)
had just been using to Nelson, and which, if
communicated to tho soldiers, was likely to
bring the Rev. scamp into difficulty. He beg
ged Nelson not to inform the Militia Captain
anything about his presence or his language,
and retired to the out house, shaking with
mortal terror.-Desmoines Reg.
One day last week, lard tank in the fac
tory of Il. Richie, corner of Wolcott street
and Grand Haven slip, Chicago, exploded with
great violence. The tank. which weighs
about 3,009 pounds, was carried distance Of
more than 200 feet from its bed. The building
and contents were scattered far and wide, and
Hugh Mcclellan, who had been seven years
in Mr.. Ritchie's employ, was very severely,
but it is hoped not fatally injured.
Archbishop Hughes has published letter,
in which he earnestly advises all young men
against joining secret associations. He says
he has seen more than one young Irishman
brought to the scaffold because he had pre-.
viously placed his neck in the halter of some
unhappy fraternity.
The twenty-sixth asteroid has been dis
covered by NJ. D'Arrest, of the Observatory
af Copenhagen. This being the first discov.
cry Of the kind in so high northern latitude,
NJ. D'Arrest proposes name from the Scan
dinavian mythology-Freya, the hyperborean
Venus.