The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-09-02

tY, never more so than in great public
emergencies, when the disasters resulting
from ignorance or Incompetence of the
agents, for whose appointment he is respon-
sible, will inevitably excite suspicious of
{ fraud, and return home to the Executive in
| humilating charges of colIusion." And i:
closed by observing that ''ihey also report.
in general, as the result Of their ;nvesiiga-
! lions, that they have found instances cf ig-
norance, of incompetence, OF sharp dealing
never praise-woithy, and here eminently
disgraceful, of bad appointments, which al
| though under the peculiar circumstances of
the times 10 be expected, are none the less
10 be condemned"
The judicial Investigations of the Frown-
| field case having proved failure in conse-
quence of the disappearance Of
the witness and the flight of one of the de-
PENDANTS a new committee was raised at the
next session OF the Legislature, by which
| il was found, among other things, that the
as shown by the abscolding witness, who
had afterwards returned, was ga clear case
of fraudulent completely between the con-
tractors and Chas. M. Neal ;" that :he cloth
| ing furnished to the soldiers ''could have
been afforded al SO SO per suit less than
was given, and yet have lefl to the contract
ors profit OF 81 5O,'' that "a large portion
OF il was entirely unfit for the use OF the SOL
diers, and much of il fell TO pieces in short
Time after it was worn by lhem;n and stha,
the fight of the Frowen6eIds was almost
conclusive evidence that they, at least,
were conscious Of having defrauded the
State" Our readers will jndge of the quail
| ity of this committee when they find lhem
adding, that while the testimony of Murphy
seems 10 excite strong suspicion against
Neal the testimony OF Neal himself one Of
the parties implicated, seems TO clear him
from all but great Uant Of judgment in his
purchases and misapprehension as to his
duties" and that his testimony shows that
he did not consider himself bound TO inquire
either into the actual cost OF the goods used
or their fitness for the purpose intenSed."-
Ii is rather surprising thai they did not hunt
up the Frowenfelds themselves as witness
es, who would, no doubt, have made
clear case OF il for The defendant. In con-
vincing them alone, they forgot that the Of
fence charged was one which either invol-
we'd the completely of the other party, or did
not exist al all, and therefore furnished no
occasion for running away. They do, how
ever, set down the case as one of a failure
Of justice. We are informed, how
ever, That the confidence OF the Governor
| in Neal has been in no wise shaken by
| these transactions. He still cortinues 10 be
among his most intimate and cherished
| friends.
We haze endeoUored TO shot1 that he imposed
upon The soldiers, by farming them out to his
friends, and then denying that he had employed
tkem.
We have exhibited the record TO estab-
lish the fact thai he had approved bill,
(repeai Of The Tonnage Tdz,) acknowledged
by him TO be lCrons WHICH ROBBED THE
TREASURY OF MANY MILLIONS OF
| MONEY that as the conditions of his ap-
proval, he had taken an agreement for the
State, which he absiracied. and secretly
surrendered to the parties who had given
and that when interrogated by the LegisIa-
ture, he confessed the fact, and offered as
his apology, reason which is shown 10
hare been untrue.
We have demonstrated the fact that he
bargained aiOoy Republican United States
Senator, for the consideration of an adioum-
ment, and the discharge of the committee,
appointed 10 inquire into the means which
had been used 10 procure the passage OF
that bill
! AND WE HAVE INFERRED FORM ALL THIS
WITHOUT REFERRING TO OTHER MATTERS
THAT HIS NOMINATION WOULD BE
DISGRACEFUL TO THE PARTY AND
HIS ELECTION IMPOSSIBLE.
! But enough for the present We shall
turn to :he general subject which We have
scarcely yet opened"
a very just Interference from the facts
truly. We coincide in the opinion with the
! Gazette, in whose giant embrace, for the
present, we leave his Excellency, with our
full permission to wriggle out if he can
The charges are made by Republican
and most damaging charges they are-and
the record is appealed to- II there is a way
of escape, either his Excellency himself,
who is an adrOit juggler, or his friend Nc
Clure, who is still more expert, will be
sure TO find it. But we think they are lock-
ed in, the key lost, and every window bar
red.