Litchfield enquirer., 1863-10-01

THE BsRAKIxa Up or rns PRovosR Man SEALS OFFICE IN THE FouRrH Drsrn1er.-Ths Court martial of Dr. sali isbdfy, surgeon of ,ts 4th district, is concluded. What the decision has neen' Gen. Dix will publish in due tims.
 we nave watched the proceedings with much interest, in order to understand the position of affairs in the otlic at Bridgeport, since Inc state has been full Of unsavory stories about is, substitute brokers have swarmed around it f.. miliarly. and recruiting officers in New Haven. now under arrest for dish .nest practice, seemed to have an unusual amount of businessto tram. act there.
 This state of things existing in rumors thoss acquainted with the oficc were not surprised to learn that the var department had made sudden descent upon it and entirely cleaned 1t, Fdischafging Marshal Dunham, Commissions Brewster and all the clerks. Upon what ev,. dence this was summarily done, it is not sta. ted, but, it seems to have been entirely sasis- factory to the war department. There arc documents on file in Washington, said to Do sufficient to accou tt for the removal, even if it was not known that the clerks were some of tEem using their positions to make money, that the business of the office was conducted ia sup sh d manner. the books having been SO Kept. or neslected tv be kept. that it soma cs- ses. we are informed. it is HOW not possible t, hnd what disposition was made of drafted man l-whether they paid $500 or not. The ooicers how in charge. we learn, find the rscords in very bad condition.
 In tho trial of Dr. Salisbury, il became sp. parent that if anything improper was going on in the office he was ignorant of it; and when the testimony was in, the judge advocate in- formed the defendant that all charges involving corruption were withdrawn that the Doctor need only prepare his defense for the charges of absence from the office and for improper OK. animation of one or two drafted men, thouet in these only errors of the judgement were impu. ted to him.
 How happens it. the public asks, that Dr., Salisbury. known always an upright man and against whose integrity even rigid court.msf. tial finds nothing, should have been tried while his assistants are not tried ! We believe we hit the exact truth when we answer that an attempt has been made to make Dr. Salisbury scape-goat in this matter. The charges against Dr. Salisbury were not filed by the par. : ties who were investigating the affairs of the , office with view to exposure. They yer. sent to the war department when it began to be suspected that an explosion would take place, and by parties who might have had au interest in charging the fault. if fault should appear, upon some one else. The charRea being filed. court martial followed of course, But the public should know that thess char ges did not proceed from those who called the ] attention of the war department to the alleged corruptions in the fourth district. Dr. Sails. bury is regarded as persecuted man. Any one who watched the proceedings of the Court
 Martial, must conclude. it seems to us. that the Doctor is an honest man, but would decline to express an opinion as to the company in which he was found In regard to one charge, that of abstracting ticket, the judge-advocats says that " the evidence of our own witnesses is dis creditably contradictory"
 It Is quite evident that Dr. Salisbury was not congenial to the rest of the boari at Bridgeport. The reason that he was not is evident rrOm the following passage in the doctors defense, and it is q reason that will increase the respect Of the community for hm:
 q l felt honored by the appointment, and par 5 ticulary by the manner in which it was con- i; ferred. My only thought was how could best discharge it's duties with fidelity to the govern ment and due regard to the rights of my fellow citizens. had no other wish. At one of the first sessions of the board, stated this desire. and said had mo friends to reward and no enemies to punish" have since learned, to my surprise and sorrow, that this sentiment of Mine tcGs made the subject of RID- IcrLE 6y the prorost marshal openly, in his of- tice. before his clerks and others in his empIoy.'
 In such office thu doctor does not seein to have felt at home, and very likely thers was a desire to be rid of him. He was not the right sort of man We arc told by Q person who Was locker on in Bridgeport, that with the right kind of surgeon three or four hundred dollars day might have been easily made in that office. We make no charges up. on the rest of the board, but it is matter of public notoriety that they did not like Dr. Salisbury.
 We are inclined to agree with James E. Durham. in tho position we understand ho takes, that he should have had trial, before dismissal although the war department seemed to have thought it unnecessary. Great care ought to be exercised in these appointments. Did the senator who procured the appoint ment of Mr. Durham exercise that care Men sometimes err in judgment. Mistaken ap- pointments are often made. If this is one 0f 3 them, who is disappointed!
 We have no persoual feeling in this mat ter. But the honor of the state, the credit oH government, the good name of the party in power, is concerned. The appointments to these new federal offices should on all these accounts as we'll as for common honesty, good good government and economy-be of th ( State; men who will not wink ut corruption, who will not farm out appointments, who will deal in all things honestly with the govern ment and with community.
 There are men in this State. as in other States, who make office and the pluuder to be got out of it, the pursuit of their lives who plot and scheme to no other end; to whom the country is nothing, even in it's extremity Of peril who are dishonor to the State and scandal to whatever party they are attached. The republican party has n noble mission to save the Union to extend and maintain lib- erty; to reform corruption in public places . And jealous of it's high character, we shall see no men taking up its name without its vi- tai principals, for profit only, and remain si- lent. The republican party must. if it will live, free itself from aA suspicious of harbor. i'g corraption.-Hartford Press.
 FRoN EuRorE.-The steamship Anglia,fro Galway on the 18th ult, arrived at Boston on Cnk, '. n Al