The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-08-28
A Seur7y Business

The National 1ntelligencer, Of the 26th
ult, has detailed account Of the unsuccess--
full attempt of the notorious Sanford Con-
over to break Jail and make good his escape.
He was the leader in an organized scheme
for foiliug the demands of justice, and on
his person were discovered the necessary
implements for securing liberty. The In
teligencer say:
Tt appears from reliable information that
the notorious character, Sandlord Conoyer,
since his conviction has been allowed unu-
sual privileges The warden of the jail, be-
fore Tho appointment Of Mr.. Brown, the
present incumbent, was removed because he
would not allow members of Congress free
access to the jail. The connectionof Con-
over with Che military commission as one
as one Of the most important witnesses,
and the frequent and uninterrupted visits
of certain members of Congress among
whom has been Hon. j. a. Ashley one of
the judiciary Conmittee--bas given occa-
sion for many rumors throughout the coun-
try. 5fH
Taking into consideration the fact that
an honest warden was removed because he
forbade The free access Of Congressman to
the Jail; and the further fact that the male
lials for efecting q release from bondage
must hare come from outside parties; and
still further, that these outside, parties We're
members Of Congress vitality interested in
protecting, to some extent, the william who
had obeyed their behests to his personal
tletriment, this neGlioms transaction has
an ugly aspect for the snper-eminently loyal
Legislators who had fattened upon the dirty
work Of a periurious scoundrel, and proba-
.bly feared that incarceration would whet
his appetite for vengeance upon them and
their horrible designs. These are the "men
and brethernp we are asked to affiliate with
and embrace; whose honor we are cajoled
into believing. We pity The man who
Yields to snch q degelish temptation, and
vet has The audacity and shamelessness to
claim the plaudits Of tile, good and pure
the true AID patriotic. Policy "Expe-
dieneyla Under what fines sounding phrases
is seIfrespeet murdered and liberty made a
baWd. II Ii af
b HgsgA There has been considerable inquiry
of late who this Judge Fisher is. that tried
John Snrratt, and behaved so scanda'ousJ
as to be q reproach end disgrace to the
American judiciary, Itseems that before
the war he was a small attorneyin the State
of Delaware, and was elected to Congress
on the K now-Nothing ticket. He vas a
part Of chat political scum which rose to.
the surface and fourisled under llincoln's
administration, who imported him from
Delaware,to Washington and put him in a
responsible positioriin the District Judlela-
ry. Extraordinarily that under the shadow
oftle capitol Of thenation conrts ofjustlce
should be so lishonoied as they are BY him
and his associates on the bench in Washing
ton. st5....a..a 1a
ass.. The Lincoln County {Iennessee)
News, in speaking of the miserable, farce
which is called by the Radicals the 9enne =
see election, thus allades to the operations
of Brownlow's Registration Commissioner,
John Craig, in that county. It says:
ave charge upon liiilf-and can prove
.it-that he has issued certificates TO
hundreds Of negroes in this county who
never applied for Che same. He issued
certificates to The negroes whom he knew,
orhal good cause to believe were under
twenty-one years ofage. he issued Ger
tifeates to negroes who mdnot benin the
State long enough to entitle them, nadfr
the law, to Them He swore that he had
never aided or abetted the rebellion, or
held any Office, either civil or military,
under the Confederate Government, When
the records Of the County Court shew that
he held the Office Of Chairman oil that Court
for one year during the war, and he gave
money to the rebel soldiers"