North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1867-06-26
AT THE STATE CAPITOL
= LOYALTY ILLUSTRATED.

where has been stored for want Of room
Felsewhere, hundreds OF valuable congress
ional documents and books OF reference.
Very often during the past few months,
books have been missed, and though the
thieves have not been detected, yetrstrong
suspicious have been excited against GER
tain parties, who, in their good standing
as members of the "God and, morality
party" had obtained POSITIONS as clerks,
messengers and Changers on sabent4.the
Hill. These rapacious individuals had
upon more than one occasion evinced d
sort oil hankering after the "spoils," but
they escaped "scott free" until yesterday.
The taxpayers of the Commonwealth,
though over burdened with taxes forced
upon them, have no idea of the amount of
pIundering and pilfering which has taken
place. The people of Harrisburg, alone
know what has become of the elegant car
pets at the close of each session,
the hundreds of old @ desks, chairs,
and other furniture, which is con-
stantly replaced, together with the
"laid aside" lumber, coal, wrapping paper,
ink, stationary, &c. &c. Never has there
been a public srle of this debris since the
Abolition patty gained ascendency in the
Commonwealth, and, we were informed
Yesterday, by gentleman who is pre-
sumed to be in the confidence of the
"rfng," that the value of the material sold
waste paper, &C. amounts to over 5000
per week, and we have never heard of one
dollar of that sum being accounted for to
the State.
A few days ago, George H. Morgan,
ESQ.,, Assistant State Librarian, found
number of covers, torn from valuable works
in the attic of the Capitol, the covers re-
naming, but the body Of the volumes had
evidently been carried away. He at once
notified officer Campbell of the fact, and
the Chief commenced in his thorough and
indefatigable way, to search for the stolen
books. Several shops known to purchase
waste paper, &c, were visited, but moth
ing of the kind was found, until visit was
paid by the chief, with officers Oser and
Black, to the.paper warehouse of Mr.. Abra-
ham Rapp, in Short street, where was dis
covered tons Of old waste paper, such as
filed letters, pamphlets: &C., from the Off
ces on the. Hill, together with $50 vol
umes of the Adiltant Generals Report
for 1865; with the covers torn from them,
and 200 volumes of the Statutes of the
United States at large, with the Treaties
with Foreign Nations, &c. &c. These
latter volumes we're in unopened packages
having been received from the Interior
Department, Washington, D. c., only
three days ago, addressed to THE Gov
ernor of the State of Pennsylvania" The
Statutes are published by Little, Brown
& Co., Boston, Mass, at heavy cost to
the Government, they being valued at S.
per volume. But the above, though it
would seem to have we'll recompensed any
ordinary thieves, did not satiate the crav-
mo appetite of the pilferers on the Hill
Several thousand copies of the Legislature
Record, which according to Mr.. Bergner,
were only delivered to the Librarian of
the Senate on Wednesday last, were found
with the plunder, as was also discovered
a large number Of the reports of the Board
of Claims, of the Military Department, of
the Executive Officer, and to cap the cli-
max, the "loyaI pilferers" even sold to Mr..
Rapp number of mail bags belonging to
"Uncle Samp' Loyal men with your
LOYALTY pocket deep! Honest, virtuous,
upright men, philanthropic Christian gen.
tlemen--adherents to the "God and moral
ity'' party, has it come to this? But, to
return to the ."manipulations." Officer
Campbell, upon. the information which he
received, and after consulting with the
proper parties, arrested a man styling him.
self Captain A. J. Rupp, messenger in
the Adiutant Generals office, who has
been known in community for some time
past as loud-mouthed Abolitionist, ever
prating Of loyalty and "grand moral ideas" "
This is the CT ristian gentleman who is al
legged to have "gobbled" the one hundred
and eighty volumes OF the Adjutant Gen
erals Report. How long Rupp has been
engaged in his dishonest peculations we
are unable to say, but we Suspect" that he
has made an exceedingly good thing out of
the merely ornamental position of messen-
ger of the Adjutant Generals office.
Mr.. Abram Rapp, the paper dealer, at
his hearing before the mayor Yesterday
morning. stated that he had purchased
books. paper&c, from time to time of the
man Rupp' of A r. Sharp, who claims to
be Assistant Superintendent of the Capitol
grounds, and of two young men connected
with the House of Representatives named
William Cooper and Albert Cooper. All
of the above parties were before the Mayor
yesterday, as was also William J..Lucas,
Thomas Numbers, and William Styers,
who are employed in different departments
upon the hill. Rupp, and Sharp entered
bail in the sum 5000 each, to answer the
charge of larceny at court, and the brothers
Cooper, were bailed by John A. Smull for
further hearing this Saturday } morning
at 10 o'clock. Lucas, Numbers and Styers
were bound over to appear at Court and
testify in the cases, while Mr..Abram Rapp
the paper dealer, entered bail in the sum of
$1,000 for his annearance at court to an