, 1866-10-15

Singular ArraI1nment Of General Bank. b.
!eFc kita constaEucuts-Nc II Accused
t'raA" infox,catian by One OF His Conslisu-
enfS~lfe Vigorously Denies tho Ckafxr-A
tcenc IN Caucus, dc,
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tribunal
Bosros, Masa., October II.
uhe Of the most singular anafgnmenss Of pub
lie man before his constituents in our history has
inst taken place In ihe Sixth Massachusetts Dis
tsict and The result oFtt Is not yet certain. For
some Tine past reports have bean privately In CDR
calafton relative to The personal h1bits Of General
banks. who, It WAS said, has been ever since the
w1t addicted to etrong drink. and frequently.
both at home, At Washington aid elsewhere.
grossly intoxicated. A special instance was cited
Of recent wall to Portland to make a political
address ID whsn !. Wa taId that the General was
eminent men and uniupeachable witzEsscs. Thate
emsnts, supported By aisidavts, were tie spG.
!%htcS e9e1a1 T.nI ~
The :. opposition IN The ranks Of the Re.
publesssn .ssu party 70 Its denomination, based
that Mr.: Couch his predeeessor II The % scat and aud
lately ,dtpoeed by III. johnson from tie Sar.i
as wde hese' aas consented to allow hts name 70 BE-
no!ese H. II !as s'ees:Sa Ss1fs
.1eeharsss .a private conversation, and profess.
Cd !. .Intslf ready 10 meet them at any time and
aa1s hs .si b;onsas bsiore d, t.
publican caucus In Maiden last night, and the
announcement that there the charges would 30
made and met attracted an fmmeuae an.
ofcncr. Banks ffIends were present in iarso
numbers, ana It Was evident from the nrst thai
the majority wns with Inn. Mr. Copeland, i
Maiden lawyer, and lately member Of the Legia-
latusc, presented hiasclfto represent the ssaus-
fed patty, and refused to m7se bis accusations
. until shs General ssas present g hear .nd mset
them. H5nEs friends IN the meeting declared that
II would BE- insult 10 public man Of h!s stsnd-
ing to bring BIN before such jusy, to answer to
snch Degrading chatses, bei ths oiher patty pr
lion General Banks came In and took his place On
tie platform. The charges oi intox!cadon It
cIal inquil1es: and Banks. with yosy genuine In
dtsnasion. declared that they werc utirey false
sfssIy fe,y p;1''eu1ar; ,t thst hs never was ietex-
no on e Tic esa hs saS!S g
Portland that he courted the fullest iuvestiga-
agsln+t hin he would not orly decline to bs can.
Iis tea. N this ConS1rss. Thts bold T Statement ,
nalnratly, i1onsht out MI Tue enthusiasm VI
1ssssses % :es ms ssa :sss M 5
10 take any method which tie General
rah M aone. General B.nts se then ude some ds
play Of loss Of temper. and made The somewhat
wsoe Ill., ssh1 paS e, p 1 IL s
Copeland then proposed that committee q thtee
-nhc Aeblsh&AeA " AAAn% Uuh Ey tt0etfk btQN6,
and ono BY these two-shonld proceed II once ia
Portland, make inquiries and rrport the re.u}t to
the Con gress!onal Convention next ThursdaJ. To
this Grner.t Banks refused to con sent. His
opponents !hcn proposed that the Maiden dels-
gates 10 the Convention be instrus.si 10
hear the testimony. In the matter and vote for or
aEtinst the General as they ind them false or true.
This also General Banks and his friends refused
e agree To-. NJ. eopel31d then asked whas kiad
Int no reply WIS msae. Mr.. Copeland pied ed
Lis honor that Il he were sent to tie District Con-
vcntscn he would therc bring forward and make
good lis accnsatlons against tho General,
md The caucus reiuecd BY vote Of 10 10 u to
eend him ~ delegate. Thus the matter now
stands. Tho Generals friends, Of course, enter
tsln Tho op1nfon that hy bis bald denial, ho has
utterly demolished bis accuscrs, while The oppo-
sIte P..ty declare that b. has on!, made his saae
the charges are tEue and csn 6c proved by the
oaih ofthc tscst mcn In Aalno; that the people
who could pardon occasional drunkenness viii
never forgive auch .whoIc.ale lying, and that
banks' reputation will be ruined When The whole
nFally. create much excitement hers sud
il likely to eanse more bcfor8 1t u forgotten.