Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-16

accuser OF Senator Hale, fails to Gee in
bic brassy defense any justification for his
acceptance Of bic large brides which in.
duced him to retain the release ION par.
OLE" Of persons charged With robbing the
Government OF course there can be but
one view Of Ha'e's conduct among uupre.
JUDGED minds; but a. some Of bis parti.
sans attribute much Of the commen. made
to "Copperhead" hostility, it may be
worth while to give what the radical Tti.
bune has to say:
From the Tribunes Washin gton Special.
Senator Hale, in bis remarks today, of
which an extended report has been sent
by the agent Of the associated press, sd-
mitted the essential facts contained in our
telegram published in yesterdays Ttitnne.
The question remaining for the Judiciary
Committee to investigate is whether in the
affair iL question. he acted and was paid
!" the capacity Of larser, or il that Of
q Senator. Those who engaged bis SER
vices can doubtless throw light on the sub.
ject. The public can form some judge.
ment from the facts now in its possession.
From the Tribune's Leading Editorial.
Mr.. Hale, it appears, having been sue.
cessful in procuring the liberation Of one
person on charge of malfeasance in office,
was applied 10 in another case, shich
seems to haze had good deal Of money
!" 1t. The offer Of retainer Of $4,000
seems 10 have raised doubts in the Sena.
tors mind as to the propriety Of his dip.
ping deeper into this line of business.
= Why was $4,000 Of
fered to. Mr.. Hale for his services in this
case? Is be in the habit Of ing a
retainer Of $4,000 when be is retained as
a lawyer? It seems not, from his own
account Why was he offered q 900 in
this case? Was it not because it wae
presumed or hoped that his position as a
Senator, his political distinction and inAu.
cree, would enable him to achieve results
which an equally good lawyer, lacking
these advantages, would vainly attempt?
We do not know that such was the fact,
and yet the case looks as though i. were.
A Buffalo steam tug lately went over
the falls at Niagara. One man was lost.
Bills are to be reported to the present
Congress to bring Utah, Nebraska and
Colorado into the Union as States.
There il not cotton spindle in motion
at Lowell, Massachusetts,. The business
has been Frustrated by the war.
Horses, fit for the army, have advanced
to $3.50. They will be still higher than
that when the next call for horses is made
The Springfield RepuIlica" says that
the Womens Loyal League" is only
the Garrison Anti.Slavery Society under
another name.
One Of the largest pork houses in the
world has been erected at Indispolis, Ind,
at a cost Of 100000.
A young man from New York, who is
in the Federal Army Of Tennessee when.
ever he writes to his father, adds the let.
tiers IN. F. to his name as title which
he explains to Signify Niger Feer.
The New York Tribune has this item ::
THE New England clergy are, it is said,
talking Of strike Tor higher salaries
Leavenwor,h, Kansas, is said to be
growing more rapidly than any town in
the West 1t now has population Of be.
tween fifteen and twenty thousand.
A "s~eet little SKATER . girl Of
twelve years, has created quite furcre
among the thousand skaters on New York
Central Park, by her graceful and brilliant
performances on the ice.
By order of Gen. Grant, the sale of
whisky, either by Wholesale or retail, has
been prohibited at Nashville.
The estimated cost OF the ship canal
around Niagara Falls is sc, 100000.
An order has been issued prohibiting
all boats no. laden with government freight,
in the government employ, from going up
the Cumberland river This has been
found necessary owing to the close prox.
unity Of rowing guerrillas.
The total amount of the claims presented
BY citizens Of Minnesota for losses sus.
tanned in the Sioux war is 81, GOO, 900 -
The Government Commissioners have 81.
lowed them 81, 100000 The total number
Of persons claiming relief was 2,94O.
A Boston beggar woman, who las here
tofore been contented to receive = Eve
cent bit, astonished the editor of the Foe
ming Gazette the other day by returning
it with some disdain, exclaiming; "Why,
yer homer, don't 70 know everything is
riz' As she was evidently on her strike
he yielded.
Mr.. Phelps, Of San Francisco. has Just
brought to New York pear in perfect
state of preservation, which was picked
from an orchard in Los Angelo. - long
ago - the 10th Of August It weighed
Just thirty four and half ounces, and
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