Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-01
The Real CeAspirators SO. Ihe
Veil Raised.

ine article. shows up the real conspirs'ors
- m, impeachment business. The conduct |
ofesrlain members Of Con gress and ofjudgc |
Carter. Of the Supreme Court Of the DIS |
,rici, was infamous, and ought 10 receceivs
The erecra,icn Of the country. The Intslli- |
ceresr says:
"a REGULAR Radical caucus sat at The
War o!siee On tins night o! the 2ist OF teo-
ruarv. composed oil members 81 u9th
Houses. ara We have the best reason TO be-
l,eve iha. the papers which led to the ar
rest Of zen. rhonas were drawn up BY q
mem5cr from New England.
"But in order that the country may see
in what capacity members served, aud TO
what extent this thing is carried, we beg
leave to call attention 10 the part played by
Mr.. Pile of Missouri. as disclosed in the
testimony given on Monday y
40. To witness, II. J. Meigs, clerk Of
the Supreme Court Of the district Of Co
lambia Have you with you the affidavit
aud warrant under which LORENZO Thomas
~w srrss,edi A. Yes. sir, producing
papers.
so The original P.psrl A. The original
paper. s.......
20 Did you atix the seal Of the court to
the appointment A. I did.
40 On what day. A. On the 22d Of
February last. ne
20 At what hour az the day. A. II
Vas between two and three o'clock on the
morning Of that day.
20. Al, what place ? A. At the clerks
Office
20. Who brought that warrant 10 yon
A. | don't know the gentleman who
brought it to me. II said that he Vas
member Of Congress Pile Of Missouri
20 lie brought il 10 vour house that
hour Of the morning. A. Yes, sir.
20. Aud you went than to the clerks Of
fce, A. went to the clerks office and
afhzed the seal.
20. To whom did you deliver tho war.
ranss A. To Mr.. Pile"
Mr.. Pile. it appears, served as the mes
ssnger Of stanton on this occasion, ant
reused up tho clerk Of the court at ,w,
o'clock in he morning, to aiix his seal Il
an affi iavit which had been eoncocted in
Radical council at the War Department
Tat urgency vas soiloscd up = few hour
later by The arrest OF General Thomas, VIII
was hsld TO bail in 81 900 for his appear
ancs the following Wednesday. B,lt .ghtl
he did appear, what followed, Why, Is.
very parties VINO hid instigttcd this NASTY
pr ling, hop g thrn y ohtala from il
an advantage, whsre those who abandoned
II wben IT was found that "a deoi sion OF Ia.
Supreme Coirt would he invok a Tn,
Judge whp 9eat himself e. That foul mid
night pot, aud VIII demanded exasrbitan
bal, vas eAsctIy the ssme juice Who re
leased General Thomas when ne came {,
answer, saying there was no ground o
his detention. The ease which the cons pl
ratoss got up themselves was thus rel
ASIDE because they dared not confront tn,
judgment Of the highest tribunal. Thu:
whole transaction is nothing less than a con
iessisn Of guilt.
PATESrs.--Boyd & Co., Solicitor Of p.
tei'-, 2es Pho street. st. LOUIS, No., ON
eisly repor; - IN, DExocaAr the follow IN
patents granted Iowa and Missouri invent
ess. Tor the week ending April 81, 1865
IOWA.
N. Gordon, Washington, combined Corn
Stalk Gutter, Cultivator, &c; ID. knib
llassolln, combined Se.der. Cutivstor an,
Harrow q q. Lyman, Independence. Ha-
vcstcr, y. T.. simmons, Davenport, b.,
h,tsfn; u, j. ioei. rort Nscis m, r
squire; Z J Tpof. Fort Madison, Paper
Z amp and lnkstsnd com5inrd 3 W
Waters. Rcevil!c. hab BORNE Machine
MISSOURI.
A +. Cobb. Chapel HUI, Bee Hive; ]
Ebcrt.on. kIh,iilc, Cartridge Box: J, c.
Aoorehcsd aud " ", Elliott, New Madrd
Feather Aenovator, J. HI. Gamhart, St
Louis, rradc.Mnrk.
rss Quecv dnJ Nsraii understand.
tina, !, has been definitely settled that III,
Illinois State Fair ia TO be held in that city
The ground, Of the Adams county Agricul
tursN and Horticultural Association vii
probably he Iixed spon Tor the location o
che State Fair. A committee from the STAT,
Association is to meet in Quincy Oh ihs
Soth inst.