The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-15
CONOVIcIs.

When Doctor FAUsTus cold his soul to tho OWL
one, he not only mado mistake as to prineinIc
Dut ho exposed himself TO great personal incon-
Sehencc. hlEPHTsToPnILEs WAS always at hand.
Jogging his elbow or threatening him with expo-
| sire. AS with sales, 30 with purchases. They
arc sometimes very troublesome We rcmomber
| to hayo heard q shrowd friend of ours saw tlat
onco, out West, he owned judge and ho found it
| very poor Investment. When IIoLr aud STANTON
bought SANFORD CoSoyEn, they mate proftIcss
purchaso-for from timo to timo no stands grimly
| i'll their presence, and like tho ghost of a better
man, will not "down Mt their bidding" CoNoyEn
has recently reappearcd in q very ghastly FORM
moro ntrocious scheme of yillainy, perjury,
! and subornation of perjury, than tllis never was
devised Ii thoro is any competent officer Of jus-
tico in tho District of Columbia, thcro should not
DO moments hesitation on this evidence in init.
ating prosecution for conspiracy against ASH
LEY HOLT, BUTLER, MATcnET and CuSovEn. IL
would DO striking spectacle to hnvo tho rnpeach-
ers Indicted, and nh Executive rcquiailion on Mas
sachusetts and Ohio for BUTLER and ASHLEY nH
Iugitircs from justice. There is no difficulty as to
HoLT, who is OH the spot and can bo takcn at any
timc CoNovER, also, is on hand.
Holt especially cherished him. He manufac-
tured Witnesses then, just as ho says ho has bccn
asked to do lately. Then came tho catastrophe
His confcdorates Two do not mean Ho1T alono,
turned against him. Ho was exposed, tried, con-
victed md sentenced to ponal seryitulc for por-
jury. No doubt he was glilty-no doubt ho de.
served all ho got-bnt IL don't lio in tho mouth of
ils friend, hir. JOSEPH Holt, to say so Nor does
he. lio has kind feeling toward CoNovEn. Ho
did not want to mako him desperate 10 was like
ulIDknr GLossIN with the murderer and gmug-
glor Ill Guy MAsNERINo (aJsit 0Gc,S, and acccor-
dinghy wo find that no sooner is CoNoyEn finally
sontoncod and tho Albany Poni,entiary
yaHning TO rccoiyo Linn, than HoLr loists frend-
~ signal and recommends this donbe-dycd villain
Tor pardon. It WAS beautiful tercca this inter-
cossion for CoSovER. ASHLEY begins piano "I
think if'. DuNHAM tmark tho Afr. y ia clearly on.
titled to pardon" Thon follows RIDDLE cres.
cendo, ut seoms to mo that for his services IN tho
aoSofnment should mark its appreciation OF thom
III way not to bo mistaken" Lastly comes HOLT
con Jorzd-stronScr thnn them Ill. Thus lo dc.
scnbes tho peijured CoNovEn, tho liar whom ho
ma hihsoif convicted: "1iis services seom TO
nave ooeh performed In tho intorost Of TRUTH and
justice, and his disclosures should DO aceopted a.
proof OF his repentance, and MS an atonemcnt to
the law" Ono Hhudders at tho Thought of hin
WHO writos thcso words, and him Of whom they
arc writton. Tho dead riso up and l;bber ut tbom
NOW hero lot us, for moment pause on n fca
turo OF this dark trnnsaction which, perhaps, has
not attracted casual attention. Lot it DO rcmem.
hercd TINT the nttompt Of ASHLEY and bis con-
ieuerato to persuade tho President to pardon
CoSoyER, was mado when thoy thought no could
90 induced to implicato Mr. JOHNSON In tho muir
der OF LINCOLN. In plain English thoy aak tho
President by his pardon to rcstore competency TO
witness who has promised .thcm to perjuro him.
solf anow and to testify against his bene-
factor. CoNovEn is to 20 before tho I'm.
pcachmont committoo to swoar away tho
character Of tho President with tho
Prcsident's pardon in hia hand. Such par.
don wonld have been o great endorsement. Il
Wond haSo boon what wo boliovo lawyers oall,an
cstoplo. 1este meipso to SANFORD CosoyKna
truth ;" Audrey JOHNSON could not hayo said