Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-26

One EDGAR CoNKLING, professional
spy, tattler, scandal monger and born
dioti OF Cincinnati, who some time ago ad-
vertised that he was preparing pamph-
let to prove that Gen. MCCLELLAN is "a
traitor at heart" has been delivered of his
monstrosity, and published his findings in
the Abolition papers of Cincinnati. The
pamphlet appeared in the Cincinnati Times
of Saturday; was rehashed in The CONNER
cial, and will doubtless appear in The Ga
zette within day or two. We are surprised
that it did not appear in The Gazette Mon
day, but account for the omission on the
ground of the senility and want of enter
prise proyerbially attached to the blanket
sheet. We are satisfied that CoNKLING's s
pamphlet was not excluded from The Ga
sette because its editors. disapproyed of it,
for we know they represent the SARAH
CAMP of Cincinnati journalism, and de-
light in servant girl scandal and gossip.
EDGAR CoNKLrNG, scandal-monger, scayen-
ger and tattler, proves that Gen. McCLEL-
Lam, before the war and during the war, was
a Democrat and this is the sum total of his
findings. Upon this evidence CoNKLING
proceeds to proclaim ''fearlessly and boldly
that he is an arch traitor, a thousand fold
worse than BENEDICT ARNOLD" (For fear
somebody should feel called upon to In
quire why this CoNKLING is not in the Idiotic
or Lunatic Asylum, we may say, by way Of
parenthesis, that his case is hopeless and in
curable.) Upon this courageous asser-
tion, CoNKLING challenges MCCLELLAN to
legal Investigations revised edition of the
fable in which the skunk challenges the
lion to mortal combat. After this heroic
challenge follow eight or ten solid columns
of evidence, afiidavits and certificates from
servant girls, old women, disreputable pol
iticians, convicts and professional liars, all,
substantiating the assertion of EDGAR
CoNKLING that MCCLELLAN is a traitor,
That sensible people may not be deceived
into the notion that this account is fiction
invented as esellv upon some pool
idiot in Cincinnati, we may say, in all
seriousness, that CoNKLNG's productions
actually appear in the Abolition papers Of
Cincinnati, which are conducted by indi-
viduals who pretend to be gentlemen and
good citizens. f
This CoNKLING, half idiot and half ma
MAC, is the same individual used by E. NJ
STANTON to secure the dismissal or removal
Of Maj. MCLEAN to Vancouver. Maj
MCLEAN, it will be remembered, was the
Judge Advocate on BURNsIDE's staff, the
officer who knew all about the enormous
swindles perpetrated upon the Government
by Capt. HURT, Quartermaster in Cincin-
natl. HURT, owner of The State .yomna
and chief fugleman Of the Administration
in Ohio, was arrested at the instance o.
BURNSIDE, and his LONG career of villainy
would have been completely unravelled by
Mai. MCLEAN; but the War Department
tItsired to shield HuHrr from exposure tol
political reasons, aaand to do this ii
was necessary that MCLEAN should
be removed. No charges could be brought
against MCLEAN; but spy and caves
dropper was found to dog the Majors step
and hatch some accusation against him.
The skunk that performed this service wa
EDGAR CoSKLrxG. He wormed out of Ma