Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-09-09

dent to Withhold It's report from the LeSlSla-
ture at the ensuing session of that body 1t
found however-although it passed over the
Frowenfield case because it was depending
in the courts-that the soldiers were in
rags With ecery disposition to deal gently
tciH the Gocernor, II condemned has appoints
ments and the mode pursued by the Gocern- I
n,ent IN making its purchases declared
that tie absence Of strict supervisory
pO,cer had been the cause Of much Of the
mischief that had befdllen the State II re
marked, az observing upon the character Of
the GorernOr's agents, that 1T could not for |
moment be supposed that there ,cere not
men in Pennsylvania ThOse SerCices could |
hare been commanded, and scho, by education |
and ability ,cere equal TO occasions that had |
arisen, and thm the appointment by an En- |
ecutire from personal or partisan motires. |
| Of incompetent agents to offices Of great re-
! sponsibility, IS. at all times, a grace direltc
/ ton from duty. neuer more so than an great
public emergencies, ,1hen the disasters result
/ ing from the ignorance or incompetence Of the
! agents. for ,choSe appointment he as responsi-
/ bie, tcW ineritdJly ercite suspicious Of fraud,
/ and return home TO the Erecutire IN huD,iiid-
/ ting charges Of collusion.' And it closed by
observing that they also report. in general.
as the result of their investigations, that
they have found instances of ignorance, of
,corthy and here eminendy disgracefh, of
bad appointments, which, although under
/ the peculiar circumstances of the times to
be expected, are none the les to be cons
| demned'
The judicial Investigations of the Frow-
enfield case having proved failure in con
sequence Of he disap-
pearance of the witness and the flight of
one of :he defendants. a new committee was
raised at the next session of the Legislature.
by which it was found, among other things,
that the case, as shown by the absconding
witness who had afterwards returned, was
!. a clear case of fraudulent completely be>
tween the contractors and Chas. NJ. Neal :;
that the clothing furnished to the soldiers
could have been afforded at S3 so per suit
less than was given, aad yet have left to the
contractors profit OFFS 50;' that a large
portion of it was entirely unfit for the use of
tie soldiers. and much of It leii 80 pieces in
snort time after it was worn by them :
/ and that the flight of the Frowentieds was
almost cpnclusi i've evidence that they, at
least. were conscious, OF having defrarided
the State Our readers will Judge of the
quality of this committee when they find
them adding. that while the testimony of
of Murphy seems TO excite q strong suspicion
against Neal the testimony of Neal himSe!f,
one of the parties implicated, seems to clear
him from all bit a great 'rdhtof judgment
[ in his purchases and miSappTehensiOn as 10
I his d,fies,' 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 tie purpose tn-
e tended.' 1t is rather surprising that they
q did not hunt up the Frowentields themselves
= as witnesses, who would, no doubt, have
e male a clear case of it for the defendants
f1at NJ
offence charged was one which either in
+ volved the completely of the other party ol
e did not exist at all, and therefore furnished
+ no occasion for running away. They do
IS however, set down the case as one OF tat
h ,,re of justice. Q We are informed
e however. that the confidence of the Cover
l. nor in Neal has beer in nowise shaken b,
IS these transactions. He still continues to b
y among his most intimate and cherlshe,
L friends.
le .. But enough for the present. We shal
: return to the general subject which we hav
;" scarcely yet opened"
y diam, the same paper made last indl2
IS nant appeal to the Convention of contrac
ri tors which nominated CURTIN, in thes
words:
e. We hare endeorored to shoW that Curt
he imposed upon the soldiers by farming he1
a out to his friends, and then denying that
IL had employed them.
n CIV e have exhibited the record TO estai
ed lish the fact that he had Gpprored a BIZ. a.
as I-uo,cledqed 6y him TO be ,crOng, WHO
e. ROBBED THE TREASURY OF MAN
ed MILLIONS OF MONEY that, rs the cor
he ditions of his approval, he had taken a
IS, agreement for the State, which he abstractt
IN and secretly surrendered TO the parties wi
en- had given it; and that, when interrogatt
to bv the Legislature. he confessed the fac
lat and offered. as his apology, reason whi(
he is shown to hare been untrue.
ue 1--WE have demonstrated the fact that
for barqained array Republican United Stat
ed Senator for the consideration Of an adjour
IN aoenu and the discharge of the commit
appointed to inquire into the means whi
ain had been used to procure the passage
IN, that bill.
ia, 3uE IRE hare inferred from all Mis
nd ,c;tIo,t rcfcrring to other matters-THA A
'he HIS NOMINATION WOULD BE DI
Of GRACEFUL TO THE PARTY AND II
'ws ELECTION IMPOSSIBLE"
ing Voters of Pensylvania-this is t
sed N'
ada man who is seeking your votes as
en- % soldiers friend" Your sons and brot
:; ers have gone to the war dressed in she
ent DIV: and many brave boy has slept c.
1t nnder n thin and rotten blanket, Il
~ Governor CURTIN and his confedera
ent, might be enriched. The State ms
ON noble provision for her volunteers
,ru. money enough to clothe them with co