Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-11


Philadelphia Neus, an Adminislra,;o,
journal /:
The very many cases of fraud anil
corruption by employees Of eo,eipe,
which have been recently LIuuuhi t. I,.,,
,,rc cnuu.h To shake the nerve. Of a.
tn!n>lng people, and almost lmp.i. r,.,,
tIih IN the rcctliu'ie uI IIi.n S,q,r,.-
Il d.iy passes ihat We are not called ,r
notice i case ot Uiii.IaI delinquency ana
the gru-Sn,ss Ut the turpJudc winch
claracIeli-rs some OF those who La,a
been iutru-lcd with Responsible pu,,,t,p.
Is dit2ricctul 10 our nature.
| =. Some time since IL surgeon ~ H..
Had,Imgton >oldlers' hospital, ,George IL
Mitchcli,) who had al one time b.eu y
/ charge OF the institution, was detected IN
J stealing lumber, winch he ip;irUIr1ated q,
+ his owu use. He was promptly rlacrI
/ under arrest and tried by court martial
when it was ;;scertainei Ihat Il system oi
I robbery and fraud had been continued tJ-
some time. The soldiers, sick and
wounded as they were, and requiring tie
J best of nuurisiIni, nj, had been ci,all
! out OF the ordinary rutlous allowed Ihsn
( by the Government, whist this Gi--Iu,s
( OF EScuiapiuS pocketcd The Money wLrh
/ the Government allowed tor their suppgt
/ and comfort Alter tri.d Tie cupTit w.i
very prop .rly convicted un all the clarges.
and MAS sentenced In forfeit one mUulH,
pay and be dismissed the s,rvic., VIII b
/ OF course dl~qu.lltirs him from a--ia
/ holding position III the army.
a reference 10 this case, which We
/ rerur 10 as one of many thai are COLI
/ Stauily occurring, gives rise to very gruc
questions J. The sentence in thi. ca.s
such az ought to be Imposed Docs the
pnni-Imcl,-lt such ii may he called
/ corr, spoui with the Offences c"mm;'-l.
! And Is it worth wiriic 10 try m-u at all,
when, after conviction. lhry are pernitt-i
/ 10 20 almost scot free Il a poor c7c.,-
/ tore, man or woman, with perhaps a
/ starving family Ind away in some LYvel
| l. detected stealing bread enough 10 salts
/ y the pangs OF hunger, he Or size j. rtitl,
/ convicted and CONDEMNED 10 the films
/ cell bot when Il man u with Il diploma
/ IN the pocket nf ms fashionable C,ai, Is
. found in the act ii stealing from. the
! Government AMI robbing The soldier g!
! the food pro-, id,d 10y il for him, he is
/ dassa.x@d tie Se39,ce What q fare.
/ Can the Government expect anything e.,e
! lhau that is places OF trust and profit
! will be filled by thieves when it 50 acis.
/ \ QuEE2 CAsE-The substance Of tie
sui.i"iiicd itcin game 10 our ,ars some
/ weeks since, AMI has been Noticed il
/ lew OF our exchanges, but being uuiL!e
! 10 obtain s;.titt.tciEun as 10 the reality ut
! the case, wc rvilIinud (: un3 ullisii!g ANY.
/ thing in relation IL it H.Aug recently,
/ huwe> er, received Il history Of tic case
/ with Il;tinrs OF the parties, from =. rri.au..
source, We give il Il place. 1t agivars
thai with one ot ti:e companies orgai.z,l
III thi~ place, itur the nine mIJntls s,r-
! Nic.', IN the summer Of 1852, wen, 4
man VIII. leti wife and slns.l. family.
/ OA the bloody field of Auti..tam b. lei,
WAS buried, and lis wife afterwards lad
. lis body di>intcrred, brought home, an re-
inferred In the soldiers lot in The Cemc-
try. y wear afterwards She mi-:i,l
again, AMI i! due Iinc = Child was born,
the trult of tine seco,r! mari i:sge, Wh.u
the CAL for 5JJ UJJ troops WAS benz
flied up, last !;di, the second husband ~
! listed ami Is HOW In the army. y sbo;
time since, the first husband return
ed, alive AM we'll, having ben
taken prisoner at Autirtan instead t.:
beiug killed. lie had been held by the
Rebels until the late exchange at S.gsan-
/ nah az ,,llTSt. the ,ay'istS .,I.a in O.. Dpnr-
fix: bat all will agree that the soldier
who WAS once killed, twice buried,
starved tHo years in Rebel prisous, and
yet came home ali,e, Is certainly entitled
to his wife. - Truth Is stranger Than
fiction" The query Is, who WAS bur
/ rIed III the Cemetery. ."--1Ho0HU IlE5~'e.
G. The highest legal tribunal o Scot
/ Land not long since decided thai. according
IL the Scotch law of marriage. consent IS
the Sgnce of the contract, a"d j. sniT-
cIemt t" constitute marriage without any
ceremony or publication. or even with"ni
the parties living together; that it The
. parties seriously and actually consent to
be man and wife, from that time forth
: they are man and wife, in Scotland.
c9~ An excitement recently occurred n
the city over Il case of iadie> belt buckles,
/ Thry remained unSo,d " hen the FASH NJ
( changed, just twenty years ago, were then
packed up and consigned To the garre'
They were recently Reproduced for sale
and taken by the retail tra Ie al a lT1ce
/ sufficient To pay twenty-cieht years inte-